-crrid4, 'January N s 1944 THE JEWISH 'NEWS Page Five- --- WAR BOND This Advertisement Sponsored By ARTHUR MURRAY STUDIOS OF DANCING Hotel Stotler Beth El Continues Past Goal Of $330,000 in Bond Drive Shaarey Zedek Sells 25 Pct. of $500,000 Quota Early in Campaign; Beth El Now A _ iMs at Half Million; Team 7 After $1,750,000 Dept. of Justice Opposes Curbs on Immigration House Naturalization Body Considering Bill to Cut Influx of Refugees - Temple Beth El already has exceeded its assumed quota of $330,000 in the Fourth War Loan camPaign, and is now WASHINGTON, (JTA) — The I aiming to reach and oversubscribe the half-million mark. Justice Department has voiced Leonard N. Simons, chairman of the campaign commit- vigorous opposition to proposed tee, announced on Monday that in excess of $375,000 of War legislation which would further . ; Bonds were sold in the first few days of the drive. restrict immigration to this coun- , "We are not guided by quotas, but are rather concerned that as many War Bonds as possible . should be sold during the present drive," Mr. Simons stated_ "Therefore, we won't stop until the drive is over—on Feb. 15." Shaarey Zedek Drive Rudolph Zuieback, chairman of the committee in charge of the Fourth War Loan campaign for Congregation Shaarey Zedek, announces ,that in the first three days of the d r i v e his team reached 25 per cent of the $500,- 000 goal. The Shaarey Zedek team, which issues Bonds immediately to purchasers, has workers at the Shaarey Zedek every eve- ning from 7 to 9 and from '9 to 1 on Sunday. The team will con- tinue its work through Jan. 25. • Other Campaigns Mr. Zuieback announces that he will conduct the Bond drive for the Pinsker Verein n e x t Tuesday evening. In the la s t drive, Mr. Zuieback sold $100,000 worth of Bonds to the Pinsker in one evening. ! Other organizations desiring to make use of Mr. Zuieback's serv- ices in connection with the War Bond drive are urged to corn- ! municate with him. Organizational Campaigns War Bond drives among or- ganizations included the sale of $108,000 of Bonds, through the efforts of Mr. Zuieback, on Mon- day evening, to members of Pogrebishcher U n t e r s ti tzungs yerein, on the organization's fourth anniversary. Bnai Brith lodges, social and Charitable clubs are conducting drives this week. Team 7 at Work : In the ci ty-wide campaign, Team 7 of the Banking Division, under the chairmanship of Henry Wineman and Irving W. Blum- berg, is at work on a quota of $1,700,000. The team workers are confident that this sum will be oversubscribed. Many organizations and con- gregations are conducting special drives and it is believed that the record of the last drive will be exceeded. Orthodox Synagogues' Drive Rabbi M. J. Wohlgelernter an- nounced this week that the Or- thodox synagogues of Michigan are planning an extensive drive the Fourth War Loan. Arrangements for • this drive will be made Sunday afternoon at the quarterly meeting of the Michigan Synagogue Conference at Congregation Bnai David. - Port Huron Bnai Brith Active in 4th War Loan Mrs. Sam Borock, president of the Port Huron Bnai Brith La- dies' Auxiliary, has been appoint- ed to represent the Port Huron Jewish community on the city- wide Fourth War Loan drive. Sam Adinoff is chairman of the special Bnai Brith War Bond committee which aims to increase last year's War Bond sales. Serv- ing on the committee with him are Bernard Komop and Sam Young, president and vice-presi- dent of the Bnai Brith Lodge. trk,- it is revealed in a report by Attorney General. Biddle to the House Immigration and Naturali- zation Committee. The committee is now consid- ering a bill introduced by Rep. Edward H. Reese, (R)- of Kan- sas, which would halve immigra- tion quotas for the next 10 years, and another measure, proposed by Rep. Leonard Allen (D.) of Louisiana, which would bar all immigration until the end of the war. The State Department, how- ever, has refused to make any recommendation on the two bills, it' is disclosed in a report to the Immigration Committee submit- ted by Assistant Secretary Ed- ward Stettinius Jr. Stettinius wrote that the immigration issue is a "postwar problem" on which the' State Department could not commit itself now. RUDOLPH ZUIEBACK Nazis Claim Ciano Was Friend of Jews • LONDON (JPS) — C o u n t Ciano, Mussolini's son-in-law and former Foreign Minister of Fas- cist Italy, who was executed by the Nazis last week, was charged in German press "obituaries" with