Mrs. William D. Sporberg of Port Chester, N. Y., former president of the National Council of Jewish Women, who is representing the Council, in place of Mrs. Friend, president of the Council, at the National Conference on the Cause and Cure of War, president at yesterday morning’s session of the conference at the Washington Hotel.
The conference is being attended by about 1,000 women, representing 35 states. The Council of Jewish Women is one of the ten national women’s organizations which are participating in the conference.
Mrs. Sporberg also acted as chairman of the Finance Committee of the conference. In a statement to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency correspondent, Mrs. Sporberg explained that the Council of Jewish Women is taking a very active part in the peace movement.
Mrs. Arthur Brin of Minneapolis, who is chairman of the department of peace of the Council, served as member of the resolutions and fact finding committees.
Representatives of the Council of Jewish Women attending the conference also include Mrs. Max C. Sloss of San Francisco, Mrs. David Alter of Pittsburgh, Mrs. Henry Bauman of Newark, Mrs. Edward Brylawski of Philadelphia, Mrs. William Casel of New Castle, Pa., Mrs. Louis Eckstein, Trenton, N. J., Mrs. J. M. Frankel, Great Neck, L. I.; Mrs. Anna Gorman and Mrs. R. Gottlieb of Bridgeport, Mrs. H. C. Herring, Scarsdale; Mrs. Thomas Levitt, Kansas City; Mrs. Max Margolis, Philadelphia; Mrs. Oscar Max, St. Louis; Mrs. Jesse Miller, Washington; Mrs. Alexander Seclow, Bayonne, N. J.; Mrs. Bernhard Ostrolenk; Mrs. Wachenheimer, Providence; Mrs. Leonard Schloss, Washington; Mrs. Emanuel Jack, Yonkers; Mrs. Maurice N. Weizl. Philadelphia; Mrs. Pollack, Washington; Mrs. Giesberg and Mrs. Bernard Feinberg, Boston; Mrs. George Hyman, Washington; Miss Julia Gelsenthal, Chicago and Miss Gertrude Weil, Washington.
Albert C. Lehman of Pittsburgh, Pa., will give $12,000 annually as a “prize and purchase fund” for the international exhibition of painting at Carnegie Institute in that city. Institute officers termed the gift “the largest prize offered in the art world.” The trustees accepted the gift.
Of the total annual sum available, $2,000 will be awarded the painter whose canvass is adjudged the best purchasable picture in the exhibition by the jury of award. The prize carries a guarantee to purchase the painting at its list price up to $10,000. The fund will be offered annually for five years.
A testimonial dinner was tendered to Meyer S. Mintz, director of the New Jersey Region of the United Palestine Appeal, Sunday night, in Newark. The principal speaker was Judge William M. Lewis. Philip J. Schotland, state chairman of the Appeal; Bernard Miller, Newark chairman of the Appeal; and Rabbi Julius Silberield, who headed the testimonial committee of more than one hundred also addressed the gathering. Mr. Mintz, who recently made a tour of Palestine, reported on the progress being made there.
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