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Friday, April 22, 1949
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With pre-campaign activities of
the 1949 Allied Jewish Campaign
behind them, Detroit Jewry is
keyed for the all-important day,
Sunday, April 24, which has been
NEW YORK— (Special) — All set as the opening day of the
America and Jews everywhere campaign.
are mourning the death of Rabbi
To fpur the efforts of the cam-
Stephen S. Wise, devoted Ameri- paign workers, Henry Morgen-
can, crusader for
thau will speak at 8:30 p.m., Sun-
freedom and ill-
day at Cass High. He replaces
ustrious son of
Moshe Sharett who was unable
Israel. Dr. Wise
to come to the U. S. Louis Berry,
died Tuesday
general chairman of the cam-
only a few weeks
paign, will preside.
after the nation
RAISE OVER MILLION
accla imed him
Pre-campaign activities gut off
on his 75th
to an impressive start on March
birthday.
29 with a dinner at the Book
Funeral serv-
Cadillac hotel. Advance gifts di-
ices will be con-
Dr. Wise
visions, under the guidance of
ducted at 2 p. m.
today (Friday) in Carnegie Hall. Max Osnos and Ben Silberstein,
raised $1,131,000 on this occa-
Dr. Wise, who was one of the sion.
founders of the State of Israel,
Divisional solicitation meet-
died without fulfilling his most ings have maintained the fine
ardent wish, to be able some day percentage of increase established
to visit the new nation. He enter- by the pre-campaigners, with
ed the hospital March 30 a few section after section reporting
days before he was to have average increases over 1948 of
appeared before the Men's Club 15 to 35 percent 'and no group
of Shaarey Zedek. Detroit.
achieving less- than a 12 percent
He underwent an operation increase.
April 7. When lie died, at his WOMEN'S DAY
Sunday, April 24, is an impor-
bedside were all his family, his
son, James Waterman Wise; his tant date for still another rea-
daughter, Justice Justine Wise son. This is "The Day" in the
Polier, with her husband; and his Women's Division of the cam-
paign when 2.000 women will
sister. Mrs. Ella Fish..
visit 14,000 prospective cont•ib-
In his more than half a cen- utors.
tury as an American Rabbi, Dr.
More than $39,000 in advance
Wise became a leading spokes- gifts has already been reported
man of Jewry in the world. He by Mrs. Lewis C. Daniels, chair-
was an independent thinker and man of the special gifts commit-
a forceful speaker, a liberal in tee, and Mrs. Abraham Srere,
both religion and politics.
chairman of pre-campaign.
CV` of the Rabbi's proudest
accomplishments was the estab-
lishment of the American Jewish
Congress and the World Jewish
Congress whose humanitarian
work On behalf of world Jewry
brought Dr. Wise great satisfac-
tion.
President Chaim Weizmann in
a statement called Dr. Wise one
of the greatest spirits of ou- time.
"For two generations he was a
teacher and leader for the Am-
erican people and for world
Jewry. All that was best in
Judaism and Americanism he
brought to the service of both."
Dr. Emanuel Neumann, presi-
dent of the ZOA, said: "Ameri-
can Jewry and the Zionist move-
ment in particular have lost one
of the foremost and stalwart
champions of the cause of justice.
Great and rich are his achieve-
ments."
Progressives
Israel's Bid,
at UN Faces. Seek Peace
NEW YORK — (Special) — An
New Delays
effort to restore peace within the
LAKE SUCCESS — (WNS) —
Observers were doubting today
that Israel's UN membership
application would be acted upon
in this session of the Assembly.
While some sources are con-
vinced that the political commit-
tee to which the question was
unexpectedly referred will act
soon, the majority veers to the
view that the Latin-Arab bloc,
with British aid, will succeed in
postponing the action until the
September session,
The pope's encylical urging an
international Jerusalem is ex-
pected to have much influence in
delaying admission. Failure of
the U. S. to take a firm stand
is also blamed for the postpone-
ment.
Meantime, Israe, has named a
delegation to the Lausanne con-
ference with the Arab states
scheduled to open May 26 under
UN auspices. There was great
fear that the conference would
fail if Israel does not have UN
status along with the Arabs.
It was reported in Tel Aviv
that the Israeli-Syrian armistice
talks were to resume this week.
UN Talk Planned
for NCJW Meeting
The American affairs commit-
tee of the National Council of
Jewish Women will present a
talk on the UN by Mrs. Lawrence
Seltzer at 12:45 p. m., Monday
at the home of Dr. Irving Shulak,
3394 Sherbourne road. "Destina-
tion, Mental Health," will also be
discussed.
New Zionist Signs Up
Last week, ONLY the Jew-
ish Chronicle gave the news
on the delay in Lsrael's entry
into the UN;
Revealed the Conciliation
Commission insistance on in-
ternational control of Jerusa-
lem;
Announced Cary Grant's
wish that he be considered as
a professing Jew;
Reported the growing Zion-
ist support for Daniel Frisch;
Published clear, good-sized
photos of your friends.
Fur all the IMPORTANT
news, get the JEWIS It
CHRONICLE first!
The ground breaking ceremony
for the building to house the Dex-
ter branch of the Jewish Com-
munity Center l - -------
and the Jewish
W a r Veterans
Memorial Home
will take place
at 11 a.m., Sun-
day.
