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Ladies and gentlemen, most of you know that John Golden, the producer of "CLAUDIA", is giving the profits from tonight's performance of the play, and the profits for the entire week, to United China Relief. We Chinese are especially grateful to Mr. Golden, for we know how much relief from suffering his magnificent contribution will buy in China.

A fter more than five years of war, the need for relief in China is appalling. Millions of wounded soldiers, homeless and hungry civilians, and pitiful little orphans of war wait quietly for help from some source. Theirs is a story that most Americans know. What many people do not know is what United China Relief does, how its funds reach China, and just how the money is put to work there.

In spite of the blockade and transportation difficulties, United China Relief still sends some supplies to India, and by air freight into China. A few precious drugs and medicines which cannot be manufactured in China are flown in over the mountains, but today these shipments amount to only a little more than one per cent of United China Relief's commitments. The greater part of the aid goes to China in the form of credits cabled to Government banks.

In Chungking, a committee made up of representative Chinese and Americans, studies the effectiveness of various relief agencies working in China, and advises on the distribution of United China Relief funds to meet the most urgent needs. This money meets hundreds of emergency situations born of war, such as famines and floods in devastated areas, outbreaks of disease, and the destruction of homes and livelihood. It helps to care for thousands of destitute children in orphanages under the direction of Mme. Chiang Kai-shek, Mme. Sun Yat-sen and others. These lost children have been known to wander for weeks by themselves, living on berries