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Friday, Dec. 30.
watched by all the nations of the
world. The vote is by 'shekel."
"We, the undersigned therefore
urge you to
1) Join the Zionist Organiza-
tion,
2) Renew your membership if
you have already been a member,
3) Enlist as a worker in the
membership campaign and
4) Attend Zionist meetings so
you may be fully informed as to
the needs of the State of Israel
and our capacity to be of serv-
ice."
Shown in conference are the Rabbis who called for increased
membership in the Zionist Organization by purchasing a Shekel.
They are, left to right, Rabbi Moses Lehrtnan, Bnai Moshe; Rabbi
Morris Adler, Shaarey Zedek; Rabbi Jacob Segal, Northwest
Hebrew; Benjamin Weiss, chairman Zionist membership cam-
paign, and Rabbi Leon Frani, Temple Israel.
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The undersigned Rabbis have American and UN decision in be-
issued a statement urging the half of the Jewish State. It is
Jews of Detroit to respond to the obvious that American financial
membership campaign of t h e support is still necessary for the
Zionist Organization of Detroit development of the Jewish State,
under the chairmanship of Ben- and for the "Kibbutz Goliuth;"
jamin Weiss. It reads in part:
the ingathering of the exiles to
"We regard it as important for the homeland ...
every member of the Zionist Or-
"There is only one way to as-
ganization to continue his mem-
bership and to secure new mem- sure the continuance of this
bers. We believe that now more moral prestige, and that is to
than ever it is necessary for demonstrate by actual count that
every Jew in America to answer the Jews of America are enrolled
in the Zionist movement.
the Zionist roll call.
"Let us remember that it was
"The size of the vote for the
the moral prestige of the Jews in first World Zionist Congress to
America which was the decisive meet in the new capital of Israel,
factor in bringing about the Jerusalem, this summer will be
MRS. AARON DeROY HONORED
RABBI LEON FRAM,
national co-chairman,
Shekel campaign,
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RABBI MORRIS ADLER
RABBI MOSES LEIIRMAN
RABBI JACOB SEGAL
BENJAMIN WEISS,
Chairman, Zionist
membership campaign
Postal Employes
Strike in Israel
TEL AVIV—(Special)—Israeli
postal and telegraph employes
struck for a half hour for higher
pay and better working condi-
tions. •
The employes said this strike
was a "warning strike" and
threatened to go ahead with a
full strike if the government re- ,
fuses to accede to their demands.
Israel, Jordan
Peace Talks
Progressing
TEL AVIC—(WNS)—Considerable progress has been
made in the Israeli-Transjordan peace talks and the prospects
are good for an early settlement, according to well informed
sources here.
A highly important conference
was said to have been held last
week between a top British for-
eign Office official and outstand-
ing member of Transjordan's
foreign ministry. It is believed
that meeting resolved a number
of issues which stood in the way
A total of $3,639,101 or 79 per of the Israeli-Transjordan talks.
cent of the 1949 Allied Jewish
The united opposition to the in-
Campaign funds were allocated
ternationalization of Jerusalem
for overseas and Israel, accord-
was somewhat dented this week.
ing -to Abraham Srere, chairman
The Communists in Israel re-
of the executive committee.
versed their stand on the issue
According to fields of service, through adoption of a resolution
the percentage of allocations for admitting that tile party had
health and welfare was 13 per made "an opportunistic mistake"
cent, with 90 per cent of the when it failed to take note of the
$607,523 apportioned to that cate- fact that rejection of a part of
gory going to local. causes; for the UN partition decision of 1917
educational and cultural, the required rejection of the whole
amount allocated was $176,419 or plan.
four per cent of the total with
The Jerusalem issue was also'
90 per cent of this award also discussed at the first official'Cab.
going to local agencies.
inet meeting in Jerusalem, but no
AJC Allots
79% to Israel
and Overseas
Community relations agencies
received $162,038. or four per cent
of the total, with slightly more
than half going to national ser-
vices.
A budgeting conference to be
held Sunday, Jan. 22, will work
out the formula for 1950-51 allo-
cations. by fields of service, in
advance of the opening of the
1950 Allied Jewish Campaign.
Among the overseas agencies
with the United Jewish Appeal
receiving 79 per cent of the funds,
specific allocations have not yet
been determined for American
Friends of Hebrew University,
Haifa Technion and Weitzman In-
stitute of Science.
ARABS THANK JEWS
details have been revealed.
There has been no official re-
action to the resolution adopted
by the Trusteeship Council at
Lake Success. That resolution
asked Israel to remove from Jeru-
salem the governmental depart-
ments that were recently shifted
to that city and to abstain from
any action hindering the imple-
mentation of the General Assem-
bly's resolution of Dec. 9.
