Club of Jewish Deputies Suggests One Delegation from Poland to United States

(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

The Club of Jewish Deputies, which decided at one of its last meetings to send a delegation to the United States to present to American Jews the economic plight of the Jewish population in Poland, is endeavoring to prevent the departure of the delegations of various organizations which, during the last few days, were appointed to go to the United States.

The Association of Jewish Small Traders decided yesterday to send a delegation to the United States to present the plight of the small traders, particularly to the Polish landsmanschaften. The situation of the small traders is critical.

Leaders of the Club pointed out the duplication of effort which would be involved in the arrival of many delegations at one time, thus defeating each other’s purpose. The Club proposed that each organization be represented by one delegate in the delegation of the Club.

Deputy Rozmarin, vice-president of the Club, left for Lodz yesterday to inquire into the economic situation of the Jewish population there.

Felix M. Warburg, Chairman of the American Joint Distribution Committee, has received a letter from the Executive Committee of the Jewish Artisans Association of Poland appealing to that body to take immediate steps to save the Jewish artisans of that country from starvation.

“Ninety per cent of the Jewish artisans of Poland are out of employment, and of the 10,000 members of our organization in Warsaw, alone, 8,000 are starving, and soup-kitchens must be opened at once in order to save their lives,” says the letter from the labor organization. “The economic crisis has ruined practically all of the small manufacturers for whom most of our membership worked, and their situation is hopeless. The fact that they are not entitled to the Government’s unemployment subsidy because that boon is extended only to workmen in shops employing six or more, adds to the desperateness of the situation.

“The labor organizations are themselves struggling for existence, and are therefore in no position to relieve the sufferings of tens of thousands of unemployed and their families, and we are therefore compelled to implore you to act as speedily as possible to relieve the great horde of unemployed and starving Jews in Poland.”

Adolph Joffe, Soviet diplomat and former Russian Ambassador at Vienna, was appointed rector of the Chinese University in Moscow, which has been named in honor of the late Dr. Sun Yat Sen.