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THE JEWISH NEWS
Friday, May 3, 1 946
Trades, Professions Report Increased AJC Pledges
Organizations Go All-Out
With Initial Oontributions
21 Groups Complete Organizational Plans in Announcing
Donations to Allied Jewish Campaign; Many Speakers
Make Stirring Appeals for $2,000,000 Drive
Lox and Bagel Brunch last Sun-
day at Hotel Belcrest.
Mrs. Ehrlich delivered an in-
spiring plea on behalf of the JDC,
the United Palestine Appeal and
the National Refugee Service—
the organizations benefitting from
this year's Allied Jewish Cam-
paign. The meeting was under
the chairmanship of Ben Klein
and Israel Schlaifer.
Mrs. Ehrlich and Rabbi Eliezer
Levi of Bnai Moshe addressed
the Produce Section at their din-
ner, held in the Bagley Room of
the Hotel Statler, April 30. In-
creased support for the campaign
was pledged by the group, under
the chairmanship of Harry Beck-
er, Cy Kyte, Louis Rycus and Sam
Schwartz.
The same evening a large
group of the members of the Re-
tail Butchers Association met at
Bereznitzer Hall to plan further
participation in the campaign.
The group, under the chairman-
ship of Baruch Eiselman, presi-
dent of the Association, heard
talks by Ben Klein and Israel
Schlaifer.
The Wholesale Grocers, Food
Brokers and Processors, Beverage
and Liquor Sections held a joint
buffet supper at the home of
Max Schayowitz May 1.
Government Employes' Division
Judge Charles Rubiner was
guest speaker at the assignment
meeting of this division May 2 in
the Jewish Home for the Aged.
Nathan Kaufman is chairman of
the group.
Builder's Division
Max C. Handler and David
Goldberg served as chairmen of
the Coal Dealers' Section, which
met' last Friday at the Hotel
Tuller, to plan mobilization of the
section.
Leaders in the Building Con-
tractors' Section met April 28 at
the Jewish Center to assign . pros-
pect slips for the campaign.
Labor unions have also agreed
to participate in the campaign.
Local No. 26 of the Painters'
Union (AFL) have adopted the
slogan "Every painter a good
contributor."
Benjamin Wilk, Arthur Fleish-
man, David Goldberg, William
Bonin, Saul Gertznian and Meyer
Friedman were hosts at a dinner
of the Building Supply Section
at the Belcrest Hotel Monday
evening. Rabbi Leon Fram was
guest speaker.
Morris E. Blumberg and Mil-
ton Donor invited the Electricians
and Electrical Supply Section to
a luncheon at the Standard Club
Wednesday afternoon.
Fred M. Butzel was again host
to a trade meeting last night at
his home. The Store Fixture Sec-
Indications that all-out community support would be forth-
coming for the 1946 Allied Jewish Campaign were confirmed by
the- increasingly enthusiastic pledges made at trade and profession-
al meetings this week.
Organizations Division
last week. Max Schayowitz was
Twenty-one organizations re-
guest speaker and won enthusi-
ported their pledges to the 1946
campaign at a report rally on astic support for the campaign.
Sunday (April 28) at the Congre- On the same evening,. members
of the United Grocers' Associ-
ation met at .their headquarters
to plan participation in the cam-
paign. Prospect slips for over 100
grocers in the 12th street, Lin-
wood and Dexter areas were ac-
cepted by those attending the
meeting. Abe Cherow, head of
the association, chaired the meet-
ing.
Judge Picard Speaks
Judge Frank A. Picard, Philip
Skorneck, director of the Joint
Distribution Committee office in
Berlin, and Mrs. Dora B. Ehrlich,
president of the Women's Division
of the Jewish Welfare Federa-
tion, were guest speakers at a
meeting- of the Restaurant, Bar
and Night Club Section, held
PHILIP SKORNECK
April 25 at the Fort Shelby,
gation Bnai Moshe. David J. under the joint chairmanship of
Mr. Shapero and William Boesky,
Cohen chaired the meeting.
Organizations represented and chairman of the division.
