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THE :JEWISH NEWS

Friday, March 24, 1944

Annual Meeting Sunday of
Federation, Five Agencies

Red Cross Efforts
Chosen Palestine's
Liaison With UNRRA Of JWV Auxiliary

JERUSALEM (Palcor) — Leo
Through the efforts of the
Herrmann, general secretary of Ladies' Auxiliary of the Jewish
William A. Lydgate, Editor of Gallup Pole, to Reveal Facts the Keren Hayesod, Palestine
War Veterans, many Jewish
From Hitherto Unpublished Confidential
Foundation Fund, left for Cairo women have volunteered as
Survey on Anti-Semitism
- s drive.
workers in the Red Cro s

A message of great importance dealing with the status

Those who wish to lend. their
services in this drive are asked
to communicate with the chair-
man, Mrs. May Ginsburg, TO.
5-2692, or the co-chairman, Mrs.
Bertha Schaap, TR. 1-5792, re-

Of minorities in the post-war world will be delivered on Sun-

day evenings, at the Jewish Community Center, by William

A. Lydgate, editor of the Gallup Poll, at the annual meeting
of the Jewish Welfare Federation.

Taking as his subject "Minority Groups in the Post-War

World," Mr. Lydgate will use as4>
material for his talk data that
has been gathered by the Gallup
Poll.
It has been announced that
Mr. Lydgate has obtained
special permission to reveal
some facts from a confidential
The Women's Auxiliary of the
survey of public opinion on
Jewish Home for Aged, at a
LEO HERRMANN
anti-Semitism. .These facts, meeting held last Monday, elect-
hitherto unpublished, will be
ed and installed Mrs. -N. J. Lip- where he will act as the repre-
made known for the first time
pitt, former recording secretary,
sentative of the Palestine Jew-
at the Federation meeting.
as president, succeeding Mrs. M.
The business meeting of the J. Greenberg. Other officers ish Relief Council for European
Federation will commence at were elected as follows:
Jewry in negotiations with the
7:30 p.m. and Mr. Lydgate will
Vice-presidents, Mesdames T. Middle East offices of the Uni-
speak at 8:30 p.m.
Lebovitz, S. Weller, M. Benach, ted Nations • Relief and Reha-
Abraham Srere, president of S. Zeldes, S. Schwartz, A. Poti- bilitation Administration. The
the Federation, will preside at ker; recording secretary, Mrs. Council is sponsored by the
this meeting.
George Koven; corresponding Jewish Agency and the Vaad
secretaries, Mesdames I. Faud- Leumi, Jewish Palestine's Na-
Five Agencies to Report
Business meetings will also be man and Jonas Torgow.; special tional Council.
conducted by the following af- corresponding secretary, Mrs. S.
Levison; secretary of Simcha
filiated Federation agencies:
Fresh Air Society, Alex Schre- and Memorial Fund, Mrs. H.
Meer; Mrs. K. Faudem was re-
iber, president.
elected financial secretary; treas-
Jewish Children's Bureau,
urer, Mrs. J. Fishman; treasurer
Fred M. Butzel, president.
of building fund, Mrs. I. E. Good-
Jewish Social Service Bureau, man.
War Bonds Being Sold- to
Benjamin Jaffe, president.
Mrs. Joseph Rose and Mrs.
Purchase 70 Mercy Units
Jewish Vocational S e r vice, Herman Bregman, co-chairmen
as Tribute to Leader
Harvey Goldman, president.
of the sunshine committee, have
North •End Clinic, Julian H. arranged for monthly parties
Women's Division of the Amer-
Krolik, president.
for the aged residents through-
ican Jewish Congress honored
Annual reports of the Federa- , out the- year.
Dr. Stephen S. Wise on his 70th
tion and these five agencies and
Dr. Otto A. Hirsch, superin- birthday by presenting him with
election of members of their tendent of the Home, outlined 70 "Mercy Units," completely
'board of directors are on the enlightening facts on the opera- equipped hospitals-on-wheels
agenda of the meeting.
tion of the Home under wartime bought with U. S. War Bonds sold
conditions. He told his audience through t h e American Jewish
The Guest Speaker
As editor of what has come of the savings effected through Congress. Each unit sold by the
