The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-02
Christian Science
 Women Aiding Cause
War Relief Committee Donating Clothes to Sufferers
 in Worldwide Sectors; Activities Reviewed

of the Grive, Bisset & Holland building is being carried on work perhaps little known in this busy city of war workers. But the work of the war relief committee of First Church of Christ, Scientist, is con- tributing, as are branch churches all over the country, to the relief of suffering throughout the world which is being carried on by the war relief committee of the mother church, the First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts.
 The Christian Science war relief committee of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass, which was established In September l94O, has recently released it's second annual report. This shows that 1t now has more than l5O0 units active in the United States of America be- sides many more in Great Britain, Canada, Australia and the Union of South Africa.
 The committee has assembled since Pearl Harbor over 66,000 pounds of durable clothing and bed ding, in waterproof, Inothproof, wooden cases, at- convenient loca- tions on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, ready for instant use should emergencies arise because of local enemy action.
 More than 32,800 garments have been distributed, through military distribution centers, to men In the United States forces. A large Brit ish transport vessel which had ar- rived from tropical waters and was being repaired at Boston received 100 oyercoats for officers. Folding cots have been given to overcrowded seamen's clubs. Civilians arriving in the United States suffering be- cause of war conditions or action have been provided with clothing and other forms of relief. Among them are refugees from the Far East, who landed in California; and mer- chant seamen rescued from ships torpedoed along the Atlantic coast have been similarly cared for. Tnls work is carried on by the commit" tee without regard to creed or race.
 One of the most impressive branches of the work from the start, before America entered the war, has been the distribution of clothing ana comforts to bombed-out people ln Great Britain and to refugees rom Holland, Norway, Russia, Poland, Belgium, and other European coun- tries. Clothing has gone direct from Boston to Russia, and knitted goods have been sent there from branches of the committee in England. one example is the preparation, within six weeks, of 1920 knitted garments for the Russians. Overseas workers have won the commendation and cooperation of local authorities py their prompt arrival on the scene or trouble. In cities heavily bombed, such as Plymouth, Coventry, Bristol, and Southampton they have goE there with food and clothing, ready to 90 to work, even before the "All Clear" sounded.
 Complete Outfits
 The wide range Of the olstriputlon is indicated in the annual report from the United Kingdom. One worker reports that an English pny. sician, totally bombed" was titted out with suitable professional clotn- ing by the almoner. A Scottish cen- ter states that coimmandos who at one time raided the Norwegian islands were equipped on the expedi- tion with comforts from Boston, and that the center provided clothing for the refugees whom the commandos brought back.
 Throughout the entire Christian science movement workers are mak- ing and collecting clothing or all kinds and sending 1t to the depots' where 1t is carefully inspected. sort ed and packed in waterproof cases for shipment. One of the most rec cent of the committees activities has been the sending of weekly food packages to British prisoners of war in Germany and Italy. This can be done according to the Geneva convention.
 only an occasional package has gone astray. Correspondence has been started with many os the priss oners and with their families sn Rngland. some packages have been sent t0 civilians 10 Occupied France, Tt has not been possible to reach prlsOneFs in the Far East.
 Figures prerenied for the two' year period ending the first 0f oci0s heg, lhls year, Include ever i.ego,' G0o pounds of clothing and bedding ssnt io the DTiiiHh Isles, more then e5oo pounds o Russia. and laoFe