The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-01-12

New rort. jan Id.---Street cleaners
lara ss,pnAnsed greet heggars II J l.-.
xunaier under the guiding hand OF
A. erican Jewish relief workers.
0ayin~ for labor instead OF idleness:
xsroy3dins- employment for tobfesa AND
y,anniless men. women and children'
fSSrhsrr useful trades and proTlaihS
snail. loans TO rehabilitAte rnlneo IN
d1tEtrses. In the way III which reAef Is
nov besrg administered in Palestine,
according to a report maze papiEC to'
day BY the joint distribution COMM
-. which dishurses iunos 81 tHq
AynerfcAn Jewish relief hl11N'eV Az
II allied bodies
..rrA ara irving row By determined
c1ort 10 encourage self-heip ana 10
hrsn~ about eventually independents
araare Ii Csc to whom American fun@A
x-e giving relief" the report reads
I'VE are substituting for the mere
r4ysrs Of a~eaa and clothing, loans ~
artisans. workman tranesTnen. 1ea CT
ars. en- pfoyeA tsoo-E-SgT sf2sf-f.ai = eavsI .
srs. 10 practically all classes q secleIS
These loans arc made without 1rfere@t
and w~ consiee- them as relief work
without any tairt ~ charity Trey
enanls TIE borrower 70 help himself 20
rAha hfiitsts lis business or 10 estAp'
ltsh himself as brescwlnrer.
Even the sum OF % lirs has meant
bar found. including I&f4 refugees
we're enabled 70 hold out and oeeoTn q
self-Supporr.nw The loacs are reraid
erly ascer the borrower has solved MS
presAat needs ana has found way 20
provide for the future
Vocational education not only 20
supply present labor needs, but Frith a
view toward the future irdusrr al I'VE
'rf Palestine. especially in the training
~ women ard girls IN specialized en-
nlnyraez,t eelda- has hear introd uced 70
sIlav present -saiseTv II the Holy Lesng
the purpose Of con-
<+-sctive relief. there car rs No more
ss.asfsr-orv kind Of help than ttat 81
treating for THIS workers opportunities
Tor employment. giving them wages
instead az charity It continues
NE rsv ?or Is Dor instead q f0r
Is,erass ard thereh- help &c teach tie
r,ove--v-strfcksn Palesttnlans the ne
-.ss.ev s.-a dignity 81 labor. on cnn"
Et-z.c ton work especially we are hay
snS e-, p3ovTnent fer hundreds Of peo-
pie. We take the ordinary ernplcy"
able RAN and And something for him
70 DO paving him 4 few pla$teTs day
sc- street cleaning instead OF street
begging
I'VE are te.ach ing hin tn become
se1f-suppornug through stone-hewins
and building, 50 thar when materials
hecorne available. there n.ay be large
ruuber ~ Jewish workruer prepared
b carr tAeir living through our help
Girls and women are given EN-
pioyrrent IN the workshops which wa
save ssta i.sh sd Only recently wo-
mems work was little recognized ane
encouraged hut now widows ard cir
S-phans have been taught To make
heir way by the work OF their hands
Our orphan department was verS
Arge and presented a serious problem
a the prospect Of hundreds of home
ess street bAggars. We have partial
solved this problem by teaching then
ia our workshops and a1ordine then
l. possibility for economic independ
snce
While Poland and adjacent Easter
European countries have been tn
arrest recipients OF funds raised b
;11A Am erfcan Jewish relief Commute
and. its kindred organize tons, III
faiestinian work. although IL has IN
-clved no great expenditure In com