Friday, September 7, 1945
THE JEWISH NEWS
JSSB Prepared to Face
Problems in Victory Era
Statement by Harold Silver, Executive Director, Outline't
Activities of Jewish Social Service Bureau and
Affiliated Agencies During the War
Pointing out that employment in the past year was at
the highest peak and problems of relief were therefore at a
low ebb with the Jewish Social Service Bureau, Harold Sil-
ver, executive director of JSSB, declares, however, that war
tensions and anxieties caused families and individuals in
need to apply for advice and counsel regarding their personal
. and family troubles.
Some - people found that a job
and a steady income enabled
them to overcome frictions on the
job, at school, or within the fam-
ily. Others discovered that eco-
nomic stability alone was not
enough and that they needed a
friendly guiding hand to see
them through.
Locate Displaced Persons
Although immigration was at a
trickle, - the liberation of one Eu-
ropean country after another re-
sulted in increased demands for
service in preparing affidavits
and documents to bring over rela-
_ lives and friends. At present
there are American consuls in
every European country except
Germany, which means that im-
migration is again possible. The
difficulties are largely in the lack
of adequate consular staffing and
shortage of transportation facili-
ties, both railroad and steamship.
The JSSB through the Resettle-
ment Service, has aided-hundreds
of people by supplying informa-
tion and assisting in the prepara-
tion of affidavits.
* Another important service ren-
dered is the location of displaced
persons abroad and of relatives
of such persons in Detroit. There
are still difficulties in this area,
since communication with central
and eastern Europe is still im-
possible or very uncertain, Mr.
Silver points out.
Adjustment of Refugees
Mr. Silver declares in his
statement:
"A decrease in services contin-
ued to obtain in two fields: ser-
vice to refugees in Detroit and
service to transients. While there
are still about a dozen refugee
fainilies requiring assistance be-
cause of illness or old age, this
no longer represents a serious
problem. The integration of the
two thousand or so refugees set-
tled in Detroit in the last six or
eight years has been remarkably
good and very rapid even if
helped by war conditions. Nearly
all who have completed five
years' residence have received
their final citizenship papers.
"The number of transients corn-
,
ing to Detroit has been the lowest
on record. The Jewish House of
Shelter found it possible to dis-
continue its feeding program for
that reason.
"Since July, 1944, the Jewish
Social Service Bureau has been
,carrying on the work of child
placement and adoption formely
performed by the Jewish Chil-
dren's Home and the-Jewish Chil-
dren's Bureau. This merger was
occasioned by steadily declining
numbers of children needing care
away from their own homes. The
number now is about '75, the low-
est in many years.
Staff Shortage
"The biggest handicap under
which the JSSB operated in the
past year—and is still . facing—
was shortage -of professional staff.
Social workers were drafted or
followed their husbands to other
communities, or obtained jobs
with war agencies such as the
Red Cross. Since the number of
trained social, workers was not
equal to the demand, even prior
to the war; this placed additional
burdens on remaining staff
workers.
"Other war-aggravated difficul-
ties were shortages of boarding
homes, for both children and aged
folk, shortages of housekeepers,
and the virtual non-existence of
vacant living quarters."
Family Life Preservation
Mr. Silver points out that "vic-
tory will bring many problems on
which people will seek the help
of the Bureau. No doubt the de-
mand for financial aid and self
support loans will rise. Larger
numbers of immigrants will be
coming. Returning veterans will
need counselling on the many
new or changed situations they
will be facing. Some hasty mar-
riages are likely to break up.
CHARGE QUOTA FOR JEWS,
NEGROES AT COLUMBIA U.
NEW YORK, (JPS)—Charging
Columbia University with an
"established policy of limiting the
number of. Negroes and Jews
whom it would permit use of its
facilities," Julius Goldstein, New
York attorney, filed suit against
the city tax commission and peti-
tioned it to cancel the tax ex-
emption privilege granted the
university as a non-sectarian in-
stitution. Counsel for Columbia,
denied that the university dis-
criminate's against Jews or
Negroes. Supreme Court Justice
James B. McNally reserved de-
cision on Goldstein's suit.
with placement of .children one
of the issues to be met. The Jew-
ish Social Service Bureau will
continue to offer a sympathetic
ear and helping hand in pursuit
of its objective: to preserve Jew-
ish family life and help the peo-
ple involved to achieve a fuller
adjustment."
The JSSB is supported by the
Detroit Community fund through
the War °Chest. The officers are:
Benjamin E. Jaffe, president; Mrs.
Charles Lakoff, vice-president;
Daniel Mendelsohn, treasurer;
Harold Silver, director and sec-
retary.
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