SHOFAR Don't Forget Elect Your Delegate to the National A. Z. A. "Convention BUY By Mail' UNITED STATES BONES Official Organ .3.A.-B'nai B'rith Youth Organization June 25, 1943 VOL. XVIII-No. 21 Convention by Mail" Announced by Suckle DATES ALEPH ZADIK ALEPH PLACE JULY 4th EVERY CHAPTER G.A.G. Urges All Chapters to OCT. 13th MEETING 1943 Bnai Brith Youth Organization ROOM Elect Delegates Immediately NATIONAL War Service Every Aleph to Participate From July 4 Thru Oct. 13 U.S CONVENTION Washington, D. C.-In view of the in his own home community and dele- By Mail fact that delegates to our Annual Na- gates will communicate with each tional Convention travel approxi- other via mail. mately 1,000,000 miles, round trip, In a sense, this type of convention and further because our government has merits over the assembly type has made it known that traveling ex- in that it wlil be possible for every cept for absolute essental purposes chapter to have a delegate and for should be curtailed, as a patriotic ges- every individual Aleph in the Order ture and in keeping with our program to directly participate. to help the war effort, the Grand Because SO much time must elapse Aleph Godol William Suckle has an- in sending committee reports through nounced that the 20th Annual Nation- the mail, arranging for election re- al A. Z. A. Convention will be in the ports by mail, etc., it has been decided form of a "Convention by Mail!" that the convention will run official- The convention, as far as business ly from July 4th, Independence Day, is concerned, will be almost identcal to October 13th, the 100th Anniver- with those that have been held in sary of the founding of B'nai B'rith. years past. The convention will have Election of Convention Delegates delegates and committees and reports In order to get the convention pro BALLOT and messages and, of course, the na- gram moving, it is essential that tional election of officers. The only chapters and Aleph Clubs elect dele- thing is, that chapter representatives gates immediately. Last week chap- from all over the country will not be ters and Aleph Clubs were notfied together. Each delegate will remain of the convention by the Grand Aleph Godol. The G. A. G. requested that if the chapter will not hold their regular meeting within the next Cardoza Aleph Club seven days, that the Aleph Godol call a special meeting for the purpose of Making Enviable electing a convention delegate. Every Aleph Mazkir has been sent War Work Record a Delegate Election Notification GRAND which must be filled out completely Boston, -Within a week and returned to Convention Head- after their formal installation as an quarters by special air mail. Those VIA UNCLE SAM'S MAIL Pictured above is the cover to be used on Aleph Club of the A. Z. A. the mem- chapters and Aleph Clubs that re- all literature sent to the delegates of the bers of the Cardoza Aleph Club em- spond first will be given preference National War Service "Convention By Mail." Elsewhere on this page will barked on an intensive war work with respect to committee appoint- be found the story, and plans for this convention. Don't wait. Elect your program. The results al- ments. delegates now to the 20th Annual Convention of the A. Z. A. WAR ready show that this new Each chapter and Aleph Club is WORK group has fallen into line entitled to elect a delegate. Those and will carry on its share with a membership of sixty are en- of war work. titled to elect two delegates. As its' first war project as an A. Only Aleph Godols, Aleph Maz- Membership Campaign Set Z. A. Chapter, a book and magazine kirs, Past Aleph Godols, Past Aleph drive was held, and culminated in Mazkirs, Aleph Godols-Elect, and the collection of 6,346 books and Aleph Mazkirs-Elect, who are still To Get Under Way July 1 periodicals. These were turned over members of the chapter, are eligible to the Commanding Officer of the for election as delegate for the Na- Boston Port of Embarkation, for dis- tonal Convention. In the event that Chapters Will Set Own Quotas to "Fill in Ranks" tribution to the Servicemen stationed none of those above named are able there. to serve as delegates, then the chap- ter or Aleph Club may elect any This Aleph Club has already bought Washington, D. C.-Since the first ter acquaint the members of A. Z. A. resident member in good standing. a $50 War Bond from its treasury communication went out to all Aleph with the drive to recruit 1,500 new (Section 3, Article XVI of the S. and has voted to expend 25 per cent Godols in regard to the A. Z. A. War Alephs between July 1 and Septem- A. C. Constitution provides that an of its weekly dues income for the Heroes Memorial Membership Cam- ber 30. It is hoped that the ranks of Aleph must be a member in good purchase-of War Stamps and Bonds. paign, not more than two weeks ago, A. Z. A. will be filled in with 14, 15 standing for at least two years and Five of the Alephs were War Stamp the appointments of chapter commit- and 16 year old Alephs to replace must have held some office for at Drive Chairmen in their schools, dur- tee chairmen have been pouring into older members entering the Armed least one year before being elected a ing the Boston public schools "Buy a National Headquarters. In the mails Forces. delegate.) Because SO many new mem- Jeep" campaign. last week went the membership kits Minimum Expected bers have been brought into the Fra- Twelve of the Alephs are enrolled to all membership chairmen thus far ternity and SO many officers have The committee has been informed in their local A. R. P. Medical Unit reported to National Headquarters by joined the armed forces, the S. A. C. that no goal has been set by National as messengers and First Aiders. All the Aleph Godols. has decided that for the purpose of Headquarters for the individual Chap- twelve of the Alephs were recently the "Convention by Mail," that any The membership kit, along with a ters. Instead each Chapter will de- awarded their white helmets and cer- resident member in good standing letter of instructions to membership termine, after discussion with the ad- tificates after having completed the shall be eligible as delegate. chairmen, was sent out in order to bet- (Continued on Page 3.) prescribed course to qualify. (Continued on Page 3.)