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HUMANITARIANS

QUAKER RELIEF: An account of the relief work of the Society of Friends, 1940-1948, by Roger C. Wilson; Allen and Unwin. English price, 15/-. HIS is a valuable document dealing ‘with the vast and complex problems of relief work by the Society of Friends in England and Europe during the war (continued on next page)

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(continued from previous page) and after. Because of the extremely human and personal way in which the Quakers work it probably gives a more intimate picture of the terrific dislocation.of human beings than much already published 6n the subject. It does seem that the best kind of relief work has a religious foundation, for it is work that needs great tolerance and patiencequalities too often lacking in official organisations. The amount spent was £720.566-

no real indication of the extent of what was done in. Great Britain, France, Palestine, East Africa, Gibraltar, Casablanca and Italy. The British Government sympathised to the ex- ' tent of contributing £25,066, even if it did gaol some active Quaker relief workers who refused to go to work on farms or wherever. else they were ordered. But the great advantage with the Quakers was that their name _ stood high in Europe and they did not have to face suspicion

among peoples torn Dy resentment and

fear.

Walter

Brookes

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New Zealand Listener, Volume 28, Issue 722, 15 May 1953, Page 13

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HUMANITARIANS New Zealand Listener, Volume 28, Issue 722, 15 May 1953, Page 13

HUMANITARIANS New Zealand Listener, Volume 28, Issue 722, 15 May 1953, Page 13

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