THE JEWISH CHRONICLE

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Detroiters to Aid War Relief Campaign
in New York

Adolph Finsterwald Proposes That Leading Jewish Business Men
in Country Make Personal Appeal to New York Jews
With Whom They Do Business-Plan Is
Called "Detroit Idea."

By raising $300,000 Detroit gave more
than her share of the $250,000 allotted
to her for the ten million-dollar Jewish
War Relief Fund of 1917. By promis-
ing to raise $325,000 Detroit further
startled the country in giving much
more than her share. This splendid
record was made in a whirlwind cam-
paign of only ten days' duration. A
committee of up-to-the-minute business
men, headed by Detroit's now famous
"dynamic director," David A. Brown,
gave up their valuable time for several
weeks to show the world that the Jew-
ish community of Detroit was keeping
pace with the general development of
the "Fourth City."
The enthusiasm developed in this
short but vigorous campaign has not
abated. The members of the executive
committee are not content to rest on
their local achievements. They are
cognizant of the fact that there still re-
mains about $5,000,000 more to be raised
to make the national campaign for $10,-
000,000 a success, and they are now of-
fering their services to the national
committee. The "Detroit idea" is the
outcome of the desire of Detroiters to
"do more than their share" for the na-
tional fund.
The "Detroit idea" originated in the
mind of Mr, Adolph Finsterwald, one
of the most active workers on the De-
troit committee. It is a plan to accel-
erate the raising of the $4,000,000 of the
city of New York, which would prac-
tically complete the 1917 fund. Mr.
Finsterwald proposes that Jewish busi-
ness men of the entire country who en-
gage in commercial relations with Jew-
ish business men of New York use their
personal influence on these men to
arouse a full realization of their duty
to the War Relief Fund.
"The wealth of the country is cen-
tered in the world's great metropolis,"
said Mr. Finsterwald. "If the more
than a million Jews of New York do
not raise their $4,000,000, and more
than that, the ten million-dollar cam-
paign will be a failure. New York so

far has contributed but $1,000,000 to the
fund. A vigorous _campaign is soon to
start there, and I believe the leading
Jewish business men of the country can
do much to make it a success. Most of
the manufacturers, jobbers, wholesalers
and importers of New York are Jews,
with whom most of the Jewish business
men of the entire country must deal.
I know that Detroit Jewish business
men spend many thousands of dollars
annually with these gentlemen, and I
propose that a delegation of Jewish
business men of Detroit and every oth-
er large city in the country take a trip
to New York during its campaign, call
upon the gentlemen with whom they do
business and urge them to "give more
than their share.'"
Mr. Finsterwald's idea has received
the hearty approval of Jacob Billikopf,
executive director of the American
Jewish Relief Committee. In a letter
congratulating Mr. Finsterwald on his
previous good work, Mr. Billikopf said:
"Your suggestion regarding the plan of
obtaining substantial contributions from
the manVacturers, wholesalers and job-
bers of New York is a splendid one. I
can see great possibilities in it, and I
shall urge its adoption." .

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Dan Seitner
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S. Goldstein
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Sam Marienthal
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Emilie Oppenheim
Alfred Seitner
Helen Seitner
Edward Seitner
Fred Seitner
Joseph L. Seitner
Robert Seitner
Henry Kallen
Irene Phillipe
Charlotte Cohen
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GERMAN JEW FIGHTS FOR
CITIZENSHIP.

San Francisco-Alfred Hertz, the
distinguished Jewish leader of the San
Francisco Symphony Orchestra, and a
native of Frankfort, Germany, has an-
nounced through his attorney that he
is prepared to carry his fight for com-
plete enfranchisement to the State
Supreme Court. Hertz, having se-
cured his first papers, appeared for his
final citizenship papers a few days
ago. It appears that an alien may not
receive his final papers when the land
of his birth is at war with his proposed
adopted country. Hertz contends he
applied for his final papers before war
was declared. He. was formerly asso-
ciated with the Metropolitan Opera
House of New York city.

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CONVERTED NEGRO JEW WINS
HONORS.

Rufus Louis Perry, the Negro law-
yer, of New York, who in 1912 became
converted to Judaism, was chosen
member of the French "Societe
Acadamique d'Histoire Internation-
ale." He recently distinguished him-
self by writing a treatise in French
on "Man from the scientific view-
point and according to the Talmudic
conception." He was also awarded a
gold medal for this work. Mr. Perry
is a graduate of the New York Uni-
versity Law school. He adopted the
Jewish religion because he came to
the conviction after careful research
that it was the noblest.

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general director of the Michigan
Mr.
campaign, was introduced.
Brown received a most enthusiastic
ovation, which evidenced the interest
the people of Saginaw have taken in
the wonderful work of the "dynamic
director."
Mr. Brown delivered one of his
characteristic forceful appeals, at the
end of which he called for individual
subscriptions. First to respond were
Adolph and Samuel Seitner with a
joint donation of $1,000. Other sub-
scriptions came in rapid succession.
The largest individual donor was
Max Heavenrich with a subscription
of $1,000.
A complete list of subscriptions
made at the meeting follows:

40-44 E. Lafayette.

