The Denver Jewish news., 1922-12-20

wl.at is going to happen there this
winter. OF the thousand; Who Wi.
freeze to death because there is no
Odessa and see the des ruciion Of
large and small cities. literally pick
ed to pieces for the wood they coi-
ltained. Brick buildings have been
torn down for the sake of the wood in
their rafters, in the josts, in thu
window-frames, the doors AID their
floors. 1t has meant IA terrific aInoun
of labor, but 50 desperate are thee
lpeople with dread of the freeZin; cold
that they have torn these buildins;
down with their bir;. hands IN order
hat out of the wreckagc they may
ge little warmth.
And then there are the thousands
of homeless children. They are every
where. and they constitute II .erriir
Iprohiem Just what the future holds
i u store for these children God only
knows.
Net u Problem Of Mere Alms-l'iying
'-But l don't want To give The i'm
lrrcssion that The problem is one OF
Inlms-giving." Brown interrupted him
self That sort of thing * important
.nough. just now But we can't go
m doing this sort of work over and
over again. I'VE must give tho Jew
# Russia the chance to escape from
his terrible situation. We must help
..im up and up. until he can return
| C his old self-respecting. self support
ing position We must give TO this
nan who look; into the ruture with
| rope. in spite of all the misery of the
errible year; through which he has
| passed. who believes that in spite of
| Ill the black yesterdays and todnys
here will be u bright tomorrow for
him sometime. the means with which
o regain his grip on life. the imple-
nients with which to produce.
From the standpoint of relief. the
feeding program which the American
Relief Administration is carrying out
lin the Ukraine with the funds furnish
ad by the Joint Distribution commit
ttee is Il wonderful thing. And the
effort undertaken by DIR. Joseph Ros.'n
with the S1.2IO.OOO furnished by the
Joint Distribution comniite to settle
| 5000 Jewish families on the soil. is
II great piece of recoastructivc effort.
Plougl,s. Ploughs. Plcnsffs.
But that's only "A beginning. The
solution of the problem 'ies not mere
ly in helping the Jews OF the tkrainc
,Ione. but in helping all of the Rus
sian people who are starving by max
ing that beautiful. fertile country
once again productive. Ploughs.
pIoughs. Ploughs. are needed 10 solve
Russia's predetermined something To
Ipull the ploughs. Her horses and eat
lie are gone They cannot he restored
| in a day or year. Today Russia is
being kept alove by American charity
She is beggar and bankrupt nation
with untold assets within foot Of
the surface. waiting for the plough to
turn them into gold.
I'm 1916 Russia possessed I.350,OOO
,loughs In 1912 she had only loo
300 Is it any wonder there is famine
in the land. with wors:. to Gomez Help
the Russians to make the country pro
luce. to set all of the Wheels of in
dustry and commerce into motion, and
Won save the Russians-you save the
Jews.
still when all is said and done.
1 &c tI.i. n Inn..
wonders by their people in Russia. in
the Ukraine, in all of Europe?" l sug-
ges;ed
What They Think of Americas Jews.
Indeed they have" said Mr.. Brown.
| The Jews of Europe think of the
Iews of America in terms of loye. in
'erms of gratitude. And they marvel
II all that we have done. They know
| all l., ont the financial depression
| hrough which we passed last year.
And they marvel even the more that
we should have done as much as we
did during that economic crisis.
"And it is so everywhere. I heard
the same expressions of love and won
der in Poland. where our job Is al
most done. except for the task of pro-
viding for orphans: heard the same
expressions in Lithuania. in Latvia in
Austria. in Hungary. in Czechoslava-
Lia / heard it also in England. from
men like Lord Swaythling, Claude
Montefore. Oao NJ Schifr and the
others who are about to launch n great
relief campaign throughout the British
Empire.
ACOIIT EDITOR ACCUSED OF
JEW-BAITING.