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UNITED CHINA RELIEF INC. [[logo]] CHINA SHALL HAVE OUR HELP [[image]] UNITED CHINA RELIEF [[/logo]] 1790 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, N.Y. Circle 5-4100 Cable Unichinaid May 19, 1941 [[left margin]] CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE James G. Blaine Chairman Eugene E. Barnett Vice Chairman Pearl S. Buck William C. Bullitt Paul G. Hoffman Thomas W. Lamont Henry R. Luce John. D. Rockefeller, 3D Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. David O. Selznick Robert Gordon Sproul Wendell L. Willkie [[/left margin]] [[right margin]] OFFICERS OF NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt Honorary Chairman Pearl S. Buck Chairman Mrs. James E. Hughes Vice Chairman - OFFICERS OF CORPORATION James G. Blaine Chairman Eugene E. Barnett Vice Chairman Artemus L. Gates, Treasurer Raymond F. Adams Assistant Treasurer John Post, Secretary B. A. Garside Executive Director [[/right margin]] Miss Li Ya Ching Concord Hotel 130 East 40th Street New York City Dear Miss Li: Most regrettably, as far as I am concerned, the idea to have you fly around the country for United China Relief has apparently been permanently side-tracked. As you know, I worked on it for a long time and we were all considerably interested in seeing it done, but the final decision of the Directors here was against it because of the time it would involve, the difficulty of getting a plane, the fact that many of the local committees in cities you should visit are yet unorganized or just in process of organization, and a schedule of coming events which is already pretty crowded. I still think it was a swell idea, but I know you will continue to be most useful to United China Relief with the various public appearances and talks you have been making and will continue to make. Incidentally, over the week-end I met a member of the faculty of the Scarborough School who told me in great detail of you appearance there recently. Apparently you made quite a hit. I am writing this rather hastily on doing my last day at United China Relief inasmuch as I have been transferred back to a new job at LIFE, starting tomorrow morning. However, if you have any ideas for reviving this project or any others I may be able to help you with, please do call me or drop in at the LIFE officers at any time at all. Sincerely Frank Johnson Frank H. Johnson P.S. Here are the scrapbooks. Hope you find them all in order. PARTICIPATING AGENCIES: - American Bureau for Medical Aid to China - American Committee for Chinese War Orphans - Associated Boards for Christian Colleges in China - China Aid Council - China Emergency Relief Committee - Church Committee for China Relief - Indusco (American Committee in Aid of Chinese Industrial Cooperatives.)