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Item ID | 355732 | |||
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Title | Telegram from Joint to Jointdisco, NYK | |||
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Author | Joint |  |
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Document type | Textual Material | |||
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Dates | 1923 January 03 | |||
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Date | 1/3/1923 | |||
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USSR: Subject Matter, Relief Supplies, American Relief Administration (ARA), ARA Individual Packages - Clothing, 1922 - 1923 | |
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| · Reference Code | NY AR192132 / 4 / 30 / 3 / 491 | ||||
| · 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 - 1923 | ||||
| · Scope and Content | JDC-ARA Agreement for clothing package remittances to USSR; JDC agrees to advance $250,000 subject to repayment by ARA, 9/25/22, (corrected as of 12/29/22), 11/18/22, 12/4/22. American Relief Administration agrees to return $250,000 advance in cash, 8/15/23. Correspondence: B. D. Bogen, Wm. J. Mack, Louis Marshall, Evelyn M. Morrissey, James N. Rosenberg, F. F. Rosenblatt, R. H. Sawtelle, L. L. Strauss, P. Wiernik. 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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