Madame Chiang Kai-Shek Appeals For More Aid -- Before a crowded House Chamber, in her first public appearance, Madame Chiang Kai-Shek appealed to the American people for more aid for China "which has bled and borne unflinchingly the burden of war for more than five and a half years". Madame Chiang is shown as she was introduced by Speaker Samuel Rayburn, right. In the foreground are Rep. Sol Bloom, of N.Y. Chairman of the Foreign relations Committee; Rep. Charles A. Eaton of N.J.; February 18, 1943.