Inclusion of Ort, Hias, J.t.a. in U.j.a Urged by Hollander

Broadening of the United Jewish Appeal to include the ORT, the HIAS and the Jewish Telegraphic Agency was advocated by Sidney Hollander, president of the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds, during a discussion yesterday morning on the negotiations leading to renewal of the United Jewish Appeal agreement. The session, one of the Council’s seventh annual General Assembly, was presided over by William J. Shroder, of Cincinnati.

Joseph C. Hyman, executive vice-chairman of the Joint Distribution Committee reviewed the negotiations leading up to the agreement and intimated that the door was still open to inclusion of the three agencies. Louis B. Boudin, speaking for the ORT, stressed the disadvantages in which the organization was placed by not knowing even at this date whether it would be included in the U.J.A. Henry Montor, executive director of the United Palestine Appeal, expressed the opinion that no good purpose would be served by reviving differences of opinion which prevailed prior to renewal of the U.J.A.

Jacob Landau, managing director of the J.T.A., pointed out that the United Jewish Appeal was enjoying a monopoly in hundreds of small communities and that the great demands it was making on welfare funds created a situation where agencies whose financial requirements were modest were not being given adequate consideration. He emphasized that if the three agencies were included in the U.J.A. their total requirements would be less than five per cent of the total amount sought.

Others participating in the discussion were Isaac Hamlin, secretary of the National Labor Committee for Palestine, and A. Richard Frank, of Chicago, who urged the three U.J.A. groups to set a date for renewal of negotiations for inclusion of the other three agencies.