Foreign-Born in U.S. Are Sending Their Money 'Back Home', Jan. 4, 1921

Out of their earnings, for the most part as unskilled laborers, living from hand to mouth, the foreign-born element in the United States is contributing largely to the funds for food supplies to aid in starving peoples of their native lands.

Figures from the Food Draft section of the American Relief Administration show that $503,110 had been sent to Poland, up to the end of November, $158,170 had been sent to CzechoSlovakia; Hungary had received $382,700; Germany had $1,443,619; and Austria $2,046,720. It was estimated that more than 90 per cent of this money had been spent by nationals of these varius countires who are now in the United States. There are about 1.5 million Poles, 800,000 Hungarians, 500,000 Czechs and 600,000 Slovaks in this country.

The profits which resulted from the sale of these food drafts have been turned into the fund for general child feeding. It is to bring this fund up to the point where it can meet the demands on it, to save the lives 3.5 million children, that the European Relief Council has been formed by eight great relief organizations.

From The Monroe Journal, Jan. 4, 1921