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111 FL PREP eG ee, rte eters setters wore 8 wee ees ty amen nt MUM BENB Wee we Arata be” ari wd \ “ Ue Mei ’ ‘ i merican Foundation Bir. Favs for OVERS EAS B LIND Inc. ' 22 WEST 171TH STREET, NEW YORK 11, N.Y. ° : ere ew ees iF *HELENCKELLER Counselor, Intefpational Re Dear Mr. Hoover: ; / November 26, 1954 We who love peace must recognize our eternal {indebtedness to the gallant people of South Korea for their bitter sacrifices during the war 60 recently ended. My mind turns particularly to the plight of the blind men, women and little children in that unhappy land, and my heart is heavy at the knowledge of the cruel privations they must suffer. - ly You have doubtless read of Korea's countless war casualties, its ten million refugees and the destruction of seventy-five percent of all its puildings. Yet the most % poignant aspect of the total disaster is the tragic fate of so many of Korea's children -- their eyes blinded by war, their only school and training center at Seoul leid in ruins, their sole braille printing machine demolished. e we Recognizing that there can be no nobler purpose than to comfort suffering children .- I have asked the American Foundation for Overseas Blind to launch, as part of its : world-wide service, a crusade to aid Korea's blind youngsters. The Foundation has : already established a fine school and training center for them outside Pusan. There and at the new Taegu School for the Blind and Deaf 250 handicapped young people, ~~ 4nspired with firm faith and dauntless courage, are learning to break through the barriers of darkness and silence. Bravely thoy look forward to a brighter future when, skilled and self-reliant, they will return to their commnities ready to play, t a part in the restoration of their homeland. Yet Korean government records list a totel of 50,000 sightless children. fo provide for their education and training many new centers must be created and the few exist- ing facilities enlarged. The Foundation stands ready to supply the trained staff, the specially designed classroom equipment, braille books and tools for instruction, toys and gemes for recreation. Funds must also be found to provide food and cloth- ing for their physical necessities. I have promised the blind children of Korea that my friends in America will amelio- rate their terrible needs. Fervently I pray that you will help me keep this pledge by sending a gift today to the American Foundation for Overseas: Blind. If you do, you may be sure that it will bring swift and life-giving aid to our young friends across the seas. , y ee _ Hopefully and sincerely yours, Mae Bree GGT) BT 7 208 1 f-2O- 4. ge wr seat Le ee el be N BOARD OF DIRECTORS: William Ziegler, Jr., President © Richatd FT. Migel, Vice-Préident e Jansen Noyes; Jr., Vice-President « Max Shoop, Vice-Pres Eustace Seligman, e Alexander M. Laughlin, Treasurer @ *Col. E. A. Baker, M.C., O.B.E. © Princess Margaret Draper Boncompagni e Dr. John E.} Bernard S. Carter, 6°. ogre F, Clunk e Dr. Gabriel Farrell © Dr. George A. Fitch e Vice-Admiral C. S. Freeman e Dr. C. L. Hsia ¢ Dr. John P.M *George F.yM: © Migel “0, $tetson K. Ryan ¢ Peter J. Salmon ¢ Frank H. Sanders, Jr. ®M. Robert Barnett, Executive Director, Eric T. Boulter, Field Director, 74 [Zp ZL *