A contribution of $100,000 from John D. Rockefeller, Jr. one of the largest gifts to be made for Jewish relief and rehabilitation overseas, was received by William Rosenwald, national chairman of the $100,000,000 campaign of the United Jewish Appeal, it was announced today.
The contribution was in response to a letter from Mr. Rosenwald in which he outlined the tragic needs of the 1,400,000 Jewish survivors of Nazi oppression in Europe and of the vast tasks of relief and rehabilitation that must be performed by the agencies which compose the United Jewish Appeal. Mr. Rosenwald stressed the fact at the problem of the Jews of Europe is not “an exclusively Jewish problem.” He said: “The problem is one of general human concern. These Jews were the first and primary victims of what we know now was a planned conspiracy against world civilization and their restoration to equality with their neighbors is in the best interests all mankind.”
In advising Mr. Rosenwald of his contribution, Mr. Rockefeller declared that the plight of the Jewish survivors abroad makes an appeal that needs no argument or enforcement. I shall count it a privilege to have a part in this campaign. May the campaign meet with the success which it is so richly deserves.” In his letter of acknowledgment, Mr. Rosenwald characterized the Rockefeller gift as “a priceless symbol the cooperation between faiths, which is one of the distinctive marks of the American way of life.”
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