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Item ID | 355501 | |||
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Title | Telegram from Amidico to Jointdisco | |||
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Author | Amidico |  |
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Document type | Textual Material | |||
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Dates | 1922 September 05 | |||
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Date | 9/5/1922 | |||
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USSR: Subject Matter, Relief Supplies: American Relief Administration (ARA), General, 1922 August - 1923 June | |
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| · Reference Code | NY AR192132 / 4 / 30 / 3 / 489 | ||||
| · 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 | 1922 August - 1923 June | ||||
| · Scope and Content | New JDC-ARA Agreement calls for American Relief Administration programs in the Ukraine and White Russia to continue into 1923, 8/14/22, 9/14/22. JDC transmits $1,250,000 to American Relief Administration for child feeding program, 9/2/22. JDC-ARA Agreement for clothing draft system, 9/25/22 (corrected 12/29/22). American Relief Administration to continue operations in USSR until June 1923, 9/29/22. Rosen becomes JDC representative in USSR for Reconstruction activities and Bogen JDC representative on American Relief Administration Ukraine Unit, for relief activities, 10/14/22. American Relief Administration discontinues food and clothing remittances to USSR effective March 15, 1923, 2/20/23. Correspondence: B. D. Bogen, W. L. Brown, W. H. Haskell, M. Menachem, Evelyn M. Morrissey, F. C. Page, James N. Rosenberg, R. H. Sawtelle, L. L. Strauss, F. M. Warburg. Also see: File 92, Organizations, 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 | ||||
| · Scope and Content | 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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