▁contrib uting ▁articles , ▁mostly ▁on ▁economic ▁develop ments ▁and ▁current ▁political ▁affairs , ▁to ▁the ▁Lith uan ian ▁press . ▁After ▁the ▁acqu itt al , ▁he ▁returned ▁to ▁Lith u ania ▁and ▁rejo ined ▁the ▁Ministry ▁of ▁Foreign ▁Affairs ▁as ▁director ▁of ▁the ▁Econom ic ▁Department ▁and ▁later ▁Law – Admin istr ative ▁Department , ▁but ▁res igned ▁when ▁his ▁party ▁with d rew ▁from ▁the ▁government ▁in ▁May ▁ 1 9 2 7 . ▁Pur ick is ▁then ▁devoted ▁his ▁life ▁to ▁journal ism ▁and ▁other ▁public ▁work . ▁He ▁was ▁editor ▁of ▁the ▁official ▁daily ▁ ▁( 1 9 2 5 – 1 9 3 0 ) ▁and ▁magazine ▁on ▁economy ▁T aut os ▁ ū k is ▁( since ▁ 1 9 3 0 ) ▁and ▁author ▁of ▁numerous ▁articles ▁in ▁L iet uv os ▁a idas , ▁Tr imit as , ▁V air as , ▁M ū s ų ▁Vil nius . ▁He ▁was ▁chairman ▁of ▁the ▁ ▁from ▁its ▁establishment ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 9 ▁to ▁his ▁death . ▁He ▁was ▁an ▁active ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Lith uan ian ▁R if le men ' s ▁Union ▁and ▁a ▁board ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁League ▁for ▁the ▁Liber ation ▁of ▁Vil nius ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁of ▁many ▁different ▁soci eties , ▁often ▁working ▁on ▁international ▁integration ▁and ▁collaboration . ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁and ▁education ▁According ▁to ▁his ▁bapt ism al ▁records ▁discovered ▁in ▁early ▁ 2 0 0 0 s , ▁Pur ick is ▁was ▁born ▁on