Words of appreciation and felicitation were received by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency and the “Jewish Daily Bulletin” on the occasion of the ninth anniversary of the Agency and the one thousandth issue of the “Bulletin.”
America’s most prominent statesmen, leading scholars and civic leaders have expressed their appreciation of the work of the agency as a valuable medium for acquainting the American public with the true aspects of Jewish life and as a contribution to contemporary knowledge.
CHARLES G. DAWES, Vice-President of the United States. “I wish to congratulate you and the two organizations of which you are managing director on the occasion of their two nniversaries-the ninth anniversary of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency and the issuance of the one thousandth edition of the ‘Jewish Daily Bulletin.’
“Events are constantly transpiring of particular interest to the Jewish people which the newspapers published for general circulation can not report in detail because of limitations of space and the manifold interests of their readers.
“The Jewish Telegraphic Agency and the ‘Jewish Daily Bulletin’ in reporting these occurrences without bias and without propagandizing render a most useful service not alone to the Jewish people, but to all interested in them as communities in our national life.”
FRANK B. KELLOGG, United States Secretary of State. “I desire to extend to you my congratulations on the success which has attended these enterprises, and to congratulate, as well, the Jewish people of this country on their good fortune in having at their service an Agency and a publication which bring to them a daily record of world news of especial interest to the Jewish people.”
ANDREW W. MELLON, Secretary of the Treasury. “I wish to extend my congratulations and good wishes on the occasion of the ninth anniversary of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency and the one thousandth issue of the ‘Jewish Daily Bulletin.’
“In gathering news concerning Jewish activities and presenting this news in concise and unbiased form, you are rendering a service of great value to the Jewish people themselves and their friends throughout the world.”
BISHOP WILLIAM T. MANNING. “I take pleasure in sending you my congratulations and best wishes upon the occasion of the ninth anniversary of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency and the one thousandth issue of the ‘Jewish Daily Bulletin’.
“Through these two agencies you are rendering important service, not only to the Jewish people, but to our whole community.
“The ‘Jewish Daily Bulletin’ is helping to create and strengthen that spirit of mutual appreciation, respect and good will which is essential to the life of our country.”
REV. S. PARKES CADMAN, Central Congregational Church, Brooklyn, N. Y. “I congratulate you upon the ninth anniversary of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, and the one thousandth issue of the ‘Jewish Daily Bulletin.’ I understand that this is the only Jewish daily of its character published in English and it has, therefore, peculiar claims upon those who do not understand the noble Hebrew language.
“I sincerely trust that your work will prosper continuously for the removal of prejudice and misunderstanding and the cultivation of that fraternity which is so essential to our national solidarity and our universal mission to mankind.”
DR. NICHOLAS MURRAY BUTLER, PRESIDENT OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK CITY
“I offer you cordial congratulations on the completion of one thousand issues of the ‘Jewish Daily Bulletin’, with its world-wide news service and its intelligent interest in happenings both Jewish and non-Jewish. I wish for you many more years of successful and useful endeavor.”
PROF. FREDERICK B. ROBINSON, President, College of the City of New York. “I am happy to send you an anniversary message of congratulation. You may well be proud of your achievements in connection with the development of the Telegraphic Agency and the ‘Bulletin.’ From a small beginning you have built up a world-wide news service related to Jewish racial, religious, social, economic and intellectual activities which is highly prized for its comprehensiveness and accuracy by Jews and non-Jews alike. May your work continue to expand and prosper.”
GEORGE FOOTE MOORE, author of the internationally known “Judaism”, and leading non-Jewish authority in the United States on Jewish history. “The work of the Agency in gathering news in all quarters of the world, and of the ‘Jewish Daily Bulletin’ in publishing the news as such in condensed form, and in a daily of convenient size, is of great importance to all who try to keep themselves informed in this field, and I wish the projectors and promoters of this enterprise the largest success in it.”
DAVID STARR JORDAN, Stanford University, California. “I congratulate you on the anniversary of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency and ‘Jewish Daily Bulletin.’ Your work is a matter of the greatest importance to all people, and especially to those who want to be absolutely fair in relation to all people and all nationalities.”
DR. JOHN W. HERRING, Chairman of Executive Board of the National Conference of Jews and Christians, New York City. “Permit me to express to you again my appreciation of the ‘Bulletin’s’ educational service to our committee in its endeavors in the field of friendly cooperation between Jews and Christians. It is hard to imagine what we would do to keep informed if it were not for the constant and practical aid you place at our elbow. May you have a fine New Year!”
DR. JOHN HAYNES HOLMES, Community Church, New York City. “I am happy to have this opportunity of extending to you my congratulations upon the occasion of the ninth anniversary of your Jewish Telegraphic Agency and of the one thousandth issue of your ‘Jewish Daily Bulletin.’ The great service which you are offering to the Jewish people not only in this country but throughout the world is obvious. Not so obvious, perhaps, is the great service which you are rendering to all peoples everywhere. Correct information from the Jewish world is the basis of right understanding and fraternal good will. I rejoice in what you are doing and hope that your beneficent influence may be ever more widely extended as time goes on.”
