The Denver Jewish news., 1923-02-28
Solidarity Of Jews in Poland Bu-P Product pf
Joint Distribution Committees Work

fused to help In the fight against this
hideous ailment because the records
cards were printed in Yiddish. Finally,
after much effort. Mr.. Schmidt persuad-
ed some of the leaders of IT. o. n.
to meet with district representatives.
rhey agreed OH condition that these
conferences should take no action bind
ing them to any action-merely to be-
came acquainted" That in itself was
n step forward. because as matter of
fact neither faction understood the
other But as these conferences pro-
Iceetted the Warsaw contingent began
to understand the provincial Jew, Ills
energy. his eagerness to serve, his
grasp of the task and his realization
of his self-iniposed responsibilities. Not
only did the Warsaw physicians and
of the 'provinoials. but they agreed to
revise the constitution of IT o. Z."ins
order that it might meet the require
ments of the situation.
The original constitution of II. o..
H." approved by the governinent had
to be altered in order to extend its
operations to cover all of Poland and
the new statutes are now awaiting
legal approval. However, it is already
directing the great sanitary campaign,
1t controls the N-ray stations and will
direct the nurses training school which
has been established I'm Warsaw by the
Join Distribution committee.
The story of the training school illu-
inmates the new relationship between
the Observation-Disclosures and Yiddishists.
When the project was first brOached,
IT. q. H." was opposed to the idea Of u
separate training school for Jewish
girls. All arguments were vain. 1t |
was unyielding until the American Red |
Cross opened Il nurses school in CO.
operation with the Polish Minister of |
Health and the Mayor of Warsaw and
it became evident, shortly. that Jew
sh students would not he welcome.
rhat brought the ''nssimilators' to their
senses. and brought them to inquire
whether a Jewish school would receive
The necessary support. \ special con-.
ference OF physicians was called ut
which it was unanimously agreed to
raise the sum necessary to meet the
Of the offer made by the
Joint Distribution committee. When
here was presented to the conference
The question OF bringing II nurse FROM
America as hcud of the school. the
unanimous demniils was TINT she must
be Jewish. fUlfl 1
Yiddish remains the language of
I,ealth- propa ganda among the Jews OF
Poland. 1t is the language of the post
prs and plncards. of the pamphlets ana
leaflets. Two brochures have already
been. published Hygiene among the I
Jews in the past and present''-tlem-
the intcrrelation of hygiene
with Judaism Is one, and another deal
ing with hygiene as n preventive OF
cholera, typhus and dysentcry, O,WO
OF these luulsn phHph'ets ih'c ~
ready been distributed.
The establishment of this solidarity
among the Jews of Poland which has
brought the entire sanitary program
under the Jurisdiction of II. q. H." has
made it possible for the Joint Dis
tribution committee to limit its par
ticipation merely to the furnishing OF
funds. Its Polish medical unit has
been reduced to one individual, pr.
Jacob Golub, whose activities have
been reduced to that of liquidating the
Joint Distribution committees medical
work in that country. Mr.. Schmidt.
the last member of the unit to lenve
Poland. was presented with a fine piece
Of wood-carving by the "assipiators
of Warsaw, and its Inscription. sig
nificantly enough. is in iiddiSh.
tn RRIDGE GJ'LE RETMEEN I