Contributions totaling $1,500,000 were announced here today at a rally attended by some 4, 000 Jewish women marking the opening of the 1966 campaign of the Women’s Division of the United Jewish Appeal of Greater New York. The initial figure — $100, 000 more than last year — formally launched the Women’s Division’s efforts toward the UJA’s nationwide goal of $116, 685, 000 for this year.
Addressing the rally, Senator Jacob K. Javits, New York Republican, called for a “peace offensive in the Near East, before, not after the storm. ” Sen. Javits said that the United States “should seek to create an opportunity to debate this question before the United Nations in the September session. ” He said it was “long past the time when the United States itself” should press for a constructive resolution on Mideast peace.
In another address at the rally, New York Mayor John Lindsay called volunteer participation in the United Jewish Appeal activity “the essence of good citizenship. ” Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., chairman of the Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, stressed in his address the importance of UJA-financed programs of aid for the thousands of Israel’s immigrants whose origins are in underdeveloped countries and who need intensive social services and education to give them the skills and knowledge required for full participation in a modern, industrial, democratic society.
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