The headquarters of the national United Jewish Appeal in New York and the office of the Combined Jewish Appeal in Chicago today refused to comment on a report that the organization of an independent U.J.A. drive in Chicago is being considered in place of the Combined Jewish Appeal there, as a result of differences between the Chicago Welfare Fund and the national U.J.A. with regard to allocations for 1950.
The report appeared in the Sentinel, an English-Jewish weekly published in Chicago. It said that a luncheon meeting of Jewish leaders interested in averting two separate drives in Chicago was held last Thursday at the Covenant Club there. The meeting was addressed by Henry Montor, national campaign director of the U.J.A.
The Jewish Telegraphic Agency understands that negotiations are now being conducted between the Chicago Jewish Welfare Fund and the national office of the United Jewish Appeal concerning the allotment of funds for 1950 in a manner which may avert a split in fund-raising in Chicago. The combined Jewish Appeal of Chicago is the fund-raising arm of the U.J.A. and the local charities.
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