11 ethoist 43-E.L111-4 ge, I Vol. 51 — No. 49 .4;'i. .""aj” 2? Thursday, t_e/a10 • os 4 Rabbis Here UT r)-"ec,' 4:61 Shekel Drive ,c/ lOc • Copy — $3 Pei Year Special Deadline for Next Issue Monday, Jan. 2, is a legal holiday. Therefore it is neces- sary that all news intended for the Detroit Jewish Chronicle's issue of Thursday, Jan. 5 be in our office not later than 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. • • 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, • 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. • 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. ti :LA 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. • J Jewish Agency Expects Deficit • • 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.