=Committee=, to consider Jewish questions, appointed by Polish Government (1815), II 89 f; (1825), II 103 f to investigate ritual murder (1864), II 151 to investigate Brafman's charges against Kahals (1866), II 189 f, 240 Russo-Jewish C. in London, II 388 f Central C. of ICA in St. Petersburg, II 420 secret C. under Plehve plans Jewish counter-reforms (1891), II 399 C. of governors and high officials appointed with anti-Semitic instructions (1904), III 93 =Committee= for Amelioration of Jews, called "Jewish Committee" (1802), I 335 ff appointment of, causes alarm among Jews, I 336 invites deputies from Jewish Kahals, I 337 Nota Shklover invited to assist, I 338 elaborates plan of Jewish reform, I 338; and submits it to Kahals, I 339 conflicting tendencies within, I 339 f submits report to Alexander I., I 341 f supplies basis for Statute of 1804, I 342 reappointed 1809, advises against expulsion of Jews from villages, I 352 ff, 405 reappointed 1823, plans to reduce number of Jews in Russia, I 407 f drafts principal enactments concerning Jews, II 31 suggest expulsion of Jews from Courland, II 32 frame Statute of 1835, II 34 appointed 1871, II 191 charged to consider Kahal organization and economic exploitation, II 193 ff =Committee for Radical Transformation of Jews=, appointed 1840, II 49 f, 157 presided over by Kisselev, II 50, 157 considers plan of "assorting" Jews, II 64 ff Moses Montefiore permitted to communicate with Nicholas I. through, II 68 suggests modification of conscription system, II 155 resuscitated (1856), II 161 discusses right of residence outside Pale, II 161 ff, 163 ff, 169 favors opening of Interior to retired soldiers, II 171 suggests law demanding secular education of teachers and rabbis, II 175 =Committee for Revision of Jewish Question=, appointed 1881, II 277 suggests unpopulated localities for Jewish settlement, II 285 plans expulsion of Jews from villages, II 285 frames "Temporary Law" of 1882, II 309 ff