Feeding the Hungry, P. C. Hiebert, 1929

e, as a result of this and an un- authorized increase of the lists, some of the kitchens had been closed four or five days for lack of supplies. Thirty-first. Alvin J. Miller and P. C. Hiebert left Moscow for Samara. JUNE Third to Twelfth. A. J. Miller and P. C. Hiebert spent in inspecting and organizing relief work in Samara, and Orenburg. | Third. Agreement reached to turn over the Prischib Volost to the A.R.A. Tenth. American Relief Administration took over 27 kitchens in Prischib. Fifteenth. Shipments of food reached Alexandrowsk APPENDIX 437 sufficiently to have a reserve for the first time since feed- ing began. Seventeenth. The first Ford touring car was received at Alexandrowsk. Twenty-fourth. Wiebert reached Alexandrowsk after his trip to the Volga. Twenty-sixth. Levi Mumaw and others purchased 25 Fordson tractor outfits. Twenty-seventh. Krehbiel inspected Alexanderfeld and directed aid. Jury Fourth. G. G. Hiebert, Director of Reconstruction work left New York for Russia. Eighth. Krehbiel, Miller, Slagel, and P. C. Hiebert conferred in Moscow about relief work and worked out a plan for the Reconstruction Agreement later accepted by the Russian authorities. Tenth. P. C. Hiebert left Moscow for America. Fourteenth. Slagel and Krehbiel discussed tractor is- sue with Charkow officials and set up regulations. Fifteenth. The Peak of American Mennonite Feed- ing Operations with 140 kitchens distributing 38,600 ra- tions daily. Twenty-fourth. Twenty-five Fordson Tractors and plows shipped to Odessa from New York. Twenty-seventh. Ten carloads of food packages reached Alexandrowsk for distribution at various Menno- nite centers. AUGUST First. G. G. Hiebert arrived at Alexandrowsk to take charge of agricultural reconstruction. Tenth. Executive committee met at Philadelphia to 438 FEEDING THE HUNGRY receive the report of the chairman, who had just returned from Russia. Fifteenth. Peak of American Feeding operations with about 140 kitchens distributing rations daily. Volga groups supplied in own homes totaling about 43,000 per- sons fed per day. Twenty-fifth. G. G. Hiebert left for Odessa to re- ceive the first shipment of 25 American Fordson tractors. SEPTEMBER Ninth. First twenty-five tractor outfits arrived at Alexandrowsk. Thirteenth. Rev. and Mrs. W. P. Neufeld arrived at Alexandrowsk. Fifteenth. Seven tractors began plowing at Alexan- drowsk. Nineteenth. Eight tractors began plowing at Chor- titza. Twenty-second. Ten tractors began plowing at Halb- stadt. Twenty-third. All twenty-five tractor outfits turning Russian soil. A.M.R. feeding lists in the Ukraine were cut down to about 12,500. OcTOBER Seventh. Rev. and Mrs. D. M. Hofer sailed from New York for Russia. Nineteenth. All tractors in the Molotschna idle—too wet. Twenty-eighth. Big clothing shipment reached Odessa. Thirtieth. Weating plant in Alexandrowsk re