The General Assembly of the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds concluded its session here last night with the adoption of a series of resolutions designed to strengthen 1950 national fund-raising for total Jewish needs in Israel, overseas and in this country. Stanley C. Myers, of Miami, was reelected president of the Council.
The 500 delegates, representing 265 Jewish communities in the United States and Canada, reaffirmed the “right and responsibility” of each community to make the “final determination of its campaign goal and of its budget allocations,” but placed upon each community “the responsibility for giving fullest consideration to requests for funds by the United Jewish Appeal and other agencies.”
The delegates also acted upon a recommendation of the Committee on Stable and Unified Fund Raising, which sought to develop a closer working partnership between national agencies and the communities which raise funds for all valid Jewish causes. A resolution on this matter urged extension of the principle contained in the recent organization of a joint liaison committee of the Council and the United Jewish Appeal which will consider mutual problems and aid in resolving questions of U.J.A. relationships with communities.
Regarding a suggested national Jewish welfare fund, which would both raise and distribute funds, it was decided that such a fund was neither “feasible nor practicable” at the present time. Another resolution passed by the Assembly urged the establishment in Israel of a central philanthropic fund and budget for all Israel welfare purposes.
The delegates also urged that each community make questions of relationships between the communities and the national and overseas agencies part of the regular business of their boards of directors. Another action cited the “desperate emergency of the United Jewish Appeal for cash” and urged all communities to make every effort to make the maximum amount of cash available to the U.J.A. in the “shortest possible time.”
In addition to Mr. Myers, other officers elected included: vice-presidents, Herbert R. Abeles, Newark; Julian Freeman, Indianapolis; Norman S. Goetz, New York; William Rosenwald, New York; and Robert J. Koshland, San Francisco. Milton Kahn, Boston, was reelected secretary, and Sylvan Gotshal, New York, was reelected treasurer.
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