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John Slater makes an appeal on behalf of the Television Fund of the National Institute for the Deaf.
at 7.45
Contributions will be gratefully acknowledged and should be addressed to John Slater, [address removed]

Deafness in one form or another affects the lives of two and a half million people in Britain. Fifty thousand are totally deaf and will never hear a sound in their lives.
To all these people sound radio means nothing as a medium of interest and pleasure. But Television is a medium they can follow, particularly the programmes which have a high visual content. Television sets have already been installed in some of the special schools for deaf children, Homes, Institutes, and Clubs for the Deaf all over the country. Many more are needed. One of the ambitions of the National Institute for the Deaf is to see all such places equipped with television. All contributions to the Appeal will be used for this purpose.