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lodge to Introduce Zionist Resolution
. ,^; Washington (J1. P. A.)�Senator Lodge
/'cMirrri&n^bf the Senate Foreign Relations 'Cofrrmttee, to-day informed a
-delegation, headed by Abraham Gold-
iberg, director of the .Palestine Buteau and a member of the Administrative Committee of the Zionist Organization of America, that he had tent-jatiyefy drafted and expected to intro-,duce in the next few days a resolution
.'supporting -the idea of the establishment of a National Jewish Home in Palestine, -in accordance with the terms of the Balfour declaration, issued by the British Government on November 2, 1917:
The delegation, to whom Senator Lodge gave this assurance, included, besides Mr. Goldberg, Senator William M. Calder and Representative Albert B. Rossdale of New York. Representative Hamilton Fish has introduced jh the House a resolution somewhat similar to the one/for which Senator Lodge will be sponsor. ; Seiiator Lodge was first approached about the introduction of such a resolution" by a delegation of Massachusetts Zionists, whom he received recently,
Senator Calder said that he was greatly pleased that Senator Lodge would introduce the Palestine resolution. He accompanied the delegation, he said, because he was a representative of the state that contained the largest Jewish population in the world per square mile of territory.
Senator George Wharton Pepper, of Pennsylvania, later in the day received a delegation of Jews from Phil-gdelphia, headed by Jacob Ginsburg,
^publisher of "The Tewish World," and 'including Martin Q. Levy, grand sec-
� fetary 01 the Independent Order B'rith
Solomon; Dr. Benjamin B. L. Gordon;
Leopold C. Glass, member of the
-Legislature;' Harry M. Miller, Louis
� E. Levinthal and Morris Senn. Mr.
Pepper. assured the delegation that he
>w6uld heartily support the Lodge
' resolution when it came up on the floor of the Senate, and expressed his interest in the Zionist cause. The delegation also called upon a number of representatives from Pennsylvania, who pledged their support of the Fish resolution in the House.
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PULITZER'S WORK LAUDED
New York (J. P. A.)�The seventy-fifth anniversary of the birth of Joseph PuliUer was celebrated at the Pulitzer School of Journalism, Columbia University. Faculty members and students participated./ Addresses were made by Dr. Taleott Williams, Director Emeritus, Dr. John -W. CunlirTe, Director of the School, and Joseph Jones, president- of the. senior class, who placed a laurel wreath on a statue of Mr. Pulitzer in the' lobby of the School of Journalism Building. .'
"1>e monuments that Joseph Pul-,hxer -left in his newspapers ana in the Columbia School of Journalism are �ot more lasting than the inspiration of Ills determination and tireless work," ; Mid Mr. Jones. "When the .students *tf the'school, which he founded, place this wreath in memory of,his birth, it '� not only a remembrance of his becef*ctk>nsf but also of his
ACCUSED OF SWINDLING ALIENS OUT OF $50,000
.New York (J.. P. A.)-r-The-balhof Max Peko.wsky, of 2 Avenue C, Brooklyn, was increased from $2,500 to $25,000'to-day by County Judge Tay-(or in Brooklyn, and" Pekowsky was denounced as an "international thief" by Assistant District Attorney Goldstein. . Pekowsky's trial on a charge of first degree grand larcency was set for May 8.
"The. defendant shouted, "I'll die in jail," when his bail was increased. Ten minutes later he had fallen asleep in the detention pen.
Masquerading in the uniform of a United States army captain, according to the state, both here and abroad, Pekowsky swindled immigrants and their relative8 out of $50,000 or more by promising to secure the entrance of any immigrant to this country. Hyman Tasans, of 95 South Third Street, Brooklyn, says he gave Pekowsky $950 to get three members of his family from Russia past Ellis Island. A photograph of Pekowsky in the uniform of an American captain, taken in Bucharest, is an'exhibit in evidence. He is said to have operated as a chiropractor under the name of "Dr. Parker."
ZIONIST CONFERENCE DEMANDS RATIFICATION OF PALESTINE MANDATE
Philadelphia (J. P. A.)�The. recent all-day conference of Zionist executives and leaders, held on March 26, at the Adelphia Hotel, Philadelphia, Pa., was one of the most eventful gatherings of'Jewish leaders held here in recent years.
Coming on the eve of the meeting of the League of Nations in Geneva, where ratification of the Palestine mandate is expected, it assumed added significance in its portent for the future of the Jewish people.
There were more than 200 delegates present at the conference, representing every state in the union.
Mr. Louis Lipsky, general secretary of the Zionist organization, who presided, sounded the keynote of the conference in a ringing declaration of hope and determination to achieve the fulness of Israel's hopes. "We are on the eve of the final consummation of Zionist hopes," he declared, "and though doubt assail us and darkness obscure the glory of our vision, we shall, due to our great reserve strength and the indomitable spirit of our fathers, overcome every obstacle and foe, to the fruition of Israel's age-long dream.1'
In hia report on the present position of the Zionist movement, Morris Roth-enbergj assured the assembled delegates that the policy of the British government, with reference to the Balfour declaration, remained unchanged, and expressed the conviction that it will ' fully carry out the provisions of the mandate.
