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sively. The children are over-crowded
and are consequently living in a con-
atmosphere.
taminated
By DR. D. JOCHELMAR
As to the clothing worn by the chil-
dren,
I found this: All the year
've committee of the
(Dr. Jochelman, member of the L.
round, most of the children have only
Jewish World Relief Conference, was appointed by this organiza-
one garment—a shirt. I saw many
tion to proceed to Russia and the Ukraine with the object of in-
children whose shirt had been made
vestigating the situation of the Jews on the spot. The result of
of a piece of sacking in which goods
his investigation is shown in this report.--Editor.)
had previously been packed. The
groups who hold responsible govern.' marks on the sacking made this evi-
"Has the situation in the Ukraine meat poets, the masses of the Jews dent. The consignors of the goods
improved? Is any further relief have sunk into the greatest distress. little thought that their sacks were
needed?"
Even those Jews who succeeded in destined to he made into clothing tor
These were the questions which I making money during the prevalence Jewish orphans.
As to their food: Official investiga-
asked myself, before I recently went of the new economic policy (NEP)
have recently lost their wealth. The tion finds that the food which the
to Russia.
homes
provide is very insufficient.
It was then generally rumored that number of these Jews was consider-
the situation had considerably im- able and thousands were dependent ' Bad hygienic conditions and poor
food
increase
the percentage of the
Formerly
proved, and, as a consequence of thin on them. Circumstances favoured
belief, the donors had diminished them greatly, and ninny of them ac- anemic anti tuberculous children.
The Agree Bros. Company.
their contributions. There was a quired huge fortunes. Without tra- Here are some figures, which ,peak
great falling-off in the revenue of all ditions and without experience, these for themselves. Out of 229,237 chil-
Is th e
dren in the homes and schoo,
the relief organizations, who found new rich, with their showy way o
the continuance of their work seri- living, attracted great attention and following proportions were found to
provoked antagonism. Ileasea.„taxa- be affected with anemia and tubercu-
ously endangered.
I was therefore anxious to see for lion, often beyond their ability to losis: In Voblin, '26 per cent; in Pol.
myself what was happening, and I pay, reduced many to poverty. - , taus, 52.2 per cent; in Odessa, .11 per
left for Russia on behalf of the era have been imprisoned. Those who I cent; in Charkov, -44 per cent: in
Jewish World Relief Conference to were recently millionaires today have Podol, 37.1 per cent ; in Kiev, 41 per
nothing. The ruin of this class, cal- cent; in Chernigov, 40 per cent, and
investigate the situation.
In all, I spent about ten weeks in led the "Nep people," is not et
yet co-
in in Ekaterinoslav, 30 per cent.
Centrally Located
The more severe tuberculous cases
the Ukraine, and from what I have plete and every day brings further
were found in the government of
seen, I can now any that the supposed victims of misery.
improvement has not taken place, and
Then we conic to the intelligensia.lOdessa, where they amount to 10.4
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Oat, indeed, it would be no exaggera- The unemployed educated class grows per cent, and in Charkov, where they
tion to state that the situation is larger day by day. Their condition amount to 7.5 per cent. Malnutri-
Detroit.
eatastrophic. The very lives of mil- is indeed terrible. The doctors who tion has increased the number of
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lions of Jews in the Ukraine are have no work number 5,000, and of backward children. Owing to over-
crowding, want of soap and under.
threatened with extinction.
these, according to what I was told,
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The economie conditions in Russia not less than 4,000 arcJews. The clothing, there is an increase of . skin
.
necessarily lead to the physical de-
of work Is di sease anti faby . 1 hese conditions
o
proportion of law ersaut
s fact
that in the
vusthe
generation of the Jews in that coin-
illustrated
all
number
are
Onyly
just gh. sm
, try.
of them are allowed to act as state children's homes 6,200 children are
Apart from to small number of advocates. Most of them are stare- registered as suffering from scurf in
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ing. the head, while 30,000 have received
treatment for tunas.
The Jewish teachers and the for-
The clinic of the Jewish World Re-
mer ministers—rabbis and cantors— lief Conference in Odessa, Tiraspol,
are in a deplorable plight. The posi- Elisavet grad and Cherson contain
tion of the artisans is somewhat bet- Among their patients a great number
ter. Tailors and boot-makers, espe- of children suffering from tubercu-
cially, can find some work, but it is losis of the bones. These figures ap-
poorly paid. peal all the more to us, as Jews
The largest class of sufferers con- since the towns mentioned are mainly
gists of those Jews who were former. inhabited by Jews.
ly merchants, traders or workers in
Of course, we must admit that the
the small towns and villages, but who Soviet Government is doing its b est
are now pouring into the larger to relieve the hot of the children. But
towns. At the end of the war and the homeless are so numerous and
during the period of the pogroms their distress to great that the means
there was a general flight from the at the disposal of the government are
towns. This has now entirely ruined quite insufficient, and unless relief is
from the
a number of once prosperous cities. sent from abroad, tens of thousands
These newcomers in the larger towns of children must die.
are in a very impoverished condition.
