The Denver Jewish news., 1919-11-19
WeeklyNew York Letter
of Jewish ActivitiesIl
a WEEK OF RELIEF WORk-JEW-
ISH BANK FOR WAR VICTIMS
JACOB SCHIF'F AND THE LOAN
INTERVIEW WITH DIR. BOGEN
-GOMPERS AND THE JEWISH
WAR OFFICE.

tSpecial Correspondence from the In
ternational Jewish Press Bureau,
Inc.)
Owing to the many important events
which have taken place in connection
with the relief work of American
Jewry for our brethren across the
ocean. this week may be regarded as
Il great relief week in New York.
The most important event is Mr..
Warburg's declaration concerning the
loan hank and the expedition depart
Iaent which the Joint Distribution
Committee intends to establish. The
project is that the Joint Distribution
Committee should obtain ships for the
sending of food TO Europe. and on the
return trip these ships are to bring
to our shores the wives and children
whose bread winners are in America.
In this manner the passage for the
Jewish immigrants will cost much less
Than steamship tickets bought from
the regular steamship companies.
The American Government can GER
tainly he depended upon TO direct her
sympathy for the Jewish war vic
tins to the practical plan of placing
her own ships at the disposal of the
Jewish relief workers.
The people who are acquainted with
the situation in Washington expect no
objection from President Wilson. The
only question that remains is whether
Secretary Daniels has the necessary
ships available for this purpose.
The Loan Bank which is a project
of the Joint Distribution Committee
has already received from Mr. .Schiff
the promise that his bank will under
take to float n loan of between % and
20 million dollars. All Jews will be
able to subscribe to this loan which
will be of the greatest assistance to the
Jews in Europe, at the same time this
money will be good Investment. and
will be protected by Mr.. Schiff's bank
I'm America. The Loan bank wiIl con-
duct the loan on q sound commercial
basis and 1t will be the first substan-
tial help that American Jews will
give. not as contribution for charit-
able purposes, but us brotherly
favor 1t will serve to put the Jews
on the other side of the Atlantic on
ness and industry. Many prominent
wealthy Jews of Europe would par
icipate in the work of this bank. Th
Jewish business men of wilma express
their willingness to buy shares in this
lmnk. If Jewish trade and commerce
in their city would he benefited there.
II.
Dr. Boris Bogen has recently re
turned from Europe and our represen-
tativc took advantage Of the oppor-
tumity to have talk with him. con
.erning the Jewish situation across
the ocean.
The happirst bit Of news that hr
transmitted is that with the assistance
Of the American government. 325.oM
Jewish children are being provided
with food and will continue to be I'M
iii the coming summer. Every city
lins committees consisting of Jews and
(;cntilps those duty it is TO supervise
the distribution of the food that comes
from America.
The saddest news that DIR. Bogen
brought is that Polish Jewry is disor
s,rniZed and divided into too many
1nrties. and that the friction between
these factions takes UP the time and
energy that ought to be directed to
ward building up Polish Jewry. tn
whom the war has brought misfortune
and ruin.
For those who are interested at
present in the protest movement
against the pogroms in the Ukraine.
it is worth knowing that the great pro-
test demonstration in Madison Square
Garden last summer saved at least
10000 Jews in Poland from most
certain death.
According to DIR. 1sosen many po-
groms had already been organized. and
were about to be made upon the Jew
ish population in different places but
the huge Jewish protest in New York
actuated the American Government in
to taking energetic measures to ap-
prise Poland that 1t must do some.
thing to stop the Jewish bloodshed
there.
The Jews of New Yorl, have received
complaints from the orthodox COM
munities in Poland that they are being
Disseminated against in re
gard to the distribution Of the Ameri-
can relief monies and that the orth-
ndoy Hebrew Schools and other in