Evening star., 1926-11-15
WORK OF JEWISH
WOMEN GAINING
Reports Made of Expansion
In Membership and Ma
/ tionaI Welfare Activities.

Reports Of officers and committees
revealing q remarkable expansion in
the membership and welfare activities
Of the National Council Of Jewish
Women received the unanimous in
dorsement today of delegates repre-
senting 235 local sections throughout
the country and Canada, attending
the eleventh triennial convention at
the Washington Hotel.
Following the business sessions
nearly all the 1,405 delegates report
ed in attendance went to the White
House at 1890 o'clock, where they
were received by President and Mrs.
Coolidge. Mrs. William D. Sporborg
Of Port Chester, N. Y, national presi-
dent Of the organization, and Mrs.
Alexander Wolf. second vice presi-
dent and chairman of the Washing
ton tTennial board, headed the offi-
GERS and delegates who attended this
Informal reception.
Membership Now $1,000.
Mrs. Estelle M. Sternberger Of New
York City, executive secretary OF the
national council, reported at today's s
session that in the past six years,
during which most of the present Of
ficers have served, the council has
grown from an organization Of $4,000
to a membership of 1000 women in
the United States and Canada. repre-
senting the greatest expansion in the
history Of the organization. In this
connection the registration OF 1,4O5
delegates to the convention was
stressed by Mrs. Harry Lewis of
Washington, chairman Of the COM
mittee on badges, as pointing to the
most successful convention In the
history Of the council and revealing
it's "evergrowing influence and size. "
The secretary also pointed out that
the organization. with its 235 local
sections, has spent $780, 900 in bet
tering the conditions Of Jewish peo'
pie generally during the triennial
period Of 1923 to 1925, whose work
this convention is reviewing.
Outlines New Conditions.
In describing the new conditions
which confronted the national council
during the past two triennial periods.
when Miss Rose Brenner Of Brooklyn,
n. Y. had served as the organiZa.
tion's president until her death in
April this year, Mrs. Sternberger said:
"Six years ago woman had barely
gained the privilege of the ballot. Six
years ago woman had just emerged
from a period of service to world and
Nation that had awakened thousands
from complacent Incidence and selfish
concern into a restless seeking for
worthy tasks to perform. Six years
ago the cries Of martyred Jewish
womanhood throughout the world
pierced us more deeply than ever be-
fore. Six years ago that great stream
Of Jewish immigration that had for
more than 80 years steadily poured
hundreds Of thousands of Jewish souls
into this land Of promise had just
begun to yield it's harvest of potential
ago we had just gained our first real
ization that there were thousands Of
Jewish women in rural America who
yearned for our sympathetic counsel"
Other Reports Submitted.
other reports were submitted by
Mrs. Wolf, chairman of the Washing
ton triennial board: Mrs. Henry j..
eporborg of Albany, N. Y. chairman
Of the program COMMITTEES; Mrs. A.
n. Arons Of Brooklyn, N. Y. chair
man on program schedule; Mrs.
Leonard B. Schloss Of Washington,
chairman on credentials, and Mrs. Ig-
mace j. Refs Of Chicago, chairman on
rules. Reports also were presented
by Mrs. Wolf as vice president. Mrs.
Robert Z. Ottenheimer of Louisville.
third vice president, and by the ma
tional directors.
Mrs. Alvin L. Bauman Of st. Louis.
national treasurer, reported that
$1O7 900 had been raised in the past
budget year to meet budget OF
$105.o0o. She pleaded for an increase
in the annual due. from 50 to IS. to
provide sufficient funds for the ma
tional activities and to a drive for an
endowment fund OF $1.000,000 or an
nual special appeals. Acceptance Of
this phase Of her report was deferred.
Notes Progress i'm Rural Areas.
The work Of the national council
among the women in the rural
districts and on the farms was de-
ecribed in the report Of Mrs. Elmer
Eckhouse Of Newark. N. j., chairman
OF the councils department OF farm
and relief work.
I'VE have spent over $4,000 for
our rural progress during the past
three years" Mrs. Eckhouse stated.