After learning that 40,000 relief parcels, most of them from Jews in America, remained uncollected because the persons to whom they were addressed were unable to pay the heavy duties, the Rumanian Government today ordered the relaxation of duties on some commodities.
Second-hand clothing will now be completely exempted from duty, while the duty on foodstuffs is fixed at a minimum rate of 12 cents per kilogram. Cigarettes, being a state monopoly, are still banned. The Minister of Finance promised to speed distribution of parcels.
The Rumanian OSE expressed deep concern over the health of Jewish children threatened with a shortage of food because of the extremely bad harvest. The OSE promised to make special efforts to increase children’s relief as much as possible.
At present, 6,400 children are cared for in 46 OSE establishments. That number is expected to be doubled at least in the next few months. Two sanitoria will be opened soon for children suffering from tuberculosis.
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