Friday, September 7, 1945 THE JEWISH NEWS Group Organized to Fight National Fund Budgeting Leaders of Cleveland and Philadelphia Committees Oppose Giving Authority to Any Single Group to Determine Future of Appeals NEW YORK, (JTA)—The formation of a Committee to Oppose National Budgeting was announced here by Ezra Shapiro, president of the Jewish Community Council of Cleveland, "in behalf of leaders of Jewish federations and welfare funds throughout the country" who are seeking "to prevent the imposition of national budgeting upon the Jewish Students At Wayne Urged To Study Hebrew Page Fifty-One Center Art Classes Reopen This Month; New Course Offered Art classes of the Jewish Cen- ter will be resumed in late Sep- tember, according to an an- nouncement issued by Mrs. Ed- ward D. Quint, chairman of the Jewish students of Wayne Uni- Center Art Department. versity are urged to register for There will be classes for chil- the course in Hebrew which will dren and adults in charcoal, be offered this semester in the crayon, pencil, watercolor and College of Liberal Arts. Leaders oil. of Jewish youth groups in De- Mrs. David B. Werbe is con- troit, sponsored by the Zionist Youth Commission, Bnai Brith sultant to the 'art school. Youth Organization, Habonim Children's classes are held and Hashomer Hatzair, have call- Tuesday and Thursday after- ed on their members to include noons, adult classes on Sunday Hebrew in their course of study. morning, and another adult class Elementary Hebrew- is the first on Tuesday evening. course to be offered by Wayne A new addition to this year's in response to the suggestion of schedule of classes is a class in a committee of Jewish educators, cartooning, to be held on Sunday acting through the Jewish Com- afternoon. munity Council. It is intended Stanley. Twardowicz is the in- that additional' advanced courses structor in the children's class. will be offered in succeeding Leon. Makielsky is instructor in semesters, as registration war- the adult class, and the teacher rants. for cartooning will be Ben Yo- Full-time students will receive man. credit towards graduation in the Complete details and informa- same manner as for all foreign tion on the art classes can be languages. Non - matriculated had by calling the Center, MA. students also will be admitted. 8400. The course this semester will cover the elements of modern Hebrew, and provide an intro- duction to Hebrew conversation and reading. The course is sched- uled for Tuesday and Thursday evenings, 7 to 9 p. m. Louis Panush has been ap- pointed instructor. He is on the faculty of Central High and is editor of the Metropolitan De- troit Science Review. Information regarding the courses is available at Wayne University, or the office of the GENERAL INSURANCE Jewish Community Council. Credits Toward Graduation to Be Allowed; Panush Named Instructor American Jewish community." 4> Mr. Shapiro, who was named cision on national budgeting have chairman of the newly formed meaning and validity." committee, said that the new At a time when there is "no body "was organized to mobilize uniformity on basic ideologies the overwhelming sentiment of and principles" in American Jew- American Jewry in opposition to ish life and when Jewish needs any program which would give here and abroad require an ex- centralized authority to a single pansion rather than a contrac- group to determine the future of tion of "the horizons of com- all causes, national and interna- munity thinking on basic Jewish tional, appealing for American problems," it would be "the Jewish support." height of unwisdom to entrust He announced that William the grave responsibility of far- Sylk, secretary of the Allied reaching decisions to one central- Jewish Appeal of Philadelphia, ized authority, Mr. Shapiro as- will serve as secretary of the new serted. He pointed out that the committee which, he emphasized ; Budget Research Committee of "will endeavor to coordinate the the Council, which was appoint- opposition of -federations and wel- ed in 1942 for the purpose of con- fare funds on the issue which ducting a fact-fine;ng survey, had will be taken up at the next voted by an overvhelming ma- General Assembly of the Council jority in opposition ' national of Jewish Federations and Wel- budgeting. He said that the prog-am was fare Funds," to be held early being presented to the "leneral in 1946. Assembly for review despi the Modified Decision ,hich "I note," Mr. Shapiro stated, fact that the committee "that the Council of Jewish Fed- had been appointed for the erations and Welfare Funds has specific purpose of determining modified the decision of its board the value of national budgeting of directors, so that the issue of had rejected it by a majority vote. national budgeting will be pres- ented to the next General As- Majority of Budget. Research sembly, presumably to be held early in 1946. As a result of this Committee Favoring Plan NEW YORK, (JTA)—The prin- action, more adequate time will be afforded to the Jewish com- ciple of advisory budgeting, munities . of America to discuss which will be presented for ap- proval at the 1946 General As- Council board of directorS to and to decide on this problem. "However, the principle of a sembly of the member agencies conduct a fact finding survey had referendum involved in the of the Council of Jewish Federa- voted overwhelmingly against original resolution of the board, tions and Welfare Funds, has the the proposal. "The Council also plans in ad- is sound and should be followed support of a clear majority of through. Thus, every member the members of the Budget Re- vance of the Assembly to confer agency of the Council should, search Committee, its chairman, further and fully on the issues involved with national and over- between now and the time of the Jacob Blaustein, said. Mr. Blaustein made this com- seas agencies," Mr. Blaustein General Assembly, permit the most thorough discussion of the ment in reply to a statement by continued. "To say the least it national budgeting proposal so the newly-formed Committee to was premature at this time for that when the Assembly meets, Oppose National Budgeting, that . any one of these agencies to have it may record the mandate of the the Budget Research Committee stimulated the creation of an op- individual communities. In this which was appointed by the position committee." way, the views of the Assembly may be an accurate cross-section of the views of the member agencies and not merely in- dividual opinions. Discuss Pros And Cons "The Committee To Oppose Na- tional Budgeting will proceed on the democratic assumption that the Council itself and all mem- 10424 W. 7 Mile Rd. UN. 4-2400 ber agencies welcome this ex- tended opportunity for discussion of the pros and cons of national Specializing in- budgeting. 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