•' Page Seventy-six - JWB Gets Aid of Army, Navy Heads, Jewish Chaplains, USO, Thousands of Volunteers for Camp, Synagogue and Ship Services LEWIS UAHC-HUC Fund Drive Sets $581,933 Record NEW YORK — A 15 per cent in- Nrease in the funds raised by the 1945-46 combined campaign of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations and the Hebrew Union College has been announced by Roger W. Straus of New York, national icampaign chairman. For the fiscAl year ending June 30. 1946, $581.933 was raised. The combined campaign of the UAHC and HUC. of which Jerome L. Levy is national finance di- rector, raises funds for the main- tenance and support of the UAHC and the Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati. It is an annual cam- paign, not to be confused with Foundation Fund of the Hebrew Union College, which is seeking to raise capital funds for the col- lege. RABBI ALVIN I. FINE CINCINNATI—Rabbi Alvin I. Fine, Hebrew Union College '43 graduate, has been appointed to the newly-established post of di- rector of field activities of the college. Dr. Julian Morgenstern. presi- dent, in making the announce- ment. said that Rabbi Fine will have his offices at the college in Cincinnati. Rabbi Fine's duties will include establishment and maintenance of contacts with prospective HUC students; liaison between the col- lege and congregations through the country in co-operation with the Union of American Hebrew Congregations; super vi sion of HUC students' bi-weekly and High Holyday services in various cities. Dr. O. D. Schwartz Back From Army. Resumes Practice Dr. Oscar D. Schwartz, formerly a lieutenant-colonel in the U. S. Army Medical Corps, has returned to Deteoit and has resumed prac- tice of _medicine in the David Broderick Bldg. • • • BEST WISHES FOR A HAPPY NEW YEAR GEO. KAY DRUGS 13141 DEXTER ADLER'S BAR HAPPY NEW' YEAR Hannan Real Estate Exchange, Inc. IRVING ADLER EXTENDS GREETINGS TO HIS FRIENDS AND PATRONS Plan $25,000,000 Purchases For Palestine in the U. S. In a statement issued at the offices of the Economic Bureau of American machinery, equipment and raw materials will be pur- chased during 1946 for Palestine. Mr. Shenkar, head of "Lodzia", one of Palestine's foremost knit good plants, has been in this country fq, several months study- ing the possibility of securing necessary equipment and raw materials here. FEPC Dies With Warning Of Increasing Race Bias WASHINGTON, D. C.—(JPS) —The Federal Fair Employment Practice Committee. created by executive order of the late Presi- dent Roosevelt, June 25, 1941, went out of existence at mid- night. July 1, after warning in its final report that the gains of Negro, Mexican-American and Jewish workers were being lost rapidly through an "unchecked revival" of job discrimination. N. Y. Will Probe Reports of Racial Bias in Schools NEW YORK, (JTA)—A nine- man committee appointed by the city council will hold public hear- ings soon to investigate the ex- tent of racial discriminatiorr is the selection of teachers and the admission of students in the city's schools. The committee is authorized to "examine into, study and investi- gate the admission practices and policies of all educational insti- tutions within the city claiming to be non-sectaran. for the pur- pose of ascertaining whether. or to what extent, these institutions or any of them practice discrim- ination against any person or persons because of race, color, creed, religion or national origin, either in the admission of stu- dents or employment of members of their teaching staffs." BEST WISHES FOR A HAPPY NEW YEAR Dr. & Mrs. Raphael Altman and Daughters 18645 Roselawn t.• Barlum $ on Cadillac Square This year . 7 0