Evening star., 1921-12-06
j. S. RELIEF SAVING
CHILDREN IN RUSSIA
American Relief Administra-
tion Reports on Work Being
Done Under Mr.. Hoover.

The storS of how relief Is being
brought to the starving children OF
Russia by the American Relief Ad-
ADMINISTRATION and notification that that
relief is shortly to be extended to
women and nursing mothers is con-
tained in u statement recently made
public at the New York offices OF
the American Relief Administrations.
There has been 4 considerable con-
fusion in the minds of many Ameri-
cans as to the exact status of the
relief being afforded Russia. and as
10 the policies and methods under
which that relief is given. This con-
fusion the relief administration de-
sires to dispel and a statement has
been prepared to that end, which says.
in part:
3,21s.O.S Children Fed.
1.-THE American Relief Administra-
ton, of which Herbert Hoover is
chairman, is a private charity and mas
no governmental connections. MIR.
Hoover's duties as Secretary of Com
merce are entirely separate and dis
tinct from his work as chairman OF
the relief administration.
During the year 1920 the American
Relief Administration provided one
nourishing meal day for a maximum
of 3.27S.07S children in Finland.
Esthonia, the hamburg region of Rus
sia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Czecho-
slavia, Austria, Jugoslavia and
Armenia. In 1921 the child feed
ing was confined the Czecho-
s1ovakia. Poland. Austria and Hun
gary. 1t has recently been all but
discontinued in Cezchoslovakia, that
country's condition having improved
TO Il remarkable degree, and it is an
1icipated that Hungary will shortly
be able TO take care of it's own chill
.dren. Austria and Poland are still
dependent upon American help.
When Maxim Gorky in the latter
part of last July issued his appeal to
the people of the world in behalf Of
his starving countrymen. the Ameri-
can Relief Administration had in it's
warehouses at Danzig, Hamburg. Riga
and Reval-all within easy shipping
distance of Russia-large stores of
balanced rationS.
"The recovery of Czechoslovakia and
Hungary, the offer of Poland to pro-
vide the -four and sugar requisite for
her own child-feeding program and
the falling prices of foodstuffs had
made available not only large stores
of foodstuffs. but credits as well. 1t
was ascertained that the American
relief administration had resources
sufficient to feed 100000 Russian
children for year.
Mr.. Hoover Offers Aid.
1HlS MT f1uOSeF OIIereu 10 90 IN
his reply to Mr.. Gorky, provided the
soviet authorities complied with GER
tain conditions 1t was the third time
that Mr.. Hoover had made an attempt
TO extend the relief operations of the
American relief administration into
Russia: In the autumn of 1920 an Of
fer was made by the American relieF
administration to give relief to Rus
sia on exactly the same basis on which
it was then operating in eight coun
tries. At that time the Russian gov
ernment declined, saying that 1t would
receive the food at it's ports if the
American relief administration wished
to send it, but would not permit the
American relief administration to dis
tribute ii in Russia. Later, in Febru-
ruary, 1921. the association sent wire
less messages to the Russian govern
ment requesting permission to give
relief along the Polish Russian from
tier. To this the Russian authorities
replied that they could only deal with
the United States government Of
In August, 1921. acting in his
capacity as chairman of the American
Relief Administration. Mr.. Hoover
sent Walter Lyman Brown, director
for Europe r-ftrc-AmericaR Relief
ADMINISTRATIVE 70 Riga for ar
rspresentine ] the soviet =: authorities. hSs.
Brown and Litvinoff reached an
agreement upon the basis of which
the American Relief administration
has sent mission to Russia, under
the direction of Col. William N. Has
kell, and is at the date of this writ
ing (September %, 1920 feeding
more than 100000 children in Petro-
grad. Moscow, Kazan and Samara.
No Restrictions on Relief.
Section % of the Riga agreement
provides Relief is to be distributed
without regard to race. religion.
social or political status
BE fore Col. Haskell sailed for Rus.
sia Mr.. Hoover emphasized the fore
going provision. instructin~ Col Has