Feeding the Hungry, P. C. Hiebert, 1929

, for “which we cheerfully express our sincere thanks. Levi PREFACE 13 Mumaw has materially added to the value of this report by his careful compilation of facts and figures as given in Chapter XI and for the contribution of a part of Chapter XIII. Access to his records and files was of great assistance in sifting and correlating the material. M. H. Kratz of Philadelphia, besides giving helpful and timely suggestions, has kindly contributed the Introduction. We are very glad to acknowledge the contribution by Director Alvin J. Miller of the greater part of Chapter IV and Chap- ter X in which he relates from personal experience the nego- tiations with the Soviet authorities that resulted in the sev- eral Agreements under which much of the later work was carried on and the services rendered in Siberia. We feel that these chapters add materially to the value of the book. Chapters and contributions as parts of chapters through- out the book appear under the name of the contributor. For those sections that indicate no authorship, the editor- author is obliged to assume responsibility. Acknowledgment is also due to a large number of friends and brethren for their assistance in the gathering of data and material. Among these we must mention M. Ba Fast, Reedley, Cal, DE. Harder, and J...C.. Miller, Freeman, S. Dak., J. F. Harms and J. W. Wiens, Hills- boro, Kansas, and C. F. Classen, Newton, Kansas. I am further glad to make grateful mention of Aaron Loucks of the Mennonite Publishing House, Scottdale, Pa., G. F. Lehman of the Mennonite Book Concern, Berne, Indiana, and to the Mennonite Brethren Publishing House, Hills- boro, Kans., for granting me access to their files and records that contained reports of relief work done by American Mennonites in Europe and Asia; all these have been very valuable sources of material. Further I wish to acknowledge the service of all of the relief workers on the field who have furnished infor- mation and individual contributions to the chapter on 14 FEEDING THE HUNGRY Personal Reminiscences; and also for the supply of photo- graphs which have made it possible to illustrate most of the phases of the relief work. I also wish to thank all the unnamed persons, who have in one way or another helped to make this work possible. The records and files from which the information contained in this volume can be verified are quite well scattered, therefore, it might be of interest to the reader to have some information about the same. The official correspondence of the Secretary-Treas- urer, Levi Mumaw, is kept in his office at Scottdale, Pa., and that of the chairman is preserved in his files at Hills- boro, Kansas. Other sources are the reports and publi- cations as found in the various Mennonite organs and newspapers; the minutes of the Mennonite Central Committee; the minutes of the several relief committees and commissions, representing the different branche