The Denver Jewish news., 1918-10-31
Billikopf Member
Motifs Cabinet
UNITED WAR WORK CAMPAIGN
BEGINNING OF NEW ERA.

iiiftt II 1itiHt lbI lllulScIl w ISNeCutlNt
Director of the American Jewish Relief
Committee. and to whose personal eff
forts the magnificent total of S1G0OO.-
900 for Jewish War Relief is largely
due. is now one of the seven members
of DIR. John Il. Motifs cabinet. which
has charge of conducting the United
War Work Campaign for S1TO;500, 900
beginning on November 11th, in ac-
cordance with President Wilson's proc
lamatiOn. He is also serving with Mr..
representative of the Jewish Welfare
Board on the campaign committee.
Mr.. BillikOpf was one of the speak
ers at the conference of the Eastern
| Department of the campaign held at
the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel on We'd
nesday, October 10Th.
He outlined in detail the work that
has been done under his direction in
mobilizing the Jewish resources of the
country behind the drive. All the lead
ing Jewish organizations and the most
prominent Jewish men and women
from coast to coast have pledged their
support to the campaign. The Council
OF Jewish Women. the SisteIhOods, the
| Young Mems Hebrew AssOciat lion. the
B'nai Birth lodges, and the Rabbis of
America are all Loyalty working for the
cause.
| 1t is, of course. understood that no
separate campaigns are to lie conduct
ed. 1t is Mr.. Billiqopf's aim TO enlist
the aid of the United Jewry OF America
to make the drive tremendous sue
cess.
Mr.. Billikopf said in part: II sup
pose ii is no longer necessary to dem
Onstrate the value of the work done by
| the welfare agencies to I'LL the place
of home and friends for the boys in the
.ervice. 1t has been found necessary
to have more than one organization
give form. and realizat tion to this single
aim BECAUSE the diverse character of
our population and consequently the
diverse needs of our soldiers.
That their aim was single was ade
quately demonstrated long before the
allied campaign was contemplated.
From the very beginning cooperation
was the watchword. The Jewish Wei
| fare Board for one takes pleasure in
acknowledging debts of gratitude to
| the Y. NJ C. A.. to the X of c., and
| to the other associations for countless
courtesies. Although the thought was
seldom expressed-perhaps because il
was too obvious-it lay behind all our
separate efforts the conviction that IL
morale of distinct group of our forces
| without incidentally affecting the
whole. Nothing is more contagious
than good will. The germ of enthusi-
asm is one of the good bacteria. Salts.
faction is catching. The vibrations that
all our separate organizations set in
motion combined i'm one harmony. We
are iiidir idual musicians hut we have
| always played in tune: we had the
same score to play from. In this view
the United War Work campaign is "A
simple consummation, formulation
and definition of n condition which we
have all tacitly recognized as real and
live.
But it is good to formulate and de
fine. and I think I am not overbold
when I say that, as a symbol. the uni
led drive has perhaps a deeper spirit
unl significance to American Jewry
than baS To of nf thr
ciated groups. 1t is to us symbolic of
new era ; it represents almost a revO-
lutionary change. For altho the Jewish
community has always been ready to
aid the causes of others. 1t has been
traditionally opposed to accepting help
| from others. The statement that Swe
have always taken care of our own
goes deep into the Jewish psychology.
We have segregated and solved for
ourselves all our difficulties and prob
lens Our deep-seated pride of race
has made us diffident about inviting
others to partake of our anyieties and
our aims. The new cooperation that
we have entered upon now is symptv
matte of profound change in the
whole attitude of American Jewry to
the rest of the body social. 1t has been
one of the inevitable and intensely de-
sirable results of American participa
tion in the war.
| .sIt is in this light that we regard
ourselves in the drive. As Americans,
we are fired, as I said at first. with
the ardor to strengthen the physical
and spiritual might of our country. As
Jews we see in it the symbolism Of a
new and better era in which we shall
participate more fully and more freely