The Jewish Agency today announced formation of a committee to eliminate “unauthorized and illegitimate” fund-raising drives on behalf of Israel and in other ways to assure the priority of the United Jewish Appeal as the central fund-raising agency in this country for the Jewish state. At the same time, the Agency pointed out that the Government of Israel has prohibited its members and officials from endorsing any campaign other than the U.J.A. except with government authorization.
While taking note of the important contribution of certain well-established individual campaigns in the field, the Agency declared: “The Jewish Agency for Palestine, charged by the Government of Israel with primary responsibility for the administration of philanthropic funds spent on the Israeli immigration and absorption program, considers that the confusion created by multiple campaigns endangers the success of the United Jewish Appeal.
“With a view to eliminating this confusion, the Jewish Agency has decided to set up a committee on multiple campaigns to consist of representatives of the Jewish Agency, the United Palestine Appeal and the United Jewish Appeal, which will be empowered to act with the full authority of the Jewish Agency.”
The committee has been given the following specific functions: 1. To seek the elimination of unauthorized campaigns which might tend to divert funds from the U.J.A. 2, To coordinate the timing and publicity of authorized campaigns so as to assure maximum results for the U.J.A. 3. To offer its services to the contributing public as a guide to the validity of any organization soliciting funds on behalf of Israel.
Chairman of the committee, which was named at a plenary session of the Agency held in New York, is Dr. Nahum Goldmann, who is also acting chairman of the .American section of the Agency. Other members are: Mrs. Rose Halprin and Baruch Zuckerman, members of the Agency executive; Henry Morgenthau Jr., chairman of the U.J.A., and Judge Morris Rothenberg, acting chairman of the U.P.A.
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