Friday, January 12, 1945

THE JEWISH NEWS

Histadruth Sets Campaign
For $125,000 in Detroit

Quota

Council Center
Volunteer Group
Functions Daily

Page Eleven,

Palestinian Jewry's Efforts
Acclaimed by Dr. Phillips

Increased
Announced at Conference of National
Spokesmen for Christian Friends for Jewish Common-
Staff Operates Under Lead-
Labor Committee for Palestine at Shaarey Zedek;
wealth Plead for Reconstitution of Homeland; Mrs. Van
ership of Mrs. Weiner
Schaver Is Re-Elected Chairman
Auken Urges Militant Program for Zionism
and
Mrs.
Rothberg
With 500 delegates and guests, representing 118 local

organizations, in attendance at the conferenpe held last Sun-
A corps of volunteers, func-
day at - the Shaarey Zedek, the Detroit branch of the Na- tioning
under the leadership of
tional Labor Committee for Palestine inaugurated its an- Mrs. Leonard H. Weiner as
nual drive and set a quota of $125,000 for 1945. •
A comprehensive financial report submitted by Harry

SC hume r, treasurer, indicated

that the sum of $75,252 was
raised last year, a.nd on this basis
the dekegates Voted for a sub-
stantial increase, in the quota.
Principal speake
rs at the con-
ference included Pe•etz Hirsh-
bein, noted- dramatist; R a bb i
Leon Fram, speaking for the
Zionist Council of Detroit; Isi-
dore Sobeloff, executive director
of the Jewish Welfare Feder-
ation; Morris Schaver, chairman
of the drive; Louis Segal, of New
York, general secretary of Jewish
National Workers' Alliance; Isaac
Franck, director of the Jewish
Community Council; A. H. Ku-
shinsky, director of the drive;
and Mr' Schumer.
Musical Program
The musical program featured
Rena Bassin, who sang the Na-
tional Anthem, accompanied by
Florence Weintraub, and Arthur
Grossman, Detroit Symphony
Violinist, accompanied by Selma
AXelrod.
Rabbi Fram, in his address,
paid tribute to the labor Zionist
movement as the powerful force
for Palestine's redemption. He
deplored the rift in Zionist ranks
but expressed confidence that
Palestine's cause will triumph
despite all obstacles.
In his opening statement, Mr.
Schaver stated:
"With the final victory of the
United Nations over Hitler in
sight, all of our efforts in behalf .
of a reconstructed Jewish people
on its on soil, all of our work
toward the building of the
Jewish Commonwealth in a free
world at peace must be redoub-
led. Not only must our achieve-
ments be fully maintained—we
must greatly expand them so that
we may all see the final realiza-
tion of our hopes and aspira-
tions.
Histadruth Met Challenge
"The past year was one of ap-
palling suffering for the Jewish
people—a year of life-or-death
challenge such as no people has
ever before faced. The Histadruth
met that challenge with the cry:
a greater Jewish Palestine for
more Jews! It sent its men and
women into Europe to snatch
Jews from the jaws of death and
to lead them to a free and secure
home in Palestine.
"It sent its • men and women
into the . newly established out•.
posts in the far north and far
south of Palestine to expand the
borders of Jewish Palestine and
to • prepare homes and work for
the soldiers who have come and
who are to come home, for the
refugees—for all newcomers to
the land. •
"The Histadruth also increased
the industrial potentiality of • the
country. It now operates 244 -,co
operative work shops of which
177 are located , in agricultural
colonies.. These combined agri- .
culturat-industrial units are prov-
ing to be most sound economical-
ly and. • Most prothising for the
future development of the land.
Burning Question
.
"Housing is one of the byrn-
ing . questions of the time in
Palestirie as in all other. Coun-
tries. Shikun, the Histadruth
Housing Co., together with Sole].
BOneh, the Histadruth building
contracting company, haVe plans
for extensive . low-cost .hbusing
pro j ects."
Mr.- Schaver was chosen thair,
man of the drive for the - 15th
year. Other officers are: Benja-
min M.. Latkin ; associate 'chair-
man; Marry Schumer, treasurer;
MOrris Lieberman, first vice
president and -Chairman of the
executive; Max Bachman, Wil-
•iam Hordes,. Alex Nichamin,
N'athan Linden, David Sislin and
John Isaacs, vice chairm:n1;
Philip Jaffe„ recording secretary;
Alex Schreier, - financial secre-
tary; M. Taich and J. L. Wolok;
chgirinan of organizations corn-

