Friday, October 26, 1945

THE JEWISH NEWS

Page Five

Urgent Call to All etroiters: Redouble
Efforts to Prevent Failure of War Chest

Drive Short of Goal; Set
To Conclude on Wednesday

Emergency Council
To Ask Byrnes to
Clarify Statement

NEW YORK (WNS) — At a
Judge Charles C. Simons to Be Guest Speaker at Report
stormy session of the American
Luncheon Meeting on Monday; Workers and Contrib-
Zionist Emergency Council it
utors Asked to Make Success of Mercy Drive

Unless there is a spurt in giving and an increased effort
on the part of the volunteer workers, the War Chest stands in
danger of falling short of its goal of $8,490,336, it becam6 ap-
parent during the final days of the campaign.
Only three days of actual work for the 'drive will remain
after this week-end, and it has become imperative for leaders

in the campaign to urge renew-
ed activity to make certain that
the drive will succeed.
With 2,200,000 people in the
Greater Detroit area being
counted upon to help in the
War Chest's success, its leaders
point out that this means an
average per person of only
$3.86 and that it ought not to
be difficult for this great com-
munity to oversubscribe the
assigned goal for all humani-
tarian causes—for the hapless
people overseas, -for national
causes, the USO and local
causes.
Included in the campaign
goal are the 51 causes of the
Allied Jewish Campaign, the
major beneficiary being the
three movements of the United
Jewish Appeal—the Joint Dis-
tribution Committee, the United
Palestine Appeal and the Na-
JUDGE CHARLES C. SIMONS
tional Refugee Service. The
man
of the campaign, who pre-
Jewish i Welfare Board is one
sided, announced that Friday's
of the agencies in the drive.
income for the drive totalled only
The Hebrew - a n d Yiddish $493,494, boosting the campaign
schools, the Home for Aged, the total to $2,801,617 or 33 per cent
Hebrew' Free Loan Association, of the goal.
the Jewish Social Service Bureau,
The speaker at Friday's lunch-
the Jewish Community Center,
the Jewish Vocational Service eon meeting was Clarence B.
and all other local Jewish causes Randall, vice-president of Inland
depend upon the success of the Steel Co., former Michigan .at-
drive to be able to carry on their torney, who declared that "what
we do today has no counterpart
activities.
Leaders and workers in the anywhere except in America—
War Chest campaign meet daily and that is why our country has
at report luncheon rallies at Hotel a future, based on our efforts
for the common good."
Statler.
At today's luncheon, the ad- His appeal to the workers was
dress will be delivered by Wil- to "make this campaign the best
liam J. Norton, executive vice- —filled with humility and
president of the Children's Fund thanksgiving."
of Michigan. The Detroit Bank Leaders Disturbed Over
Drop in War Chest Income
will be the host.
Judge Charles C. Simons of
Monday's luncheon added to
the U. S. Circuit Court of Ap- the concern of workers and lead-
peals, one of • Michigan's ablest ers, when it was announced that
orators, will speak Monday, at the total for the day amounted
the luncheon at which Sams to only $293,0'62, or 3.5 per cent
Inc. will be host.
of the goal, boosting the grand
George T. Christopher, presi- total to only $3,094,679, or 36.5
dent of Packard Motor Car Co., per cent of the entire quota.
will be the speaker on Tuesday,
It was indicated that unless
Fred Sanders, confectiner, being there is a spurt the drive will
the host for that meeting.
suffer and will fall 'way behind.
J. L. Hudson Co. and Ford
Edwin J. Anderson, campaign
Motor Co. will be hosts at the chairman, presided, and the guest
victory dinner on Wednesday speaker was Rose-Marie Volin,
evening.
USO camp shows artiste.
Laidlaw Spurs Workers
Miss Volin delivered a stirring
To Greater Activities
address describing her experi-
At the campaign luncheon ences in the combat areas of
meeting on Oct. 18, at which the Burma and China and the non-
total raised at that time was combat areas in India, as well
reported to $2,308,123, or 27.2 as at USO centers in 12 states
per cent of the goal, Walter C. in the Union.
Laidlaw, the War Chest cam-
Declaring that there are' three
paign manager, pointed out that enemies to combat—climate, dis-
the average daily income up to ease and the sense of depression
that time was $579,000 and that that comes from distance and
if the drive is to be a success it the servicemen's separation froin•
must be boosted to a daily homes—Miss Volin told of the
$688,000.
joy that is being brought them
Chairman of that luncheon by USO shows.
meeting was Ernest R. Breach,
Pointing to the starvation and
co-chairman of the corporation suffering among the various
gifts committee. The speaker peoples overseas, she declared
was Maj. Paul R. Wurtsmith, a that "this is a third world war
native Detroiter who recently for the U. S.," and emphasized,
returned from Tokyo. Gen. in her plea for a complete suc-
Wurtsmith described the cam- cess in efforts for the War Chest,
paigns in which he participated that anything we can do to alle-
and told of the importance of viate suffering is well worth
USO to soldiers and the neces- while. •400
sit? for providing relief for the Tuesdays Drive Total
suffering civilian populations.
Boosted to $3,637,582
Redoubling of Efforts
At Tuesday's campaign meet-
An Important Necessity
ing, Oscar Weber, who presided,
At last Friday's luncheon, it announced that the total was
became apparent that the re- boosted to $3,637,582-42.9 per
doubling of energy to assure the cent of the goal. The total for the
success of the War Chest cam- day was $542,903, or 6.4 of the
paign has become a great neces- quota.
sity.
John B. Powell, who lost both
Frank R. Pierce, vice-chair- feet as a result of a gangrene in-
.

