Two Landsmanschaften have pledged support to industrialization projects in their native towns, undertaken by the “Home Town Department” of the Ort, the Society for the Promotion of Agricultural and Technical Trades among the Jews of Eastern Europe, under the direction of Gerson Zybert.
The Smela Landsmanschaft, with branches in New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Boston, will give $25,000 for three economic undertakings. The Brusiloff organization, with branches in New York and Chicago will give their fellow townsmen $6,000 for the restoration of several industries.
The sum of $14,000 will be used to establish a furniture factory in Smela where 2,000 heads of families, now idle, may earn a living; $8,000 will be used for developing an agricultural colony near the town, and for creating farm by-product industries. The remaining $3,000 will be used to open a trade school for children from the ages of 13 to 16.
In Brusiloff, the funds of former residents’ who have come to America will be used to establish a leather cooperative, and a starch and syrup factory. These industries were in existence before the war.
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