New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-05
THE HEBREW CONFERENCE.

The Hebrew Emgrant Aid Society recently sent
to representative Jews and societies similar to
itself in the principal cities of this country and
in Canada a request to attend conference
III this city to decide upon the best method
of caring for and distributing the Russian Jewish
refugees. The Conference metyesterday III the He
brew Orphan Asylum at SeVenty-seyenth-st. and
ihird-ave There were fOrty-slX delegates present
from twenty-six cities, including Houston, Tex,
Portland Oregon; Montreal and Toronto Canada,
and London, England The Conference was called
to order by II. s. Henry, at 10 o'clock IN tho morn
ing and continued its deliberations with short re-
cesses till late in the evening
Mr. Henry made a short address TO the delegates
in which he stated thai since the Hebrew Emigldnt
Aid society established III December. 1851, 1t
had received S75. los and had left III its treasury
1921. IL had received 3,693 Immigrants Ill That
time and had distributed 5000 vi them at cost ot
80 for each immigrant.
The temporary chairman of the Conference was
Simon Wolf, of Washington, United States Consul
General 70 Egypt. NJ >; lsaacs, OF New-fork, Was
made permanent president, ana Henry Mack. OF
Cincinnati, vice presldent. NJ. a. hursheedt and
Albert Arnstcln were elected secretaries. a COM
mIttee resolutions 5was appointed, consisting OF
H. ) Heury, of New-York; simon Wolf OF Wash
ington he Rev Dr. liirsch, OF Chicago; the Rcy
DR.. SciJ singer, of Albany; W. strauss, OF New
York; ~ 10th, of Cincinnati; Joseph Abraham.
of Cincinnati Marcus Bernhelmer, OF 81. Louis ;
T., LAuterDdch, of NcW-1Ork, and y. Bloom, OF
Louisville The 'elcgatcs from the different cit es
presented resolutions aud instructions from the so
cietlcs and relief committees chat sent hem To the
Conference and tOld.tncr experiences with the Rus-
sian refugees which bad boon sent To them.
George :. Yates, who came 10 the Conference as a
representative of the Lord Mayor of LONDON aud
the Mansion House Relief Committee, read paper
I'm which he gave the conclusions he had made after
being this country seeking information concern
ing the refugees since April. He said that
certain part of the jewish press of America
had made people III England believe that
the relief work here not we'll managed, and that
the manager OF the EmIgrant Relief Society did not
have the confidence of the mass oi American jews.
H.. tIftI a In
was the wish of England 10 help America in this
work and 10 send only such immigrants as would
make good American citizens. About 20 per cent of
the refugees coming 10 England Had been provided
Tor there. The ut of his InYcst cations IN America
had led him to advise the Mansion House Commit
tee to trust the American Keller society implicitly,
to abandon the policy vi distributing the refugees
| in England, TO give the NcW-lOrk Committee full
| control of the work OF distributing the refugees
sent to America and to discontinue paying the emf
grants Dy checks to be cashcd At their destinations.
lie complained that private correspondence had Gre
ated the false impression III England that the refu-
gees who came here were ll-treated ANA were COM
PEELED to pork, and that they III danger of
| falling away from Judaism. vote Of thanks was
| given TO Mr.. Yates Tor llIs paper.
NJ. Elhnger submitted Il printed report of twenty
four pages giving the results OF his Investigation
| Europe Tor the Hebrew kmlgrant Aid Society. and
! julius Goldman offered report of thlrty-liv o
printed pages the colonization OF the refugees in
ihe West. All the resolutions, reports
| and papers read and submitted referred 10
| the committee on resolutions which reported a
series of resolutions that caused much discussion.
The resolutions ia substances ackno wiedged be-
haf OF the societies represented that the New York
| society Was the point organization and the proper
one 10 receive and distribute the refugees coming
TO America and recognized that the otner societies
| III the country shOulu Help inc New
| York organization. The funds in the
hands of the New-lOrk society de-
clared 10 DO insufficient, AND Immediate action to
| increase the society resources was recommended.
The colonization OF the refugees was said To be too
great !. work Tor the parent society 10 undertake
| alone and other societies Tor that purpose were
fayoreI The formation of branches 10 The New
| York organization, the Hebrew Immigrant Aald So
clety was provided for 10 care Tor and distrib
| such refugees as might be sent to them from
New ork each branch 10 take as many immigrant Is
is could, aud each 10 dc independent III the man
uer OF providing for them. Inc President, ex-Sec-
| Rotary Blaine, secretary Erellnghuysen, D. >. Cox
and Congressman Bedford, OF Colorado, were
| thanked tor their sympathy and help. The Mansion
| House COMMITTEES ana similar organizations were
requested 10 place their funds at the disposal of the
parent society Internationally, and the branches
we're eXhorted " PERSUADE every member OF their