The New York herald., 1922-02-21
$175,OOO IS ADDED
TO Big jewish FUND
Gov. Miller Gives $4,000 in
Great Drive to Raise
So, 100000 Quota.
TOTAL NOW S1.275,00
Fifty Teams Start to Get
Money to Aid Victims of
War in Europe.
CAMPAIGN RALLY TO-DAY
Roman Catholic Priest Is
Among Donors to Help
Starving Peoples.
CAMPAIGN RALLY TODAY


New subscriptions aggregating $l75,-
600 were announced last night by the
American Jewish Relief Committee.
which is raising $14,Ocs, 900 for the
Jews of eastern Europe. Five thou
sand volunteer workers. divided into
fifty subcommittee, yesterday began
to canvass the Jewish population of
the city for the s5,OOO,O0O which is
New York's quota. One of TIE con-
tributions reported was $4,000 from
Gov. Miller. The total for drive is
now $1,275.OO0.
New York Jews We're prepared to
accept the challenge of Jacob NJ. Loeb
of Chicago, who said this city was not
doing its share. Fifty teams set out
yesterday morning under the leader
ship of David NJ Bressler, associate
chairman in charge of the campaign.
to comb the city for contributions.
1--WE are going to get 100000 indi-
vidual subscriptions in New York, y
said David A. Brown chairman of tie
national appeal committee. "The sue
cess OF the fund depends on this city
and I am confident that New York is
coming across"
Days Contributions Listed.
Among the contributions announced at
headquarters OF the fund drive, 4s5
Fifth avenue, were:
Manhattan: $4,000, Mr.. and Mrs.
Herbert II. Lehman: $4,000, Jacob
Sperber. Inc: $4,000, women OF the
Rockaways. Gov Nathan l.. Miller. Sam
uel Untermyer. Ruben Sadowsky Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur Lehman, Jacob Sper-
ber.. Henry A. Dix, the Lamport Com
i.pany, David A. Brown. $4,000, village
OF Freeport, l.. l.. S. Liebowitz Sons,
Justice and Mrs. Irving Lehman, Sam
uel Sachs. Mr.. and Mrs Harry Sachs,
Philip Goodhart. MIR. and Mrs lsrael
Unterberg, Mrs. Herman August. Mr.
and Mrs. Morris Ahren, Max ID. Steuer,
Congregation of The Bronx, g. Benen-
son, Mr.. and Mrs Morgenthal, Mr.. and
Mrs. c. Pforzheimer, Simon w. Strauss,
Col. H. A. Guinsburg and Paul Baer-
wald.
Brooklyn: Flatbush committee. $780,
900; Union Temple bedford avenue)
$4,000; Bay Ridge, $2S.000 Bath
Beach. 1000: Borough Park, $4,000;
East New York. $500: Manhattan
Beach Temple Bethel $1,000; John s
Price, $4,000: Samuel Rubel, $4,000
Elias Riess. Abraham & Straus. Mr.. and
Mrs. Morris Weinberg. congregations OF
B'nai Israel and Beth Shoven and the
Wholesale Grocery Association OF Will
iamsburg. $4,000 each.
The Brooklyn meeting at the Biltmore
Sunday night at which 100000 war
pledged was one of the most encouraS-
ing features of the opening of the drive
womans division Of several thousand
workers started to scour Brooklyn yes
terday.
Ffnanciers to Help Drive.
Twenty-six bankers, led by Herbert
RI. Lehman. have closed their desks fol
the two weeks OF the campaign and will
devote all of their time to boosting the
fund The mark set for the bankers
SQUADRON is $1,000, 900. Besides Mr.
Lehman they are Louis Bamberger. Mel
son AsieI. Morris We'll, Eric II. Marks
George Vile. III. w. Bienenstock, Charles
Untermeyer David G. Moss, !. S. Metz
Ter. T.. Greenhut, c. A. SulZbacher. III. j
Gluck. Edward S. Sherman, III. c. Hirsch
Paul Rosenthal, Robert Isaacs. Reuber
Marshall, Paul Adler Edwin Blumen
thai. l.. r. Moss, J.. II. Reid, Frederick
Warburg BENJAMIN Buttenweiser and
Carl Pforzheimer.
Felix NJ. Warburg. whose gift o
I 100000 was the first announced Sun
day night: Nathan Straus. Louis Mar
shall and other leaders were busy at th'
campaign Headquarters Referring tc
the criticism of Jacob NJ. Loeb, Mr.. War
burg said
'eHe has told the New York Jews ir
plain language what the rest OF the coun
try thinks of them. He has indicted III
for not doing our share In the holy worl
Of saving victims of wars and pogroms
II is up to us now to set record o
leadership"
Two big rallies of the New York cam
paign workers are scheduled for thi!
afternoon at $50 and Thursday at com
mittee headquarters. At this afternoon.
meeting Morris ID. Waldman, director o.
Child Care and Medical and Sanitary
Work for the Jewish Joint Distribution
Committee in Europe will describe thu
pitiable conditions as he saw them OF
the other side.
One OF the first contributions received
Yesterday was a check for $3.50 from
Father James NJ. Byrnes. pastor of st
Mary's Roman Catholic Church I'm Crane
street. In note 10 Judge Otto A. Ro.
salsky Father Byrnes said:
Enclosed please find check for tn,
starving and helpless children on the
other side. j am sorry i cannot send 6
larger amount for your deserving
charity"
A few minutes later Chairman Brown
received a wire from the little town oi
Butler, Pa, stating that the largest con.
tribution received in the local campaign
there was a check for $4,000 from
Father p. X. Collins. pastor Of St Paul.
Roman Catholic Church.