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THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
Friday, August 14, 1942
Your Welfare Fund
1312 FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING
The new address of the Welfare
Fuad is Room 1312 First National
Bank Building, Peachtree and Ma
rietta Streets.
The former offices in the Atlanta
National Building were taken over
by the Army, and the Welfare
Fund was fortunate in securing a
central location and an air-con
ditioned office. When you are in
the contributions to
Fund.
the Welfare
In the midst of the war ihe U.
P. A. reports progress and devel
opment in Palestine. The Jewish
Agency for Palestine has increased
its grant to the Vaad Leumi (Na
tional Council) for education.
The growth of mixed farming
town or want to pay a pledge visit! in Palestine is seen in tremendous
the Welfare Fund office at 1312
First National Bunk Building.
increase in the raising of vege
tables for victory.
• • • The Jewish Nutional Fund, sup-
Plans are being formuluted for ported by the U. P. A. acquired
the organization of a Men’s Service more lund for settlement of colon-
Qroup patterned ufter the Wo- ! ists in Palestine,
men’s Service Group now being Immigrants continue to come
formed. into Palestine. They are being
• • • j trained for agricultural and indus-
A very interesting document has trial pursuits so that they may be
come to the office of the Welfare
Fund. It is entitled, "Aiding Jews
Overseas.’’ It is the report of the
American Jewish Joint Distribu
tion Committee for 1941 and the
first 5 months of 1942. The J. D. C.
helped 950,000 people in 1941 in
52 countries on 5 continents as
follows: 400,000 were given cash
relief. 500,000 were fed and lodged.
34,000 were emigrated and reset
tled. 27,000 in internment camps
were helped 151,000 children were
cared for. 201,000 were given med
ical aid. 56,000 were given voca
tional training. 196,000 were given
educational and cultural help.
During 1941 the J. D. C. spent
$5,965,300.00, from October 1941
through December 1941 the J. D.
C. expenditures amounted to $114
million. The work of the J. D C.
is supported in Atlanta through
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absorbed into the economy of Pal
estlne. The U. P. A. is a constituent
of the U. J. A. supported by the
Welfare Fund.
* * *
The Hebrew Sheltering and
Immigrant Aid Society, popularly
known as the Hias, is included in
the Welfare Fund. During the first
six months of 1942 163 ships ar
rived at the Port of New York
with refugees and immigrants
abroud many of whom were aided
by the Hias. The number of Jewish
arrivals for the first six months of
1942 was 3600. The Hias maintains
an Ellis Island Bureau, a Wash
ington Bureau headed by a Coun
sel who represents immigrants be
fore various government depart
ments.
The Hias also renders other
types of service including citizen
ship, shelter and employment.
• * *
Collections continue to be most
encouraging Pledges are being
| paid on current and past due ac
counts. This enables the Welfare
Fund to forward payments to the
agencies promptly. The need for
u:.ds is urgent.
If you have not yet paid your
balance on 1941 or the 1942 pledge,
please do so immediately. Time is
of the essence. There is much that
needs to be done.
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Their was a time when the Jews
literally took care of their own
The depression and the events
which followed changed that con
siderably. Mass unemployment
was beyond the relief by private
or voluntary agencies. The Gov
ernment had to step in. Under the
leadership of the Federal Govern
ment, the states and counties or
ganized outdoor relief and created
Public Welfare Departments. The
Federal Government established a
system - of social security. Old age
assistance, aid to dependent chil
dren and other categories of as
sistance were provided for.
General relief, other than the
special assistance provided by
these categories, became the re
sponsibility of State and County
The more prosperous and wealth
ier states could and did appropri
ate funds for general relief. The
poorer states didn’t. Georgia was
not among the rich states. Conse
quently the bulk of general relief
remained with the Federation as
regards assistance to needy Jewish
families and individuals.
There were many Jews eligible
for old age assistance who were
on the waiting list. The list was
long. The appropriations were not
adequate. Recently the waiting list
took on life. A number of Jewish
aged, through the interest and ef
fort of the Federation, were ac
cepted for old age assistance.
It can not longer be said that
the Jews take care of their own.
They do when there are no tax-
supported facilities for care and
assistance. Otherwise Jews parti
cipate as citizens along with other
citizens in any program of public
assistance. The Federation as a
private Community Fund agency,
along with the other voluntary
agencies, supplements with special
service and interprets the pro
gram of public welfare to the
client and to the community.
As there are yet other than the
few old age assistance cases ac
cepted by the Public Welfare De
partment, the Federation still has
to care for the majority of Jewish
families and individuals requiring
long time relief and assistance. It
is hoped that in time this situation
will change and the Federation
will become in fact largely a ser
vice agency.
WITH THE ALLIANCE
Reports coming in from the
Jewish Educational Alliance Camp I
Daniel Morgan where the girls are
now in session give every indica- j
tion that this season wul surpass !
all previous >ones.
Many ol the world’s statesmen j
could profitably spend some time ;
at the camp and larn a lessen oi i
how a true Democracy is iun.
The entire program is piam.ed |
and organized by the campeis
themselves at regular council
meetings to which delegates aie
elected. That this program is suc
cessful is evidenced by the keen
spirit and enthusiasm which p -
meates every activity at camp.
From reveille to taps it is the
campers themselves who decide
what is to be done. The staff func
tions purely in an advisory capa
city.
The second session lor girls
starts on Wednesday, August 19,
and those girls who are already
signed up are very anxious to get
to camp and ‘get into the swim.”
