Expenditures of the twenty-five affiliated societies of the Brooklyn Federation of Jewish Charities during the current year will exceed operating costs in 1933, according to a statement by Supreme Court Justice Mitchell May, president of the Federation, who based his conclusion on the increased costs of commodities and greater social needs in Brooklyn.
Justice May declared that despite the fact that the utmost economy is practiced by the constituent agencies, and even if the $500,000 the Federation is seeking in the current twenty-fifth anniversary campaign is raised, some of the affiliates will have a deficit this year due to the constantly-increasing appeals for relief being made at all the institutions.
Medical care is the largest single item in the institutional budgets. Material relief and service is next in line in the amount appropriated.
A new objective and a new method have been undertaken this year in the annual campaign. The goal of $500,000 has been set as the immediate aim of the drive, but beyond that the Federation seeks to enlist a wider and more democratic support for its activities.
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