The Jewish monitor. (Fort Worth-Dallas, Tex.) 191?-1921, 1920-05-21
JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEES.
Friday, May 81, 1920.
The Relief Work Abroad.

$ly0VVOv comes ut q time when the work
OF the Joint Distribution Committee must
become increasingly comprehensive In
scope, when new countries In Eastern
Europe, which for years have waited for
our assistance, are being opened for re-
lief work. and the cry for help from these
countries. where the work Is already go
Ing on, is becoming ever more urgent.
The Commission to Soviet Russia
Having obtained permission from the
state Department to send commission
to Soviet Russia, the Committee has be-
gun to seek ways and means to open as
soon as possible the gates Of Soviet Rus
they carry. SO far It's efforts have partly
succeeded; two members OF the Ukrainian
Commission, Judge Harry Fisher Of Chi
cago and Mr.. Max Pine Of New York, are
already en- route to Soviet Russia. The
Friedlander and Mr.. Morris Kass are at
present In Copenhagen. and everything
possible Is being done to enable them to
set out on their mission without any un-
necessary delay.
Relief Worker. ACCOMPANY Advancing
The object OF the commission which Is
seeking entrances to Soviet Russia is
to bring salvation to the hundreds OF
thousands OF Jews whom the blockade
has cut off from their brethren In other
lands; For the most terrible experiences
rainian Jews: who not only have lost one
hundred thousand men through pogroms
and have been totally ruined by the In
cessant wars In that territory; but are
also paying frightful toll to the typhus
there. Relief for the Jews Of the Tx
raine comes first on the program Of the
Ukrainian Commission. Recent events
are simplifying the difficult task OF ef-
fecting an entrance into the Ukraine.
Just as everything is being done 10 open
a new way into this hiterto closed terri
tory through the Soviet Government, de-
velopments In Eastern Europe are Gre
ating another possibility OF reaching that
region. The new Polish offensive In the
Ukraine lis continually enlarging the ter
ritory to which the representatives Of
the Joint Distribution Commute have free
access; and It's Warsaw office, selzing
the opportunity, has already sent there
Captain Il. Voorsanger, member OF Unit
j. and the well known physician DR..
Charles Spivak. who accompany the Pol
ish army and bring aid to every city &C.
cupied by the troops. In accordance with
DR.. Bogens request, the Joint Dlstribu-
ton Committee has appropriated n large
sum OF money for the new relief work In
the Ukraine. and the Committee In close
ly following the developments on the Tx
r ra1ns 'front.' In order to be Instantly pre-
The Report Of Judge Fisher and Max Pine
That the Jewish situation In the Tx
raine In horrible beyond belief may be
seen from report by Judge Fisher and
Max Pine which has Just reached the
committee. These members Of the. Uk-
rainian Commission last March visited
that part OF the Ukraine. which was even
then occupied by Polish troops; and their
report. document OF As pages, Ii full Of
descriptions OF atrocities and horrors
that compare with the darkest pages in
history. The report makes II clear that
unless the Jews OF the Ukraine receive
immediate relief on large scale, certain
destruction is awaiting those who until
now have escaped war. pogroms and cpl
denies.
$4,000 More for RoumanIa.
Less evidence OF bloodshed but enough
OF epidemics. misery. and heplessness is
mania and Bukowina War and anti-sem-
itism have wrecked Jewish life In those
lands. and disease, which finds n fertile
soil In poverty and want, IL completing
the havoc. The Joint Distribution Com
mittee, therefore. has recently appropri-
budget for monthly relief. for medical and
constructive work In all parts OF Greater
Roumania. II Is hoped that this money
which viii enable large number Of Jews
TO return TO their former occupations and
viii improve the health OF the Jewish
f~fss'bthf bNntH nbOut tnOFOuEn
change In the condition OF the Rouman-
Ian Jews.
Constructive Relief Work Now ooIno On
In Poland.
The urgent need for constructive relief
work. that is, for economic rehabilitation
"a also felt In Poland proper and In the
territories occupied by her army. As In
well known, DR.. Bogen has turned the
distribution OF the relief funds throughout
Poland over TO special Apportionment
Committee which consists OF representa-
tives OF all districts. each district determ-
ming how the money assigned TO Il IL to
be used. DR.. Bogen reports that largo
part OF the money In spent by the local
committees on constructive relief work.
From wilma and Minsk 10 Cracow and
Iceberg artisans and merchants Coop
eratives are being formed. houses built.
and stores opened: and the Joint Distri-
hutton Committee takes care that all
these co-operatives rs well rs individual
artisans and merchants are provided with
tools. raw materials and merchandise.
These tools como from London. and the
London representative Of the Committee.
Captain Grey, sees TO Il, that the various
tools M well as sewing machines and
other equipment destined for Poland, VI
emma and Roumania are shipped prompt-
individual Rsmlttsness