Feeding the Hungry, P. C. Hiebert, 1929

tee, and to receive final instructions for the diffi- cult task abroad. Bro. Krehbiel was there accepted as a regular field-worker whose place of service would likely be the Molotschna, the largest individual Mennonite Col- ony in South Russia. This place assignment was made subject to final decision when on the field of operation. Bro. Hiebert also was accepted on the same terms and conditions as other field-workers, only that to him were assigned some special duties as Chairman and special rep- resentative of the Committee. He was routed via London to Holland and Germany for special consultations with the Mennonite Relief Committees of these countries. He was further to go to Constantinople to inspect the relief operations there and confer with the Director Frank Stoltzfus, relative to closing the same with a view of directing all energies to the more needy field in Russia. From there he was to proceed to Russia, enter from the South, travel through the country as much as possible, view all the famine districts and assist in getting work well under way, after which he was to return to give report to the Committee at home. It was hoped that such information as he could gather would be of great value in directing the work in the future. In the convic- tion that our committee was justified in sending across one of its special representatives in the person of the Chair- THE MENNONITE CENTRAL COMMITTEE 69 man, we were agreeably supported by the following words from our Director, Bro. Alvin J. Miller at Moscow, who visited most of the districts in conjunction with Bro. Hie- bert, and is therefore entirely qualified to give an opinion from personal observation. Miller writes the following, which came just before Bro. Hiebert arrived in America: “Let me say just now a word of appreciation of the work that Bro. Hiebert did while in Russia. I think it was a most fortunate choice that the committee made in sending him. I can think of no one who would have fitted in better than he did. His work has been deeply appreciated by the people as well as by the members of the A.M.R. I trust his return to America will help to bring the personal touch and to make many things clear that are difficult to be under- stood, except through long explanation. I wish to thank the committee for the help they have given the work through sending Bro. Hiebert to visit the field in Russia.” In the following pages we have a resume of the report that he brought back. VII. REPORT OF THE CHAIRMAN’S TRIP TO THE FIELD OF OPERATIONS Arriving in London after a stormy journey across the Atlantic we found that the A.R.A. had made advance arrangements to provide for us. At the London office we were interviewed, and received final instructions, espe- cially as to our attitude towards the government in Rus- sia. Our plans of travel were carefully studied and visas secured for all the countries that we should chance to cross in pa