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ten per cent. of all moneys • raised in
certain states or cities.
The following were the assessments
levied:
Alabama, $700,000;• Arizona, $4,000;
Arkansas, $20,000, California, $700,000;
Colorado, $70,000; Connecticut, $300,-
000; Delaware, $18,000; District of Co-
lumbia, $80,000; Florida, $30,000; Geor-
gia, $100,000; ;Idaho, $10.000.
Illinois, $1,000,000; Indiana, $150,000;
Iowa, $125,000; Kansas, $30,000; Ken-
'ucky, $100,000; Louisiana, $160,000;
Maine, $25,000; Maryland, $250,000;
Massachusetts, $700,000; Michigan,
$350,000; Minnesota, $175,000; Missis-
Oppi, $125,000; Missouri, $300,000;
Montana, $15,000; Nebraska, $55,000;
Nevada, $10,000; New Hampshire, $12,-
000; New Jersey, $400,000; New Mexi-
co, $5,00Q.
New York, $4,000,000; North Caro-
lina, $50,000; North Dakota, $25,000;
Ohio, $750,000; Oklahoma, $50,000;
Oregon, $70,000; Pennsylvania, $1,000,-
000; Rhode Island, $100,000; South
Carolina, $35,000; South Dakota, $5,-
000; Tennessee, $100,000; Texas, $175,-
000; Utah, $25,000; Vermont, $8,000;
Virginia, $100,000; Washington, $55,-
000;' West 'Virginia, $50,000; Wiscon-
sin, $150,000; Wyoming, $25,000.
EASTERN COUNCIL OF RE-
FORM RABBIS MEET.
NEW YORK.-On Sunday night the
Eastern Council of Reform Rabbis open-
ed their Spring Assembly at Temple
Emanu-El. Professor Philip Boas. of
Whitman University, who recently drew
the attention of American Jewry by an
article of his in the Atlantic Monthly.
delivered an address on "Youth and
Judaism." Professor Israel Friedlander
spoke on "Aspects of Historical Juda-
ism," and Mr. Jacob Billikopf, director
of the 1917 Ten-Million-Dollar Jewish
Relief Campaign, appealed on behalf
of that fund. Dr. Joseph Silverman.
president of the Council, was chair-
man.
Official Call For American Jewish
Congress
Defines Methods of Securing "Full Rights" for Jews in
All Lands
In a formal statement defining the
purposes of an American Jewish Con-
gress, the Executive Committee for an
American Jewish Congres has issued
an official call for the convening of
the Congress on September 2, 1917.
The letter and Rules of Elections has
been sent to every Jewish organiza-
tion interested in the movement in this
country. , The . text of the call fol-
lows:
By virtue of the authority vested in
us, as the Executive Committee for
an American Jewish Congress, the
Jews of America are earnestly re-
quested to select representatives to an
American Jewish Congress which shall
meet on September 2, 1917, at Wash-
ington, D. C., exclusively for the pur-
pose of defining methods whereby, in
co-operation with the Jews of the
world, full rights may be secured for
the Jews of all lands and all laws
discriminating against them may be
abrogated. It being understood that
the phrase "full right" is deemed to
include:
1. Civil, religious and political
rights, and in addition thereto:
2. Wherever the various peoples of
any land are or may be recognized as
having any rights as such, the con-
ferring upon the Jewish people of
the land affected, or like rights, if de-
sired by them, as determined and as-
certained by the Congress.
3. The securing and protection of
Jewish rights in Palestine.
4. The question of the economic
reconstruction of the Jewish communi-
ties in the war zones.
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JEWISH CURATOR PROMOTED.
San Francisco.-William Altman,
for years assistant curator of the
Golden Gate Park Memorial Museum,
the largest institution of its kind in
the west, was appointed curator by
the park commission a few days ago.
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No resolution shall .be introduced,
considered or acted upon at the Con-
gress which shall in any way purport
or tend to commit the Congress as a
body, or any of its delegates or any
of the communities or organizations
which shall be represented therein, to
the adoption, recognition or endorse-
ment of any general theory or
philosophy of Jewish life, or any
theoretical principle of a racial, po-
litical, economic or religious charac-
ter, or which shall involve the perpet-
uation of such Congress.
The calling and holding of the Con-
gress shall in no Manner affect the
autonomy of any existing American
Jewish organizations, but in so far
as the Executive Committee selected
by such Congress shall take action for •
the securing of Jewish rights as de-
fined in the Call for such Congress, the
activities of such Executive Commit-
tee shall, during the period of its ex-
istence, be regarded as having prece-
dence over those of any other or-
ganizations which shall participate in
such Congress.
The delegates arc to be elected in
the manner prescribed by the enclosed
printed Rules of Elections. The gen-
eral election to the Congress is to be
held on June 10, 1917.
The Congress shall meet on Sep-
tember 2, 1917, at Washington, D. C.,
unless the Administrative Committee
will, by a two-thirds vote of its mem-
bers, convene it for an earlier or later
date.
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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FOR
AN AMERICAN .JEWISH • CON-
GRESS,
Nathan Straus, Chairman; Harry Cut-
ler, Harry Friedenwald, Morris Hill-
quit, Isaac A. Hourwich, Leon San-
ders, Vice-Chairmen; Adolph Lew-
isohn, Treasurer; Jacob Carlinger,
Honorary Financial Secretary; Ber-
nard G. Richards, Executive Secre-
tary.
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