Progress of the United Jewish Campaign in New York state was reported in a statement issued by the national headquarters of the campaign.
Utica. N. Y., with an original quota of $35,000, raised $32,000 at the opening dinner addressed by Mr. Louis Marshall. An increased quota of $50,000 was decided upon and $56,000 has so far been raised. Rochester raised $55,000 on the opening day of its drive in addition to $90,000 contributed in advance. Its quota is $175,000. Yonkers reports nearly $40,000 raised.
Progress was also reported in New York’s smaller communities. Watertown at its opening dinner contributed $9,000 and has extended its quota to $12,000. Poughkeepsie, raising the original quota of $22,000, added $5,000. The 25 Jewish families of Ogdensburg raised $4,000 in one evening. Schenectady went past its $30,000 quota. Beacon passed its quota twice, with $5,000 raised.
From the other end of the country the report stated, Oregon had raised $168,000 by June 11th against a quota of $200,000, with a non-Jewish committee participating in the drive. Tacorna, Wash., reports $2,000 short of a $10,000 quota and the drive still continuing.
The Jewish community of Mitchell, South Dakota, raised $1,875 toward a $2,000 quota.
Michigan had raised $453,000 by June 12th, the report stated. Detroit is raising $141,000; Bay City, $10,346, Flint, $12,000 and Grand Rapids $12,000.
Louisville, Ky., exceeded its quota of $150,000 by $8,000, and the rest of the state has raised $84,470.
Governor Theodore Christianson of Minnesota, who issued a proclamation calling upon “the people of this prosperous state” to contribute the full quota assigned to it by the United Jewish Campaign is the sixth State executive to endorse the effort to raise $25,000,000.
Other state executives who have endorsed this campaign are Governors A. E. Smith of New York, A. W. McLean of North Carolina, Alexander J. Groesback of Michigan, Howard M. Goreof West Virginia and Robert P. Robinson of Delaware.
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