Show The National Catholic c Resettlement Council Diocesan directors appointed by their r to direct the work of The National Catholic Res Resettlement Council In In Colorado New Mexico Utah and Wyoming met at the Catholic Charities Annex 1665 1885 Grant street in Denver today to discuss the problem of the displaced persons in Europe I Preliminary studies already made Father Aloysius J. J Assistant Executive Director of War Relief Ser Ser- vices-National vices Catholic Welfare Conference Conference Confer Confer- ence who came from New York City to attend the meeting declared reveal that there are considerable opportunities for displaced persons in the small townsand towns townsand and ind rural communities of this section of ot the he country Father disclosed that prelimInary preliminary prelim prelim- inary surveys in the respective dioceses of this area show there are housing and employment opportunities for these people peo peo- The greatest needs for their services Is s in the rural areas where there Is also plenty of housing facilities for them lie He pointed out that because of the tho present housing shortage no plans can canoe be oe made to settle the DP's in the cities except where their relatives are prepared to take them into their own homes The DP's Father stressed d. d cannot return to their homelands be because because be- be cause causo they are in deadly fear of the communists who are in power there They are unalterably opposed to communism communism communism com com- and all It stands for tor They want more moro than anything else a chance to start life anew anew to to have a job and life for the future We can certainly give them this opportunity without disturbIng disturbing disturbing disturb disturb- ing our economy or depriving one of our citizens a job or a home borne Since there is now hope that Congress Congress Congress Con Con- gress will pass legislation In this session permitting the admission of a reasonable I number of Displaced Persons into the United States Father said the I various states have been making plans for their reception The voluntary organizations or organizations organizations or- or Church Chuch orld Service War Relief N Services C I Welfare Conference and t c Service for New Americans Americana have had an opportunity of working with other states in raking making plans for the bringing together of Information in information information In- In formation in regard to employment and housing opportunities for the resettlement resettlement resettle- resettle I ment of displaced persons Since the west has occupied a traditional position ot of leadership leaderships In progressive social welfare movements throughout the country itis It is hoped this leadership l will not be last In meeting the problem of DP's In which our Federal Government haw has already assumed as assumed assumed as- as leadership The government of the United States Is committed to giving the displaced persons of Europe an opI opportunity op- op I for resettlement in other co countries un tries It cannot very well participate successfully In this program without admitting its fair share of the displaced persons to the United States Pointing out that the organized church bodies of the United States are ready and willing to take the leadership leadership leadership leader leader- ship in solving this human buman problem Father declared that we have great traditions as a haven for tor the homeless and the oppressed The present trend of or world events makes it necessary that we make our great traditions work before the spotlight of the world which is now on us If we tall fall In this our great history and our traditions will be but a o fable to those thole who look to us for world T readership leadership |