Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-03-29
Much FOODS
SENT TO RUSSIA
System Devised by Herbert
Hoover Greatly Aids
Starving People.

New York-American relief admin
istration authorities at the local head
quarters Of the organization, ~
broadway, said that the food REMIT
ance system devised by Herbert
doover, chairman Of the American
elief administration, to make posi-
lie the forwarding of food to adult
anime sufferers by their relatives or
-iends in America, is functionins
yell. To date more than $4,000, 900
,orth of food has been sent to Russia
,nder this plan.
Many Handicaps.
-Four months have gone by since
nc first OF these remittances was
ent abroad" one of the officials said.
BY the middle of January the Amer
can relief administration had set up
some % warehouses for the delivery
If the food against these remittances.
One thing after another has caused
iclay in making deliveries. First,
when the American relief admins
ration sent the first remittances into
h Ukraine there we're delays in de-
livery until it found hat the Ukrain-
lar government would not recognize
this relief o help to carry it on UNI
til a separate agreement was made
with the Ukrainian government SINH
lar to the food remittance agreement
made with the Soviet government at
Moscow. The work of discovering
where the difficulty lay, getting the
MOSCOW government and the Ukrain-
ian government together, and then
making the separate Ukrainian agree
ment delayed nearly all Ukrainain
deliveries for a period of four weeks.
Railroads Delay Shipments.
Second, the railroad situation, due
tn fha o0JA uy1oka- lI -
shipment Of the food packages to the
various warehouses from the central
warehouse in Warsaw. 1t was not
until h middle of February that,
after serious representations by the
American relief administration, the
Soviet government dispatched com-
modities for 1900 food packages in
three special trains to the various
central warehouses. In other words,
1t was not until the middle Of Febru-
airy that the local warehouses received
the foo by which to make distribu-
ton in aay large amounts. The ware
houses We're only making small de-
iveries prior to that time and await.
ing hi arrival Of the bulk food.
Since the middle of February, the
delivery of food against these food re-
mittances has been going continuous
ly moro smoothly. Before h 18th
OF FEBRUARY. adVlceS for only 5000
deliveries "a reached the United
States. Between February is and
March 5, advices Of 1000 deliveries
had reached London. Since March
5 1900 more receipts have been re-
ceived in London. IT,
200 Packages Daily.
The warehouse at Kiev has in
formed us that they are now deliv-
ering more than 200 food packages
daily. Since March 10. in addition
to all the above, Moscow has advised
that they have received receipts of
$500 additional deliveries and that
they estimate the actual deliveries
made in the Minsk, Kiev and Odessa
districts, for which receipts are in the
mails, to be $500 in excess of all the
above figures. Moscow advises that
they are able to pack 1000 packages
daily to be sent to the local ware
houses for distribution and that they
believe it is safe to say hat on March
10 80 per cent Of the remittances re-
ceived in Russia had beer delivered.
The American relief administra-
ton regrets the rail delay in making
delivery Of 0 remittance packages,
but now feels confident that they will
go forward with increasing speed
Inc regularity"