SOME UNOFFICIAL RELATIONS WITH SOVIET RUSSIA

Authors

Everett S. Brown, University of Michigan

Abstract

On August 28, 1923, Colonel William N. Haskell, in charge of the distribution work of the American Relief Administration in Russia, reported to Herbert Hoover on the accomplishments of that organization. In a period of less than two years, 1921 to 1923, nearly 1,000,000 tons of food, seed, clothing and medical supplies were bought in the United States for distribution in Russia. At the height of its activity the American Relief Administration fed nearly II,000,000 men, women and children daily. Supplies for over 15,000 hospitals and institutions were furnished, and over 7,000,000 individuals were inoculated or vaccinated in the campaign against epidemics under the direction of the Relief Administration. More than 8,000,000 acres of land were sown from seed exported from the United States. In order to accomplish this immense task it was necessary for the American Relief Administration to raise over $60,000,000, of which $24,000,000 was voted by Congress. Since the Soviet Government, by agreement, paid for all labor, internal transportation, warehouses, kitchens and Russian staff, the above mentioned sum does not represent nearly the entire expenditure for Russian relief. Three hundred Americans and 125,000 Russians participated in the work.

Recommended Citation

Everett S. Brown, SOME UNOFFICIAL RELATIONS WITH SOVIET RUSSIA, 22 Mich. L. Rev. 421 (1924).
Available at: https://repository.law.umich.edu/mlr/vol22/iss5/3