Evening star., 1950-02-02
Lutherans Expected
To Urge Congress 70
LiberaIize DIP Law
BY Cospor Names
Sfor Stoff Correspondent


Lutheran Church bodies having
more than 4,o0o, 900 members, is
expected to approve the resolu-
ton. It urges Congress "for
Christian and humanitarian rea-
sons" to extend the national law
Ito admit additional displaced
persons to the United States"
The present displaced persons
law authorized admission of 205,-
900 persons by the end of June,
1850. A House bill. passed last
year, would allow $4,000 to enter
while a new Senate bill would
admit $4,000, both bills extend
ing the time allowance to June 80,
1851. The cutoff date for dis
placed persons would be changed
from December %, 1945, to
January l, 1949, in both new bills.
The council yesterday passed a
resolution asking Congress to
amend the present law to provide
that the continuing program be
more fully a Government opera
ton" It would have the Govern
ment Include the payment of in
land transportation from Govern
ment funds. and offer private
agencies the opportunity to render
supplementary services as needed. 4"
$4,000 In is Months.
DR.. T. F. Gullixson of st. Paul,
Mimi, reported yesterday that
nearly $4,000 displaced persons
have been brought to the United
States during the past Is months
by the councils United States Re-
settlement Service. He said assur-
ances have been sent overseas that
jobs and housing for $4,000 more
displaced persons have been guar
anteed. Cost of the resettlement
program last year was s750,0Oo.
The 1851 budget calls for the ex-
penditure of $1,5o0,00O.
Harold e. Hegstrom of Wash
ington, chairman of the councils
Department of Welfare, reported
today that "a full-time and Il
part-time Lutheran chaplains are
at Veterans Administration hos
pitals and homes. In addition. he
said. about 500 contact pastors are
doing similar service.
Mr.. Hegstrom, superintendent
OF the National Training School
for Boys, called for a wider rec
ognltion by hospitals, prisons and
other institutions of the use of
religion in treating physical and
mental ills.
Medical stats and institutional
administrators are increasingly
aware of the spiritual implications
OF illness and seek chaplains who
can cooperate with doctors in a
total service to patients" he said.
Plack Reappointed.
The Rev. Carl r. Plack of Wash
1ngton was reappointed as con-
sultant for the Welfare Depart
ment's chaplaincy service. His
term will end March l, 1858.
1t also was announced that DR..
c. z. Krumbholz, executive secre-
tary Of the Welfare Division, has
been chosen to the National Com
mittee of So for a mid-century
White House conference for chill
dren and youth. to be held in
December.
DR.. Franklin Clark Fry, presi-
dent of the United Lutheran
Church in America, told the meet
ing yesterday any consideration
that may be shown the Christian
church in China will be an ex-
pedient."
Asserting any 'Marxist move
ment is basically anti Christian"
and that China is no exception"
DR.. Fry declared: "The degree of
expediency shown will depend
upon the domestic and interna-
tional pressures that will impinge
on the government from time to
time"
Food, clothing, medicine and
other supplies totaling 33,301 ,406
pounds and valued at $11,135,186
have been shipped overseas since
Lutheran world relief was organ
lied in 1945, 1t was reported today.
Included in the shipments to 10
countries in Europe, Asia and
the Middle East were 81, ,906 bales
Of used clothing and bedding, 49,
122 cases Of used shoes, 428, ,797
eases of food, 81 ,728 cases of mis-
cellaneous articles and 1918 cases
OF new clothing, bedding and
shoes.
Hungarian Church Cut Off.
Germany received the major
share of relief goods, or 21,17S,924
pounds. Austria, 1,400, 500 pounds;
Poland, 990,033 pounds, and
Japan, 858,167 pounds, are next
In order of goods received.
The Rev. John A. Scherzer, Sec
retary Of the councils desk for
European affairs, reported yester-
day that no financial or material
aid has been sent to the Lutheran
Church Of Hungary by the coun-
Gil since Bishop Lajos Ordass was
arrested and tried in 1948. He
said present church leaders in
Hungary have made overtures for
the re-establishment of relation
ships with the Lutheran World
Federation and the National
Council, but a conference held
last summer produced no salts
factory solution for basis on
which cooperation could be re-
established"
Mr.. Scherzer also reported that
$2,739,779 has been spent in II
European countries during 1949
for spiritual relief and church
reconstruction. Germany received
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