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VOL. XXIX. NO. 24
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SMALL COMMUNIT Y Leaders in Allied Jewish Campaign for $305,000
1,000 WORKERS TO CANVASS DETROIT JEWRY NEXT WEEK
PROBLEM DISCUSSE I)
To Be Launched Here at Dinner Sunday Evening IN $305,000 ALLIED JEWISH CAMPAIGN; DR. A. II, SILVER
BY RABBIS, LAYME N
TO OPEN DRIVE AT DINNER SUNDAY EVENING AT STATLER
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I and
the
din is
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tier.
nn in
United Synagogue and Its
W omen's League Hold
Conventions.
Henry Wineman, Chairman of Campaign, to Preside at Dinner; Leaders Confident that
Quota Will be Raised in Ten Days; All Important Local, Nation-
BOTH BODIES REPORT
MEMBERSHIP INCREA SE
al, International Jewish Causes Included in Drive.
Orthodox Rabbis Also Con-
vene; 200 at Lakewood
Meetings.
GOVERNOR GREEN, MAYOR BOWLES, SENATOR COUZENS, CODY,
REPRESENTATIVES McLEOD AND CLANCY ENDORSE CAMPAIGN
NEW Id /11K.—Rabbis, profess-
ors and representative lay leaders
from every part of the country lis-
tened to a discussion on problems
of organization led by authorities
who have made careful surveys of
various phases of Jewish life, at
the sessions of the eighteenth an-
nual convention of the United Syn-
agogue of America and thirteenth
annual convention of its R'umen's
League at the Hotel Commodore,
In his message President Nathan
Levy, characterizing the convention
as "a milestone in the progress of
American Judaism," reported that
during the past year 17 more con-
gregations, and 12 more sisterhoods
became affiliated with the central
body bringing the total member-
ship to 261 congregations and 286
sisterhood s. Many branches sought
advice and guidance, requests com-
ing from as far as the Hawaiian
Island , . The president stressed
two needs: More branches to as-
sist small communities in securing
basic Jewish religious institutions,
and then further educational aids.
Of the former, he declared, "The
small vommunity often became H
larger our. If we arc with it at
the start, we van guide its Jewish
work through is healthy course of
development.
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Appeals for Fund to be Heard in All Detroit Synagogues Saturday and Sunday; Ortho-
dox, Conservative and Reform Congregations Join in Plea to
Make Drive a Success.
This motto carries with it the appeal that is being made to Detroit Jewry by more
than a score of causes which are to be cared for by the $305,000 to be raised in the
Allied Jewish Campaign to be opened tel the dinner at Hotel Statler this Sunday evening.
Close to 1,000 volunteer workers, nutoy of whom are closing offices and shops for
week, will canvass the community for the assigned goal. which is to
he apportioned for European relief
and Palestine reconstrue•tion, the pure.haste of al site anel planning for a center, the United Hebrew Schools,
Hebrew Free Loan As,,, a.iation, Hebrew Immigrant and Sheltering Aid Society, American Pro-Falasha
Cummittee, and 20 other local, national and internatiortal causes.
At the dinner Sunday evening, Rabbi Abbe Hilly! Silver will to the principal speaker and Henry
• Wineman, chairman of the cam-
pai n,
e delivered by Dr. John Slaw-
son, executive director of the Jew-
g
!will
Statements by Wineman and Slawson
Plead for Community's Aid In Drive Zin`gye'Llr,.‘:,, Fb)'ed'rwaiYI'"1,:upapnlyd
music.
100 Teachers' Assignments.
As for Jewish education we
must realize that, like secular edu-
cation, it is still in the process of
growth, We must make provision
for experimentation and for con-
ferences of teachers and leaders."
At this point Mr. Levy announced
that too assignments had been
made and folowed up by the teach-
registiT during the toast year.
The president of t he Women's
League. Mrs. Samuel Spiegel, paid
Left row, reading from top to bottom: Mrs . Henry Wineman, chairman of women's division; Aaron De Roy, treasurer of the cam-
tribute in her message to Mrs. Sol- paign ; Clarence II. Enggass, chairman of general
solicitations committee and associate chairman of the drive.
omon Schechter as founder of the
Middle row, leading ton to bottom: Slayer I..
