The amount of 40,000 Zlotys was collected for immediate relief work by the local emergency relief committee, established here several weeks ago.
The amount was raised by a self-imposed tax of 20 groszy per room, occupied by each family. The Joint Distribution Committee has promised to contribute an equal amount to that collected by the emergency relief committee.
It was estimated that the amount of 80,000 Zlotys will be necessary to cope with the Passover relief problem. The amount allotted to a family by the emergency relief committee is from 50 to 200 Zlotys. Seven hundred requests from impoverished families have already been received by the committee.
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