The Denver Jewish news., 1918-10-24
$1,000, ,O0O, 900 Fund
to Rebuild Jewry
Six Million Souls VIII Need Help to
Resume Normal Life When War
Is Ended. afi

I
The American people. Jews and nom
Jews alike. will soon he asked to lend
or contribute the larger part Of u
fund Of approximately $1,000 O.OOO. 600
to carry out plans for the recOnstruc-
tion OF the Jewry of the entire world.
| Announcement to this effect. together
with the general plan of procedure.
was made public last night. following
n meeting held yesterday In the Of
flee Of Felix NJ. warburg of Kuhn,
Loeb & Co.. Chairman of the Joint
distribution Committee of the Ameri-
can Funds for Jewish War Sufferers.
While the appeal will go out to the
entire world, the people Of war-rav-
.nged Europe. 1t is believed, will not
he In position to further the plan fl
nancially to any large extent, SO that
the burden will fail upon the United
States. Canada, and perhaps Eng
land.
The rnoney for the project, the larg-
est purely humanitarian undertaking
In history. will not be sought alone
thru contributions. but will embrace
loans, and will be accepted from nom
Jewish as well as Jewish sources. The
exact date and the duration Of the
campaign for the biliiOn-dOllar recon-
struction fund was not announced, but
preliminary work has already begun.
The plan is the result OF months OF
study by the Joint Distribution Com
mittee Of reports from every country
In which Jews have been made to suf-
fer. thru the war. and includes the
sending Of commissions OF American
Jews. experts in philanthropy. social
service. education, and business. to
Russia. Rumania, Poland, Palestine.
Serbia. Greece, Bulgaria, and other
lnnds us soon as the international sit
! uation permits. The work has already
been initiated in several countries
where recent allied successes have
made al beginning possible,
sts-s.eeAeee Ssws Nses Elsaps
From reports from representatives
abroad 1t Is eseimated that Of the o.
O0O.OOO to l2.OOO.OOO souls making up
the Jewish population Of the world,
exclusive of the 3OOO.OO0 Jews in the
United States. quarter Of the num-
her are destitute. starving, and home
less, anil fully half will need assist
ancc to become self-supporting again.
Loans without interest will be made
available to Jews in variods parts Of
tile world so that business enterprises
may be reconstructed. The only se-
curity will be the stability of the in
dustries after they have been put up
on u sound business foundation. The
only mortgages, it was said. will be
mortgages Of honor" on the word Of
tile Jewish people.
The work has already been inaug-
uratetl thru the organization of three
commissions. Miss H. Goldman, daugh-
ter OF DIR. Julius GOldmen of New
York, is now on her way to SalOniki.
and she will visit Serbia, Bulgaria.
'und Rumania as soon as possible to
establish u branch Of the committee In
each country. DR.. Solomon Lowen-
stein, Superintendent Of the Hebrew
Orphan Asylum Of New York, is on
his way to this country. following
mn inspection trip to Palestine on
behalf of the committee. DIR. Boris
ID. Isogen, Secretary 81 the Field Bu-
rcau of the National Conference OF
Jewish Charities, has applied for pass
ports for vladivOstok, and will go
there under the auspices OF the COM
inittee.
lsealizing the immensely of the task
of reconstruction and the labor, funds,
and scientific knowledge required. the
Joint Distribution Committee has iiS
,ugurateti II study Of the huge prob
lem. with view to being prepared
us rapidly as conditions allow to en-
ter upon program Of permanent re-
habilitation. suited to the especial
reetls. environment, and circumstances
of the Jews in different parts of the
world.
The commissions to be sent from
America will perform their labors and
render American assistance thru rep
rcsentative Jews of the nations and
localities to which they go, following
out the present policy of the Joint
Distribution Committee In disbursing
the more than $2O.OOO,O0O raised by
American Jewry for war relief since
1914.
Outline Of Reconstruction Plan.
1t is planned to give reconstruction
work the benefit of American system.
energy, ind resourcefulness. reinforced
Inv American millions. The scope of