Congressman Johnson yesterday secured a rule granting one legislative day for consideration of three bills dealing with immigration. The exact date for the legislative action in the House will be designated by the House Steering Committee.
The first available legislative day will be after the disposition of the pending appropriation bill which is now occupying the attention of the House. It is expected that the House will complete its consideration of this bill not later than Saturday of this week and there is a possibility that the immigration bills will be reached by next Thursday.
With campaigns in Newark, Passaic and Long Island, the drive of the Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society of America, Hias, towards its goal of $500,000 is under way.
Louis A. Fast, Tax Commissioner of Newark, is chairman of the Newark Campaign and announced as the first contribution the sum of $1,000 from Mr. Louis Bamberger which duplicates his contribution of the same sum a pear ago.
Under the chairmanship of Philip Goldman of the Passaic National Bank and Trust Company who is also national director of Hias, a campaign for $5,000 was launched on Saturday, February 9th. The Long Island campaign is in its second week with a quota of $25,000, under the chairmanship of Magistrate Benjamin Marvin.
Erection of a building on a plot already purchased at 205th Street and the Grand Concourse, New York City, is planned by the Hebrew Children’s Home and Temporary Shelter, according to an announcement by Rose Rothenberg, chairman of the board of directors of the home.
New York City is to build two blocks of model tenements to replace old tenements on the East Side, Mayor Walker announced at the second annual dinner on the East Side Chamber of Commerce at the Hotel Commodore Saturday night. The site for the new building was not divulged.
Congregation Shaarie Zedeck was formally dedicated on Sunday, February 10th by the Clinton Jewish Community. The new synagogue costs $25,000. Morris Long is President of the Congregation.
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