Large Attendance Expected at United Jewish Campaign Conference in New York

The fourth national conference of the United Jewish Campaign and the Joint Distribution Committee will be the largest in the history of the organized efforts by the Jews of America in behalf of European relief work, stated an announcement issued by David A. Brown. A great number of responses have already been received from state and local United Jewish Campaign officers, to the call issued for the conference, the purpose of which is to receive a review of the activities of both organizations, “trustees, in a measure, of the large funds, totalling nearly eighty million dollars, which the Jews of America have contributed.”

Originally scheduled for Chicago, the place of the conference has been changed to New York.

Arrangements have been completed whereby delegates will be enabled to make the round trip to New York City from any part of the country for the price of a one-way fare and a half.

Certificates will be issued by the railroad companies, beginning on or before May 6th 8th, depending on the distance from New York, to all delegates who will apply for them. Delegates will pay the full one-way fare at the time of application. The certificates will be validated in New York City, provided 150 certificates are presented. The return trip certificates will good until and including May 15th.

Delegates are urged to avail themselves of this one-and-a-half fare arrangement and when asking for certificates to specify the name of the “Joint Distribution Committee.” This arrangement to use the name of only one of the organizations was necessitated to save time in making the change in meeting place from Chicago to New York.

All the sessions will be held at the Hotel Biltmore, 43rd St. and Madison Ave. The first session will begin at 8 o’clock on Saturday evening, May 11th. The Sunday session will begin at 10 o’clock. Luncheon will be served at 1 o’clock, after which the conference will resume.

A plan for tribute to David A. Brown at the conference is under way “in recognition of his unusual service, especially during the past four years, in heading the nation-wide campaigns for European relief.” It is being organized by a group of active workers in the United Jewish Campaign. It calls for “exceptional effort by the leaders in the United Jewish Campaign throughout the country to collect as much as possible of the $4,000,000 in pledges still outstanding before the national conference begins its session, and the presentation to him, at the Biltmore Hotel, of huge amount of cash to meet the urgent needs of the Joint Distribution Committee which is endeavoring, among other things, to meet the new distress overseas caused by the unusual rigors of last winter.

Those who are organizing this tribute are: Samuel Ach of Cincinnati, Edward M. Baker of Cleveland, Louis J. Borinstein of Indianopolis, David M. Bressler of New York City, Bernard B. Given of Syracuse, Edward J. Goodman of Columbus, Eugene S. Halle of Cleveland, Harold Hirsch of Atlanta, J. K. Hexter of Dallas, Albert C. Lehman of Pittsburgh, Fred Levy of Louisville, William Levy of Baltimore, Albert H. Lieberman of Philadelphia, Jacob M. Loeb of Chicago, Edwin B. Meissner of St. Louis, A. L. Saltzstein of Milwaukee, Ben Selling of Portland, Ore. and Alfred Shemanski of Seattle. In a telegram sent by them on the eve of Passover to practically every local chairman and treasurer in the United States and Canada, urging them to notify David M. Bressler at 75 Maiden Lane, New York City, that they wish to join in this tribute, they say:

“We owe this not only to our great chairman and the host of other distinguished leaders throughout the country who have so splendidly and unselfishly given of their ability, time and means, but of by far greater importance, to the cause itself, to begin this intensive effort at once.”