Mr. 'Skorneck, who has come
their pledges included:
Athena Club, $15; Berdichever to Detroit from New York to
Verein, $2,00Q; Brisker Progres- speak in behalf of the United
sive Aid Society, $300; Cherni- Jewish Appeal, was responsible
gover and Loyever Aid Society, for the relief and rehabilitation
$1,000; Congregation Bnai David of the 7,000 German Jewish sur-
and Affiliates, $2,000; Congrega- vivors in the community under
tion Bnai Zion, $1,500; David his jurisdiction. Working in co-
Horodoker Benevolent Society, operation with the Jewish civic
$500; Jewish Home for Aged— organizations, the Kommanda-
Women's Auxiliary, $500; Jewish tura and the Allied Control Corn-
National Workers All. No. 114, mission, Mr. Skorneck arranged
for the importation of 200 tons
$100.
of food to feed the starving pop-
Keshenever Bessarabier Unter- ulation. His office promoted the
stitsung Verein, $1,000; Kiev Pro- re-establishment in Berlin of
gressive, $300; Korostichever Aid Jewish businesses and of Jewish
Society, $1,000; Lachowitzer Aid doctors and dentists in their prac-
Society; $1,000; Laundry Driver's tices. When over 10,000 Polish
Social Club, $500; Mogilover Pro- Jewish refugees were tempor-
gressive Aid Society, $2,000; Oli- arily detained in Berlin, Mr.
zarker Family Club, $150; Pisgah Skorneck arranged for their
Lodge No. 34, Bnai Brith, $1,000; housing and feeding. Under his
ReViler Progressive Verein, $500; supervision, the JDC Berlin of-
.
Siedlecer Aid Society, $100; fice supplied the Jewish com-
Workmen's Circle, Br. 111, $300; munity with everything "frOm
Zarnose Tomashever Progressive three-piece bands for weddings
Society, $1,200.
to lumber for caskets."
Other organizations are re-
Inspiring Plea
quested to mail in their pledges
Another
group fortunate
to the Allied Jewish Campaign
Headquarters, Bagley R o o m, enough to hear Mr. Skorneck was
the Meats Section, which held a
.Hotel Tuller.
'
Professional Division
Three outstanding leaders of
the legal profession addressed the
Lawyer's Section dinner, held
April 30 in the English Room of
the Book Cadillac Hotel, under
the chairmanship of Isadore
Levin, chairman of the division.
The speakers included Hon. J.
Howard McGrath, U. S. Solicitor
General, in whose honor the din-
ner was held; Hon. Henry M.
Butzel, Chief Justice of the Mich
igan Supreme Court, and Hon.
Charles C. Simons, of the U. S.
Circuit Court of Appeals.
Headed by Samuel M. Bez, the
Pharmacists Section held e. high-
ly successful meeting May 1 in
the Butzel Hall of the Jewish
Community Center. Speakers in:,
eluded Nate S. Shapero, chair-
man of the campaign, and Bob
Hall, "the Will Rogers of Rhyme."
The newly organized Account-
ants Section held its assignment
meeting in the. Bagley Room of
the Hotel Tuller on May 2. Cap-
tains appointed for the drive in
this group included Joseph • B.
Colton, Harold H. Gilbert, Masi
Photo by Robt. I. Clifton, Jewish News Staff Photographer
Goldberg, Joseph L. Staub and
Left to Right: LEONARD N. SIMONS, MAURICE ARONS-
David P. Zack. Arthur S. Purdy
SON., ESTHER R. PRUSSIAN and NATE S. SHAPERO.
is chairman of the section.
The
special gifts division of the Allied Jewish Campaign re-
Food Division
Major HirSch L. Freund was ported marked progress in its activities at a meeting held April 24
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Aronsson on Chicago' Blvd.
speaker at the joint meeting of
contributions were announced by the 80 leaders of
the Retail Grocery and Tobacco this Liberal
division who attended the meeting, and the group undertook
and Confectionery Sections April to make a speedy canvass of prospective contributors in this division.
24 at the home of John Lurie.
S. Ralph Lazrus, president of Benrus Watch Co., prominent New
The Dairy and Bakery Section York civic leader who earlier the same day addressed a dinner meet-
*let at the home of Max Weiss ing of the jewelers' division, was a guest.
Liberal Contributions Spur
AJC Special Gifts Division
Men's Apparel Group Speeds
AJC Worker Enlistments
.
.
Photo by Robt. I. Clifton, Jewish News Staff Photographer
Left to Right: JULIAN H. KROLIK, president of The
Jewish Federation; BERNARD E. PINCUS and NATHAN
CHOLNICK, chairmen of the Men's Apparel division, and
MAX OSNOS, chairman of the Mercantile division which
includes the Apparel group.
A group of men's apparel merchants at a dinner meeting held
at the Book-Cadillac on April 24, gave impetus to the Allied Jewish
Campaign by mobilizing volunteer workers and personally sub-
scribing liberally to the drive.
tion met to discuss plans for
further mobilization of the group.
