The Convention held here to-day of the People’s Tool Campaign for the Relief of the Jews in Russia (which was organised in February 1929 by the Jewish Labour groups in America to raise funds for buying tools and raw materials to assist the declassed Jews in Russia) has decided to change the name of the organisation to that of “People’s Tool Campaign for the Declassed Jews of Eastern Europe”, and to increase its activities not only on behalf of the Jews of Soviet Russia, but also of the Jews of Eastern Europe, especially of Poland, because of the increasingly difficult situation of the Jewish population there.
176,000 dollars were raised by the organisation in the last two years, it was reported to the Conference. Mr. Nathan Perlman, Grand Master of the Independent Order Brith Abraham, brought a cheque for 15,000 dollars as a contribution from his Order. A sum of 15,500 dollars was raised at a luncheon of the delegates.
Mr. B. C. Vladek, manager of the “Jewish Daily Forwards”, and Mr. Baskin were re-elected Chairman and Treasurer of the Organisation respectively.
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