Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-19
SEEK NEW RECORD
IN JEWISH DRIVE
Campaigners for $1,5oo,ooo
Here to Aid Europe's Suffer-
ers Greatly Encouraged
100000 TOTAL FIRST DAY

With $6OO.OOO Of the desired 81.
800 600 collected within twenty. four
hours after the start of the Jewish
war relief campaign here. il is rX-
pectpd that another record breaking
stride toward thc conplction Of the
drive will have been made by this eve
ming.
No canvass for charity in PhiIadel-
phia has ever met with such early sue
cess as the present Que. Team work
crs and their captains al their luncheon
yesterday ut the Hcllcvu" Stratford re
pCrtrd contributions Of Si2J, 4"G. This.
added to iii" contributions at the dinner
Of Monday night. with which the drive
started. made IL total of more than
5000. 600.
DR.. Boris II. Bogen. introduced by
DIR. CYRUS Adlcr. Philadelphia chair
man. who presided. rS ''thc real hero
of our relief work. was the speaker.
Doctor Rogcn has Just returned from
Poland. where he worked among the
Jewish pouulation as II representative
of the Jewish Peoples Relief Com
mitce of America.
"'ThCre are 1 800 200 Jewish men.
women and children starving in Poland
today" said Doctor Bogcn. ''The
children are so undcrnourished that boys
and girls of seven and eight years
looI, like three and four year old chill
drcn, They are suffering for lack Of
fat - such TN extent that it is i'm
possible to stop them from eating soap,
Communities BreadlesS
"While | was in Poland" Doctor
Eoonn continued. II saw entire com
mrinitics go without bread for eight
or ten weeks. The want for other food
stuffs was appalling in proportion. The
need there. Us we'll as in other eastern
European countries. is so great that II
| is almost imuoSSiblc to calculate how
much to send and what first to send
"Addrd 70 this dire physical want
thcre is n deplorable mental depression
among the Jewish population. They
ore mentally sick. The people live
huddlcd together in small communities
of 200 and 800. This is IA remnant
of the old Russian regime. when the
Jews were not allowed to live in cities.
'Thesc people. made their living by
I, ,,dinp with farmers Of the neight y
hood. but those farmers are SO poor
now they are unable to buy anything.
/ Consequently the Jews there have lost
their only means of livelihood.
Doctor Bogen said n corps of twenty
five workers is about to be sent to
Poland by the joint distribution com
mittec of the Jewish relief committee
of the United States and Canada. The
country will be divided into twenty
districts. and the workers will make
an effort to establish relations between
the war sufferers aud relatives IN
America.
Women Gathered S39.9S6
To Yesterdays total S2SJ, 40 was
contributed by the mems teams and
$50 9S6 by the women workers. The
banner team was that of Ellis \. Gin
bel. with n total of ST.. .245. The in
dustrial team. headed by Harry Uditsky
followed with S43, 100. Joseph A.
Prenowitz's team collected S42. 900.
The real estate group. under Jacot
|, Greenfield. obtained $50, $50. There
were several teams with totals rang
ing from $4,000 to $4,000. No grouT
reported less than $1,000 in contribu.
tions.
Jewish fraternal organizations sub
scribcd for S41 900. and downtown jew
ish unions for $4,000 Lancaster re.
ported total of S12 900; NorristOwn
$1,000 and Reading, $4,000.
The grocers' committee. reporting {
total for the day of $40 0,065, announced
, that the GrOcerS' Exchange. at a meet
, ing next Thursday. will make plans
for a thorough canvass by its non,
, Jewish as well as its Jewish members
Lord Swaythlng, a leading British
fnancier. and Lady Swaythling will b.
here tomorrow. when it is expcctcC
Lord Swaythling will address the lunch
con in the ball-roo of the Bellevue
, Stratford Today's luncheon will b.
given over entirely TO the women work
ers.