Prentis, chairman of the steering committee and associate chairman of the campaign;
league. She dwelt upon the services Henry M ineman, rericral chairman of the campaie n.
performed by her organization,
Right row, reading top to bottom: Mrs. Ed•i n :11. Rosenthal vitt .thairinan of the campaign; Samuel Summerfield and Adolph Finster-
such as, the supervised conferences' wall, co-chairmen of the special gifts committee and associate chairmen of campaign.
and radio programs, for which a
speakers' bureau is maintained,
and the monthly bulletins, all of
which advance solutions to the
modern Jewess' problems, be they
organizat hula! or individual. A
new piddication, "Meditations and
Nap, for Woolen," by Mrs. Al-
exander Marx, was announced for
By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
the tooting year.
LEHMAN APPEALS Every Jew is Responsible For
TEMPLE BETH EL
Success
of
Allied
Jewish
Driv
TO DETROIT JEWS
e COMMENCEMENTS
Interesting Symposium.
The feature of the afternoon
Lieutenant-Governor of New
York Urges Support
T
HON. HERBERT H. LEHMAN
from Slay 11 to 21, a n d thus aid
in the relief of the impoverished
European Jewish communities.
Wife of Nathan Straus Was
Lieu t.-Gov. Lehman, who, with
His Aid in Philan-
Felix M. Warburg and Nathan
thropy.
Straus is an honorary chairman of
For four decades Mr. and Mrs.
Straus had worked together in a
varied group of philanthropic ac-
tivities. Since 1911, when Mr.
Straus retired as a partner in It.
H. 1Loy &
Co., and in Abraham
& Straus, they had devoted all of
then P., erne and a large part of
their principal to these activities.
Milk jo ,
•teurization was one of their
thief oderests during all this per-
led. Ord Zionism was another cause
to " 1,1, h they devoted unlimited
energy.
Mr'.
Straus was born in Mann-
heim. Germany. on April 20, 1851.
She came to this country in 1575,
war married that year and had
lived in New: York ever since. Mr.
Strait,. who had come to this coun-
tr• from Bavaria as a email child
and had spent his boyhood in Georg-
;a , was then with his father's firm,
L. Straus & Sons, importers of pot-
tery and
glimsware.
Charities Become Predominant.
Him e•impanion in the early years
of business activity, Mrs. Straus
round increasing opportunity to
work with her husband so her phil-
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cises Monday.
Dr. Jamb Railer Marcus. iisso-
ciate professor of history at the Ile-
!dew l'ition College at Cincinnati,
will deliver the lecture at the third
„must commencement exercises of
!loth El College of Jewish Studies
Itinilay night, Slay 12, at 8 o'clock.
the
Leaders Confident,
Henry Wintiman, chairman of the Detroit Allied Jewish Campaign,
Will Dr. John Slawson, executive secretary of the Jewish Welfare
I coders in the caml'ai en are con-
Federation of Detroit,
etroit, in appeals to the community on the pee of the fel :i t :hart the e campaign
e
goal
al will
,
, b. u i : i la ' d i„ th; e ll! 1
opening of the drive, urge unstinted support of the (1111,1, ifIV.1%,,
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ned express confidence at the same lino , that the Detroit J ewish co-
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se
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Confi-
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entl r ranks that b
la nky will live up to its obligations in this campaign. 'f hr state- for :•• coigns t i leK. :al
meat.. follow:
t aulal;:s 22,
r‘ the workers
n
w i ll! he able to
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report that the drive is a success
Mr. Wineman's Statement.
ail
that
a
united
community
has
"The Allied Jewish Campaign opens officially Sunday. It is with-
out doubt one of the most significant events in the history of Detroit responded t, a laUtipaittfl Whi use
fall-
bra,.„, 1 1 11101(
. 1111y every ca
o f
Jewry. It is an expression of unity in our community; it involves
imliortance
the destiny of a Jewish Community Center in Detroit for we are include Ameican now making its plea to
r
Jews.
ing in our Roll enough for the beginnings of this very worthwhile and
Reports on the progress of the
much-needed facility of which our youth has been deprived for so many
drier will be nimbi daily at lunch-
years. This need is arrest. It is a necessity.