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mittee; publicity and speakers'
bureau, Joseph Haggai, M.
Goldoftas, Louis Levine, Sarah
Levine, Abraham White, P. Slorn-

Mrs. L. Weiner Mrs. J. Rothberg

ISAAC HAMLIN

ovitz, A. Meyerowitz, Mrs. David
Sheraga, Mrs. Harry Mondry,
Abraham Cohen. •
Campaign headquarters are at
9142 Linwood, T.Y. 7:-8225.
Next Thursday evening's rally
of the Gewe•kshaften workers,
at. Lachar's Hall on Taylor
and 12th, will be addreSsed • by
Isaac Hamlin, national secretary
of the Labor Committee for
Palestine.

Gross to Speak
On Bnai Brith
Program Jan. 23

Meeting Will Mark Opening
of Drive to Enroll
2,000 Members

Greater Detroit Bnai_. Brith
Council is sponsoring a program
featuring Nissen N. Gross, head
of the fact-finding committee of
Anti-Defamation League, and
Mrs. Samuel S. Aaron, president
of the Michigan Women's Bnai
Brith Council, at Northern high
school Auditorium, Tuesday;
Jan. 23, at 8:30 p.' m.
Sam Maza and Mrs. Louis
Fields are co-chairmen of the
program.
This open meeting is the first
activity in a city-Wide - member-
ship drive during which the.
Council expects' to increase De-
troit Bnai Brith membership by
2,000 members. Council Presi-
dent David I. Rosin- states that
persons- unfamiliar with 'the work
of the Order will have' an op-
portunity to acquaint themSelves'
with activities which .Bnai Brith
sponsors.
Mr. Gross, a Chicago - attorney,
has been active in • Bnai .B•ith
circles. for many years. He is
president of the , Lake View
.Lodge in Chicago and has for
three years been in charge of in-
vestigation and fact finding for
the Anti-Defamation League.
Musical selections will be
given by members of youth
groups. •

chairman of the operating corn-
mittee and Mrs. Jack Rothberg
as vice-chairman, has been
nobilized in the direction of
activities of the 12th St. Council
Center, at 868.7 12th St., corner
Blaine, the joint projeCt of the
Jewish Community Center and
the Council of Jewish Women.
Monthly meetings of the oper-
ating committee are held for
consultation with Herman Jacobs,
director of the Center, and Har-
old Weiss, director of the 12th
St. Council Center.
Personnel Chairman
Miss Bertha Robinson is chair-
man of personnel.
Mrs. Herschel V. Kreger, presi-
dent of the Detroit Section,
Council of Jewish Women, has
selected as members of the
Council committee, in addition
to Mrs. Rothberg, Mrs. Barney
Israel, as chairman of volunteers;
Mrs. Harry L. Jones, program
chairman; Mrs. Oscar M. Zemon,
furnishings; Mrs. Lewis B. Dan-
iels, publicity.
Serving on the operating com-
mittee are Mrs. Milton Winston,
of Mothers' Clubs; Mrs. Jack
Halperin, chairman of the 12th
St. Merchants' Assn. bond drive;
Mitchell Victor, Mrs. Max Wohl-
gelernter, Max Raimi and Bill
Brown.
Daily Hours Listed
Twelfth St. Council Center is
open Monday through Thursday,
9:30 a. m. to 5:30 p. m. and 7 to
10 p. m.; Fridays, 9:30 a. 111. to
5 p. m.; Saturdays, 7:30 to 10
p. m.; Sundays; 2-5 p. m. and
7-10 p. m.
Chairmen in charge of volun-
teers include Mrs. Sam Soss,
Monday; Mrs. William. Mazer,
Tuesday; Miss Janet Shiffman,
Wednesday; Mrs. Melvin Baer,
Thursday; Mrs. Milton Winston,
Friday; Mrs. Jack D. Rosenberg,
Sunday.
According to Mr. Weiss, 8,275
people had been served from
Dec. 3 through Dec. 31. During
vacation week 2,375 people used
the building. The average daily
attendance is 250 to 350 persons.
About 90% of the attendance is
made up of children and youth.

