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Vol. 50, No. 42

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Bnai Brith Charges 'Sabotage'
of Israel Drive by,Federation

Starr's letters follows in full:
Detroit Bnai Brith this week accused the Jewish
Welfare Federation and its executive director, Isi- Isidore Sobeloff,
dore Sobeloff, of "sabotaging" the Bnai Brith Aid to Jewish Welfare Federation,
the People of Israel campaign. The drive is in its Owen Building,
Detroit 26, Michigan.
last weeks.
Re: Bnai Brith Aid to Israel Campaign.
The charges, in a formal letter to - Sobeloff signed
by Isadore Starr, president of the Bnai Brith Council. Dear Mr. Sobeloff:
This is in reply to your recent letter which com-
are the climax of a series of accusations which -have
been kept from general circulation because of re- planted of the action of the Bnai Brith in extending
luctance of the Council and the Jewish Chronicle to the Aid to Israel drive to Oct. 26, which you term
peril the SOS collection which took place successfully is a unilateral decision in violation of agreement with
the Welfare Federation and which you infer is detri-
last Sunday.
Among these charges are that Solaeloff advised mental to the interests of the SOS Drive in Detroit,
Federation officers and supporters not to contribute scheduled for October 31.
This answer was delayed because I wanted to
to the Bnai Brith project.
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submit it to our Administrative Committee and no
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urgency in the situation seemed .4o require immediate
Starr accused Sobeloff of deliberately attempting
Se discredit Bnai Brith by alleging that the service reply.
Subsequent action, however, indicates very strong-
organization violated what Bnai Brith labels as a
ly that the letter was written solely as a spring-
non-existent agreement.
Starr said the Federation refused to participate board from which to take off on a campaign to dis-
in meetings called to plan the campaign so as to credit Bnai Brith and sabotage the Aid to Israel
Campaign
avoid conflicts with other act i v iti es.

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Zionists
Acclaim
Truman

In direct reply to your charge that we violated
an agreement by unilaterally extending the drive,
I can only say that there was no agreement in that
regard and consequently none could be violated.
The original statement that it was in contemp!a
lion that the Drive should terminate on Sept. 26 was
merely given as factual data in the course of dis-
cussion, and certainly was not a condition of any
agreement that was discussed at the time

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In fact, to refresh your memory, I wish to call
your attention to the statement which you made at
one of the meetings, in substance, to this effect:
"Supposing you extend the Drive beyond that date,
so nobody is going to hold you to it", this was
your statement and reveals conclusively the fact
that nobody attached importance to the original
plan of Bnai Brith to terminate the Drive on Sept.
26.
The second charge, that this extension interfered

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Bnai Brith to Spur Aid to Israel,
Bisgyer Says; Due Here Nov. 14

