The Denver Jewish news., 1922-10-11
AMERICA SAVED THE
DAY FOR POLAND
The Hoover Organization Worked In
Poland Until Necessity Was Past,
Says Director Of Jewish Relief Drive
in Moscow.

Moscow.-David 4. Brown of De-
troit, National Director in the cam
paign in America last winter for Eu-
ropean relief. has arrived in Moscow
after an inspection trip through
Poland.
Speaking of the relief work IN East
ern Europe. Mr.. Brown said: THE
Hoover organizations has been abso-
lutely fair and has distributed its re-
lief everywhere. without regard TO
race or creed The Jews of Poland
made this perfectly clear to me. l
travelled all through Congress Poland
East and West Galicia and in the
wilma section and nowhere did heal
a single complaint of discrimination
There is marvellous appreciation on
the part of the Jews wherever have
been for the breadth of view and the
absolute impartiality of the American
Relief Administration. And rejoice
in the fact that the Joint DistrIbu-
tion committee, which controls the dis
bursement of the funds abroad. is cur
rying on feeding program IL the Tx
raine along exactly the same broad
lines.
II believe. because I was repeatedly
told by the Poles themselves. that tho
A. Il. A. work in Poland has saved
the day for the people Of that coun
try. The American help did more
than merely feed the starving anc
clothe the naked: 1t lifted the country
out of the terrible depression into
which It had fallen and gave the peo.
pie the will to live.
Poland Is now on the road to pros
perity, and the 4. Il. \. stood by 1t un.
til Its work was done. believe even
the Poles villa admit that the Hoover
organizations worked there until the
necessity was past. Now the Poles
themselves, are varying on. pariic
arly in the line Of chiltl-feeding. They
told me that they are feeding s"me
100000 children there now. The child
problem In Poland is big one. but
the Poles have learned from the Amer
lean. organizations which have been
working with them how 1t can IN
solved.
1.-THE Joint Distribution committee
is doing some feeding. particularly H.
refugee Kitchens. taking care of those
people who are coming iltO the cOun-
try from Russia. chiefly repatriates.
when was In Warsaw. l saw
n A
right in the heart OF the city. The.
were erecting 1t AS a tribute to the
generously OF the American people.
Another thing that noticed whicl,
Interested me particularly was tn.
bath.hOuses built by the Joint Dis
tributiop committee There are mp
proximately 175 of these. They were
built by the Jews and for the Jews.
with n double purpOse-cleanliness and
religion-for the Jewish religion pre-
scribes certain ablutions Of ritualist.
when got to Poland l found that
in many of the smaller towns these
lighthouses were the only bathing ia
cilities available and that they were
being used not only by the Jews hut
by the Christian population ns well
1t was making for n better under
standing on the part of both groups.
II never saw so many cnttle az
there were I'm Poland. and all of the
finest types. HOlsteins. Jerseys and
Guernseys. And there We're mnny
young cnt.lc. showing that the herds
are increasing. They haY magnificent
horses. too. and are breeding them
fast. Every farm had Its quota of
colts. no matter how small it might
be"