THE FREE LOAN SOCIETIES WHICH ASSIST THE POOREST GROUPS IN THE JEWISH POPULATION OF POLAND WILL BE INCREASED IN NUMBER BY 100 IN THE NEXT TWO MONTHS, THE JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE ANNOUNCED TODAY. THIS WILL BRING TO A TOTAL OF 925 THE FREE LOAN SOCIETIES WHICH IN THE PAST YEAR HAVE GRANTED 157,830 INDIVIDUAL LOANS TOTALING 14,584,523 IZLOTYS (NEARLY $3,000,000).
THE GREATEST NUMBER OF NEW LOAN OFFICES WILL BE ESTABLISHED IN DISTRICTS WHERE JEWISH NEED IS ESPECIALLY PRESSING: BIALYSTOK, LUBLIN, LODZ AND KIELCE. ADDITIONAL OFFICES WILL BE OPENED IN WARSAW, WILNO, KRAKOW, LWOW, POLESIA AND WOLHYNIA. A FREE LOAN SOCIETY HAS ALSO BEEN ESTABLISHED IN DANZIG.
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