The Washington times., 1922-02-11
100000 RAISED
! BY TEAMS FOR
JEWISH RELIEF
Committee Announces Today's
Tag Sales Must Be S., 900
To Make Drive Successful.
with approximately $4,000 to-

with approximately $50. 900 to-
ward their fund of $780, 900 sub
scribed. members Of the Washing
ton Americana Jewish relief commit
tee today began the seventh day Of
their drive.
Tag workers from the various
department stores and "taggers" on
the streets reported 500 In tag
sales up to noon today.
IF the drive Is to be q success
we must raise at least 5000 today
in tag sales In order to enable US
to reach our quota" the local COM
mittee announced.
THE drive was expected to have
besn concluded tonight, but due to
the fact that our entire quota has
not as yet been reached we shall
extend 1t q day or two in the hope
that our complete quota may be
reached" Chairman Lyon said.
Conditions In Europe were de-
scribed last night at a rally meet
ing of the driver workers. follow
ing the regular services at the
Eighth Street Temple by Judge
hand. his impressions Of conditions
abroad.
Civic Shifts Blamed.
Were 1t possible to put your
finger on any one spot and call that
the reason for the awful conditions
existing among our people abrpad
1 should say that the paramount
cause Is the rapid change OF civic
government officials.
Hundreds of towns and com.
munities have had as many as thirty
different changes Of administrators
Each change 10 by force and blood
shed and following each change there
il a pogrom when hundreds Of Jews
are killed. because they are Jews,
Judge Fischer said.
More than 1000 pogroms have
taken place In Poland and Ukrania
since 1917. resulting in the death OF
hundreds Of thousands OF Jews"
Following the address OF Judge
Fischer 81, 400 was subscribed to the
American-J Jewish relief fund now
nearing the close Of their drive for
500, 900 as the Capitals quota OF
the national $4,000 900 appeal.
$8,537 Raised in Day.
A total Of 1851 was raised yes
terday by the twelve drive teams,
including the 81 400 subscribed last
night at the Eighth Street temple,
The Council Of Jewish Women
Washington section. will hold
Sacrifice day" meeting Tuesday
February IA, for the benefit Of the
drive. Members of the council have
been requested to send their sacri'
flee gift to either Mrs. Miriam b.
Wolf, president, or Mrs. I. Neumanr
the Ashley apartment, II they are
unable to attend the meeting.
The following contributions were
received yesterday by the teams:
Nathan Frank. 500; Fur Work
ers' Union. 500; Clarence r. Nor
ment, 500; BENJAMIN Madden. 500
Maurice Milestone, 800; Herber,
Friedwald, 500; William Rosendorf
800; Cora Berliner, 5000; Albert
Carry, 500; Arthur Moses, 500. and
Lee Baumgarten, 500.
Contributions Of $50: Samuel B
weinstein, Maurice SCHNEIDER. !
Mintz. Robert J. Rothstein, Estel r
Nordlinger, Raucher's, Emil West
George D. Horning, Cochran Thorn
E. Hecht, Joseph B. Stein. James
L. Parson, jr.. H. Baker 4 Com
pany, Robert McMurray. Walter
Leman. Washington Paper Com,
pany, M. within, Y. w. H. A. and
Y. M. H. A., $62.5s and The De
borah Club. $40.
Contributions of SIS: David Sang
err, Louis r. Peak, Pressler Bros,
Berry & whitmore, Fischer 4
Fischer, Hollander. Inc, Max
Schwartz, Edgar Baum. Samuel N
Kasanof, r. P. Witty Company.
Gardiner & Dent, Joseph Landman
Harry Rose, Sam Narcissenfeld
George L. Starkey. Abe Max, Nathan
Baohrach, julius Weinberg, Jack
Schulman, w. B. Hammand, Louis
Cohen.