Jews in Soviet Russia, receiving aid from American relatives through the Ort, will in the future be able to build their own houses with the aid of the Soviet Government, according to an agreement concluded between the Ort and the Soviet, and made public here today by the Ort.
For the purpose of aiding Jews in Soviet Russia to overcome the housing shortage, the Ort will provide 40 percent of the building cost secured in valuta from American relatives.
The remaining sixty percent of the cost will be granted the prospective builder by the Soviet Government and the Ort jointly on long term loans repayable over a period of twenty years.
The Soviet government will supply part of the material and the labor reqired for building the houses. This measure is considered a source of great relief by Russian Jews, it is stated.
appeal to American Jewry to aid the Ort and save its institutions from bankruptcy was made yesterday by Dr. David Lvovitch, member of the World Executive of the Ort at a press conference.
The work of the Ort, which has cost world Jewry millions of dollars, is on the verge of collapse. The equipment of the one hundred and seven trade schools maintained by the Ort in Eastern Europe will not be able to be maintained unless it receives aid from abroad, Dr. Lvovitch stated.
The conference with the press was arranged in order to make clear the present situation of the Ort.
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