Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-03-01
DRIVE BOOSTED
BY RABBI WISE
Addresses Large Mass Meet
ing to Aid Jewish Relief
Drive Here
MORE DONATIONS MADE
Have About $4,000 Towards
Quota of $4,000 Set for
This City

This is no time to ask questions.
Give! In GLd's name, give! There
is no time 20 decide how much we
can do, but we plust give and al
once
Tie speaker was Rabbi stephen s.
Wise, of New York. who addressed
ths, me IS meeting held by the Jews
of Perth Amboy in the high school
! auditirirm last night and made the
ah ,vo remarks ct 6 point in his talk
wheli he referred d to doubling Jews
wto ask questions about how the
money is 10 he spent and think the
sum asked is too great. In further
elaboration of this point Rabbi Wise
asked his hearers to momentarily
forget the 100000 adult refugees
wandering about Eastern Europe to-
day and merely consider the 300,-
OO1 small crpnan children. With only
the children to consider. the speaker
said. the SUN being raised in the
United States will only allow between
$40 and $50 for the care of each
child for year.
Rakbi Wise made a powerful ap.
peal fer the famine. war and mas
sa ere ridden Jews of Eastern Eu'
rope. Fe told OF their pitiable
plight and called uopn the Jews OF
this city 20 rally to their assistance
Sketching the geographical loca-
ton If the suffering people the
speaker then noted the fact that
nearly two-thirds Of the Jews of the
wCrld are residents OF the stricken
areas and thar if aiG be not rendered
flu, ther than that a ready advanced
tha majority OF the entire Jewish
race must perish. He pictured the
JEWISH quarters of cities in these
districts aus having been fought over
for years and the people driven back
and forth by opposing armies. re-
turning later only to find houses,
shops and Jewish institutions laid
waste. My misery and bitter MEM
orieS are left.
"The Jewish people of these areas
are still being war; cd against" Rab-
bi Wise continued, mot. however,
warred against like our boys in the
late war when they had a chance to
fight li,,e men. but they are being
slaughtered. ,f they must die they
should be able to Gie like men,"
america mas saved tens of thou
sands oe these people already and the
present fund being raised will save
tho usanGs more. Eight to ten mil
lior.s d the amount Icing subscribed
will be spent in constructive relief so
that tn people of :nese districts Will
be put on their feet again"
Rabb, Wis. then closed his adj
dress by making an appeal for the
Jews o Perth Arcooy to give to the
utmost and, he noted, to give as to
tn Fir Gathers, mothers and children,
and not as throwing aims to beggars.
When the executive committee re-
ported the progress of the local
drive it was found that Tuesdays s
effort by the workers and team cap
tains, together with additional sub
scriptions by those at the mass
meeting, had raised the total sum
to $4,000, which is three-fourths OF
the city quota. The leaders of the
movement are gratified with the re-
suits obtained but with four more
days to go they feel that the 100000
quota can and will. be greatly ex-
ceeded. At O'Clock tonight the
team captains and all workers will
meet at the Y. NJ. II. A. for a supper
and will report their progress for
Wednesday.
Chairman Harry S. Medinets has
expressed his appreciation for the
spirit of cooperation shown by
Christians of the city. A number of
subscriptions nave Deen fecelNeu
from men who are not Jews and the
general committee desires to make
known it's gratitude for this attitude.
These subscriptions have been re-
ceived from Frank Dorsey, Bernard
NJ. Cannon, Senator Morgan f.
La. son, Mayor William c. Wilson,
the Perth Amboy Hardware Com
pany and Monsignor William +.
Cantwell.
Among the larger contributions
made by Jews of the city are these:
Max Goldman. $1,000; Isaac Alpern.
$500; David Kaufman, $500; Adolph
Metzendorf. $500; Pe>th Amboy Ga
rage Company, $500: Max Zucker,
$500: Max Cast, $500; Max Wurtzcl.
$500: Sigmund Splitter. $500; Sam
uel Mandel, $500; Harry L. Wolff
and Samuel Tucker. $3.50 each. One
donation of 5000 has been forward
ed anonymously.