Page Ten THE JEWISH NEWS JSSB Urged to Continue Psychological Services Dr. Walter Lurie, Head of Jewish Vocational Service in Chicago, Lists Recommendations, Findings After Survey of Social Service Bureau Friday, July 30, - 1943 Monsky Elected to Dropsie Board Allies Asked to Recognize Jews As Full-Fledged Ally PHILADELPHIA (JPS)—Henry Monsky, president of the Bnai Brith, has been elected to the David Remez, Secretary of the Histadruth, Makes Demand board of governors of .Dropsie At Conference; Thanks. British- Labor Party for Supporting Plea for Homeland Continuation of the psychological services rendered by the Jewish Social Service Bureau and various suggestions for improving the service are recommended in a study just released, according to an announcement by Benjamin E. Jaffe, president of the bureau. The study was made by Dr. Walter A. Lurie, executive director of the Jewish Vocational Service and Employment Center of Chicago, at the request of a study committee appointed by Mr. Jaffe. Dr. Lurie • made two visits to Detroit, interviewed a number of people connected with the JSSB and other agencies utilizing the psychological services of the bureau, examined the equipment and procedures, and held meet- ings with the study committee and the advisory committee. , Findings Summarized The findings and recommenda- tions are summarized as follow:, by Dr. Lurie: FINDINGS 1—The Clinic, organized in 1923 as a guidance or mental hy- giene service, has since about 1931 been functioning as a psy- chological testing service. 2—It serves some 16 or 20 agen- cies, the major ones being the Jewish Vocational Service, Ford Republic, Baptist Children's Home, Erin School, Jewish So- cial Service Bureau, and Jewish Children's Bureau. Some 500 persons are tested annually. Of these approximately 85 per cent are referred by agencies supported by The War Chest, and the rest apply directly or are re- ferred by non-chest agencies. Annual Averages Annual averages for the past six years show more than 1,000 visits, 2,200 tests administered and 1,000 reports. 3—The Clinic . is equipped with 83 tests in the following areas: intelligence, school achievement, educational problems, clerical ap- titudes, mechanical aptitudes, personality and adjustment status. 4—All work is on appointment basis. No summaries are required from referring agencies. All cases are registered with the Registra- tion Bureau. Written reports are sent to agencies, and frequently, though not regularly, followed by consultations. 5—It is staffed by a psycholog- ist who has occupied this posi- tion since 1926. He has no regular paid clerical assistance. RECOMMENDATIONS 1—The service is needed and should be continued, with the name changed to one correspond- ing more closely to the actual Zionists Helped Detroit Get Ten Conference Seats In the announcement of the certification of Fred M. Butzel as a delegate to the American Jewish Conference, in last week's issue of The Jewish News, the name of the Zionist Organization of Detroit was in- advertently omitted as one of the organization that asked the national executive committee to recognize that Detroit is entitled to 10 instead of nine delegates. Abraham Cooper, president of the Zionist Organization of De- troit, was one of the leaders in the effort to give Detroit this recognition. Jewish Book Month Set Nov. 20 to Dec. 19 nature of the work being per- formed. 2—Intake should be restricted to cases referred by a selected number of member agencies of the Community Fund, to relieve the psychologist- of an unduly heavy program. 3—The service should be re- garded as an auxiliary diagnostic service to the referring agency. Clearance and registration should be discontinued, since all cases will be in the load of some func- tional agency. 4--A summary of the case and a focused statement of the prob- lem should be required from each referring agency. Confer- ences with agency workers should be held on all cases after com- pletion of tests. Full Responsibility 5—The psychologist should have full responsibility for se- lecting testing instruments ap- propriate to the situation. Tests should be selected with a view of economizing time and clarify- ing the problem. Most batteries should be completed at one sit- ting. 6—Reports should analyze the test results for the referring worker and point up sharply their significance in the life situation which was originally focused in the statement of the problem. 7—Half-time clerical assistance should be provided for the psy- chologist. 8—The psychologist should par- ticipate in the general program of referring agencies by attending staff meetings and in Orienting' new workers. 