The possible official answer
was deemed foreshadowed by an
Israeli spokesman at Lake Suc-
cess, who declared that the Trus-
teeship Council lacked the juris-
diction to ask Israel to remove
from Jerusalem the moved of-
fices.
Hungary Frees
JDC Director
NAZARETH— (ISI) —Leaders
of the Moslem and Christian com-
AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
munities here have expressed
TEL AVIV—(WNS)—The Chief their gratitude to Israel military
Rabbinate called upon the gov- authorities for permitting infil-
VIENNA, AUSTRIA—Special)
ernment of Israel to abolish capi- trees to join their families in
—Israel Jacobson, director in
tal punishment.
Nazareth.
Hungary of the American Joint
Distribution Committee, who had
been arrested by the Hungarian
government on charges of spying,
was expelled from Hungary and
held by Russian troops when he
crossed the Austrian border.
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Austrian police said he would
houses for the purpose of curbing be released soon. They did not
juvenile delinquency.
know why he was held by the
Only after the money for the Russians.
new building had been made
Jacobson had been held by the
available, could the idea of a Hungarians incomunicadn de-
Jewish community center become spite attempts of the U. S. lega-
a reality, Meyers said. This, he tion in Budapest to see him.
added, is Mrs. DeRoy's lasting
Another U. S. citizen, Robert
contribution to Detroit's com- A. Vogeler, a vice-president of
munal life.
the International Telephone and
Telegraph Co., is still being held
GROWTH OF CENTER
Meyers quoted a few figures by Ilungary on charges of spying
which showed graphically the and sabotage.
tremendous growth of the Center
According to ttustrian police,
and its impact on Jewish life in Jacobson had been escorted to
Detroit.
the border in his own automobile,
Two years before the new presumably by Ilungarian police.
Center Celebrates 1011i Anniversary
Celebrating the 10th anniver-
sary of the existence of its main
building. the Jewish Community
Center invited a select group of
friends to attend a dinner in
honor of Mrs. Aaron DeRoy
whose generous gift made the
building possible.
Tribute was paid to Mrs.
DeRoy by Isidore Sobeloff, exe-
cutive director of the Jewish
Welfare Federation of Detroit;
Robert MacRae, managing di-
rector of the Detroit Community
Chest: Lewis Kraft, general sec-
reetary of the National Jewish
Welfare Board; Richard Bach-
man, managing director of the
Council of Social Agencies, and
Herman Jacobs, executive di-
rector of the Center.
They all praised the generosity
of the gift and its importance to
the development of Jewish life
in this city.
ELECTRIFYING EFFECT
Kraft reminded his listeners
that the donation was made at
a time when the country was
still in the fangs of the depres-
sion. Mrs. DeRoy's gift, he said
had an electrifying effect on all
Jewish communities in America.
Morris Garvett, president of
the Center, extended the official
greetings to Mrs. DeRoy. praising
her noble spirit and continued co-
operation.
A fin , 1 tribute was paid to the
guest of honor by Henry Meyers
who recalled that 12 years ago,
before' plans for the building
were laid, such centers were gen-
erally c o nsi der ed settlement
building was erected the Center
operated on a budget of $40.000.
In 1940, the budget leaped to $93,-
000, whereas at the present time
it exceeds $350,000. And this
without deficit, the speaker re-
marked proudly.
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Henry Meyers looks on as Mrs. Aaron DeRoy cuts the anniver-
sary cake at the celebration at the Jewish Community Center.
Attendance figures show the
same upward trend. While in
1937 approximately 50,000 people
used the facilities of the Center,
350.000 did so in 1940 and more
than 900,000 are now passing
through the gates of the Center
each year.
Music was provided by the
Center Symphony Orchestra
under the direction
of. Julius
Chajes. Mesdames Sidney
Allen, Abraham Cooper and Sey-
mour Simons celebrated Mrs.
Allen,
DeRoy in special songs, and Mar-
guerite Kozenn sang an aria.
Lewis B. Daniels was toast-
master.
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Jewish
Agency
Expects Deficit
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NEW YORK — (WNS — The
Jewish Agency's deficit at the
end of 1949 will reach $30.000,-
000, Dr. Nathum Goldmann,
chairman of the American sec-
tion of the Jewish Agency, re-
vealed.
Disclosing that the UJA in 1949
will have raised only 10 per cent
less than in 1948, Dr. Goldmann
said the decrease was not due to
apathy toward the causes sup-
ported by Israel nor to the de-
lerioration sat Zionist morale in
this country as much 'as to the
fact that the Silver-Morgenthau
controversy led to a loss of three
months in launching the cam-
paign.