Friday, November 23, 1945

THE JEWISH NEWS

Norman Views Palestine's
Investment Possibilities

Palestine Economic Corps to Expand Program for Zion With
New Issue of $ I ,500,000 of Stock to Develop Agricul-
ture, Banking and Housing, He Says Here

Palestine's great economic in- can not be laughed off—and it
vestment possibilities were out-
would have been laughed off
lined on Nov. 15, at a dinner of
if we ever got cold feet. In
a group of Detroit Jewish lead- the end we are bound to get
ers, by Edward A. Norman of a good bit of what we want."
New York, chairman of the
$600,000,000 Investments
American Fund for Palestinian
Mentioning briefly his activi-
Institutions, who spoke in behalf ties in behalf of displaced per-
of the Palestine Economic Cor- sons, he stated that the men and
poration's program.
Fred M. Butzel was host at the
dinner.
Mr. Norman, a member of the
board of the Palestine Economic
Corp. (PEC), has just resumed
civilian activities after disting-
uished service with Gen. Patton's
staff in charge of displaced per-
sons in Europe.
Referring to current political
conditions, Mr. Norman stated in
his address:
"We can not stop going ahead
with our plans. If we ever stop-
ped we would not have had the
consideration we have now.
The situation is crucial and it

Zedakah Club Hears

Donor Event Report

Zedakah Club, meeting at the
home of Mrs. Sadie Cornfield,
heard reports on plans for the
annual donor luncheon to be
held Dec. 11 at the Book Cadillac
Hotel.
Pledges are being taken by the
donor chairman, Mrs. Anna Adil-
man, TO. 6-8504, and her co-
chairman, Mrs. Helen Sugarman,
TO. 8-8116.
Mrs. Gertrude Oberstein gave
a book review at a meeting Nov.
19. at the home of Mrs. Sima
Goldstein.
Members continue to particip-
ate in USO activities. A group
served at the Belcrest party for
110 servicemen, Nov. 14. A •Sun-
day morning breakfast was serv-
ed for 95 at the Jewish Center
and the women served three
times at the Michigan Central
USO Depot.

Rev. Drew Adresses
Hadassah of Pontiac

Rev. George Drew of the Mt.
Hope Congregational Church of
Detroit addressed the second an-
nual Hadassah Honor Roll of
Pontiac. The event was held
jointly with the Pontiac Zionist
Organization on Nov. 12.
In his theme, "The Christian
Looks at Zionism," Dr. Drew,
who is a member of the Christian
Council on Palestine, described
the Jewish problem as a human
problem and declared that anti-
Semitism, if permitted to exist,
will be "a dangerous threat. to
the world."
Explaining the deep interest
he and his associates in the Chris-
tian Council on Palestine took in
the work for the establishment
of the Jewish Homeland, the
Rev. Drew declared that they
look upon anti-Semitism "as a
Christian sin. Therefore we
have banded together to work
for its elimination as much as
is humanily possible."
Mrs. Morris Kaplan, president,
opened the meeting by extend-
ing greetings to the assembled
group. Mrs. Abe Lapides, Honor
Roll chairman, reported the suc-
cess of the Hadassah project.
Miss Wyn Garden of Detroit,
entertained with Palestinian
Songs, accompanied at the . piano
by Miss Betty Kowalsky of De-
troit.
A tea climaxed the evening
with Mrs. Eliot Magidsohn and
Mrs. Abe Lapides presiding.

Eli Levin Post and Auxiliary
Sponsor Hanukah Party Dec. 8
Lt. Eli Levin Post and its La-
dies' Auxiliary, Jewish War Vet-
erans of the U. S., will have a
Hanukah latke party to raise
funds for veterans' rehabilitation,
Saturday night, Dec. 8, at the
JWV hall, 8212 12th St. The ad-
mission charge will include
prizes and refreshments.

