The first practical step towards rebuilding Borscha, which was almost entirely destroyed in July as the result of a fire of anti-Semitic origin, was taken by the Roumanian government today when it ordered that all those who suffered as a result of the incendiary blaze should receive free supplies of timber from the government forests. The order becomes effective immediately and enables an immediate start on the rebuilding of the hundreds of destroyed houses.
Deputy Fischer, a Jewish member of parliament, today conferred with Premier Maniu, minister of the interior Vayda Voevod and under-secretary of state Andrei concerning the possibility of getting a greater share for Borscha of the 12,000,000 lei assigned by the government for the relief of all the towns that suffered from the anti-Semitic disturbances. He was assured that the proportion for Borscha would be increased.
Deputy Fischer also suggested that Borscha be rebuilt on a cooperative basis as was done with the war-torn cities of Belgium. The government agreed to assist in such a project. At the same time the minister of the interior ordered the provincial government of Bukowina to make an estimate of the damages suffered by the Jews of Suceava, Balaceana and other places where the anti-Semitic agitators had been active, saying that these damages would be covered by a special fund entirely apart from the relief fund.
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