Mr. Goldberg br6ught to the conference a message of cneer, with refer^ enoe to the sympathetic attitude of the American government towards the Zionist hopes, baaed on the Balfour declaration.
Me*sag� of encouragement and congratulation *rwe received by the coo*
Toronto Branch Hebrew Immigrant Elects Rabbi J. Siegel President
Plans Convention at Ottawa
At a meeting of the Toronto branch of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society of Canada, held last week at the Zionist Institute, the following officers were
elected: President, Rabbi J, Siegel; first vice-president, A. Coehn; second vice-president, A. Rhinewine; treasurer, D. Dunkelman; secretary, J. L. Cohen; executive members�Rabbi B. Brickner, D.-Levine, Mrs. A. Levy, S. B. Kaufman, Mrs. Margoshes, H. M. Lehrer, H. Potter, S. Kruger, J. Book, and Mrs. J. Cohen.
It was decided that for the next six months the Immigrant Aid will work in conjunction with the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies. Steps are also being taken to have a convention at Ottawa as soon as possible, of representatives from Canadian Jewish cent-
ference from many prominent American jurists and educators, among them being Judges Lewis and Monaghan of the Common Pleas Court, Charles W. Eliott, president emeritus of Harvard, and others.
At the conclusion of the conference, a number of resolutions were adopted, expressing the sentiments and convictions of those assembled, with reference to the problems pressing for immediate solution.
One class of resolutions was directed to the question of the Palestine mandate. The American government was called upon to use its good offices to secure the final ratification of the mandate at the approaching League Conference at Geneva.
A resolution of confidence in the administration of Sir Herbert Samuel, British high commissioner in Palestine, was passed unanimously, it having been amended so as to express supreme condemnation of the Arab policy subverting law and order in Palestine.
Vigorous defence was made, in still another resolution, of the sublime, self-sacrificing character of the cha!-uzim�so maligned and attacked recently�and they were lauded as the heroic builders of a new culture and civilization in the desert lands and waste places of the Holy Land.
After having passed some further minor resolutions, approving the policies and tactics of the Zionist administration and its efforts to secure unity and harmony in its ranks, a ringing challenge and clarion call to all Zionists was adopted, asking their wholehearted, unstinted, and aggressive support for the Keren Hayesod campaign now being conducted in the country. Those in conference assembled, pledged themselves to put forth unlimited efforts to secure the full measure of success for this effort�a practical demonstration of devotion to the cause of ZioqYUpbuilding and reconstruction.
ers to effect the co-ordination of Jewish organizations in immigration work.
Those present at the meeting were: Abraham Coht-n, representing Independent Order B'nai TVrith; Rabbi B. Brickner, Rabbi J. Siege!, M. Grainer, and S. B. Kaufman, Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of Toronto; Mrs. A. Levy and Mrs. S. Margoshes, Council of Jewish Women; A. Rhinewine and J. L. Cohen, Poale Zion; Miss R. Aarons, Boot and Shoe Society; H. Pike, Herzl Zion; S. Kruger, Branch 26 Jewish National Workers' Alliance; A. Heller, Branch 49 Jewish National Workers' Alliance; L. Levenstein, Branch 126 Jewish National Workers' Alliance; Mrs. I. Cohen, Daughters of Zion; Mr. Schrott, Independent Benevolent; H. Potter and H. N. Lebrer, visitors.
NO "i^ERIM" TO BE ACCEPTED IN BIALOSTOCK
Bialostock (J. P. A.).............The Kehillah
has decided to reject all Christian applications for admission into the Jewish religion.
A Christian young man applied to the rabbi to be circumcised and admitted into the Jewish religion, but his application was denied, on the ground that the Russian law, imposing a heavy penalty upon those who perform such ceremony, has not yet been repealed.
In other large Jewish centers, which are under Polish dominion, where the former laws have no effect, such ceremonies are of frequent occurence.
EMERGENCY FUND FOR TEACHERS PROVIDED
Paris (J. P. A.) -The "Alliance Israelite Universelle" has established a reserve fund, which is to be used for the aid of all old teachers of the Alliance schools, after their active careers have closed, as well as for those younger members of their staff who are disabled, because of illness, from attending to their work and earning their livelihood.
"CULTURAL LEAGUE" OF RUSSIA APPEALS FOR AID
Moscow (J. P. A.)�At the last session of the executive committee of the "Jewish Cultural League," a resolution was adopted, to appeal to the Jewish workers of America for material aid in carrying on the work and the institutions of the "league."
The central committee of the "league" transferred its headquarters from Kiev to Moscow.
New branches of the "league" have been organized in Minsk, Bobroysk, and Vitebsk.
At the election of members of the "executive," the following were elected: Auslander, Dobrushin, Litwakov, Lev-itart, and Froomken.
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