EDWARD A. NORMAN

women he met are longing for
homes, and rescue work must be
extensive.
Mr. Norman declared that Pal-
estine could not adequately be
financed only with public funds.
He pointed out that of the $600,-
000,000 sent to Palestine since
World War I, only $120,000,000
was in • public funds, another
$125,000,000 by investment or-
ganizations like PEC and the bal-
ance by the settlers themselves.
PEC's economic program for
Palestine, to be extended by a
new issue of $1,500,000 of com-
mon stock, will embrace greater
economic and industrial devel-
opments, Mr. Norman stated.
He pointed out that the PEC
is the largest American enter-
prise in Palestine and he outlined
the various fields in which it
works through subsidiaries and
investments in major economic
fields, in banking and credits,
irrigation, construction of homes,
electric power, hotels, land de-
velopment, mining, electrical and
other investments.
Banking, Housing, Water Supply
Declaring that PEC activities
are based on 19 years of experi-
ence, and on activities which
have proven the wisdorri of the
corporation's investments, Mr.
Norman said that future plans
include making available more
credit to agricultural enterprises
through the Central Bank of
Cooperative Institutions; the
building of homes for Jews in
Palestine, the governments esti-
mate being that the present
shortage is at least 100,000 rooms;
development of new sources of
water; the financing of new
manufacturing enterprises, etc.
More than two-thirds of the
new $1,500,000 stock issue has al-
ready been sold, Mr. Norman
told the gathering, a number of
whom joined in investing with
PEC.
Stressing the human side of
the corporation, Mr. Butzel add-
ed "it is more than just a busi-
ness investment. The credit sub-
sidiaries operated by the corpor-
ation are designed to give an
economic foothold to the small
man, and a chance for the in-
coming immigrant and the rem-
nants of his family to achieve
security and some measure of
happiness. And this is done, not
as a charity, but on a sound busi-
ness basis."
Introductory Remarks
In his introductory remarks,
Mr. Butzel outlined the history
of practical approaches to Pal-
estine's reconstruction through
investments. He told of the pion-
eering efforts 20 years ago of
Justice Louis D. Brandeis, Felix
M. Warburg, • Louis Marshall,
Bernard Flexner, Herbert Leh-
man, Robert Szold and others,
whose activities laid the founda-
tion for sound economic invest-
ments in Palestine.
Harold Jaffer, field director
for PEC, also spoke briefly at the
dinner.

Adoption of Zion
Resolution Urged

Page Seventeen

Gewerkshaften to Launch
$125,000 Drive in January

Ann Arbor Ministerial Associ-
City-Wide Delegations to Meet Jan. 6 for Official Opening
ation Calls Upon Vanden-
of Campaign to Help Histadruth Establish New-
berg, Ferguson to Help
corners in Palestine; Helen Waren to Speak

The Ann Arbor Ministerial
Association acted favorably up-
on a motion to urge Michigan
Senators and Congressmen to
support the Palestine Resolution
soon to be debated in Congress.
Letters endorsing the Palestine
Resolution, which will recom-
mend strongly the opening of
Palestine to increase Jewish im-
migration, were sent to Senators
Arthur 'Vandenberg and Homer
Ferguson and Congressman
Michener.
The motion was passed after
an address by Rabbi Jehudah M.
Cohen, director of the Bnai
Brith Hillel Foundation at the
University of Michigan. It was
offered by Dr. Henry Lewis,
Rector of the St. Andrews Epis-
copal church.•The Rev. C. W. Car-
penter of • the Second Baptist
Church of Ann Arbor, president
of the Ministerial Association,
presided.
One minister dissented, ex-
plaining that he was not oppos-
ed to the motion but felt that
he • desired additional time to
become better acquainted with
the question.
Rabbi Cohen was invited to ad-
dress the Ministerial Association
at the suggestion of Osias Zwerd-
ling, president of the board of
trustees of the Michigan Bnai
Brith Hillel Foundation.

