The Fourth World Conference of the Jewish Labor Bund, an international Jewish, democratic socialist organization, opened at Town Hall here today. Delegates from 12 countries–Europe, the Middle East, Africa, North and South Africa–will discuss the theme, “The Bund and World Jewish Life, Twenty Years after the Nazi Holocaust.”
Dr. Emanuel Scherer opened the session for the World Coordinating Committee of the Jewish Labor Bund. Addresses of greetings were delivered by Adolph Held, chairman of the Jewish Labor Committee; Nathan Chanin, of the Jewish Socialist Verband; Jacob T. Zukerman, president of the Workmen’s Circle; Michael Harrington of the Socialist Party; and Henoch Mendelsund, of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union. Greetings were read from the Socialist International, the International Union of Socialist Youth, and Socialist and labor parties and leaders throughout the world. A. Glanz-Leyeles, chairman of the Yiddish P.E.N. Club, spoke of “The Fund and Jewish Culture.”
The Jewish Labor Bund was founded in Russia in 1897. During the first decades of this century, it expanded its influence among the Jewish workers of Eastern Europe, and was active in the fight against anti-Semitism and the economic and political tyranny of Czarism. Among its members before World War I were many young men who emigrated to the United States and achieved prominence here, including David Dubinsky, president of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union, who is among those who sent warm greetings to the conference.
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