ew er CLIFTON AVENUE - CINCINNATI 20, 01110 Have You Redeemed Buy Israel Bonds Your Pledge to Allied Jewish Campaign? to Make Jewish Vol. 53—No. 21 CHRONICLE .kt•- •:-77-tu 27 State Independent 10c a Copy — $3 Per Year 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 • • 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.