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January 26, 1940 - Image 12

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12

DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE

FEDERATIONS

GABBER'S

Continued from Page 1

Formerly Buddy's
9001 12th St. Cor. Taylor
TYLER 4-8742 OR TYLER 4-8762

Serving
LIGHT LUNCHES — WAFFLES — TEAS

Ice Cream — Complete Fountain Service

PRIVATE CLUB ROOMS

Available FREE to Clubs, Societies and Organized
Groups. Excellent facilities for all meeting purposes
including ping pong and dancing. Reserve your dates
now.

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there's sickness in the fam-
ily? A doctor, of course, and
preferably a specialist, and
when you need financial as-
sistance you may as logi-
cally call on a bank.

A ND it costs no more to go to a "Specialist"

in

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bank to render the utmost in Personal Service.
They have a human and sympathetic under-
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dent of the New York Jewish
Federation. William Rosenwald,
vice president of the Council and
president of the National Refu-
gee Service, will preside.
Consider Welfare Needs
In the course of the next two
days, the delegates will consider
local social welfare needs, group
relationships, refugee problems,
Jewish education programs and
vocational service.
The representatives of local
welfare funds and of leading na-
tional agencies serving overseas
and refugee needs will consider
fund-raising plans for 1940 at a
working session of the Assembly
on Monday, January 29. The dis-
cussion will center on the report
of the sub-committee of the Coun-
cil's Committee on National Jew-
ish Agencies which has been seek-
in• to work out a fund-raising
agreement for the coming year
among the overseas and refugee
or ganizations. William J. Shroder
of Cincinnatii, chairman of the
board of the Council, will preside
over the discussion. Following
this session, the campaign direc-
tors of leading communities will
outline the strategy believed most
likely to succeed in 1940 fund-
raising efforts.
Shetzer, Krolik on Programs
Elias Mayer of Chicago, secre-
tary of the Council, will preside
at a session on "Present-Day
Trends in Federation Programs."
The speakers will be Harry
Greenstein, executive director of
the Associated Jewish Charities,
Baltimore; Edward Greensfelder,
president of the Jewish Social
Service Bureau, St. Louis; Julian
H. Krolik, member of the board
of governors, Jewish Welfare
Federation, Detroit; and Joseph
H. Hagedorn, member of the
board, Federation of Jewish Char-
ities, Philadelphia. They will dis-
cuss local Jewish welfare activ-
ity in the light of public welfare
Programs, changes in the func-
tional fields of social service, the
stabilization of community chest
:support and the increasing pres-
sure of non-local activities.
At a special meeting on "Group
Relations Within the Commu-
nity," Henry Monsky of Omaha,
president of the Bnai Brith, will
present the program of the Gen-
eral Jewish Council, of which he
is vice chairman, and Leon Lewis,
secretary of the Jewish Commu-
nity Committee of Los Angeles,
will describe the work of that
organization. Simon Shetzer, pres-
ident of the Detroit Jewish Com-
munity Council, will lead the sub-
sequent discussion.
Dinner on Monday
Dr. William Haber, executive
director of the National Refugee
Service and chairman of the na-
tional relief policy committee of
the National Resources Planning
Board, and Melvyn Douglas, noted
actor and member of the Cali-
fornia State Board of Social Wel-
fare, will be among the speakers
at the closing dinner meeting of
the Assembly on Monday night,
Jan. 29. They will discuss welfare
objectives in a democracy and the
risks involved in a "standstill"
policy which fails to solve serious
domestic problems in a period of
war and suffering abroad. Sidney
Hollander of Baltimore, president
of the Council, will preside.
Two business sessions will be
concerned with local organization
for refugee service, and the pur-
poses and financing of coordi-
nated programs of Jewish educa-
tion. Other meetings of the As-
sembly will include a conference
of representatives of junior divi-
sions of federations, welfare
funds and community councils; a
meeting on vocational guidance
and placement services ararnged
in cooperation with the Jewish
Occupational Council; and the an-
nual business session of the Coun-
cil of Jewish Federations and
Welfare Funds at which officers
for 1940 will be elected.
Youth Session Participants
Discussion participants in the
youth sessions will include the
following out-of-town delegates:
Miss Ann Schanfarber of Colum-
bus, 0.; Miss Betty Warner of
Buffalo, N. Y.; Gustave Dalberg
of South Bend, Ind.; Mrs. Ralph
Cole of Indianapolis, Ind.; Al-
fred C. Weisberger and Law-
rence Krupp of Akron, 0.; Carl
W. Stern, of Chicago, Ill.; and
Arthur Gelber of Toronto, Can.
Jacob L. Weidan, chairman of
the local youth session planning
committee, and Maurice A. Gla-
cier, president of the Detroit

