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THE JEWISH NEWS

$1,000,000 Gift by Rosenwald Family
Launches United Jewish Appeal Drive

Importance of Raising $100,000,000 This Year Stressed
to the problems of the present.
by Lehman, Morgenthau, Warburg, Baruch and Others;
Mr. Lehman was a leader in the
relief and rehabilitation work of
Cite Need for Rescue, Palestine Resettlement

WASHINGTON—The $100,000,000 nationwide United
Jewish Appeal for Refugees, Overseas Needs and Palestine,
the largest single Jewish drive in history, was launched of-
ficially here at the 2400 Hotel last Sunday at a national meet-
ing of more than 350 Jewish leaders.
Bernard M. Baruch, advisor to presidents; Director Gen.

the JDC following World War I.
`The Paying Countries'
"In France, Belgium and Hol-
land, the 'paying countries,'
where UNRRA does not operate,"
Mr. Lehman said, "there are left
some 240,000 Jews. Most of
them undoubtedly will take root
again and become an integral
part of the economy of their
country as they were before the
war.
"The needs of the Jews in
Eastern Europe, particularly
Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria,
are overwhelming. In these
three countries some 600,000
JewS, half of the surviving Jews
of Europe, live. Hundreds of
thousands are in dire need and
thus far it has been the JDC and
the JDC alone that has brought
them a medium of aid."
He declared that the majority
of the 100,000 to 150,000 dis-
placed Jews in Germany and
Austria "cannot and do not want
to live there. They look upon
these and other countries in
Europe as the graveyard of their
slaughtered relatives and friends
and as the unforgettable symbol
of persecution and frustration.
They never will cease to seek a
place where they can live in
security and peace. They want
to go to Palestine."
Palestine Sole Hope
"Palestine remains the one
country which . has absorbed
more Jews than almost the 'rest
of the world," Mr. Lehman con-
tinued. -
"Today the Jews of Palestine
stand ready to welcome to their
hearts all who can come to the
shores of the Holy Land. It is
important to stress that the
United Palestine Appeal requires
funds not for the Jews of Pal-
estine but for the many new
arrivals whose health must be

Lehman of the UNRRA; Henry;
Morgenthau, Jr., former secre- man, declared that under the
tary of the treasury, and Herbert limitations' of the scope of
Bayard Swope joined in urging UNRRA operations, a large per-
that a concerted effort be made centage of the Jewish survivors
to save and rebuild the lives of in Europe can be helped to live
1,400,000 Jewish survivors in and rebuild their lives only
Europe as a vital part of the through the agencies represented
world task of assuring the future in the United Jewish Appeal—
well-being of mankind.
the Joint Distribution Commit-
Million Dollar Gift
tee, the United Palestine Appeal
A gift of $1,000,000 was an- and the National Refugee ServiCe.
Mr. Lehman stressed • that
nounced by members of the fam-
ily of the late Julius Rosenwald. "UNRRA does not operate in
It recalled that a similar contri- European countries where a
bution made by Julius Rosen- large percentage of the surviving
wald during the first World War Jews now reside." UNRRA does
for purposes served by the United not operate in former enemy
Jewish Appeal. The sum of countries. In addition, Mr. Leh-
$500,000 was contributed by the man noted, the resources of
family of the late Felix M. War- UNRRA are limited and inade-
burg, and Edmund I Kaufmann, quate to cope with the staggering
of Washington, made a gift of needs in war-ravaged Europe.
$250,000. In announcing the
Little Done for DPs
Rosenwald family contribution,
Mr. Lehman pointed out that
Mrs. David M. Levy of New following liberation of Germany
York, who recently visited and Austria "the pressure to re-
Europe, pointed out that 1946 patriate the millions of war
was the "crucial year for the prisoners and forced laborers was
1,400,000 survivors still in so strong that very little was
Europe."
done for the displaced persons
Speaking for the members of who were not quickly repatri-
the Rosenwald family, Mrs. Levy able."
said: "It is our opinion that the
The former governor of New
agencies for which the UJA is York stressed that the task fac-
continuing to raise funds are ing the JDC, the agency engaged
equipped with the personnel, ma- in a world-wide relief and re-
chinery and demonstrated experi- habilitation program in behalf of
ences to bring maximum aid to Jews in need, is so much greater
our suffering people."
and so much more complex than
Constituent Bodies
it was. after the first World War
The minimum requirements of that it is difficult to make com-
the constituent bodies of the parisons or to attempt to apply
UJA for 1946 are $58,350,000 for generally the lessons of the past
the far-flung relief and rehabili-
tation program in Europe of the
Joint Distribution Committee;
$43,872,000 for the upbuilding
and refugee settlement program
in Palestine of the United Pales-
tine Appeal; and $1,082,025 for
the program of adjustment for
refugees in the United States
carried on by the National
Refugee Service.
Announcement of the Warburg
gift was made by Edward M. M.
Warburg, of New York, chair-
man of the Joint Distribution
Committee and of the UJA of
Greater New York. He said: "On
behalf of the members of my
family, I am glad of the oppor-
tunity of announcing a contri-
bution of $500,000."
Most Pressing Problems
Declaring that there can be no
peace and happiness in the world
until a place has been found for
all displaced people of every re-
ligion and race, Bernard M.
Baruch, told the leaders "re-
lieve the physical suffering of
these tens of thousands of Jews
and you will relieve the world of
THE RED CROSS IS AT HIS SIDE.
one of its most presSing prob-
lems, and humanity of a bitter
Keep it near him, and at the call of
self-reproach.
suffering humanity everywhere the
"The homeless and displaced
Red Cross is at work. GIVE! GIVE
Jews of Europe "do not want to
go back to the countries they left,
TODAY!
because there, robbery, riot, and
even murder stalk the land," he
said.
Worth Fighting For
"Public opinion cannot be
bought, but it can be deserved,"
Baruch stressed. "A people who
are eyed suspiciously must live
so as to be the more deserving—
not by cringing; not by hand-
washing; not by appeasement; for
these have already failed, but by
keeping our heads up and our
shoulders back, ready to help
and to lead in those causes that
build mankind. And, too, we
must be in the front in protect-
ing our beloved America against
its outside enemies as well as
thOse within. Our system is
worth fighting for. It is the new
A3k of the Covenant of human
liberties and human dignities."
Woodward, Between Grand River and Clifford
Urges Widest Support
Urging the widest support for
the .UJA, -Hon. Herbert H. Leh-

