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THE JEWISH NEWS

Federation Reports to the Community

Text of Message Delivered at Annual
Meeting Wednesday, March 21, at Center

By WILLIAM FRIEDMAN

President, Jewish Welfare Federation

I

N REPORTING to the community as presi- To the Jewish Hospital Association, Federation
dent of the Jewish Welfare Federation, in
extends a hearty word of welcome to our family
a very real sense I am reporting on the institu-
of agencies.
tion through which we, the Jews of Detroit,
Another noteworthy step toward a healthier
express of our own free will our membership in community was taken by the Jewish Home for
the general Jewish community and our sense of Aged, which initiated. plans for an addition to
obligation as Jews.
be devoted to care of the chronically ill aged.
A mature community does not pride itself on In view of the growing proportion of aged and
fulfillment of the obligations of rich toward
chronic sick in the American population, and in
the face of seriously inadequate facilities in the
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poor, fortunate
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general community for their care, our Home for
toward unf o r- Aged
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will not only be providing a service sorely
tunate; it takes needed by the Jewish community, but will also
these for grant- have the opportunity to lead the way for the
rest of the community toward a mere complete
e d . Communal
network of medical services.
maturity e a r -
Develop Program of Medical Care
ries with it in-
Through the new hospital, the addition to the
stead, the rec-
2 ognition. th at Home for Aged, and North End Clinic, the Jews
of Detroit will have the opportunity at last to
the security, the
develop a comprehensive program of acute and
s, morale, and the
chronic medical care, out-patient service, re-
general welfare
search, and teaching, for the health of the
of the group
community.
and every indi-
In common with other communities we have
vidual within it
been concerned in Detroit with the nature and
are inseparable.
extent of the Jewish education we and our chil-
And so we do
not say tonight, dren receive. We have needed also a better
understanding of the type of responsibility Fed-
although we
could do so eration ought to take for community financing
without untruth, and planning of educational programs. In the
that in the past past year, through the Self-Study of Educational,
year, through Cultural, and Recreational Activities, we have
Federation, some taken an important step toward finding the
of us did our answers.
A Citizens' Committee composed of repre-
JUDGE FRIEDMAN
duty toward
sentatives of the various educational agencies
others. What we did, or tried to do, was to move,
and interests, and of the community at large, is
all together, toward a kind of life for ourselves
taking responsibility for recommendations, and
in Detroit, for Jews all over the world, and for
all types of educational activities, adult as well
our non-Jewish brothers, that will bring a
as children's, informal as well as formal, are
greater measure of dignity and security to all
being considered. The study is approaching com-
of us.
pletion, and it is apparent already that there
24,000 Participate in Work of Federation
will be results of both immediate and long-term
Before the war through the Allied Jewish
value for the cultural development of the
Campaign, and more recently through the War
community.
Chest, over 24,000 Jews `have participated in the
Problems of postwar readjustment for veterans
work of Federation at the vital level of fund-
and civilians loom closer as victory approaches,
raising. Through the years many have found
and Federation and its agencies have been and
their way into the Jewish community through
are on the alert to meet them.. Our agencies are
this kind of initial interest. Others have begun
already being called upon regularly to render
. with a special concern for one or more agencies
service to veterans. They are pooling their ex-
or causes. However they began, many have dis-
covered within the broad scope of Federation
periences with one another, and with public and
other agencies, so that duplication may be avoid-
activities a new understanding and loyalty for
ed and needs may be met.
the total Jewish community, and the community
The primary responsibility for the welfare of
in turn has found among these men and women
its leaders.
the veteran and the displaced war worker 'will
In the year just ended our communal under-
of necessity be a task for government, but pri-
vate agencies will have to provide many of the
standing • and loyalty extended more than ever
highly individualized services that will be re-
to Jews all over the world. The year witnessed
quired in furthering readjustment to family,
the climax of the Nazi policy of extermination of
community, and job. Here as in all other areas
the Jews of Europe and revealed, with the lib-
the individual whose difficulty arises out of the
eration of vast areas of that continent, the extent
of the tragedy which had befallen the Jews who
fact he is Jewish will always find understanding
survived.
srvived. Over 80 percent of those remaining
and thoughtful service through the agencies of
the Jewish community.
alive were uprooted from their homes, com-
Community. Business Is Impressive
