SELF-DENIAL FOR FRANCE
Sns,—As one of the voluntary relief organisations at work in France and elsewhere, we find there is a very real desire in this country to make some personal sacrifice for the hungry overseas. Many in this island are willing to give up their own rations, if they can be assured that the food does reach adults and children in areas of need.
It is not possible for us to accept small parcels of food because a systematic feeding programme for even one of our several centres could not be based on the diverse an'a uncertain supply such a collection would bring. But there is a way in which efficiency in the work can be combined with the desire here to make. personal sacrifices. With the helpful co-operation of the Ministry of Food, we are able to buy certain needed food, not in very large quantities, but at least sufficient quantities to enable our workers to lay plans for a moderate period at a time.
We are allocating £17,000 for the purchase. of food and its distribution to those in need in France. May we suggest that by refraining- from buying rationed foods and by sending the money saved to out rtaastirers (the money can be earmarked for the purchase of food), sympaftserS-can make a contribution which not only has the same personal effect as if the food itself had been given, but will have the _maximum berieflcial result General Secretary, Friends Relief Serv:ce. Friends House, Euston Road, London, N.W. r.
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