The Denver Jewish news., 1921-06-15
President HardingO Opens
HAS Building
NOTABLE ADDRESSES DELIVER
ED BY EMINENT MEN AT DED-
ICATION.

hzO DA usMh3Nh<1NA WIEN ~ OEO-
ICATION.
The New Building of the Hebrew
Sheltering and Immigrant Aid society
of America at 425-437 Lafayette
street, New York, known as the Has
Building was officially declared open
on Sunday afternoon. June 9TH at
2:3O o'clock, by President Harding
who pressed a button connected with
the Auditorium of the Building. This
marked the besinning of week of
ceremonies ID honor of.the Dedication
of ELIAS B,iding.-
President Hardlng's Message
President Harding sent the follow
ing inspiring message which was en-
Enthusiastically received:
ITO the officers. board of directors
and membership of the Hebrew Shell
tering and Immigrant Aid Society of
America:
Il wish to express to you my con-
gratulations and good wishes on the
occasion Of the opening and dedication
of the new Home of your Society.
Your organization has for more than
a score Of years carried on a most
useful, patriotic and humane service
and join with you in tine hope that
with the enlarged facilities you are
now securing you will be able to ex-
pand and improve it.. The charity and
liberality of the Hebrew people have
always been peculiarly notable and an
inspiration to others. I want you to
know Of my earnest wish for the con-
tinuance and enlargement of the splen-
did work you have done.
81 am informed that me purchase
Of the new Home was made possible
thru gifts from persons who came to
America as immigrants. 1t seems to
me there could he no more emphatic
Testimony to the usefulness and effec-
tfveness of your society's work for
Americanixation
WARREN G. HARDING. :.
Mr.. Leon Kamaiky, first pice-presi-
dent of the society delivered the ad-
ldress Of welcopae after which = the
.fsedicafid6 Prayers were rcciteft By
RabbIs NJ. 8. Margolies and Herbert
S. Goldstein and Cantor Josef aRosen
blatt,
The other speakers were the Hon
orable Oscar s. Straus, Hon. Theo. G..
Isfsley, Solicitor, Department Of La
bor, Hon. Leon Sanders. Judge Hugo
r1r,~. ,,,ho Hal xy,ot x-orxy How rof,,ruad
from Europe wither he had gone as
one of the Commissioners Of Hias,
Congressman Siegel and Mr.. jacob
Massel.
Monday evenin. June 9th. the sec
ond day of the dedication was not
able occasion. The Hon. James j.
Davis, Secretary of Labor, was the
principal speaker and he was the re-
cipient of beautiful and very ap-
propriate gift. A group of children
who have been received by the society
during the past year, presented to
Secretary Davis, silk flag, after
giving the following salute:
1--WE who have come from foreign
shores to the land of liberty. pledge
our allegiance to these United States
of America, and promise loyalty to
uphold its principles, and preserve its
ideals. We salute the flag of our new
country and are ever ready to cherish
it and to defend it"
Secretary Davis was CREATED by
Bertha Rollin, one of the children, and
the flag was presented by Herbert
Waterman, an immigrant boy from
the Ukraine.
The governors of % states consti-
tuted themselves. into Governors
committee, thus testifying to the ma
tionwide work and influence of the
Hebrew Shcltering and Immigrant
Aid Society of America.
Has Building. the new Home of
the Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant
Aid Society of America. is the former
Astor Library, historic landmark
of New York City, erected by John
Jacob Astor. It is appropriate to men
tion that John Jacob Astor received
lis first employment, Oh coming to
this country, from a Jew named Levy,
n furrier. And it is Interesting to
note that building erected by him
for educational purposes, now becomes
the possession of an organization
founded by Jewish Immigrants. The
purchase price of the building was
s325. 900 and about 100000 was ex-
,,audad In rpmOdellinC it
Has Building is replete with every
modern equipment. 1t h,,s the facili-
ties for greater work and particularly
for larger Americanization activities
1'he Hebrew Sheltering and lmmi-