WITH THE FREE LOAN ASSOCIATIONS AS THEIR MAIN LINE OF ECONOMIC DEFENSE, THE JEWS OF POLAND ARE STANDING THEIR GROUND WITH SPIRIT UNBROKEN AGAINST POGROMS AND ECONOMIC WARFARE, ALEXANDER KAHN, CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE ON POLAND, SAID IN A REPORT MADE PUBLIC TODAY.
MR. KAHN, WHO RECENTLY RETURNED FROM A TOUR OF POLAND, ANALYZES THE POSITION OF THE JEWISH POPULATION. HE SAYS THAT THE POLISH PEOPLE ARE INCREASINGLY SPURNING ANTI-SEMITIC AGITATORS AND THAT 70 PER CENT OR MORE OF THE POLISH PEOPLE ARE PEASANTS WHO DO NOT PARTICIPATE IN POGROMS.
THE FREE LOAN INSTITUTIONS, FOR WHICH THE J.D.C. HAS APPROPRIATED $1,000,000 WHICH THE LOCAL POPULATION HAS MATCHED WITH AN APPROXIMATELY EQUAL SUM, ENABLE 100,000 FAMILIES TO CONTINUE SELF-SUPPORTING THROUGH SMALL LOANS WITHOUT INTEREST. BUSINESS MEN ARE AIDED BY COOPERATIVE CREDIT BANKS WHICH GRANTED MORE THAN $15,000,000 IN LOANS IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 1936 TO 93,000 MEMBERS.
DESCRIBING HOW MANY JEWS MAINTAIN THEMSELVES BY FINDING NEW OCCUPATIONS, ESPECIALLY IN THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY, FURNITURE MAKING, LUMBER SUPPLIES, GLOVE AND MUFFLER MANUFACTURING AND BASKET MAKING, MR. KAHN SAYS THAT 1,500 FAMILIES HAVE BEEN SUPPLIED WITH WORK DIRECTLY BY THE J.D.C.
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