Three hundred delegates were present yesterday at the second annual conference of the Union of Jewish Organizations of Illinois at the Sherman Hotel here. The name of the organization was originally Union of Jewish Fraternal Orders of Illinois.
Eight organizations with an approximate membership of 40.000 Jews in Illinois were represented at the conference. Salmon O. Levinson, well-known attorney and chairman of the Chicago committee of the Non-Sectarian Anti-Nazi League, was elected honorary president of the conference for his work for the boycott of Germanmade goods. A resolution was adopted by the conference endorsing the work of Levinson’s committee and urging the delegates to ask the organizations they represented at the conference to collect funds to further the boycott work in Illinois.
The conference approved a resolution calling for affiliation with the Chicago group of the Anti-Nazi League. Resolutions were also adopted calling for support for President Roosevelt and urging passage for the Tydings resolution now before the United States Senate. Telegrams were sent to the Illinois Senators by the conference asking them to vote for the Tydings resolution. Similar telegrams were sent by the eight organizations represented at the conference.
The officers of the Union of Jewish Organizations were authorized to do everything within their power to counteract the propaganda of the Silver Shirts and similar anti-Semitic organizations. The Union voted to send a letter of congratulation to the Woolworth firm for its announced refusal to buy German-made goods.
The board of directors of the Union was instructed to work for unity among the Jewish groups in Illinois regardless of whether or not they were members of the union.
Assistant Corporation Consul Caspar Nathan delivered greetings to the conference from Mayor Kelley of Chicago. A letter from President Roosevelt wished the conference success in its undertaking. Jacob M. Braude brought greetings from Governor Henry Horner.
Henry Pitzele, Sal Rosenthal and Isidor Liederman presided at the various sessions of the conference. A. A. Schwartzbach was chairman of the resolutions committee.
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