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UJ A Seee, 250 Millions

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'48 Quota
Raised to
Aid State

ATLANTIC CITY (WNS) —
The sum of $250,000,000 —
the highest quota ever at-
tempted by a private fund-
raising agency in the United

JERUSALEM (WNS) —
The. Palestine government
has been asked .by Jewish
leaders to order the imme-
diate evacuation from Pal-
estine of all Transjordan Arab

States—will be asked of Ameri-
can Jewry by the United Jewish
Appeal during the year 1948.
This unprecedented quota was
adopted by 1,200 delegates to
MRS. LOUISE WATERMAN
the national UJA conference
WISE, wife of Dr. Stephen S.
which has been in session here
Aviv. Above are
Arabs attack Jews in Jerusalem and Tel
Wise, who died in her home
during the weekend. The money
British and Ha-
shown casualties in the Jerusalem fighting.
last Week. Surviving besides
would be divided as follows:
her husband are a daughter,
ganah troops stand by.
United Palestine Appeal, $146,-
Justice Justine Wise Polier of
250,000; Joint Distribution Com-
(Photo from Telenews Theaters, Detroit)
the Domestic Relations Court,
mittee, $88,750,000; and United
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and a son, James Waterman Service for New Americans,
Wise, author and journalist.
$15,000,000.
Mrs. Wise was president of the
MINIMUM FIGURE
women's division of the Amer-
The resolution for adoption of
ican Jewish Congress, which the quota. was presented by for-
she had founded and headed mer Gov. Herbert H. Lehman,
since 1931.
who declared 'that while in any
other year such r goal by the
Mtn UNA
UJA might have been fantastic,
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1948 will be far from an ordi-
nary year for world Jewry, since
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during that year a Jewish State
will be set up in Palestine.
383 DEAD IN CLASHES
Though the goal is large, he
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Violence in Palestine continued.
said, it is still seriously short of
A Jewish policeman was slain in
A crackdown has been launch- the demonstrated needs of the
an assault on a convoy of Jew- ed by the Rabbinical Council three agencies whose programs
ish trucks which was carrying here on Jewish restaurants must be financed through the
food to Kfar Gileadi in Upper which use the words "Kosher" UJA and represents only the ab-
Galilee.
and "Kosher style" in their signs solute minimum in requirements.
It is estimated that 383 people,
The hope that the British gov-
although they do not comply
both Jews and Arabs, have been
ernment will maintain law and
with religious laws.
killed in the violence which re-
A state law prohibits use of order in -Palestine until such
sulted in Palestine and neighbor-
the word "Kosher" unless ortho- time as the Jewish State can as-
ing countries from the United
sume its police powers was ex-
Italian DP's hail the news in a frenzy of joy. Italy lost 8,00
dox rules are obeyed.
Nations decision to partition Pal-
pressed by Gov. Lehman.
and
Hitler.
RELIGIOUS CONCEPT
Jews to Fascism
estine.
"But pending the time its
"The term Kosher is a reli-
(Photo from Telenews Theaters, Detroit)
Jerusalem,
Food supplies in
gious concept and unless reli- sovereignty and its authority are
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where several thousand Jews are
gious laws are observed it is implemented, it is certain that
besieged by Arabs in the old
certainly fraudulent to have a means must be provided to
city, and in other cities are said
restaurant call itself 'Kosher' or make the security of its people
to be running loF, while tons
'Kosher style,' " Rabbi Sperka of effective. If those who wish the
of imported goods were reported
destruction of the people and
Congregation Bnai David said.
piling up in the port of Haifa
Rabbi Sperka, who is spear- hopes of the Jewish State do not
since truck transport was halted
heading the drive for the Coun- accept the offer of goodwill and
by violence.
cil of Orthodox Rabbis, said that friendship, the people of Pales-
IRGUNISTS IN FRAY
five Jewish restaurants have al- tine must be given the means
Last Saturday 15 or more ready been asked to remove to protect themselves," he said.
Arabs were killed by squads of their signs. Two have complied DRAFT MORGENTHAU
