“minute Week” of Charity Federation to Be Extended for Another Week

The minute drive now being conducted by the Federation for the Support of Jewish Philanthropic Societies has been extended for another week, due to the urgent necessity for completing the 1932 budget for the support of 91 philanthropic institutions, it was announced yesterday by Paul Felix Warburg and Ira M. Younker, under whose leadership the Federation is engaged in raising $3,923,000.

Although 11,818 minutes of support time were sold at $11 a minute during the past week, there still remain 32,822 minutes unaccounted for by contributions, they pointed out. The drive is based on the cost to the Federation of $11 a minute to support the sick, destitute, orphaned, aged and handicapped in its 91 institutions for one minute. A deficit of $361,000 must still be raised.

The second week of the minute drive will be marked by many meetings of trade, professional, industrial and fraternal groups within the Federation, the first of which will be a rally of the Lodges and Societies Division this afternoon at the Community House of Congregation Emanu-El. More than 500 officers, representing 300 lodges, fraternal societies, and labor unions, will meet under the leadership of Sol Tekulsky in final rally to stimulate the sale of minutes among the thousands of like organizations in New York City.

Speakers at the rally will include former Supreme Court Justice Joseph M. Proskauer, president of the Federation; Dr. Nathan Ratnoff, of Beth Israel Hospital, one of the seven hospitals affiliated with the Federation; B. C. Vladeck, managing editor of the “Jewish Daily Forward”; Judge Jonah J. Goldstein, a trustee of the Federation; and Mr. Tekulsky. There will be music by Cantor Josef Rosenblatt, and Gottfried Federlein, the organist of Temple Emanuel.

In an urgent appeal to workers, contributors and those who have not yet contributed, Mr. Warburg and Mr. Younker stressed the need for completing the budget before the first of the year.