having been an intimate friend of Jewish community leaders in Italy and with having conspired to sabotage the Aryan law. Stymied in the implementa- tion of the Aryan laws, Italy failed to develop into a full- fledged Fascist state and this accounts for her failure to hold out, the Nazi press. says. Nazis Using Dogs To Hunt Down Jews BERNE. (JPS)—Nazis are now using the •canine variety of dog to track down Jews attempting to escape from F r a n c e into Switzerland. Twenty thousand French Jews exiled from t h e Riviera, have been deported to labor and concentration camps in Poland. Among them a r e the Parisian Yiddish writers Vevi- orka, Aromson, Moses Blank, B. Resnick, Berson and Dimant. Henry Wineman Is Elected A Vice-President of NRS President Roosevelt Praises National Refugee Service as Being Largely Responsible "for the Successful Program of Aid to New Americans" NEW YORK.—In a message to the two-day conference of the National Refugee Service held last Saturday and Sun-. day at Hotel Commodore, President Roosevelt praised NRS activities as being largely responsible "for the successful program of aid to new Americans," and added that it was heartening that "our country is prepared to continue the well-conceived and effective pro- gram for aiding newcomers to fulfill their hopes of becoming good Americans." Willi a m Rosenwald, retiring president, stated in submitting his report that the U. S. may be expected to abide "by its his- toric principle of giving haven to the oppressed." Honorary President Mr. Rosenwald w a s elected honorary president a f t e r five years • of service as president. Charles Riegelman was chosen president. Henry Wineman was chosen one of the vice-presidents. Mr. Rosenwald's repo r t re- vealed that while 260,000 refu- gees reached o u r shores, the Government since 1933 has ex- hibited its "good-will by issuing more than 500,000 visas to refu- gees; actually, less than half of the total visas issued were used, nevertheless, the very fact that they were granted affords evi- dence of the Government's hos- pitable policy." Greatest Advances The greatest advances in ad- justment of r ef u g e es were achieved in 1943, Joseph E. Beck, executive director, disclosed in his report. Quincy Howe, radio commen- tator, stressed the need for the United States to continue its tra- ditional policy of hospitality to the opressed, saying, "the Na- tional Refugee Service has pro- vided an outlet- f o r American generosity." Dr. Hans Simons, dean of the School of Politics of the New School for Social Research, and son of Walter Simons, pre-Hitler President of Germany, also spoke. War Chest Leaders Form Organization Chairmen and secretaries of the business and professional di- vision of the War Chest met this week and formed a permanent organization. Arthur P. Pfleiderer presided at the the meeting. Dean Sellers was chosen chairman of the group and Henry Fineberg was elected secretary. Mrs. Ethel Lewis rep- resented the Jewish Welfare Federation. Samuel Levy, of the Jewish Center staff, was chosen secretary of the ac- countants' group. Plans were made by the group for next year's campaign. A message of good wishes was sent to Rabbi Morris Adler who had been in charge of solicita- tions among rabbis and Jewish schools. B e r n a r d Isaacs was chosen to succeed Rabbi Adler, now a chaplain, in this capacity. Dr. Halkin to Speak To Kvutzah Jan. 29 Dr. Simeon Halkin, noted poet, essayist and orator, will address the Kvutzah Ivrith, the Hebrew cultural group of Detroit, on Sat- urday night, Jan. 2, 9 , in the audi- torium of the Rose Sittig Cohen Building. Dr. Halkin, professor of litera- ture at • New York College of Jewish Studies established by Dr. Stephen S. Wise, is the au- thor of many books dealing with literature in its various aspects. His latest book, "The Temporary and the Permanent in Litera- ture," was published last year by Ohel Publishing Company. The lecture, open to the pub- lic, will start at 8:30. Littman's to Open Jan. 30 Featuring Outstanding Play Littman's Yiddish People's ,The- ater announces that the theater, on 12th and Seward, will be dark this week-end. Littman's will reopen on Sun- day, Jan. 30, with a new play, featuring the entire cast under the leadership of Mischa and Lucy German. Further details and the name of the play will be announced next week. 7110 abai hi 41 ttA mid Zen' aillad Mg ailed BUY WAR BONDS FOURTH WAR BOND DRIVE Cht R OLLINS , ve 15a8 ( W oodward. 15ao