The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-03
READY RESPONSE MADE ID APPEAL FOR FUNDS ID AID SUFFERING JEWS Dr. Harrison Makes Elo- quent Appeal in Behalf of the Suffering People
 of Europe MORE THAN HALF OF QUOTA RAISED AT
 INITIAL MEETINGS Chairman Pizitz Confident Quota Will Be Raised in Time Limit
 for Campaign-Canvass
 to Be Made

the interest of the drive opened here yesterday for the relief of Jewish suffer CTS in the war strickened lands of Eu- rope at Temple Emanu-El last nignt. Approximately s20,00o. or two-thtrds or Birmingham's quota of $35,0O0 was raised for this purpose yesterday.
 The exercises opened by the singing of two stanzas of America" the au- dience standing. In his opening remarhs Dr. Harrison made reference to the pa- triotic spirit shown by the Jewish peo- ple of the United States in all the war work activities and then launched into his address in the interest of the drlVe. With a masterly knowledge of his sup- feet and with rare eloquence the dis- tinguished speaker graphically portrayeo the sufferings of the Jewish popuiatioh in the war stricken zones, ana mAue q convincing appeal for funds to give them relief He stressed the point that every one should give in proportion to his mans. and by way of illustrator cited instances or sacrifice and sel1-ae- nial made by Jews of high ana 10" uo gree in the effort to give of thelr sup stance to help succor the suffering anu needy abroad.
 LIBERAL DONATION
 CT. T Cohen. an orthodox Jew of St. Louis, gave s3Ooo and pledged slo per month to this cause when the oriVe onened there last year." said pr. Harrl- son. He hadn't forgot the rock iroin which he was hewn nor the pit lioi, i Ia written ms name indelibly on our hears anu on eAo tablets of our memories. .o
 "Jrst think of little children, Wno' when they lose their fathers, not oiiis lose a parent but lose ther sole soui of bread, love children dearly, a though I have none of my own; sup nose the most of you all nave. | wou gladly go down into my pocket ana ses my last dollar and give II 10 any VI them if they needed 1t Tor ioou'
 nT am pleading for the Jewish peo-
 t.. narticular. because they have suffered most on account or the Wal thev have been caught between .iie contending armies and,s as conso nuence. their lands have been ueNaa lated their businesses and their homes destroyed In Poland thousahus suffering for lack of food ana sheieei +odav Can we ignore their appear!
 .I6 .be times of peace than any other race' and their sufferings have been lnten- sified proportionately during the War. It has always been our prioe 'o for our own needy ones, ana shoa, be very much mortified for the Worlu to know that we had permitleu .no millions of Jews to suffer in Europe unheeded While we have an apuho- ance thev haven't even bread. NO man could ride around in a fine automoplle without feeling that there was ploou on the wheels if he did not leei .nae he had contributed his share 10 thls great cause: that is, if he had any con- science.
 CRY TO AMERICA
 serhe cry has come to 3,O00,OO0 Amer ican Jews from their co-relig1onlsts across the sea; they couldn't go to any others but their prosperous American brethren. In 1916, s6,000,o0O, was raised by the Jews of America for this pur- pose; in 1917 a suburb of New TOTS added $4,000, 900 to this amount, swell ing the total to $10,000,0o0. This IS something to be proud of; l am proud of it. One of the greatest American Jews, Julius Rosenwald of Chicago, gave $1,0O0,000 to the cause. lie not only did this. but he has given liberal .1y to other worthy causes; he helped inc R6d GrOSS, ln6 HCSloSo III shSAA Y M C. A. work and other institutions. K Now, we have done well in the last two years, but we must do better than ever; we must raise $15,000,000. l sad to St. Louis last year, You gave $io,oVU last year. now you must give $zoo,oou this year The rival teams would sometimes almost come to blows over prospective contributor in yieing with each other for the lead in raising Inc. augmented quota. The result was that St. Louis went over the top and raised the S25O,oOO. The little town of St. Joseph. Mo, which had given $6000, gave STOOD, and Nashville, whose quota was only $30,o0o, raised $35,00o. Many other cities doubled up in the same tributed 5000; Memphis is no better than Birmingham.
 SPIRIT OF BIRMINGHAM
 This is no time to weigh money; it is a time for generosity and sacrifice. Any man here who is worth sloooo ought to give $5000. Birmingham has always gone over the tap in the Red Cross drives, the united war work campaigns and other similar war activities. She was asked to raise sl50,000 in the last united war work drive and raised $475000. That's the spirit of Birmingham! She hates min imums! would have her to do now for these suffering Jews what Sn0 mas Qone for other such causes. What I like about the spirit of the American people is that they pull shoulder to shoulder-Jew and Gentle and the man without any re- Iligion-helping each other. think your city ought easily to raise s5O.o00 instead of $35Oo0 Let's not allow our sympathy to evaporate."
 It had been the plan of those in charge of the drive to not ask for any subscrip- tions at the meeting last night, but at the instance of Dr. Harrison, motion to change that plan and ask for suo- scrfptions was Introduced and unani- mously adopted. Among the large sub scriptions last night were from Louis Pizitx and Morris Adler, who gave $l5oo each.
 At luncheon at the Tutwiler yester- day plans for the different teams were outlined and they will go about the work today in earnest, making a house-to- house canvass. Chairman Pizitz is con- fident that Birmingham's quota will be reached long before the expiration of the campaign time limit
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