indifference they have kept aloof from our work. At present we are exerting every effort to raise a fund of $250 to support the magazine during the next year, so that the position of the Young Judæa may be financially assured.
To consider the multiform activities which propaganda among children requires, to consider the correspondence entailed in advising out of town circles, the necessary educational work, the matter of organization, direction, and supervision of all our circles, the organizing of the many large celebrations the publishing of various indispensable booklets of poems, songs, maps, etc., the editing of the monthly magazine already referred to—to consider all these endeavors beside the actual resources of Young Judæa is to wonder how they have been brought about at all; and the inference is inevitable that work under such conditions must soon become impossible.
Young Judæa has no office, no facilities, no clerical hire. Our past experience has proven that the best volunteer service, scarce as it is, is always trying, and is never adequate or responsible. We have not thus for been able to secure the necessary funds for the most indispensable facilities. We have not had sufficient funds for needed publications, for our magazine or for our celebrations. Without funds and without facilities, our efforts have not only been hampered, but our usefulness retarded.
The scope of Young Judæa is continually broadening its field of activities at a pace entirely beyond our present means or control. An educational organization for the young requires constant supervision and large expenditures. Yet for
the period of October 1st to June 1st, our income has been but $300.
It will be impossible for Young Judaea to continue as in the past. It cannot be allowed to drag along in the face of a constant deficit. If, after two years, this convention thinks it has not shown its usefulness in comparison with the effort we have been able to exert, it should recommend its immediate dissolution. It will not do merely to give a note of encouragement, and let Young Judaea shift for itself as best as it can. Young Judaea is an offspring of the Federation. It must give to Young Judaea more than moral support. For the past two years the excuse has been given that it has not funds to spare. If it realizes the importance of Young Judaea, it will raise an income for Young Judaea.
To carry on its work properly, Young Judæa needs $1,500. It is assured of an income of $500 from contributions and dues. $500 should be appropriated by the Federation, and the remaining sum should be raised by Zionist societies. A budget of expenses would include $500 for office help and expenses, $500 for the Young Judæan and other publications, and $500 for Jewish celebrations in cities outside of New York as well as in the City.
At the last Convention of Young Judæa, the Juniors, of their own free will, amid intense enthusiasm, adopted the Basle platform as the platform of Young Judæa. It can therefore only appeal to Zionist organizations and to the Zionist public for support. It is incumbent on this Convention to come to our rescue and fulfill its parental obligations to Young Judæa.