A MEETING OF 100 JEWISH LEADERS AT THE WALDORF-ASTORIA, CONVOKED BY SAMUEL UNTERMYER, THIS AFTERNOON FORMED AN EMERGENCY COMMITTEE TO AID THE AMERICAN COMMITTEE APPEAL FOR JEWS IN POLAND IN ITS CURRENT RELIEF CAMPAIGN. MR. UNTERMYER ACCEPTED HONORARY CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE GROUP, ANNOUNCING HIS READINESS TO BE AMONG TEN MEN TO CONTRIBUTE $5,000 EACH TO THE DRIVE.
THE MEETING WAS CALLED BY MR. UNTERMYER IN RESPONSE TO A MESSAGE FROM 13 PROMINENT LEADERS OF POLISH JEWRY ASKING THAT THE WORK OF THE AMERICAN COMMITTEE APPEAL BE CONTINUED.
IN HIS ADDRESS, MR. UNTERMYER PRAISED THE ACTIVITIES OF THE JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE, EXPLAINED “ITS RESOURCES ARE WHOLLY INSUFFICIENT” TO THE TASK OF MEETING ITS “CRUSHING BURDEN,” ADDING: “I CANNOT, HOWEVER, SUBSCRIBE TO THE VIEW THAT ITS EXISTENCE MAKES IT MANDATORY UPON OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, OR ADVISABLE, THAT THEY LIQUIDATE THEIR ACTIVITIES.”
DECLARING HE HAD VAINLY TRIED TO EFFECT COOPERATION BETWEEN THE TWO GROUPS, MR. UNTERMYER SAID: “BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT FURTHER EXCHANGES OF VIEWS WILL NOT LEAD TO A DIFFERENT CONCLUSION. NO ONE HAS ANY SELFISH PURPOSE TO SERVE IN THIS TRULY UNSELFISH VENTURE.”
OTHER SPEAKERS INCLUDED DR. SAMUEL MARGOSHES, BENJAMIN C. RIBMAN, PRESIDENT OF THE LAWYERS’ CLUB; RABBI JOSHUA GOLDBERG, OSSIP DYMOW, BENJAMIN WINTER AND ZELIG TYGEL. AMONG OTHERS ATTENDING WERE PERETZ HIRSHBEIN, DAVID PINSKI, SUPREME COURT JUSTICE MITCHELL MAY, DR. EMIL LENGYEL AND DR. KURT ROSENFELD. MESSAGES WERE RECEIVED FROM GOV. LEHMAN AND OTHERS.
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