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Questions Necessity
Of His)adrut Event
Editor; The_ Jewish News:
Sunday night I attended the,
closing event of the 1947 Detroit
Histadrut campaign at Music Hall
and thought it a very fine pro-
gram.
I could not help but wonder
whether- such an event has not
outlived its necessity, whether
the money spent might not be
more usefully employed.
When the campaign was start-
ed, it was evidently felt that, in
order to arouse interest, the
budget must include an appro-
priation for educational purposes.
With this I must agree. The
closing event at that time took
the form of a banquefr for those
who raised or donated a large
sum of money, and carried with
it the feeling of an extra reward
for this extra effort.
As time went by, the Histadrut
campaign grew to such an extent
that the closing event has ac-
quired an entirely different char-
acter. It is now a combination
meeting and concert with out-
standing guest artists and speak-
ers. This year there was added
a large orchestra and chorus with
a New York conductor.
Admission to a "closing event"
as a reward is, in my estimation,
outmoded, but, if the committee
in charge feels that there must
be such an event, then let there
be a charge for admissiqn, with
the profits going to the Histadrut
fund_.
DAVID GOLDBERG,
• 2726 Sturtevant

Asirai Zion Replies
Editor, The Jewish News:
The dissatisfaction expressed
by the Hashomer Hatzair
through this column is regret-
able.
We are endeavoring to earn
the sanction of another Shomer,
Shomer Yisroel, Keeper of Is-
rael. I fear that, under the cir-
cumstances, we may have to get
along without the support of the
Hatzair.
As to the approval by virtually
every faction in Jewry of our
modest efforts. it is sufficient to
point out that Chief Rabbi Her-
zog of Palestine is supporting the
drive, that the national treasurer
is Morris Weinberg. publisher
of the Jewish Daily Day, that at
the local banquet the representa-
tion ranged from the Orthodox
Rabbinate, of whom two distin-
guished and venerable members
graced the affair, to men whose
views are avowedly communistic.
M. Manuel Merzon, Pres.
United Zionists-Revisionists
of Detroit.

British Agents Charged
With Agency Bombing

The bombing of the press of-
fice of the Jewish Agency for
Palestine in Jerusalem was the
work of British agenTs and was
not committed by any Jews.
According to a Jerusalem dis-
patch to the New York Times, the
Palestine Post, a daily English
newspaper published in Jerusa-
lem, implied that the British po-
lice might have been involved.
It reported that two blond men
in police uniform and speaking
English and appeared at a press
conference some time ago and
departed hastily when they
found someone in the room. The
Irgun, which was blamed for
the blast, catogorically denied
that its members were involved.

Pilestine Press Officer
Settles Stone's Quandry

NEW YORK— PM Correspon-
dent I. F. Stone, currently re-
porting his round trip to Cyprus
from Haifa on a Ship carrying
refugee deportees, writes of a
conference Palestine newsmen
had with Richard Stubbs, chief
press information officer of the
Palestine government.
The -newsmen asked Stubbs
why Stone had been refused per-
mission to land on Cypru s.
Stubbs said he didn't know, but
that upon receipt of a wire from
Stone asking help, he had re-
plied:
"Dear Izzy: Regret can do
nothing. Why not use your past
txerience and get in illegally?"

Page Seventeen

THE JEWISH NEWS

Friday, March 28, 1947

Monte Kandel Joins
HIAS Executive Staff

One-Third of Jews in Poland
Reported Gainfully Employed
WARSAW, (JTA) — Thirty-
three thousand of the approxi-
mately 100,000 Jews in Poland
are gainfully employed, it was
reported by the Economic Re-
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habilitation Department of the
Central Jewish Committee. Of
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these, thirteen percent are work-
ing for government or commer-
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the sum of $890,000 raised in cial organizations.
The largest proportion of Jew-
1942—approximated the in-
ish workers are in Lower Silesia,
come of- that one evening.
Mr. Sobeloff read a stirring where 13,300 live and in Lodz,
message from former Governor where there are 7,400.
Herbert Lehman of Vew York
who was prevented by illness
from addressing Tuesday's meet-
ing. In the course of the evening,
a prayer for,Mr. Lehman'4 health
was made by Dr. B. Benedict
Glazer while the entire audience
OPTOMETRIST '-
stood in reverence.
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Samuel Rothberg of - Peoria,
Ill., national vice-chairman of
Evenings: Monday through Thursday to 8 P. M.
Closed Saturday, Sunday 10 A. M. to 2 P. M.
the industrial division of the
United Jewish Appeal, guest
EYES EXAMINED — GLASSES FITTED
speaker at the meeting, stirred
The experience gained from the many thousands of satisfied
the gathering to action by his
patients since 1939 is at your service.,
analysis of what he had wit-
nessed on his recent tour of
Europe. He told of the plight of
the survivors, of the tragedies
which had scarred the minds of
. . . Prominent Jewish Citizen,
children, and declared that upon
his return he felt that he would
Mrs. T. Haftka, 1956 Pingree, says,
not be able to face the world
with a clear conscience if he gave
"For new ideas and styles in decorating
what he gave last year, and he
your home and fine hand crafted
doubled his gift with a 1947 con-
draperies, we recommend
tribution of S100,000.
Abraham Srere presided over
that portion of the meeting dur-
ing which announcements were
made of the splendid large con-
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tributions—nearly all of them be-
ing double last year's gifts.

Butzel Heads
Drive; Raise
Record Sums

Better Svc

To Svc

DR. SAMUEL BAUMER ,

MONTE KANDEL, former
executive director of the co-
Or-dinating committee for the
Fort Ontario Refugee Shelter,
has joined the executive staff
of HAS (Hebrew Sheltering
and Immigrant Aid Society), ac-
cording to an announcement by
Abraham Herman, president.

U. of M. Groups Accept
Interfaith Nominations

now being
Nominations are
submitted by University of Mich-
igan religious workers of candi-
the
dates eligible to receive
Arnold Schiff Memorial Inter-
faith Scholarship and the Mich-
igan Bnai Brith Council Inter-
faith award.
Qualified students' names are
being received by Dr. Franklin
Littell, director of the Student
Religious Association, and Rabbi
Herschel Lymon, director of the
Bnai Brith Hillel Foundation.
The Interfaith Scholarship and
Award have been established
with the cooperation of the two
groups.
Judges include Dr. Edward B.
Ham, Dr. Reuben L. Kahn, and
Dean Erich A. Walter. The
be
names of the winners will
announced at the annual Awards
Banquet of the Hillel Foundation
at the close of the school year. -

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