An investigation carried on in ten villages with a Jewish population of seventy thousand and a non Jewish populace of 19,000 revealed a situation regarded as characteristic of the Jewish economic conditions in the small towns. It established that the position of the Jewish youth is very difficult, with the declassed numbers swelling and unemployment on the increase due to the growth of the cooperative movement and the elimination of the private trader. The Jewish artisans fare badly due to a dearth of raw material. The Commission demands that help be despatched to these villages immediately, the villages under investigation being, Baranovke, Romanov, Mariupol, Korostichev, Voldarusk, Chernikiov, Kodnie, Sokolov and Polin.
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