THE JEWISH CHRONICLE
UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
AMERICAN JEWISH CONGRESS
MAY BE POSTPONED.
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helpfulness and progress and I pledge Executive Committee Will Meet Sun-
tLicin my own assistance, whatever
day to Decide Date of Meeting.
di:A be worth, towards a year of in-
creased aid to the poor.
On Sunday afternoon, October 14th,
Jacob G. Brown, who was our Vice- at Temple Emanu-El, the executive
President at the time of his demise, committee for an American Jewish Con-
Ips left a gap in our working force gress will hold a special meeting to de-
which will not be easily filled. He cide finally whether the Congress
v..os an eager digger into the prob- should be postponed from November
lems of scientific charity and had 18th to later date.
mastered most of them.
The matter of postponement was
1 lis time was devoted to the inter- brought up at the meeting of the Ad-
ests of The Jewish Institute regard- ministrative Committee held on Thurs-
le!s of all other. considerations. He day, October 4th, at the offices of Mr.
never was too busy, to do anything Nathan Straus. Mr, Straus thought
Nvhich was desired of him, and being that, owing to the existing war condi-
so conversant with all phases of The tions, it would be advisable to postpone
Jewish Institute made it important the Congress, and he made a motion to
'for him to , render much service of that effect. Honorable Henry Morgen-
various kinds. His work was always thau also urged postponement, as did
\- ell done and in the true spirit of
Mr. 'Louis Marshall, Dr. Samuel Schul-
el.arity. His family may ha've the man, Mr. Cyrus Sulzberger and Dr.
consolation of knowing that his life, Stephen S. Wise. A committee of New
though a short one, was full of use- York delegates to the Congress ap-
fulness and benevolence.
peared before the meeting and spoke
May he be an example to others!
against postponement. Mr. Louis Lip-
'the passing of Abraham Benjamin, sky, Mr. Jacob de Haas and Mr. Solo-
r able Secretary, caused mourning mon Sufrin spoke against postpone-
t alone in his immediate family but ment. When the question was taken to
also in his large circle of friends, a vote, it was defeated because it lacked
, •.hick included his co-workers in this
the necessary two-thirds vote to pass it.
institution. My personal experience However, it was decided to convene the
with him has demonstrated to me whole Executive Committee to pass
how good a man has gone. He looked finally upon the question.
unon his duties as a pleasure. No re-
The various commissions which were
°nest for his services ever met with appointed to prepare memorandums on
anything but a cheery performance. 'the condition of the Jews in the differ-
1 To. was alert to the interests of the . ent countries, reported at this meeting
Charities and left no stone unturned of the Administrative Committee and
to promote them. His family, in his their work has almost been completed.
iemory, has generously presented to Honorable Henry Morgenthau, chair-
"Tie United Jewish Charities, Five man . of the Commission on the Balkan
Hiindred Dollars.
States and Salonica ; Honorable Joseph
We shall, of course, mark Abraham Barondess, chairman of the Commission
Benjamin's memory in some appro- on Rumania, and Mr. Bernard Semel,
priate manner.
chairman of the Commission on Galicia,
It is my earnest wish that the re- reported that their memorandums arc
, elts of this coming year will enable
already complete and will soon he in
to lift the mortgage on The Jew-
- hands of the Administrative Com-
Institute as well as the balances the
mittee members. Dr. Henry Frieden-
(1,, c on our two temporary homes for wald, chairman of the Commission on
ildren, at 251 Hendrie Avenue and Palestine. reported that the memoran-
7 11 Frederick Street. We were able
dum of his Commission is being writ-
to purchase the Hendrie Avenue prop- ten under the editorial supervision of
rty through a bequest of the late Mrs. Miss Henrietta Szold. Mr. Nahum So-
D. Lewis, and the late Herman Krolik kolow, now in. London, is preparing the
b , cmeathed us five thousand dollars report for the Commission on Poland
,, hich we have used towards the pur-
and Lithunia, of which Judge Julian W.
chase of the Frederick Street prop- Mack is chairman. Mr. Herman Bern-
erty.
stein, the chairman of the Commission
In employing these moneys for the on Russia, who has just returned from
'.eltering of helpless children, we feel Russia; is in possession' of important
teat we are meeting the wishes of the data concerning the Jews in Russia, and
fr, - ncrous donors.
he will embody them in his memoran-
Fresh Air Society
dum.
