The Washington herald., 1917-11-18
Jews Begin $50, 900 Drive
For War Relief Tomorrow
Campaign for Washington's Quota of $Io,ooo
600 Fund Given Impetus by Henry
Morgenthaus Stirring Appeal

" TN lile S0ihpdIhy VI
every thinking Washingtonian behind
them. Jewish residents of the District
today are prepared to launch tomor-
row their $4,000 drive for Washing
TONS quota of a s1O.OO0.OO0 national
war relief fund to save 100000 Jew
ish lives in devastated Poland. GaliI
cia. Lithuania and other regions Of
stricken Europe.
While much preliminary work has
been done by the local executive
committee of the American Jewish
relief committee, the real campaign
will begin tomorrow and continue for
two weeks, ending probably with a
mass meeting in the Eighth Street
Temple Sunday evening, December >.
Louis Marshall, chairman of the
national executive committee and a
l. Elkus. former Ambassador to Tur-
key. and other prominent men will
address this meeting.
Lyon Heads Committee.
Simon Lyon, chairman of the local
relief committee. is being given. par
ticularly active assistance by Isaac
Cans, Rabbi Simon, NJ. d. Rosenberg,
Simon Wolf, Julius /. Peyser. Rev.
Benjamin L. Grosman, Isaac Golden
berg, Simon Kann, d. ]. kaufman,
Rev. Mr.. Silverstone, and Simon OPP
penheimer
THE people of Washington Of the
Jewish faith" it was said by a promi-
pent Hebrew last night. have invari-
ably taken care of their own desti-
tute without asking their friends of
other faiths for assistance. and have
always responded literally in aid of
the needy of other faithc. We believe
it will not prove a difficult task to
raise the required $4,000 toward the
fund. which is Washingtons' quota
toward the 100000 desired"
Checks should be sent to Simon
Lyon, chairman of the local eXecu-
tive committee. Evans Building. or to
NJ. p. Rosenberg. treasurer. Bank of
Commerce and Savings, Seventh and
Z streets northwest.
julius Rosenwaid, of Chicago, has
subscribed sl,OO0.OOO with the proviso
that the other 100000 be raised by
the Jews of the United States by De-
cember 81.
MorEenthau Pleads Cause.
Realization of the vital importance
of the fund campaign, upon the sue
cess of which depends the lives of
millions. rs graphically presented By
Henry Morganthau, formerly ambas-
sador to Turkey and chairman OF the
National Campaign Committee:
vi wish to sound for you the most
terrible cry. the most urgent call for
aid that Jewish ears have heard in
three hundred years.
Il wish to have you hear the final
call before the death of a whole
Jewish people-about to die.
I wish to ask you to look with
me at a scene of absolute misery and
starvation that Jewish martyrdom in
all its history has never equalled.
wish to ask you to look with me upon
a whole Jewish people actually about
to die.
Il cannot POSSIBLY paint for you
the terrible picture. And yet l must
ask your help and try to get you to
see the tragedy and death in which
unknown thousands of your brethren
starve.
Babies Are Starving.
To-day in Poland. in Galicia. in
Lithuania, in Russia. in Palestine and
back and forth and back again by in
vading armies, are homeless and are
dying from hunger and exposure. old
men are diving, mothers are wander
ing homeless with babies in their
arms, thousands. yes thousands of
little suffering children, whose feet
and arms and little faces are swollen
no. not from disease, but, Oh God.
from awful hunger.
only three meals. three little meals
such as your children eat. would re-
duce the swelling and take away this
awful baby suffering: and, helpless
and hopeless, these mothers and
fathers stand and watch the tragedy,
looking to God and to America alone
looking for help to you.
I'm this blackest tragedy of our
race | ask your aid. You may have
already given. We all have given. We
must give again.
We have not yet sent enough to
keep them all alive. Even dolirg out
but barley STEPPED in warm water to
our brethren, We have actually failed
to send enough for all. And daily,
from the long lines. hundreds are