Upon motion, the appointment of an Assistant Secretary, to act during the Convention, was authorized. Rabbi Julian Morgenstern was appointed to the office.

The report of the Recording Secretary, Rabbi Morris M. Feuerlicht, was read.

REPORT OF THE RECORDING SECRETARY

To the President and Members of the Central Conference of American Rabbis:

BRETHREN: Since the last convention held in Atlantic City, July 2-8, 1913, the Executive Board held three meetings: Atlantic City, July 8, 1913; Cincinnati, October 27-28, 1913; and Detroit, June 30, 1914. Besides the necessary routine work and the consideration of questions to be handled by the various standing committees, which are to make specific reports at this meeting, the business of the Executive Board may be summarized as follows:

The time of this year's convention was fixed in accordance with a postal referendum vote of the members, which resulted, 68 in favor of July and 54 in favor of April. This being the twenty-fifth anniversary of the birth of the Conference, it was decided that a presentation of the work of the Conference, and that of other national organizations created by, or cooperating with, the Conference, be made the feature of this year's program. Distinguished Jews throughout the world were to be invited to attend the meeting. The recommendation of the Corresponding Secretary at the Atlantic City Convention that certain papers contained in the early yearbooks of the Conference be reprinted as part of the anniversary celebration was favorably acted upon, and notices asking for copies of early yearbooks were inserted in the Jewish press accordingly. Final action in the matter is to be taken at this Convention.

All the publications of the Conference were ordered to be exhibited at every meeting of the Conference. Official correspondence of the President of the Conference is to be prepared in the future in duplicate, one copy to be sent to the Corresponding Secretary, and one copy to be retained by the President. Correspondence now in the possession of past presidents was ordered deposited in the archives of the Conference.

The Yearbook Committee was instructed to print only such resolutions as, in its discretion, should be printed. It was suggested and decided to recommend that hereafter a salaried editor, to act with an advisory committee in the editing of the yearbook, be appointed.

The President was instructed to arrange for the making of two copies of the file index record of the members of the Conference, one for the use of the President and one for the use of the Recording Secretary. Reprints of the Conference membership list and list of standing committees were ordered, one copy to be sent to each member of the Conference at the same time that the yearbook is distributed.

Rabbi Morgenstern was asked to have prepared three copies of the membership index record and also of the record of Conference sermons, lectures and papers.

In order that the paper read by Rabbi Singer at the Atlantic City Convention might be made available to the choirmasters and directors of

the country, 1000 copies were ordered printed. The number for distribution and file respectively was left to the Yearbook Committee to determine. 250 copies of Rabbi Lauterbach's paper, and 1000 copies of Rabbi Heller's paper before the last convention were also ordered printed, with permission granted the latter to have printed and to sell an additional 1000 copies.

The name of the Committee on Cooperation in Emergency was changed to Committee on Cooperation with National Organizations.

Rabbis Gries, Heller, Philipson and Schulman were elected as the four representatives of the Conference to the joint editorial board of the U. A. H. C. and the C. C. A. R.

Rabbi Calisch was appointed Chairman of the Committee to represent the Conference at the Centennial Peace Celebration, Richmond, Va.

Rabbi Philipson, Chairman of the Tract Committee, was authorized to have printed 18,000 extra copies of the last tract, available, on account of surplus paper, at a cost of $90.00.

A subcommittee, consisting of Rabbis H. H. Mayer, Guttmacher and Gries, was authorized to arrange and determine all details for the publication and sale of the new Hymnal.

In response to an invitation to hold the convention in San Francisco in 1915, it was resolved that the invitation be not accepted because of the impractibility of holding a convention at the time of the Exposition.

Action on resolutions and recommendations of reports presented at the Atlantic City Convention and referred to the Executive Board was taken as follows:

The recommendation of the Auditing Committee that an expert accountant be employed every year to examine all accounts of the Conference was adopted.

The Tract Committee was empowered to publish reprints of Tracts I and II. Rabbi Heller was instructed to inquire into ways and means of translating into Yiddish and circulating thus the tracts of the Conference.

The Committee on Church and State was instructed to appoint a representative in every state to deal with all problems appertaining to Church and State.

The Committee on Contemporaneous History was instructed to present to this Conference a plan for such religious propaganda as it recommended in behalf of the Turkish Jews in America. The Committee's recommendation that a chapel, teacher and other religious needs of the newly found Jewish colony at Los Angeles be provided, was referred to the Committee on Synagog and School Extension of the U. A. H. C. The recommendation that Saturday nearest Peace Day, May 18, be utilized by members of the Conference for sermons on Universal Peace, was adopted.

