Dolls Foster Friendship Between Camp Fire Girls and War Orphans Messages of friendship in the form of dolls were sent by the Camp Fire Girls to more than 7,000 war orphans in Europe during the past year. Learning of the work of the Foster Parents' Plan for War Children, Inc., the Camp Fire Girls decided to initiate an auxiliary project of their own which they called "Dolls To Foster Friendship." While the Foster Parents provided such material necessities as food, clothing, and medical care to the impoverished, wounded, and maimed warorphaned children of Europe, the Camp Fire Girls set to work to make dolls for them. The project, started in December 1950, caught the imagination of Camp Fire Girls of all three age groups-Blue Birds (7-9), Camp Fire (1013), and Horizon Club (high-school students). Although the dolls were to be made and clothed by the girls themselves, permission was given for their elders to do the more difficult stitching. A group in Holland, Mich., reported that "literally, everyone in Holland put in a few stitches." Patterns for making the dolls, as well as instructions for making an assortment of doll clothes, were provided by the Spool Cotton Company. Many of the girls added simple variations to the basic pattern to make the dolls more individual in appearance. In some instances, prized dolls were donated, for which new wardrobes were provided. In addition to providing dolls for war orphans, the project gave the girls participating a better un Camp Fire Girls of Wichita Falls, Tex., busily cut and sew dolls and doll clothes for Europe's war orphans. derstanding of the needs of children in other lands and of one of the organizations serving them, while incidentally improving their sewing skill. Many of the Camp Fire groups exhibited their dolls. In Port Angeles, Wash., the dolls, pinned to a large, colored wall map of the world, were (Continued on-page 6) U. S. NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) Chairman: George D. Stoddard . . . Vice Chairmen: Luther H. Evans, Reinhold Niebuhr, Mrs. Henry Potter Russell. Executive Committee: Jaime Benitez, William Benton, Homer S. Brown, Mrs. Harvey N. Davis, Frederick S. Dunn, Paul Green, Rensis Likert, Raymond F. McCoy, Earl J. McGrath, Stanley H. Ruttenberg, Mrs. Raymond F. Sayre, Paul H. Sheats, Elvin C. Stakman, A. J. Stoddard. (Alternates: John T. Edsall, B. W. Huebsch, Frederick D. G. Ribble.) Other Members: Frank Altschul, Paul D. Bagwell, Karl W. Bigelow, Livingston L. Blair, Miss Helen D. Bragdon, Ben M. Cherrington, Gordon R. Clapp, Marc Connelly, Wayne Coy, Arch Crawford, George W. Diemer, John M. Eklund, John Hope Franklin, Miss Rosamond Gilder, Willard E. Givens, Ralph L. Goetzenberger, Rabbi Herbert S. Goldstein, Mrs. John E. Hayes, Lewis G. Hines, Henry R. Hope, Ernest M. Howell, L. C. Larson, Walter H. C. Laves, Gunther R. Lessing, Milton E. Lord, Miss Myrna Loy, Mike Mansfield, Roscoe C. Martin, Worth McClure, Richard P. McKeon, C. J. McLanahan, Justin Miller, Mrs. Grace L. McCann Morley, W. Albert Noyes, Jr., C. J. Nuesse, Charles E. Odegaard, Peter Odegard, Joyce O'Hara, Albert E. Parr, Mrs. William Barclay Parsons, I. I. Rabi, Hubert H. Race, Rabbi William F. Rosenblum, Miss K. Frances Scott, Lawrence M. C. Smith, Mrs. Margaret Chase Smith, Harold Spivacke, Mrs. William Dick Sporborg, P. G. Stromberg, Robert W. Sullivan, Davidson Taylor, Stanley D. Tylman, William O. Walker, Mrs. Pearl A. Wanamaker, Herman B. Wells, Robert L. West, Miss Ruth Ann White, M. L. Wilson, Charles E. Wyzanski, Jr. Executive Secretary: Max McCullough, Department of State, Washington 25, D. C. UNITED NATIONS AS ORGANIZED APPROACH TO PROBLEMS OF WORLD CONCERN TO KEYNOTE NATIONAL CONFERENCE A keynote address on the place of the United Nations in the world of 1952, to be given at the first plenary session, will set the tone for the National Conference to be held at Hunter College, New York City, January 27-31, under the auspices of the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO. Another feature of an early session will be the showing of a documentary presentation high lighting the work of the United Nations and the Specialized Agencies. Later the delegates, numbering over 2,000, will divide into groups according to their special interests, to consider in 13 simultaneous section meetings various programs of international cooperation. Such categories as economic development of underdeveloped areas, education, labor, human rights, cultural activities, and developments toward world law will be included in these section meetings. Ordway Tead, newly appointed chairman of the Sponsoring Committee for the conference, called a meeting of the New York Area Executive Committee on October 23, to consider all aspects of the 5-day conference, which is designed to further understanding of the United Nations as an organized approach to world problems. Program plans, which had previously been reviewed by the Policy and Planning Committee of the National Commission, formed the basis for discussion at the October meeting. Mr. Tead, New York editor and educational leader, was named successor to Chester Bowles, former Governor of Connecticut, who resigned the chairmanship of the Sponsoring Committee upon his appointment as Ambassador to India. Theme To Stress United Nations Having as its theme, "The United Nations-Man Helping Man," the conference will focus on means of improving citizen understanding of and participation in world affairs, particularly through the United Nations and the specialized agencies. UNESCO Director General Jaime Torres Bodet, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, is