Emergency measures to cope with the situation of the victims of the famine in Bessarabia will be taken with the arrival in Kishineff of Mr. Panhalippa, Minister for Bessarabia in the Maniu cabinet, who left today for the capital of the province.
The Minister for Bessarabia was authorized to take the necessary measures to bring relief.
A report from Kishineff states that the Jewish Relief Committee will ask Mr. Panhalippa to place at its disposal a part of the government funds allocated for relief and to allocate to the Jewish Relief Committee a part of the revenue which will accrue from the theatre tax imposed by the authorities for the relief of the famine victims.
Dr. Mutschnik, chairman of the Kishineff Jewish Relief Committee, left today for Berlin to confer with the European director of the Joint Distribution Committee concerning emergency relief measures, as the hunger is affecting growing numbers of the Jewish population.
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