Israclim
ILnevbaadneon

pressed confidence in Israel's ul-
timate victory on both the mili-
to the Chronicle)
NEW YORK—Zionist leadetis
tary and political fronts.
hailed the election of Presid9At
During his inspection of mili- TEL AVIV—With British plans
Truman es a guarantee that the
tary hospitals, he made arrange- to have the UN impose sane-
U.S. would accord full de jure
ments for a continuation of Bnai lions against Israel blocked by
recognition to Israel by Dec. 15
Brith's war service program, but a vigorous "No" from President
when the Israeli elections are
this time on behalf of Israeli Truman, the Israeli mane went
wounded.
held.
ahead and mopped up Arab op-
He was so impressed with the position in , the Galilee sector
The President has' been one
need for collapsible wheelchairs and in the Ne
of the best friends of the new
for amputees that he cabled The Israelim, straining at the
State. He granted it recognition
President Frank Goldman who leash, penetrated as much as
only a few hours after it was
promptly arranged to have the three miles into Lebanon in the
established in May. lie dealt a
chairs shipped.
north and indicated they had no
virtual death blow to the Ber-
intention of giving up the hills
nadotte plan by repeating his
2 GROUPS IN ISRAEL
insistence on respect for the
There are 21 Bnai Brith lodges overlooking Jewish settlements
Israeli borders set by the UN.
and women's chapters in Israel that they had captured.
"Lebanon can rest assured,
The President has also ex-
and they will service the hospi-
pedited action in the Export-
tals in supervising and establish- however," said an army spokes-
Import Bank on behalf of a
ing new convalescent and recrea- man, "that we do not intend to
tion rooms. For similar activity press the invasion although we
$100,000.000 loan to the Jewish
during the war on behalf of could probably take the capital
State.
American servicemen, Bnai Brith Beirut with little effort".
The personal intervention of
received the first citation award- SYRIA BARS UN
President Truman last week is
Lebanon's neighbor Syria, in
ed by both the army and the navy
widely crediredwith the blocking
an unexplained move, barred UN
to any civilian agency. 0
of an anti-Israel resolution in
In addition, in the United truce observers from the 'front.
the UN proposed by Britain and
The midweek lull in the
States, Bnal Brith lodges and fighting strengthened reports
China.
chapters will continue their cam- that the Jews and Arabs were
With "American policy no
Frank Goldman (right), president of Bnai Brith, greets Maurice
paign of collecting food, clothing,
longer in doubt," commented
taking preliminary steps for
Bisgyer, secretary of the order, upon the latter's arrival in
medical suppies and such equip-
Dr. Abbe IliIlei Silver, "we can
Jerusalem
York
after
a
five-week
trip
to
Europe
and
Israel.
New
ment
as
collapsible
wheelchairs
peace
negotiations.
confidently expect that all ap-
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for
shipment
to
Israel,
Bisgyer
reports
said
that
UN
observers
propriate assistance will be given
were expediting talks between
WASHINGTON' — The Bnai Weizrnann in Rehovuth the day
to Israel in the form of ade- Brith Aid to Israel program will after the president's arrival. He made it dear.
"(Continued on page 14)
He said that Israel offers the
quate ecanomic aid in accord- be intensified this winter with also conferred with Prime Minis-
ance with the President's di- emphasis upon more direct aid to ter David Ben Gurion and U. S. only solution at present of the
er
Jewish Displacd
e
Psns prob-
rective".
wounded Israeli troops, according Special Representative James G. lem. "Although large Jewish im-
to the recommendation of Maur- McDonald.
migration would mean less food
He visited military hospitals and housing for Israelis," Bisgyer
ice Bisgyer, secretary of the or-
der, who returned after a five- and other institutions and ex- declared, "the latter are ready to
week trip to Europe and Israel.
welcome the DP's with open
Friend of Israel
Ile also announced that the
aims."
Twenty-one Hadassah leaders,
groundwork has been laid for the
headed by their president, Mrs.
opening of a European Bnai Brith
Harry L. Jones, will represent
NEW YORK (Special) — "Is- office. --
Detroit at the national conven-
rael will overcome its present
will appear in Detroit
Bisgyer
tion of Hadassah this weekend in
troubles and become a hard core Sunday evening, Nov. 14 at Tem-
Atlantic City.
of resistance against communism ple Beth El• under the auspices
AMMAN, Transjordan (Spec-
They include Mesdames Joseph
in the Mediterranean area," of the GreateiaDetrcit Bnai Brith
b lr la in hg said'
ng
is Ehrlich, Ralph Davidson, Max
Henry Morgenthau Jr. declared Council. He will speak on "Lat-
peace to Frank, Samuel Rubiner, Louis
o u
determinedAtbd
here upon his return from Is- est News on the UN and Israel."
Palestines Arabs.
Davidson, Irwin Cohen. Abe Kut-
rael.
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He told the opening session of lov, Isaac Mallin, Charles Robin-
The general chairman of the FIRST HAND VIEWS
the Transjordan parliament that son and Carl Schiller.
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United Jewish Appeal said he
As an accredited observer at
"there has never been any sort
Also Mesdames Morris Wayne,
hoped , the United States govern- the UN General Assembly, Bisg-
of disagreement among the Arab Benjamin Gould, Samuel Yelper,
ment would realize this when yer will bring first-hand informa-
states over aims and collabora- Harry Bush, Bud Blum, Perry
adopting its policy toward the tion about UN proceedings.
tion," _passing off 'Arab quarrels Burnstine, Gilbert Borenstein,
In addition to Bisgyer, Cantor
fledgling Jewish State.
as "disagreements in timing."
Saul Levin and,bliss Lillian Gor-
Morgenthau said the Export- Moses J. Silverman, famed Chi-
"If we haven't agreed on an dun and Miss Janette Steinberg.
Import Bank should lend the cago Cantor, will also appear at
Arab Palestinian government in
Sara Epstein, of 11535 Byron
Israeli government $100,000,000 the meeting. Sidney J. Karbel,
Gaza, this must not be taken as avenue, has been chosen the dele-
and that the U.S. should extend council membership chairman,
a basic disagreement," he said. gate of the Detroit Business and
"all kinds of encouragement" to will preside. The meeting will be
The session of parliament co- Professional Division to the con-
open to the public and there will
Israel.
incided with the arrival here of vention. Attending as observers
Sanction; against Israel are be-no solicitation.
T im:Ass!
delegations from Arab cities will be Ethel Birnbaum, Sarah
In Israel, Bisgyer was received
unthinkable, the former Secre-
asking for Abdullah's help.
Kraft and Bluma Levin.
(See Story, Column 1)
tary of Treasury emphasized, at the home of President Chaim

Hadassah Sends
22 to Convention

Morgenthau Calls
Israel Wall to Reds

King Alniulialt
Says It Isn't So

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