Mechanical Division
Rabbi Morris Adler was guest
speaker at the dinner of the Ma-
chinery Section in the English
Room of the Hotel Statler on
Monday evening. Hosts were
David Emerman, Harvey Gold-
man and Ben Silberstein. Rabbi
Adler discussed the work being
done for the relief -a'nd rehabili-
tation of Jewish war victims
throughout the world, through
the medium of the United Jewish
Appeal agencies.
Mr. Skorneck' addressed the
meeting of the Scrap Iron Sec-'
tion Tuesday, at the Jewish Cen-,
ity Center. Under the chairman-
ship of Samuel J. Hands, the
group pledged unanimous sup-
port.
The engineers section will meet
at the Center on Tuesday, May
14, under the chairmanship of
Robert Janeway and Jack Law-
son. Alex Taub, former chief en-
gineer of the Foreign Economic
Administration, will address the
group on "Economic Develop-
ment of Europe Does Not Need
Germany."
Services Division
The Laundry Section, with Mr.
Lester Lapides as chairman, is
now finishing up personal solici-
tation of prospects, after pledg-
ing all out support at recent sec-
tion meetings.
A second meeting of the Insur-
ance Section was held April 26
with Harry Yudkoff and Mr.
Skorneck as guest speakers. Cap-
tains selected for this group in-
cluded: Nathan Barron, Louis
Blumberg, David Cohen, Alfred
Drifus, Wm. A. 'ixel, George
W. Gray, Max Hayman, Phillip
L. Kanter, Clement A. Hopp, Wil-
liam Korotkin, Peter Portnoy,
Robert Schlesinger, Alexander
Schostak, Murray J. Sutkin, Ben
Tolmich, Dave M. Welling, Harry
Yudoff, Maurice H. Zackheim and
Leon M. Zeckman.
The Beauty wand Barber Shops
and Suppliers' Section held an
important meeting May 1 in the
Bagley Room of the Hotel. Tuller.
Invitations to the meeting were
sent out by Ken Sache and Sam
Levin.
Harry Rosman and Arnold
Gross served as chairmen of the
dinner of the Cleaners and Dyers
Section on May 2..at the Lee Pla-
za Hotel.
Arts and Crafts Division
Plans to organize the , musi-
cians of Detroit were made at a.
luncheon at the Standard Club
on April 29. Committee members
who called the meeting were Mrs.
David Werbe, David H. Diamond,
Seymour Simons and Mr. Josef
Gingold. Prospects were given to
the following captains: Mrs, Flor-
Morgenthau Urges
Support of WA to
Curb Anti-Semitism
Says World Structure De-
pends on Its Provisions
for Homeless
NEW YORK, (JTA)—Stressing
that the governnients of liberated
Europe "have been unable to
cope with the anti-Semitism
planted and cultivated by the
Nazis," Henry Morgenthau, Jr.,
former Secretary of the Treas-
ury, declared in a nationwide
radio address on behalf of the
United Jewish Appeal that "the
foundations of. the structure of
the world of tomorrow will be as
sound as its -provisions for home-
less and oppressed - minorities."
Mr. Morgenthau, pointing out
that "human beings are _still dy-
ing of starvation" one year after
liberation, stated that "the prob-
lem of saving the remnants of
European Jewry is one of the
most urgent questions facing the
architects of the new world."
Though a year has elapsed since
the armies have left the battle-
field, he said, millions of broken
human beings are "desperately
seeking to defend themselves
against the forces of hunger, dis-
ease, homelessness and hate."
12,000 Jews Expected
To Quit Reich for U. S.
PARIS (JTA)—Between 12,000
and 15,000 Jews are expected to
emigrate from the American zone
of Germany for the U. S. during
the quota year, Ilya Dijour, HIAS
director for Germany and - Aus-
tria, reported at a meeting of Eu-
ropean representatiVes of the
HIAS.
Dijour disclosed that of the
prospective immigrants from the
Frankfurt and Munich areas, who
entrained for Bremen April 27,
80 per' cent received their visas
through the HIAS. Approximate-
ly 2,000 left France bOund. for
Palestine and other countries
during the first four months of
1946.
ence Kutzen, Herman Kuthner,
Dr. Mark Gunsberg and Mrs.
Lee Carbman Schakne.
The Printers and Publishers
and the Advertisers Section will
meet jointly for dinner at 6:30
p. m. this Friday :evening in the
Normandie Room of the Book
Cadillac Hotel, Philip Adler, well .
known foreign coterspondent and
staff member of the Detroit
News, will address the group.