Jewish Agency, Inc. and J.D.C. Consult on Budgets with C.J.F.W.F.

The Jewish Agency for Israel, Inc. and the Joint Distribution Committee have entered into a budget information and consultation process with the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds, the three agencies announced jointly today.

Both overseas agencies met separately with the Committee on Overseas Services of the CJFWF to initiate the process. The procedure at each of the meetings involved presentation of detailed information with respect to the budgets, financial experience and underlying needs and programs of the agencies, the largest participants in Jewish welfare fund campaigns throughout the United States.

Ample opportunity was provided for discussion, questions and reactions, and leaders of the three agencies agreed that the meetings were held in a cooperative atmosphere that resulted in a constructive mutual exchange of information and views.

Similar meetings will be held periodically during the year in order that the communities may keep abreast of current developments and to take account of changing needs and requirements. This cooperative process is expected to result in more wide spread understanding in communities and a closer relationship to the work for the benefit of the Jewish people in Israel and other overseas lands.

Reports of the pertinent substance and developments at these sessions will be made available to the member communities of the CJFWF. Representatives of the JAI, Inc. at the meetings were: Gottlieb Hammer, executive vice-president and Dr. Isador Lubin, consultant. Representing the JDC were: Moses A. Leavitt, executive vice-president and Mrs. Dorothy Speiser, assistant treasurer. Chairman of the CJFWF Overseas Services Committee is Irving Kane of Cleveland, who presided over the discussions.