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    "ocrText": "K\nMarch 12,1945\nMiss Lydia F. Reich\n1090 Alicia Avenue\nWest Englewood, New Jersey\nMy dear Miss Reich:\nThank you very much for the application which you sub-\nmitted and for your letter of March 8. I am sorry that I did not\nsee you when you were here. I asked Miss Snyder about you when I\nwas at UNRRA and she said that you were on your way back to New\nJersey.\nI have reviewed your application and find no reason for\nyour being disqualifeid for the Second Reserve of the American Red\nCross Nursing Service. You understand, I am sure, that we are not\nnow enrolling the usual number of applicants in this reserve due to\nthe pressure of work at national headquarters in the matter of\nmilitary nurses. lie are, however, making an exception in the case\nof UNRRA applicants. We are, therefore, approving your application\nand you will receive the necessary credentials in a short time.\nIn regard to your offer of volunteer service to the Red\nCross, I can only say that we would be extremely grateful if you could\nsee your way clear to helping us with some of the emergency vork. For\nthe last three weeks we have had several UNRRA nurses wrking with us\nas volunteers during the time they have been waiting to go overseas.\nOne by one they have dropped out until we have only four left. It has\nbeen a heaven sent help and we would be most happy to have more of the\nsame kind.\nWe of the Red Cross feel that we have a definite professional\nresponsibility to perform at this time and we are greatly handicapped\nbecause of the War Manpower Commission situation. If your plans make\nit possible for you to come to Washington for regular volunteer work,\nI shall be most happy to hear from you.\nSincérely yours,\nMary c. Houston\nAsst. to the Director\nNursing Service"
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