A conference to further the five day industrial week has been called by the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations, to be held February 20 at the Hotel Manhattan Square.
The organizations which have been invited to send representatives to the Conference include: the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America; the New York Diocese of the Catholic Church; Synagogue Council of America; Jewish Sabbath Alliance of America; American Federation of Labor; the Central Trades and Labor Council of Greater New York; United Hebrew Trades and Association of Employers.
The Committee in charge of the Conference is composed of: Capt. N. Taylor Phillips, Chairman, Rabbis Dr. B. Drachman, J. H. Lookstein, A. I. Shuchatowitz, and M. Shuchatowitz; Dr. Samuel Friedman and Harry G. Fromberg.
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.