Convention of Jewish Women’s Organizations Discusses War Activities

All aspects of the war effort, from Red Cross to the status of enemy aliens, were brought to the attention of 1,500 members of the Federation of Jewish Women’s Organizations at their twenty-second annual convention yesterday at the Hotel Astor. Miss Fannie Hurst brought the meeting to a close with a warning to every woman in the room that her efforts would be needed “one hundred-fold” before the war was brought to a successful conclusion.

Edward Corsi, chairman of the enemy alien hearing board, urged the women to give hearty support to the American government’s policy of tolerance toward individuals born in enemy alien countries who are nevertheless loyal to the United States. Mrs. Isaac Gilman, president of the federation, gave the members three rules to guide their war-time efforts, urging them to stick to one job and do it well, work for civilian defense within the framework of an organization with which they were familiar, and not to allow their work for social welfare, health, education and charity to be abandoned, for the home front must be maintained.