4i THE JEWISH CHRONICLE 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. Smart Clothes! JEWISH CURATOR PROMOTED. 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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. Cherry 5120 Our standard makes include Detroit Rug Works Die tyrrpt Clones() Michael-Sterns "L" System Clothcraft Clothes . 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