Construction of a memorial building to honor the memory of the late Felix Fuld, philanthropist and merchant of this city who died on January 20, will be recommended to the Welfare Federation of this city by the Conference on Jewish Charities. The proposed building would house general welfare activities and administrative offices of all philanthropic agencies in Newark and funds would be raised by public subscription, it is planned.
The board of delegates of the conference at a meeting this week, considering the manner in which enduring tribute might be paid to Mr. Fuld, reached the decision for the building. A. J. Dimond, president of the Conference, was empowered to appoint a committee to confer with Federation officials.
Another recommendation, unanimously adopted by the delegates, suggested the establishment of a Fuld memorial camp by the State Federation of Y. M. H. A.’s and Y. W. H. A.’s, of which Mr. Fuld was president at the time of his death.
Public memorial services for the late Mr. Fuld will be held on Thursday, February 5, at the First Presbyterian Church, Newark’s oldest and most prominent edifice of worship.
The movement for the memorial services was led by the Rev. Dr. William H. Foulkes, pastor of the church. Members of all creeds are supporting the movement and on the committee on arrangements are some of the most distinguished citizens of the city.
An interesting feature of Mr. Fuld’s will, which made bequests amounting to $645,000 to philanthropic institutions of various creeds in this city, was made public yesterday. Mr. Fuld was vice-president and treasurer of L. Bamberger & Company, of which his brother-in-law, Louis Bamberger, is president. Mr. Fuld’s will contained the provision that in the event of the accidental death of Mr. Bamberger and himself, that the stock held by him in the firm be sold to the co-workers of the L. Bamberger department store on an easy payment plan.
It is understood that the will of Mr. Bamberger contains a similar clause and that the two original founders of the store were in agreement as to this disposition of their store.
In a codicil to the will made in 1923, Mr. Fuld referred to his purpose to give in his lifetime $250,000 for the new building and provided that if he did not give that amount in his lifetime that a legacy of that amount should be given the hospital.
In 1927 he cancelled this codicil and wrote another in which he doubled the amount, making it $500,000. This gift was made during his lifetime. (Continued on Page 4)
PITTSBURGH MOVES TO ELIMINATE COMMUNAL DEFICIT
Eighteen of this city’s leading philanthropists, representing various social and welfare institutions, met at a dinner recently and pledged $1,250,000, approximately $70,000 each, as a fund to be used as a nucleus to wipe off all existing debts and mortgages now held by Jewish organizations here. The sum pledged, two-thirds of a goal of $2,000,000, will hold good in case the remaining sum is obtained.
It was found that the community as a whole does not favor “drives” in succession for the various institutions. A sum of $2,000,000 is necessary to wipe off the deficit of the Federation and other welfare institutions and it was with this in mind that the eighteen men determined on what is called an “extra-ordinarily ambitious” plan for relieving the institutions of their debts, and at the same time do away with drives. The original pledges totalled $1,250,000. This was immediately followed by another $100,000, raising the total sum to $1,135,000 and leaving the rest of the Jews of the city to make up the necessary $650,000 to bring the total of the fund to the $2,000,000 mark.
Those who pledged $20,000 or more are I. W. Frank and family, $250,000; Maurice Falk and family, $250,000; Irvin F. Lehman. Albert C. Lehman, $75,000; Marcus A. Aaron and family $75,000; Charles Dreifus and family, $50,000; Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Spear, $50,000; William Klee and family, $50,000; Alfred M. and Oscar Oppenheimer, $25,000; Lee Lehman and family, $25,000; Max Rothschild and family $20,000, and Louis J. Adler, $20,000.
Dr. Ludwig B. Bernstein, now serving his eighth successive year as executive director of the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of Pittsburgh, has been elected president of the Board of Visitation of Allegheny County for the third successive year. It is the first time in the history of the board that anyone has been returned to this office three times. Dr. Bernstein is also president of the Social Workers’ Club of Pittsburgh and lecturer in sociology at the University of Pittsburgh. Mrs. Leon Falk and Mrs. Morton Herzog are also members of the board.
Allan Davis, late lawyer-playright and university instructor of this city, directs that his diaries be preserved and presented to the Harvard University Library, and a copy of his manuscript plays be given to the Harvard Library. Library of Congress, New York Library, and Carnegie Library, this city. These provisions are made known in Mr. Davis’s probated will.
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