A TASK OF GREAT MAGNITUDE
. WASHINGTON, 10th August. ' Mr. Hoover, in accepting an invitation from the Swiss President to send a reipresentative to the international conference of relief societies regarding aid for Russia, pointed out that the famine in Russia was^ beyond th« resources of all available private charities in the world, especially in. these times of economic hardship. "Belief," Mr. Hoover says, "even were funds available f-sr food, involves the rehabilitation of transportation, agriculture, and industry, necessitating meas ires which again are beyond the reach of charity." Mr. Hoover adds that each national relief society should proceed independently. ' American relief measures in Russia are ■proceeding; preliminary steps being taken, and he believes that actual relief -work will soon begin. American; prisoners in Russia are beginning to return to Riga.
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Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 37, 12 August 1921, Page 7
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130A TASK OF GREAT MAGNITUDE Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 37, 12 August 1921, Page 7
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