More than 600 Jewish leaders from all parts of the country are expected to participate in the General Assembly of the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds which will open at the Statler Hotel here on Feb. 8, it was announced today.
Common problems and responsibilities of the Jewish federations and welfare funds will be considered at the gathering which will last for four days. The Assembly will open with a discussion of programs for care of the aged and chronic sick, and will also discuss on the opening day the question of financing overseas, national and local operating and capital requirements.
National advisory budgeting will be considered on Sunday morning and afternoon, February 10. Recommended by the Council Board, member agencies have had several months in which to discuss and crystalize their judgment on the proposal. Delegates will be asked to vote on the question, “Do the delegates to the General Assembly wish to have a National Advisory Budgeting service as defined established for the benefit of those member agencies that desire such a service?”
An examination of overseas needs and plans for meeting them will be the subject of the Sunday night session. Speakers will present the situation in Europe and Palestine and will describe plans for refugees to enter American on the basis of President Truman’s recent statement. On Monday morning, the delegates will consider the problems of anti-Semitism and inter-group relations in general. An analysis of whether the problem has been growing or declining, and what the prospects are in the post-war period ahead will be presented.
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