new building upon the site formerly occupied by its old private pavilion.
Mentioning the participation of the Federation and of its affiliated societies in the administration of the Welfare Council and of its constituent sections, Mr. Sicher stated that the Federation board has approved the Welfare Council’s plan to initiate a study of central financing with reference to the applicability of such a plan to the support of social work in greater New York.
“Our relations with the various city departments as in the past have continued most friendly and cordial,” the report stated.
“During the past year, together with our fellow citizens of the Protestant and Catholic groups, our Federation, represented by Sol M. Stroock, has shared in an appeal whereby the City of New York will in the future provide for the care of approved cases of children requiring further training after they have reached the age of sixteen years, hitherto the maximum age limit of city support. A sum of $100,000 has been included in the budget of the City of New York for this purpose for the year 1930.”
During the last year two all-day employment conferences were held under the auspices of the Federation with a view to working out some definite program for handling employment problems as they effect Jewish workers.
Although the membership of the Federation has grown during the last year, Mr. Sicher stated that “in our judgment it is by no means proportionate to the number who should have been impelled to assist in the support of ninety-one agencies covering every field of social work. With the inspiration of the greater usefulness involved in the possibilities of a city-wide Federation, we are hopeful that the Jews of New York will enroll in far larger numbers than ever before.”
Legacies amounting to $76,773.12 from various estates were received during the year by the Federation. Additions totalling $285,620 were made to the trust funds during 1929. The largest size fund was $250,000 left by Aaron Haumburg. A total of $67,301.90 came from the Josie Gutmann Fund. Special mention was made of the Colonel H. A. Guinzburg Memorial Fund of $100,000 in honor of the deceased treasurer of the Federation, created during the year by Colonel Guinzburg’s widow, Mrs. Leonie K. Guinzburg, and his two children.
The following eight trustees-at-large, whose terms expired yesterday, were re-elected for terms of three years: David A. Ansbacher, Mrs. Sidney C. Borg. Judge William N. Cohen, Dr. H. G. Friedman, Percy S. Straus, Manny Strauss, Sol M. Stroock and Ludwig Vogelstein. Dudley D. Sicher was elected to fill the place of Max D. Steuer. who resigned during the year, Mr. Sicher’s term to be for one year.
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