Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-03-14
Vivid Account of What America Has
 Accomplished for Poland( is Given by
 Officer Only Recently Back From Scene

Novogrodek, food supplies bought and sent into the country by the Red Cr7sg and the Jewish Relief commit
 wrc given to all the needy peas snts who came and asked.
 Nevogrodek still seems desoiate enough, for there is practically nc materials can be brought into the country until transportation condi- sions are improved. And it is liter ally true furthermore that relatively
 CIV of the people are strong enough to do days work. That is what
 ndornourishment and exposure has l ne to once sturdy community.
 But to anyone who saw Novogrodek before the Americans came, and saw
 it gradually i'come back" under Amer
 can treatment, the change for the better is astounding. And it is an
 inspiration to all those over there who gre working, with limited re- sources and against all manner of natural obstacles, to help Poland save 'her people during a critical period. For we could actually see what was being accomplished, and we know that t was immensely worth while.
 This is simply representative of what American effort is accomplish
 ng all over Poland-at Bereza-Kar- tuska, at Kobryn, at Pinsk, at Brest- Litowsk, at BaranowicZe and other points in the department of the east, and to the south in Galacia-wher ever the need is found to be of the greatest.
 Particularly noticeable and grati- flying is the effort of the American relief bodies in Poland to help pro- vide useful and productive occupa- tion of the people. At Kobryn, for instance, they are specializing on the production of children's clothing, us- ! ing the odds and ends of pieces of material that are occasionally found in bales of refugee clothing from America. For Poland lacks raw ma terials.
 A sewing establishment for the needy women of the community is rapidly growing, where the native ineedlewomen are helped to support themselves and their families, at the same time aiding in the problem of clothing the school children and or phans of the community, who have long gone in rags. The Jewish chil- QTeIH arc CGEGu AOI Ii dh oA PiahetSoS of their own, and Jewish women sew for the needy children of their own faith. The workers are paid in clothing and food, which is more in demand than money in eastern Pol and, where there is so little to be bought. 1 In Bereza- Kartuska I talked with an aged Jewish carpenter who was | l.. A Iax.y ch l agencies to make little tables, benches and desks for an orphanage winch was being expanded and being moved i into an old Russian barracks. With 1 the crudest wood working tools l i have ever seen he was turning out 1 furniture that was artistic as well as sturdy. l could see in his work ! the expression of an affection for the unhappy children, and of his desire to help to the best of his ability in the fine work of saving the child pop ulation from extinction. They are all doing what they can over there
 in Poland, and they fully appreciate our friendliness and our help. ! Another problem that is trying every resource of Poland and of the American relief organizations as well, l Is CnGt VI tHc fSlASSSS' A"Hhy, PN- j haps two million of those who fled to Russia before the German invas- ion have yet to come back. And they have been living under such horrible
 conditions that each is a potential 1 menace to the population of the home country.
 1 To keep out typhus and other eastern disease plaques, and to pre-
 vent the introduction of lawless trouble e-makers a cordon along the
 whole eastern border must be main
 lned as long as disease and an
 archy are rampant to the east. And
 at present it is one of the vital duties of American relief agencies in Poland to help the Polish government get food, clothing and medical and hos !. pital supplies that are available at
 present through no other source. E Humanity demands that this work of
 the Americans go on.
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