January 26, 1940

Junior Service Group, will act
as chairmen of the youth ses-
sions and Max Chomsky and Ja-
cob Weisman will serve as discus-
sion leaders. Detroit's participants
include Miss Laya Fauman, Mrs.
Thelma Rom, Richard L. Stein
and Murray M. Waxman.
Education Session Monday
Monday afternoon, Jan. 29, at
3 o'clock, at the Statler Hotel,
there will be conducted a session
on Jewish education under the
auspices of the American Associa-
tion for Jewish Education, as
part of the General Assembly of
the Council of Jewish Federations
and Welfare Funds. The subject
for discussion at this education
session is "The Relation of Jew-
ish Educational Agencies in the
Community to the Local Federa-
tions or Welfare Funds".
Mark Eisner. the president of
the American Association for
Jewish Education, will be the
chairman of this meeting. Mr.
Eisner is the vice president of the
Jewish Education Association of
New York City, and is a mem-
be• of the board of the newly-
fo•med Jewish Eudcation Com-
mittee. For 14 years he was the
chairman of the Board of Higher
Education of New York City. He
is also the treasurer of the
American Association for Adult
Education. He will be introduced
by Simon Shetzer, member of the
board of directors of the United
Hebrew Schools of Detroit.
Joseph Goldstein, prominent
leader of Rochester, N. Y., will
discuss the problem from the
point of view of the smaller com-
munity, and Frank G. Marshall
of Chicago will talk on behalf of
the larger communities. Mr. Mar-
shall is the vice president of the
Board of Jewish Education of
Chicago.
Hospitality Committee
An informal tea has been ar-
ranged by the Detroit committee
for out-of-town guests at Hotel
Statler at 4 o'clock Saturday af-
ternoon. Miss Emma Butzel, in
charge of hospitality, and her co-
chairman, Mrs. Maurice A. Eng-
gass, have made arrangements
for the affair in order to greet
the delegates and their guests.
Members of the hospitality com-
mittee will also be stationed near
the registration desk on the ball-
room floor, where Mrs. Max
Frank and her committee will
preside.
The Monday night closing As-
sembly dinner has been arranged
by Mrs. Meyer L. Prentis, who
is in charge of all the hotel ar-
rangements, and Mrs. Maurice
J. Caplan. Mrs. H. J. L. Frank
and Mrs. Abe Sre•e have secured
cars and chauffeurs to insure
the transportation of out-of-town
guests.
Mrs. Douglas I. Brown has ap-
pointed a committee to he on
duty in the ballroom foyer where
the Council of Federation's ex-
hibit will be displayed. Mrs. Hen-
ry Wineman is chairman of the
entire Detroit committee and has
been assisted by Mrs. Joseph H.
Ehrlich, Mrs. Albert Kahn and
Mrs. Joseph M. Welt as vice
chairman.
The volunteer staff of Temple
Beth El ushers, headed by Man-
uel E. Arden, chairman, and Ir-
ving L. Hirschman, vice chair-
man, will seat the delegates and
guests at the opening Assembly
meeting on Saturday evening,
Jan. 27, at Temple Beth El.
Ort Dinner Sunday
Through the courtesy of the
Council of Jewish Federations
and Welfare Fund, and with the
generous help of a small group
of ORT supporters, the American
ORT Federation is giving a din-
ne• to honor the Rt. Hon. Lord
Marley in connection with the
Council's annual General Assem-
bly in Detroit. Lord Marley, who
is chairman of ORT's British Em-
pire Parliamentary Council and
Deputy Speaker of the British
House of Lords, will take this
occasion to discuss before the
delegates and other prominent
leaders in Jewish welfare work
from all parts of the country,
certain outstanding problems in
connection with refugee rehabili-
tation abroad. The dinner is
scheduled to begin at 6 o'clock on
Sunday, Jan. 28, the second day
of the Assembly's three-day sit-
ting.