to be America's best known the acquisition. of the station Detroit Women's Division will be
yardstick for measuring public wagon which the Auxiliary pur- inscribed "American Jewish Con-
opinion, Mr. Lydgate has charge chased last - summer • for the gress, Detroit."
, formulating the questions on Home.
B o n d s can be purchased
The next meeting of the Aux- through Mrs. Max Saidman,
which the Poll's 1,100 interview-
ers collect the views of persons iliary will be held in May, when chairman, Townsend 8-9494, and
in all walks of life. He also edits the new committee heads will be Mrs. Sam Katkin, co-.chairman,
this vast commentary and inter- named.
University 2-3201. ponds will be
prets its significance in regular
The closing meeting of the mailed directly to the purchaser.
bulletins sent out to 125 - news- year will be in the form of a
A meeting of the new study
papers.
card party at Kern's auditorium group will be held at the home
In the five years since the on June 13.
of the chairman; Mrs. David Bern-
founding of the American Insti-
stein, 12512 Broadstreet, next
tute of Public Opinion, or the SPANISH POLICE FIND
Thursday evening. The discus-
Gallup Poll, as its is popularly CORPSES OF REFUGEES
sion, led By. Mrs. Nathan Spev-
known, Mr. Lydgate has had the
MADRID (JPS)—The decayed akow, will be based upon "A
editorial direction of the sound- corpses of twelve persons, three Guide for American Social Prob-
ings taken on literally every of them definitely identified as lems" — a Columbia University
question of consequence ,— eco- Jewish refugees from France, Press publication edited through
nomic and social, as well as po- who clandestinely crossed the the sponsorship of the interfaith
litical—confronting the American border into Spain, were found committee of the Women's Di-
people. The reports are not only in the Pyrenees Mountains by vision of Congress. Members and
quoted widely in the press, but Spanish police.
their friends are invited.
are also more frequentbk quoted
in Congresioonal debates than
any other single source of in-
formation' on public sentiment.
Joined Gallup in 1935
Mr. Lydgate was born in Ha-
waii, son of a Congregationalist
minister. He • was educated at
private schools in the Islands, at
ON PERRY PARK, ORTONVILLE, MICH.
the University of Hawaii and at
Yale University (A.B., 1931). At
1000 Feet Above Sea Level
the latter, he edited "The Yale
Daily News" and was a member,.
of Alpha -Delta Phi and Skull
and Bones.
His first job was as analyst
THREE CAMPS IN ONE
for a firm of efficiency experts
specializing in reorganizing
BOYS' UNIT 6-16
newspapers. He then became as-
sociated with Fortune Magazine
GIRLS' UNIT 6-16
for a year and was transferred
LITTLE NAHELU
to Time Magazine as a special
writer on national affairs and
Pre-School Ages 3-6
finance. His work with Dr.
George Gallup began in 1935
when the Institute was organ-
ized.as a special service to news-
papers.
For Registration, Information or Folder
$50,000 Sent to Palestine
_ Write or Phone
For Child Rescue Fund
The Pioneer Women's Organi-
DETROIT OFFICE 18657 GREENLAWN
zation has sent' another $50,000
Phones—UN. 3-5075 or HO. 1189
transmission to the Jewish
Agency in Jerusalem on behalf
of its Child Rescue Fund. Since
the fund was established, last
spring, it was announced by Miss
Dvorah Rothbard, national sec-
retary, that the sum reached and
transmitted was $160,000, thus
winding up the year's. activity
for • this special fund. - •

Mrs. Lippitt Chosen
President of Horne
For Aged Auxiliary

*

garding assignment of districts.
Red Cross Station No. 57 op-
erated by the JWV Auxiliary is
located at 11715 Dexter and is
open 10:30 a. m. to 4 p. m. and
7 to 10 p. m. Mondays through
Thursdays.
At 1 p. m. on Wednesdays,
donors assemble at the -JWV Red
Cross Station to give blood to
the Red Cross. A call is issued
to the community to assist in the
work of the Red Cross and to
serve as -blood donors.

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