coming from Paris to attend the conference, at which he will be one of the principal speakers. Major addresses will also be given by high United Nations and Government officials and by other prominent UNESCO leaders. Dramatic Presentations To Be Featured The use of the theatre, films, radio, and television in creating a better understanding of world problems will be thoroughly explored at the conference. Delegates will be invited to attend the preparation and presentation of a pre-conference television program, and a musical and dramatic presentation will be featured on the first evening of the conference. Special film showings will also be held at intervals. The Educational Film Library Association is preparing a list of outstanding feature and documentary films on international themes. "Building Interest through Mass Communication" will be the topic of a general session at which outstanding leaders in radio, television, films, and the press (both newspapers and other publications) will evaluate the accomplishments and potentialities of these media in contributing to understanding of international problems. Among other program features will be sessions at which American attitudes on foreign affairs will be studied, with emphasis placed on ideas and resources for promoting greater understanding of world problems. The final and crucial phase of the conference will be a series of group meetings at which the dele gates will study the specific contributions which they can make to the solution of problems in their professional and functional capacities. Exhibits of national and international agencies and organizations will form an integral part of the conference. Among the exhibitors will be the United Nations and several of its Specialized Agencies, various Government agencies including the Departments of Labor and Interior and the Library of Congress; and numerous national organizations, many of which are represented on the National Commission. Already 75 groups have requested exhibit space. Invitations have gone out to representatives of over 500 national organizations, as well as to national and community leaders in education, science, the arts, business, industry, labor, church, women's, civic, and youth organizations. The invitation list also includes " resource" experts from the United Nations and its Specialized Agencies, the U.S. Government, universities, schools, the natural and social sciences, the humanities, the creative arts, business, labor, press, radio, films, and television. Mr. Tead's Qualities of Leadership Cited In announcing the appointment of Mr. Tead as chairman of the Sponsoring Committee, George D. Stoddard, chairman of the National Committee, said: "The Conference Committee and the National Commission are fortunate in securing Mr. Tead for this important post. His wide experience as a teacher, a student, and writer on international affairs will forward preparations designed to lay before organization and community leaders throughout the country the facts and policies regarding the United Nations and the Specialized Agencies." The new chairman expressed the hope that the conference would lead to wider understanding of the United Nations and its programs of international cooperation. He added: "The leaders assembled in New York from all over the country will first review the obstacles to international progress. They will then for 3 days consider how national organizations and community groups may help overcome these obstacles by increasing American understanding of world affairs.' A former consultant of the President's Commission on Higher Education, Mr. Tead is chairman. of the Board of Higher Education of New York City, and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Briarcliff Junior College. He is also a lecturer on Personnel Administration at Columbia University, and editor of social and economic books for Harper & Brothers, publishers. He is the author of a number of books, among them The Peoples' Part in Peace, The Art of Leadership, New Adventures in Democracy, and The Art of Administration. He has long been interested in UNESCO's program and objectives, and his only daughter, Miss Diana Tead, is a member of the UNESCO Secretariat in Paris. Soon after his appointment, Mr. Tead visited Washington to confer with officials of the National Commission and the Department of State concerning conference plans. FILM INDUSTRY SURVEYED As part of its series on "Press, Film, and Radio in the World Today," UNESCO has published a 156page book entitled The Film Industry in Six European Countries. This study, which compares the motion-picture industry of the United Kingdom, Italy, France, Sweden, Norway, and Denmark, was carried out on behalf of UNESCO by Arthur Folton and Peter Brinson of the Film Centre of London. Feature films, UNESCO has pointed out, have acquired more than entertainment value; they are also good means of reflecting the cultural life of various nations and serve as a method of mass communication. But, particularly in smaller countries, the expense presents difficult problems. About half of the book is, therefore, devoted to film-production methods in Denmark, which turns out more films every year than Belgium, the Netherlands, and Switzerland together, and at a comparatively low cost. The booklet is available through the Columbia University Press, 2960 Broadway, New York 27, N.Y. (65 cents). A minimum of 948 publications in 83 countries and territories use "UNESCO Features," which carries items about developments in the fields of education, science, and culture in all parts of the world. |