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JEWISH RELIEF FUND.
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didn't speak Dutch" said Mr. Marshall'
humorously. Finally, however, Stuyve-
SAINT permitted them to land on condition
that they would for all time take
care of their own.
'We have done itp' exclaimed Mr.
Marshall, 1--WE have done 1T to this day
But now comes problem of such gigantic
dimensions that we could be inhuman
if we did not ask aid for those IN Eastern
Europe--a cry from one-half the jews
in the world, 1000, 900 people. 30 we
must now say to the American people
"Come to our rescue.
Mr.. Marshall pictured conditions IN
Eastern Europe as entirely beyond
description. The accounts of misery are
not exaggerated, AS those who have
witnessed them can testify, he SAID
"Nobody. not even a Dante, who told
the horrors of hell, can picture what Is
going on in Eastern Europe. 1t is story
of starvation from those regions which
grows with every telling because we are
now for the first time able to penetrate
those regions, and know what is going
on there"
Mr.. Marshall praised Herbert Hoover
as noble philanthropist, and mention
of the latter's name called for an outburst
of applause. Then he read cablegram
telling of 1000, 900 Jews in Poland and
Galicia, of whom 60 per cent require
relief. More than million of these
REQUIRE shoes and clothing. Present relief
reaches only one-half those who need it,.
Tvphus has reached 95 per cent of the
population of Eastern Galicia. Children
have died by hundreds of thousands.
Prompt aid is imperative.
81 am not here" the speaker said, "to
say that others have not suffered. but |
do say the Jews have suffered the most
terribly because they were confined to
the Russian pale by the edict of the
former Cars, and were In the very battle
ground of the contending armies. They
suffered from cruelties from both sides,
and after the war from pogroms. OF all
the vicissitudes undergone by the Jews
the past twenty centuries, those of the
past FIVE years have been the worst"
MIR. Marshall declared it "a miracle of
God that some Jews have been permitted
to reach these shores and to grow under
the protection of the Stars and Stripes
He added: Eve owe an obligation not
only to brotherhood but to the Almighty
for what He has done for us here in
America"
Continuing MIR. Marshall said the Jews
of the United States have raised S40,-
600 900 for relief work, but still that sum,
was not nearly sufficient. The government
had given every aid Relief work had
been so systematized that every penny
given went to aid the sufferers.
Chairman Miller declared the success
of any undertaking depends upon the
men who surround the chairman. He
presented Mr.. Snellenberg as presiding
officer.
Mr. Snellenburg reminded his hearers
that it was a solemn occasion, not merely
one for eating and listening but action
He then announced that So highly was
Wilmington held in the estimation of the
New York committee that it had decided
mot to burden us with a quota. But
no matter how much we raise, it will not
be half enough" he continued, sc
possible.3 He then introduced Judge
Gray. as 'our foremost citizen" In an
instant the audience was on its feet
applauding.
ENDORSED BY JUDGE GBAY.
at is good to feel YOU are among friends
began the Judge One of the recompenses
of those fateful months and anxieties
we shared while our boys were upholding
the flag of our country, was that friends
and neighbors as we are, we were drawn
together so frequently. 1t evoked that
feeling of brotherhood that hope is never
going TO be eradicated The Judge then
reviewed the work of war relief in Viii
mington and said: II hope now that the
conflict is over we win have done some
thing that will be of benefit to our Nation
our city and our State" He paid tribute
to those of the Jewish faith, saying I'VE
all know what their citizenship has mean
to our city" and added that ''it is q
remarkable race that never has lost its
identity in two thousand years In
conclusion Judge Gray said Il trust that
the result of this campaign will be to add
a new laurel wreath to the city of which
you are so important part.
A BIT OF HISTORY.
Congressman Layton in indorsing the
cause, gave a bit of Jewish history
This splendid gathering. composed as
it is of such fine citizenship, he said, re-
veals the spirit of our people regardless OF
race or creed, who never fail TO respond TO
the call of human suffering wherever and