9—Research should be encour- aged and closely integrated with the service functions of the clinic. HENRY MONSKY, College-for Hebrew and Cognate Leaining; it was announced heie by Dr; Abraham A..- Neuman; president of the college. - cent meeting of the board it was decided to give greater repre- sentation on it "to the friends of higher Jewish learning Another Bomb Explodes in Printing Plant in Tel Aviv TEL AVIV, (JTA)—Anothei bomb was thrown into the printing throughout the country." Last year the college had conferred plant of the Yiddish weekly "Naje Welt" in Ramath Gan, near Tel this week, demolishing a linotype machine and causing other the honorary degree of • Doctor Aviv, damage; This is the second time within two weeks that the printing of Hebrew Literature on Mr. plant has been bombed by :extremists who are determined to halt Monsky. the publication of any Yiddish 'newspaper in Palestine. SERVE YOUR COUNTRY There are many jobs which wo- men can do. Every one of these is now being performed some- where by a trained fighting man . . . he could be fighting if you were there to take his place. Advisory Committee 10—A psychology advisory committee of three or five promi- nent psychologists should be formed for consultation on pro- gram and major problems. 11—If possible, arrange for the psychologist to visit other com- munities to observe procedure in effect elsewhere. 12—The psychologist should be permitted to use the clinic facil- ities for private cases on his own time. The study committee • consisted of the following members of the JSSB board: Dr. B. Benedict Glazer, chairman, Mrs. Isaac Gil- bert, Jacob Keidan, Dr. David J. Sandweiss, Mrs. Melville S. Welt and Harold Silver, secretary. In addition, the Jewish Welfare Federation, the Jewish Vocational Service and the Jewish Children's Bureau, were represented on the committee through their execu- tive directors. The study was f fi- nanced by a special appropriation from the Community Fund of which the JSSB is a participating agency. Dr. Mordecai Soltes, chairman of the JeWish Book Connell of America, , ;announced this week that Jewish Book Month will be observed Nov. 20 to Dec. 19, Dr, Soltes said that the tri- lingual Jewish Book Annual for 1943-44 will be ready in a dvance of this celebration. Dr. Solomon Grayzel, of the Jewish Publication Society of America, is editor of the Jew- ish Bosils.Annual. for Mental Hygiene. . • I Release A Man for Active Service . • Committee Named An advisory committee of per- sons connected with the Council of Social Agencies and the psy- chologist profession, consisted of the following: , Dr. Harry - J. Baker, director, Psychological Clinic, Detroit Pub- lic Schools; Fred R. Johnson, gen- eral secretary, Michigan Chil- dren's Aid Society; Dr. William C. F. Kruger, Associate Professor of Psychology, Wayne University; Robert H. MacRae, managing di- rector, Council of Social Agen- cies; Kenneth L. Moore, chairman, budget review committee, Coun- cil of Social. Agencies; Miss Claire M. Sanders, executive sec- retary, The Detroit Council for Youth Service; Dr. Frank F. Tall- man, director of mental hygiene, State Hospital Commission, Lan- sing; Harold G. Webster, execu- tive secretary, Michigan Society - Dr. Neuman said that at a re- JERUSALEM, (JTA)—A demand that the democratic world recognize the Jewish people as full-fleged participants in the global war was voiced this week by David Remez, secretary of the Histadruth, Palestine's Federation of Labor, to which 60- per cent of Palestine's workers belong ; at the organization's 50th semi-annual conference being held in the colony of Ayeleth Hashachar, with 330 delegates in at- tendance. Speaking in an improvised amphitheater, Remez voiced greetings to organized labor in Britain and America. He thanked the British Labor Party for the resolution adopted at its recent annual congress supporting the Jewish demand for a national home in Palestine, and thanked William Green, president of the AFL, and Philip Murray, president of the CIO, for "the great sympathy with which they have sup- ported Jewish efforts in Palestine," Remez concluded with an appeal to the forthcoming American Jewish Conference to "rise up to meet the fateful days of decision and victory." David Ben-Gurion, addressing the convention, praised the colonization projects of the labor group as "a model of just, socialistic colonization, -which are helping in the develop- thent of a Yishuv possessing - great economic, cultural and political independence despite a foreign and hostile regime." He appealed to all -groups within the Histadruth to settle their differences and urged all workers throughout the coun- try to join. 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