"The campaig n involves a debt to oar brethren across the seas in eons at Hotel Stutter by campaign
Poland, Lithuania, and other countries—a duty to our people in Niles- I
Adolph Einsterwald and Samuel
tine, the Jewish religious and cultural education of our children here, s umn
,,, rti ,,i d,
gifts co-chairmen of the
our national obligations, our Hebrew Free Loan, and other local ne e d
sspecial
comtnittee; C larence
---all in all, it is the most noble combination of humanitarian needs II.
Enggass, chairman of the g en-
ever presented before our community.
eral solwitations committee; Mrs.
Henry Wittman, chairman of the
women's division, and heads of
Dr. Slawson's Statement
other committees are loetking for-
"Never before in Detroit hes there been manifested • better spirit ward to a generous response which
by those upon whom the responsibility for the success of • campaign will enable them to report large
rests. From the president of the campaign down, the enthusiasm, the sums daily to Mr. Wineman.
"Detroit Jewry expects every local Jewish citizen to do his duty.
I know that we can count on this expectation."
loyalty, the sincerity, and the perseverance that have been evidenced
are symptomatic of • most successful termination of the great social
effort in which we are about to engage.
"Our organization, due to the superior executive ability of our
leadership, is in splendid form. This year our leadership is of the
best. The entire community is united in this effort because no major
cause of especid concern to as has been omitted. We have received
the most hearty co-operation from the press and the general public in
the matter of endorsements and other privileges that have been so
gladly accorded us.
"fhe officers of the campaign and the heads of the variouss
sions have taken this task so seriously that they have practically
neglected their businesses. They feel keenly the responsibility for
the needy, the helpless, the destitute, the sick, the deprived, and the
underprivileged. They are determined to lift our Jewish community
from the low standard of philanthropic achievement which has been
our f•te for so many years, to a position of equality with our sister
Jewish communities in the United States.
"They loran to do it, they can do it, and they will do it. A great
army of loyal workers follows them. Our citizens will respond most
generously."
than
Cohen Re-elected
Head of I. 0. B. B.
to
the
Endorsement, by Officials.
Encouragement was given the
worker this week by the many
messages of endorsement received
by Mr. 1Vineman from leading non-
Jews as outstanding Jew-
ish leaders. Governor Fred W.
Green, Mayor Charles Bowles,
Senator James Couzens, Represen-
tatives Clarence J. McLeod and
Robert II. Clancy and Superinten-
dent of Schools Frank Cody are
among the non-Jews who have writ-
ten in endorsement of the cam-
paign.
The Governor's Endorsement.
Governor Green's interesting
statement follows:
"To no people in the world has
the post-war period brought more
serious problems of readjustment
Jews.
In Palestine and throughout
Eastern and part of Central Eu-
rope great Jewish populations have
been subjected to conditions that
ernemi
e h
TO ZION BY BRITAIN
t ejarta',;1:ulti:ouesnitn•,itnraisrheeaci
for generations and had built up in
the midst of alien and hostile sur-
Sir John Simpson Goes on roundings a community life that
for Hind Foundations
was at least bearable, have been
Special Palestine
u p r o o t e el, dispossessed. killed,
at Conventimi.
maimed or sent wandering because
Miss i on.
of
persistent persecutions or sud-
L'RELY the heartstrings of our people are touched by
CINCINNATI. — J. T. A.) —
den upheavals.
Alfred Si. Cohen of Cincinnati
the renewed appeal for the relief and reconstruction
LONDON.
—
J.
T.
A.)
