Schmoll In Favor Of Reopening Churches

• Director of Public Welfare Schmoll has recommended a modified closure order that would permit churches to hold Sunday services• He believes that the closure order should remain in effect, but that it is time to gradually remove it• After churches, he believes pool halls can be opened, because they too aren’t usually crowded• Starkloff reiterated his stance on keeping the measures in place, and in fact thinks it should be made more rigid• The Influenza Advisory Committee will meet tomorrow to discuss the situation• Mayor Kiel agrees with church leaders that the churches should be re-openedNewspaper article1