No Jewish Welfare Federation agency and no client of any Federation agency will suffer as a result of the Michigan bank holiday, according to Kurt Peiser, executive director of the Jewish Welfare Federation, Detroit.
“In the case of the Jewish Social Service Bureau, checks for relief are being issued to clients as usual and are being honored by the neighborhood merchants with whom they are accustomed to trade,” said Mr. Peiser.
“Institutions like the Old Folke Home, House of Shelter and Jewish Children’s Home, are billed in most cases on a monthly basis for groceries, meat, milk, etc. These bills will, of course, not be due until after the reopening of the banks, so that there will be no problem involved in securing a continuous food supply for the men, women and children cared for by these agencies.
“Checks will also be available for the foster mothers who care for children under the supervision of the Jewish Child Placement Bureau, and they too will find the checks acceptable with their customary trades people.”
The Michigan bank holiday, declared by Governor William Comstock to avoid bank runs, is scheduled to end on Feb. 21.
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