are going to be cut this winter
owing to the fact that imports
into Great Britain are to be cut
when the bucket seems to have
one billion dollars . . . Because of
so many leakB in the darn thing,
the disastrous blizzards, floods
and even if it does get filled some
and subsequent drought this sum
fool in Congress will probably
mer, the crops are not adequate
kick it over.”
to the qeed. This is true not only
I’m willing to gamble my im of Great Britain, but some of the
mortal soul—if such a thing were countries in Europe. As we flew
possible—that not one of you who from Switzerland to Amsterdam
read this would turn a hungry and then from Amsterdam to Lon
man, woman or child from your don and later from London to
door and tell them to go ask Con Preswick, Scotland, we were able
gress to feed them. The apparent to see the condition these coun
indifference of most people comes tries were in. After forty-seven
because those who are hungry days without rain, the countries
are where we cannot see them. were burned black or dark brown,
They cannot come to our door and and I leave it to your imagination
hold out thin shaking hands for to realize what this did to the
the food they so desperately need. crops . . . The food situation in
I have before me now a letter Germany is completely disastrous,
from a friend of mine. She is the and in Austria the people are
head of a great Esoteric School down to a maximum of 750 cal
in which I am a pupil, and she ories against those in America of
has just returned from a trip to over 3,000. You cannot live and
Europe where she talked with hun keep well on 750 calories. The
dreds of people, not government situation in Poland is very bad,
officials nor the priviledged “up as it is also in Yugoslavia and Rou-
per classes” only, but just the mania, but it is not possible for
plain folks like you and me. May us to help in Yugoslavia and Rou-
I quote some things from her let mania because we have found that
ter?
the food packages and clothes
She writes: “It is exceedingly which we have sent have never
difficult for me to convey to you reached their destination, but have
the urgency of the food question probably been sold for the black
in most of the countries of Europe market—not by the intended re
and Great Britain. The food sit cipients, but en route to them.
uation in England is worse than The adolescent boys and girls are
at any time during the war or distressing to look at; the little
since the war, and these rations children are better taken care of
To You Who Have, I Speak
Kona Morris Workman
Boulder Camp, Dallas Oregon
Many of us, through the years,
have known what it is to want
and need many things we cannot
have, but few, if any, of us have
known what it means to be hungry,
without clothes to keep us warm,
and to see our children worn and
stunted because we could not give
them the essential food their
young bodies needed for growth.
Like the most of you who will
read this, I have been dismayed
at the selfish attitude toward the
national “sacrifice program” as
reported by radio and paper, but
I refuse to believe that the steady
dependable “just plain folks” of
our country are so selfishly care
less to the needs of those in the
war-ravaged lands. Those of us
who do not rob, murder or get
14 divorces, seldom “hit the head
lines”, nor do we get a chance to
tell the world about what we doi
We merely save that slice of bread,
do without that extra egg, pass
up the porkchop and go on about
our business. But I do think that
to the great majority of us the
program of feeding the hungry
ones in this post-war world seems
too vast to appeal to us person
ally. We are prone to think,
“Great Scott, I’m just one person.
What little I can do won’t amount
to a drop in the bucket, especially
in most countries than me adults,
but that says very little and you
would personally dislike to have
your children receive the type of
food assigned to them at this time
.......... warm, or even decent cloth
ing is almost non-existent, but
food is the necessary thing...........
These people are facing a fright
ful winter; they are not only short
of food and heat but they are
terrified at the imminent prospect
of war.
Time alone will tell
whether their fears are based on
fact or not, but to be terrified,
hungry and cold is not very pleas
ant. To my own personal know
ledge, the women of Europe will
refuse to take another war and
are prepared to turn on the gas,
along with their families, if an
other war does materialize............
You will have noticed from the
papers that the situation regard
ing food could not be more serious
than it is in Italy. The Dutch,
who were getting hopeful about
the food situation, are now hope
less and are curtailing their ra
tions each, month. Sweden, who
has never been rationed, is now
going on rations............. I have
been asked what is really needed.
Flour is not needed; sugar is
frequently adequate, but not al
ways. If you can afford it, send
sugar, but the following things
are essential:
canned butter
canned bacon
Mazola oil, or Spry, Crisco or
THE EAGLE, VERNONIA, ORE. THURSDAY, NOV. 6,
olive oil
canned meats, but not corned beef.
They lived on this for seven
years of war and can scarcely
look at it now. .
rice, which is not procurable in
any country
dried peas
Borden’s skimmed milk, which is
very cheap but richer than the
milk they get. Any other can
ned milks you can afford
dried fruits
Do not bother about anything
else because if they have these
regularly they can manage. If
you can send these things to
people they can pull through be
cause it helps to make their ra
tions endurable. They can get
cheese, but it is fats for which
they cry............. I might add that
the food situation in Belgium is en
tirely adequate................. supplies
from the Belgian Congo are reach
ing that country all the time, and
neither is there a food shortage in
Switzerland, so you need not send
food to either of these countries.”
End of quote
To the above general description
of the situation, I could add, did
space permit, excerpts from let
ters received from those to whom
I have sent food, that give heart
breaking pictures of conditions
over there, and just what a box of
food means to them.
May I send some of these people
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to your door that you may share
your food with them? If you will
send me your name and address,
and state how many names you
want, I will forward the name of
someone who needs desperately
that which you have to give. And
while you are waiting for my
reply, which may take a few days,
pack your first box ready for
sending and write a letter to the
one whom it will go. I have
found that there is one thing they
want almost as much as they
want food and that is the com
forting feeling that somewhere in
our land is just one person who
really cares whether their over
seas neighbor lives or dies. And
into that letter put all the en
couragement, hope and friendship
that you can possibly express in
words.
Am I asking too much of you
who read? I do not believe so.
My Address:
Rona Morris Workman
Boulder Camp, Dallas, Oregon.
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