Metro Music House

Spokesmen for the movement of the ,Christian Friends
of a Jewish Palestine, speaking at two functions here last.
Monday, made the emphatic declarations that there can be
no peace with honor, , dignity and justice, after' this war,
unless the pledge for the reconstitution of the Jewish Com-
monwealth in Palestine is strictly adhered to.

The Rev. Wendell Phillips,
rector of Christ's Church, Rye,
N. Y., former professor of Eng-
lish at the American University
at Cairo, Egypt, and Mrs.- How-
ell Van Auken Were the prin-
'cipal speakers at a luncheon, at
the Fort Shelby, arranged by the
Michigan Chapter of American
Palestine Committee, and at the
Zionist rally in honor of the 70th
birthday of Dr. Chaim Weizmarin
at the Shaarey Zedek, under the
auspices of the Zionist Council
of Detroit.
Dr, Henry Presides -
Dr. David D. Henry, executive
vice-president of Wayne Univer-
sity, presided at' the luncheon
meeting which was attended by
a number of the community's
outstanding clergymen, commun-
ity leaders, labor offibials and
club women. .•
Rabbi Leon Frani was the
third speaker at the evening
meeting Which• was attended by
an overflow audience.
In his addresses, the Rev. Phil-
lips dissected Arab • claims in
opposing the Zionist movement
and posed the fallacios • argu-
ments of Arab leaders. He charg-
ed that the Arabs had failed- to
support' the cause of the United
Nations and declared that the
Jews of Palestine made Most. im-
. portant contributions towards
winning the war..at a great sac-
rifice.
Arab Exclusiveness
Rev. Phillips charged that Arab
exclusiveness, t h e desire of
wealthy Arabs to keep the mass-
es of their people subjected to
poverty so that . they may re-:
main in economic power and
.their desire to gain political con-
trol in the Near East are re-.
sponsible for Arab opposition to
Zionism_ .
Mrs. Van Auken reported on
the important efforts inaugura-
ted by Christian Zionists, at the
conference held recently in Chi,
cago, to - assist the movement for
Palestine's redemption.. In her
address she urged a militant' pro-
gram, for. Zionism and declared
that legislators should , be asked

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MICHIGAN'S LARGEST
FLORSHEtM DEALER

to live up to their protestations
in behalf of a Jewish Palestine.
Rabbi Fram paid a glowing
tribute to the work of Dr. Weiz-
mann and expressed the hope
that he will live to see the re-
constitution of the Jewish Com-
monwealth.

Palestine Solution
Asked by Zionists

NEW YORK—The national ad-
ministrative committee of the
Zionist Organization of America,
in session here on Sunday, called
for immediate settlement of the
Jewish problem with emphasis
on the opening of the doors to
Jewish immigration in Palestine
and, the scrapping of the White
Paper.

prof. Selig Brodetsky, presi-
dent of the Board of Deputies of
British Jews, who just arrived
in this ocuntry, expressed confi-
dence that the United Nations
leaklers- would discuss the Pales-
tinian issue at their next meeting.
Meyer Weisgal, who returned
from Palestine last Friday by
plane, reported on his findings
during a six weeks' stay there.

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