henry ford put out his own spin on why we should not help and insisted that the ara, led by hoover, was a corrupt organization control by -- con trolled by jews and bolsheviks. others insisted that the russians were starving due to their own fault, their own incompetence, their own stupidity. that the best thing was to let the russian people starve, for this would then destroy should visit -- bolshevism once and for all. hoover batted back all of these criticisms. he said the sole object of relief should be humanity. it should have no other political objective or aim than the maintenance of life and order. in his idea,that, soviet russia was what he called a murderous tyranny. but felt the united states, nonetheless, had a humanitarian obligation. he also went on to say that, in a country like the united states, which, at that time, could spend $1 billion a year on things he described as tobacco and cosmetics, an additional $2 million to the ara would not be felt by anyone. here is a photograph of one of in new yorkhouses city with american grain getting ready to be shipped overseas to