The Denver Jewish news., 1925-09-24
Brown Issues Call To Redeem
Philadelphia Conference PIedge
Campaign for s5 900 to Aid Russian Jewry for Re-
lief and Reconstruction Must Be Successful Says Ma
tiOnal Chairman of United Campaign.

the Jewish people having ratified our
proposal. the assemblage having risen
and pledged itself TO work for the sue
cess of this campaign--a thousand
hands are outstretched for work to do,
Already my desk is overladen with let.
tiers and telegrams from leaders Of
Jewish communities all over the United
States signifying that they are ready to
carry out instructions, to follow our
lead and to work without stint and
without tagging until the Sl5,OOO.OO0
that this campaign seeks to raise Is
actually to be in hand"
New York-David A. Brown chair
man of the United Jewish Campaign.
announces from headquarters in the
Pershing square Building that In ad-
dition To the contributions of 81 600 600
each by Julius Rosenwald of Chicago
and Felix NJ. Warburg of New York.
he has received pledge from Jacob
Epstein Of Baltimore. that he would
| contribute 10 per cent Of all the money
raised in that city for the $15.OOO,OO0
Overseas Chest fro which the cam
paign is being conducted.
ladelphia-American Jewry pledg-
ed itself to raise the sum Of $15,0OO,00O
in the next three years to bring recon
structivc aid mainly to Russian Jewry.
This historic decision was reached
after bitter struggle and dramatic
developments Mt the Philadelphia con-
ference called by the Joint Distribution
committee in which over 7J0 delegates
from over 100 cities In the United
States participated. The gathering
| which was termed the most representa-
tive in the history Of American Jewry
Witnessed unparalleled scenes In which
expression was given with vsnequalled
intensity to arguments on the pfopoasd
$15.OO0OO0 campaign and the purposes
for which It was to be designated.
Lenders Contest Issue in Bitter Fight
Two groups consisting of noted
American Jewish leaders. one having
as its members Felix NJ. Warburg.
chairman of the Joint Distribution
committee. Louis Marshall. president
of the American Jewish Relief COM
n. Rosenberg. Julius Rosenwald and
DR.. Joseph A. Rosen, head of the Agro-
joint in Russia. the agency of the
American Jewish Joint Distribution
committee In charges of its agricul-
tural work and the other. DR. Stephen
s. Wise. president of the American
Jewish Congress, Jacob de Haas,
former secretary of the Zionist Or
ganization of America. Joseph Baron
dess, vice-presldent of the American
Jewish Congress, Maurice Samuel,
Jewish Morning Journal" Carl Sher-
man, former Attorney General of New
York. contested the issue; was Ameri-
can Jewry to commit itself TO a policy
of developing Jewish colonization work
on n larger scale in Soviet Russia or
was it merely to continue reconstruc-
tive relief in Russia and to recognize
the Importance and priority of Jewish
resettlement in Palestine?
The fate of 25.OOO Jewish families
consisting of 100000 souls, victims of
the social upheaval in Russia hung in
the balance when committee consist
ing of Felix NJ. Warburg, Louis Mar
shall. David A. Brown, Nathan Straus
and DIR. Stephen s. Wise, went into
session late Sunday afternoon at
motion made by Joseph Barondess,
when the conference reached its height.
Bar0ndess Motion Shows Way
During the meeting of this committee
the decision Of the future policy of the
American Jewish community with re-
gard to Jewish relief work abroad,
the enlargement of the Jewish Agency
and the unity of American Jewry was
awaited with great suspense by the
delegates among whom feeling ran
high following the discussion of full
day and the preceding evening.
Mingled feelings of uncertainty and
qualification prevailed in the hall of
the Benjamin franklin Hotel when,
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