Catholics and Quakers took steps today to aid impoverished Austrians.
The Society of Friends, in conjunction with American and British Jewish organizations, has decided to establish a dining room for 1,000 needy intellectuals in Vienna, subject to the approval of the German authorities, it was announced by the friend, British quaker organ.
A third of the cost of the dining room, estimated at $500 weekly, will be defrayed by The Friends, and the remainder by Jewish organizations. After German approval has been received, Ethel Houghton, organizer of Quaker relief work in Austria after the World War, will proceed from England to Vienna.
A fund to help Austrian refugees in England and other countries was launched by a Catholic committee under the presidency of Cardinal Hinsley. The committee declared it was prepared to cooperate with other recognized relief organizations for German and Austrian refugees. A gradual increase in the number of exiles is to be expected in view of the extension of racial legislation and the Nazi monopoly on education, the committee said.
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