Evening star., 1926-11-29
ESQ LAUNCH DRIVE
FOR JEWISH RELIEF
Campaign for $150,000 Is
Begun at Dinner-Many
Large Gifts Made.

Encouraged by the success of the
launching last night of the United
Jewish campaign, % teams OF 1aU
workers, today started on a Today
canvass of the city. intent on putting
Washington over the top in it's effort
to raise $780, 900 for relief among the
Jews of Eastern Europe.
Louis Marshall of New York, one OF
the leading Jewish philanthropists,
was the principal speaker at the din
ner last night at the Jewish Com
munity Center, at which several hun
dred prominent Jews gathered to aid
the cause of suffering humanity over
seas.
Mr.. Marshall, president of the
American Jewish relief committee
told the guests of the work that has
been accomplished in the past II
years by the $62 900 900 given by
American Jewry for this cause.
Gifts Are Announced.
The following contributions are an
nounced: S. Kann Sons g. Co.. IS 900
j. kaufman, Norris Cafritz and Ru
dolph Behrend. $4,000 each; Hecht
Co, and M. Geldenberg & Co., $2,50t
each; Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Himmel
farb, j. r. Shapiro, Giles Heilprin
Fred Gichner, Lansburgh & Bro, Her
bert Glassman, Erlebacher, Inc.
Charles Schwartz, Mr. and Mrs
George Hyman. Simon Lyon. Gerson
Nordiinger, $500 each, and DIR. and
Mrs. Harris Lewis, Emile Berliner,
Edmund I. Kaufman, The Evening
Star, Washington Times Herald Co,
Washington Post, Louis Simon, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Goldsmith and M.
ID. Rosenberg, $1,000; J. B. Stein
pledged $500.
Mr. Marshall stressed the accom-
plishments of the Jewish Relief
tradesmen and farmers on the soil of
Russia. without our help East Eu-
ropean Jewry would have been a
mere handful" he said There are
now 100000 depending solely on the
Jews Of America. Onehalf Of the
Jews of the world are even now fac
ing destruction.
I'VE are providing tractors and ag-
ricultural implements for the farmers.
Livestock, cattle and horses are also
being supplied. We are boring wells
to irrigate their land and water their
cattle. We are helping them to teach
their children to conduct services in
the synagogueS. We are giving them
a chance once more to establish them
selves. Fifteen thousand Jewish fam
lilies have been aided in farming COM
munities. Scientists and experts in
agricultural matters are teaching
them how to farm. 100000 acres of
land are being titled by Russian
Jews"
Miss Irma May, a native of Poland,
showed another side Of the picture.
telling of the poverty stricken homes
in her homeland. She told of parents
ending their lives so that their chill
dren might live because orphans have
a chance of being taken into institu-
tiOns.
Conditions Declared Worse.
Conditions in Europe today are
worse than they have ever been be-
fore" she said. I'm 1919 and 1920
1929 the condition of the Jews in
Eastern Europe was appalling, but
the situation is becoming worse and
worse. Even if there has been a slight
change for the better in Poland the
Jews have not benefited at all by it.
Jewish life in Poland. Seventy per
cent of all craftsmen are without
work In the industrial centers of
Poland 80 per cent of the workers
among the Jews are without employ
ment now and have been without en-
ployment for the past two years. Due
to the peculiar legislative DEGREES
passed in Soviet Russia the Jews are
not entitled to any help. Those Jews
who were the big merchants and in
dustrialists in Eastern Europe have
become bankrupt. and are helpless
and unable to help themselves"
Rudolph Behrend, chairman of the
local campaign, presided, and called
for contributions at the close of the
Sneeches. He told of the success of