New Zionist Org.
In Mass Meeting
At Bnai Moshe

The New Zionist Organization
of Detroit will sponsor an em-
ergency mass meeting, Monday,
Dec. 17, at 8 p. in., in the social
hall of Bnai Moshe, Dexter and
Lawrence, to mobilize Jewry for
resistance to England's determin-
ation to destroy Jewish national
hopes.
The proposed -Anglo-American
Commission of Inquiry will be
exposed and a vigorous demand
will be voiced that the adminis-
tration at Washington dissociate
itself from this proposal.
The following will speak:
Judge Patrick H. O'Brien of
the Wayne County Probate
Bench; Dr. Joseph Schechtman,
one time president of the New
Zionist Organization of Poland,
now of New York; B. Netanyahu,
formerly editor of the Jerusalem
daily, Hayarden, now executive
director cif the World News, Zion-
ist Organization.
Other local speakers
and
musical talent will participate.
The committee of 'arrange-
ments is headed by Aaron M.
Weisbrot, M. Merzon and Caspar
Boyarsky.

A quota of $125,000 has been
set for the Gewerkshaften cam-
paign for the coming year at the
conference of delegates held Nov.
15.
This quota was adopted unani-
mously, and Jan. 6 was set as the
date for the city-wide delegates'
conference to be held for the of-
ficial opening of the campaign.
Helen Waren, eminent Broad-
way star who recently returned
from a tour of Europe where
she saw the plight of the dis-
placed Jews, will be guest
speaker at the rally.
Sam Rabinowitz, speaking for
the Detroit Palestine Histadrut
Committee, stated that the de-
termined decision to increase last
year's quota by $25,000 and to
seek the sum of $125,000 in 1946
was made in view of the tragic
physical and spiritual condition
of European Jewry.
The known overwhelming de-

Rev. Mogill Dies;
Detroiter 26 Years

The Rev. Samuel Mogill, well
known Detroit cantor, president
of the Detroit Cantors' Associa-
tion, died Sunday of a heart at-
tack while on the way to syna-
gogue services.
Funeral services were conduct-
ed by the Detroit Cantors Asso-
ciation at the Chesed shel Emes
on Tuesday. Burial was in Mach-
pelah Cemetery.
Born Dec. 25, 1894, in Chern-
gow, Russia, he came to Detroit
26 years ago.
He is survived by his wife,
Ann, of 2641 Glendale; a son,
Capt. George, who is serving
with the medical corps in the
army; a sister, Mrs. Alice Levine,
and two brothers, Nathan of
Detroit and Harry of New York.

sire of the unfortunate Jews to
go to Palestine, Mr. Rabinovitz
pointed out, and the ever-increas-
ing financial needs of Histadrut
in preparing them for life in
Palestine and helping them to be
absorbed into the economic and
social life of the country, inspired
the workers to seek the larger
goal.
The following were selected to
represent Detroit at the annual.
convention of the National Com-
mittee for Labor Palestine, to be
held in New York this week-end:
Harry Laker, Landsmanshaften;
Alex Schreier, League for Labor
Palestine; Philip Imber, Farband.
These delegates will be joined
by Morris Schaver, Harry . Schu-
mer, Louis Levine, J. L. Wolock,
M. Taich and Sam Rabinovitz.

Kvutzah to Observe
Hanukah on Dec. 1

Kvutzah Ivrith, Hebrew cul-
ttiral group will meet Saturday,
night, Dec. 1, in the Rose Sittig
Cohen Building, for a Hanukah
celebration. The guest speaker
will be the local Hebrew poet,
Michael Atzmoni, who will read
and interpret several of his new
poems. •
Other features of the evening
will be the singing of Hanukah
songs, and brief talks on the sig-
nificance of the festival. Michael
Michlin is the chairman of the
festival.
Hanukah refreshments will be
served by the Ladies' Auxiliary
of the Kvutzah.

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