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Reunion With 'Moms

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Unashamed tears and kisses mixed in the reunion at the IIIAS
shelter in N.Y., of Felicia Grunfeder, 11, with Mrs. Joseph Arens,
the Polish Christian woman who was her "mother" for five
years in Warsaw and in a concentration camp. In 1941, when
Felicia was three, the Nazis rounded up the Jews in Warsaw,
and her parents delivered her to the Arens in a coffin, pretend-
im; that they were on their way to bury her. Mrs. Arens cared
for Felicia as her own. Following the liberation, Felicia's mother
found her and took her back. The reunion was effected in New
York, through the aid of IIIAS, when Mrs. Grunfeder and Felicia
arrived on a DP ship on the east coast enroute to relatives in
California. Mrs. Arens brought her former "daughter" a locket
with the Ten Commandments and the Star of David engraved
upon it.

Harry C. LeYtne Is Chosen
President of Temple Israel

Harry C. LeVine has been
elected president of Temple
Israel. A mechanical engineer.
graduate of Massachusetts Insti-
tute of Technology, and head of
the Atmospheric Control Co., Le-
Vine is one of the founders of
the congregation.
Jacob A. Citrin was elected
vice-president; Arthur J. Hess.
secretary: Louis Schostack, treas-
urer. Newly elected to the board
are Samuel Burtman, Benjamin
Jackson, Nathan Kolb, Max Os-
ons, Edward Rose and Dr. Leo
Orecklin. The retiring president,
George M. Stutz, will serve as
honorary member of the board.
The congregation gave Stutz a
vote of thanks for the leadership
he gave the Temple during the
two years of his administration.
In his annual report to the
congregation, Rabbi Leon Fram
characterized Temple Israel as
consisting of "Jews who are lib-
eral-minded, who love progress,
who cherish religious freedom,
and yet who exercise also a
healthy respect for the Jewish
tradition and for all the beauty
that abides in Jewish ceremonial
and symbol."

NEW YORK — (WNS) — The
Arab states are planning to xe-
new the war against Israel "at
the earliest opportunity," it was
charged by,Arthur Lurie, Israeli
consul general, who said insist-
ence on admission of Arab refu-
gees to Israel was motivated by
the reckoning that the refugees
might "participate in the renew-
ed onslaught."
Lurie made the statement in
an address at the opening ses-
sion of the National Assembly for
Labor Israel. Ile told the 750 del-
egates that the Arab states were
utilizing the refugee problem as
a political pawn and that it would
be "an invitation to suicide" for
Israel to take back the refugees
under the conditions demanded
by the Arab states.
STILL WANT NEGEV
He stressed that although "our
enemies" had failed to persuade
the General Assembly to approve
the Bernadotte plan, the "offens-
ive on behalf of the mutilation of
Israel by cutting out a small ter-
ritory, the Negev. is once again
under way, though presently cov-
ertly and without fanfare."
Aubrey S. Eban, in an analysis
of the refugee problem, said "the
missing link in the chain is the
refusal of the Arab states so far
to assume their share of'responsi-
bility for a problem which their
action has created."
Following an address by Bar-
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Parley O.K.'d
by Butchers

HARRY LEVINE
• . •
The Rabbi thanked the congre-
gation for the honor it was be-
stowing on him in the project of
the "Rabbi Leon Fram Hall" de-
signed as a living tribute by the
congregation and the community
for his 25 years of service to De-
troit Jewry. -

Kosher butchers have agreed
to meet with communal leaders
in an attempt to settle the dis-
pute which resulted in a four-
week partial • "boycott" of the
butchers by some housewives.
If plans to hold the meeting
this Friday do not succeed, the
meeting will be held the follow-
ing Friday, Julius Weinberg,
Council internal relations direc-
tor, said.
The dispute arose over demands
that the butchers post prices on
a bulletin board in every shop.

•CHICAGO—(Special)—)isput-
ing increasing reports that the
Arab states were preparing to
renew the Palestine war, Dr.
Ralph Bunche, UN mediator, as-
serted that the Arabs do not have
the manpower or the military
equipment to wage a new con-

TEL AVIV —(Special)— As
Premier David Ben Gurion voiced
a warning that Israel may be
facing attack by the Arabs, the
Israeli army found large caches
of guns and grenades in a sud-
den raid on the Arab village of
Ramollah north of Jerusalem. A
score of Arabs were arrested.
In a search of the village of
Abu Gosh, southwest of Jeru-
salem, 36 Arabs were detained as
possible infdtrees from the Arab
Legion 'which had been show-
ing signs of restlessness of late.
In a brush between Israeli sol-
diers and Arabs near the vil-
lage, one Jew was killed and two
wounded.
LEGION ON MOVE
Speaking at Ramat Hakovesh,
one of the hardest hit Jewish
settlements, Ben Gallon .de-
clared that Israel wlll not go to

flict. Bunche was here to address
a meeting of the Chicago Coun-
cil of Foreign Relations.
Dr. Bunche had announced
earlier that Syria, the last Arab
state holding out in the armistice
negotiations, had agreed to evac-
uate Mishmar Ilayarden in Is-
raeli territory and resume arm-
istice talks with Israel.
"This is an indication," he said,
"that the situation is not as tense
as imagined."
Dr. Bunche expressed confi-
dence in the Lausanne peace
conference despite its temporary
war even over territorial disputes,
suspension.
ut that there Is a definite pos-
lie indicated that the prestige ibility that the Arabs will at-
of iel• uN demanded that peace