Among the girls who will be at
camp for the second period are:
Julia Alhudeff, Alice Benator,
Geraldine Berner, Helaine Brodie,
Khodu Bresner, Alice Cohen, Har
riet Cohen, Sylvia Feldman, Sheila
Fox, Florine Galanti, Beverly
Greene, Betty Levy, Edith Moss-
man, Miriam Novak, Frances Ru- j
bin, Bertha Stoler, Adele Simon,
Evelyn Ray Seplin, Inge Sultan, j
Yetta Sisselman, Marilyn Wein-
traub. Beverly Elaine Smith, I
Louise Bobo, Vickie Fresco, Ber
nice Fresco, Beverly Loeb, all of |
Atlanta. Harriet Dolin of Waynes
boro, Georgia, Joslyn Metzler of
Columbia, South Carolina, Hylda
Morris of Valdosta, Georgia, and
Sarah Jay of Buford, Georgia.
Registration for the second per
iod is still open and if you are an
xious to have a vacation that is
different contact the Alliance at
once.
* * *
Alliance Clubs Get Into
the Scrap
The JTC-AZA chapter 460 is
continuing its salvage collection
campaign during the summer
months. Following up their origi
nal paper sale they are now carry
ing on a second paper collection
campaign and in addition have
started to accumulate bottle caps.
They have set themselves a goal
of one million caps and they urge
all Southern Israelite readers to
save their bottle caps and old
newspapers for them. Leave a
message at the Alliance and some
one will call at yx>ur home to pick
up the contribution.
When the Boy Scouts return
from their camp trip they plan to
carry on a very intensive scrap
collection campaign. Plans are
now being formulated with the
idea in mind that the war effort
can use every thing ad that there
is no such thing as “waste” any
more.
• * •
The SOZ club of the Alliance
is head over heels in plans for
j their annual banquet which will
be held the later part of the month.
The theme of the banquet is Vic
tory and the banquet bulletin is
being dedicated to SOZ members
now serving in the Armed Forces.
on v«ediiOsday evening, August
19, aZA cnapter 35/ is sponsoring
a.i iinuir lor all AZA chapters at j
i^uKewuuu t-arK. They have plan-
..c-d an nucleating program in ad- |
uition to the regular attractions at
Lakewoou. l he procec*ds will Li-
coiiti ibuteu to a war fund.
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Boy Scouts Troop 27
Enjoy Outdoor Life at Camp
cvii buii.iay, August 19, bo>
scouts trom troop 27 left for cainp
Bert Adam.-, for a week’s out door
camping. 1 hese boys are camping
.ii the true tradition of scouting in
America. They brought their own
food and stove and icebox with
them. They will be a separate self-
sufficient unit at camp doing their
own cooking and carrying on their
own scouting activities. The boys
are returning on Friday August
14 and all of them are hoping to
come bac k with several more merit
badges than they had when they
left.
* * *
Adult Camp
Registration for the JEA Adult
Camp which will be held during
the Labor Day weekend is in full
swing. Inquiries are coming in
every day and indications are that
camp will be full.
Parents who visited their chil
dren at Camp Daniel Morgan dur
ing the children’s period were all
impressed with the beauty of the
camp site and the surrounding
country side. Comments were fre
quently heard regarding the size
and picturesque setting of the lake.
Many of these parents promised to
come and spend the weekend at
camp to have a taste of the healthy
outdoor life which their children
enjoyed.
Take advantage of 3 days in
Georgia’s gorgeous woodlands
area. Call the Alliance, Main 2171
and make your reservation.
Homer C. Parker Announces
the Opening of Campaign
Headquarters
Atlanta. Ga„ Aug. 3, 1942—Ho
mer C. Parker. Comptroller Gen
eral and Insurance Commissioner
of Georgia, announces the opening
of his campaign headquarters in
Room 721 Henry Grady Hotel, on
next Monday. August 10th.
Mr. Parker is the duly elected
Comptroller General of the State
of Georgia and by virtue of his
office is the State Insurance Com
missioner. He is basing his cam
paign and claims for re-election
k> the office he now holds on the
record he has made since his
election by the people in 1940.
With reference to his campaign,
he has made the following state
ments: “I will not under any cir
cumstances engage in a mud-
slinging campaign, nor will I
pitch my campaign on the low
plane sometimes employed by can
didates for office. I do not plan to
engage in personalities, nor will
I attempt to vilify any person I
do not believe that any man has
the right to run for office on the
demerits of an opponent, but that
every candidate should base his
j claims for public office and lor
the support of the people on his
own merits.”
Mr. Parker also states: “1 will
J riot take part in the campaign of
: any other candidate for office and
1 will not permit the employees
| of my office to do campaign work
j either for me or for any other
j candidate. I will not accept cam-
i paign contributions from any
j member of my office force. This I
; have already refused to do.
“I invite my friends over the
State to call on me at my head-
! quarters when in Atlanta and ask
them to communicate with me
j by mail at my Henry Grady Hotel
' address, rather than at my office
in the Capitol, if the business
about which they wish to contact
i me is of a political nature.”
HOMER C. PARKER
Homer C. Parker, Comp
troller General, has opened
campaign headquarters in
Room 721, Henry Grady Ho
tel, Atlanta, Georgia.
Mr. Parker asks to be re
elected on the record that he
has made in office. He will
conduct a clean campaign
and will not permit state em
ployees connected with his
office to do campaign w r ork
for him or for any other can
didate. He will not take part
in the campaign of any other
candidate for office. He asks
that his friends contact him
at Room 721, Henry Grady
Hotel, Atlanta ^Georgia.
JERE WELLS
Sure—We Need a Change!
Elect
JERE WELLS
CONGRESSMAN
From the Fifth Georgia District
He's able, liberal, progressive,
tolerant—and, will represent all the
people.
Subject to Democratic primary
September 9