The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-20
LutheF0nS Intensity Campaign
 Ravaged Countries
 10 Got Clothing
 From Americans

Lutheran World Beliefs nation wide campaign to collect clothing |, and shoes for Europe's needy will be | intensified during the summer months to assure steady flow of goods to war-ravaged countries, 1t was announced today at headquar- ters of the National Lutheran Coun- cil, 231 Madison Avenue, New York city.
 Dr. c. E. Krumbholz, chairman of Lutheran World Beliefs adminis- tration committee, said that the or- iginal goal of 100000 pounds of clothing was reached this week, and that all contributions received since the project was launched last De- cember have been shipped overseas. The goods weer sent to Germany, Finland, Poland, Holland, Hungary, Belgium, Yugoslavia, and Czechoslo- vakia.
 Pointing out that stocks on hand at the agency'S warehouse at Easton, Pa, are nearly depleted, pr: Krumholz stressed the necessity of building up a backlog of relief sup- plies for shipment this summer. He reported that Lutheran World Re- I lief has been allocated space by CRALOG to send 300 tons of goods per month in April, May, and June to the American zone of occupation in Germany.
 I Some to Japan
 It is also expected, he said, that 50 tons monthly will soon be sent to the French zone and another 50 tons to the British zone in Ger many, Tn addition, plans are near a ing completion to ship 20-30 tons monthly to Japan through the new- ly-organized LARA or Licensed < Agencies for Relief in Asia, of which Lutheran World Relief is Q mem- Der.
 Urgent appeals for continued and ! increased support are being receiv- 3 ed from abroad, Dr. Krumbholz re- : vealed. pr. s. c. Michelfelder, di- x rector of the Material Aid Division of the World Council of Churches at Geneva, Switzerland, cabled this week: Send all you can collect. The coming warm weather does not mean temporary lull in the suffer- ing. It is my opinion that the win z ters of 1946-47 and 1947-4S will be still worse than the one just pass M ed"
 The Rev. Carl F. Schaffnit, who arrived on the Continent last week as a commissioner from CRALOG tc z supervise distribution of American relief in Germany, wrote: If oul
 American friends could see witt
 their own eyes not only the utter destruction and poverty and misery hunger and hopelessness written or the faces of innocent children and women, but also the willingness oi the German people to actually share the little they have left, they, our Christian people, would be happy to do little sharing themselves"
 Many SO-Operating
 Virtually all Lutherans in the United States are taking part irl Lutheran World Beliefs clothing campaign. Participating bodies ir- clude the United Lutheran Church Norwegian Lutheran Church, Amer # icari Lutheran Church, Augustans Synod, United Evangelical LuthearT Church, Danish Lutheran Church Lutheran Free Church, and Finnish i Suomi synod, all of which co-oper- ate in the National Lutheran Coun- < cil; and the Missouri Synod through !" its Emergency Planning Council Also affiliated with the project is the Plattdeutscher Volksfest Verein, ar y association of some 50 local German |. American societies in the New York City area.