Among the large stockholders in
that new five-cent afternoon tab-
loid New York has been expecting
for ever so long and which is now
promised for next June are Mrs.
Louis Gimble and Lessing J. Ro-
senwald.

Janus

Delegate of Betar
To Visit Detroit

Aaron Propes to Be Guess of
New Zionist Organizatk a

Aaron Propes, leader ,, r the
Brith Trumpeldor in Polaini, the
youth movement of the New Aim
ist Organization, will be the e,ue st
of the local N. Z. 0. soon M r.
Propes, as one of the organizers, id
was instrumental in making the r
Polish "Betar," with its iii1,000
members and 708 local branches
throughout the land, the largest
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the Zionist movement in Poland,
and consequently the loss of the
"Brith Trumpeldor," it became
vitally necessary to establi-h a
new center for "Betas." activi-
ties in the United States. Be-
cause of his organizational abili-
ties for the "Betas." in Poland,
Mr. Propes has been entrusted
with this important mission.

Detroit Symphony Orchestra
to Present Tschaikovsky
Program on Feb. 3

Commemorating the centenary
of the birth of Peter Ilyitch
Tschaikovsky, the Detroit Sym-
phony Orchestra will play an all-
Tschaikovsky program at the fifth
in the series of "pop" concerts
Saturday night, Feb. 3, in Ma-
sonic Auditorium.
Franco Ghione will conduct this
program, making his only appear-
ance of the year in the popular-
priced concert series. The pro-
gram will be made up of the
Sixth Symphony (Pathetique);
the D Major Concerto for Violin
and Orchestra; and the tuneful
"Capriccio Italien." The works
will be played in the order listed.
Two other concerts are sched-
uled for the orchestra during the
week. The sixth program in the
series of free concerts for school
children will be played at 2 p. m.
Wednesday, Jan. 31, and the fifth
concert in the Young People's
Series will be offered at 10:45
a. m. Saturday, Feb. 3. Victor
Kolar will conduct these two
concerts and Edith Rhetts Tilton
will lecture. "Music of the Gyp-
sy" is the title of the Saturday
morning program; "Masters of
Music," the title of the Wednes-
day afternoon program.

Cabaret at Official Opening
of Sholem Aleichem
Bazaar

At the opening of the Sholem
Aleichem bazaar which will take
place the week of Feb. 24, at the
Bnai Moshe, there will be a
cabaret program and an orchestra
will provide the music.
The Sholem Aleichem Institute
is sending out an official invita-
tion to all folk and fraternal or-
ganizations inviting their co-oper-
ation.
The annual Year Book of the
Sholem Aleichem Schools will lne
presented at the bazaar.
Friends and sympathizers ar e
asked to attend meetings which
take place every Monday at 3751
Monterey.

New Winter Haven Hotel
Opens Its Doors for
Winter Season

Located on the corner of 14th
St. and Ocean Drive, overlooking
the ocean at Miami Beach, tho
Winter haven, one of America'.
finest hotels, opened its doors fn ,
the first time this week.
Under the capable managemen 1
of Jimmy Horowitz, who is we , I
known to thousands of Florida
tourists, the Winter Haven i-
everything the name implies. N.
detail has been overlooked in an
effort to make this beautiful new
hotel truly a winter haven for
its guests. Its Swedish modern
architecture is particularly adapt
able to Florida's sunshine and
colorful surroundings, and the fur-
nishings within reflect light and
color in pleasingly soft tones.
A wide terrace across the front
of this beautiful six-story hotel
is the favorite gathering place
of guests who wish to bask in the I
sun and watch the ever-changing
ocean. Located near the center of
all activities, the Winter Haven
is the ideal place for those who
want the very best that Miami
Beach has to offer.

Meyer Levin, whose "The Old
Bunch" delighted many Chica-
goans and annoyed some, has 3
new book up his sleeve . . . It is
now in process of being rewrit-
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