There are certain announced purposes of these as¬ sociations, and there are certain purposes which are not announced. The announced purposes may be read in printed pages; the purposes not announced may be read in the records of attempted acts and achieved re¬ sults. To keep the record straight let us look first at the announced purposes of the American Jewish Com¬ mittee, then of the Kehillah; next at the line which binds the two together; and then at the real purposes as they are to be construed from a long list of at¬ tempts and achievements.
The American Jewish Committee, organized in 1906, announced itself as incorporated for the follow ing purposes:
- To prevent the infraction of the civil and religious rights of the Jews in any part of the world.
- To render all lawful assistance and to take appropriate remedial action in event of threat¬ ened or actual invasion or restriction of such rights, or of unfavorable discrimination with re¬ spect thereto.
- To secure for the Jews equality of eco¬ nomic, social and educational opportunities.