—
Sir
:
"That
the Jews of America and
was unanimously re-elected presi- John Simpson, a former official of of Michigan
especially should con-
of the Jewish communities in Eastern Europe. The
dent of the Constitutional Grand the Indian Civil Service, who was
Joint Distribution Committee, which is to share with the
tribute
toward the re-t•stablsih-
Lodge of the International Order appointed May 1 to a special tern-
Jewish Agency the sum of $100,000 from this campaign,
of Weal lt'rith at the conclusion of porary Palestine mission by the. ment of the peaceful lives of their
opp ressed kinsmen, as well as for
the quinquennial convention here British government, will leave the
continues itt the field of Jewish philanthropy as the most
ent.
furtherance of Jewish culture
whose four day business sessions
important instrument fir good by virtue of its efforts to
early next week for Palestine in this country, is in line with the
were attended by over 000 elide- where he will confer with Sir John high traditions of the Jewish peo-
help war-stricken Jewry to help itself. The success of thi '
gates from all parts of the United Chancellor, high commissioner of „l e
DR. JACOB RADER MARCUS
Allied Jewish Campaign will bring these Jews nearer to a
States as well as foreign countries. Palestine, and report back to the
r ' ' 'The Allied newish Campaign
restored normal life.
Other officers elected were: Lu- goy ,' rnment on matters of immi-
His subject will be "Judaism and
cius L. Solomon. Son Francisco, gration, development and land set-
(Turn to Page Eight)
the Modern Templer."
dement,
the
three
most
important
' first vice-president; A r c h i b a I d
HEN there is the cause of the upbuilding of the Land I
issues
raised
in
the
Inquiry
Com-
Or.
Marcus
is
an
American-born
Marx,
New
Orleans,
second
vice-
of Israel. The achievements by Jews in Palestim
, :end American-trained Jewish re- president. Executive committemen mission's report.
arch scholar. 'There Was
have given our people the greatest claims to glory
a time elected were: Louis Fahricant,
The appointment of Sir John is
for gigantic constructive efforts. No other cause has give' 'hen Jewish academie institutions New York, first district; Sidney C. no doubt the direct result of the
I
Jewry as much pride and Joy as has Palestine. Jame had to draw their professors from Kusworm, Dayton, second district; commission's recommendations to
Marshall. worthy son of the late great Louis Marshall Europe) for there were no original Jacob Singer, Philadelphia, third work out means of regulating Jew-
. Jewish scholars in America. To- district; Henry A. Alexander, At- ish immigration with regard to the -•
expressed the spirit that emanates from Palestine. all( 1 1.1y both at the Jewish Theological Tanta fifth district • Henry Mon. 'country's capacity to aleyerb it. and Shaarey
Zedek Ceremony to
which he himself imbibed from the pioneers in the Jewish seminary of America and at the sky, Omaha, sixth district; Dr. Len the appointment of an expert to
Take Place Sunday,
Homeland when he told the delegates at the Allied Jewish Hebrew Union College, American Baeck, Berlin, eight district; and look into the agricultural situation
May 25.
Jewish youths have taken the train- Dr. David Yellin, Jerusalem, four- in Palestine.
Conference in Washington on March 9: "The Jews in Pal - ilor
and have done the profound teenth district.
The :appointment of Sir John is
estine have a purpose. They have a pride and strength ii I ' , searches and investigations which
An impressive ceremony to mark
The machinery of the convention seen as an indication that the gov-
them to the high !link of
the laying of the corner stone of
their purpose. They have an indomitable will to conquer entitle
genuine scholarship. Dr. Marcus came to halt for three quarters of ernment is watching the Palestine
the new Shaarey Zedek Synagogue
malarial swamps, stony fields: to repair old terraces and
an hour during the morning se.-
Is longs to this group.
sion, in spite of the rush to con- (Turn to Pare Opposite Editorial.) at Chicago boulevard and Lawton
patiently to tend trees until they bear. This spirit, this nest •
avenue is planned by the building
The Beth El College.
elude the work within the schedul.
culture, growing, out of the soil, out of Eretz Yisroel, will,
committee, according to the an-
Beth El College of Jewish Stud. ed time, to pay tribute to the lead-
nouncement of Dr. Sam. J. Eder,
I believe, revivify the Jewish life all over the world." li S is a pioneer in the field of adult ere of the organization called by
publicity dirree.• Tlje occasion is
.l•wish education. It was founded death during the past five years.