pletely expropriated and dispossessed, in need
of the basic essentials of life.
Not only in terms of service, but also in terms
The Jewish Welfare Federation was the link
of dollars, our community business is an im-
between the Jews of Detroit and the broken
pressive one. From the War Chest to our Allied
Jews across the seas. Through Federation we
Jewish Campaign and Community Fund agencies,.
and from our civic protective fund to its local
fulfilled, inadequately but with increasing gen-
erosity, our resnonsibilities toward the Jews of
national beneficiaries, went a total of nearly
Europe, Palestine, and the rest of the world.
$1,300,000 in the 1944 fiscal year, a figure which
The saving of 'Jewish lives, and the restoration
will rise to over $1,500,000 in the current year.
Inclusion of the sums secured by our local
of Jewish life, whether in Europe, Palestine,. or
elsewhere, will require in the coming year an
agencies through their own resources or through
payments for service rendered would raise these
outpouring of funds beyond anything the Jews
figures substantially.
of America have ever known in the past. It is
You are interested, of course, in the care exer-
perhaps to be regretted that in such a year the
cised by Federation in expending such sums.
Joint Distribution Committee and the United
Budgets of our beneficiary agencies, whether
Palestine Appeal have not found it possible to
local, national, or overseas, have always been
reconstitute the United Jewish Appeal. But the
scrutinized with both understanding and a sense
basic source of. American Jewish strength is not
of financial stewardship. Since the inclusion of
any one or any combination of. the national and
the Allied Jewish Campaign in the War Chest,
overseas agencies, but rather the strength and
budgets are now studied by both Federation and
unity of each local Jewish community.
War
Chest.
Evaluate Appeals Presented to Them
In keeping with sound business practice, our
Through the Jewish Welfare Federation, De-
books are carefully audited, and the reports of
troit Jews will unite next year as they did last
the audit, performed by the firm of Isenberg,
in providing for the Jews of Europe and Pales-
Purdy & Donovan, are available for your in-
tine. and they will know how to evaluate with
spection at any time at Federation offices.
justice and generosity the appeals presented to
them.
Our partnership in the War Chest continues
to be a happy one, and the War Chest has again
In addition to the United Jewish Appeal we
this
year treated our agencies with intelligence
maintained last year, and shall continue in the
and understanding in the allocation of financial
year to come, our interest and support for 30
support. At the same time, it would be hazardous
national and overseas Jewish agencies. Among
to predict how long the partnership will con-
these agencies, which met Jewish needs ranging
tinue. The relationship of the sums which we
all the way from regional care of the aged to
shall need in the future for Jewish causes to
Jewish cultural research, the National Jewish
the requirements of other War Chest agencies
Welfare Board merits special wartime mention
and the total War Chest goal may provide the
for its program of religious, recreational and
answer. Whatever the answer, it will be reached
social service to Jewish fighting men and women
only after careful consideration by all parties
throughout the world.
concerned.
The hundreds of Detroit men and women who
For almost two decades now, in peace and in
have volunteered their services to further the
war, in depression and prosperity, Federation
local Army and Navy Committee program of the
has spoken for the causes which command our
Jewish Welfare Board are keenly aware of the
support. During these years Federation has en-
importance of this kind of service.
listed the active support of the finest names and
Opportunity has been afforded for the discus-
ablest talents in the community in behalf of the
sion of the community services rendered by our
local agencies and the problems those agencies basic Jewish community services here and
abroad.
will face tomorrow. There are several local
developments of such significance, however, as
Child care, medical aid, family service, Jewish
education, care of the aged, summer camping,
to require special emphasis in our annual review.
In the past year, a hope of generations of cultural and recreational work, vocational as-
Detroit Jews was finally .realized. The only large
sistance, protective service, rehabilitation, rescue,
American Jewish community._ without a Jewish security—every year representatives of these ser-
hospital, we raised over $2,250,000 as our initial
vics in Detroit and the world-over place their
contribution to the hospital resources of the com- problems before us.
munity. The fine interest and participation, and
Meeting their needs has never been easy, and
the leadership, which made possible the raising
in the years to come may be more difficult than
of such a sum will direct themselves in the year ever. Nevertheless, we can be certain tonight
to come toward the planning of an institution that however arduous the tasks before us, we
which will assume a role of outstanding signifi-
shall always approach them with the sympathy,
cance to the Jewish community, the general
determination, and generosity that reflect the
community, and the world of medical science.
true spirit of the Jews of Detroit.

