JOB FOR REFUGEES

Grey River Argus, 20 May 1941, Page 6

JOB FOR REFUGEES

ANGLICAN BISHOP’S IDEA

TO STIR UP OPPOSITION IN

GERMANY.

(Received May 19, 7.30 p.m.). RUGBY, May 19

The Bishop of Chichester, in a broadcast, described the contribution made to the war effort by adult foreign refugees in Britain. He said there were a quarter of a million of them i The Bishop said that he would like to see the refugee writers and political workers systematically used to encourage opposition in Germany itself, and to show the German people the falseness of Hitler and recall them to their true spiritual leaders

He said: “These men and women fled here because they could not tolerate life under the Nazi regime, because they wanted to- help England as the only country left m Europe that could lead them back to freedom. There are scores of ways in which the help of these Germans and Austrian refugees is being given. About two thousand are serving as soldiers in pioneer corps. The women are being welcomed as members of the A.T.S., and under Government i training schemes, and are engaged in national training to help the war effort. Over a thousasd of them are employed ( in agricultural I work, where they are doing so well that our farmers are calling on more of this refugee labour. There also are doctors, dentists, nurses, and clergy all helping. In addition w e have some 250 picked scholars using their brains for the promotion of learning in Britain, There is, besides a body of artists, musicians and writers, helping to keep the flame of cultuie alive.” ■