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Jewish Charities Convention

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WHAT IS FEDERATION?

BY \VILLIANI J. NORTON.
past year, and Isadore Hershfeld, New
(. ..11r. , .V. orfon
secretary of the Detroit l'atriotie Fund and the Detroit Corn-
York, spoke on "Immigrant l'rob-
giving an expos i t i on o f t h e Inundy elan. Ile is
a former newspaper 111011 and for several years
hems."
work done by the Hebrew Immigrant has been identified with social service work, it field in which 110 is reeognszed
society
in
the
Pacific coast ports as an authority. Before comma to Detroit last summer he MIT director of the
Aid
and in Japan.
Council of Social..4yeneies in Cincinnati, which he organi:ed. In this article he
Social Value of Jewish Movements.
explains what federated viceroy means.)
Of great interest was the session de-

noted to the social value of Jewish

movements.. .Mrs. H. Mayer, Kansas
City, described the function of the

reunite Sisterhoods. The time is past,
,he said, when the Jewish woman
nnist turn to social atTairs and cards
to express her striving for effective-

czs in the community. She has re-
, ..ned to the Temple. w here, years
the women
worke, i

PAGE SEVEN

In adopting the federated plan of

gaanization going, gets the impres-

eidiecting funds for war relief and

public welfare work Detroit has taken

sion after the sixth or seventh call
that he has given a tremendous sum

a definite step toward the solution of
the social problems of the community.

"to charity." \Vere he to take the
time to look up the amounts in his

Federated giving is a comparative-
ly new.. thing in .America.
It had its

hooks he probably would be surprised
to find the total very much less than

beginning in neuter back in the
eighties, then lay dormant for a dc-

he had supposed. \Vhen he is per-

Robinson-Cohen's
Anniversary Sale
Starts Tuesday!

mitted to do his giving on a federated
1., side with the wcu in religious en-
until it was seized by the Jews basis he gladly contributes as much as
the Tem. . , In the late nineties.
It spread he supposed Ile was giving before, and
This rr-cstabli,hes
ot the social furies throughout the Jewish world with in the majority of instances Ice will
ti-

lite community, revivifying it, and in- beneficent results, and use years ago increase that, because his stoney will

,piring anew the community itself. reappeared iii Cleveland on a cum- net a bigger return in human service
The council of
\v oninn was inanity basis. In the brief interval than before, and he knows it

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described by Mrs, Ernestine Dreyfus, since it has captured 15 other cities
This organation has and is today on the verge of captor-
ansas City.
of tremendous socia l vain,
become
by ing several more.
the
virtue
acroiliplishowitts
A n d what i s federat e d giving. nr
of its
,cry
iii social service, as we ll as the awak- better,
federated getting? Co to this

„ fl i ng o f Jewish Women through its
activities. "Nationalism" by Oscar
Leonard, St. Louis, and the "Intercol-

legiate Menorah Movement" were also
discussed at this session.

Prof. Kalien's Address on Reconstruc-
tion.

A sensational address wilt) delivered

by Prof. Horace M. Kallen on "Re-

construction After the War." Ile
stated that the abolition of war was

possible by a league of nations of the
Norld, and said that such a federation
of the European nations as at present
constituted was no more inquissible
than was the federation of the Amer-

ican colonies at the time of the Amer-
ican Revolution. Prof. KaHen stated
that the three great es ent, of this war
are: 1. The revolutionary program of
social reconstruction of the British
Labor l'arty with its demands for the

humanizing of labor, 2. The Russian
Revolution, which :narks the decay of
the monarchical system of government

and ushers in the social democracy, 3.
The British Declaration in regard to
Palestine which is the significant rec-
ognition of the principle of self-deter-
mination of nationalities.

One of the most interesting and
practical sessions was that devoted to
campaign methods. New methods of
advertising and features for raising of
funds were gone into minutely by a
considerable number of the delegates.
One of the most interesting talks was
delivered by Miss Blanche Hart of De-

troit, who described in detail the De-
troit Patriotic Fund. She aroused
great interest and caused some heated
discussion, as many of the delegates
were not favorable to the participation
of Jewish organizations in these C0111-
MIMI movements.
The last session was devoted to the
report. of Dr. kiwis Bogen on the ac-
tivities of the Field Itureau. The re-
markable work done in the .recording
Of transients and the statistical work
accomplished in several cities proved
beyond question the justification for
this department.