Friday, Mardi 23, 1945

6 Elected to Fill Vacancies
On JWF Directors' Board

Alexander, Arnfeld, Dr. Franklin, Dr. Herrshman, Mrs. Landau
and Michelson Named; Friedman Gives Annual Report;
Affiliated Agencies Elect Officers

Six members of the community, Sidney L. Alexander,
Eugene Arnfeld, Dr. Leo M. Franklin, Dr. A. M. Hershman,
Mrs. Maurice Landau and Lawrence J. Michelson, were
elected to fill vacancies in the Board of Governors of the
Jewish Welfare Federation at its 1945 annual meeting held
March 21 at the Jewish Community Center. Max Osnos,

Dr. Harry C. Saltzstein and Alex
Schreiber, were re-elected to the
board.
Other members of - the Board
of Governors are: William Fried-
man, president, Abraham Srere,
chairman of board; Fred M. But-
zel, chairman of executive, com-
mittee; Mrs. Joseph H. Ehrlich,
Israel Himelhoch, Julian H. Kro-
lik, vice-presidents; Harry Frank,
treasurer; Hyman C. Broder, Irv-
ing W. Blumberg, James I. Ell-
mann, Clarence H. Enggass, Mor-
ris Garvett, Dr. B. Benedict Gla-
zer, Mrs. Samuel R. Glogower,
David A. Goldman, Harvey H.
Goldman, Harry Jacobson, Ben-
jamin E. Jaffe, Myron A. Keys,
Louis LaMed, Theodore Levin,
Milton Maddin, Henry Meyers,
Mrs. Robert J. Newman, Samuel
H. Rubiner, Isaac Shetzer, Jos-
eph M. Welt, Mrs. Melville S.
Welt, David Wilkus, Henry Wine-
man, Rabbi Max J. Wohlgelern.-
ter and Rudolph Zuieback.

Delivers Annual Report
William Friedman, president,
presided at the meeting and de-
livered the annual report of the
Jewish Welfare Federation to
the community.

Four affiliated agencies—the
Fresh Air Society, Harry Jacob-
son, president; the Jewish So-
cial Service Bureau, Benjamin E.
Jaffe, president; the Jewish Vo-
cational Service, Harvey -H. Gold-
man, president, and North End
Clinic, David Wilkus, president,
—conducted their annual meet-
ings simultaneously with the
Jewish Welfare Federation, and
also reported vacancies on their
boards to be filled by election.
Reviews Responsibilities
In his presidential report, Mr.
Friedman reviewed the respon-
sibilities of Detroit Jewry for re-
lief and rehabilitation of the
Jews of Europe and Palestine and
predicted that the increased
needs ahead will be met with
generosity and in unity, through
the War Chest and the Jewish
Welfare Federation. He pointed

Chosen War Chest
Campaign Chairman

EDWIN J. ANDERSON

Edwin J. Anderson, president
of Goebel Brewing Co., will be
general campaign chairman of
the Community War Chest drive
next fall, Frank D. Eaman, War
Chest president, announced.
For the past two years, Mr.
Anderson has served as chair-
man of the War Chest industrial
unit. He is active in the Red
Cross, the War Bond drives and
the Wayne County Salvage Com-
mittee.

