The Denver Jewish news. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1915-1925, 1921-08-03
One Million for Reconstruction
Work in Poland
Plan Endorsed By Polish Jery and Adopted BY the Joint
Distribution Committee.

II. Lehman, chairman of the Recon-
struction committee. submitted de-
tailed and comprehensive plan for the
commencement of reconstructive work
In Poland.
This plan was developed by Mr..
LandescO, the Reconstruction Director
of the Joint Distribution committee.
1t has been decided 70 set aside
fn,n the funds of the Reconstruction
committee the sum of one million dol.
lars for general reconstruction pur-
poses in Poland, out of which the sum
of S23O,OOO has been assigned for i'm
mediate use with the primary end in
view of demonstrating the wOrkability
of the entire scheme.
With the adoption of this plan the
activities of the Joint Distribution
committee in Poland enter into an
entirely new era; the emergency work
of immediate relief brought aboul by
the ravages of the war and which
found its expression In the distribu-
tion of food, clothing and other prime
necessities of existence. will give way
TO more permanent work of rehabili-
tation and upbuilding of the economic
life of the Jew in Poland.
The various institutions of mutual
aid and cooperative assistance which
already exist in Poland and are so
well adopted to the local needs will
furnish the foundation upon which the
work of reconstruction will he built.
The material help of the Joint Dis
tribution committee will not only in
sure these institutions greater means
of existence but will also instilr in
them new life and strengthen them
by uniting them into one great organi-
zation.
The Jews of Poland have. grcered
Mr. Lantlcsco's plan with enthusiasm,
because 1t heralds their emancipation
from the humiliation of the daily
bread line and nj Us Mt the establish
ment of a conditio. which will cnahle
them ultimately to w'rk out their own
economic salvation.
This economic rehabilitation will be
worked out thru two channels: the
Hebrew Loan and Credit Societies and
the Cooperative Associations already
in existence among the Jews in Pol
and.
For the last few years she So
called Loan and Credit Societies have
spread all over that country as well
D.,s ytay,
inces, partly with the support of the
/. c. A.. but largely with their own
mcagre resources, and have been of
great assistance to the workingmnn,
the small merchant and the ridGle
class.
The most important of these is a
group of some two hundred Work
mems Cooperative Associations of
consumers. representing a member
shin OF close to 10000; their object
is to establish all over the country
stores where various articles of prime
necessity are to be sold to members
and also to non-memberS Mt prices
slightly above cost: the goods are Fur
chased wholesale by the man Office
of the Federation of the Cooperative
Societies under the most advantage
Gus conditions: in the near future
they will obtain the privilege of pro-
curing these goods directly from the
Government at Government fixed
prices.
Other Cooperative Associations OF
Consumers, whose membership does
not belong to the working clnss and
wbo are known as General Coopera-
tive Associations of Consumers. have
been organized for the same purpose.
A distinct type of Cooperative As
sociations has been organized by ar
tisans with the sole object Of supply
ing them, not with food products
clothing or house wares, but with
tools instruments and materials which
each of them needs in his particular
trade. Tailors. shoemnkers, cabinet
makers. locksmiths etc, share in the
benefits of these Cooperative Associa-'
tons, whose purchasing power being
so enlarged can furnish them with
tools and supplies ut the most reduc-
ed cost These Associations also ex-
tend credit to their members against
the finished articles, which they I'M
dertake to dispose of for their ac-
count. Answering thus the double
purpose of buying and selling agency
for their members these Cooperative
Associations fulfill highly useful
tisan.
The Jewish Reconstruction Company
Of Poland.
These institutions form the foundn-