The consulate worked to provide identity documents to Lithuanian war refugees as well as assistance with locating and contacting lost relatives behind the Iron Curtain.
[1] He was interested in sports and joined LFLS Kaunas and received invitations to the Lithuania national football team (was a goalkeeper).
He was later promoted to attaché and become chargés d'affaires ad interim when Vytautas Gylys was reassigned to represent Lithuania in Sweden.
[5] On 15 March 1939, Stašinskas arrived to New York where he was assigned to work with the Lithuanian general consul Jonas Budrys.
At the time, the consulate employed only Budrys and Anicetas Simutis [lt] who faced increased workloads due to the decision for Lithuania to participate at the 1939 New York World's Fair.
[1] The consulate in New York worked to provide identity documents, visas, and other support to Lithuanian war refugees arriving to the United States and assisted in settling inheritances.
[1] The consulate also helped Lithuanians with locating lost relatives and sending parcels, money, or letters to those left behind the Iron Curtain.
These events included the funeral of Steponas Kairys, signatory of the Act of Independence of Lithuania, and the celebration of the 100th birth anniversary of President Kazys Grinius in Philadelphia.
[6] His funeral service was attended by about 400 people,[1] including the Estonian consul Ernst Jaakson and the general secretary of the Assembly of Captive European Nations Feliks Gadomski [pl].