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Federations Seek to Avoid
Separation of UPA and JDC

Welfare Funds, Including Allied Jewish Campaign of
Detroit, Are, However, Acclaimed as Agencies
Which Will Continue to Provide Major Funds

THE JEWISH NEWS

Friday, February 16, 1945

Council Names
Participants in
March 18 Event

2,000 Admirers in Tribute
To Memory of ,Mr. Altman

Death Takes Founder of Jewish Radio Hours Over WJLII,
Noted Leader in Numerous Charitable Campaigns; Wife
to Carry On With Program Beginning Saturday

Annual institute at Center
to be Conducted in the
More than 2,000 Detroiters paid final tribute to the
CINCINNATI, (JTA)--Efforts to prevent a break-up of
Form of Town Hall
memory of Hyman Altman, late director of the Jewish Radio
the United Jewish Appeal, threatened by disagreement be-
Hours on Station WJLB, who died last Saturday morning.
tween the United Palestine Appeal and the Join_t Distribution
James I. Ellmann, president of
Mr. Altman, 69, had been ill for four weeks and passed
to
the
proportion
of
funds
each
of
regard
Committee with
the Jewish Community Council,
these agencies is to get from the joint fund-raising, campaign issued an invitation to Detroit's away following an operation at Grace Hospital.
Funeral services were held Sunday at the Chesed shel
in 1945, were made here by the board of directors of the Jewish . community to attend the

Council. of JeWish Federations€
and Welfare Funds - at a meeting
held difring the week-end.
These eAorts climaxed discus-
sions carried on during the past
few weeks betWeen officers of
the Council and officers of the
U.P.A. and of the J.D.C. Numer-
ous alternative proposals and a
formula of agreement were dis-
cussed by a special committee of
the Council's board headed by
William J. Shroder, board chair-
man; • and including Sidney Hol-
lander, president, Daniel' Shiman
of Newark and Irvin Bettmann
of St. Louis, meeting with Dr.
James G. Heller and Henry Mon-
tor for the United Palestine Ap-
peal and Paul Baerwald, Isaac
Levy and Joseph C. Hyman for
the Joint Distribution Commit-
tee.
No final decision was reachtd.
A special meeting of the execu-
tive of the United Palestine Ap-
peal-will take place in New York
at which the proposals of the
directors of. the _ Council of
Jewish Federations and Welfare
Funds will be discussed.

enrietta
Szold Dies

"Word was received on
Wednesday morning, as this
issue of The Jewish News was
being sent to press, that Miss
Henrietta Szold passed away
in Palestipe in her 84th year:
Tributes to the memory of
this great woman, who was
the founder of Hadassah, will
appear in next week's issue of
The Jewish News.

annual Council Institute on Sun-
day, March 11, at the Jewish
Community Center.
The program will begin with a
keynote address by Mr. Ellmann
on the question, "Is The Com-
munity Council Structure Demo-
cratic?", at 2 p. in. The first
Town Hall discussion will begin
at 2:15 on the topic "Is - Demo-
cracy Possible in Religious and
Educational Activities?"•At 4
the second theme to be disc.usSed
will be "Is Democracy Possible
in Philanthropy and Social Ser-
vice?"
I Both sessions will be conducted
in the mariner of Town Hall
meetings. Four speakekrs will
make brief presentations and will
engage in an .ekcharige of views
and questions under the direc-
tion of a moderator.
Lawrence W. Crohn, Charles
Dricker, Dr. Leo M.. Franklin,
Mrs. Leonard H. Weiner and Rab-
bi Max, J. Wohlgelernter already
have accepted assignments to
participate in these discussions.
The dinner meeting at 6:30 will
be -presided over by Rabbi Leon
Fram. The guest speakers will
be Dr. Ira Eisenstein, managing
editor of The Reconstructionist,
and Harry L. Lurie, executive di-
rector of the Council of Jewish
Federations and Welfare Funds.
The guests will speak on the
general Institute theme: *Is De-
mocracy Possible in Jewish Com-
munity Life?" Their addresses
will be followed by discussion
from the floor.
The program and arrange-
ments for the Institute have been
planned by a committee includ-
ing Joseph Bernstein, Lawrence
W. Crohn, Rabbi Leon Fram ; Dr.
Leo M. Franklin, William Hordes,
Samuel Jacobson, Harry Kam-
iner,. Julian H. Krolik and Leon
Kay. Dr. B. Benedict Glazer and
Isidore Sobeloff were invited to
participate in the selection of
speakers.

