Evening journal., 1921-12-19
SI4,OOO,OOO aim
OF THIS DRIVE
Wilmington Men Attend
Meeting to Discuss Jew
ish Relief Work
DR.. KRESHTOOL is
LOCAL CHAIRMAN


with several hundred delegates
present representing sections Of
Zone No. 3. vast movement in
Jewish relief work was launched in
the Bellevue -stratford hotel. Phil
adelphia. yesterday. The conference,
which several Wilmingtonians at
tended started in the morning and
lasted into the night. Primarily
called to outline the need OF relief
for Jews in Europe Il was decided at
the conference that a drive for sl4,-
600. 900 be instituted. The district
comprises Delaware. Pennsylvania
New Jersey. Maryland and the Dis
trict Of Columbia Dclaware's al
lotment was not announced.
Dr. /. X. Kreshtool was elected
chairman for Delaware and those
present from Wilmington at the con-
ference included Or. and Mrs.
Kreshtool, Mr.. and Mrs Louis Top
kis. Mr.. and Mrs Nathan Miller. Mr..
and Mrs James J. Cohen, DR.. Al
bert Robin. Max Keil and Max
Darevsky. No definite date was set
for the campaign. each community
being advised to make its own plans.
The drives will he completed by
March /.
Dr. Cyrus Adler OF Philadelphia
was again chosen to head the third
district. The last campaign for jew
ish relief was held In 1920.
The conference was marked by
impassioned addresses OF men who
lived and worked in the Ukraine
region and eastern Europe. They
vividly described the horrors OF tho
pogroms to which many thousands
OF Jews OF all ages and classes have
fallen victims DR. Frank Rosenblatt,
who was in charge of relief work in
Siberia and White Russia, said that
fully 500. 600 Jews have in the years
following the war fallen victims OF
the raids OF ant-Jewish peoples. He
drew a vivid picture of the outrages
perpetrated by bands Of outlaws,
and declared that leaders in these
pogroms arc given the title Of pro
fessor OF pogroms.'
"The time las now come when
we. the Jews of America. can heed
the cries Of our brethren in Eu-
rome" he said. The Jews OF Russia
are calling TO you 90 aid them, and
America is the only nation on earth
that can give them the right kind
Of help"
Many other men prominent In
Jewish relief work spoke during the
three sessions OF the conference de-
plcting the horrors and the suffer-
ings OF the Jews in Europe and call
ing upon the American Jew to aid.
The speakers stressed the fact
that the campaign to be launched
soon is a new phase in relief activi-
ties. Instead of making paupers OF
the Jews by merely giving them
aims, the new campaign aims tC
build up q new generation of build.
ers by giving them enough money
at reasonable rate OF interest
which will enable them to build NJ
their destroyed properties and give
them an opportunity To start busi-
ness.
Felix Warburg. chairman of the
Joint distribution committee for the
Jews in Europe. emphasized the fact
that all the relief work In the past
was worked out along lines Of tenn
porary relief in the past. he said,
relief agencies were satisfied to es-
tablish soup kitchens ana feed the
starring.
Among other speakers were Louis
Marshall, chairman OF the America
Jewish relief committee; Lieutenant
James Becker. who served two years
under Secretary Hoover in eastern
Europe; DR.. Boris ,Bogen. director OF
relief work in Poland for two Years.
+ and David Brown. chairman OF the
campaign committee.