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more foresight in their policies? At the present time the US, G.B. and China stand practically alone as upholders and defenders of democracy.

It seems to be the conviction of the majority of the American people that the British navy is the first line of the United States defense in the Atlantic. I would like to submit that the Chinese army is equally important as the first line of the national defense of the United States in the Pacific. It is China's determination to resist the aggressor in the Pacific that is responsible for bagging down more than 2,000,000 of the self-styled "invincible" Imperial army of Japan. It is China's supreme sacrifice for more than three years that is responsible for tying down at least half of the Japanese naval forces along the Chinese coast. It is China's contribution toward effective halting the immediate Japanese invasion of southeastern Asia, after the fall of Holland and the capitulation of France, that so far has kept available the most important sources of the two essential war supplies, tin and rubber, to the United States.

But the war goes on in the Orient. For the tens of millions who are in China, conditions are tragic. Made homeless, wounded, maimed, the Chinese people look to the United States for spiritual guidance and material aid. As her soldiers fight to hold back the invader, as her people stream westward to escape him, the misery of the victims of war is portrayed in human terms. It is to help those human beings that the American Bureau for Medical Aid to China has been established. Founded by a group of American and Chinese physicians and scientists of national or international reputation, the Bureau has in its 3 1/2 years sent to China about a million dollar's worth of ambulances, microscopes, anti-toxins, quinine, surgical instruments, etc. [[strikethrough]] It [[/strikethrough]] The Bureau is the official representative of the Chinese Red Cross and as such dedicates itself to the work of medical relief alone. It has more than 75 chapters throughout the United States and the Hartford Chapter is one of its most staunch supporters. At the present moment the Bureau is centering its effort on the third annual national Bowl of Rice drive which is now in full swing. I am happy to report, in the New York Bowl of Rice party, alone we have raised $10,000, and there are hundreds of Parties throughout the length and breadth of the land.