Cit y Council
PresidentGeorge
Edwards will
head a list of
ZOA was made by the Committee
for Progressive Zionism when it
offered to support a coalition
slate at the forthcoming ZOA
convention instead of nominating
its own candidates.
Progressive Zionists met to
pick their slate. Instead, the
body decided to name a com-
mittee of 15, led by Rudolf G.
Sonneborn, treasurer of the
group, to confer with the Neu-
mann administration of the ZOA
on a peace agreement and the
selection of officers satisfactory to
the two factions.
DEADLINE MAY 1
The Progressives agreed that if
no agreement is reached by May
1, they would name their own
candidates.
The Progressives' program is
based on charges that the Neu-
mann administration has been
dictatorial and does not enjoy
good relations with Israel or the
American`government. The alle-
gation has also been made that
the ZOA was out of touch with
the world Zionist movement.
Behind these open charges is
the tacit argument of the Pro-
gressives that the ZOA still wants
a part in the affairs of Israel
despite the establishment of the
State. The Progressives, on the
other hand, feel that Israel should
manage its affairs without out-
side advice,
FAVORS COALITION
Dr. Neumann in a statement
declared that he did not oppose
a coalition that would have a
majority consisting of supporters
of his administration since that
group represents the greatest
number.
Dr. Neumann denied charges
that the ZOA administration was
not on friendly terms with Israel
and Washington,
civic leaders
Rubiner
who will par-
ticipate in the ceremonies.
Others who have been invited
to speak are Robert McRae, exec-
utive director of the Community
Chest; Samuel J. Rhodes, JWV
memorial chairman; Samuel Rub-
iner, Center president; Judge
Theodore Levin, president of the
United Jewish Charities; Julian
Krolik, JWF president; Isidore
Sobelofi, JWF executive director. ;
Harry T. Madison, JWV national
executive; and Harold F. Moran,
department commander of the
JWV.
Rabbi Morris Adler, depart-
ment chaplain, will pronounce
the invocation.
Following the earth turning
rites, construction of the build-
ing will be started by the Lerner,
Linden Co. It is expected that
the building will
be ready for oc-
cupancy by Cha-
nukah, Decem-
ber, 1949.
According to
Harvey P. Gold-
man, Dexter
Center chair-
man, the two-
story edifice will
contain an audi-
Foes Warned
by Weizmann
tat.
Corium, games
Moran
room, seven
meeting rooms, arts and crafts
quarters, a woodwork shop, li-
brary, music room, teen-age
lounge, adult lounge, photography
room and offices for the staff.
Adjoining the building will be
a playground, 210 ft. by 170 ft.,
having a pre-school play area
and outdoor play equipment for
intermediates and teen-agers.
Rhodes reported that the vet-
erans' memorial will include a
room dedicated to the memory
of the more than 300 Jewish war
veterans from this area who lost
their lives in the service of their
country. The veterans' section
will also have seven meeting
roorns, lounges, game rooms and
administration quarters.
NEW YORK — (WNS) — The Rabbi Meyer Bar-Ilan
Israeli army is prepared to "do it Taken by Death at 68
again," if any of its enemies have
JERUSALEM — (Special) —
not had enough fighting. This.
in essence, was the warning of Rabbi Meyer Bar-Han (Berlin),
Dr. Chair Weizmann, on his ar, president of World Mizrachi and
rival here on the eve of Pass- one of the most distinguished
leaders of Jewry. died unexpect-
over.
A crowd of 1,000 was at the edly at 68.
airport to receive the head of the
Immediately on
his arrival, he received the greet-
Jewish State.
ings of representatives of Brest-
aent Truman and the municipal-
ity of New York. Among the
first t greet him was Eliahu
—Photo by Jack Bigelman
Acting Mayor George Edwards signs the Book of Remembrance
of Hit Zionist Organization of America after Morris M. Jacobs
(center), president of the Michigan region, enrolls him as an hon-
orary member. Looking on is Harry Cohen, district membership
chairman. The Book of Remembrance will include the signatures
of all members in good standing of the ZOA and will become part
of the permanent records in Jerusalem and Washington. Detroit
members will be asked to sign the book at forthcoming meetings.
Elath, ambassador of Israel to
the United States.
Dr. Weizmann was driven from
the airport through the streets of
New York under the escort of a
motorcade of police motorcycles,
displaying the American and
Israeli flags. The Waldorf-Astoria
where Dr. Weizmann is stopping,
is also displaying the Israeli flag.
Several Detroiters will attend
the dinner Saturday: given by the
American Committee for the
Weizmann Institute of Science in
the Israeli president's honor. Dr.
Weizmann will visit the White
House next week and return to
Israel about May 1.
Billv Rosy Back,
Acclaims Israel
NEW YORK —
Rose, stage producer and colum-
nist, said his visit to Israel was
the most impressive part of a
15-week trip around the world.
"There are three hard curren-
cies in the world," he said, "the
Swiss franc, the American dollar
and the • Israeli pound. And the
Israeli pound is hard in spite of
the fact that there's nothing be-
hind it except a printing press
and a dream.
"This was one set of people
who knew exactly what they were
fighting for. It's been a long time
since soldiers have known ex-
actly what they were fighting
for."