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United China Relief, Inc. 1790 Broadway, N.Y.C. Script for Cleveland Interview INTERVIEWER: Here is China's "First Lady of the Air", Miss Lee Ya Ching. Tell me, Miss Lee, are all the girls in China as pretty as you are? MISS LEE: Well, there aren't very many, so you see I don't have much competition. INTERVIEWER: How long have you been flying, Miss Lee? MISS LEE: About ten years. INTERVIEWER: You must have started when you were an infant. I like to watch you handle the Aeronca. MISS LEE: And I like to fly it. It means so much to my work. INTERVIEWER: What is your work, Miss Lee? MISS LEE: I fly in order to help my country. To tell the American people about China, and to ask them to help us in building the new China. INTERVIEWER: Are you finding your trip a success? MISS LEE: Oh, yes, I am very grateful for the way Americans are helping me. INTERVIEWER: Do you intend to stay in this country, Miss Lee? MISS LEE: I should like to live here, but I must go back to China. I want to fly an ambulance plane there. So many of my people are dying because of lack of medical care. INTERVIEWER: From the way I have watched you handle that plane, I know you will be a good ambulance pilot. The best of luck to you, Miss Lee. MISS LEE: Thank you.