It is deplorable that just when the
Trade which revived during 1922 and distress is so extreme, the relief from
1923 has again almost ceased, owing abroad should threaten to come to an
to the very high taxation and the end. The temporary alteration of
low purchasing power of the peas- conditions in the Ukraine brought
ants which is still diminishing. The about by the new economic policy led
whole business of acting as middle- Europe and America to the hasty
men is forbidden by the Soviet Gov- [ conclusion that the Jews of Russia
ernment. What are the hundreds of I needed no further relief. The Joint
thousands of town-dwelling Jews to I Distribution Committee has now
finished its relief work in the Uk-
do?
The idea of emigration is therefore raine. It is true that the methods of
very popular. The people are ready to the J. D. C. were not liked by local
give anything in order to escape. The Jewish social workers, but it must be
agents for shipping companies exploit admitted that the J. D. C. did much
to the full this thirst for emigration to rescue the Jews of the Ukraine and
and many families give away their of Russia from starvation. Great
last penny for tickets without know- services were also rendered by the
ing anything about emigration regula- London Federation of Ukrainian
Jews during the famine period, and
tions or about the "quota."
Most terrible of all, however, Is the its way of working in Russia was
plight of the children in the Ukraine. highly approved by Jewish saris.
It is indeed beyond human concep- workers.
Of all the Jewish relief organiza-
Michigan Ave., Between Griswold and Shelby.
tion. Tens of thousands of our child-
ren are faced with destruction. Even tions, only one is still active in Rus-
Real Estate Exchange Building.
sia,
i. e., the Jewish World Relief
the children provided for in schools
and children's homes are in a deplor- Conference. The work of this or-1
ganization
is undoubtedly of enor-I
able state. The health department of
Grand-Trumbull Market
Cass-Woodward Market
utility anti it has been wel-
the Ukrainian government says that
Chene at Milwaukee
(Woodward Entrance) Jefferson at Riverview Park
only about one-half of the 3,400 comed both by the leading Jews and
Woodward at Kenilworth
Fourteenth at Forest
schools and homes are suitable for by the government. Unfortunately,
Grand River at Roosevelt
the purpose for which they are used its means are poor as compared with
Grand River at Columbus Grand River at Linsdale
Twelfth at Clairmount
In addition one hundred and eleven the flood of misery, which has carried
Ilamilton
at
Seward
Farnsworth and Hastings
Jefferson at Dickerson
of these buildings are in need of new away nearly the whole of the Jewish
Linwood at Grand Blvd.
Jefferson at Ringer
floors and ceilings.
Linwood at Blaine
Grand River at Ilenry
Woodward at Grand Ave.
population in that country.
I found that in many towns in the
Grand River at Clarendon • Buena Vista at Oakrnan Casper and Ferndale Ave.
I consider it essential that apart
Ukraine the majority of the schools
and homes had no flooring and were from the relief to be given to organi-
, so dilapidated that you could see zations, propaganda should be carried
through the roofs. Most of them had on in Europe and America to induce
no drainage and water-supply. The individuals to send relief to relatives
yards are dirty. The drains are full; left behind in Russia. This individual
the rooms are filthy and smell ofTen- help, which woud greatly relieve dis-
tress, should be organized so as to
make it sure that all the money ,
reaches its proper destination. it is
the duty of all relief organizations to
facilitate the forwarding of these re-I
mittances, so that they may reach the
sufferers as soon as possible. Un-
fortunately I must say that many re-
lief organizations, which have been ,
very active in different directions,
have neglected this work and have I
not realized its great value.
At the present time, when parcels 1
of food and clothing cannot he sent
to Russia, the only form of individual
relief is by remittances of money.
The Jewish World Relief Confer.'
ence has recently resolved to open a,
bank to carry out these transactions. ,
It will be known as the United
Jewish People's Bank. 1 was author-
ized to negotiate with the Russian
banks in order to secure their help in
this work. I have succeeded in en-
tering into an agreement with the
' Ukrainian Bank which is on more
favorable terms than any other
agreement made with a foreign in•
atilution. It guarantees the remit.
lance of all monies at low rates and
quick transmission. The representa.
tines of the Jewish World Relief Con-
ference in Russia will be able to sup.
ervise the way in which the remit.'
lances are paid over.
The institution of this bank has
been generally favored by the Jews in
Russia. They recognize the full sig-
nificance of good banking machinery
for remitting monies to the suffering
Jewry ln the Ukraine. They hope
that the bank will do much to restore
Bouquet.,
Jewish economic life. They are all
10. Straight
of the opinion that at the present
moment the first step in constructive
Pan .t. la.,
relief is the granting of credits.
Perfecto Fiats,
2 for 25e
If, in conclusion, I am asked,
121ra–'
2 for 25c
"What are we to do?" I should reply:
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"Give
all the help you can—keep the
Perfecto.,
kitchens open to feed the starving.
15e Straight
Keep the orphanages open IO shelter
the children and provide clothing
for those who are in rags. Let the
hospitals be available for all who are
ill; provide funds for loans for those
who can make a fresh start in life.
Above all, do not slacken your et.
farts It this last moment of the
greatest need."
I cannot believe that the Jews of
the world will look on Indifferently
the downfall of one of the greatest
Jewish communities. I trust that this
report will do a little to make known
a part of the truth and that our con-
science will move us once again to
helping hand in order to
hold out
console and to strengthen the heavily
burdened Jews of Russia.
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