Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-08
hRV|NG RUSSIANS
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!, Ksnworthy Tells Of Work
~ Friends Abroad With
Stricken 9lavs II
PRAISE FOR SOVIET

8 .r,s IN the famine area in Rus.
I'm have to be fed By the outside
~ FOR another year, in the opinion
a Tr,rsy 8. Kenworthy, Of Whining.
O.. who has just returned to Phila.
n from Busuluk, where he was
~ n charge Of the relief work Of the
lSRiean Friends.
z: q think the Russian Government is
~ = stable as any other in Europe" "
IA "and II It were attacked from
.ssside Il would be supported by the
IA On the whole they are opti-
~ and think X they can only live
- the terrible period until harvest
things will be all right" !,
~ Russian people have no food
~ what 10 given them by RELIEF
sfms. be said, The famine 10 caused
~ war, which depopulated the
-, and brought millions Of refugees
,:sss "a Samara area; the new regime,
snnism, causing q reduction In the
S5iss Of grain planted; and the abso-
" land is 30 dry, Mr.. Kenworthy
u that he travelled forty miles and
snIy one small piece Of land. not
~. than Eve acres, upon which there
~ snv vegetation and all 80 dry that
"a nianted a year ago with wheat,
- ma millet Is just now showing
:erss growth.
ssThe relief workers received every
.surtesy and co. operation" said Mr..
Tsrvorthy, 1--WE were given free
.,sssportation, free homes, free fuel for
- ~ Transports, free cable and tele-
- service, and, when We asked for
l. private passenger cars.
Got Aid From Government
ssrhere is a Government official who
dsals With the relief administration"
n aid. "That 10 his sole duty. In
~ local districts there are other repre-
sestatives who are the link between the
Rr0sian Government and all relief or
csniuations. All complaints and re-
suegtO to 90 to these representatives
~ arc present in even the smallest
yillasss. They are some OF the best
IN IN the Government employ, in.
fsUieent and interested in the work.
'61ll possible responsibility is placed
4 he local Government" he said.
sfOcal authorities select the children
40 are sent to the feeding centers.
Gnce April we have been feeding
alults as we'll as children. The greatest
number OF workers we have ever had in
Rsssia Is seventeen, and 1t Is necessary
b obtain the CO. operation of the local
osihorities as much a. possible.
IN the worst districts the population
vas reduced 40 per cent in six months,
~ average was % per cent. Mr.. Ken
sxpethy said.
Children Como First
Besides the feeding stations there were
lGnes for the care Of children. The
PARENTS, starving and at the point of
dssth, would often bring the children
10 these homes and leave them near the
dees. There were 30 many In the
" platforms which have been built
y provide room for more Of them. They
u slept on the steps.
"What did they do all day? Nothing
Ut cry, the most pitiful sound you ever
hard. Many Of the children died."
While 1t Is from starvation that the
people are suffering the most they are
also Ill from various diseases--typhus
!n the winter, and the. latest cables
contain news Of the spread Of cholera,
NJ. Kenw0rthy said.
The territory where the American
Friends are doing relief work IL about
!!ns size Of Belgium, and contains per.
haps 10000 persons. Some Of the
relief workers are stationed in Minsk,
some In Moscow and others in Buzulak.