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 From ‘Death to Life 
 
 O ne memorable morning in Athtns, 
 Greece, stalwart Bishop Pantelemon offi- 
 ciated at two startlingly different ceremonies. 
 
 The first was a sad memorial service in 
 honor of those who had given their lives in 
 the service of their country during the war. 
 The other — held at the headquarters of the 
 Livestock Rehabilitation Project of Near 
 East Foundation — was the joyous blessing of 
 six bulls from America and the equipment to 
 
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be used in restoring the milk and meat supply 
 of Greece. 
 
 The bishop began his address by saying, 
 "I am come from the blight of death to the 
 source of life”. 
 
 "From death to life!” What words could 
 better express the purpose of this project. 
 A single fact will suffice to indicate how 
 critical is the need this program is designed 
 to meet. At the beginning of the war there 
 were 22,000 cows in Attica, at the close 
 only 7,000. This is typical of the situation 
 throughout the country. One may readily 
 see what the consequent scarcity of milk 
 means to the health and happiness of the 
 children of Greece as well as the depletion 
 of the meat supply and the dislocation of 
 the financial economy of a country depen- 
 dent upon animal husbandry as one of its 
 largest agricultural industries. 
 
 Two objects are sought by Near East 
 Foundation — to increase the supply of milk 
 and to improve the quality of the cattle. 
 The bulls sent to Greece by Near East Foun- 
 dation are from the best blooded stock in 
 America. By modern methods of artificial 
 insemination it is possible to breed from ten 
 to forty times as many cows as by former 
 methods, thus greatly increasing the flow 
 of milk. 
 
This breeding program is accompanied by 
 education and demonstration of improved 
 forage production and feeding methods — a 
 most important item because of the scarcity 
 of feed. 
 
 The project is in charge of two highly 
 trained Americans, enlisted and sent to 
 Greece by Near East Foundation, Dr. F. 
 Irvine Elliott of Cornell and Mathias Die- 
 trick of Ohio State University. The quality 
 of the leadership insures the highest degree of 
 technical skill and standards. Greek techni- 
 cians are being trained to help in the program 
 and, in accordance with the well-established 
 self-help policy of the Foundation, ultimately 
 to take over and operate the project entirely 
 under Greek auspices. 
 
 To have a part in such a service as this is 
 one of the quickest and surest ways to con- 
 tribute to the health and well-being of the 
 entire country. 
 
 NEAR EAST FOUNDATION 
 
 17 WEST 46 STREET, NEW YORK 19, N. Y. 
 
 632 Little Building 601 East Franklin St. 
 Boston 16, Mass. Richmond 19, Va. 
 
 This is the fourth in a series of stories covering the 
 
 current projects of the Foundation.