Friday, Mardh T,' I 946 -

built up, for whom land must
be purchased for settlement, for
whom economic bases must be
created which will enable them
to become self-supporting."
NRS Splendid Record
Noting that President Tru-
man's directive to utilize all the
visas under the present immigra-
tion quotas will mean a larger
flow of immigrants to this coun-
try, Mr. Lehman said that the
experience that the National
Refugee Service "has accumulat-
ed in dealing with tens of thou-
sands of newcomers will enable
it to continue its splendid record
of service. The job of integrat-
ing the immigrants into the
American scene swiftly and
smoothly is vital from every
point of view, and particularly
from our own point of view as
American Jews."
On the basis of the enormous
relief and reconstruction needs
in Europe and Palestine, the sum
of $100,000,000 to be raised by
the UJA this year will meet only
the "irreducible minimum" of
needs, Morgenthau said.
He called for large-scale ex-
penditures- in behalf of the sur-
viving Jews of Europe so that
they may be reclaimed from in-
credible suffering, helplessness
and extreme poverty. Mr. Mor-
genthau also urged that the Pal-
estine Inquiry Commission issue
an interim report "recommend-
ing the immediate addmittance
into Palestine of 100,000 Jews,
because "Palestine seems 'to me
to be . the only place that most
of the homeless Jews want to
go to."

In Terrible Plight
The survivors are in a terrible
plight, he declared. All are suf-
fering from some form of disease
and 40 per cent have tubercu-
losis. During the first three
months the JDC spent $170,000 a
month for direct relief and $220,-
000 has been allocated for loans
to those who are strong enough
to rehabilitates themselves. For
this purpose alone, Mr. Mor-
genthau said, $600,000 could be
easily . used, "and there is no
money which is more desperately
needed than this kind of money
which sets these people on their
feet so that they can once again
look toward some kind of normal
life."
Since last May, he reported,
the JDC. has been able to bring
400 tons of food into Czecho-
slovakia, but added that this sup-
ply was inadequate. Only 50
tons are being provided where
150,000 tons a month are re-
quired, he said. He added that
what was true of Czechoslovakia
was true of the rest of Europe.
Ask Inquiry Report
"President Truman, and most
of us here in this room, believe
that 100,000 Jews should be ad-
mitted at once into Palestine.
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