The Denver Jewish news., 1922-07-05

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have any experience in charity work
differed from the ladies and gentle
| men who had extensive experience in
philanthropic work in the following
important features, namely: the eX-
perienced charity workers insisted that
the organization must be local affair
| deriving its income from local sources,
but the tyrOs in charity thought that
| in order to cope with the problem of
taking care of the poor consumpivcs
who come here in large numbers. the
cooperation of the outside communi-
ties should he invoked.
The JCRS of Denver Organized.
At subsequent meeting held Janu-
ary 2nd. 1904. the name of the Jewish
Consumptives' Relief Society was
adopted and permanent officers elect
ed.
The first meeting of the Board of
Trustees was held January 18th. All
the newly elected members We're pres
ent and all felt happy. hopeful and en-
thusiastic.
The Board of Trustees deemed it i'm.
pOrtant to obtain first of all the sympa'
thy and cooperation of the members
! of the Jewish community of Denver.
The directors wanted to ascertain the
sentiment of its own community. ana
for this purpose they appointed com
mittees to solicit funds in Denver.
They also adopted a resolution that
no appeal should he sent to the out
side world until $1,000 will have been
| secured In the city of Denver.
| II was asserted that it is our duty
to present our cause before the Jews
of the country. and let the appeal
plead for itself. The movement must
| at once become a national one. Pro
| crastinatiOI is sin. The Press and
Propaganda committee was instructed
| to draft at once an appeal in 1id-
| dish and English and have it ready for
publication by the next meeting of the
directors
Dr. w. s. Friedman Advocates Organi-
zatiOn OF COnslImptives' Relief Society.
That the demand for an organiZa-
ton was felt by nll sections of the
community is evidenced from the fol-
lowing editorial which appeared in the
Jewish Outlook. February II. Vol. l.,
No. IL. edited at that time by Rev.
W. s.. Friedman.
"Thc Jewish Relief Society of Den
| YER Is in sore straits: its treasury is
without n dollar and the work is at Il
| standstill. The efforts of The Jew
| ish Relief Society are directed entire
" toward aiding cOnsunptives. and
| in this respect 1t differs from Jew
| ish charitable organizations elsewhere
| thrOut the country.
"The Jews of the United States do
not understand industrial conditions
| in Colorado. Poor cOnsumptives come
to Denver of their own accord or are
sent by the misguided philanthropy of
friends and charitable societies: the
invalid receives a railroad ticket to
Denver and n few dollars and another
case has been disposed of. another Oh
legation fulfilled"
when poor cOnsumptives arrive in
Denver. what then? The city is over
run with eager searches for work. but
work cannot be found. And thus, the
Jews of Denver are carrying bur.
den which they cannot bear alone
they are called upon to deal with a
problem which they cannot solve
alone"
'-The time has come when the Jew
jsh heart and mind of America must
heed this new appeal of philanthropy.
Either the various Jewish charitable
societies and sympathetic friends must
cease sending penniless colsumptiveS
to Denver. and If possible. prevent
their coming here to life of destitu-
tion. or National Society for Jew
ish Consumptives must he organized
to maintain tuberculosis victims after
they have reached Denver. The for
nation of National Society for Jew
ish COnsumptives must soon engage
the attention of the National Confer
ence OF Jewish Charities. Unless poor
consumptives remain in their respec-
tive states, such an organization is II
necessity.
At the sixth meeting of the Board
Of Directors. held February 18th. the
English and Yiddish appeals. prepared
by DR.. A. Zederbaum. were adopted
| and ordered to be sent out
An Appeal to the Jews of the United
States.
The philanthropic Jewish heart, al
ways eager and ready to respond to