Arizona republican., 1922-01-23

tell what Russia has done in the al
lied cause, and that no Russian, ex-
cept herself, has come to beg.
Because the Russians are proud,
the American central committee for
Russian relief, as the princess COM
mittee is called. tries to find them
work when possible, rather than send
money and necessities to help sup
port them.
In some European cities there are
shops and factories where none but
Russian refugees are employed, In
Paris. some of the dressmakers' as
sistants. and the salesgirls and mod
els in the big establishments are ref
ugees.
Starting Refugees in Business
How the committee puts refugees
to work is shown in the story of a
group i'm Berlin. Germany is not
sympathetic to the Russian who is
anti bolshevik, and many refugees
have had difficulty finding employ
ment. One woman in Berlin wrote TO
the committee asking for 1000 to
start a workshop for some Russians
there. The money was sent. In
three months a case of toys, carved
boxes. and embroidered articles was
sent to the committee. The articles
sold in New York and Chicago de-
partment stores. and another $1,000
was mailed TO the shop. Then word
came back not to send any more
money, as the shop had sold goods
amounting to 100000 marks and was
disappearing.
Comparatively little OF the COM
mittee's work has been done among
refugees in this country. Immigrants
are not admittedif they are destitute,
and of those who have come from
Russia, practically all have been able
to shift for themselves. a number
have applied to the committee for
help in finding employment. And
several hundred dollars has been
spent by the committee in dental and
medical work for refugees. But only
AZ applications for financial relief in
this country have been received, and
the amount loaned or given comes
to only $4,000.
The amounts that the committee
has been collecting and sending TO
destitute Russians seems small TO
some Of us, accustomed as we are
to thinking or relief in millions of
dollars. Fifty thousand dollars. to
Constantinople, is the largest sum
sent by the committee to one place
during the two years Of its work.
Poland has received the next largest,
S35. 500. Besides 450 cases of clothes.
tools and food the entire amount or
cash distributed by the committee
has been around 100000. Yet re-
lief workers find that an American
dollar can be stretched surprisingly
in countries where the currency has
deprecated in value.
Princess CantacuZene explains that
her work is urgent because no other
organization is especially concerned
with the scattered and needy Rus-
slams There is no duplication OF
work I'm this field. The recent con-
gressional appropriation or $ZOUUO, :
600 for Russian relief was limited 70
Russian territory. Since the bill e%-
presslv authorizes the money 10 De
used for those in Russia, mono OF II
can be spent to aid Russians VINO
have left the country
One fact which this committee
points out is Of interest to Americans
who have been besieged so often by
relief organiza tions. That is, every
cent of the money that is being do
mated goes to some Russian family.
There is no deduction for upkeep of
headquarters. as this overhead is
paid by members of the board of d.
rectors of the committee.
The new headquarters of the com
mittee is in an old building across
the street from the war department
General Grant had his headquarters
here during the Civil war, and the
bay window where Princess Canta- =
cuzene now works every day was
Grants favorite corner when he was
secretary of war.