The United Jewish Campaign had reached a total of $5,000,000 by Thursday afternoon, according to the announcement of acting-chairman David M. Bressler.
David A. Brown was the principal speaker at a kosher beefsteak dinner of the Bronx Division held at the Concourse Plaza Hotel.
The contributions at the beefsteak dinner totalled $110,000. The dinner was attended by over 400 Jewish residents of the Bronx.
Albert Goldman, Commissioner of Plans and Structures, who is chairman of the Bronx Division, presided at the meeting, which was addressed by Bronx County Judge Rlbert Cohen; Maldwin Fertig, president of the Bronx Y. M. H. A.; Jonah J. Goldstein, vice-chairman of the $6,000,000 drive, and David A. Brown, national chairman of the $25,000,000 United Jewish Campaign.
Among the larger contributions were $15,000 by Benjamin Benenson, which represents an increase of $5,000 over a $10,000 contribution made earlier in the drive; $15,000 by Samuel and Esther Minskoff, which represents a similar increase: $10,000 by Mrs. L. M. Blumstein: $7,500 by Philip Wattenberg: $5,000 by Herman Goldman: $5,000 from the “Teitelbaum Table.” of which $2,000 was from Mr. Teitelbaum; $3,000 by physicians of the Bronx Hospital; $3,000 by Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Weisman; $3,000 by the Jacob H. Schiff Center; $3,000 by the Physicians of the Lebanon Hospital; $3,000 by Jack Selig; $2,000 by Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Smoleroff.
Contributions of $1,500 were made by Alexander Selkin, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Pearlman and Mr. and Mrs. Philip Schnaber: Congregation Jehuda Halevi gave $1,200; Charles Levy gave $1,050; $1,000 contributions were made by Morris Smoller, Samuel Berger, David Brandt, Alexander Sussman, Commissioner Albert Goldman, Julius Fleischel, Dr. and Mrs. Israel Goldstein and Sidney Cannold and Fishberg, Dr. Israel Bernstein, Henry Fischback, Louis Margolis, Miss Ivy Zion, Miss Elkan Turk, Mrs. Harry Liese, Mrs. E. Schonbrod, David Haber.
Among the larger non-Jewish contributions received at the headquarters of the campaign was one for $1,000 from Ogden Reid, publisher of the New York “Herald-Tribune.”
Members of the Accountants’ Committee, under the chairmanship of F. William Greenfield, meeting in the Biltmore Hotel, formulated plans whereby every office building in New York City containing accountants will be canvassed by the committee members.
The butter and egg exchange on Harrison street suspended business for 15 minutes to listen to an appeal by Jonah J. Goldstein, vice-chairman of the New York United Jewish Campaign. The members of the exchange, which includes a large number of non-Jews, contributed over $10,000 to the campaign. Their original quota was $8,000.
A meeting of fruit peddlers was held at the Produce and Fruit Exchane at which $2,700 was raised, following an address by Jonah J. Goldstein.
Augmenting its previous contributions of $79,000 by $13,100, the Queens Division has over-subscribed its quota, according to a report submitted by Dr. Isaiah Frank, chairman of the Queens Division. The original quota assigned this Division was $90,000. The sum of $92,100 has been raised.
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