Detroit's Jews See the Pictures Greet Israel of Throng on at Rally Pages 3, 16 ettz.,a - Lt .jaw-114h, DR. THEODORE IIE1IZL Vol. 50, No. 18 .667,".a. 52 Friday, May 21, 1948 10c a Copy $3 Per Year DR. CIIAIM WEIZMANN •Israel Pummeled; UN Haggles Campaign The Shofar Blast Affirms Israel's Rebirth, U. S. Hits Total Near Challenge 5 Millions of Arabs Plans for the final report tally of the Allied Jewish Campaign were announced this week as the drive near- ed the $5,000,000 mark. The meeting will be held at 8:30 p.m., Wednesday, May 26, at the Book Cadillac., ' Support remained enthusias- tic throughout the Jewish com- munity. The response was stim- ulated by statements from local and national leaders emphasiz- ing, in the words of Rabbi Leon Fram, that "the Allied Jewish Campaign is our instrument for building the Jewish State and our weapon in its defense. "To help build the State of Israel, we must raise' and over- subscribe the Allied Jewish Campaign goal of $6,200,000 in Detroit." SPEAK TO LEADERS Titide and protessionat, wom- en, junior and pre-campaign di- vision leaders participated. in a special telephone conference with Gov. Herbert H. Lehman, Henry Morgenthau, Jr., Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver and Edward M. M. Warburg, Wednesday evening. In view of the declaration of the Jewish State, the confer- ence concluded, it is important that every American Jew con- tribute toward the purchase of arms and clothing for the troops, the colonization of land and the immigration of Euro- pean Jewry in Israel by sup- porting the campaign. ROW TO HAIL STATE "The one way to help provide aid for the 250,000 displadd Jews in Germany, Austria, It- aly and Cyprus is through the Allied Jewish Campaign. The one way to contribute toward the defense and sec of the .eroic Jews of stine Is ,hrough the Allied Jewish Cam- paign. The one way to support the reception and adjustment of refugees who will enter the United States in 1948 is also through the Allied Jewish Cam- paign." This was the appeal which Maurice Aronsson, chairman, called upon campaign leaders to take to their workers and through their workers, • to all members of the Jewish com- munity. Mrs. Roosevelt Urged as Envoy 1-1 NEW YORK (Special)—Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt was proposed as first ambassador from the United States to Israel by As- semblyman Philip J. Schupler, in a letter to President Tru- man. Her appointment would he "a sign of the high regard felt by this nation for the infant re- public," he said. (From IT a. ■ ., More than 20,000 Detroit Jews packed Roosevelt Field Sunday to express their jubilation at the rebirth of Israel and to voice their unity with their brethren defending their Homeland. Above, Cantor Hyman Adler sounds the Shofar as a symbol of the proclamation of the State and as a summons to Detroit Jewry to join in its support. Beside him are, left to right, Rabbi Isaac Stollman, who recited the Shehecheyanu; • Benjamin Laikin, president of the Detroit • Zionist Council; and Seymour Tilchin, chairman of the event who read Israel's Proclamation of Independence. Senators Demand Lifting of Embargo Mr. Truman Awaits UN Developments ZOA Liberation Day Drive Spectacular, 1,200 Join Following in the wake of the recognition by the U.S. of the State of Israel, the Liberation Day membership campaign of the WASHJNGTGON (Special) — Zionist Organization of Detroit was termed "a success exceeding While President Truman weighed all expectations" by Harry Co= lifting the embargo on arms hen, campaign chairman. the ZOA. Application blanks shipments to Israel, many sena- More than 1,200 new members handed out at the field are be- tors raised their voices in the Senate to demand its revocation. were signed up by the more ing received in the mail at the Zionist office every day. White House observers said than 150 teams which visited Jewish homes throughout the At the breakfast meeting, Jo- that the President's decision hinged on UN developments on city. At the breakfast meeting seph Goldberg, who flew in from at which the Worcester, Mass., to attend, de- Palestine. They pointed out that • drive started clared: "The fighters of Ilaga- Mr. Truman had apparently de- it 10 a. m. nab would be proud to see this cided to take over the Palestine Sunday, the group of Zionist workers this situation himself and that he hostesses, morning going out to get other was depending less and less on headed by Jews behind them in the polit- Middle East advisers of the Mrs. Moe Per- ical fight to sustain and upbuild State Department. lis lost count their new State". The Russian recognition of 3f the number Israel occasioned no surprise in Serving with Mrs. Perlis on attending after the capital. In fact, it is re- the hostess committee for the tt serving 300 ported that Mr. Truman hast- breakfast were Mrs. Morris Ja- breakfasts. ened to be the first to recognize cobs and Mrs. Nathan Spevakow. Mrs. Perlis At press time, the new State so that the Soviet would not gain that distinction. all returns were not yet in, and The Soviet recognition is ex- the figure is expected to reach 7 Are Added to Board pected to strengthen whatever as high as 1,500 new members. moves the United States was Some teams reported as many of the Jewish Center planning in the UN, some as 50 members signed up. Seven netv members have been sources believed. For the mo- Largest concentration was in added to the board of directors ment, there was parallel action the Northwest area, where re- of the Jewish Center. by the two countries. They are Mrs. Joseph Gesch- turns were characterized as Senator Alben W. Barkley, lin, Paul Broder, Mrs. George "spectacular" by solicitors. Democratic leader in the Sen- Blumenstock, Dr. Harry M. ate, hailed United States recog- In addition, many of those Kirschbaum, Mrs. Louis G. Red- nition of Israel and called for present at the mass demonstra- stone, David P. Zack and Jacob world recognition in the UN. tion at Roosevelt Field joined L Keidan. and I onto! Di vRieli,..) As Egyptian planes pum- meled Tel Aviv, and six Arab armies pierced Israel's terri- tory, the UN Security Coun- cil wrangled over 20 ques- tions to be submitted to the embattled Israelim and Arabs. Soviet demands for an im- mediate decision on the United States proposal to declare the Palestine fighting a breach of the peace were brushed aside. BLOCK SANCTIONS Approval would have led to economic sanctions against the Arabs and might have resulted in the use of UN military forces. Challenged by Syria, the U.S. angrily told the UN that it did not have to answer to any one for its recognition of Israel. In London, Britain denied it was responsible for the activities of Abdullah's Arab Legion. A Foreign Office spokesman side- stepped specific questions on the Legion which is British trained and officered and which re- ceives $8,000,000 a year from Britain. IBN SAUD JOINS King Farouk of Egypt, whose planes have battered the cen- ter of Tel Aviv and taken at least a hundred Jewish lives, announced that Saudi Arabia had sent a contingent of its tiny army to join with the forces of five other Moslem countries. Arab dispatches indicate that Abdullah expects Jerusalem to fall into his hands shortly. How- ever, his armies by midweek had not yet ,come into contact with the Jewish defenders of the city. Irgun, Stern Group and Haga- nah were apparently working harmoniously as a team. Detroit to Honor Ghetto Martyrs Detroit Jewry will commem- orate the fifth anniversary of the Warsaw ghetto uprising at a rally May 30 in the Brown Memorial Chapel of Temple Beth El. Principal speakers will be Dr. Raphael Mahler, Jewish histori- an of New York, and Tadeusz Frymar, Polish consul here. The musical program will fea- ture Cantor Jacob Sonenklar and the Shearith Hapleyta Club Chorus. Sponsors are the Detroit Sec- tion of the American Jewish Congress, the Detroit Zionist Council, the Sholem Aleichem Folk Institute and the Jewish Peoples Fraternal Order. Tickets may be obtained from all Landsmanshaften organiza- tions or at the door.