The Denver Jewish news., 1924-07-10
Our Nelu York Letter
Conventions and Their Problems The
Most Important Jewish rroblemi
Emigration. The Emergency Com
miiice on Jewish Refugees: Ianrrls
~till ~ BE Won.

The "dull season" In soclnl and .
political activity l. approaching rapidly |
In the face Of multitude of problems |
which are Starting with uncertainty In |
10 the near and unknown future. The I
heat Is burning; Int 80 are the issue, |
Delegates from all parts Of the c0un.
Try rcprc,c cnting all kinds Of orders |
fmternitcs, organizations and parties,
are speeding across to the various CON |
vcutions to settle affairs before the real |
heat prevails.
Great is the number Of conventions |
which have already taken place; i'm. |
portnnt probably are the problems |
which confronted thcm The most i'm. |
portant, however, Of the problems, and
Of the greatest interest 10 Jewish or
gnnizations, was the question which was
discussed 10y more than 13O delegates. |
assembled, nt the Hotel Astor In New
Norl, city, AT the call issued 10y Mr..
| Louis Marshall and Dr. stephen $,
Wise. with the support of the most
important national Jewish urganiza-
tions.
| II was indeed unique gathering
/ luu could see there representatives Of
| the Central Conference of American
ltahbiS and of the Amalgnmated Cloth
] ff,sg - 81, 90
Jewish Women and Of the rnicn Of
orthodox Rabbis; Of the Capmakers
/ Union and of the American Jewish
| committee. What brought these varied
elements Of American Jcwry togeth-
er, 1t was the emergency and almost
| catastrophe situation which has been
created for thousands Of Jewish inn
grants, now stranded in all the ports
and on all the roads and avenues in
search Of New Worlds
The old world. where Jewish com
muniticS had been settled for gcncr-
ations and where they WIRE rooted in
10 the economic and social structure,
has mcrcilesSly torn out these com
munitics. Thousands have already
been left at the crcsswayS by this up
heaval. but still greater is the num-
Der of those who are remaining in the
barren regions, who must, If they
would live, go forth. And the New
World has shut down its gates to
them.
1t was the viii of those who con-
vened this emergency conference to face
only the emergency" of the problem.
II decided. therefore, To create an
Emergency committee on Jewish
Refugees" which is, no doubt, an eN-
cellcnt testimonial of the brothcrly
feeling the foresight and deep human
interest which the Jews of America
have for their less fortunate and
stranded brethren.
The Emergency committee on Jew
iSh Refugees" according TO the res
Olution adopted by the conference, will
try TO raise not less than 81 100000 and
will also make thorough and scientific
investigation of the possibilities of set
Element in the Latin-American coun-
tries. That is as far as the "Emerg-
ency Committees" intends to 90. 1t has
deliberately limited its scope to the
Emergency without going deeply into
tie many angles of the problem.
1t was apparently wisely arranged
under the chairmanship of DIR. Wise
with the influence Of Mr. Louis Mar
shall, to out-marShal any attempt at
Since European entanglemcnts" dur
ing election times are not very pop
ular, a proposal that this committee
should communicate with or partici-
pate in a similar attempt, which will
shortly he made in Europe, in the mat
ter of~Jewish immigration was voted
down by Il large majority.
More than that. since the attitude
Of America towards the League of Ma
tions is a very subtle one, it was found
to be an Offense against this subtle re-
latlonShip to address letter TO DIR.
Fridjof Nansen, the Norwegian explor-
cr, who has become equally famous as
the humanitarian guardian of Jewish
refugees. acting on behalf of the
| League of Nations
While much good work is to be cx-
pected from the Emergency commit
tee on Jewish Refugees" which rightly
deserves the fun support of American
Jewry, the great problem of Jewish
emigration is still awaiting its solu-
| tiOn.
The history Of the Jewsh people,
more than the history of any other
people, is n story of migration, which
in the last two thousand years, has
proven to be merely chain of unsuc-
ceSsful wanderings.