time there has been a question in the

minds of a majority of givers con-
cerning the real value of much that

went under the name of social and

civic work. This question, never sat-
isfactorily answered by the multitudi-

As a matter of fact, federated
finance is a plan after the business

man's own heart. It is the applica-
tion of his methods to community
work. The wise manufacturer is not

content to know that a need exists
for his wares.
He sets out delib-
erately to create a constantly increas-
ing demand for them, He has a per-

sonal selling staff, trained and dis-

HIS greatest sale event of the

ciplined, and he aids it by an adver-
tising force, which keeps the merits
of his goods in all men's minds.

effort to widen the channel for a

volunteer force of salesmen for so-

greater flow of voluntary contribu-
tions from the economic surplus by

cial service. Their time is being
conserved by central direction. They

oceans of modern efficiency and mod-
ern organization, which alone can

year starts on Tuesday morn-
ing and continues for four
days offering exceptional values in
Ladies' Ready-to-wear, Men's Fur-
nishings, Domestics, Home Furnish-
ings, etc., etc.

are being educated and disciplined by
the laboratory method of year by year
work, by talks and by literature. And
realizing also that the human mind is

FURNITURE and FURNISHINGS of dignity
ore also Included. It you will permit the ROBIN-
SON-COH EN CO. to assist you In furnishing of

nous unrelated organizations, has
dried up the stream of giving.

Federated getting, then. as applied
to public welfare work, is just an

satisfy the questioning mind. The

community that adopts it bec.on•s

So with federated finance. It is
building slowly, but steadily, a great

able, therefore, to purchase more
quickly better social conditions and a
better social order.

a machine made for forgetting, and

Federated getting aims to increase
and stabilize the current revenues of

erated finance takes the other leaf
from business and organizes a central
publicity bureau to keep forever be-

community organizations; to spread
the burden of support over a larger

number; to conserve the time of giver
and worker; to give the giver a better

community service is here, a thing to
be met and to be met by him.
It has been urged in opposition to

the same time reducing the number
and cost of solicitations, and to bet-

the federated plan that it "takes the
heart out of giving," that the giver

ter the quality of community service.
In five years of federation in Cleve-

loses his personal interest and that
the individual organization loses its
identity. These are exaggerated

her contributions the tirst year by

80.9 per cent and Baltimore the first
year by .314.3 per cent.

Before federation in Cincinnati, in
1915, organizations engaged in social
service work received $118,0011; in
191 ft, $157.010; in 1917, $250,000, and

already the Council of Social Agencies

has in hand for 1918 over $230.000.
Thrilusuber. oh gigers.inereased from
3.0IXI the year before federation to

12,000 last year. Old givers increased
their gifts by 18 per cent in 191O the
first year of the federation. And the

Be it remembered that good taste does not
necessarily imply excessiv e cost; and
very
modest expenditures, properly placed, often
return deep and lusting satiafaction.

fore a man's eyes the knowledge that

knowledge of what his gift 'does, 'at

land there has been a general aver-
age increase in the total amount of
gifts of 15 per cent. Erie increased

your home, you may be assured thut the best
traditions of Interior decorating will be vinunh
and the Anniversary Side affords you the
proper opportunity.

that sound finance is based upon bet-
ter and better understanding, fed-

Robinson-Cohen Co.

fears. Opportunities for direct giving
still exist fir those who prefer that

COMPLETE HOME FURNISHERS

form. Givers are still permitted to
designate gifts to organizations in
which they are particularly interested.

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And professional workers, freed from
soliciting, find time to interest the
giver on the basis of the work itself

exception in all federated cities that
the individuality of the legitimate or-
ganization has been emphasized and
each has been. strengthened.

lennium hailed the announcement of

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which doomed Russia to dismember- Some time since Great Britain in
ment and to forfeit the last remnant the Balfour letter to Rothschild, MB-
of respect which remained fur the paced its intention o f d oing some.
Russian people ill the minds of the thing for Jens ill Palestine. which

Foreign

civilized world. Zionists and some min-Zionists and
That Russia should have chosen reel ma„y gold Christians interns,

who are engaged aS small shopheep- widespread :honor for adequate Irgis-
Ins and tradesmen. Nlo,t of these lali011 which W011111 Ch•ck the rapa-
people have been residents of the cinus course of the
country for many years. prior to the •landlords. In bringing this matter to an
outbreak of the mar. It is natural. issue Captain Pey , er has earned the
that they should use their family ties . gratitude. not only of the great pro-
in other countries for the purpose of portion of the population of \Vash-
trading in such no'reliandise and pro- ington. but also of tin' thousands of
ducts as it is profitable to export or strangers now in 1•ashington doing
import. They have imported various war work, w ho h a " f oun d th em ,,h. e ,

