The State Department has issued a tabulation of funds collected for relief in belligerent countries and for refugees from these countries from Sept. 6, 1939, through March, 1940. Among the organizations listed and the funds they spent for relief are:
American Committee for Christian Refugees, $8,537; American Friends Service Committee, $17,620; American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, $1,959,713 (up to January only); Central Committee Knesseth Israel, $8,337; Commission for Polish Relief, $83,534; Federation of Polish Jews in America, $1,832; Hadsssah, $422,318; United Charity Institutions of Jerusalem, $10,689.
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