Jewish Fund-raising Campaigns Affected in Flooded Areas

Fund-raising campaigns of the United Palestine Appeal and of the Joint Distribution Committee have been affected in varying degree in areas hit be recent floods, according to information received today from the two organizations.

The J.D.C. reported that its Pittsburgh and Hartford campaigns, scheduled to open early next month, might be delayed until the Fall, depending upon the decision of local leaders. In other stricken areas, it was reported, the J.D.C. had no campaigns scheduled until the Fall.

Meetings for the United Palestine Appeal in Hartford and Spring-field, Mass., were called off as result of the flood, it was stated at the U.P.A. office here, but the campaign remained otherwise unaffected.

In Pittsburgh, Lee Lehman, temporary chairman of the Palestine drive, announced he would recommend postponement of the campaign until the Fall.

The American Jewish Outlook, Pittsburgh Anglo-Jewish weekly, finding itself cut off from its editorial offices and with its printing facilities at a standstill, managed to appear by obtaining the use of the Tarentum (Pa.) Times journal’s press.

The issue featured a two-column, front-page editorial entitled, “A Flood of Water and a Flood of Hate,” which depicted graphically the atmosphere in the city as the flood rolled over the streets and drew an analogy between the disaster and the situation of the German Jews.