THE JEWISH NEWS A VOL. 8, NO. 21 Weekly Review of Jewish Events 34 o‘rbv 22 Detroit 26, Mich. February 8, 1946 10c; $3 Per Year Welfare Funds Open Conclave in Detroit 600 Leaders Commence Sessions Today; Public Rally at Beth El Saturday Night J.D.C.'s "S.O.S." collection of supplies for overseas survivors opened with MAYOR WILLIAM O'DWYER of New York making his contribution of canned food to MRS. ISAAC GILMAN, presi- dent of the Federation of Jewish Women's Organizations in N. Y. Imprisoned when the Jap anese captured Shanghai, MAN- UEL SIEGEL, shown above with three American Jewish chaplains and an orphaned Jewish girl, was able to continue direction of the $100,000 monthly Joint Distribu- tion Committee relief program for 12,000 European Jewish ref- ugees even after the Japs herded them into a ghetto. The Jewish woman. on the left is darning her coat in the Hongkew ghetto. The $2,000,000 Detroit Allied Jewish Campaign, local fund raising agency of the United Jewish Ap- peal, will continue to provide re- lief for the needy in Shanghai, and wherever there are destitute Jews throughout the world. . More than 600 nationally prominent leaders representing hundreds of communities from all states in the Union are meet- ing in Detroit this week-end, commencing with .sessions this Friday morning, at the 1946 General Assembly of the Caoacil. of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds. All sessions of this conference, which will continue through Monday afternoon, are to be held at Hotel Statler, with the ex- ception of the Jewish Community Rally which will be held at 8:15 p. m. Saturday in the auditorium of Temple Beth El. All sessions are open to the public, voting being limited to accredited delegates, and a special invitation is extended to the entire community to attend the public meeting Saturday night at Temple Beth El. Rally to Aid Local Campaign The Jewish Community Rally, sponsored jointly by the Council of Federations and Welfare Funds and the United Jew- ish Appeal for Refugees, Overseas Needs and Palestine, with the cooperation of the Jewish Welfare Federation of Detroit, is ex- pected materially to aid the approaching $2,000,000 drive of the Detroit Allied Jewigh Campaign. The theme of the Jewish Community Rally will be: "Jewish Community Planning to Meet Our Overseas Responsibilities." Principal speakers and their topics will be: Prof. William Haber of the department of economics of the University of Michigan, "The American Task." Dr. James G. Heller, of Cincinnati, one of the outstanding Zionist leaders in the world, until last week . national chairman of the United Palestine Appeal, "The Role of Palestine." Prof. William Haber Mrs. David M. Levy Despair, statelessness and un- certainty are ending for the ref- ugees at Camp Oswego. New homes are being found for them by the National Refugee Service with f u n d s provided by the - • ,:ited Jewish Appeal. Photo- graphs show the Svecinski family (shown in front of the flag of freedom) receiving visas at Nia- gara Falls; WALTER LOEWET embracing his wife and her moth- er after seven years' separation; DR. HUGO GRANER being re- united with his family after sev- en years of wandering. (On the right.) The last of the war ref- ugees at Oswego are expected to leave the camp in a few weeks. Dr. James G. Heller . "Needs. in Europe" Mrs. David M. Levy (Adele Rosen- wald), national chairman of the Women's Division of the United Jewish Appeal, "Needs and Programs in Europe." Judge William Friedman, president of the Jewish Welfare FederatiOn of De- troit, will greet the rally. Stanley C. Myers of Miami, Fla., will preside. The invocation will be given by Dr. B. Bene- dict Glazer, rabbi of Temple Beth El. The Federations' convention will open this Friday morning with a general ses- sion on two related subjects: "Community Planning for the Care of the Aged," the discussion to be led by Joseph Folkoff, superintendent of the Levindale Home for Aged, Baltimore; and "Community Planning for the Care of Persons With Long Time Illnesses," discussion= leader to be Dr. E. M. Bluestone, superintendent of Montefiore Hospital, New York. Isidore Sobeloff, executive director of the Jewish Welfare Federation of Detroit, will be chairman of the afternoon pro- gram, from 2:30 to.5 p. m., which will in- clude Charles Brown, Los Angeles; Samuel Daroff, Philadelphia; Herman Gilman, Waltham; Stanley C. Myers, Miami; Harris Perlstein, Chicago; Ben Sadowski, Toronto; Joseph Willen, New York. Jewish Education Session A Jewish education session at 4 p. m. Saturday, in the Bagley Room of Hotel Statler, will take the form of an Oneg Shabbat. The theme for discussion will be: "Progress iil_community Responsibili- ty for Jewish Education." Abe Kasle, president of the United Hebrew Schools of Detroit, will greet the assembly and Rabbi Leon Fram of Tem- ple Israel will offer the prayer. Morris Kesner will lead in the singing of Sab- bath songs. Judge Louis E. Levinthal of Philadel- phia will be the discussion leader at the Oneg Shabbat and the speakers will in- clude: Louis Reiman, Miami; Theodore Strimling, Los Angeles; Frank G. Mar- shall, Chicago; Samuel S. Schneierson, New York; Saul G. Chason, Maine; Her- man Morton, Southern Illinois. National Budgeting The question of national budgeting, which has attracted nationwide discus- sion and in opposition to which a na- tional committee was formed under the chairmanship of Ezra Shapiro, will be discussed on Sunday morning, from 9:30 to 12. William J. Shroder of Cincin- (Continued on Page 15)