The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-08-29
Communism At
end in RUSSIA
FINAL REPORT OF U. S. RELIEF
HEAD-AMERICAN AID IN TWO
YEARS S6O,OO0,000

ILAhO pUVsoUV,VUU
Washington-(A. P.)-Communism
in Russia is dead and Russia is on
the road to recovery, Colonel William
e. Haskell, who was in charge of
American relief administration acti-
vitieS there, said in a final report to
Herbert Hoover, secretary of COM
merce and chairman of the relief ad-
ministration Not only did American
aid- amounting to $60,000,000 during
the last two years, save millions OF
lives in Russia, said Colonel Haskell,
but it helped to stimulate Russian
recovery and, more valuable than all,
spread last Inheritance for America
in good will among the Slav races.
Colonel Haskel1s report summar
lied the two years work of the re-
lief administration and praised the
American and Russian agents for the
duty they performed and Secretary
Hoover's conception and administra
tion of the relief program.
Amounts to G0,000 Carloads
During this period" said the re-
port, a little under million tons
of food, seed, clothing, and medical
supplies have been bought in the
United States by the American relief
administration, requiring about 250
voyages of American ships. These
supplies amounted to 10000 carloads
on the Russian railways. Their dis
tribution was accomplished through
the organization of $4,000 different
stations at the worst period, when
we were feeding 100000 men,
women, and children daily. Not only
would these millions have died with
out this relief, but even larger num-
bers would have perished from the
cesspOol of contagious disease which
was then raging in every direction.
:" In the battle against these epi-
denies, the American relief admins
tration furnished supplies to cover
$4,000 hospitals and institutions, and
the incubation and vac
of over 100000 individuals !
Its systematic campaign of santa
Ion stamped out the most dangerous
center of contagion in the entire !
world
Help 100000 Children
From seed imported about 8,000,- |
700 acres of land were sown. The |
worst of the famine was over year
ago, but since that time the American
'ellef administration has continued |
o feed, clothe and give medical SER
7lce to an average of 100000 child
en until they were past danger and
o provide food and clothing for more
han 100000 teachers and profess
ional people as a supplementary ser
ice"
America, Colonel Haskell added,
provided more than 80 per cent of
I'll the relief furnished Russia dur
ng the last two years. In the ex-
'enditure of $6O,OOO,0OO of American
unds, Of which $24,OO0,0OO was voted
" congress he said there had been
10 cost to the American distributor
r taxpayer for administrative pur-
oses.
The task in Russia, the report said
vas more satisfactory because sue
ess was achieved "in spite of the
les and misrepresentation in the
American radical press regarding
ecretary Hoover's objects. Despite
his, it was added, the full confidence
t the soviet government was Sc
ured.
Communism Is Dead"
To the minds of the Russian com {
ION people the American relief ad-
was a miracle of God {
hich came to them in their darkest
our under the Stars and Stripes"
)ntinued the report. 1t turned the
orner for civilization in Russia. It
fled the Russian people from de-
pair to hope. We purified water {
ystems, disinfected millions of peo-
lie, opened public baths, repaired {
Dads, required Improvement in {
;hools, but, above all, we demons 6
ated that at least one organization 8
)uld exist and succeed in Russia c
ithout submission to dictation.
Communism is dead and aban-
)ned and Russia is on the road to
'covery. The realization by the /
ussian people that the strong :
merican system was able and con- 7
ined the spirit to save these mil +
ons of strangers from the death {
at had engulfed them must have
rnished food for thought"