U.J.A. to Ask Welfare Funds for More Money in 1959

The United Jewish Appeal will ask the leadership of the Jewish welfare funds to sit down with its leaders to review the allocations to be made to UJA from their regular campaigns to ensure a “just and fair allotment” to the Appeal, Morris W. Berinstein, general chairman of the UJA, said here today.

Mr. Berinstein stressed the conclusions reached by the UJA Study Mission that far more money must be made available for overseas programs and that fail are to provide the funds required “can only result in eventual bankruptcy of the program.” He made it clear that UJA would expect more money from the regular campaigns and would have to have a special fund campaign in 1959, the entire proceeds of which would go to UJA.

Mr. Berinstein told the JTA that “it is painfully apparent that the UJA’s present income is totally insufficient if it continues at the same rate. At this rate,” he warned, “all we are doing is staving off for a little while economic disaster for the Jewish Agency and the Joint Distribution Committee. Failure to increase the flow of funds can only result in eventual bankruptcy of the program.”

The UJA leader quoted a resolution adopted by the 88-man study mission recommending bigger campaigns by the communities to ensure more funds for the UJA beneficiaries and calling on the American Jewish communities “to dedicate themselves to another special fund for UJA” to be over and above the regular 1959 welfare fund campaigns.”

Mr. Berinstein pointed out that this recommendation, “made on the soil of Israel by American Jews,” also called on the welfare fund leaders to increase the funds to be made available to the UJA from their regular campaigns.