Evening journal., 1922-11-24
RUSSIAN TOTS
/ ARE UNDERFED
Extra Demand for u. S,
Aid. Comes From Saro-
TOW District
DISMAL WINTER
OUTLOOK SEEN
MOSCOW. Russia tBy Maip~

t7H<atOV diHtrlCt OF iNurSldf WhStc
crops were poor, has brought about
nn increase Of child-feeding opera
mons by the American Relief Ad-
administration. on November 1, the
hunber of chfidfeeding rations in
fhfs district was boosted $4,000
Bringing the total TO $4,000 rations.
The increase Is based on the
a R. AS policy IN Russia this win
Ger of concentrating and extending
ats relief activities in those sections
whore increasing need justifies II,
and Of reduced feeding where ade-
= uuate harvest returns have lessened
dhe need. The oextent Of the gov
ernments resources for relief and
cts ability 20 face the winter situa-
zion. as we'll as meet hunger crisis
IN those parts where crops were
negligible and starvation threatens,
will also regulate the scope OF A.
az. A. operations. The A. r. A. dis
ease prevention work viii continue
nndiminished.
American relief officials here ex-
bress the opinion that while as a
result OF the aftermath of famine.
deprivation and possibly extreme
hunger will exist IN certain Russian
districts before mid-winter they
state that the hunger situation will
not be nearly as general as year
ago and will not reach the acute
horror stage.
John P. Gregg. director OF the
"A. r. A. in the Seratov district.
while he stresses the need OF ex-
aended outside help in some parts
of his district, has been able TO prac-
ideally halt relief aid in many other
areas due TO improved conditions.
Mr.. Gregg has notified Colonel
William N. Haskell. director Of the
Russian unit, A. r. A. that the
PROPS in the districts OF Novo-Uzensk
and Uralsk were so poor, that no
government tax has been levied, and
On spite of the fact in some volosts
nj these ouyezds there are even now
canine conditions"
While Mr.. Gregg paints dismal
winter outlook for certain parts of
bis district. he brightens the horizon
with the announcement that he has
1.auidated much Of the A. r. a.
operatlons on the west bank Of the
Noiga in his district. and that on
the east bank feeding committees
have been dissolved at Novno1e,
atalouzenslk. Alexander, Cal, Peterka'
1<urolovka. Iangenfeld, Gmelinskaia,
Pallsovka. Fedorovka and Volskoe.
committees have been retained at
Novo -Uzensk. Uralsk, Gergatchee
and Pekrevsk. where the feeding Of
children is still in force and the
need may be extremely urgent this
winter. Colonel Haskell said today
that feeding activities would be ex-
tended In districts in proportion TO
she increasing need as winter pro
crossed.
Mr. Gregg's report on conditions
IN Novo-Uzensk IS not encouraging,
although It will not be as bad as
last year. He states there are about
10000 orphans there Of whom
] 600 are in children's homes and
sbe remaining subsisting upon what
thew can pick up here and there.
lie reports there are in addition to
these some 1900 families which
have returned since leaving as
refugees last fall, who are absolutely
without means OF support having
harvested no crops.
Further" says Mr.. Gregg, In |
sbis ouyezd there are some 10000!
1tirRhis refugees, who have come
from the south, and who are now
ranping about the cities OF Novo- !
trzensk and Alexander Gal OF
which 1900 are children in this
puvezd. who are without any means
Of support whatsoever. There are
IN addition about FIVE or six thousand /
more who. while they have parents, |
have nothing upon which TO depend
,nasmuch as the crops in some |
Oologts OF that ouye7d were burned /
mn by the drought Just previous to
sha harvest or ravaged by grass
hoppers and rodents Of which there
was a pest just previous to the
harvest"
Mr.. Gregg's picture for this un-
Fortunate section OF his area Is in
deed gloomy. In the Gergatchee
district he points out there are ~
villages at present in dire need /
and 5000 orphans are listed While +
refugees in great numbers nave
rome south from Pugatchof expect
sng help. He believes $4,000 "a
atoms in Dergatchee district neces-
sarv 10 meet this need In an In
spection trip of Khirgis settlements
An IJralsIx. Mr.. Gregg found ten had
euflcient hay. animals and grain for
s1yo months and three were prac-
sicaffv without food. South, along
,ba ITrai he found conditions worse.
The people there he explained, are
eating rodents similar to those
which destroyed their crops. to-
syather with such fish as they are
able to catch and milk from goats
rows and camels which survived last
winter. He sees a need for 10000
natfons here before January l I'M
Tess the government is able to re-
1ieve the situation. Kresni Var got
no crop, according 10 Mr.. Gregg and
win need at least 1000 rations by
ahe first of the year.
In the German communes OF his
district he sees no need for outside
helm in the way of feeding until
April of next year and that there is
a probability they will be able to
anke care Of themselves them.
Concerning the government tax
3eyy Mr.. Gregg comments:
I'VE have as yet to discover any
general tendency on the part of the
government TO take away from the
peeGants more than a fair portion
OF sfSna which he should spare for