Temporary Letterhead Telephone: ALgonquin 4-2640 THE GOAL FOR 1937: $4,500,000 UNITED PALESTINE APPEAL PALESTINE FOUNDATION FUND (KEREN HAYESOD)—JEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH)

EMERGENCY FUND (MEFAL BITZARON) OF THE JEWISH AGENCY FOR PALESTINE

FOR THE SETTLEMENT m PALESTINE or JEWS OF GERMANY, POLAND AND OTHER LANDS

NATIONAL OFFICERS 111 FIFTH AVENUE National Chairmen CITY STEPHEN S. WISE ISRAEL GOLDSTEIN May 7, 1 MAURICE LEVIN WILLIAM M. LEWIS LOUIS LIPSKY Hon. Herbert H. Lehman MORRIS ROTHENBERG ABBA HILLEL SILVER Bxecutive Mansion ELIHU D. STONE Albany, Hew York. Associate Chairmen LEON GELLMAN DAVID WERTHEIM My dear Governor Lehman* Honorary Chairmen CYRUS ADLER Thank you for your letter of May 6th. All of us ALFRED M. COHEN HERBERT H. LEHMAN regret that we shall not have the pleasure of your JULIAN W. MACK company at the dinner to Lord Melchett on May 20th, HENRIETTA SZOLD Honorary Vice-Chairmen Louis ALTSCHUL, Mt. Vemon A. M. ASHINSKY, Pittsburgh The interests of the United Palestine Appeal Louis BAMBERGEH, Newark OSCAR BERMAN, Cincinnati compel me to intrude upon your time further. I do BARNETT R. BHICKNEH, FRED BUTZEL, Detroit so with hesitancy because I appreciate the heavy HENRY COHEN, Galveston AMOS DEINARD, burden on your shoulders at this time, even after SARAH FEDER, New York M. MALDWIN FERTIG, New York the Legislature has adjourned. PHILIP FORMAN, Trenton SOLOMON B. FREEHOF, Pittsburgh HARRY FRIEDBERG, Kansas City HARRY FRIEDENWALD, Baltimore The dinner to Lord Melchett is being utilized as I. M. GOLDEN, San Francisco a rallying point for the campaign of the United Palestine SOLOMON GOLDMAN, ABRAHAM GOLDSTEIN, Hartford Appeal which is seeking $1,700,000 in $ew York City, of JACK GOODMAN, Indianapolis CHAIM GHEENBERG, New York the national quota of $4,500,000. We hope at that time IAMES G. HELLER, Cincinnati L. MANUEL HENDLER, Baltimore to announce very substantial progress toward our local ISIDORE HERSHFIELD, Washington HAROLD HIRSCH, Atlanta and national objective. EDWARD L. ISRAEL, Baltimore HAROLD JACOBI, New York MRS. EDWARD JACOBS, New York MEYER JACOBSTEIN, Rochester Knowing that in any event you are planning to make A. SIGMUND KAENINGEISER, Newark a contribution to the United Palestine Appeal as you JACOB J. KAPLAN, Boston J. M. KAPLAN, New York have done so continuously-in the past, I would like to MORDECAI M. KAPLAN, New York EDMUND I. KAUFMAN, Washington suggest that you permit me to announce your contribution Louis E. KIRSTEIN, Boston GUSTAVE KLAUSNER, St. Louis at the function on May 20th to add to the general stimulus MRS. REBEKAH KOHUT, New York JOSEPH KRAEMER, Newark of the gathering. It would also be helpful to our cause if ARTHUR M. LAMPORT, New York LEON LEHMAN, Pittsburgh you could send me a message about the work of the United MONTE M.LEMANN, New Orleans B. L. LEVINTHAL, Philadelphia Palestine Appeal, that could be read to the audience at FELIX A. LEVY, Chicago JULIUS LIVINGSTON, Tulsa the dinner. SOLOMON LOWENSTEIN, New York JAMES MARSHALL, New York ISRAEL MATZ, Louis B. MAYER, Culver City As honorary chairman of the United Palestine Appeal CHARLES W. MORRIS, Louisville MORRIS NEAMAN, Pittsburgh you will, I know, be encouraged to learn of the reports JOSEPH A. PADWAY, Milwaukee we have had from every section of the country indicating HARDWIG PERES, Memphis JOSEPH B. PERSKIE, Atlantic City substantial increases in contributions by both individuals MICHAEL SCHAAP, New York MAX J. SCHNEIDER, New York and communities, in many cases ranging to as much as 100$. SAMUEL SCHULMAN, New York MAX SHULMAN, Chicago This is a reflection of the wide understanding of the place MAX SILVERSTEIN, New York HORACE STERN, Philadelphia that Palestine occupies in the solution of the problem of SOL M. STROOCK, New York WILLIAM TARADASH, Miami Jewish homelessness in Europe. HERMAN P. TAUBMAN, Tulsa JOE WEINGARTEN, Houston HENRY WINEMAN, Detroit MRS. STEPHEN S. WISE, New York SAMUEL WOHL, Cincinnati ALEXANDER S. WOLF, St. Louis IRA M. YOUNKER, New York

"LET EVERY AMERICAN JEW MEASURE HIS GIFT IN THE LIGHT OF THE FUTURE HE IS CREATING FOR JEWS IN PALESTINE" Hon. Herbert H. Lehman

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With best personal wish.es and. with sympathy for the arduous labors which now preoccupy you, I am,

ly yours,

Stephen S. Wise National Chairman

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