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    "ocrText": "-2 -\ncan be released from the welfare staff. Mies Verda Hick cox is Director\nM\nof Staff Welfare at the Paris Headquarters and she has several nurses\nassisting her. I doubt very much if she is going to need any more help\nbefore the work there begins to déminish.\nI think under the circunstances unless something unforseen\ndevelops in the near future that it would be best for you to continue with\nyour UNRRA assignment until that is terminated in a natural way by the con-\nclusion of the work and then keep us in mind here at home for possible fu-\nture activity. We are looking forward very much to the return of many of\nour staff who are in one form of service or another and hope that they will\nwish to return to the Red Cross fold on coming back to civilian nursing\nagain.\nMiss Coltharp is certainly having some interesting and I\nimagine trying experiences in Yugoslavia and is doing a grand job. You\nperhaps have heard that Miss Lona Trott has returned to the Midwestern\nArea as Director of Nursing Service, having just assumed that position\nvery recently. She seemed very glad to get back to the area and is very\nimpressed with the fine staff she has to do the big job before them.\nThassume that you receive the American Journal of Nursing\nso that you are able to keep up with what is going on in the profession\nhere at home. The American Nurses Association is struggling now with their\ncounseling and placement service which they hope to make available to all\ncivilian nurses as well as nurse veterans. It is a grand plan if they can\nget the money and personnel to develop it.\nI do hope that you will write to us again and keep us in-\nformed of your activities.\nWith all' best wishes to you, I am\nSincerely yours,\nGertrude s. Banfield,\nDirector, Nursing Enrollment.\nGSBshsr\n2"
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