Jews to represent them at the courts I I mean that Palestine was hi become
of Berlin and 'Vienna is, however. 'a Jewish state on the Ilerzl plan, if
more surprising than that the cover- the Allies were aide to keep control
signs of these countries should have if it after this awful war is over. ()Ri-
b,' w illing to receive them. There ers construed Lord Balfour's letter as
has never before been a Jewish retire- p l e d g i ng Britain only to open Pah.-

sentative of a foreign government ac-I ti ne freely to Jewish immigration and
cepted at either of these courts and to accord to Jewish settlers and pr•s-
it has been understood by every' gov- ent residents. the same civil, political,
ernment in the world that all man religious 'and perhaps national rights

professing Judaism. or even if only that would he enjoyed by all other
of Jewish extraction, W011111 Ile ac- classes. sects or races. Each of the
ceptable—persOna grata — however Allied nations. except our own, in
well qualified for the post he might some form or other expressed itself
he by birth, education. culture and as being in accord with Great Britain
It is not many years ago 01 this inatter.
wealth.

that Austria refused to accept as the
ambassador of the United States an
appointee. a St. Louis man, because
though a Christian himself he had
married a Jewess. one of irreproach-
able character and of the very high.

est social standing.

GRATIOT

rather than on purely a money basis.
As to organizations losing their
identity, it has proved true without

its possibility with delight.
The saving ill cost of collection is
LIMELIGHT.
This step was supposed to bring the
second year these gifts increased 25 a feature of federated getting that
Jews the world over to the side of
should appeal to everyone. In com-
per cent over the first year.
Washington.—Two Jews in \Vasil-
the Allies, which, by the way, they
Of lull persons in Cincinnati receiv- munities where the out method pre-
largely were already attd as they, so ington are now in the public eye. One,
ing incomes on approximately $1.- rails the expense of obtaining funds
u
, Eidli tg, h as taken charge- of the
it is said, own all the money there is !o
00.000, 52 were recorded as givers averages 15 per cent. Federation re-
this acquisition was not to be de-;
duces
this
to
less
than
5
per
cent.
In
expenditure
of sixty million dollars
previous
to
1915.
After
two
years
Tuberculosis Co-ordination.
spist .
other words, by reducing the collec-
The National Jewish Committee on of federation 147 were giving. In
The Central I'emvers appear to have just appropriated by Congress to
tion cost to the minimum, this plan
Tuberculosis. organized last year for every city where federation has been
come to the conclusion that they build houses for war workers all over
assures the giver that practically all
the purpose of co-ordinating the work properly organized old givers have
missed all opportunity and might lose the country.
the is the father, au-
of his donation will be devoted to the
increased
their
donations
and
new
of sanatoria and hospitals for tuber-
an advantage. They hastened to
thor, organizer and promoter of the
purposes for which it was given.
culosis patients. held its second meet- givers have been taught to give.
Detroit, once she has tried the fed- out a statement assuring the j whole plan, which is termed by some
The reason is not hard to find. The
ing on May Ilth and 12th. with rep-
that they would have all personal and
as socialistic. This plan aims ti pro-
resentatives present from the National busy business man, solicited repeated- crated method, will never want to de- even national rights as a part of the tide quarters
for perry government
fy
for
funds
to
keep
this
or
that
or-
part
from
it.
Jewish Hospital, the lewish Consump-
Turkish empire. But thinking per-
worker helping in this war. Hither-
tive Relief Society and the Central
haps that this might be regarded
to strangers arriving in the city have
Jewish Aid Society of Denver, The
merely as an echo of their :Myer-
now control the destinies of the
experienced enormous difficulties in
committee decided to constitute itself
sian twentieth-centur• Utopia. arc CII- ,arses' policy, they threw in the ac-
securing accommodations because of
a permanent body with Dr. lee K.
closed ill Jewish skulls, the selection ceptauce of Jews as ambassadors, to
Editorial in American iararlitni
the scarcity of housing facilities. This
Frankel as chairman. The plan for
off Joffe and Kantenetf for these high goTithisemi, otate vi l eie,ttetrimats hitasw ie, re ee .n
government
condition has in recent months been
The
standardized rules of admission as
missions can be readily understood.
seriously aggravated by the coustant
slibmitted by Mr. Sidney Peitz, were rograd, of which Lennie is the head.
pressed by some who are well in-
ej e
accepted. Mr. Fred M. Butzel, De- has sent two Jews as ambassadors to, But it is not so obvious what it
tenants under the threat
formed and whose opinions on Euro-
Was
that
influenced
the
Kaiser
and
Berlin and Vienna respectively, a pro-
ctions o or "buy."
Under Ili,
trust. presided at t h e meet i ngs 0 1 t hi s
pean affairs are usually respected. The of "move"
conference. Beside:: Dr. Lee K. ceeding which is without precedent in that ultra-aristocratic. staunch church-
threat, profiteering landlords have
Israelite gives it to its readers for
Frankel as chairman, Boris 1). Bogen, hist'Y. These officials are .1dolf man, Emperor Karl of .1ustria, to re-
I Utter compelled tenants to move of
what it is worth.
Joffe, who will represent Russia. or ceive these commoners and heretics
to purchase the tenements at exiirld-
There is another theory worth con- to
was appointed s ecretary . r „.a , r
rather ".hat is l e f t o f it, i n Berlin an d as equals; for in theory at least an
rates. The !nail in kVashington,
sidering and that is that realizing
Leo Kam•neff, who will represent the ambassador is the personal represcii-
what they have done the Bolsheviki responsible moo' than any other for
ex-Czar's country in Vienna. Both native of his sovereign, or the ruler
selected their Attest num for the mis- exposing the wicked scheme of the
are of Jewish patronage and wereof his country. if it is a republic and sions ill the hope of saving something profiteering landlords of \Vashington.
reared ,n.tinnh,, Jew i s h hu n ter an d a , such occupies precisely the same
y.er. Captain
out of the wreck they ha \ e caused. is Captain Julius I
while they have renounced Judaism
and that the emperors having loom] 1'e3''er who, as "lir of the heads of
Preposterous as it may seem at first Joffe and Kameneff so easy to ilea' the Dousing Division of the Quarter-
they have not accepted any tither re-
'igloo, so they may still be regarded glance, the reasonahle explanation for
•ith at Brest-Litovsk are willing ha 'Hamm'' , C"ri. ,, has for the Past stir -
this remarkable change in the attitude
as Jest's.
endure their presence for a while. in real week, conducted a thorough and
little was the chairman and Na- of these sovereigns. their departure
int o
int estigatton
elm
spilt of their antecedents. race, r e fl. searching
meneff one of the members of the from the traditionary rules of their
gill or whatever it is that makes a Methods usol by landlords fu \Vash-
.
r
e
sp
e
cti)
e
courts
may'
be
indicated
commission which consummated the
ington to raise rents or eject tenants
infamous treaty at Brest-Litovsk. in a single word—Palestine.
under the guise that they had pun

