Milwaukee Jewish Welfare Fund Seeks to Check New Campaigns

A resolution aimed at discouraging beneficiary organizations of the Milwaukee Jewish Welfare Fund from conducting separate fund-raising campaigns in this city for the next two years, was unanimously adopted by the welfare fund’s executive committee. The resolution provides that such agencies would have to obtain prior permission from the Welfare Fund before they could hold a campaign here during that period.

The resolution has not yet been passed by the board of directors of the Welfare Fund. It was presented to a membership meeting which decided not to act on it until the board had considered it. The matter is termed here “the hottest” issue in recent years. The resolution said in part:

“In order to provide the Milwaukee Jewish Community with a temporary respite with respect to campaigns for money, and in order to provide the Multiple Appeals Committee with sufficient time to study the problem and prepare recommendations, the Milwaukee Jewish Welfare Fund shall not approve any new campaigns to be conducted by beneficiary agencies during the year 1955, nor shall it approve any campaign planned for 1956, unless there has been prior consultation with the Welfare Fund and approval with respect to such campaign obtained at least nine months prior to the date thereof.”

Community organizations which are not beneficiaries of the fund were urged to cooperate with the terms of the resolution, and it added that all beneficiaries would be “required” to do so. The resolution also asked that communal leaders exercise “personal restraint” with regard to unapproved campaigns and refrain from participating in or contributing to campaigns at variance with the temporary policy expressed in the resolution.