I Am a Union Member

The Conference of the Professional Yiddish Actors Union in Poland
August 25-27, 1925

part 2

AT THE ARTISTS CONFERENCE

The Yiddish Artists Conference, which began on Tuesday, August 25th, lasted three days. The conference was opened by the chairman of the artists' management, Nozyk. For the presidium there was selected Dr. Michael Wichert, Isaak Samberg, Abraham Morewski; as candidates -- Lederman and Karpinowicz. Greetings were given by Z. Segalowicz, the artist Morewski, Sh. Mendelson (Ts.Y.Sh.O.), Zrubvl (Arbeter Tsaytung), Nomberg (Literary Union) "Literarishe bleter," N. Shafran (Yid. kultur-amt), Esther Rachel Kaminska, Mark Arnstein, Zelverowicz et al, after hearing the report of the management of the past year.

A great excitement and a lot of hot blood was evoked from the report of the Revision Committee. Among the most important decisions of the conference was: the onshlus of the Artists Union without the central Yiddish cultural office; the resolution against the vexations of the Yiddish theatre; addressing itself to the appropriate power, they should be permitted to take a greater amount of fees from all the Yiddish theatre productions, concerts, etc., as besides this, it is determined to organize a theatre archive, to revive the union library, to give out by itself or in partnership with related institutions a theatre journal and publish an annual theatre almanac. The new management [of the union] was chosen: Dr. Michael Weichert, Isaak Samberg, Zishe Kac, Itzhak Nozyk, R. Lui, Moshe Karpinowicz, Wolf Neuhaus, B. Bialkowicz. There was also chosen a revision committee and a "friends-court."

CONFERENCE OF THE YIDDISH ACTORS IN POLAND
August 1925