New-York tribune., 1906-11-12
JEWS TO HELP RACE.
FORM BIG ORG1lNIZATION.
JVM Protect and PreSerTe CiUil and
Religious Rights.

For the protection. the preservation and the ex-
tension OF the civil and religious rights and priyt
leges OF Jews. the American Jewish Committee.
composed OF prominent members of the race from
ep parts OF the United States, was organized at
the Hotel Savoy yesterday.
1t is not the purpose OF the committee TO inter
3ere with the work Of any existing institution but
the idea is that It shall be a permanent organZa-
tion, representative OF ell the Jews in the United
States which shall have a surplus fund ready for
eny sudden call, such SIS the Kishnen massacres
or the San Francisco disaster. II is believed that
a permanent committee OF this kind do much
better work than several temporary committees
organized from time TO time to collect relief funds
and for other philanthropic purposes.
One OF the ways suggested for the committee to
prove helpful is 20 divert the Jewish immigrants
away from this city and to send them TO other
parts OF the United States It brought out at
the meeting that of the $4,000 Jews in the United
States nearly $4,000 live in New York State. the
majority OF them IN this city. 1t is believed that
ether parts OF the country offer better advantages
10 the Jewish immigrant, and this will be pointed
out 10 him IN the future by the committee
The committee Of ffty-one, thrty-one OF whom
were present yesterday chosen 10 represent
the Jews in various parts OF the country in numeri
cal ratio TO the Jewish population in the various
districts. The number OF committeeman from each
district will give idea Of how the Jews are dis
tributed in this country. The committee. which IS
20 be incre Used to sixty. is as follows:
I ass strs 9 F. c9e oaSa ss8s5oro sst c'fSs 81
Second District (ennessee. Alabama and Mississippi
Third District louisiana Texas)-Isador Newman,
Fourth District CArkansas Missouri. Kansas and Colo
sa , TeSs 5efafltsE Ic RS: Rs' ha' Michael g. LOUIS
,s sS 1SSaSt @ sashrgi0n' @ GSioS UTs9n % an
M G s9s. and ne Rev : voOTsangeE san Francisco
wsomins T9Eth A Dakota South Dolo:a N9braska New
brs ogitsran st Paul and Victor Rosewais Omaha
Seventh District llIlinois)-rr. Emil 6 Hirsch. 3
AZ Ad0gS r. Era Rau1 IS y0sgs ] qen sa " " Of NSs 6sss
Y psr6itr L0ns7ills AlaEtln Marks Cleveland; Max
Ninth District (PeRasylyania ana New Ie?ses2The
sszeeTssr r. = PSiaesipaia IsSoor sobe Erie. Leo
% aa, sssgs , H9 Sa5sn R4ss R9s fi5 Ss5e a7 !
District Of ColurnbislDr Cyrus Adler. SIMON WOLF and
Ger ana Dr. r. Ffis6.nwaid Talti.noIe
RSf9s o aHs New AND HsaRssiTs Ee59n
s-tb ieoe' 1e1oe S so y ,t5s % f,iP Iosepb r
cohen Daniel GusgsnheIn 4 K9m9lsy, E4NaTa L4a-
aioTTis Loeb. Adoiph Isxisohn D- J Magaes Louis
dale. Albany.
The formation of the committee has been the
suit of the capitalization OF the ideas Of several
well known Jews. The Kishinen n1assncres. It IS
said. and the committee that formed 10 give
cid TO the families OF the victims Of that atrocity
were what first started the IDEA OF a permanent
committee.
The committee went into session at o'clock yes
terday morning. and We're in session. with the
ceptiOn Of hour for dinner. until after o'clock
! IN the evening A constitution was drawn up, OF
which the following is 2 paragraph;
The purpose OF this committee is 10 prevent the
infringement Of the civil and religious rights of
Jews and alleviate ths conseQ uences Of persecu-
u0n In the event OF E threatened actual de-
nial invasion CT such rights, when conditions
calling for relief from Calamities affecting Jews
exist anywhere correspondence may be entered into
with those familiar with the situation. with q view
10 cooperating with them IN obtaining relief.
The following officers were chosen: Judge Mayer
SuzberPor. Of Philadelphia president: Judge
JuIisn W Mack. Of Chicago, and Jsidor Newman
Of New Orleans, v1ce-pTesidents Elias Michael
OF s.. Louis, treasurer. Cyrus Suzberger OF New
York: d. Morris Loeb. OF New York Henry Cut
Ter OF Providence; r.. ". levin Epstein, OF New
York. the kev. Dr. J. L Magnes. OF New YORK;
D- Cyrus adler. librarian OF the Smithsonian IN
stitutlCn. OF Washington, the Rev. Dr.. Jacob Foor-
sanger, Of san Francisco; Adolph hrauss. Of Chi
c6go. and Louis Marshall, Of New York, members
OF the executive committee
Permanent Cfices Of the committee Will be IN this
city, and Joseph Jacobs viii probably be the per
,naneut secretary The subject Of the destruction
of the buildings of many religious and phanrhrOplc
institutions IN San Francisco was brought to the
attention OF the committee, result OF which its
gogGes and Jewish educational institutions in that
city. It voted raise 10000 fer that purpose
II is figured that there three hundred thou
e2nc adult male Jews n this country who can be
aelSed 70 contribute each for permanent fund,
ano the remainder % such a fund, which II is
hoped viii reach $4,000. VIII be made UP Of
.arger subscriptions on the part OF a few. Jacob
fent q letter commanding the work and expressing
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