Evening journal., 1920-03-22
give Freely
To SUFFERERS
IN Old WORLD
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rommlttee. and others Of the commit
tee for their self-sacrlncing work in
this and past campaigns"
Mayor Taylor said that on occasions
like last nights he wished that he
might have the ability OF an orator to
express the worthiness Of this cause.
Il have hundreds Of opportunities, I"
said Mayor Taylor, both in social and
business life, TO observe not only how
Nell you take care Of your own, but
llsO, how many successful business
men, not OF your race, owe their pres
ent condition to your assistance. There
IS not one Of the campaigns In VIII
nlngton, either, TO which you have not
rlven literally, both OF your time and
money Now you are called upon to al
lieye >the starving conditions Of your
people in Europa call too big for you
10 meet alone. The people OF this en-
tire community, ] am sure, are going to
back you as you have backed them up
in other campaigns"
As Mrs. Nathan GOldstein sang. "My
Lord. Why Hast Thou Forsaken Met"
she drew strongly on the heart-strings
Of her audience with her magnetic,
sympathetic and full soprano voice. She
is choir leader at the Temple OF Truth
Her accompanist was Fred Smith, the
Queen Theatre organist, who also
played for the chorus singing.
Delaware City has been organized with
J. Wainer as chairman and the Rev
Robert Claiborne Pitzer as assistant.
The campaign was opened on Sat
urady night with dinner and
meeting by the executive COM
mittee of the relief campaign in the
duBarry room of the Hotel Du Pont.
More than 300 men and women, repre-
sentatives of both the leading Jews and
non-Jews of the city attended. As
Louis j. Topkis cried in the closing
minutes of the sessions
"The ewes Of all America are upon
Wilmington tonight. We have set the
pace before in our relief work. We must
not. we cannot fail now"
Nathan Miller, as chairman Of the exec
utlve committee occupied the centra
chair. though he relinquished IL to David
Snellenburg when the speaking began
Ranged on either side of him were Louii
Marshall. of New York, who represented
the Jewish race at the Versailles con
ference and was the principal speaker o.
the evening; Henry p. Scott, Mayoi
William c. TAYLOR, Caleb r. Layton
Congressman; Rabbi David r. Swiren
Louis Topkis, Judge George Gray Rev
John J. Connolly. Colonel George A
Elliott. Joseph II. Martin, Rabbi Samue
A. Rablnowitz. John s. Rossell, Morri
Levy chairman Of the State Commit
Tee, the Rev Charles L. Candee, Di
Samuel Chiles Mitchell and William T
White.
The meeting opened with America,
and a prayer offered by Rabbi Rabino
witz. In addition 20 Mr.. Miller, who in
troduced Mr. Snellenburg to preside an
Mr.. Marshall, the speakers were Judg
Gray, DR.. Layton, Mayor Taylor, MI
Rossell, Henry p. Scott, DR.. Candee an
Father Connolly.
Mr.. Marshall delivered a magniicen
appeal for aid in behalf Of the suuerer
abroad It's effectiveness was shown b.
the offerings that followed it.
"A wise man has said" he began
"that every country has the Jews il de
serves. I feel the testimonial Of tn
worthy Of the Jews of Delaware, give
tonight is an indication of the respec
the Jewish community Of Delaware de
serves Delaware was the first of all tn
States that gave 10 Us of the American
Jewish Relief Committee the encourage
ment that the contributions were non
sectarian When word came to us tha
this State had arisen, non-Jew and Jev
together, IL was as a balsam upon a sor
wound. Tonight we have a repetition o
that same spectacle of brotherhood"
Mr. Marshall declared the Jews
"proud people and they have takel
pride in responding to every call
whether from Jew OF non-Jew.
eve have responded TO every cam
paign." he continued. and he gave tn
reason. Back in 1855 when the frs
Jews came to America, 23' men an
women landed in New York, old Pete
Stuyvesant, the Governor, at first re
fused to let them land.
''They didn't speak Dutch" said MI
Marshall, humorously. Finally, however
Stuyvesant permitted them to land o.
condition that they would for all tim
take care of their own.
Jews Have Suffered the Worst.
81 am not here,' the speaker sal,
"to say that others have not suffered
but I do say the Jews have suffered th
most terribly because they were confine
10 the Russian pale by the edict Of th
former Cars, and were in the yer