Feeding the Hungry, P. C. Hiebert, 1929

n the appointed day. The following members were present: J. H. Mellinger, D. M. Hofer, Levi Mumaw, M. H. Kratz, and P. C. Hiebert. After a short devotion led by Bro. Hofer, the minutes of the Elkhart meeting were read and accepted. Thereupon it was moved and supported that we elect a Chairman, Secre- tary-Treasurer and a third member to constitute an Execu- tive Committee of the Mennonite Central Committee, with the understanding that the Secretary-Treasurer act as Ex- ecutive Secretary for the committee. This motion was passed unanimously. Thereupon the Mennonite Central Committee organized with the following officers: P. C. Hiebert, Hillsboro, Kans., Chairman; Levi Mumaw, Scottdale, Pa., Secretary-Treasurer ; M. H. Kratz, Philadelphia, Pa., third member of the Execu- tive Committee. Since the actions of this meeting have an important bearing on all the future work of the Committee we give the resolutions largely in full. Resolved, that we accept our duties as Mennonite Cen- tral Committee as outlined by a resolution passed at a meet- ing of the different organizations at Elkhart, Ind., July 28, 1920, calling this committee into existence—to act for and with the several Mennonite Relief Committees in the direc- tion of the joint relief work to be carried on in South Russia. THE MENNONITE CENTRAL COMMITTEE 55 A committee appointed to present an outline as to the procedure of the Committee in the forwarding and distribut- ing of funds and provisions among the needy, submitted a plan which was passed and accepted in the following reso- lution: Resolved, that we accept the plans now in force and adopted by the Mennonite Relief Commission and the group of workers reaching Constantinople on this date, which reads as follows: Pertaining to Finances 1. That the unit on the field be allowed a definite monthly budget for relief expenditure, and that the director be notified of the amount at least two months in advance. 2. That the director issue receipts for all amounts re- ceived, and that he be held responsible for the distribution of the same to the extent that he secure receipts personally signed by the beneficiaries. 3. That all personnel, travel and maintenance accounts on the field be O.K.’d by the director, before being paid by the treasurer of the unit. 4. That a monthly report of all field-expenditures be made to the Treasurer of the Commission. 5. That the Publicity Committee, subject to the ap- proval of the chairman of the Executive Committee, be authorized to actively carry on publicity work in connection with the Russian proposition for the purpose of raising funds to carry on the work, but that all expenditures for the purpose of publishing, literature, pamphlets or in travel be approved by the Executive Committee. Pertaining to the Work on the Field the following agreements were reached, subject to change if found ad- visable later: 1. That all work on the fi