Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-20
|JEWS PAY TRIBUTE
TO MRS. GOLDSMITH
AS DRIVE OPENS
Washington Woman Honored
for Welfare Work Among
Members of Her Race.
AMERICAN JEWS TO RAISE
FIVE MILLIONS FOR AID
Capitals Quota Is $6o,O0O-House-
toulouse Canvas Will Start
Tomorrow.

/ washington OChIy last nlRnJ non
ored Mrs. Charles A. Goldsmith, for
years a leader in welfare work for her
race, when 500 friends gathered at a
banquet at the Mayfiower Hotel to
mark her sixtieth birthday anniversary
and heard tribute to her labors.
Linked with the celebration was a
presentation of the cause of the United
Jewish Campaign for Eastern Europe and
! Palestine, in which she is an ardent
worker, and the announcement that
$l8 900 had been subscribed here in the
past week toward the 100000 which is
the Capitals quota of $4,000 900 being
raised nationally Among the princi-
pal givers were Mrs. Cora Berliner, ST.
500, and Paul Himmelfarb. 81 900.
A city-wide canvas of Jewish homes
in the interest Of the drive will start
tomorrow. Personal solicitation of funds
was purposely omitted from last nights
program.
Joseph D. Kaufman POSTMASTER. out
lined the manner the drive would be
conducted and called upon the prin-
| cipal speakers, Rabbi Jonah B. Wise.
national chairman of the American
Jewish Joint Distribution Committee,
and Morris Rothenberg. chairman of the
American Palestine campaign.
Sad Plight Is Pictured.
Rabbi Wise described the sad plight
OF the Jews in Eastern Europe and de-
clared that the American Jews cannot
now withdraw their support and SYM
pathy in the economic crisis that is
sweeping Europe.
1T would be an act of cruelty TO
withdraw now after we have spent $780,
100000 to rescue the millions of Jews
OF Eastern Europe from restitution" he
clared. I'VE can't afford to do it. 1t
would stamp American Jewry with OBJ
loquy 1t could never live down"
Rothenberg told the gathering that
the upbuilding of a Jewish home in
Palestine is an essential step to solving
the Jewish problem.
What hangs like dark cloud over
the Jewish settlement in Palestine.
ready to break at any moment and en-
gulf the Jewish work. is a financial
and economic breakdown" he said.
This perilous financial condition has
arisen because Of the greatly reduced
amounts which Palestine has received
IN the last year, particularly from the
United States.
Appeals to Racial Pride.
THE work Of building the Jewish ma
tlonal nome is bound up with the honor
of the Jewish people. Whatever trans
pireS in Palestine has its repercussion
upon, the Jews living in every part of
the world. A breakdown of our work
IN Palestine would not only be a stag
gering blow TO the brave pioneers in
Palestine. It would not only be a set
back to Jewish hopes everywhere. but 1t
would also seriously affect the prestige
OF Jewish communities throughout the
world, particularly in America"
Harold H. Levi, chairman of the local
campaign, pointed out that the drive
here was the first appeal in several
years to Washington Jewry and that he
was assured that the effort would be
greeted with success. He paid high
tribute to Mrs. Goldsmith as THE most
charitable woman who has ever lived
among u.s."
Isidore Hershfeld. co-chairman of
the drive, urged that the splendid tradi-
ton Of generous giving established by
Mrs. Goldsmith be carried on by all
those present.
DR.. Abram Simon of the Eighth street
temple paid eloquent tribute to the life
long service of Mrs. Goldsmith He said
that her greatest contribution was
teaching Washington Jews to give freely
TO charitable causes.
Mrs. Goldsmith. as the final speaker
Of the evening, voiced her thanks for
the demonstration of her friends and
added her plea to those of the previous
speakers that the amount sought for
European relief and Palestine be raised
quickly "as ties of blood bind us closely
to our brethren in Europe"