Evening star., 1941-03-30
12District Groups
Collect S584,8o5 10
Aid War Sufferers
Catholic Bishops Unit
And Ahepo Report
Largest Amounts

A dozen local organizations COL
iected $584,8O54e for war relief
during the 18 months ending in
February, reports made public by
the State Department yesterday dis
closed.
The largest collections were re-
ported by the Bishops Committee
for Polish Relief, 1895, ,74O04, and
the Order of Ahepa, Sl06, 1929.
The Bishops Committee, a CO.
ordinating agency for Catholic relief
activities, reported expenditures of
S276,32431 for relief purposes in
Poland, England, France, Switzer-
land, Hungary, Rumania, Italy and
Portugal, with overhead expenses Of
S62.73 and a balance of S120,353 on
hand March /. Its report covered
the period from its registration with
the State Department on December
10, 1889, through February %.
Ahepa Expends Ss2,692.
Expenditure of s32 ,692 S5 for relief
in Greece during the first two
months of this year was reported by
the Order of Ahepa, which regis
tered with the department January
/. With no overhead expenses, the
order had a balance of $23 ,450.03 on
hand in relief funds March !.
All organizations which solicit
funds for relief in belligerent coun-
tries or for aiG to refugees driven
out of those countries by the war
are required to register with the
tSate Department and submit
monthly reports, except the Ameri-
can Red Cross.
The departments tabulation of re-
ports from more than 300 private Or
ganizations throughout the United
States showed aggregate collections
of 26,6O6,7l816 from September 6,
1899, through last month. OF this
amount, $18,054,64l IS had been spent
for actual relief, s2,613375.59 went
for overhead expenses and an ag-
gregate balance of s6,170,13886 re-
manned on hand March /.
Balances Total S170,261
10 Vi iIIG IL lUId1 VI SdlIlAd-
tions on the list showed aggregate
expenditures for actual relief of
S409, ,84199, with overhead expenses
amounting to $4,702.10 and balances
on hand March totaling $170, 0,26l39.
In addition to the Bishops Com
nittee for Polish Relief and the Or
der of Ahepa, the local organizations
included in the report, with the
names of the countries in which they
are authorized to distribute relief
funds, their total receipts, through
February, actual relief expenditures,
overhead expenses, and remaining
balance on hand March l, listed in
order, follow:
American Association OF University
Women-France, Great Britain,
Sweden, Palestine, Canada and
Switzerland, s2O,5O9.57; s11,3275o,
S63946, S8,542.61.
Catholic Students Collect SI,795.
The Catholic Student War Relief
of Pax Romana-Poland, France,
Germany and Great Britain: ST.
1876, sl,57463, sl9e.e1, s2122.
Committee for Relief IN Allied
Countries-France, Great Britain,
Poland, Norway, Belgium. Luxem-
burg and the Netherlands: $4,523.03,
s2,500, 81, ,805 so, $217.43.
District of Columbia Federation
of Womens Clubs-Great Britain:
s2,315.O8, s1,749.19, s3ssS6, s176.03.
Parcels for Belgian prisoners
Germany: Sl4,16505, $2,423, nothing,
s11,74205.
Relief for French refugees in Eng
land-France and Greal Britain:
s24,755. $2O,17905, s1,0470S. So
52387.
Greek Church Collects S1,544.
St. Andrews (Scottish Society of
Washington - Scotland: S1,54442,
s83131, s23194, $481.17.
Saints Constantine and Helen
Greek Orthodox Church-Greece:
s6.36443, $4,000, nothing, s1.36443
Mrs. Walter r. Tuckerman, Beth
esda-Great Britain: s3,912.69, s3,-
624.19, 1886, S384.55.
Wellesley Club of Washington,
Arlington, Va.-Great Britain: s2,-
o37.53. s1,715.s6, $321.57, nothing.