Evening star., 1947-01-20
DEC Considered
As Lutherans
Headquarters
Council to Discuss
Question of Move
From New York
By Cospor Names

New York to washington may be
presented to the annual meeting OF
the organization at Detroit this
week, an official source informed
The Star today.
If the move Is made, the Lutheran
Service Center at 1876 Jackson place
NV. will be headquarters for the
council.
The council, which is the common
agency for eight Lutheran bodies in
the United States and Canada with
a membership of $500, 900 persons
opens its convention tomorrow and
concludes it on Friday. Members OF
the body are the United Lutheran
Church in America, Evangelical
Lutheran Church, American Lu-
theran Church, Augustana Synod
Lutheran Free Church, United
Evangelical Lutheran Church. Dan
ish Lutheran Church and Finnish
Suomi Synod.
Committee to Report.
The service center would be used
as liaison headquarters for council
officials having dealings with the
Government if the national Offices
are not brought here, 1t was re-
vealed. The Rev. Robert Van Dusen
of the center has been serving in
this liaison capacity for the past six
months.
Before the question of what should
be done with the center Is brought
to the convention floor, q special
committee will make its report to
the Executive Committee of the
council. Those on the COMMITTEES
are DR.. R. E. Tulloss. president OF
the National Lutheran Council
chairman: r. E. Haugan, manager
of Augsburg Press; Dr.. P. O. Bersell
president of the Augustana Synod;
G. H.. Bechtold, superintendent of
Lutheran Inner Missions, and DR.
H. Yocum Of Columbus, Ohio.
Relief for Europe.
The American section, Lutheran
World Federation, today recon-
to the national council that
four representatives be sent i'm
to administer relief work
in Europe. The federation is meet
ing in conjunction with the council.
Nominations for the four posts
are expected to be acted on during
the week.
Another motion presented today
by the federation was one recon-
mending that the council be made
the national committee OF the
Lutheran World Federation.
This change would make the
council, rather than the American
section of the federation, the coun-
Gil and the directors of Lutheran
World Action in the eight cooper
ating Lutheran church bodies-the
organization in charge of admins
tering the s6,000,0 900 marked for re-
lief work in Europe.
Ill Pastors Minister to Veterans.
Plans already have been made te
transfer the Offices of the Rev. Car
Plack, supervisor of Lutheran clergy.
men ministering to members Of thu
church who are in Veterans Admin.
istration hospitals, from New Yorl
to Service Center by February l, il
also was learned. A total Of I'll Off,
cial and cooperating pastors have
been appointed by this Office tt
serve in hospitals taking care O.
veterans.
More than $6,000,000 of a $10,000,'
900 postwar reconstruction fund ha.
been received as of January /, tn.
council announced yesterday. TIL,
report said it was hoped to reacf
the goal before the end of the year
The establishment. of youth di.
vision, with a department of studen
service and one of youth work, ane
the creation OF department o1
radio and visual-aid within the di.
vision Of public relations are among
the new ventures expected to be ap.
proved by the convention.
Relief Aid Report Made.
Studies concerning the possibility
of founding an all-Lutheran post.
graduate theological seminary is an.
other matter the meeting is expected
to approve.
Lutheran World Relief shipped
more than $2,460,00 of supplies oi
materials to Europe and Asia dur
ing 1916, DR.. c. E. Krumbholz, chair.
man of the organizations Admins
trative Committee, reported Satur-
day at the Lutheran World Fedora
ton, American Section, meeting
This gathering is being held in con.
junction with the council conven.
ton.
The shipments were sent to II
countries in Europe and to China
the report stated.
Hegstrom, DR.. Tabor Will AtteEd.
Washington Lutherans who viii
take part in the convention in off,
cial capacities will be Harold Heg-
strom, superintendent of the Ma
tional Training School for Boys, ano
Dr.. L. Ralph Tabor, pastor of Luther
Place Memorial Church. Mr.. Heg-
strom is a councillor, representing
the Augustana Synod, of the Ma.
tional Council. DR.. Tabor is director
of Luthern World Action for the
United Lutheran Church in Ameri-
ca and on Councils Division o1
Public Relations Committee.
DR.. Gould Wickey, a member o1
the organizations Student Service
Commission. is another District
resident expected to attend the
meeting.