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Southern Welfare Drives Are First
To Hit Wartime Stride
Dixie Campaigners Show Country How to Win Big
Increases Even in Face of Economic Stress
Every year southern communities are in the vanguard of the l . J. A.,
with drives in l ull swing while other parts of the country are still in the
preliminary and planning stages. This year the early campaigns down
South opened in a goldfish howl, with the whole country watching.
They took the first tests of how American Jews would meet their
l .J. \. responsibilities in wartime.
They fame
through nobly,
though it was
not accom-
pl i sh c (I with-
out a struggle.
Take Florida,
for example.
Despite the
Armand Max nipping off of
the tourist trade h\ war. mam eities
there raised more than la>t year. Jaek-
>om ill**, led l»\ Alexander Brest, did a
splendid job to bring in a Hi per cent
increase. I ampu overcame not only
business troubles hut the fact that
Chairman Fred IVrlman and five team
captains fell ill at the start of the cam
paign and heat its 1 *> V1 results b\ a
large amount. Hardest hit by the tour
ist blight. Miami nevertheless showed
courage and
determination
in carr\ ing on
with its drive,
headed b\ Dav
J. Apte.
In neighbor
ing Alabama,
earnest cam-
Harold S. Mover paign workers
shook out even cotton boll in search
of stra\ pledges. Birmingham's drive,
headed h\ Fee B. Weil, came up w ith
a 10 per cent increase. Montgomery,
w ith Simon \\ ampold in charge, made
it 13 jht cent. These eities had noth
ing on Gadsden, where Chairman
Merlin Hagedorn and his co-workers
wore out their fountain pens writing
up increased pledges, which finally
totaled a believe-it-or-not 173
cent over 1941.
Skirting the Gulf like a tornado the
l . J. A. spirit swept New Orleans,
which, under the chairmanship of
Harold Mayer,
m ore t li a n
held its own.
Other parts
of the South
refused to
\ ield honors
to the Gulf
Coast. In Ten-
Mortimer May nessee. Mem
phis. with A1 Goldfarh and Abe W al-
dauer in command, and Nashville. un
der the leadership of Mortimer May.
piled up laurels, and dollars, in rec
ord-breaking campaigns in which
women plaved outstanding parts. In
Knoxville a group of young, ener
getic leaders, under David M. Blum-
herg. inoculated the community with
a new -pirit that expressed itself in a
27 jht cent rise in contributions.
Georgia campaigners were out l>e-
fo re the | icarh blossoms. Armand Ma>
and Joseph B. Jacobs teamed up as
co-chairmen to lead Atlanta's drive.
Savannah, led l>\ Bahhis William
Drazin and George Solomon, made a
fine start with u large Big Gifts in
crease. The well-organized Colum
bus campaign, under Joe Julius, did
36 |H*r cent better than in 1941. Rich-
morid. \ a., campaigned under the
leadership of Samuel K. Binswanger.
(.arolinas ami Texas Forge Ahead
I he Carolines product'll some of
the most stirring incidents of the
spring campaign. W ilmington, V C M
led by Ben kingotT, arranged big gifts
meetings that brought double and
triple contributions over last year,
and in a dashing campaign obtained
a 56 per rent increase in giving. Co
lumbia, S. C.. boasts of perhaps the
youngest chairman in the country,
Samuel Huhin. whose ability and en
thusiasm are not to he measured by
his years, for under his direction the
community, in a sizzling two-day
drive, raised 17 jier cent more than in
1941. And Kaleigh. led b) Ben Gold
berg. came through with a resound
ing 63 jht cent increase.
In the Lone Star State they staged
some tremendous round-ups of dol
lars for the l . J. A. Houston's brisk
outfit, with AA illiam Salman at its
head, roped in more and bigger
pledges than ever before. Dallas cam
paigners, headed by Julius Sehepps.
ditl their usual effective job. Galves
ton. under Chairman I. H. kempner.
registered an increase of 17 per cent
in Jewish community giving. The
Fort AA orth drive, led by I. E. Hor-
w it/ and Sol Brachman. also showed
a notable increase, while the San An
tonio campaign went forward with
Frank B. Falkstein as chairman. Over
in the far end of the Panhandle, at El
Paso, they proved that good cam
paigning is no monopoly of any city
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