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The Jewish War Veterans has launched a drive for $150,000 among the 12,000 Jewish veterans in Detroit for its Memorial Home at Davison and Holmur. Plans for
the building, which will also house the Dexter branch of the Jewish Community Center, have been approved and building will start in the spring. For the veterans, the
building will provide clubrooms and office space and will serve as a living memorial to those of their buddies who did not return. The two-story edifice will contain
an auditorium, game rooms, arts and crafts shop, lounges and a library. Adjoining the building will be a playground 210 by 170, The Center is intended primarily
fur children from nursery to college age, but its facilities will be available to adults. Veterans wishing to contribute to the Memorial Home arc asked to
give their
gifts to their post commander or auxiliary president.

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Join Talks

Friday, March 4, 1949

NEW YORK—(Special)—With Dr. Abba Hillel Silver
and 29 others abstaining, 52 members of the board of the
10e a Copy — $3 Per Year United Palestine Appeal voted to bring back Henry Morgen-

Israeli Envoy Makes History
at Shaarey Zedek Address

"Jews the world over are fac-
ing a great challenge by virtue of
the position in which history has
placed them."
The speaker was Eliahu Ep-
stein who himself was making
history as the first ambassador
from the infant State of Israel to
the United States of America,
Epstein, MI6 now calls himself
by the Hebrew equivalent, Elath,
addressed a throng last Tuesday
which braved freezing weather to
fill every seat in Congregation
Shaarey Zedek plus an additional
thousand who were forced to
hear the Israeli envoy by loud
speaker in the social hall below.
"The victory of the Israelis over
the Arabs," Epstein said, "was a
victory of a socially and political-,
ELIAHU EPSTEIN
ly progressive community over a
Jews of the Warsaw ghetto
stagnant one."
Without the assistance of Jew- earned for themselves honor,
ish and Zionist communities courage and self-respect, the Is-
throughout the world and partic- raeli envoy said. The Jews in
ularly in the United States, Israel Palestine, Epstein concluded,
would never have come into be- promise the continuance of that
dignity and strength.
ing. he observed.
Epstein spoke at noon at a
The old Maccabees and the
luncheon of the Economic Club.
Part of Ambassador Epstein's
address at the Shaarey Zedek will
be broadcast at 5:45 p.m., Sunday
over WJLB.

TEL AVIV—(Special)—Trans-
tordan and Israel delegates sat
down at a table Wednesday, on
the isle of Rhodes to settle their
differences. Peace in the Middle
East loomed larger and larger
with the UN's acting mediator
Dr. Ralph S. Bunche, in the role
of moderator.
The day before, Lebanon and
Israel started armistice negotia-
tions at Ras en Naqura near the
Israeli-Lebanon border.
SPEEDY PACT SEEN
Informal talks between the Le-
banese and Israel had progressed
so well that Dr. Bunche sent his
ehief political adviser, Henri Vig-
ler, to Beirut as his observer. Dr.
Bunche hopes to have the two
nations reach an agreement this
week.
Evacuation of the Egyptian gar-
rison 'at Faluja was announced
Monday. The withdrawal of the
long besieged Egyptian forces
was the first military move under
the armistice between Israel and
Egypt.
SNIPERS ACTIVE
The central area of Palestine
was none too peaceful. Arab snip-
ers have ben active and armed
WASHINGTON (Special) —
bands have been making sporadic George A. Richards, owner of ra-
raids on Jewish farms and colo- dio stations WJR, Detroit, and
nies. The area is around Tira, others in Los Angeles and Cleve-
where Iraqi troops are nearest to land, admitted to the Federal
the coast.
Communications Com mission
The armistice negotiations be- "the wrongfulness of certain
tween Israel and Transjordan will acts."
still have to settle the fate of the
Richards is accused of ordering
southern tip of the Negev from his newscaster to slant news in
Beersheba southward to the Red such a way as to slander the
Sea, the central area of Palestine, Roosevelt family and to link Jews
now held by the Transjordan with Communists, gangsters and
Arab Legion and Iraquis, and of black market operators. A com-
the old part of Jerusalem.
plaint against Ricilards was filed
Transjordan's King Abdullah last year by the American Jew-
(Continued on Page 10)
• ish Cmgress.
Richards in a statement to the
FCC said that "he now realizes
that some groups have abused his
fear of communism to their own
ends."
NEW YORK—For the first time
An FCC hearing of charges
since he assumed leadership of
Israel, Premier David Ben Gur- against Richards is scheduled for
Ion will make a direct broadcast March 16. Richards has asked
to the Jewish community when he that he be heard before the hear-
ing.
speaks to the extraordinary na-
tional conference of the Jewish
National Fund March 5-6.
CELLIST AT CENTER
Premier Ben Gurion's 15-min-
Joseph Schuster, world re-
ate address will be broadcast on a nowned cellist, will make his De-
coast-to-coast hook-up over Mu- troit debut March 17 at the Cen-
tual network at 2:45 p.m, Sunday. ter.

