The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-06
ALABAMA'S WELCOME

dtAdll IL. AllIl6T, Jltul6HdHL SON- ernor of Alabama. voiced Alabama's welcome to the convention. The pur-. pose of B'Nai B'Ritn Is one with which the state is Tn svInpaths," he ieclared. "and in thct sYmpa hy I welcome you to Aleh4tna Mr Miller )r@ised the wo-- of tbe Jews in Ala ,ama. who ot only added to the wealth . the state hY cneig business
 bility rut ware aiwsys ready to do
 heir share In chaftabls and neces 'ary work.
 In welcoming tho convention to 'irmingharn. City Commissioner John f. Hornady told a story of an old <o nan and aer reverence for the dead If her family. And when I recog- lizc in you an organization that. while 'cvering the dead. also serves the liv- ns and allays the suffering of all mankind, then the welcome comes
 traight from my heart"
 IT. the behalf of the Jewish com nrnity of Birmingham. Samuel ull- nan, past grand president of Grand 1cdge No. and citizen of Rirning- nam for many years. added his well fome. Mir U1lman made a review of
 he condition of the Jews at the pres
 nt time in the European countries. There never was a time when condi- lions were so fraugnt with danger" le said. Israel has been a large fac lor Tn the forwardi'sc of the ideals of civilization for 5000 years For 900 ears she has been broken up and wandering over the face of the earth :" t'e painted picture of the sufferings F the Jews in Europe and Asiatic countries dominated by the white man. .
 B'NAI BIRTH PRINCIPLES
 The many addresses of welcome were answered by Can't Leon Schwartz If the United States army a resident # Mobile and former resident of Bir- ningham. ''In going into the service If my country. I carried out the prin- sirIes of BNai B'Run" said Captain, Schwartz. flor in the teachings of this order. next to God. comes your gov ernment. The army of this country not only represented men from each of the fcrty-eight states. but men from every country on the earth.
 We assemble together for the pur- pose of serving. While the object of our order is to serve Jews. we work fo' the relief of all. The world Is our field"
 Lucius l.. Solomon of San Francisco an official in the National Association of B'Nai BRith. said a few words of welcome. MT. Solomon has been .n- vited to Birmingham by the president of Grand Lodge No. to be the orator a6 the services which will be held Friday evening.
 Following the addresses. the open ing business session was held. The report of the finance committee and other committees were made. showing the relief work being done. the hos pitals and other institutions being maintained
 EVENING SESSION
 The evening session opened with the message of the president, A. Leo Ober- dorfer giving in detail the report of the work which had been accomplished dur ing the year and observations and recom- mendations of the chief executive.
 The report gave the number of new members taken in during the year in district No. and the number of new lodges. It touched on the relief work in the Corpus Christi flood of 1919 and the war sufferers loan fund which was raised to relieve the stricken people of the war-torn countries. He paid a trib ute to the effective work of the Birmng ham lodges, who during the year took ill a total of 197 new members.
 When we last met the war was scarcely over" said MT. Oberdorfer "Quickly we have passed into the period of reconstruction. We find ourselves in a changed world. The great efforts, put forth during that crisis, has been fol- lowed by reaction. New concepts of life are being put forward. Government, so- ciety, religion, yea. civilization. is being Radicalism is abroad in the world The anarchist, the communist. the bolshevist are seeking to undermine cur social system.
 America is set like adamant against these radicals. Woe to the group which is charged by public opinion of our coun- try with being inoculated with this dan gerous virus Many are apt to class all radicals as foreigners. and the unthink- ing and biased are wont to conceive of all Jews as foreigners, and hence as rad icals. To complicate this situation it is resrettable that one born of Jewish pa rents was prominently connected with the great political and. social tragedy of Rus
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