expected to prove signiff•ent in that
SCORF: of other causes is represented in Detroit's in Detroit by Rabbi Leon Frani in Special tribute was paid to the
a number of nationally known head=
Jewish Campaign. There are the Hebrew schools, 1:15 with the aim of restoring to memory of Adolph Kraus, for 20
The twenty-eighth annual mod- ere in orthodoxy as well an state
which demand unstinted support for the sake of the the modern synagogue the spirit of Y ears president of the Order, to
Rabbi
Be
n j amin Frankel, founder el meeting of the Philomatic De- and city officials are expe•,' to be
pro-occupation
with
learning
and
perpetuation of our traditions and ideals, and for the sake
present.
e elture which was c haracteristic of of the llillel Foundation, and to bating ('lute will be held Thursday
of training it well-informed youth which should do us 11 , 0 old synagogue. The lectures on Bottle D. Bogen, executive scene- evening. May 15, in the Jacob
In accordance with the plans of
Brown
memorial
chapel
of
Tern-
the building committee, the corner-
credit, rather than an ignorant one to disgrace us.
Jewish history, religion and litera• tarp of the Order.
ple Beth El. Hon. Homer Fergu- stone will lie laid at a special seers-
hire are a translation in modern
The convention adopted a mo-
ROVE all, Detroit Jews are now made responsible terms of the "Shiur," or Talmud tion favoring an amendment to son, Circuit Judge, Assistant ice on Sunday afternoon, May 25.
Prosecutor ignace
and Rabbi A. M. Hershman of the con-
for the achievement of unity in Israel. The present lesson of the ancient synagogue. 'the constitution creating a corn. Samuel J. Rhodes Sappizzi
will act as gregation will give the dedicatory
Since its founding many other mission for the control of the Nil-
campaign eliminates a number of drives; it combines
judges. The public is invited.
sermon.
mples have built institutions lel Foundations which ore now
into one the most important obligations to Jewish local. t,
The question to be argued is,
The congregation has already be-
modeled after it.
The College functioning in right universities
national and international causes; it is one of the symbols of Jewi sh Studies of Montreal, for religious, cultural and social "Resolved: That the nations of the gun an intensive campaign for new
world adopt a system of disarma- members. A great measure of sue-
of the spirit which is uniting our people in this country. Holy Blossom College of Jewish welfare of Jewish students.
ment, allowing only sufficient for• cess has already been reported by
Rabbi Abha
Silver has referred to this campaign as Studies of Houston, Texas, the Y. The proposed commission is to rev for police power. The affirm- the participating members
through
. H. A. College of Jewish Stud- consist of 15 members, three of ative will
"forging a Holy Union—a union of enthusiasm, of devo-
be upheld by Arthur Moe Leiter, chairman of the drive.
ii s of Newark, N J., whom will not necessarily be mem- Snyder, Sidney Slobin and Norval
tion, of common council, of common interest,"
Harry Z. Brown, chairman of the
gregation Ahavai Sholom College of berm of the Erna' Irrith, thus mak- Slobin and the negative by Max
building fund committee, reports
Studies of Portland, Ore- ing possible the appointment of Chomsky, Jack
ETROIT Jews must help forge this Holy Union, Dur- Jewieh
Miller and Jack that approximately $215,000 has
gon, are among the schools founded women to the board. An annual
Rom.
been received from members of the
ing the next fortnight they must speak their willing- upon the model of Beetle El College budget of approximately $110,000
The Louis Smilansky gold medal congregation for the new building
ness to aid in the creation of Jewish unity through of Jewish Studies of Temple Beth for the Hine! Foundations was ap. is to be presented to the contestant
fund. Great interest is shown in
their contributions to the Allied Jewish Campaign. They 11, Detroit, most of them witht proved.
judged the best speaker. The Mrs. the new synagogue.
and guidance of Rabib ei
The convention also adopted a F. V. Martin Brown silver medal
are obligated to give in proportion to the great importance advice
Work is now being carried on, on
Fram.
recommendation providing for the will be awarded to the second best the
of the many appeals included in this drive. A responsi-
ground floor, and progress is
The diplomas are given chiefly to raising of $300,000 annually for
Indications are
ble Detroit Jewry can do no other but live up honorably students intending to take up the the wider-scope work and the speaker and the lion. Harry J. reported daily.
