VICE-PRESIDENT
SAMUEL KABATZNICK
ATTORNEY
MAX
KABATZNICK
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PRESIDENT
HARRIS POORVU
SECRETARY
ANNA KATZ
TREASURER
ABRAHAM, BERMAN
REPRESENTATIVE AT DOCKS AND
V. B. IMMIGRATION STATION
BOSTON BRANCH
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HEBREW SHELTERING AND IMMIGRANT AID SOCIETY OF AMERICA
HEBREW IMMIGRANT AID 800IETV
ORGANIZED SEPT. ItTH. 1004
HEBREW IMMIGRANT AID 800IETV
OF MASSACHUSETTS
REORGANIZED JUNE, 1812
HIAS
Office: 6 0 Scollay Square, Room 3 5
Telephone Hay market 5628
CABLE ADDRESS: "HIAS, BOSTON"
HEAD0UARTER8
425-427 LAFAYETTE STREET
NEW YORK
BOSTON, MASS.
June 18,
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
MORRIS ALLMAN
S. L. BAILEN
ABRAHAM BERMAN
MENDEL DUBIN
H . FREEDMAN
DR. ISAAC 0 . ROSENBERG
JOSEPH SELETSKY
L. SINGER
HYMAN PILL
GABRIEL BAKER
B. KAPLAN
JOSEPH L. SIMON
SALEM
JOSEPH SLOTNICK
BBOOKMNE
NATHAN ARONSON
GEORGE E. GORDON
CHELSEA
JACOB OGAN
HOLYOKB
OFFICERS NATIONAL SOCIETY
PRESIDENT
ABRAHAM HERMAN
VICE-PRESIDENTS
LEON KAMAIKY
MAX MEYERSON
ALBERT ROSENBLATT
HOWARD S. LEVY
HARRIS POORVU
ISRAEL SILBERSTEIN
HARRY K. WOLFF
LEO S. SCHWABACHER
ADOLFH COPELAND
MORRIS WEINBERG
TREASURER
HARRY FISCHEL
HONORARY SECRETARY
AARON BENJAMIN
GENERAL MANAGER
I. L. ASOFSKY
BRANCHES
BALTIMORE
1216 E. BALTIMORE STREET
CHICAGO
1214 SO. CLINTON STREET
PHILADELPHIA
212 CATHARINE STREET
SAN FRANCISCO
149 EDDY STREET
SEATTLE
FIRST AND CHERRY STREETS
WASHINGTON, D. C.
ELLIS ISLAND, N . Y. H.
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
WARSAW
1929.
Mr. Louis Marshall, Esq..
P r e s i d e n t Joint Distribution Committee,
lew York, 1. Y.
Dear Mr. Marshall:
Mr. Sam Rosenfield of Boston came to us with
the following story:
The Stara Konstantine Progressive Association,
who are organizedr'in the city of Boston for the
purpose of helping their poor friends in the town
where they come from, send money to Russia semiannually. The first part of April they sent $200
through Buckman & Feinberg of Boston to the following
$100 to Szloima Bereznick, lio. 8 Prirnokowaya
Ul., Stara Konstantine, Wolyn, Ukraine, and $100
to Yontol Luxenburg, Lenia Ul., Stara Konstantine,
Ukraine, with the stipulation that they buy Passover
food such as I&atzos and the like for the poor Jewish
peoiDle of their city. When they exchanged the money
into Russian rubbels for the purpose of buying the
necessary food, they were both arrested and held for
receiving money in order to do business with it
for their personal use. They found $102.00 with
the former and $20.00 with the latter. They were
tried at the Shepetovka Okrug and were fined to
either paying double the amount that was found in
their possession at that time of the arrest or their
property will be taken from them. They were given
until about the middle of June to see that same is
paid. Both men have not the money to pay and they
cannot persuade the authorities that the money was
sent for the purpose of assisting the needy.
June 1 8 , 1929
Mr. L o u i s M a r s h a l l - - 2
. We would g r e a t l y a p p r e c i a t e i f .you would do a n y t h i n g
t h r o u g h t h e i n f l u e n c e of your R u s s i a n o f f i c e t o h e l p
t h e s e men o u t . We a r e w i l l i n g t o s t a n d any expense t h a t
might be i n v o l v e d i n c a b l i n g your o f f i c e or w h a t e v e r you
t h i n k n e c e s s a r y t o e x p l a i n t h e s i t u a t i o n , so l o n g a s i t
i s done i m m e d i a t e l y , a s we a r e a f r a i d t h a t t h e l e t t e r
which
w a s ' s e n t by t h o s e p e o p l e h a s r e a c h e d u s a l i t t l e • •:
t o o 1 l a t e , f o r i t i s p a s t t h e middle of June now and e v e r y
day c o u n t s .
Looking forward t o your k i n d i n t e r e s t on same and
hoping you w i l l see f i t t o h e l p u s i n t h e m a t t e r , we
are
Sincerely yours,
HEBREW IMMIGRANT AID' SOCIETY
AK:CK
Sec'y.