The American Red Cross will cooperate with the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee in bringing aid to the suffering thousands in Poland, Chairman Norman H. Davis told newsmen here this morning.
Mr. Davis intimated that the J.D.C. would find its work handicapped in Poland because of the German occupation and that the question of cooperation would be discussed by American Red Cross observers now in Geneva. These observers, he said, will soon meet with Walter Hartmann, of the German Red Cross, in Geneva. The German Red Cross, which at first refused aid from the American relief agency, has now changed its position, Mr. Davis said, and is accepting medical supplies for wounded Polish soldiers.
Mr. Davis announced that $1,000,000 has already been appropriated for relief in war-torn sections of Europe and that voluntary contributions were being received for specified and unspecified countries. He said that large quantities of medical supplies, blankets and clothing were already on the ocean.
In connection with the J.D.C. work in Poland, Mr. Davis expressed the hope that practical difficulties would be surmounted. He said that 5,000 blankets and 30,000 suits of underwear have already been dispatched for Polish refugees who have reached other countries and who are desperately in need of warm clothing.
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