Evening star., 1947-01-20
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DC. Under Study
AS lutElerans'
Headquarters
Council to Discuss.
Question Of Move
From New York
By Cospor Names

By Cospor Names
The question of moving National
Lutheran Council headquarters from
New York to Washington may be
presented to the annual meeting of
the organization at Detroit this
week, an of1cial source informed
The Star today. .
II the move Is made, the Lutheran
Service Center at 736 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, it 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, special
committee will make its report to
the Executive Committee of the
council. Those on the committee
are DIR. 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.
Ill Pastors Minister to Veterans.
Plans already have been made to
transfer the Offices Of the Rev. Carl
Plack, supervisor of Lutheran clergy
men ministering to members OF the
church who are in Veterans Admin
istration hospitals, from New York
to Service Center by February l, 1t
also was learned. A total of I'll off,
cial and cooperating pastors have
been appointed by this Office to
serve in hospitals taking care Of
veterans.
More than $6,ooo,o00 of a $4,000
900 postwar reconstruction fund has
been received as Of January /, the
council announced yesterday. The
report said it was hoped to reach
the goal before the end of the year.
The establishment of a youth di-
vision, with a department of student
service and one of youth work, and
the creation OF a department Of
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. -x,,.
Lutheran World Relief shipped
more than $2,460,000 of supplies Of
materials to Europe and Asia dur
ing 1946, 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-
tion.
The shipments were sent to II
countries in Europe and to China,
the report stated. 1t included H.
535 bales of used clothing and bed
ding, 9,124 bags of shoes, 1886 cases
of food and 499 cases of medical and
other supplies.
Hegstrom, DR.. Tabor Will Attend.
washington LutneranS VINO WILL
take part in the convention in off,
cial capacities will be Harold Heg-
strom, superintendent of the Ma
tional Training School for Boys, and
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 of
Public Relations Committee.
DR.. Gould Wickey, a member of
the organizations Student Service
Commission, is another District
resident expected to attend the
meeting