The Denver Jewish news. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1915-1925, 1919-10-01
Samuel Gompers
Request to Rob. Lansing
JEWISH WAR ORPHANS TO BE
BROUGHT TO AMERICA.

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| The Jewish Relief Committees in
the United States are now preparing
TO care for several thousands Jewish
orphans which they contemplate to
bring into the United States, and to
have them placed in various homes and
institutions for maintenance and edu-
catiOn. This announcement was made
yesterday by Mr.. Abraham Fucker. Sec
committee. p~-N4
Mr.. Samuel GOmpers has been inter
ested in this work by the Jewish PeO-
pies Relief Committee and he conferred
with several heads of the State Depart
ment. Mr.. Samuel Gompers addressed
the following letter to the Honorable
Robert lansing. Secretary of State:
while in the United States and in
the interim between the second and
last visits to Europe, n committee. rep
resenting the organizations of Jewish
people I'm the United States. had several
conferences with me ut the office of the
American Federation of Labor. regard
ing the great suffering of the Jewish
people in the war areas. and particu-
larly the awful situation which the
young children are placed In, the des-
tructiOn of life among them. the tre-
mendOus experience thru which they
have passed, and the desire of the Jew
ish people in the United States to al-
leviate their suffering The people eN-
pressed their willingness to do every
thing within their power to bear the
obligations and preserving and prOlOng-
dren. Since my return to the United
States few weeks ago. the same Com
nittee called upon me with similar
purpose in view. and presented me with
4 document which l have the honor of
presenting to yOu."
The memorandum on conditions of
the Jewish orphans in the war zones
which Mr.. GOmpers presented to Hon.
Robert Lansing. was written by Mr..
ticxander Kahn. chairman Of the Jcws;
sis Peoples Relief committee. who In
llso member of the Orphan commit
&c of the Joint Distribution commit
exc. of which Mr. Felix NJ. Warburg ia
hartman. Mr.. Kahn states in his men,
,randum that:
There are orphans us n direct result
rom the war all over the world. but
their condition cannot he mixed with /
he condition of the orphans in the
war zone of the eastern front. The
most vivid imagination is incapable of
.rasping or in the least degree under
standing the suffering that children Of
.entler age have to bear. Death, slow
II sudden. is more within our under I
standing and the children have died
and are dying In the tens Of thousands.
Many of them have survived. and that
is what puzzles the imagination. Every 1
one of our investigators, who were
there and studied the situation, mar
vels at the capacity of human beings
TO stand the existing suffering" Mr..
Kahn also states in his memorandum
that no less than 10000 Jewish or
phans are scattered in the eastern front
regions and that at least 20ee are with
out either parents"
Mr. Gompers further commented that
the Jews of America have contributed
over 25,OOO.OOO for the alienation of
poverty. misery and for the safety of
life for their people i'm Europe. and
that they are willing to take charge of
the children that may he brought to
the United States from the devastated
countries and sections. and distribute
to families and institutions of the Jew
ish people who pledge themselves to
take the hest care of the children.
1.-THE movement and request of the
Jewish Peoples Relief Committee seems
to me-" further commented Mr.. Com
pers. ito he so wholly commendable
and humane that feel compelled as a
duty to lay the entire matter before
the State Department. for such con-
sidera tion and action as the Govern
ment of the United States can afford
to take"
The committees in America have al
ready received hundreds of requests
from individuals who have pledged to
adopt orphans and to give them the
proper care and education. The office
of the Peoples Relief committee is at
IT'S East Broadway, New York City.
RAISING A FUND TO OPPOSE THE
JEWS.