The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-03

Today in Birmingham begins the cam paign for membership among the Jewish citizens of the teams appointed for that purpose by the Birmingham division ol the Independent Order of B'Nal-B Rlth' and to impress upon the persons solicited more forcefully the necessity of joining and supporting this work and the jnVaI- uable assistance you can render m alolhS the carrying on and furthering the aims and purposes of the order by joining It, we are making public the following req soas:
 The B'Nai B'Rith furnishes the best means of securing efficient co-ope'auon among the Jewish people.
 Jewish problems are more nomentous and at the same time more rerple&lns than they have ever been. No individuals can hope to solve them. The B'Nal B' Rlth brings to the work the combined efforts Of the leaders as well as the rank and hle of zhe Jewish people.
 l. Because the L o. B. B. is the only Jewish organization recognized by the Limited States government as representing the Jewish people.
 It was the BNai B'Rith which induced the state department at Washington to forward to the Czar of Russia pro- test against the massacre of the Jews containing the signatures of all the gov erncrs and high officials Of the various states of the union, the cabinet 1fficeis ludges of the various fedefl and slate ooa $ leading state ofiiIials and promi- oil Of 1iin
 In the same way protest was f!e0 with the Roumanian government aSalns! tlIscrIm ination and mstreatmeht oI tne Jewish people.
 The BeNai B'Rith was aslIve in bring ing about the abrogatiou of our treaty with Russia due to discrimination against passports of American Jews.
 g. Because the most able and most prominent Jews of the United States are taking an active part in the work or the order and shaping it's course so as to ac- complish the most good.
 g. Because the I. o. B. B. has recently inaugurated social serv.ce department headed by pr. Rudolph l. Coffee, gen tleman of wide experience in such work and of national repute.
 This department is expected to accom- plish much good along the lines of estah- fishing the big brother movement among the Jewish people, care or QIScndrSeo prisoners from the corrective institutions estab ablishing employment bureaus in varl- ous cities, and by means of educational methods reducing crime among the Jews
 It will also compile statistical data which will make it possible to devise ways and means for fully realizing Jewish so- cial ideals.
 f. Because the I. O. B. B. is the leading charitable organization in the United States
 Nine-tenths of the dues is used fol charitable benevolent and educa,iona purposes. During the past five years il has expended for such purposes the sun of $2, ,265, 379n.
 In any time of stress or emergency such as the Chicago fire, the Charles town earthquake, the Galveston tida wave the Ohio flood, and the San Fran cisco confiagra tion, it furnishes the means by which Jewish sufferers in any part oi the world may be relieved. l. has col lected and distributed the sum of $lleoN for the relief of Jewish war sufferers
 It supports the Jewish Hospital for Con sumptives at Denver, which is the fnes hospita. for consumptives in the wcrlG If also maintains throUgholt the country .,ewIsh widows and orphan hores, hos ri.als. employment bureaI II. schools, IL