The recommendation of the Committee on Synagog and Industrial Relations, that symposia on present industrial conditions be held in at least two cities, was not concurred in. Similar action was taken with

reference to the recommendation that the Conference notify labor and employers' organizations of its readiness to adjust difficulties between them. The confirmation portion of the report of the Committee on Social and Religious Union was referred to the special committee appointed to report upon Rabbi Krauskopf's recommendation with reference to confirmation. The question of interest on the Relief Fund and Investments was referred to the Finance Committee to report at this Convention.

The Committee on Civil and Religious Marriage Laws was instructed to formulate a new report for this Convention.

On the resolution for combating conversionist activities, a special committee was appointed to investigate and report at this Convention on the status of the problem.

A special committee was appointed to formulate a resolution on the subject of ethical instruction in the public schools to be presented at this Convention.

The President was instructed to bring to the attention of the Board of Governors of the Hebrew Union College the recommendation of the Committee on Resolutions that instruction in music be included in the curriculum of the College.

The resolution against secret fraternities in colleges was referred to the Committee on Religious Work in Universities.

Action on the motion of Rabbi Krauskopf before the last Convention that all committee members' expenses be paid, was taken, to the effect that the expenses of no committees for meeting be paid unless authorized by the Conference, or, in the interim, by the Executive Board or the President, but that all necessary expenses for correspondence of comImittees be paid.

The Chairman of the Hymnal Committee was granted authority to spend a sum not to exceed $250.00 for making an extra copy of the Hymnal manuscript.

In accordance with the action of the Atlantic City Convention, the sum of $100.00 was appropriated to the Building Fund of Congregation Beth Israel, Atlantic City.

The following Rabbis were elected to membership in the Conference: J. S. Abels, Altoona, Pa.; Joseph Hevesh, Chicago, Ill.; Isadore Isaacson, Selma, Ala.; Israel Kaplan, Natchez, Miss.; Charles B. Latz, Ft. Smith, Ark.; Morris S. Lazaron, Wheeling, W. Va.; J. K. Levin, Helena, Mont.; Lee J. Levinger, Paducah, Ky.; Edward Lissman, New York City; Edgar F. Magnin, Stockton, Cal.; Louis L. Mann, New Haven, Conn.; Marius Rasinsky, Paterson, N. J.; and Elkan C. Voorsanger, Grand Rapids, Mich. Rabbi Sidney E. Goldstein was reinstated to membership. Rabbis J. Leiser, A. J. Messing, Jr., and Julius H. Meyer, were suspended. Respectfully submitted,

MORRIS M. FEUERLICHT,
Recording Secretary.

The report was received and adopted.

The report of the Corresponding Secretary, Rabbi Joseph S. Kornfeld, was presented.

REPORT OF THE CORRESPONDING SECRETARY

To the President and Members of the Central Conference of American Rabbis:

GENTLEMEN: To detail my work as your Corresponding Secretary from July 9, 1913, up to the present time, would be superfluous, as the nature of that work never varies, except possibly that with each succeeding year it is becoming increasingly onerous. It is, therefore, very gratifying to report that far from having been burdensome, the discharge of my duties was rendered a positive pleasure by the uniform courtesy of the members and the never failing consideration of our President. I trust that I have performed these duties with a due sense of responsibility and a becoming appreciation of the dignity of an officer of the Conference. From July 9, 1913, to June 30, 1914, I issued, upon proper endorsement, 166 vouchers aggregating $7,424.42. The expense of the Executive Board meeting at Cincinnati was $178.00. $1,207.15 was drawn on account of the new Hymnal. The expenses incurred in the Secretary's office have been exceptionally low, amounting to a little over $100.00.

For the past several months, the demands for Tracts I and II have been very urgent and numerous. It is to be hoped that these tracts will soon be ready for distribution. You will be pleased to learn that many expressions of commendation have been received in regard to Tract III.

I beg to call attention to the fact that several inquiries have come to the Secretary concerning the appearance of our new Hymnal; many congregations greatly in need of hymn books are purposely delaying ordering a new supply until the new Hymnal is finished.

I would recommend that our calendars be distributed in the spring instead of the fall of the year, for the reason that by that time the dates for school and college examinations are already fixed, and it would be difficult, if at all possible, to change them in order to enable the Jewish pupils to observe their holidays.

In conclusion I beg to express my sincere appreciation to the President and the other officers of the Conference of their willing cooperation with me in performing the duties of my office.

All of which is respectfully submitted.

JOSEPH S. KORNFELD,

Corresponding Secretary.

Upon motion, the report was received and adopted, with the