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Lawrence Crohn Opposes
National Budgeting Plan

Editor, The Jewish News:
Your article in "Purely Com-
mentary" about National Bud-
geting does not adequately state
the case against the proposal. As
one who has stirred up opposi-
tion to National Budgeting, I
presume I have created "ill
as you so nominate those who
argue about this question. I do
riot see why a difference of opin-
ion is "ill will" on either side.
Let us state briefly the core
of the objections which plague
this proposition. There is little
common ground among Jews re-
garding the destiny of Jewish
life. To some, life is very bare
without the salvation which
comes from participation in a
creative Jewish life. From this
premise there arises, in varying
degrees, participation in the Zi-
onist movement, Hebrew educa-
tion, Yiddish culture, and the
Jewish religion. To many other
Jews, this is all foreign, or at
the most, there is a little lip ser-
vice rendered to some of these
aspects of Judaism. Under the
circumstances, the facts which
are to be examined by the pro-
posed central budgeting commit-
tee are facts which mean one
thing to one Jew, and quite an-
other to the next person. At best,
the scientific analysis proposed
can only deal with immediate
problems and the budgets in re-
lation thereto.
Immediate Problem
In the case of the Palestine
budgets the immediate problem
is for the moment free of any
ideological implications. Even
anti-Zionists want to save Jews,
in any way it can be done. Not-
withstanding, Zionists must real-
ize that within the next decade
the Pales-tine question is bound
to evolve into 'a test of the Jew-
ish will to survive as a people,
Zionists are not doctrinaire in
this presumption; it is their pre-
scription for Jewish survival in
every sense.
Only naive people will fail
to recognize the difficulties
which will be encountered by
changing conditions. It may be
that "facts" as the American
businessman .understands them
will be faced with "facts" of a
different order. Zionists have a
Way of creating facts from the
thin air, witness the history of
the movement in the last 40
years. Minerals from the Dead
Sea, water in ,the Negev, Jordan
Valley Authority, a Jewish State
—let's try to analyze such facts
as they were before the present
time, and as they will need ex-
amination in the future.
Idea Sounds Grotesque
Shall such an evaluation be
entrusted to a hard-headed fact
finding board, projected and cre-
ated by the. Council of Jewish
Welfare Federations? The whole
idea sounds grotesque. You can
examine a corporation budget
scientifically but not the needs
of the Jewish people which in- ,
volve not merely charity, but
the creative and dynamic will of
American Jewry.
The movements for Hebrew
Culture and Jewish education
are assuming nationwide stature.
There will be opposition and cer-
tainly much ignorance on the
question. There are those who
consider this problem to be the
most fundamental of all, not ex-
cepting Zionism or even Jewish
relief. Are there any so unwary
as to believe that a Central Bud-
geting Committee can or should
be entrusted with the power to
evaluate the importance of this
movement?
Your article emphasizes the
need to combine drives, elimi-
nate duplication; etc. I do not see
what this has to 'do with the
proposals for National Budget-
ing, and I don't believe Sidney
Hollander himself made this
point. We all agree. that there
are too -many drives.

One • Common Motivation

As you well know, there is
only one common motivation
among American Jews and that
is for self-defenSe. And on this
negative level, we are not' wor-
ried about fact-finding for pur-
poses of fund raising. But in
every other aspect of Jewish life,
we are dealing with social forces

Way,' FObritaiy 8;1446

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Officers are Installed
By Home Relief Society

Detroiter Sole Jewish
Delegate at Defense Meet

Mrs. Birdie Rosenberg, presi-
Mrs. Peter Miller was installed
as president of Home Relief So- dent of the Ladies' Auxiliary,
ciety on an. 29 Mrs. Sam Arkin Department of Michigan of the
Jewish War Veterans, has return-
ed from Washington, D. C.,
where she was sole Jewish dele-
gate at the Women's Patriotic
Conference on National Defence.
After a tour through the White
House the delegates had after-
noon tea with Mrs. Truman.
The conference was addressed
by Admiral Chester V. Nimitz,
commander-in-chief of the Paci-
fic Fleet; Frances P. Bolton,
Congresswoman f r o m Ohio,
and Dr. Ross T. McIntyre, per-
Sonal physician to the late Presi-
dent Roosevelt.
Mrs. Rosenberg will present a
report at the next meeting of the
Ladies' Auxiliary.
Word just been received that
Mrs. May Ginsburg of Detroit
has been appointed co-chairman
MRS. PETER MILLER
of the National Ladies Auxiliary.
was the installing officer. Other She is a chartef member and past
president of Auxiliary 135.
officers are:
Mrs. Maurice Garelik, chair-
man of the board; Mrs. B. J.
Budin, ways and means; Mrs.
Sam Marks, case chairman; Mrs.
Joseph Jacobs and Mrs. John
Herman, yearbook; Mrs. Max
Rosenfeld, membership; Mes-
dames Sam Goldman, Jules Eng-
lander, Joseph Rottenberg, re-
cording, financial and correspond-
ing secretaries; Mrs. Joseph
Grabow, treasurer; Mrs. Arthur
Gould, publicity; Mrs. Murray
Adelson, auditor.
Committee chairmen, a n-
nounced by Mrs. Miller, are:
Mesdames Ralph Levy, Ben Gale,
Barney Newman, Charleg Harris,
William Gordon, Harry Shulman,
Louis Frank, Arthur Gould and
Sam Leve.

