Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-15
START Drive TO
Raise HUGE sum
FOR PALESTINE
Campaign to Begin Dec. IS
and Continue Two Months;
Hope to Get Three
Million Dollars.

New York, Dec. IA 90 day
drive to raise $3,O00000 for Pales-
tine will be inaugurated on Decem-
Der Is by the Zionist Organization
OF America as the second installment
OF the Palestine Restoration fund.
Discussing the impending drive, Mr..
: Jacob De Haas, executive secretary
OF the Zionist Organization OF
America, made the following state
ments:
Three millions may not prove an
adequate amount for the needs OF
1919. One almost hopes that it will
prove insufficient Its failure to
suffice will imply greater ZIONIST
achievement. OF the $4,000 600 only
a small sum WIKI go directly for re-
lief of the type OF alms-glving and
charity. Four hundred thousand
will be devoted to the American
Zionist Medical unit, in an effort to
expedite sanitary Improvement, pro-
vide hospital service, dispensary aid.
and pubic health work in Palestine.
The Zionist rganization, in sending
the medical unit to Palestine, took
the first step toward sociallzng
medical work in Palestine and has
begun to teach the people a new
standard OF hygenic life.
Quarter Million for Education.
"a quarter OF a million is to be
devoted to education. Palestine
whatever else it lacks, has now an
educational governing body which
subsidies all the secular schools
andsall the religious schools provid-
/ ed Hebrew is the medium of instruc-
ton. The board does not interior
with the curriculum of the religious
schools but it is responsible for
what is taught in the secular
schools However it makes these
minimum demands: Hebrew and
hygienic and sanitary school build
ings.
Zone million will go for invest
ment in the Zionist financial instl-
tutions including the Anglo-Pales-
tine company, that efficient Pales-
tine bank which weathered all
storms and stresses of war. We can
be proud OF this Jewish bank. 1t
never forgets that it exists tor the
purpose of developing Palestine and
for aiding the Jews there. And
they need much aid, but business
aid. Loans to colonies for new
stock, seeds and machinery; loans
to buy up loans made by the private
money lenders at usurious interest
during the war; loans for the CO.
operative societies, loans that mean
reconstruction i'll every sense OF the
term.
Half Million to Zionists.
"Aoout half OF the third million
will be needed for Zionist comms-
SONS further operations. The rudi-
ments 81 government administration
are ahead Of us a judiciary depart
rient, all immigration bureau.
commerce and labor bureau, the
ngoserning body OF tie rcllet depart
ment, board OF education, a
lealth department. A quarter of a
hi lion will be needed for special
loans to communities, merchants
and individuals Character may be
the only collateral but the loans are
needed; $1,000 will be required by
bur Palestine Supplies department
and our Palestine Service and In
formation experimenting latter.
the machinery by which people will
eventually be aided to go from "over
here to lover there" We spent
$4,000 organizing the Jewish legion
that fine body of Jewish soldiers
who have been mentioned all over
the world for the participation in
the final stages of the Palestine
campaign and we shall have to
spend $4,000 in caring for the de-
pendant families of these Jewish
soldiers.
1.-THE balance we will spend in
the United States and elsewhere
for the purpose of the organization.
We are spending $4,000 this year
on our education department; $l2,-
600 on Hebrew education and prob
ably a third more of that sum on
propaganda for the Hebrew Ian
guage. We are in touch with l,800
TO 1000 places in the United States
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