Evening star., 1949-02-02
Lutherans Act Today
On Plea 10 Raise DIP
Limit 10 4O5,0O0
By Cospor Names
Ster Staff Correspondent

NEW YORK, Feb. 2.-The Ma
tional Lutheran Council today will
act on q resolution indorsing pro-
posed changes in the Displaced Per-
sons Act Of 194s, recommended by
Senator. McGrath, Democrat. Of
Rhode Island, and Senator Nicely,
Democrat, Of West Virginia.
The council, holding its annual
meeting here, is expected to go on
record favoring an increase in the
number of displaced persons enter
ing the United States from 205, 900
in two years to 405 900 in four years.
The resolution also would approve
the elimination of job and housing
assurances now required Of dis
placed persons, the providing Of
loans for these people to get them
from the port Of entry to their place
Of residence In the country and
broader occupational requirements.
Other provisions the council will
act on include the elimination OF
mortgaging future immigration
quotas against displaced persons
now admitted, change in the cut
off date for these people from De-
cember %, 1945. to April 81, 1947,
and the right Of the Attorney Gen.
eral to give permanent residence to
$1,000 displaced persons now here
on visitor visas.
Would Aid Estonians.
The council will petition Congress
to have the International Refugee
ORGANIZATION provide for the inclu-
sion of Estonians in Sweden as dis
placed persons, to seek means OF
speeding up the immigration pro-
cess and to admit, as regular mm1-
grants, those Estonians who came
here recently in fishing ships.
Miss cordelia Cox, acting director
Of the councils Resettlement Serv-
ice. reported today that assurances
of Jobs and housing have been pro-
vided for 10000 displaced persons by
the council 50 far. She said $4,000
assurances will be needed TO
settle the approximately 10000 Lu-
theran displaced persons expected
here in the next 18 months. That
number will be doubled, If Congress
liberalizes the Displaced Persons Act,
she added.
ID. C. Offers Processed.
In Washington, through the
agency of the Rev. Donald F. Bautz,
district representative of the Luther
an Resettlement Service, more than
so lob and housing offers for dis
placed persons have been processeo'
Col. Gynther Storaasli, who was
appointed secretary of the Bureau
of Service to Military Personnel
last night, said today the bureau.
situated in the washington Churcn
Center, will devote itself exclusively
to chaplaincy work in the future,
rather than to service center needs.
There is a great demand for
younger chaplains in the Army"
Col. Storaash said. THAT means,
In general, recent graduates from
the seminaries who have been or
dained and are between the ages
hf 2S and 81 are wanted"
DR.. william G. Sodt of Milwau-
kee was reelected president OF the
council yesterday. DR.. Sodt, first
vice president of the American
Lutheran Church, Is administrator
of the Milwaukee Hospital. This Is
DR.. sedt's second term as head OF
the council. al
other officers reelected were DR..
Martin Anderson of Chicago, vice
president; DR.. Amin G. Wend OF
haywood, Ill, secretry, and S. Fred
ertck Telleen Of New York, treas
urer.
Two Washington Lutherans here
as councillors are Harold Hegstrom,
superintendent of the National
Training School for Boys, and DR..
Gerhard E. Lenski, pastor Of Grace
Lutheran Church. This is DR.. Len
skis first term as councillor, repre-
senting the American Lutheran
Church.