Evening journal., 1921-12-21
TO ASK AID
FOR PALESTINE
Friends of Zion Movement
Will Conduct Campaign
In City Next Week
LOUIS TOPKIS
NAMES COMMITTEE

people OF Wilmington, and the State
Of Delaware. for the support of the
campaign. in behalf OF Palestine.
was made today by Mr.. Louis Top
kis, chairman of the Keren Haye-
sod-Palestine Foundation Fund
committee. under whose auspices the
drive will be held.
Mr.. Topkis and the other mem
bers Of the committee have begun
active work in obtaining pledges for
the Palestine fund. The drive will
be formally opened at a banquet
Thursday night December 20, in the
Hotel dupont. Members OF the Pal
estine committee to this country will
be guests at the banquet, which will
be followed the same night with a
mass meeting in the Queen Theatre,
also TO be addressed by the dis
tinguished guests. Hundreds OF in
vitations for the banquet have gone
out.
Among the members OF the com
mission who will be here are Col.
John Henry Patterson, famous Brit
ish officer and author, who though a
non-Jew. has stirred Christians in
foreign countries in behalf OF Pales-
tine: Professor Otto Warburg, fam
GUS European scientist and Zionist;
Vladimir Jabotinsky founder OF the
Jewish Legion. which fought under
General Allenby and helped regain
Jerusalem.
In statement today Mr.. Topkis
expresses the hope that Wilmington
and Delaware will live up to its fine
record OF responding generously to
worthy causes. Mr.. Topkis said;
wilmington has never taken
cognizance OF any quota in the cam
paigns for various needy causes IL
has always exceeded its allotted
quotas by 25 per cent 10 400 per
cent For that reason we are not
setting any quota in the Keren Haye-
sod campaign. We ask and We feel
that the citizens Of Wilmington and
the state Of Delaware will give to
tho limit as they have done for the
past seven years, In response to ap-
peals for the support OF worthy
causes.
Il cannot emphasize too strongly
that the Palestine Foundation COM
paign, which is being inaugurated
throughout the United States, is OF
the utmost importance to every jew
in America. at the present time.
And that is because part OF the
money is to be devoted to colonial
ton needs Of Palestine. our breth-
rem, who are refugees in the war de-
vastated lands OF eastern Europe
and are in the open, in towns cities
and ports OF embarkation with very
little shelter. could be taken TO the
land OF mink and honey They car
find a haven there. for Palestine Is
big enough to hold several more mil
lions OF inhabitants. II suficien
funds can be raised by American
Jewry, tens OF thousands Of these
refugees could make their homes
there. These people are knocking al
the doors OF Palestine. praying tc
be admitted. The number Of Jews
10 be admitted depends almost en-
tiroly on the financial help which
will be provided by the Jews in this
country. These people OF eastern
Europe have no other hope but Pal
estine as the modern Jewish national
I home. This is especially so on ac-
count OF the restrictions against emi-
grants in almost every other country
in the world.
"There are great many of our
co-religionists in this community
who are thinking OF hard times they
may be enduring Still they have a
roof over their heads and have
three meals a day. But look at the
plight OF their brethren in eastern
Europe For years they have suf
fered. wandering from town to town
with little TO cat, dying by the way
side. and the condition OF the grea
masses OF Jewish people there 4
pitiable.
III our people in America woul'
only consider this. and compare
with their own condition here, the
would not complain about har
times. Suppose our position we're re
1 versed, would we not expect Amer
can Jews to come to our aid, an
do for us what they are now askin
us to do for them II is TO the jew
OF America that the Keren Hayeso
Palestine Foundation Fund
makes its special appeal, inasmuc
as they are economically far bette
placed than the Jewish people in a
other countries"
Mr.. Topllis announced the nams
Of the following members OF the r.
ception committee, who will serN
with him in the welcome 10 the Pa
estine leaders, and in the campaig
for funds:
| Hvman Kanofsky, Mrs L. RAJ
haelson. Mrs. L. Slonsky, vic'
ohairmen; Harry Cohen. treasurer
S. Margoline, secretary; Louis Be
man. Harry Blum, Charles I
Breuer. Mrs. r. Brown, A. Bunii
Max Darevski, Harry Eiseman, Jaco
Faber Peter Feinberg. Barne
| Gluckman. Max Green, Mrs.
| Greenblatt. +. Greenblatt. Thomi
| Handelman. Alex Hirshman, Mr.
II. KanofslSy Max Katz, Max Kei
| Harry Kaufman, Samuel Kirshne
| S. Kornfcld, DIR. I. X. Kreshtool,
+. Leopold. Herman Miller. Bel
| jamin Muderrick, Julius Rabini
WITT, Abe Sayers. Mrs Lena Sayer
Mrs Charles W. Schagrin. Charl