The sun., 1908-05-17
WORK OF HEBREW. CHARITIES.
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Annual Report SHOWS How the secdcty ID
Hsmpercd by Lack Of Funds.

Annual Report 6nOWt NOW tno S0Czcty ~
Hampercd by Lack Of Funds.
Something OF the condition which led
the United Hebrew Charities TO discontinue
it's relief work for time when the V,oney
stringenoy was most acute 10 told In the
thirty-third annual report Of the society.
which has just becn' issued. The report
covers the fiscal year ended September
go 1907.
The board Of directors reported. that the
society requires to meet the needs OF the
Jewish poor Of New York ct least $4,000
a year. OF this amount u may expect 70
receive from memberships and annual
donations and other sources e150.Qo0 q
was met out Of the three year guarantees e
fund, by constant appeals to the public
and by the use of legacies not specifically
devised for permanent fund purposes.
In the year covered by the report the
society expended more than SOS, 5,000 and
Of this amount more than 42i7000 went
in cash relief alone. The remainder was
expended for the maintenance of the medical
department. Of the immigration department,
for supplies Of all kinds and the general
administration OF the society; 1t is worthy
Of note. that the United Hebrew Charities
administers it's relief funds at b trihing
cost. Had it not been for o legacy Of more
than $4,000 which came late In the year
the balance sheet would have showed a
loss As il was some bills were carried over
to the present year. The report says:
Even by the use ofthese heroic measures W g
have not been able to satisfy the. demands
that have been made upon us. and the work
Of your officers has been from day to day an
almost impossible task OF trying to give ade-
auate relief to those who urgently need 1t
without having any adequate source from
which to draw.
All that the board Of directors ask Ia that in
addition to the moral encouragement which
has been given to them in their lnbors sufficient
financial support be rendered so that In the
frequently disheartenng and .discouraging
labor which they have assumed such labor
shall not deteriorate Into what is virtually
nothing more than almssiving
The report Of the board, laments that the
society has no building which would be
monument Of its work. Most OF its work
has been in the homes, supplying the actual us
applicants for relief in the year, as against
ficers have found that q comparatively
small percentage Of those seeking assistance
remain permanent dependents Of the society.
The primary causes OF distress are illness,
insufficient earnings, lack Of work, no male
support and old age. Intemperance rarely
appears as cause. There are many appli..
cants for transportation and good deal
Of the money expended in this way is re-
turned. ts%
"A brighter side OF the society's work is the
self-support fund. Since this fund was be-
applicants OF these only io7 have again
become applicants for assistance. The
trustees have claseed as unsuccessful 222
cases. OF the remaining 900 cases "A have
paid in full and the others are paying in
small instalments. -eT
It is noteworthy that immigrants form by
far the largest class applying for relief. OF
the 1910 applicants 4 ,764 are put down as
Russians, ASIA as Austfians, 40 as Ruman-
ians, 1T natives, 3s4 unknown; all others, S85