The House Foreign Affairs Committee moved today to obtain assurances from belligerent nations that Americans could completely supervise relief in Poland, as contemplated under provisions of bills now before the committee.
Authorization for the appointment of a subcommittee was given Rep. Sol Bloom. The subcommittee will confer with relief agencies, and with Germany and the Allies through the State Department to obtain guarantees.
The subcommittee, Bloom said, will attempt to obtain guarantees from Germany that distribution of American food supplies will be on a non-sectarian basis and that America can send as large a mission as it wishes into Poland to supervise distribution. It will try to obtain guarantees from the Allies that the goods will receive swift passage through the blockade.
The committee will not continue its hearings until it receives a report from the subcommittee. By this action, the committee shelved a plan suggested by former Presiden. Hoover that it immediately approve a bill authorizing relief for Poland and obtain the guarantees later.
Bloom revealed that the Red Cross has been allowed to send two more representatives into Poland to supervise distribution of medical supplies and clothing from the Cracow warehouse, in addition to the two now in Cracow.
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
