The Denver Jewish news. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1915-1925, 1920-06-30
Relief Work Organized
in Soviet Russia
DIR. SPIvAK REPORTS HEALTH
CONDITIONS APPALLING IN
POLAND. "WHOLE WORLD MUST
FIGHT TYPHUS.r

The fighting on the Ukrainian front
continues and cities are constantly
changing hands. In the new war be-
tween Russia and Poland. the Jews,
us usual. are the chief sufferers. The
only consolation which the situation
offers to the Jews of America who
wish to aid their war-stricken brethren
is that the Jews of the E,kraine can
how be reached in two ways: thru
Poland and thru Soviet Russia.
When Polish troops occupied Kiev
and were advancing southward, rep
resentntives of the Joint Distribution
committee were the first to get there.
organize committee alri bring aid.
But the situation at the front has
changed, and it is no longer possible
to send general relief or individual re-
mittances to these communities. The
j. ID. c. has received another report
from Soviet Russia-the first direct
Cablegram from that cOuntry-wliich
says that Soviet Russia and Ukraine
are now open for the American Jew
ish relief and that the Soviet gov
ernments Of both countries have prom
iscd their full support in the dispatch
ing and distribution of the relief This
cablegram. sent by Judge Harry Fisch-
or and Max Pine. reads MS follows:
Delighted with results here. Have
organized All Russian and Ukrainian
committee of all the Jewish elements
for the aid of pogrom sufferers. The
Russian and Ukrainian governments
officially sanction and promise trans
portation and safety for shipments.
The condition of the sufferers is such
that, unless products In large q,nnti-
ties are sent in Immediately, the lives
of hundreds of thousands will be en-
,lnngered. One hundred and fifty
thousand children are In need Of cnre.
In view of the fact that these have re-
ccived nothing from us thus far, We
request million dollars month for
the present. This IL not -tas,c lniscbl rs
1t Includes aid for white Russia.
where ten thousand Jews from BOris"v
alone are homeless due to the total
destruction OF their city. Have been
authorized to send an expedition To
ROrisOv with food. clothing, and mOn-
py. We leave Russia by way of Iteral
June 13 and will report details then.
In the meantimc. ship clothing. shoes.
underwear. milk. cereals. rice. con-
served foods mcdicaments. linen, cloth
to be worked here and tools for tailors,
capinakers, and shOcmnkers."
DIR. Julius Goldman. the J. ID. C.'s
General Director for Europe. In PARIS,
has ordered that the first shipment of
relief articles be dispatched from Lon
don to RevaI. whence 1t will be trans
I,orttl to Soviet Russia thru the media-
tion of the Esthonian government and
the Jewish National Council of Esth-
onin And while the newly organiz-
ed committee in Russia will give first
MD to the sufferers the j. ID. G. here
will seek ways and means to send to
Soviet Russia all that the cablegram
calls for. The Committee hopes that
this first news from R~esia and the
demand for n million dollars month
for relief work in that country Will
bring home to the American Jews. TINT
the thirty-five million dollars to he
raised here this year are only mini
mum of what the terrible distress of
our overseas brethren demands from
lis. ..-
Three Hundred Thousand Dollars to
The Ukraine.
Even before this news from Russia
came, the J. ID. c. forwarded three
hundred thousand dollars specially FOR
the Ukrainian cities occupied by Pol
and. This amount was sent upon r'.-
ceipt of the following urgent appeal
from DIR. Boris Bogen.
"Dr. Spivak and Capt. Voorsnnger
have returned from the Ukraine, where
desperate Wholesale starvation pre-
vails. They left relief there sufficient
for ten days only. An immediate ap-
preparation of Mt least three hundred
thousand dollars is urgent for this
territory for June. a million persons
are affected. For Gods sake, cable
authorization instantly
The million starving Jews. for whom
DIR. BOgen pleads in his cablegram,
comprise only the Jews of the terri
tory temporarily held by the Poles.
The assistance given them during the
Polish occupation for while kept
the wolf from their doors, and. to-
gcther with the hundreds of thousands
mentioned In the cablegrnm from
Messrs Fischer and Pine. they arc
again facing starvation.
Health Conditions Among the Jews Of
Poland.