Dr. Weizmann Answers 'SOS'

Donates 2 Cartons of Clothes
To Europe's Destitute Jews

One of Europe's destitute • Jews
—living in a former concentra-
tion camp in Germany or Austria,
or struggling to begin his life
again in Yugoslavia or Czecho-
slovakia—soon will be wearing a
hat, a suit, or perhaps an over-
coat formerly worn by Dr. Chaim
Weizmann, president of the Jew-
ish Agency for Palestine.
This was disclosed by Mrs. Na-
than Straus, national chairman
of the "SOS" nationwide emer-
gency drive to collect 20,000,000
pounds of relief in kind for dis-
tressed Jews overseas.
Two cartons of Dr. Weizmann's
clothing, suits, coats, shirts and
shoes—which the British Jewish
leader left in New York recently
to be contributed to distressed
Jews, were included in the first
shipment of 16,000 pounds of re-
lief in kind collected in the

"SOS" drive for Supplies for
Overseas Survivors, sponsored by
the Joint Distribution Committee.

Brisman Will Organize
Repertory Theater Here

Chaim Brisman, producer and
stage director of Broadway and
Hollywood fame, arrived in De-
troit to organize a permanent
Repertory Theater here, as well
as a school to serve as a reser-
voir for actors for the theater.

Those interested in such a
project can reach Mr. Brisman
at TO. 6-6677.
Brisman, a former member
. of
the Artef Theater of New York,
organizer and director of ' the
American Repertory Theater in
Hollywood, has been acclaimed
by critics for his brilliant style
of direction.

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ROON FOR Oft SNORE,

Fight Prejudice
Through Research,
AJC Leader Urges

"We must seek underlying
causes of prejudice and persecu-
tion and do something about
them," declared Henry Epstein,
Chairman of the Commission on
Community Interrelations of the
American Jewish Congress, ad-
dressing the Business and Profes-
sional Chapter of AJC Saturday
in the Book-Cadillac.
Just as medical research has
assisted in the curing of physical
diseases, so research into racial
tensions will develop means . of
combatting intolerance, he de-
clared, explaining that the com-
mission is staffed by anthropOlci:
gists, psychiatrists, sociologists
and group workers.
"Police forces and school teach-
ers often are in need of indoc-
rination of the bare essentials of
dem o c r a c y," he continued.
"Scientific control of group ten-
sions can help prevent fostering
of anti-Semitic, anti-Negro and
anti-Catholic groups."

Scholarship Winners
Announced By Wayne

Among the 36 scholarship win-
ners of the spring term at Wayne •
University, announced by Vir-
ginia Brodel, counselor in stu-
dent financial aids, are: .
Sarray Ilene -Finkelstein,, 2947
Lawrence, a graduate of Central
High, who receives the Board of
Education tuition award.
Jack Irving Alspector, 4041
Richton, from Central High, and
Robert Lawrence Krause, 19365
Santa Barbara, from Cass Tech-
nical High, both of whom receive
tuition scholarships made avail-
able through the - Great Lakes In-
surance Co.

and human aspirations. Jewish ,
life must be left to work out its
destiny in America, unencum-
bered by grandiose committees
composed quite likely of profes-
sional social workers and retired
business men.
We American Jews are not do-
ing too bad. Much progress has
been made. Let us "getahead with
our task in amity and mutual
self-respect.
Very truly yours,
LAWRENCE W. CROHN.

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It's too bad that Rover will miss
his dinner, but unfortunately there just
isn't room for one more. And many
people don't realize that one appliance
too many on a circuit is the cause of
that troublesome blown fuse. Now
that all those labor-saving electrical
appliances are coming back on the
market, it's doubly important that your
home be provided with enough cir-
cuits, switches and wall outlets for all
the electrical servants you will use.
Almost any of the older homes of
today are likely to have too few elec-
trical circuits to carry the many
electrical appliances needed in today's
living. Your home should accommo-
date that new electric dishwasher,
frozen-food unit, automatic laundry,
and the many other electrical appli-
ances that will make living more
pleasant and easier in your home of
tomorrow. And, of course, if you are
planning a new home, adequate wir-
ing is an A-1 item to be checked in
your plans and specifications.

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