to open and maintain a branch in the City of New York, and permit the closing of its banking business on Saturday and all Hebrew Holidays.
Your Committee further reported that at present it has subscriptions aggregating about Thirty Thousand ($30,000.00) Dollars, for the stock of the Jewish Colonial Trust Co., and expects that when it is ready to open its branch for business that the entire capital stock will be subscribed for.
With Zion's greetings,
Yours truly,
REPORT OF NATIONAL FUND COMMITTEE.
Owing to the fact that the Chairman of the National Fund Committee assumed his duties rather late in the year, which necessitated a reorganization of the said committee, it was almost impossible to effect any new comprehensive scheme for the gathering of funds in America for the National Fund. Beginnings indeed were made, and plans formulated which, in the opinion of the Committee, might be fruitful of great results; but owing to the fact that these plans have not as yet been tested, it would be unfair to detail them in this report. The Chairman of the National Fund Committee is prepared to hand these plans over to his successor in office, and, further, is willing to co-operate with him in this work.
During the last fiscal year the sale of National Fund stamps amounted to $2,252.50; National Fund donations, $2,472.57; Golden Book entries, $2,202.59; total, $6,927.66.
Quite a number of societies have adopted the plan of sending instalments to the Federation office, on account of Golden Book entries; these entries being made when payments are complete.
Two hundred National Fund boxes have been distributed as an experiment. Five hundred more have been ordered from the National Fund Committee. There seems to be a good demand for these boxes, and the Convention's attention is called to this popular form of gathering of money for the
National Fund. Since the stamps have been gummed and placed in booklets by the Federation, the sale of the stamps was increased to a great degree. These National Fund booklets are issued in the same style as the stamps issued by the United States Government, in books of 50 and 100, thus making it convenient for the business man to carry them about with him. Since the gumming of the stamps there can now be no excuse for any Zionist for not using them on every possible occasion.
ee ee Fr (sie A resolution will be introduced at the Convention concerning the holding of general National Fund collections from Tisha B’av to Shabbos Nachmoo, July 21-27. It is recommended to the Convention that this resolution be passed and that collections be made by all societies during these days. A pamphlet issued by the National Fund Commission, on the aims and character of the National Fund, has been translated and will be printed and circulated in time for the Nationalist Fund collection.
Respectfully submitted,
THE PUBLICATION COMMITTEE
In making its report, thg Publication Committee may subdivide its work into three parts: First, its efforts to establish a Yiddish weekly publication; second, its press agitation; and, third, the publication of pamphlets, leaflets, etc.
Mr. S. Abel was appointed to consider the various propositions adopted at the last convention for the establishment of a Yiddish weekly. His report, covering that subject, is herewith appended.
For a period of six months, the Publication Committee sent out regularly to the American Jewish press, at intervals of seven days, news items and articles of Zionistic value. This news service was utilized by the entire press with but few exceptions, and served to keep Zionism before the American public. It is to be regretted that it is necessary for our organization to act as news correspondent for the Jewish periodicals; it is obvious that it is their own business to keep a record of the news; but the American Jewish press is also a victim of the