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Item ID | 355362 | |||
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Title | Letter from Walter Lyman Brown to Haskell | |||
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Author | Brown, Walter Lyman |  |
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Document type | Textual Material | |||
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Dates | 1921 October 27 | |||
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Date | 10/27/1921 | |||
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USSR: Subject Matter, Relief Supplies, American Relief Administration (ARA), General, 1921 - 1922 July | |
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| · Reference Code | NY AR192132 / 4 / 30 / 3 / 488 | ||||
| · Full Reference | Collection: Records of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee of the years 1921 - 1932 - NY AR192132 | Sub Collection: Countries and Regions - NY AR192132 / 4 | Record Group: USSR - NY AR192132 / 4 / 30 | Series: USSR: Subject Matter - NY AR192132 / 4 / 30 / 3 | ||||
| · Dates | 1921 - 1922 July | ||||
| · Scope and Content | JDC appropriates up to $2,500,000 to American Relief Administration for joint operation with JDC in the Ukraine and Crimea, 3/16/22-3/30/22. Agreement on relief in Ukraine reached by JDC and ARA, 3/28/22-4/8/22. Rosenberg criticizes workings of agreement with ARA, 5/26/22; also see: File 447, 1/25/22. Differences ironed out, 6/2/22-6/6/22, and agreement signed, 6/19/22. Correspondence: W. L. Brown, H. S. Gans, W. R. Grove, W. H. Haskell, Herbert Hoover, F. C. Page, James N. Rosenberg, R. H. Sawtelle, L. L. Strauss, C. Sulzberger. Also see: File 92, American Relief Administration AUSTRIA, Files 175 - 176, American Relief Administration POLAND, File 338, ARA. In 1919, the American Relief Administration was created by the U. S. Government. to provide non-sectarian relief to the destitute in war-torn countries. Herbert Hoover was named Administrator. In August 1921, the American Relief Administration concluded the Riga Agreement with the USSR Government. Under that Agreement, the JDC and the American Relief Administration cooperated in the grant of non-sectarian relief, in the USSR. The JDC appropriated about $3,600,000, in 1921 - 1922, for expenditure under American Relief Administration supervision. The funds went mainly for child-feeding programs in the Ukraine and White Russia. The JDC also participated in American Relief Administration package programs for the distribution of food and clothing. Dr. Boris Bogen and Dr. Joseph A. Rosen served as JDC representatives on the staff of ARA, USSR. On the American Relief Administration side, Walter Lyman Brown served as Director for Europe, Col. Wm. H. Haskell as Director in Russia, and Col. Wm. R. Grove as American Relief Administration Supervisor in the Ukraine. | ||||
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Search in Collection | 1921-1932 New York Collection | |||
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Language | English |
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