to keep the public informed through the Finnish-language newspapers.

Finnish relief clothing packed by the women's group ready for shipment to
Finland. Pictured are Consul Alex Kyyhkynen, editor J. L. Ollila, Liina
Miettunen, Sofia Kyyhkynen, A. W. Havela.

The next meeting of the General Relief Committee was held on 24 November at the Finnish Consulate, which gave one room of its quarters as a permanent headquarters for the Committee. At that meeting, also, Alex Kyyhkynen, Elina Salo and Ed. Sandelin were elected to the board of directors.

Looking back after the end of the war on what the Committee managed to accomplish, its treasurer Lauri Lemberg made the following summary: "All in all the General Relief Committee for Finland raised about $45,000 to be sent to Finland via the Red Cross, the Finnish Legation and the Help Finland Fund. The contribution of Duluth clothier Alex Kyyhkynen must be cited: in the winter of 1945 he succeeded in purchasing for $18,000 a $50,000 quantity of clothing produced under WPA auspices, from the St. Louis County Welfare Association, to be donated to Finnish

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