Speech #840090051

Founded in 1880 in historic Philadelphia. this great American institution Is this year celebrating its diamond jubilee in many communities throughout the United States. Up to 1929 the Polish National Alliance (headquarters now in Chicago) had given to education the considerable sum of $1.595.190.58. Annual gifts thereafter have amounted to1930------------------------$119.985.73 1931-------------------------124.496.28 1932-------------------------124.377.04 1933-------------------------116.149.70 1934---------------------- 116.995.60 1935---------------------- 110.946.34 1936-------------------------133.449.21 1937-------------------------126.229.58 1938-------------------------129.032.77 1939-------------------------122.814.03 1940--------------------------82.240.37 1941--------------------------76.497.72 1942------------------------ 76.143.8 1943--------------------------80.511.33 1944--------------------------81.486.93 1945-------------------------83.894.03 1946--------------------------85.588.14 1947--------------------------83.816.48 1948-------------------------135.208.75 1949--------------------------78.650.01 1950--------------------------80.515.73 1951 -------------------------92.249.08 1952 ------------------------- 123.079.46 1953-------------------------119.069.70 1954 -------------------------119.161.12 1955 through 112 of year-------$15. 5747. 92 Total from 1912 through May 31. 1955 -----------4.323. 526. 82 This makes a grand total of over $4.250.000 already given to American education by this one American corporation. composed largely of the sons and daughters. of Immigrants from Poland. a land now suffering under a dreadful communistic dictatorship. Alliance College. the benefactor of this generosity. is naturally grateful. but I submit A5521 that the general American business community should be proud of the pioneer efforts on behalf of American education by this single corporation owned by some 360.000 Americans of Polish or Slavic extraction. With the Polish National Alliance corporate aid to education is not something new. rather it has been practiced for many years.