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Friday, March 25, 1949

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Cantors Rehearsing

The Women's Division pre-
campaign workers will hold their
dinner at the same time, the wom-
en meeting in the Italian Gardens
and the men in the Crystal Ball-
room. Speakers will address both
meetings.

First elected chairman of the
JDC in 1941, Warburg resigned
shortly thereafter to enlist as a
private in the U. S. army, rising
through the ranks to become a
major.

The advance gifts dinner is
expected to set the pace for the
1949 campaign in behalf of the
$250.000,000lilnited Jewish Ap-
peal, and5Ma her local, national,
and overseas agencies. At last
year's dinner, the Jewish com-
munity pledged over $1,000,000 to
the 1948 campaign.

FCC Puts Off
Richards Quiz

WASHINGTON (Special) — A
hearing on alleged distortion of
news by radio stations controlled
by G. A. Richards has been in-
definitely postponed by the Fed-
eral Communications Commis-
sion.

The action took place when the
FCC received Richards' offer to
surrender his voting control in
the three stations involved—WJR,
Detroit: KMPC, Los Angeles; and
WGAR, Cleveland.

Burton K. Wheeler, Richards'
attorney, wrote the commission
that the nearing if carried out
would "imperil Richards' life" in
view of a long-standing heart ail-
ment.

Richards was accused of direct-
ing his newscasters to slant news
in such a way as to bring disre-
pute upon the members of the
Roosevelt family and upon the
Jewish people. He admitted three
weeks ago "the wrongfulness of
certain acts," saying that "he now
realizes that some groups have
abused his fear of Communism to
their own ends."

Dr. Wise Awaited
at Shaarey Zedek

Celebrating its own 25th anni-
versary, the Men's Club of Shaa-
rey Zedek will honor Dr. Stephen
S. Wise on his 75th birthday when
he appears to speak at the club's
celebration at 8:30 p.m., Wednes-
day, March 30. The meeting in
the Synagogue will be public,
The Detroit chapter of the
American Jewish Congress will
honor Dr. Wise at a luncheon that
afternoon. Dr. Wise is president
of the Congress..

LONDON — (Special) — Britain has rejected a Trans-
jordan request that British troops patrol a 50-mile zone on
the Transjordan-Israeli frontier, well informed sources re-
ported. They explained the rejection by conceding that the
assignment of patrol duties to British forces in Aqaba would
increase tension in the Midd e East rather than act as a

stabilizing measure.
Israel took serious note of the
threat to its frontiers. Col. Moshe
Perlman. military spokesman,
hinted that Israel might walk out
of the Rhodes armistice confer-
Kosher butchers and the Jew- ence "if Britain continues to
ish Community Council were ap- meddle in the Negev." Perlman
parently split this week over the
may have made the statement
issue of installation of bulletin
before being informed of Brit-
boards listing meat prices.
Representatives of the butchers ain's decision not to patrol the
promised to present the question borders. •
again to their group despite a
PROTESTS TO UN
previous rejection.
Israel even went a step , fur-
BUDGET PROBLEM
ther by protesting British Moves
The Council argues that the
in the Aqaba area to the United
failure to list all prices prom- Nations.
inently prevents customers from
"Britain is introducing new
budgeting properly and event-
ually drives away young people forces into the Middle East and
so disposing them as to leave
from Kosher butcher shops.
"We feel that the bulletin hoard the Arab Legion free to act on
will benefit both the consumer another sector," Perlman charged.
He repeated earlier denials of
and the butcher and that it will
bring back many buyers of non- an Israeli violation of Transjor-
Kosher meat," said Robert Na- dan territory asserting that had
thans, who heads a Council com- there been one, UN observers on
mittee investigating the Kosher the spot would have been aware
of it.
prices.

Butchers Balk
at Price List

Edward M. M. Warburg, chair-
man of the Joint Distribution
Committee, will be the speaker
at the advance gifts dinner
launching the 1949 Allied Jewish
Campaign, at 6 p.m., Tuesday, at
the Book Cadillac.

An authority on the overseas
scene and one of the nation's lead-
ing humanitarians, Warburg led
'the JDC through the years of its
greatest activity in behalf of Eu-
rope's 1,500,000 Jewish survivors
of Nazism.

Bar Border Patrols;
Lebanon Signs Truce

Dan Frohman directing Detroit Cantors at a rehearsal for their
concert at 8:20 p.m., Tuesday, at Bnai David on behalf of refugee
European Cantors. Sitting, left to right, Cantors Ilyman Adler,
Nathan Adler, Ilyman Schulsinger, Rubin Boyarsky and Joshua
Schwartz. Standing, Cantors Jacob Sonenklar, David Katzman,
David Glantz, Jacob Skolnick, Hyman Blanck and Jacob
Silverman.

