EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING NOVEMBER 16, 1924 The Eighteenth Annual Meeting of the American Jewish Committee was held at the Hotel Astor, New York City, on Sunday, November 16, 1924. Louis Marshall, Esq., presided, and the following members were present: District I. August Kohn, Columbia. IX. Cyrus Adler, Martin O. Levy, Philadelphia. XI. Jacob Asher, Worcester; Philip M. Bernstein, Waterbury; Edward M. Chase, Manchester; Henry Lasker, Springfield; David A. Lourie, Felix Vorenberg, Boston; Archibald Silverman, Providence; Isidore Wise, Hartford. XII. Isaac Allen, Benjamin Altheimer, Herman Bernstein, Nathan Bijur, David M. Bressler, Elias A. Cohen, H. G. Enelow, William Fischman, Lee K. Frankel, Max J. Kohler, Jacob Kohn, Irving Lehman, William Liebermann, Louis Marshall, Alexander Marx, Edgar J. Nathan, Bernard Semel, Joseph Silverman, Lewis L. Strauss, Cyrus L. Sulzberger, Israel Unterberg, Felix M. Warburg, New York City. XIII. Simon Fleischmann, Buffalo; Benjamin Stolz, Syra cuse. XIV. Milton M. Adler, Felix Fuld, Frederick Jay, Lewis Straus, Newark; William Newcorn, Plainfield; Joseph B. Perskie, Atlantic City; A. J. Sunstein, Pittsburgh. Members-At-Large: Horace Stern, Leo M. Brown, Eli Frank, Milton J. Rosenau, Frederick W. Wile. Council of Jewish Women: Rose Brenner, Estelle M. Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society: John Independent Order Brith Sholom: Martin O. Levy, Order Brith Abraham: Leon B. Ginsburg, Morris M. United Synagogue of America: Samuel C. Lamport, Women's League of the United Synagogue of America: APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEES The President appointed the following Committees: On Nominations-Messrs. Cyrus L. Sulzberger, Benjamin Stolz, and Siegmund B. Sonneborn; On Auditing the Accounts of the Treasurer-David M. Bressler, A. J. Sunstein, and Edward M. Chase; on Press-Harry Schneiderman and Herman Bernstein; Tellers-Leon B. Ginsburg and Jacob Asher. PRESENTATION OF ANNUAL REPORT The Executive Committee presented its report for the past year. Upon motion, the report was received and ordered printed. ELECTIONS The Committee on Nominations made the following recommendations: For Officers: President: Louis Marshall. Vice-Presidents: Cyrus Adler and Julius Rosenwald. For Members of the Executive Committee to serve for three years from January 1, 1925: Cyrus Adler James Becker Abram I. Elkus Eli Frank Albert D. Lasker A. Leo Weil For District Representatives, to fill expired terms or vacancies: District III. Barnett E. Marks, Phoenix, Ariz., to fill existing vacancy for term expiring 1929. District IV. Charles Jacobson, Little Rock, Ark., to be re-elected for term expiring 1929, and A.C. Wurmser, Kansas City, Mo., to fill existing vacancy for term expiring 1929. District V. Emanuel Rosenberg, Seattle, Wash., to be for term expiring 1929. Harry A. Wolf, Omaha, Neb., to succeed Victor Rosewater, District VIII. Sol. S. Kisser, Indianapolis, Ind., and David Philipson, Cincinnati, O., to be reelected for terms expiring 1929. District IX. Wm. Gerstley, Philadelphia, Pa., to be reelected for term expiring 1929. District X. David Snellenburg, Wilmington, Del., to be re-elected for term expiring 1929. District XI. Louis Baer, Boston, Mass., Felix Voren: berg, Boston, Mass., and Edward M. District Chase, Manchester, N. H., to be re-elected XII. Benjamin Altheimer, Henry M. Goldfogle, District XIII. Benjamin Stolz, Syracuse, N.Y., Mortimer Adler, Rochester, N. Y., to be reelected for terms expiring 1929, and Moses F. Aufsesser, Albany, N. Y., to fill existing vacancy for term expiring 1929. District XIV. Felix Fuld, Newark, N. J.; William Newcorn, Plainfield, N. J.; Isaiah Scheeline, Altoona, Pa., and A. Leo Weil, Pitts burgh, Pa., to be re-elected for terms expiring 1929. There being no other nominations, the Assistant Secretary was requested to cast one ballot for the nominees of the Committee on Nominations, which he did, and announced the election of the several nominees. REPORT OF TELLERS The tellers reported that they had canvassed the ballots cast for District Members in Districts III, VII, and VIII, and that the following received a plurality of the votes cast: District III. Max Heller, New Orleans, La. District VII. Joseph Stolz, Chicago, Ill. District VIII. Samuel Ach, Cincinnati, O. The Committee on Auditing the Accounts of the Treasurer reported that it had duly audited these accounts and found them to be correct. TO THE MEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: During the past year immigration has especially engaged the attention of your Executive Committee. Three phases of this subject were dealt with. The first grew out of a mass of difficulties and hardships due to imperfections of the so-called Quota Law which has been in force since July 1, 1921. As administered the intolerable and impossible burden has been imposed upon intending immigrants of keeping informed from hour to hour as to the state of the quotas allowed to each country, in order to avoid the tragic consequences that ensue if the immigrant arrives here after the monthly or the annual quotas assigned to the land from which he comes have been exhausted, even though at the time of his embarkation he held a passport bearing the visa of American consuls and which he naturally regarded as a |