The Denver Jewish news. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1915-1925, 1920-09-29
WORK OF THE JOINT DISTRI.
BUTTON COMMITTEE IN WEN
MA,
Leon WeNler, Madam Patak and Anita
Muller Are Outstanding Figures IL
Stricken CITY.

FiShnan discusses fhe work OF the
Joint Distribution committee in Wen
ma and says in part:
Zone does not have to remain very
long in Vienna in order to realize the
great and important work which the
Joint Distribution Committee. or as ii
is known in Vienna under the shorter
rame of the Joint is doing.
1T should be said ut once that If
there is any relief work being carried
On upon a democratic basis. ii is being
done by the Vienna branch of the
Joint No less than twenty-five
various organizations md sections Of
Jewish life in Vienna are represented
in the Joint Moreover. all of these
representatives work tremendously
and each renders the very hest service
of which he il. capable. Even the Jew
ish radicals have no cause to com
plain of the representation afforded
them. The poalei-Zion' are not only
represented on the Board but have
their representative also in the admin
istriti0n.
"The maa who unites all these Gle
ments and maintains n perfect bal
ance is Leon WeXlrr. the Director of
the Vienna Joint who is ur present also
directing the work Of Czrcho-Slovakia.
Icon WeXler is one of those in.
dividuals who possess special ability
for organiZa ton and administration.
professionally an edvocntc, he com.
menced to do relief wor;. us II volun.
,eer. Realizing the duty of every jew
to help to hi. uttermost. ne neglected
his practice as an advocate in order
10 devote himself to relief work. Later
en- when the work assumed such pro
portions that it required all his time
and energy wexler accepted the post
of Director for all Jewish relief work
in Vic:,na. At present he has concen-
uatcd his whole life and activity upon
his work. He has no office hours. He
is generally in the office before every
one else and is the last to leave it.
often late mt night. long after his lit
tic army of clerks have gone to their
homes. Wexler eau be found in the
office studying reports and making
p)aus for the future. II he is not do
ing this, he is probably nnferiing
with individuals who can he of help
To him. He listens to everyone very
patiently and atteniively, irrespective
of the Importance of the individual
who NAV come to see him. He Is him
self man who thinks Clearly and
carefully. and generally acts only up
on the fullest information aud the
most thOro understanding of any sit
uation.
..Auother excellent thing about Wcx-
Ter ,is the fact that he is himself n
Jew OF Eastern Europe Born in
Gulicia. he speaks a good Yiddish. and
by his thOro comprehension of the
psychology of the East European jew
md his complete grasp of the situa-
tion in Eastern Europe. he is best
u,,aIificd for the work he is doing"
The Good Work Of Madam Patak.
In the same article. MIR. j. FishmaH
speaks of the good work being done
NV the Orphanage which the Joint is
maintaining in Vienna. In this con-
nection he saws:
.oTbe leading spirit in this home Of
Jewish orphans is Madam Erna Pntak.
Madam patak is one of the most re-
markable Jewish women | have met
, woman of much culture and indie.
,o,dent moons she has devoted her.
self exclusively within the past few
vcars IN the work of relief and the
,.ora of rho orphans. Treating the
,b;ldrap with tbe devotion, of n moth.
or tbov In turp love her rs they wouI,l
:, nathan and share with her all their