Laurel outlook., 1946-10-09
Act to Expand
Foreign Relief
Private Agencies Prepare
Programs to Carry On
After R Quits.


NEW YORK. - Private agencies
for foreign relief + prepared tc
increase their programs as a result
of the announcement from Gen
eva that Fiorello LaGuardia, oil
rector of the United Nations Relief
and Rehabilitation administration,
recommended the liquidation OF
UNRRA beginning October l, the
New York Times reports.
An agency co-ordinating with
UNRRA, the emergency food col
lection, which conducted a drive
since last spring to supplement
UNRRA's food supplies, announced
that its main New York head
quarters at 100 Maiden Lane would
close although shipments abroad
would continue under UNRRA di-
rection.
Friends Expand Program.
The American friends service
committee was the first private or
ganization to announce an a%cceler-
ated program when Clarence E..
Pickett, executive secretary, re-
ported a revision of it's planned bud
get for civilian relief in Austria.
The appropriation of S400, 900 for this
task will be increased to 5000 900,
MI. Pickett explained, because of
critical conditions in Austria plus
the fact that UNRRA will be dis
continued and the army has no al
location for the relief Of civilians in
Austria" With its budget for relief
operation, primarily food, in IS
countries in Europe and Asia for
this year estimated at So, $500, 900 to
1900, 900, it was indicated that
the committees revision on the Aus
trian ALLEGATION would be followed
by raised budgets for other coun-
tries.
Other major relief agencies
echoed the Friends organizations
assertion that private agencies
face increased responsibilities"
when UNRRA ceases to function.
The American joint distribution
committee found that "the with
drawal of UNRRA from the Euro
pean scene without any provision
made for carrying on its food and
other relief functions would have a
drastic effect on the JDC program"
Asserting that in II countries of
Europe today, 500, 900 Jews receive
all or some of their food from JDC,
while additional thousands of Jews
in the Far East, North Africa and
the Middle East also receive food
aid," JDC announced that it had ap-
propriated $25, 088, $50 for this work
during the first six months of 1916. |
Ship to Many Points.
With operations conducted in A
countries of Europe and Asia, the
Rev. Edward E. Swanstrom, assist
ant executive director of the war
relief services of the National
Catholic welfare conference, re-
statistics indicating the
scope of its current program. With
ESQ, 900 pounds of whole wheat flour
allocated to North Africa, Father
owanstrom outlined a program en-
comprising Germany, India and the
Nine shipments during
he last six months, distributed in
Germany amounted to 4,310. 343
pounds; four shipments to Hun
gary in the same period reached
,518, 040 pounds. During the last ten
months Poland received eleven ship
nents totaling 1885, PIT pounds. Six
cen shipments, totaling 1852, 1852
went to the Philippines dur
ng the year.
Yugoslavia, Belgium, the Neither
ands and Austria are among cou
ries to which the Catholic welfare
difference has sent shipments dur
ng the last six months.
Another organization prepared
o accept additional burdens when
MIRA is discontinued, is the
'olish YMCA, operating in Poland
nd England under the guidance of
ne Worlds YMCA. Paul Super, who
eads the Polish YMCA program
ere, said that since last October l
shipments of food, clothing and
valued at $780, 900 had
cen shipped from here, to be dis
'ibuted in Poland, where its au-
lorities cooperate with the Amer
Relief for Poland organization.