Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-12-21
PALESTINE FUND
CAMPAIGN PLANS
Louis ropkls. Chairman Of the
Local Committee, Tells OF
the Noceasities.


An earnest plea to tho Jewish people
of Wilmington and the State ~ Della
wArc for tho support Of the campaign
IN behalf cf rale~tinc, was nrdc today
Ny tnuia Tppkis. chairman OF the
kcr~n liNycscd tralostino Foundation
FUND.- CVn,mitt~e, under whose aus
Vace- tho drive win be- held.
Mr.. 1opl>k and the other members
al th~ committee have begun active
wswk In obtaining pledges Tor the Pal
eetire fund. rMe drive Will be formally
svSsncd at "a banquet Thursday night.
December 20, IA the Hotel du Pont.
Mcmbcrs OF the Palestine Commission
90 thIs country win be guests at the
banquet, which viii bo followed the
snme night with n MACS meeting I'm the
Queen Theatre. also 20 be addressed by
N. distinguished guests. Hundreds of
invitations to the banquet have gone
out,
Among the members OF the COZ mis-
s,on who viii bc here are Col. John
Henry Patterson. famous British
officer and author. who. though
ron-J~w. has stirred Christians an for
clxn countries In behalf Of Pales-
Gnc. Prof. otto wsrburg. famous
European scientist and Zionist; Nlad-
n,ir Jabotinsky, founder OF tho jewish
lAgion. which fought under General
A'leney and helped regain Jerusalem.
In n statement ,odny Mr.. Topkis ex-
prcsss~ tho hope that Wilmington and
D~lawarc will i've up 90 It's fine recori
~ responding generously In worthy
cAus"s. Mr.. Topkas said;
ff\Ctlptfprfan has u.Vps. fnlrap ans~-
nissnco ~ any quota In the campaigns
for varioue needy causes. II has al
ways exceeded It's allotted quotas by
20 20 SEQ Ter cent. rOr that reason
Ne are not setting any quota In the
xcrcn layesod campaign. We ask and
~ feel that tho citizens of Whining
scn and tho state OF Delaware will
gtvo 60 tho limit a. they have done
for 'he past seven years. I'm response
to appeals for the support OF worthy
eluScr
~ cannot omphaslze too strongly
that the Palestine Foundation cam
yeign, which IN being inaugurated
Throughout tho United States. Is Of
Tho utmost Importance 60 every Jew
On America, at the present time.
And that ls because part az the
tOsOflA.AtAOU
recSis of Palestine. our brethern. who
erc refugees In the war devastated
lnnds of eastern Europe and ale in
the opon, in towns. cities and ports
AZ emharlsation with very little shell
Ter, could DO taken % the land OF
milk npd honey They can flnd a
maven there. Cor Palestine is big
enough 60 hold several millions OF in
Nahlian,s. II sufficient funds can be
raised by American Jewry. tens of
thousands OF these refugees could
mako their homes there. These people
Wr~ Knocking al tho doors OF Pal
Nsunc, praying to 10 admitted. The
number NJ Jews to DO admitted depends
elnret entirely on the financial help
which Will be provided ny the Jews
w this country. These people of east
wsl Europe have no other hope but
talwtinc Rs the modern Jewish na-
tonAl home. This is especially 40 OF
eNount OF tho restrictions against emf.
orNnis IN almost every other countr,
" IN. world
There are great many OF our
eo.felieionists in this community. who
Gro thinking of hard times they may
D. ondur1ns. SIN they have a roof owe,
ehoif heads and have three meals a day
hut look at the plight of their breth.
rrn In eastern Europe. For years they
have suffered. wandering from town tC
t"wn, with little 90 eat, dying by IN,
~Nysidc, and the condition OF the grea'
n~ssc~ OF jewish people there q
pstinhlo.
III our people in America would onl,
consider this, and compare Il viii
ehelr own condition here. they yoall,
not complain about hard times. Sun
p,ss our position We're reversed. voul,
We not expect American Jews TO com.
a. our aid, and do FOR us what the
afe now asking Va 10 DO for them? i
~ the Jews OF America that IN
kcrsn iLaye~od paiestine Foundatio,
rund) makes its special appeal In
ssSmuch a~ they are economically IA
better placed than the Jewish peopl
In all other countries"
Mr.. Topk;s announced the names n
0s following members OF the re-cen
tlon committee who viii serve Wit
h'm IN the welcome 20 the palestfn
s~d"rs, and IN the campaign 10
funds,
LYMAN kanofsky, Mrs. L. Rapheal
e"n' Mrs. L. Slonaky, vlce-chairnen
HARRY Cohen, treasurer; 5. Margo
nnc, secretary; Louis Berman, Harr
1Aim, chas. Breuer. Mrs. Il. Brown
a. bunin, Max DarevsiSi, Hurry Else
man. Jacob Fabor. Peter Finebera
harnet .rackman Max Green. Mr.,
erscnhAat,, Thos. Handolman. A,ol
surhmsh. Mrs. n. Kanofsky. Ma
kA'r, MsA koll, Harry Kaufrmar
sAninel hirshner, 5. kornneld. Dr.
n. kieshtcol, y. Il. Leopold, HERNIA
Huli"f, benjamin Mudcrrick. Juliu
Stahnowi,s, Abe sayors, Mrs. Len
e"Nerr. Mrs. Chas. W. SchaFrln, Cha.
w. Schasrin, Mrs. u. Shar. Loul
ehf.iher, la nlonslty, William Topkl.
Wsiner Barnet Wcinstock and ,
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