this sincere expression of sorrow at the demise of their brother and colleague; and be it further Resolved, That this memorial resolution of sympathy be conveyed to the bereaved wife and family of Judah Wechsler, to whom may God grant peace of soul and the reward of the righteous. Signed: CHARLES S. LEVI, Chairman. ISAAC L. RYPINS. MORRIS NEWFIELD. THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 2, 1908. The meeting was opened with prayer by Rabbi George Solomon. The minutes of the session of the previous evening were read by the Recording Secretary and approved. The report of the Corresponding Secretary, Rabbi Julian Morgenstern, was then read, and on motion received, with directions that it be printed in the Year Book. FRANKFORT, MICH., July 1, 1908. To the Central Conference of American Rabbis: GENTLEMEN: Your Corresponding Secretary begs leave to submit the following report of the work entrusted to him during the past year: Circular letters were sent to all members of the Conference early in September, calling their attention to various matters of importance, among others requesting them to devote one sermon during the holidays to an appeal for students for the Hebrew Union College. Address cards were also sent them, which, however, were returned, and that not very promptly, by only a fraction of the members. It is important that these cards be filled out promptly by all members from year to year, in order that the Corresponding Secretary may have a correct record of addresses, congregational officers to whom our communications to congregations may be sent, etc. The members were also informed that all Conference publications could be had by them upon application. Accordingly a larger number of Conference publications were distributed among our members than ever before. Another circular letter was sent to our members later in regard to the contemplated issue of a new translation of the Old Testament, and one still later urging them to attend this Conference. Circular letters were also sent to all congregations affiliated with the U. A. H. C. and all others ministered to by our members calling attention to certain institutions, acts and resolutions of the Conference requiring the especial co-operation of the congregation for their successful realization, viz., the Lyceum Bureau, "Young Israel," the pension fund for superannuated ministers, the appointment of Rabbis in large centers of population to minister to the spiritual needs of the Jewish sick, prisoners and criminals in the various institutions of charity and correction, and to Jewish students in universities, pulpit candidating, and the payment of the expenses of the Rabbi consequent upon attendance at the annual conferences. A summary of the work of the last Conference was also sent to these congregations. Later a circular letter was sent to the congregations ministered to by our members, representing the benefits to be derived from attendance at the Conference, and urging each to pay the expenses of its Rabbi at this Conference. Quite a number of favorable replies were received. A new set of congregational membership cards, like those issued in former years, was printed and distributed among all congregations applying for them. During the past year the following one hundred and four vouchers were issued, amounting to $6,264.42: 1907 Aug. 23 Toby Rubovits, for printing, mailing, etc. .$ 140.66 66 23 Fanny Rauh, for typewriting and stenographic work... 10.00 66 23 Leon Brummer, for services as certified public accountant. 15.00 66 23 Central Trust and Safe Deposit Company, for rental..... 5.00 T. Schanfarber, for postage, clerical work, expressage. 2.43 100.00 5.00 J. Morgenstern, for postage, expressage, etc. 1.98 66 23 66 23 M. Rosenthal & Co., for printing stationery. 20.00 41.67 Sept. 15 Central Trust and Safe Deposit Company, additional storage charges. Twentieth Century Press Clipping Bureau, for clippings Oct. 20 Leo M. Franklin, for expenses of Lyceum Bureau.. 20 C. S. Levi, printing, postage, etc., trip to Cincinnati.. 41.50 Sept. 12 M. J. Gries (through C. S. Levi), expenses of Executive 27.42 17 J. Morgenstern, for postage, typewriter ribbon, etc. 20.75 66 19 25.00 1.78 41.67 25.00 9 Pension J. Morgenstern, for postage, stenographer, etc. Jan. 28 Williams & Co., for interest and collection.. Feb. 9 Pension D. Lefkowitz, for expressage, postage and typewriting.. J. Morgenstern, for foreign exchange on 31.96 roubles.. Feb. 23 S. Rosenthal & Co., for printing... 4.45 25.36 41.67 25.00 7.05 16.65 3.50 23. M. Salzman, for expenses on Haggadah Committee... 10.45 66 23 G. A. Kohut, for expenses on Haggadah Committee. 9.40 66 23 A. Guttmacher, for expenses on Haggadah Committee.. 5.00 March 15 Z. & L. Rosenfeld, for stenographic work. March 20 Gibbon, Dickelman, Furst & Bourke, for renewing Treas March 29 Toby Rubovits, for printing, addressing and expressing year-books 832.85 66 29 S. Hirshberg, for expenses on Year-book and Ministers' 5.00 M. Salzman, for expenses of Domestic Service Committee 10.40 4.00 5.40 4.40 66 12 Toby Rubovits, for postage and expressage... 3.21 Hebrew Encyclopedia Publishing Co. for 3 Vol. II.......... 9.00 April 19 ..... L. M. Franklin, for 1⁄2 of Conference subvention of 250.00 May 19 J. Morgenstern, for postage on 9,000 tracts. Toby Rubovits, for copyright and mailing year-books.. 1.53 123.12 158.75 41.67 25.00 3.59 70 15.00 90.00 19 L. H. Cahan & Co., for corrections in Haggadah. 250.00 66 19 Murphy, Parker & Co., for binding Haggadah. 75.00 29 L. Wolsey, for expenses of Social and Religious Union After the presentation of this report, the Chair requested that all members whose expenses were paid by their congregations notify the Corresponding Secretary thereof. It was learned that over one-half of the members in attendance had their expenses defrayed in this manner. The report of the Recording Secretary, Rabbi David Lefkowitz, was then read, and on motion was received and ordered printed. REPORT OF RECORDING SECRETARY. To the President and Members of the Central Conference of American Rabbis: GENTLEMEN—The Executive Committee, elected at the last session of the Conference, met four times during the past year, July 8, 1907, at Frankfort; October 8 and 9, 1907, and January 14, 1908, at Cincinnati, and July 1, 1908, at Frankfort. The business transacted at these meetings may be summed up as follows: The Publication Committee, newly appointed, consisting of Rabbis Joseph Stolz, Chairman; Silverman, I. S. Moses, Harris and Foster, were notified to put the plates of the Conference publications in a place of safe deposit, and that some one member of the committee hold himself responsible for them. The contract with the Bloch Publishing Company was renewed on the same terms as previously prevailed. It was decided to urge the members of the Conference to utilize an occasion during the holy season to make an appeal for additional students for the theological seminaries. Rabbis C. S. Levi, Deutsch and Enelow were appointed to work out a plan for an Annual and to investigate the feasibility of publishing it this year, and reported that it was inadvisable to undertake the work at this time. Rabbis Gries, Schulman, Franklin and Enelow were appointed a committee to arrange, if possible, for the printing of the Revised Version of the Old Testament, so that it might be used by congregations and religous schools. At the October meeting they reported that the Oxford University Press had expressed willingness to publish the work under certain conditions. These negotiations were, however, finally dropped when our President, in conference with the Executive Committee of the Jewish Publication Society of America, was assured that that organization would immediately take up a similar work and would give proper representation to the Conference upon the Board of Editors. The offer of the "American Israelite" to publish the holy day sermons, which the Conference, through its Committee on Sermonic Literature, annually publishes, was accepted, and other Jewish papers were asked to do the same. The action of the President in sending upon the request of Rabbi Veld, chaplain of the U. S. A. navy, 150 copies of Vols. I and II of the Union |