The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-14
 Jews and Horticulture

The quite young men, 18 to 30 among oriental Jews in this country have just closed the second year of effort to se- cure the transfer of oriental Jewish families from congested districts in large cities into industrial centers of the mid dle west, there to secure employment and comfortable homes. These Jews have not the characteristics of the German Jew, but rememble the Latins in facial ex- pression and complexion The movement is wholly that of young men, themselves able to speak English well, and most of them so prosperous in get-up as to look like bodies of the new alumni just now leaving Yale, Harvard and Pennsylvania universities.
 Lower New York is the center of the greatest congestion, and here these young men are best organized. Within the year families have been transferred to the steel works at Gary, Ind, into the iron works of Cleveland and Cincinnati, the packing houses of Chicago and Kansas City, and into the Touring mills of Min reapolis and Omaha. Texas, Missouri, Wisconsin, Michigan and Illinois farms have received some. Schools are being provided to train men of these families for these industrial lines.
 In cities where congestion must re- main to some extent community interests are being directed by these young men. English is taught, naturalization encour- aged, social centers provided, the latter because in 10 of these orientals here are unmarried. At a convention of the leaders. just held, about 400 young men listened to reports of work done The reports were made in Arabic Russian Polish, Italian and German, not one in Y1ddish or Hebrew, while all of the dis cussicns were carried on in English that was spoken almost to perfection.
 5000 Conventions At San Francisco
 Three thousand conventions, with or Eanizations behind them having aggre- gate memberships of more than 5,OOO,- OO0 persons have already arranged for dates during the Panama exposition In San Francisco next year. These rep resent almost all uplift causes and eff ficiency advances. Religion and educa- ton lead in numbers It is by far the greatest number of conventions ever held during an exposition. Arrange ments for conventions are far in ex- cess of any previous ones in matter of convenience and in exhibits of work accomplished by organizations
 In order that the greatest good nav be had in the shortest time the con ventions are being grouped. In April | congresses having to do with public | health will be held. May is to be the | religion month. together with social 1 Service. July will be devoted to edu- | cation and September to engineering and technical conventions. The other | months are being parcelled out and | dates fixed on this plan. Not fewer | than 20 conventions will be in session | on every day the exposition is open.
 tent that is wholly of steel with | lightweight girders and a sheet steel | roof that looks like canvass and is | almost as readily put into place Is | to be employed for some conventions | that are not held on the exposition grounds proper. In charge of religious interests there is committee of 100, | the Rev. Dr. H. H. Bell of San Fran | cisco as its executive. The Federal Council of Churches is part of the plan 1 and steel tent Is part of its equip ment. The tent Is to be rceated in | the city proper. but on the grounds | themselves the council will have $60,- 900 building for conventions and ex- hibits Quite near to this building will | be the $50,000 Y. w. C. A. hall. Churches are busy at this moment pre- pairing exhibits and the council is busy preparing meetings. Exposition man. agement has provided a secretary to attend to the details of these conven- stions.
 Nathan Is Opposed
 As far as it has been possible to in- Herview them, Protestant leaders are | found to agree with Roman Catholic ones fin opposition to Mayor Nathan of Rome, | as head even member of Italy's depu- tation to the Panama exposition. Because of the former mayors many references | to Pope Plus X. in public and private speeches. Catholics of this country have uteered vigorous protests against him. Catholic newspapers have for weeks pro- tested President Wilson has been in- formed of the opposition. New Catholic organizations some of them the largest | Tn the church, are adopting resolutions r boycotting the exposition if Nathan is | permitted to represent Italy at it. X Mayor Nathan is an English Jew, born near London. but early going to Italy | where he has had a professional and | political career. Tn the bitter debates over religion in politics that have been had in Italy for years. and in the erection Ii and dcf ation of the monument to King | Victor Emanuel. Nathan has taken f prominent part always against the pope II