Blankets for Berlin
SIR—Under the slogan "Every Child its own Bed" a recent campaign in West Berlin produced three hundred beds and mattresses for the children, of families subsisting on public relief and having to sleep three and four in a bed-or even OR the floor. the healthy lying cheek by jowl with the tubercular, parents with their grown-up children, and in some instances even three generations huddling together in one miserable room. Our repreantative in Berlin has given us a series of examples, taken from a welfare worker's case-book, of the squalor,. overcrowding, and hardship rife in the poorer parts of the city today.
The success of the Berlin campaign, however, is now impeded by the lack of blankets, which seem ,almost impossible to come by in Germany. May we therefore appeal for help in the provision of these blankets ? We do not ask for a supply from every individual or family reading this letter, but only for one from each. And the blanket need not be new ; a used blanket, if in moderately good condition, would be most acceptable.
Parcels, clearly marked "Blanket Drive," should be sent to the Friends Service Council, c/o Davies, Turner and Co., Bourne Street, Pimlico, London, S.W.1. If the sender's name is enclosed, the parcel will be gratefully acknowledged.—Yours sincerely, PALIL D. Sumo& Friends House. Euston,Road,
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