Sobeloff Charges 'Threat
by Chronicle in Ad Protest

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Isidore Sobeloff, executive di-
rector of the Jewish Welfare
Federation, charged in letters
sent to members.. of ,the JWF
board of governors that the Jew-
ish Chronicle had "threatened"
the Federation.
The Chronicle had written So-
beloff that it would publish the
fact that he was subsidizing the
Jewish News again and discrim-
inating against the Jewish Chron-
icle, if he did not stop inserting
paid advertisements in the News
or give the two papers equal
treatment.
USE CHARITY CASH
"There is no reason why the
Federation should be using char-
ity money for advertising of
events which should be published
in the press without charge as a
public obligation," the Chronicle
wrote Sobeloff.
"Despite your unfriendliness to
the Chronicle, we continue to re-
port JWF activities within the
limited space we have. However,
we feel that if you believe adver-
tising important that you give an
equal number of inches to the
Chronicle and the News so that

you cannot be charged justifiably
with attempting to control the
News.
. "WC believe 'that. your contin-
ued subsidization of the News is
unfair and contrary to the wishes
of the majority of your contrib-
utors. You may have the backing
of your executive committee on
this matter, but there, of course,
we differ on whether that should
be decisive.
BASIS OF JUDGMENT
"It is not on the amount of their
contributions, but on the number
of givers who condemn your par-
tiality that you should judge this
matter."
Sobeloff wrote back that he
was "ready to discuss with any of
our contributors questions they
may raise. However, our decision
cannot be based on threats."

Haiti Is 48th State
to Recognize Israel

WASHINGTON (WNS) —The
Israeli embassy disclosed that the
Republic of Haiti had recognized
the new State. Haiti is the 48th
nation to give recognition.

EXPLAIN DIFFICULTY
Butchers headed by David
Krause, their business agent, de-
clared that the board could not
list all prices because those for
special cuts such as aged steaks
would have to be excluded.
Moreover, they assured the Coun-
cil that they would see to it that
all butchers listed prices for all
meats displayed in their count-
ers.
Attending a conference with
the butchers were David Flayer,
assistant prosecuting attorney,
and Mrs. Harry Frank and Mrs.
Rose Singer, representing wom-
en's groups.

Zionist Assembly
Set May 28-30

NEW YORK (Special)—Meet-
ing in special session, the execu-
tive committee of the Zionist Or-
ganization decided to hold the an-
nual convention of the organiza-
tion in New York over the Me-
morial Day week-end, May 28-30.
Dr. Abba Hillel Silver, address-
ing industrial leaders, declared
that American Jewish business
men must invest their funds and
business knowledge in Israel or
the economic life of the new State
will be imperiled.

DRIVE TO CLOSE SUNDAY

Rabbi Feinberg to Hail Histadrut

Two thousand contributors Mid
workers for the Detroit Histadrut
campaign will rally at the closing
ceremonies of the drive Sunday
evening to pledge renewed sup-
port for Israel. The demonstra-
tion will take place in Music Hall.
Keynote speaker will be Rabbi
Abraham L. Feinberg of Holy
Blossom Temple, Toronto. one of
Canada's most distinguished Rab-
bis and a leader in the Zionist
Organization of Canada, Cana-
dian Jewish Congress and Bnai
Brith.
As national associate chairman
of the Canadian Conference of
Christians and Jews, he has given
outstanding leadership in brother-
hood work.
Other speakers will include
Isaac Hamlin, national secretary
of Histadrut campaigns, who will
RABBI FEINBERG
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speak in Yiddish, and Rabbi Mor-
Simon Bermanis, young Vien-
ris Adler, who will represent the
nese tenor, wit make his first De-
Detroit community.

troit appearance in a program of
Hebrew and Yiddish melodies.
Reports on the campaign will be
directed by Harry Schumer,
chairman, and Sam Rabinovitz.
director.
More than 200 members of Ha-
bonim and Hashomer Hatzair,
Labor Zionist youth. will partici-
pate in their annual Histadrut tag
day over this coming week-end.
Sherona Karmis and Fred Kell-
man are tag day leaders.
Tagging will begin Saturday
night and continue through Sun-
day.
Members of Habonim will have
a special Oneg Shabbat at Temple
Beth Jericho, Friday evening and
will hear Baruch Zuckerman,
president of the Labor Zionist
Organization of America.
Districts for tagging will be as-
signed at the Labor Zionist In-
stitute, 13722 Linwood avenue,
beginning Saturday evening.

SIGN WITH LEBANON
In the meantime, Israel and
Lebanon signed an armistice in
the border town of Has en Nacjara
in the presence of representa-
tives of Dr. Ralph Bunche, the
UN mediator. Syria is expected
to be the next Arab state to enter
negotiations with Israel.

Talks with Transjordan in
Rhodes were beitig slowed up by
the Arab maneuverings. There
had been earlier signs that an
armistice with Transjordan would
be quickly effected since King
Abdullah agreed to truce lines in
the Jerusalem sector with little
opposition.

HIT 'ANNEXATION'
Israel, however, denounced the
report from Amman that King
Abdullah was setting up a civil
administration in all Palestine
areas under his control as "vir-
tual annexation" of territory not
.covered in the talks.
In Tel Aviv, by a vote of 83
to 3 with 19 abstentions, the
Knesset approved the terms of
the $100,000,000 loan from the
U. S.

Speaking in Philadelphia, Rich-
ard Crossman, British M. P., de-
clared that Israel is the only bul-
wark against Communism in the
Middle East.

"Unless Israel is permitted to
establish itself and democracy
firmly, the countries of the Mid-
dle East will go the way of
China," he said.

Detroit Guest

EDWARD WARBURG
(See Story, Column 1)