‘File No. 16/76 United Nations Appeal for Children’ [‎34r] (67/426)

UNITED NATIONS APPEAL FOR CHILDREN.
«—IF WE MAY TAKE OUR OWN COUNTRY AS AN EXAMPLE—DIRECTLY YOU
HEAR CF THE ILL-TREATMENT OF A CHILD OR DIRECTLY YOU HEAR CF STARV
ATION—ONE OF THE MOST GLORIOUS THINGS IS THAT THE WHOLE NATIONAL
CONSCIENCE RESPONDS IMMEDIATELY” .
"ONE THING THAT STRIKES ME ABOUT THE UNITED STATES. ... IS
THAT THERE IS SOMETHING IN THAT GREAT COUNTRY WHICH IS SO HUMANISTIC
THAT THEY WILL RESPOND TO WORLD NEEDS WITH TREMENDOUS ENTHUSIASM.”
Mr. Ernest Bevin at the Mansion House on 20th
February, 1948.
Dear
The Lord Mayor of London has initiated an appeal for funds
to help the millions of children and adolescents and mothers who are
in urgent need of food, clothing and medical care all over the world;
and I am, at the request of His Excellency Sir Rupert Hay, Political
Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , raising subscriptions locally. Would
you be good enough to contribute?
2. When the appeal was initiated by the Norwegian delegate to
the United Nations he suggested that everyone should be asked to con
tribute a day's pay; but any contribution will be welcome and will
help to swell the total from Bahrein—from where, if even an average
of Rs.5/-/“ were received from every European and American, a total
of over L 400 could be sent to the Fund.
3. A number of countries have set up committees to raise funds
in response to the United Nations Appeal; the Lord Mayor's Appeal is
England's method of doing so. This letter is, therefore, addressed
primarily to British subjects in this Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. but also to citizens ef
the United States in Bahrein who have in the past given generously
to such charitable appeals as have been made locally.
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4. Below you will find a form which on completion will
authorize payment on your behalf of whatever sum you wish to con
tribute and it is earnestly requested that you fill in this form
NOW, detech it from this appeal, and hand it in to the Awali Mail
Office. The subscription list will close June 30th, 1948.
St ucerely,
a/Y/L'CC*- ] .
—h:
\ J. Pelly ?
His Britannic Majesty's Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. ,
The Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Manama.
LORD MAYOR'S FUND FOR
UNITED NATIONS APPEAL FOR CHILDREN .
I hereby pledge Rs. to the Lord Mayor's Fund
in response to the United Nations Appeal for Children and authorize
The Bahrein Petroleum Company Limited to debit my account and pay
this sum to Mr. 0. J. Pelly in trust for the Fund.
(Signature)
(Name in capitals)