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Friday, May 25, 1851
Allied Drive to Present Border Fights
Million to Ben Garion Continue; UN
In tribute to David Ben Gurion, prime minister of Israel, Detroit will join with other
Jewish communities in making a cash gift to the statesman when he addresses the national
action conference of the United Jewish Appeal in Chicago this week end.
Detroit leaders who are attend-*
ing the conference will present 1 die East were brought to Israel from Iraq.
Ben Gurion with a check for at t i in April.
Dr. Schwartz added that 15,953
least $1,000,000, Abe Kasle, chair- ,
Of
this
total,
21,472
were
flown
came
from Romania, 4,120 from
man of the Allied Jewish Cam-
paign — Detroit's medium for out of Iraq as part of the UJAis Iran, 4,179 from North Africa, 1,-
supporting the UJA — announced, emergency program for the mass 985 from Poland and 7,707 from
"Our workers have been mak- rescue of Jews facing a May 31 other countries. Totals for the
ing an intensive drive for pledges deadline on emigration from that other months in the four-month
and collections especially this country. Of the almost 80,000 period were 13,044 in January,
week," he added, "so that we can Jews brought to Israel in the first 14,679 in February and 21,794 in
make this 'gift to Ben Gurion as a four months of 1951, 45,775 were March.
part payment on our support of
Israel's upbuilding."
D et r o It e r s accompanying
. Kasle to the conference include
Mrs. Kasle, Louis Berry, Nath-
an R. Epstein, Joseph Holtz-
man, Mrs. John C. Hopp, Mrs.
Ilarry L. Jackson, Leon Kay,
Judge and Mrs. Theodore Levin,
Morris L. Schaver, Isidore So-
beloff and Mrs. Leonard II. Wei-
ner.
They and representatives of
hundreds of other Jewish com-
munities will discuss the rela-
tionship of the United Jewish
Appeal to local welfare funds,
like Detroit's Allied Jewish Cam-
paign, which also supports 55 lo-
cal, national and overseas causes
in addition to the UJA.
Edward M. M. Warburg, UJA
general chairman, has announced
that on the basis of reports sub-
mitted by communities and the
UJA cabinet, it is hoped that the
total cash gift to Ben Gurion will
be one of the most notable ever
presented to Israel.
The gift to Ben Gurion "will
'come as the most fitting endorse-
ment of his heroic championship
of continued large-scale immigra-
tion, despite the severe hardships
this policy has imposed on the
new state," Warburg added. He
revealed that Israeli Finance
Minister Eliezer Kaplan also will
address the conference.
Warburg predicted that the
conference will give birth to a
"renewal of American Jewry's
efforts to strengthen Israel's ca-
pacity to continue to receive and
absorb hundreds of thousands of
homeless Jews still living in ter-
ror and distress in many coun-
tries throughout the world."
He also said that the meeting
will consider the next moves by
American Jewry for the trans-
fer to Israel of tens of thou-
sands of Jews still waiting for
rescue from eastern European
and Moslem lands.
Coincidental with Warburg's
announcement came the disclos-
ure by Dr. Joseph J. Schwartz,
UJA executive vice-chairman,
that a record-breaking total of
more than 30,000 Jews from Eu-
rope, North Africa and the Mid-
I
to Open Talks
AMMAN, Jordan — (Special) — Six Israeli soldiers were
killed Wednesday night, according to an official announcement
here, during a three-hour fight with Jordanian guardsmen
after they had crossed the frontier.
According to the communique, about 20 Israeli soldiery
had crossed the border in the Hebron district of western Jordan
and opened fire on villagers.
City Greets Ben. Clarion
[ban Recovers
From Collapse
NEW YORK—(WNS)--Israel's
Ambassador to the United States
and chief delegate to the United
Nations, Abba S. Eban, is in good
health and has completely re-
covered from his collapse last
week at the Security Council, it
was reliably reported here.
Eban collapsed during a Secur-
ity Council session at which the
Israel-Syrian dispute over the
Hutch region was under discus-
sion. Eban was said to have spent
a quiet week end, but was not
confined to bed.
ART WEEK IN TIBERIAS
TIBERIAS—(ISI)—Israel's Art
Week started in . Tiberias May
24. The program includes the
appearance of Israel's artists,
dancers and theatrical perform-
ers.
TEL AVIV—(Special)—The
first meeting of the Israel-Sy-
Han Armistice Commission
will be held Monday under
the chairmanship of Gen. Wil-
liam E. Riley.
In compliance with the UN so.
curity Council's order, Israel has
halted all work on the Holeh
drainage project. Work will he
resumed soon on Jewish-owned
land in the demilitarized zone
while negotiations for a settle
ment are being conducted.
Israel's decision to continue
working on Jewish-owned WI
drew fire from Syria. A Syrian
spokesman said that the Secur-
ity Council prohibits the drain•
age project except by agree-
ment, "without any distinction
being made between Arab-
owned and other land."
Syrian newspaper reaction is
still violent. The paper, Ale! Ba
said: "The Arabs • are aboixt . t.tv,
lose faith in ideals and - resort to
the only language which the Is-
raelis will understand, and we
can assure them this time that
the outcome will be different from
1948."
Israel believes that it will have
the backing of the big powers if
negotiations again are blocked by
Arab intransigence.
If this happens. Israel will take
the case before the Security
Council again. The resolution di-
rects Gen. Riley to negotiate an
agreement between the Palestine
Land Development Co., which
holds the Huleh concessions and
is nominally in charge of the
drainage, and seven Arab land-
owners whose property would be
affected by reclamation of the
swamps.
Syrian Premier Khaled El
Azam stated that "peace with Is-
rael will never he negotiated or
discussed," implying that the
landowners could not sell their
land to Israel even if they so
wanted.
Israel is willing to pay compen-
sation for the land. What has
been more upsetting to Israel
than the stoppage order is the
Council's omission of any con-
demnation of Syrian military ac-
tivity against Israel. The UN
action has given encouragement
to the Arabs and strengthened
their belief that they have the
Shown above are two scenes from the giant rally before City Hall at which David Ben Gurion, prime support of the majority in the
minister of Israel, was welcomed to Detroit by Gov. G. Mennen Williams, Mayor Albert E. Cobo UN.
and other notables. For a complete report on Ben Gurion's visit to Detroit see back page.
The Chronicle Congratulates
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Justice
Henry M. Butzel Celebrates 80th Year
Henry M. Butzel, justice A the Michigan Supreme -
Court, celebrated his 80th birthday on May 24.
The Detroit Jewish Chronicle joins with the hun-
dreds of wellwishers who on this occasion have ex-
pressed their heartiest congratulations to this man
whose life's work has meant so much for both Michigan
and the Jewish community of Detroit.
Butzel has been on the Supreme Court since 1929.
He is a former president of Temple Beth El, one of the
founders of the•United Jewish Charities, a former presi-
dent of the Detroit Bar Association and a co-founder
of the Legal Aid. There is practically no field of human
endeavor in which he has not been active at one time or
another.
The celebrant's close connection with the Jewish
cause found a symbolic expression in his appointment
as honorary vice-chairman of this year's Allied Jewish
Campaign, a cause with which he has been associated
for more than 50 years.
We wish Mr. Butzel many more years of happiness
and health. His devotion and his sincerity will continue
to be an inspiration to all those who are working and
, planning for a better world.