WJR Owner
Admits Error

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Ben Gurion Talks
on Radio Sunday

Morgenthau Wins
in UJA Dispute

thau and his top professional aide,
Menu Montor, to conduct the
1949 Allied Jewish Campaign.
Morgenthau accepted at once.
On the face of it, this spelled
the collapse of all opposition to
the Morgenthau-Montor control
and a r victory of the coalition of
large-givers and non-Zionists,
backed by the Weizmann-Ben
Gurion government in Israel, as
against the Silver-Neumann lead-
ership of the Zionist Organiza-
tion of America which largely
controlled the UPA.
ZIONISTS PROTEST
What' Dr. Silver's next move
will be was a matter of conjec-
ture. While there were indica-
tions that he would abandon the
fight for the sake of unity and
harmony in Jewish ranks, many
contributors among the Zionist
rank and file declared that they
would not support the United
Jewish Appeal as long as Montor
remains as the sole director.
Montor is strongly disliked by
the Zionists because of his recent
charges against the ZOA leader-
ship which he subsequently ad-
mitted were wholly unwarranted.
Zionists also saw in the in-
congruous Weizmann-Ben Gurion
support of control of UPA funds
by wealthy givers a last ditch
move to supplant the Silver-
Neumann leadership in the ZOA
(Continued on Page 10)

U. S. to Bolster
Israel Industry

NEW YORK—(Special)—Presi-
dent Truman will name a United
States mission to Israel to assist
in the economic development of
the new State, Rep. Emmanuel
Celler, chairman of the House
judiciary committee, who is close
to the White House, predicted,
He said the mission would in-
clude experts in commerce, agri-
culture, industry and science.
Rep. Celler spoke before 500
fraternal leaders at a luncheon
which began "Histadrut Week"
in New York.
TREATY FRAMED
Rep. Celler also revealed that
the United States would soon
negotiate a treaty of friendship,
commerce and navigation with
the Jewish State.
As a further gesture of good-
will, the President will soon an-
nounce an immigration quota for
Israelis wishing to enter the
United States, he added.
Saluting Histadrut, Rep. Cel-
ler said that without the work of
this organization there would
have been no Israel.
"No finer avenue of aid to Is-
rael exists than Histadrut, for
what would Israel be, what can
it be without Histadrut?" he as-
serted.
Britain's "reluctant" recogni-
tion of Israel by no means indi-
cates she is out of Palestine, Cel-
ler declared.
SEVIN SULKS
"Bevin is still sulking and
tional director of Hillel Founda-
tions, will be guest speaker. smarting from his wounds," he
said. "Israel must remain alert
to the uses to which Britain may
yet put Egypt and Transjordan to
serve her own purposes.
"We know that Israel will nev-
er be the aggressor, but we know
too that Israel, for a long time to
come must keep her fences mend-
ed and protected. Britain, of
course, has gained no honors in
subtlety.
"Even now, most curiously, she
elects to show the anti-Semitic
film of 'Oliver Twist' in her sec-
tor of occupied Germany, stirring
unhealthy emotions and fanning
the flame of anti-Semitism which
not even defeat has been able to
extinguish in Germany."

Bnai Brith Women to Induct
1,000 in Matilda Sims Class

One thousand new members of
Bnai Brith Women's chapters will
be initiated into the "Matilda
Sims Class" Monday, March 14,
at the Institute of Arts. The class
honors Mrs. Leonard Sims, Dis-
trict 6 president.
Mrs. Morris, Tack, chairman of
this fourth annual membership
event, is assisted by the following:
Mesdames Philip Fealk, Brandeis;
Ben Garrison, Handler; Sam
Gold, Pisgah; David Grosberg,
Detroit; Milton Harris, Tikvah;
Alfred Lakin, Keidan; and Albert
Lupiloff, Morgenthau.
Also Mesdames Henry Onrich,
Zager; David Parr, Marshall; Irv-
ing Rosenthal, Downtown; and
Louis Sitkin, East Side; Lenore
Yavitz, Bloch; Shirley Bernstein,
Marshall B. and P.; and Sylvia
Hendleman, Pisgah B. and P.
Rabbi Arthur J. Lelyveld, na-

Toys for Israel Drive
by Mizrachi Women

NEW YORK—A national cam-
TALL TOWERS TO MEET
MRS. MORRIS TACK
paign to collect 25,000 new toys
The Tall Towers will meet
• • • for orphans in Israel was launch-
Thursday, March 10, at the home Awards will be presented to wan- ed here by the Mizrachi Women's
of Caroline Hartman, 1502 Edison en who have worked on member- Organization, major women's re-
avenue.
ship and conservation committees. ligious-Zionist group in the U.S.

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