STAR
TIRES

ye

DOOR.

'file motives that actuated the Brit-
ish statesman are not to be discussed
here. suffice it to say they were both
generous and wise and met with the
approval of Jews and Christians alike.
especially the latter, the more °nitre

I dox of whom. believing that the re-
If this be true. as has been so of-. turn of the Jews to the Holy Land is
'en stated, that the only brains that la preliminary to the second coming

can be found among the radicals that 'of Jesus and the beginning of the Mil-

for the premises.
Captain
Jewish Trades People i n
Switzerland Persecuted. see has gone :titer the profiteering

There are now in Switzerland inany landlords without mercy and lias so
foreign J ews , ili o N t of them fialicians, forced the issue that there arose a

mechanical articles and have sent ont helpless in
food•stuffs such as cheese. etc.. of
which there is an over-abu n dance in
Switzerland.
The SWiss press has now begun an
active agitation against these mer-
chants. They have been assisted liv
the police who arrest these Jewish
merchants on the slightest pretext.
The latter are given most severe pun-
ishments which completely ruin them
A couple from ltazil. named Blum-
Klein. are the last sacrifices claimed
by this agitation. They were arrested
on a slight pretext, were sentenced
to three months' imprisonment and
were ordered to pay a fine of four
thousand five hundred francs.

leled situation that has existed in the

lack of adequate housing facilities.
Captain Peyscr is engaged not only in

this relentless pursuit of the profit-
eering landlords, but also has prac-
tically under his charge the im-
mense task of erecting suitable new
quarters for the thousands of addi-
tional workers who will be brought

by the government to Vtashington in

the next few months.

GOOD WORK OF JEWS IN

LIBERTY BOND CAMPAIGN.

\Vashington.— Satisfaction and ad-
miration was expressed throughout

tVashington at the fine showing that

the Jews of America have made in
the last Liberty Bond sale. 'Phis act
of the Jews. it is pointed out. will do
much to help their 111511 cause at the

Peace Conference.

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