Dr. Isaac A. Hourwich. chairman of
The wotk of the Fresh Air Society
'"as reported by Miss Ida Heaven- the General Board of Elections, ren-
rich, who summed up the - splendid dered a complete report of the nomina-
—irpose of the society in an illustra- tions and elections held for the Jewish
tion of a typical case, of a crippled Congress.
child, who was taken to the fresh air
ramp, and in spite of many obstacles
regained his health so that he could Bureau, conducted by Herbert J.
Newman, served its clients, and Miss
devote himself. to his education and
rhySical welfare. This boy later be- Back reported on the results of the
c•me one of the assistants in the con- work of the Recreation department.
Mr. D. W. Simons spoke feelingly
duct of the camp, and expended his
own time and energies in helping oth- on the loss of the best friend of the
charities. Jacob G. Brown. Rabbi Leo
ers, in appreciation for what others
had done for him. •
I ■ f. Franklin and Rabbi A. M. Hersh-
man delivered short talks, commend-
• Superintendent's Report.
ing the- members of the United Jewish
Miss Blanche Hart, Superintendent, Charities for the good deeds done in
reviewed the communal work of the the past year, and expressed a hope
year, which showed satisfactory prog- that the excellent work continue with
ress. She expressed great apprecia- greater activity and force the coming
tion for the work done by the Re- year.
c'arch Bureau of the Associated
The following were elected to office
Charities in making an• investigation
for
the ensuing year:
and study of the work of the United
President, Joseph L. Selling; vice-
Jewish Charities for the past five years
the results of which have gtcatly fa- president, Julian H. Krolik; vice-press
cilitated the carrying on of all ident, Fred M. Butzel; treasurer, Da-
vid W. Simons. Directors: Milton
phases of the charity work.
Alexander, George Avrunim, Harry
Other Departments.
Z. Brown, H. Buchhalter, Henry M.
J. P. Norton, head of the Associ- Butzel, Clarence H. Enggass, Dr.
ated Charities of Detroit, delivered Hugo A. Frennd, Rabbi Leo M.
on illuminating address on the need Franklin, William Freidman, Adolph
Finsterwald, Harry Frank, Walter
r f federation of charitable organiza-
Cons in the city. He cited the ad- Fuchs, Bernard Ginsburg, John A.
mirable organization of charitable Heavenrich, Samuel Heavenrich, Miss
work in Cleveland, Cincinnati and Edith Heavenrich, Rabbi A. M. Hersh-
other cities, and declared that much . man, Moses Himmelhoch, Aaron
duplication of effort and expenditure Klein, Mrs. Sarah E. Krolik, Rabbi J.
of time and money could be elimi- L. Levin, Dr. David T. Levy, Herbert
nated by co-operating on a scientific J. Newman, Albert Samter, Milford
Stern. Bernard B. Selling, Max Stot-
basis of organized effort.
Miss Ruth Rosenfield read the re- ter, Samuel Sarasohn, A. Shifman,
nort of the Self-Help department, Mrs. A. Schlessinger, Andrew Wine-
Harry J. Weinstein told of the excel- man, Harry L, Weinstein, Mrs, M. C.
lent manner in which the Legal Aid
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The progress of the work on the new
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SAMUEL UNTERMYER AN-
SWERS MITCHEL.
New York.—Attacked by Mayor
Mitchel in a campaign speech delivered
from the steps of the city hall, Samuel
Untermyer has retorted with a state-
ment in which he declares that the
mayor's remark resulted from the criti-
cism of his administration that fea-
tured the address in which Judge Hylan
was notified of his nomination recently.
The speech was made by Mr, Ijnter-
myer.