The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-03-09
Jewish Relief Work 10 Divided Into
-Four Distinct Aetlvltles-That
Among Starving Children 10
Nest Important.
Kentucky State Campaign To Raise
Funds To Aid Stricken People In
Eurepe-Part Of Nationwide
Movement

Is TO be conducted by the Jewish pee
ple and solicitation Of funds will b,
made among them yet all who desir,
to give to the cause will be given op
portuniV and their contribution
gratefully acknowledged.
The money raised by the American
Jewish Relief Committee Is to be dis
tributed in Europe through the Join
Distribution Committee. The work /.
largely concentrated in Central ant
Eastern Europe where live three
fourths Of the 100000 Jews Of the
war stricken countries. The countrie:
in which relief work is being carried
on are: Poland. Lithuania, Lativia
Russia, Roumania, Austria, Hungary
Palestine, Czecho- Slovakia. and Tur
key.
The relief work Is divided into foul
distinct activities:
First. for Jewish war orphans.
Second, for Jewish war refugees
who wish to return to their homes.
Third. for the establishment of q
system Of credit loans to help people
get q new start.
Fourth, for the work In Soviet Rus
STA now opening for the first time
since 1915.
The Jewish War orphana
Robbed Of one or both OF their par
ents through the war or pogroms,
10000 jewish children are wandering
about in Europe clothed in rags, liv.
ing on roots and grass. These naked.
freezing. and starving little children
have no country to look to but Ameri-
ca for relief. Thousands Of them are
dying and will die before relief can
get to them. but there are still other
thousands who can be saved to be-
come useful men and women II only
they can sct food, clothing. and shell
ter.
The Refugees.
More than 100000 Jewish refugees
have been compelled to fee from their
homes for their lives, due either to the
war or the pogroms published against
them. Thousands Of them are living
In the open fields and In such shelter
In the forests as they are able to put
together. Terrible epidemics Of ty-
phoid and typhus are sure to result
despite the most heroic efforts through
funds already subscribed. Fix In mind
the following statement Of men just
back from Europe: Fifty per cent Of
all the houses In Europe belonging to
Jews have been destroyed. This fig
ure mounts to ninety per cent In Rou.
mania, GaIleia, Eastern Poland, Sou
them Russia, and Lithuania.
Be It said to the everlasting credit
Of these people that they refuse to
stay In the bread lines and refuse to
hang about the soup kitchens, asking
only that they be allowed to return
to their old homes. rebuild their dwell
,ngs, rekindle the hearth fires, and
again erect their sacred affairs.
System Of Credit Loans.
In Central and Eastern Europe are
thousands Of Jewish merchants and
small manufacturers who ask only that
they be loaned enough money to get
another start. They are not seeking
aims. They are not asking for dona.
lions. They expect to and will pay
back every cent they borrow as soon
as they get on their feet. The same
Is true of thousands Of other Jews
who need the simplest tools with
which to work. Day laborers are ask.
ing only for picks and shovels and
chance to use them. Already this
credit system is in operation in Po-
and, Roumania, Lithuania, and PaleS
Inc and Is wonderfully effective.
Soviet Russia.
For the first time since 1915 Russia |
s now being opened up for relief. At
he request Of President Harding, the
Joint Distribution Committee Is going
INTO Russia In cooperation with the
American Relief Administration under
he direction Of Herbert Hoover and
he Society Of Friends. No one knows
What has been going on behind the
,eil that has shrouded Russia in mys-
cry and horror for all these months,
ut 1t is safe to say that the task will
equire high courage and great sacri-
Ice.
The stock objection to this drive for
ellef funds is, 'sThe time Is not pro-
'itious. We haven't the money"
There are two answers. The first is
y Louis Marshall Of New York, chair
nan Of the American Jewish Relief
just back from Europe:
We Jews In the United States are the
most fortunate Jews who have ever
xisted on this globe. We have been
lessed as never none Of our faith
ave even been blessed since the world
cyan" The second Is telegram from
lionel Well. chairman Of the North
campaign: North Carolina
; going beyond her quota. Don't
,orry about the South. We are broke
ut we still have hears for our suffer.
IL brethren