South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-01-26
JE WISH RELIEF
TAG DAY THURSDAY
Mayor Keller to Issue ProCIa-
nation Today Calling on
City to Aid.


upon Thursday to contribute TO "A
fund for the benefit of Jewish resi-
dents OF the war theaters in Europe
through a tag day. planned by mem
bers Of the Jewish Relief committee
OF South Bend and given Mayor
Fred w. Kellers Official 20. X"
Tuesday night Today the mayor
VIII issue a proclamation
Thursday. in a proclamation. has
been set aside by Prest Woodrow
Wilson as a day for the securing of
funds for Jews in Europe. and it was
i'm view of this petition that the tag
day was arranged Jewish and non
Jewish young women of South Bend
will sell the tags over the city COM
mencing at O'Clock Thursday
morning. All willing to act are asked
to phone the Hurwich store. 1872 ).
Michigan st.
At a meeting of the committee on
Tuesday night an executive board
composed of Mayor Keller. Sam j..
Unger. Lewis Gottlieb, j. NJ Gilbert
and l. X Werwinski was named.
/ These men will supervise a house TO
house canvass Of the city for the
sale Of pamphlets carrying the pres
ident's proclamation and his picture,
which will be sold for the benefit Of
the war sufferers.
The plans for the benefit solicita-
ton were made by a central commit
tee of ten composed of the follow
ing: sam j. Unger chairman; ID.
FIurwich. Louis Goldberg, 4. Dekel-
boum. Joseph Leibov. NJ. Pomerantz
NJ. J. Gilbert. Samuel Schwartz.
Judge r. Feie of Mishawaka. Lewis
Levy. Lewis Gottlieb and Barney
MORAN.
Adopt Appeal.
The following appeal was adopted
by the central committee at a meet
ing Tuesday night:
: O. =.
0srael In Distress
From the war-ridden scenes across
the Atlantic come TO us the ever
louder. ever stronger growing appeal
for help.
More than 100000 Jews, scat
tered throughout Europe are now
exposed to starvation, cold and pri-
vations caused by the European war
This great number of our fellow
Jews. consisting mostly of mothers,
infants and the aged, are crying out
for morsels of food 10 sustain life
and for raimcnt to cover their freeZ-
ing. scarcely half-clad forms. while
all their able bodied men are forced
TO carry arms. fight and sacrifice
their lives in defense Of the country
which has always prosecuted them
most numerically. aside from deny
ing them every civil and human
right. Babes are perishing at their
mothers breasts by the thousands
while the week and feeble are left
behind to succumb in the SHOWS and
by the roadside
Now. that Pres't Wilson in his re-
cent proclamation has designated the
9th day of February as the day Of
exercising charity for the benefit Of
our hard oppressed brethren in war
stricken Europe. we the Jewish citi-
zens of south Bend. with thanks to
and blessings upon the chief eXecu-
tive Of our grand republic. therefore
come before you. our American fell
low citizens. for the first time in
history. to ask YOU to extend 10 us
the warm hand of good-fellowship
and brotherhood Of man in this our
worthy cause.-a cause which we
have quietly and diligently been en-
gagged in and labored upon alone
ever since the outbreak of this hor-
rible hostilities.
In conclusion. we thank you in
advance most sincerely from the
very depths Of our hearts, and in the
name of the great number of unfor-
tunate sufferers beyond the sea. FOR
any and all financial aid you may see
fit to render us.
Very gratefully yours.
The Jewish Relief Committee Of
South Bend. BY sam j. Unger,
chairman.