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Item ID   355608    
Title   Memorandum from Mrs. Troper to Dr. Rosenblatt    
Author   Mrs. Troper similar items similar items
Document type   Textual Material    
Dates   1921 October 20    
Date   10/20/1921    
File Ref. Code   NY AR192132 / 4 / 30 / 3 / 490 similar items similar items
Open more fields In Folder Ancestor USSR: Subject Matter, Relief Supplies: American Relief Administration (ARA), Individual Packages - Food, 1921 - 1923 similar items similar items
·  Reference Code   NY AR192132 / 4 / 30 / 3 / 490    
·  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 - 1923    
·  Scope and Content   ARA agrees to accept Russian food package remittances from the JDC, 11/4/21, 11/10/21, 11/16/21, 12/3/21. Standard $10 food package contains 117 lbs. of food, 11/7/21. American Relief Administration advises that food packages can no longer be delivered to specified individuals, 11/28/22. American Relief Administration reports on volume of food package deliveries, 12/20/22, 2/20/23. Correspondence: H. J. Bernheim, B. D. Bogen, Herbert Hoover, H. H. Fisher, Wm. J. Mack, Evelyn M. Morrissey, I. M. Naishtut, S. Newborg, F. C. Page, James N. Rosenberg, F. F. Rosenblatt, L. L. Strauss, E. Troper. 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.    
Search in Collection   1921-1932 New York Collection    
Language   English    

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