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sisting that it was only a matter
rk e. gi ve 1
Of time before the negotiations w tia e ck4P4
supervised by the Conciliation to Arab war threats. The mount-
Commission would show progress. ing Arab war talk, according to
informed sources here, has been
accompanied by military prep-
arations and belligerent move-
ments by the Transjordan Arab
Legion, which was reported
drilling thousands of young men
for an assault on Israel.
Another indication of Arab
belligerence was the decision
The Michigan Zionist Region reached by Arab Palestine lead-
will sponsor a two-day rally in ers to form a Palestine defense
South Haven, July 30 and 31 to corps through the conscription of
be climaxed by an evening en- men between the ages of 13 and
tertainment presenting a nation- 45.
ally known artist, it was decided MONEY FOR ARMS
Sunday at a regional board meet-
The Egyptian chamber of dep-
ing called at the invitation of the uties has approved an arms bud-
South Haven district.
get of $100,000,000 which is six
Morris M. Jacobs, regional times the size of the military
president, presided. Outstate budget before the Palestine war.
leaders who spoke included Rab- It represents 20 per cent of the
bi Levinson of Kalamazoo, Rabbi total income of the Egyptian
Samuel Umen of Muskegon, Rab- treasury.
bi Samuel Price of South Haven,
More than $30,000,000 will be
Abe Riskin of Flint, Oscar Sha, used for purchasing an armored
piro of Benton Harbor and H. B. division's equipment and air-
Shane of Grand Rapids.
planes.
Leaders of the host district are
In Lausanne, suspension of the
Joseph Olsher, president, Mrs. Israeli-Arab peace talks until
Max Lerman and Pauline Cohen.
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State Zionists
Plan Rally in
South Haven

Droock Cites Cause of Council-JWF Clash

Outlining the sources of ft ic- handicapped because of the lack
tion between the Jewish Corn- of finances and adequate staff to
munity Council and the Jewish do a complete and thorough job"
since the Federation insists on
Welfare Federation in his vale- control of the finances of the
dictory address as Council presi- Council.
dent, Aaron Droock told the
This insiatence, Droock de-
Council delegates that "our di-
vergent ideas have their origin clared, is one of the irritants.
in the fact that the Council is Another, he said, is the Federa-
democratically conceived and is tion's refusal to agree that the
dedicated to t h e democratic Council is independent in all
processes in its service to the cases, and a third that "there is
to be dernied clearly the areas
community, whereas some of the yet
of/ operation of each of these two
Federation leadership believes
rather in the efficiency of service organizations."
"We Jews," he declared, 'have
by the management of the few."
In a 13-page message, Droock fought consistently for social and
took five pages to survey the
problem of bureaucratic rule of Community Council
the community on the local and
Projects Are Aired
national levels.
CONTROLS FINANCES
A series of radio talks explain-
As a result of the disharmony ing the activities of the Jewish
here, Droock said, "the Council Community Council is heard on
has been and still is seriously WJLB and WKM11 weekly,

economic justice and for the
democratic way of life, but there
is a certain group of communal
leaders, who would have Jewish
life operate under a beneficient,
paternalistic oligarchy through
control of the purse strings.
PUBLIC YIELDS
"Our differences stem from the
fact that up to comparatively re-
cently the American Jewish com-
munity has been rather apathetic
and acquiescent with reference to
affairs in Jewish life and have
been satisfied to let the fund rais-
ers and those who control the
purse strings run the show.
"Unfortunately, these commu-
nal leaders are men mostly busy
and concerned with their own
affairs, are satisfied to let the
professional fund raisers do their
thinking, their planning and their
work for them.
"The top echelon of the lay
leadership everywhere in Amer-

ica is under the subtle but never-
theless complete influence of a
few professionals with the result
that there is developing in Amer-
ican Jewish life a certain element
of professionals, who are at-
tempting to do our thinking, our
planning, our programming for
us and are attempting to reach
out and through the power of the
purse strings, guide and perhaps
control all Jewish life.
SEES SURRENDER
"This is not to say that there
are not many able, sincere and
conscientious professionals in the

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fund raising field, who put the
interest of the community first
and their own personal interest
secondary. There are too many,
however, who combine these
qualifications with an insatiable
lust for power.
ASKS CURB ON AIDES
"The American Jewish commu-
nity is in the process of abdicat-
ing its leadership to the fund
raisers:The lay fund raisers have
almost completely abdicated their
leadership to a handful of profes-
sionals. This is a trend in Jewish
life that we can guard against
and completely defeat, if we as
individuals insist on the complete
democratic control by voice and
vote of all our Jewish activities,
and a complete accounting from
the leaders that we elect of their
stewardship.
"Community planning and poli-
cies must be made by lay leaders,
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