The broad ax., 1922-12-30
HUNpRED THOUSAND STATE
OFFICIALS TO BE RE
LEASED IN AUSTRIA
Quaker Relief VIII Help Destitute

One hundred thousand Austrian
state officials are to be dismissed in
the near future under the plan by
which the League of Nations is at
tempting to rehabilitate Austria's ma
tional finances. This fact was re-
Gently stated to members of the
Friends Relief Mission in Vienna by
Herr Schueller, Section Chief OF the
Austrian Foreign Office.
The problem of absorbing these
men into other lines of activity is a
problem with which the Austrian
Government itself must deal. The
Quaker Relief Mission, however, is
helping to meet the problem by rem
dering assistance to the Land Settle
ments, cooperative garden settle
ments which will absorb many of the
men and their families. The Friends
will also assist individual families of
dismissed state officials who are in
need of emergency relief, as they are
already assisting a large number of
destitute members of the salaried
and professional classes.
In his interview with the Friends,
Herr SCHUYLER was optimistic about
the general outlook for the future,
feeling that II is better than during
the last several years. The League
of Nations plan for financial rehabili-
tation, however, does not remedy the
present distress among the Austrian
people themselves. The necessity OF
enforcing the stringent reforms in
volved in the plan will tend rather to
increase the distress among individ-
uals for the next year or two; and
emergency relief is necessary to pre-
serve as much as possible OF the
energy and faith of the people IN
order that they may take their parts
in working for national reconstruc-
ton.
Great efforts are being made among
the Viennese themselves to relieve
suffering in their country. A relief
committee, under the auspices of
Chancellor Seipel, is raising funds for
wood and coal, the Viennese chill
dren's doctors appeal for clothing for
needy school children, the various
hospitals and Children's Homes for
blind people and for the old make
collections through the Vienna Press,
the War Invalids' organization ar
ranged for house to house collections,
and collection days and charity con-
certs are frequently held for the First
Aid Society. All these efforts, how
ever, are insufficient to meet the need.
The Friends Relief Mission,
through its middle-class relief work,
is aiding many artists. teachers, stu
dents, members of the former aristoc-
racy, and others whose incomes were
formerly large, but who are now un-
able to provide themselves with even
the bare necessities Of life. The Mis-
sion is also importing cows which are
sold to various welfare institutions in
return for payments Of milk. and this
milk Is in turn used for relief pun
poses. II Is likewise lending assist
arce to the Land Settlement move
ment and Is helping 10 support num-
Der Of Children's Homes. tuberculosis
dispensaries and similar institutions
which would be unable to continue
sut for such aid. Five hundred thou
sand dollars Is needed to carry or the
Quaker program Of relief during the
coming year.
Recently the Friends extended their
fresh-miIk distribution to include q /
OF groups which had not pre-
viously received milk. Eight times