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American Friends Service Committee — Part 18
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following years, countless jussiany polish and Sorblan peasuita ware
saved froa starvation. * ‘the people of entire provinces wera piven seeada,
tools, sheep, horses, ag wall as food and clothing, in un offort to +
restore the ravaged countayside., Nedical sarvlee Cor children aud
refugeos mas an important part of the iuissian progr during the eple
demic of typius and cholera. Stitioned at one jateway from tussia
through viich vere pouring the roturikny refugeed, & Guoker anti~typhus
unit helped to save Furope fraa the threat of tits larrible digeare.
Tn Poland, a large bustneas in enbroiderias was daveloped to help tha
wornns an orphanage and an apricnlbtural school (later continued by the
Polish covernmment) were estab shedy lirne-scale farming and health
sorvices aided more thun 25,000 tunilles. ' .
"Yn 1B, news that Germauny was ctarving touched Cusker sensibilities.
Promptly after tho Armiiattee o delegation from the Committee antered
Germany and Austria and found malnatritlon affecting hundreds of —~
thousnids ef children wlth riccots and tuberculosis. Tha Comibtted
' bought cows and milk fer Austria and becuse tho largest nilk distributer
in Vierma. Coal was hauled to heat tie Lospitals und, auony othar
services, the Quuxer workers trained ut cent out traveling teachora of
hygiene who taught children ani adults het to avoid tuberculosis.
"In Gomuany, Uso pertods of child-fceding wore maintained din
the yours from 1029 to 1924. Waring tha first fueding programy, the
Services Com tira cvdperated with an AuerLeun Qund+reising com tlea
undor the leadership of Hertert Hoovers during the second, a sisi lar
ittea was led by Cenoral Allen w revurning [rem Gertany u
commander of the Ancrican Amy of Occupation, arcused publie thy
for the suffering there. Garefally orpunized, tha Gersan chi ld-Leedi ng
en children daily. Guakur fcod reachad
touchad tho Jinaghnatt en of the Geman
peonle a ao that even today thoy retain aparectative remenbrance of tis
Ynervica of Lova.t”
Information has bean received that tho American Friends Service
Commi tiga claims oxcuptiion frua tha payoent of incoue taxes en the ground
that it is an elsemogynary organizations
‘
Tt is notated in the pamhlet “twenty=!tva Yours Under the bed and
Diack Star" published ly the Aserloan Friands Service Cansittre thats
(THE REPEC? QOS QUAKER TAR DELIEP
"Tho cowld foretell tho results of thesa Latorn in Europe? ‘fhe
gpen door that Une foambttce had in Nasd Gormany until the Unvelvenent
of the Unttead eeth tet Nye tee
Ot the United yo can ba altrile te
{ta confidence eniublt cued ty ty years aoe dimu: of ch) ddrent
on both sidas of the wur in Cpata likenioa wae poasible hic :
oxporiencas.e Uivannela of urafulnoss in Axerkea ape snpd because of ie
earlier work abroad.
| eee rn ne eentnneree on atone ete ae ech ee.
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