WILLIAM GREEN, President, American Federation of Labor. “It is a pleasure to know that the ninth anniversary of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency and the 1000th issue of the ‘Jewish Daily Bulletin’ are to be celebrated shortly.
“I have known of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency and its activities in gathering worldwide news in the interest of the Jewish race. This news has been of a nature that would provide information on international as well as national questions.
“For thousands of years the Jewish people have adhered to a system of life based on their ancient faith that has been the wonder of all other races. To supply them with information of interest to Jewry makes it possible for them to become better acquainted with the developments going on everywhere. Jews wherever found live a communal life that demands news of their particular race.
“It is therefore a pleasure to commend the activities of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency as it not only furnishes information to the Jewish people but extends what it gathers also to the newspapers published by other races.”
WILL H. HAYS, President, Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, Inc. “The amazing growth of the ‘Jewish Daily Bulletin’ and Jewish Telegraphic Agency indicates at once the great service rendered their constituency and the efficiency of the organization.”
BIRD S. COLER, Commissioner Department of Public Welfare, New York City. “The occasion of the 1000th issue of the ‘Jewish Daily Bulletin’ and the ninth anniversary of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, affords me the opportunity of expressing my appreciation for the invaluable service you are rendering the Jewish community in the United States in keeping them informed, in an impartial and objective way, of happenings affecting their co-religionists in foreign lands.
“It is a gratifying thing to know, also, that the general press through your Telegraphic Agency, has the opportunity of publishing cables containing information concerning the major happenings affecting foreign branches of the Jewish race. It gives the reader of newspapers an insight into the life of the foreign Jewish settlements and enables them to see the Jewish problem with correct proportion and to view such events in relationship to their natural background.
“I have seen the ‘Jewish Daily Bulletin’ and have been struck with its obvious impartiality, treating news in a manner which reflects the ambition of the editors to give facts as they are. without the color of propaganda.
“Speaking, therefore, as a non-Jewish observer of the work of these enterprises, please permit me to express my admiration for the useful service rendered, and the fine spirit of toleration displayed in the reporting of events which, were it not for the absence of propaganda, would result in the stirring up of controversial questions. Please permit me to wish you well in this work, and accept my commendation and congratulations on the occasion of these two anniversaries.”
SENATOR ROBERT F. WAGNER. “I have had occasion to make use of the ‘Jewish Daily Bulletin’ many times. I have found it complete and reliable and have made it a rule regularly to resort to it for my current Jewish news of general public interest.
“To my mind it renders not only an incomparable service for American Jewry, but is likewise an inestimable unit amongst our general news agencies and does an otherwise unperformed service for the general public.
“Permit me to express to you personally my admiration for the manner in which this excellent publication has been conducted.”
IVY LEE, New York City. “It gives me great pleasure to congratulate the ‘Jewish Daily Bulletin’ on the occasion of its one thousandth issue. You are doing a real service in making known to your readers what is really going on in the world with due regard to perspective.”
OSWALD GARRISON VILLARD, Editor, The Nation, New York. “I thought you had already had on record my warmest appreciation of your service. Am I not right about this? If not I want to say that I have found it of great value, and that it is essential for any editor who wishes to keep in touch with Jewish developments the world over.”
LEWIS S. GANNET, The Nation, New York City. “The ‘Jewish Daily Bulletin’ ought not to be necessary but it is necessary since the ordinary organizations constantly miss Jewish news which is of importance even to the general public. We use it constantly.”
JUSTIN McGRATH, Director, National Catholic Welfare Conference, Washington, D. C. “I congratulate the Jewish Telegraphic Agency on reaching its ninth anniversary. Your Agency has been performing a service of general value in affording the American public authentic news of situations involving Jewish interests.”
THEODORE ROOSEVELT, Oyster Bay, L. I. “I wish to congratulate you on the ninth anniversary of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. May the service you have done in the past continue and increase in the future, and may another nine years find you prosperous and ever-growing.”
UPTON SINCLAIR, Long Beach, Calif. “I am glad to learn that you are celebrating an anniversary. On this occasion, I will say: Be different from the non-Jewish press agencies, and in your handling of news remember that there are poor Jews as well as rich Jews in America.”
FRANCIS R. STODDARD. “As counsel for the Judea Life Insurance Company my attention has been drawn to the valuable services performed by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency and the ‘Jewish Daily Bulletin.’ The traditions of Jewish life are sacred to the three leading religions of the world. The Jews, by their perseverance and idealism deserve the respect and admiration of their neighbors of other faiths. Their welfare should be the object of concern to all. I have taken pleasure in reading the ‘Jewish Daily Bulletin.’ It is doing a great work by bringing to the attention of the world problems that must and will be solved.”
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
