The Denver Jewish news., 1922-12-20
Make Russia Pro-
ductiye Again and
Save the Jews.
In the Midst Of Suffering No Human
Language Can Describe. Jews Of
Ukraine Still have Hope. Says David
A. Brown.

Jews of America some pic, ure of what
hc had seen in the seven wees ;lia
he had spent in that country. He ha'
gone there. first. as chairman of fh'
National Appeal for Jewish war-s''''
ferers. and. second, ns; II member %.
The European delegation sent, by th'
American Jewish Relief Committee
His was Il uwo-fold task He was t'
see what had been done with tic -'earl'
10000. 900 that had bcen raised since
The outbreak of the war. and he was
10 sees what was the task ahead-il
there was any.
There are no words 10 describe II.
he urswerel.I don't believe Thar there
are words in all OF the language
spoken by human beings powerful
enough to give even the slightes. ink
ling of all the horrors. all the misery
all the suffering through which tho
people in Russia. and in the t'wraine
have suffered during the past sever
years. Particularly the Jews.
..You must see 1t with your own eyes
before You can begin TO understand
what has happened. what is SIN hap
ening even now when conditions are
mt their best. All you need to do is ie
look out of the train window he went
on. You don't have to. get of any
where. You don't have tc go looking
for ii. 1t comes TO you as you look
ont of the ear window. Ii is every
where. all around you. Yon will sec
sights that will move you td hystericn'
tears. You will see sights that will
rob you of your sleep. that will haunt
YOU the livelong day. that will drive
YOU with an uncomfortable desire t'
help, to save.
You will Sc sickness. You will see
fyphus. You will Sc tuberculosis
Yon will see hunger. Yon will SCI
starvation. You will see beggary. You
will see nnkednesS. You will see de
struction. You will see death. death
on all sides of you"
But I saw something else while !
was in Russia" he said. with II rare
smile. wondered.
II saw the Jew he concluded. and
that smile became radiant with pride.
the greatest OF all human marve.s
with joy.
The Jew whom saw over there h,
the greatest of all human mnrveis
He is magnificent physical entity. but
more than that. he is a great spiritual
being. Four years of war. he lived
through. and then two years of civic
strife, pogroms. famine. epidemics
killing cold. He has gone through al
Of the seven furnaces of hell. and We
and yet. he is not broken. He has
not lost his moral courage, his won
derful spirituality and he has not lost
his great optimism. he has not los
that hope without which lie would
have succumbed. would have flisnp
peared. It's marvellous he declared
and there was something akin to awe
as he said 1t.
Heroes Of the Joint Distribution
Committee.
Il have said that things are at theii
best now. and they are terrible enough
How men like james ~. Becker. ike
pr. Bogis Bo;;en. like T.. Joseph
Rosen. like DIR. Frank /, senblat'
could have gone into that e1-''try
when they did. and come out OF
without being complete wrecks, is :
mystery to me. They are heroes. J
got some idea of what they saw. an"
what they themselves had to suffer III
order to perform the mission of mere!
on which they were sent. To travel 1T
that country one must cary his Own
blankets. sheets. pillows and even IN
sect powder though the insect powder
is never effective. Besides you must
carry IA complete cooking ou'ht' ana
all the food and water You may need
on the trip. Then. if YOU arc going
by rail YOU ride in coaches tiiat nave
not ben repaired in seven or el2h'
years. not even good enough for JUNK
.,nd every minute of the day you come
fac,. TO face with human suffering in
the worst forms Imaginable
You see sickness, starvaiio1. dis'
ease. nakedncss. terrible congestion.
children living like animals: you near
women crying for bread for the ciiii'
dren in their arms. You see oio
women starving freezing. naked, IN
homes for the aged. sleeping on old
boards. with only II burlap bag fl,ea
with straw instead of mattresses. ana
rags to cover them. No sheeis, no
pillows, no heat. no food-iItffhllN
to death. And no shoes. no
stockings. no soup. no water ana iiler-
ally covered with vermin. And then
you go 20 children's home. Do You