was decided to' send a delega-
tion to Secretary of State Byrnes
with a view to securing clarifica-
tion of his recent statement on
U. S. Palestine policy.

The delegation is to submit to
the Secretary of State a compre-
hensive reply to King Ibn Saud's
letter to the late President
Roosevelt, in which an attempt
was made to belittle the Jewish
historic claims to he Holy Land.
It is also understood that the
delegation will insist that the
Truman Administration proceed
in accordance with the pro-Jew-
ish Palestine plank in the Dem-
ocratic Party platform.
Although no official report of
the Zionist Emergency Council
meeting has yet been made pub-
lic, it is understood that Rabbi
Abba Hillel Silver, co-chairman
of the council, has contacted Mr.
Byrnes by phone with a view to
setting the date for the confer-
ence.

fection in a Japanese prison in
Shanghai, was the afternoon's
speaker. Mr. Powell told of the
horrors suffered by prisoners in
Japanese camps. He told of the
arrival of refugees from Nazism
in Shanghai, on time to be in-
terned and persecuted 'by the
Japanese. His appeal was for un-
precedented help to the Filipinos
and the Chinese who battled he-
roically against the Nazi-Fascist
hordes.

Jewish Groups Mobilized
To Assure Drive's Success

Jewish organizations of Detroit again are throwing in all
their forces to assist in assuring the success of the War Chest
campaign.
At a conference of representatives of more than 50 local
congre6tions, landsmanschaften and social groups, held Mon-
day night at Hotel Statler, assurances were given that the
organizationS will either repeat or increase their last year's
pledges.
Spokesmen for organizations also undertook to canvass
those that were not represented at Monday's conference.
Stirring appeals for the War Chest were made at the
conference by Fred M. Butzel, Isidore Sobeloff and Aaron
Droock.
The pressing relief needs, the requirements of the Joint
Distribution Committee to provide for the upkeep of hundreds
of thousands of survivors from Nazism and the local and
national needs were outlined in the leaders' addresses.

November Birthdays Hadassah Members
Invited to Attend
David A. Brown, nationally
prominent campaigner for relief Series of 4 Lectures

funds, former Detroiter, who
Invitations are being sent to
now makes his home in New
York, will celebrate his 70th members of all Hadassah senior
groups, comprising the Detroit
birthday on Nov. 3.
Dr. Harry C. Saltzstein will chapter, to attend a series of
observe his 55th birthday on four Town Hall meetings under
Nov. 11. Dr. William H. Gordon's the auspices of its educational
55th birthday will be on Nov. 16. committee, headed by Mrs. Mor-
Frank Barcus will be 50 on ris Adler, chairman, and Mrs. M.
A. Wayne, co-chairman.
Nov. 23.
Mrs. Adler will lecture on
Other November birthdays in- timely phases of Zionism from
10:30 to 12 a. m.' each Thursday
clude the following:
morning in November, except
Alan Sloan, Nov. 1; Corinne Thanksgiving, at the Jewish
Finsterwald, Nov. 5; David I. Community Center. Her first
Hubar, Nov. 4; Maurice Eng- subject will be "A Short History
gass, Nov. 14; Dr. Albert E. Bern- of Zionism", on Nov. 1. The re-
stein, Nov. 26; Rabbi J. S. Sperka, maining three lectures will be
Nov. 15; . Isaac Shetzer, Nov. 15; given Nov. 8, 15, and 29. There
David S. Block, Nov. 17; Leo M. will be periods for questions
and discussions.
Butzel, Nov. 27.

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