New England Federation
Protests UJA Dissolution
HARTFORD, Conn.' (JTA) —
Opposition to the dissolution of
the UJA was voiced in a resolu-
tion adopted at a session of the
executive committee. of the New
England Region of the Council of
Jewish Federations and Welfare
Funds.

to the successful fund-raising
campaign for a Jewish hospital,
plans for an addition to the Jew-
ish Home for Aged to care for
the chronically ill, the develop-
ment of service to veterans, and
the Self-Study of Jewish Educa-
tional Cultural, and Recreational
Activities, as outstanding evid-
ence of the alertness of the com-
munity to meet home-front prob-
lems.

"Not only in terms of service,
but also in terms of dollars, your
community business is an im-
pressive one," said Mrs. Fried-
man. "From the War Chest to
our Allied Jewish Campaign and
Community Fund agencies, and
from our civic protective fund to
its local and national benefici-
aries, went a total of nearly $1,-
300,000 in the 1944 fiscal year, a
figure which will rise to over
$1,500,000 in the current year."
Fresh Air Society Board
Herman August, Mrs. I. Irving
Bittker, Mrs. H. J. L. Frank, Es
J. Harris, Herman Osnos, Mrs.
Jack Rothberg, Mrs. Alexander
Sanders and Jules Schubot were
elected to the board of directors
of the Fresh Air Society, and
Mrs. Felix Mahler and Mrs. Rob-
ert J. Newman were re-elected.
For the Board of the Jewish
Social Service Bureau, Mrs. Mor-
ris Adler, Dr. Schmarya Klein-
man, A. C. Lappin, Louis R. Le-
vine and Ben L. Silberstein were
chosen, Mrs. Theodore Bargman,
Dr. Irving Posner and Dr. Law-
rence Seltzer being the re-elect-
ed members.
Elected as trustees of the Jew-
ish Vocational Service were Mrs.
Margo F. Fleishacker, Max Sch-
ayowitz and Ben Schwayder.
Peter Altman, Edward Bernstein,
Jacob Ellstein, Miss Edith Hea-
venrich, Herbert D. Robinson
and I. W. Ruskin were re-elect-
ed.
Wisper Newly Chosen
For the North End Clinic
Board, Eugene J. Arnfeld, Mau-
rice Cohen, Charles Hamburger,
Mrs. Joseph Hartman, Miss Edith
Heavenrich, Miss Sadie Hirsch-
man, Julian H. Krolik and Da-
vid Wilkus were re-elected and
Lew Wisper newly chosen.
Amendments to the by-laws of
the Fresh Air Society, limiting
successive terms of office of di-
rectors to two, were approved,
as well as revisions in the by-
laws of the Jewish Social Ser-
vice Bureau made necessary by
the merger of the Jewish Social
Service Bureau and the Jewish
Children's Bureau.
The meeting was featured by
a round table discussion, with
audience participation, on local
problems facing c ommun it y
agencies in the period ahead.
Led by Isidore Sobeloff, execu-
tive director of the Jewish Wel-
fare Federation, executives o f
local Federation agencies—Mrs.
Ida B. Colten, Hebrew Free Loan
Association, Isaac Franck, Jew-
ish Community Council, Dr. Otto
Hirsch, Jewish Home for Aged,
Bernard Isaacs, United Hebrew
Schools, Herman Jacobs, Jewish
Community Center, Selma J.
Sampliner, North End Clinic,
Harold Silver, Jewish Social Ser-
vice Bureau and Resettlement
Service, Alvin Skelly, Fresh Air
Camp, and M. William Wein-
berg, Jewish Vocational Service,
—presented the needs to be met
in the fields of family and child
welfare, care of the aged, health,
economic adjustment, civic pro-
tective work, recreation, and
education.
A committee of hostesses, in-
cluding Mrs. Aaron DeRoy, Mrs.
Isaac Gilbert, Mrs. Harry B. Kei-
dan, Mrs. Milford Stern, . Mrs.
Melville Welt and Mrs. David
Wilkus, presided over a recep-
tion and refreshments.