Dingeman silver loving cup is to that the new synagogue will be
to its present obligations.
good-will work and the aid to the he given to the team winning the
ready for occupancy the early part
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Mayo Clinic wan voted continued. debate.
of next fall.
Budget of $110,000 Adopted
S
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NEW YORK.—Sirs. Linn Gut-
herz Straus, wife of Nathan
Strau-, who with her husband had
devoted her activities to philan-
thropy' for many years, died sud-
denly Sunday morning at the age
of 71; in her home, Driftwood, at
Mamaroneck.
ture at College Exer-
for the needs of young Jewry. A community conscious Trf
this neglect should right the wrong during this campaign. •
And many other manses appeal to
can thtive only through steadfast
adher t
rde to a purpose which was
defin sly Robin Alter F. Landes-
man • his paper, "The Goal of
SYreees rue Life." The speaker an-
d that attractive modern
dotional schools are on the
,• there are 910 in the
dnilid States now—whereas the
old-fti 1,,Med
independent Talmud
Torol : o declining.
Th., lost contributor to the sym-
posia, Rabbi A. A. Neuman . of
Phila.! 1phia,
Pa., carried the sub-
MRS. STRAUS DIES;
DEVOTED ZIONIST
Dr. Marcus to Deliver Lec-
HE weeks of preparation are over, and the 10-day
.issition was a symposium entitled,
period set aside for service to the Jewish people is
of Campaign.
Jewish Life: Order or Chaos?"
here. H'or'ns will no longer suffice. The time has
begun hy Rabbi Max Arzt of Scran-
Lieut.-Goes Herbert II. Lehman come to translate all the spoken words into works. En-
ton, Pa., after an introductoin by
of the Stine of New fork ad - thusiasm must be expressed in deeds which, at the end of
cyrus Adler, president of the
dressed an appeal to the Jews of the 10 days
de' Theological Seminary. Rub- Ihtroit
assigned for the Allied Jewish Campaign.
to subscribe this city's cam.
I, Aid , . whose topic was "Building
Pitt,. quota of $:105,009 in the Al- • should speak to the tune of $305,000.
the structure," discussed problems
lied Jewish Campaign to be held
,ional organization s which
r
HERE is loll a Jew' in the community who is exempt
d•• 4. 'id "adoption" 14
small and
from responsibility in this campaign. There is not
dr, d communities by lag-
a Jew whose 'Wart is Ildl, in out 1 . 01111 Or Ilnotber,
', A committee on 'district
reached by the present campaign. There is the cause of It
organizotion was appointed to act
up it 1:ahld Arzt's recommenda-
Jewish community center for Detroit—at need so long
tion. ••: mustering the far West
neglected that this city stands out alone among all the Corn -
and Sioth.
nittnities in t he land as having criminally neglected to care
Olds organized, the sYllaKdglw
•
/
"Give That Others May Liver"
the national .campaign committee,
declares in his statement, which he
addresses to Detroit Jewry through
Henry Wineman, chairman 11 the
local campaign, that with the funds
to be raised in the Allied Jewish
Campaign reconstruction work
among the Jews abroad will be con-
ducted along the following three
lines:
"First, the rebuilding or recon-
struction of homes destroyed by
the ravages of the war.
"Second, the rebuilding. or the
creation and maintenance of trade
schools — schnols for vocational
training—and work shops.
"Third, and most important, the
creation or reorganizations of the
vast network of loon societies
throughout Eastern Europe, Rus-
sia and Palestine."
Mr. Lohman's statement de-
clares:
"We had hoped, several years
ago, that this work of helping the
stricken countries could cease. For
a time it looked as if the end had
come and that our help would not
he needed, but economic conditions
have not improved and it has only
been through the help that has come
from the more prosperous,—the
more fortunate people who are
privileged to live in this country:
and other countries of a more eco-
nomically advanced type,— that
economic stability of any charac-
ter has been maintained in these
countries of Eastern Europe."
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