'stein expressed the view .that the
present seryice is inadequate to
enable welfare fund budget corn-
inittees to allocate funds equit-
ably and in accordance with
established needs, and urged that
an evaluative service was essen-
tial to accomplish sounder and
more efficient budgeting by the
welfare funds.
(Welfare funds were acclaimed
Some objection was raised to
as the unifying force in Jewish an extension of the budgeting
communal life, and it was pOinted service to include advice on
out regardless of how the UJA is quotas and evaluation of pro-
reconstituted all the national and g•ams by some of the welfare
overseas agencies would continue fund and national agency repre-
sentatives. Nevertheless, a sub-
'operating through the established
stantipl number of the board
Federations and Welfare Funds.
members present supported the
(In Detroit, this means that the proposal to extend the advisory
Allied Jewish Campaign, through budgeting service, in principle,
the War Chest, will serve as the and it was determined to submit
single central agency for express- the question to the entire board
ing the 'community's interest and for an expression of opinion. It
was agreed also that a, subse-
support of communal services.)
Welfare fund leaders- present quent meeting of the board
at the Cincinnati ,meeting were would review the proposal and
unanimous in stressing the I'm- would act on the question of sub-
Portance of continuing the joint mitting the matter to member
fund-raising campaign to achieve agencies.
Post-War Planning
maximum funds for , overseas
needs and to altoid any impair-
Other sessions of the board
ment of community . solidarity Meeting were devoted to discus-
which might follow as a result of sions of the civic protective work,
competitive appeals. Several ex- -post-war welfare planning and
pressed the view that in this year community • interpretation and
of the greatest need for bringing participation. The board was
aid to suffering Jewry abroad especially interested in the report
and providing greater opportun- submitted by David Sher, as
ities in Palestine a split would he preSident of the National Corn-
most unfortunate. This was also munity Relations Advisory Coun-
reflected in telegrams and letters cil, on its first year of operations.
Turover Aid Society, one of
received by the board from mem-
An analysis of problems' in-
ber communities. If in the face of volved in readjusting of return- Detroit's oldeSt and most active
these necessities, the joint cam- ing veterans and . war , workers Jewish fraternal organization,
paign is not continued, they was presented by Jerome N. Cur- will devote a special meeting
pledge the efforts of the welfare tis, co-chairman of the Council's next Monday to a discussion of
funds to preserve • the united committee on post-war planning. community problems and the
front in their own communities. The changing role of Jewish so- work of the Jewish Commushity
Report By Srere
cial service agencies with greater Council.
Joseph Bernstein, vice presi-
- The threatened break among emphasis on personal problems
the major overseas agencies was rather than economic need was dent of the, Community Council,
the one dark cloud in the pros- discussed. Avery Carp of Granite and Abraham Cohen, internal re-
pects for even more generous City,. Ill., and Joseph Goldstein lations- director, will speak brief-
giving by the jeWs. of . America. of Rochester, reviewed develop- ly on the structure and program
according; to the report on fund ments in local Jewish communi- of the Council and will answer
raising prospect for 1-945 sub- ties throughout the country. • questions during the discussion.
Isadore Sosnick, and a member
Hollander Re-elected
mitted, by Abe Srere of Detroit,
Sidney H011ander was •e-elect- of the executive committee of
chairman of the Council's com-
mittee on financing of welfare ed president. The vice .presidents the Council, will be chairman.
J. Garelick is president of the
-programs. The report indicated elected were Stanley C. Myers,
that if .theU.J.A. situation were Miam i; Willi am Rosenwald, Turover; A. Geller and J. Sch-
not .diturbed the peak fund rais'L• Greenwich; Samuel Schnelerson, wartz, vice presidents; J. Gott-
ing achieved in. 1944 would be New York; David M. Watchmak 7 lieb, recording secretary; Max L.
surpasse&in the current year.
ler, Boston. Ira M. Younker of Roberts, financial secretary; H.
• • New. York was re-elected treas- Lacow, treasurer; William Hoff-
Advocates Budgeting.
- Extension . of budget research •urer and 'Elias . Mayer of 'Chicago, man, Community Council dele-
service to include evaluation of secretary.
programs... -and total • 'funds re-
quested by national and . oVerseas
-agencies was proposed in a re-.
port submitted by Jacob Blau-
stein of Baltimore, chairman of
the Council's committee on Na-
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fund representatives, Mr. Blau-

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Emes (Hebrew Benevolent So-€
city) on Joy Road. The main Altman had been active in the
floor was packed to' the doors JeWish community of Detroit. He
and the .upper floor, to which the. was responsible for the formation
of the kosher kitchen during the
depression and this consistent ap-
peals led to efforts for the con-
struction of the Jewish Home for
Aged.. He has been among the
leading workers in all community
causes, including Allied Jewish
Campaign, War Chest, Commu-
nity Fund and the Red Cross.

His efforts resulted in the sale
of more than. $2,000,000 worth of
war *bonds.
Active in Other Agencies
He was an active leader in the
House of Shelter and was a mem-
ber of the boards of directors of
several community agencies.
On the occasion of the 15t1s.
anniversary of his radio broad-
casting, organizations and indi-
viduals in the community planted
1,000 trees in Palestine in honor,
LATE HYMAN ALTMAN
of Mr. and Mrs. Altman, through.
services were broadcast by loud the Jewish National Fund Coun,- .
speakers, was packed with friends cil of Detroit.
and admirers of Mr. Altman.
Tributes to Mr. Altman's mem- Mrs. Werbe Honored
ory were paid by Rabbis I. Stoll- I By Women's Federation
man, J. H. Sperka,: J. Thumin and
J. Rabinowitz; A. H. Jaffin, Louis
Mrs. David B. Werbe was guest
Lavine, Max Silverman, former of honor at the Golden Jubilee
president of the House of Shelter; of the Detroit Federation of Wo-
Philip Langwald, president of men's Clubs, at. the program at
Chesed shel Emes, and. Mr. Shields which Miss Florence Davies, art
who presided. Cantor
editor of the Detroit News, spoke
chanted the El Mole RaChaniin,
on "Detroit's Art History." MisS.
Mrs.. Altnian .Carries On" • Davies gave. an account of Mrs,
Mr. Altman, whOSe late 'resi- Werbe's contributions to the de7.
dence was at. 4200 W. Davison, veloprnent of art in Detroit.
directed Jewish Radio Hours • for
16 years with the assistance of
Mrs. Altman who has announced
that she • will continue Jewish
radio broadcasting beginning
with this Saturday night and
of Adults and Children:
Sunday noon. During the regu-
Marital and pre-marital
lar broadcasting time last week-
Vocational guidance
end, the management of WJLB
Veterans' •Cases
Personality
devoted the periods to memorial
tributes to- Mr. Altman.
Mr. Altman is survived by his
Human Relations Consultant
wife, Sarah; a son, Dr. Raphael
(A Private Fee SerVice)
Altman, and two grandchildren.
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For more than 30 years Mr.

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