The Denver Jewish news., 1925-09-24
tJewish TeieyraphIc Agency

New York-The first call to Ameri.
can Jewry 10 prepare for the forth.
coming Sl5,O0O.0OO campaign deter.
mined upon at the moinentous ard his
toric Philadelphia Conference has been
issued by David A. Brown, In state
ment to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
"To the Jews of America in accord
ance with their mandate, l pledge my
self entirely and completely in order
to bring our effort to success. | make
this pledge also for the Marshalls.
Warburgs. Rosenwalds and all of the
other hundreds of men who have been
in the forefront Of previous campaigns,
and ! make this pledge too ON behalf of
the thousands who have written to me
and wired TO me and telephoned to
| this great task. And having this pledge.
| again call on the Jews of America
especially all those who during the
past ten years have worked in other
great Jewish campaigns, to rally again
to their old post in the great Jewish
army of relief and reconstruction. A
untd American Israel is preparing to
answer the call OF our suffering breth-
ren overseas. The call will be an
swered in even more magnificent fash
ion than ever before in the history of
the Jewish people" Mr. Brown de
cared
Calls Conference Unprecedented Success
From every standpoint the Phila-
delphia Conference was an unprece-
dented success. unriysllcd in the his
tory of American Judaism. O,a of it
has come n unitetl Jewry. Every scc-
tion Of the Jewish population of this
| country hns been welded into cne solid
working body for the good of the Jew
ish people
"The great discussion which preceded
the conference the thousands and one
pros and cons that were expressed in
the Jewish press in scores Of meet
inbs and in conferences. this great de-
bate which enlisted and held the inter-
est of every thinking man and woman
in American Israel, which preceded the
conference concentrated more atten-
| tion on this gathering than on any
other gathering ever held by the Jews
of this country The magnificent at
tendance was one of the immediate re-
suits of this great debate. That-and
the great cause for which the confer
ence had been called.
Everyone who stood on the plat
| form of the Benjamin Franklin Hotel
on Saturday night and Sunday and
| looked into the faces of the people. was
| thrilled by the earnestness. by the seri-
business and the eagerness written on
every face. To those who know the
Jews of America. the conference pre-
Sented n wonderful spectacle in that it
contained so many men and women
who are the leaders of Jewish thought.
of Jewish philanthropy, OF Jewish So
cial service.
And Now-The Work Goes Forward
Not even when the debate was at
its height. and when the conference hall
rang with the eloquence of the con-
tending forces. was there the slightest
doubt in my mind that in the end the
great cause would be attained The
Jews are n people for whom miracles
have been worked. and ! was confident
| that the miracle of unity would be
worked in this conference And so it
happened. Out Of the great storm
came peace. out Of the great conten-
tion came harmOny-a harmony of de-
termination, of will to respond, har-
mony of realization of great duty
that lies before the Jewish people OF
this country of responding to the cry of
our brethren abroad to help them To
help themselves.
"The magnificent contributions of
one million dollars each by Mr.. Rosen-
wald and Mr.. Warburg the pacifyins
by Mr.. Barondess and the wonderful
report of the work done in Russia by
DR.. Rosen and the work that needs to
be done-all of them were factors in
bringing about the unity of. action
"And, now, the work goes forward