In his report to the confer-
Irgunists who raided several vil- while a third has promised to
lages where Arabs were massing. change as soon as mechanical ence, Isador Coons, executive
vice-chairman of the UJA, dis-
Four Jews, employes of an air- difficulties are overcome.
closed that more than $125,000,-
line company, weis burned alive CASE IN COURT
One case is pending in court. 000 had been raised so far in
when Arabs who captured a
British airline station wagon at It is being delayed, however, by the UJA's $170,000,000 1947
it ablaze.
request of the Jewish Commu- campaign. He expressed the be-
Lydda later s
nity Council which met with lief that the figure might reach
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the defendant and the Rabbini- $132,000,000 before the end of
cal Council. The defendant has 1947.
Henry Morgenthau Jr., former
promised to remove his sign if
Secretary of the Treasury, was
other restaurants do likewise.
"An honest merchant who is drafted by acclamation to serve
NEW YORK (WNS) — Four
again as general chairman of
long fragments from a lost work not following religious dicta
the United Jewish Appeal for
on ancient Jewish law by the should label his service as 'Jew-
great medieval Jewish scholar ish cooking' and not use the the year 1948.
Maimonides have been pub- word 'Kosher,' which is mislead-
t the tinge celebration at the opening of the Labor Palestine
lished by the Jewish Theological ing." Rabbi Sperka said.
onvention in New York only a few hours after the UN vote,
He emphasized that the Rab-
Seminary of America.
given
a
roaring
w'el'come
by
11,000
Dr. Chaim Weizmann was
The manuscript had been con- binical' drive will continue until
inside and outside the hall. Standing at the platform with Dr.
sidered lost since MaimonideL all Jewish restaurants comply
Weizmann is Isaac Hamlin. Sitting at the right is Moshe
Because of the seasonal bur-
died in Cairo in 1204, but was with the law.
Shertok.
den on the post office, newspa-
found by Dr. Solomon Schech-
pers and magazines will receive
teh in a Cairo Synagogue 50 Dr. Neumann to Speak
secondary attention, it was an-
years ago and was brought to
nounced.
on
Eternal
Light
Hour
the Cambridge Library in Eng-
Readers are asked to keep this
mmeland, while other requests
Dr. Emanuel Neumann, presi-
With- the UN vote on Palestine, reflect the desire of parents to land.
in mind if there is a delay in
dent
of
the
Zionist
Organization
recent requests to the community
Written in Hebrew and serv-
delivery of the Jewish Chroni-
carry out their responsibilities
information service of the Jew-
ing as a key to Maimonides' of America, will be guest speak-
toward their children, the Fed-
er on the Eternal Light radio cle.
ish Welfare Federation have
"Mishnah Torah, - it has now
If the paper is not delivered,
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concentrated on speakers to dis- eration reports.
been published as an 80-page program, from '12:30 p.m. to
call CA. 1040 and a copy will
Program materials are avail-
p.m.,
Sunday,
over
WWJ.
cuss Palestine.
book under the guidance of
able to interested Detroit groups
The radio dramatization will be mailed to you. The Chronicle
Samuel Lieberman, professor
Fourteen bookings for speak- on many subjects. Requests for
the story of "Enzo Sereni!' is available Thursday afternoon
-
of Palestinian literature and in-
on newsstands.
ers and movies have been made bookings may be made to Mrs. stitutions at the Seminary.
Arnold PerL
on subjects pertaining to the Jean Epstein, TE. 1-1600.

Legion troops as a result of the
killing of 14 Jews and the
wounding of 15 others by a de-
the legion, which
tachment
machine-gunned a truck convoy
near Tel Aviv.
Terming this an "unprovoked
attack," a spokesman for Ha-
ganah declared that the "failure
of the British to evacuate these
foreign troops will be considered
a British provocation against the
Jewish defense forces."
A Jewish Ageficy official said
that legionnaires had attacked
Jews in at least three places last
Sunday. Complaining that high-
way security control was inef-
fective throughout Palestine, the
Agency spokesman also accused
the government of conducting a
systematic campaign to disarm
Jews.

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