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JWB Survey Directors
OSE Workers Report
Indescribable Living
Conditions in Morocco
To Report Conclusions
Histadrut Prides Itself
On Small Cost of Campaign
Editor, The Jewish News:
We have read with deep inter-
est the letter from Mr. Goldberg
relative to the recent Histadrut
event.
We appreciate Mr. Goldberg's
genuine sympathy with the pur-
poses for which the Histadrut
campaigns are conducted. The
Detroit Histadrut Committee has
always prided itself on the small
ratio of expenses incurred in con-
ducting its campaigns and has
avoided the use of costly dinner
meetings.
Careful thought was given to
the program of the closing event
and the expenses involved.
It was only because a number
of the participants freely donated
their services and time to the
campaign that we were able to
carry through such a meaningful
evening.
Clarification should be made on
one point raised by Mr. Goldberg.
We do not believe that the ques-
tion of "rewarding" the workers
for their efforts was the really
important reason for holding the
Histadrut event. Certainly none
of the workers who have given
their time and energy need any
,'"reward" other than knowing
that they are participating in the
rebuilding of the Jewish home-
land.
In the eyes of the workers and
organizations, their participation
extends beyond raising funds.
They also feel they have the re-
sponsibility of bringing to Detroit
Jews the story of how Palestine
is being rebuilt and making
known the significant role played
by the Histadrut.
Hundreds of Detroit Jews from
all walks of life attended the
weekly Histadrut rallies. We feel
confident that they heard more
than "pep" speeches, that their
lives as American Jews are richer
for their participation in these
Meetings and they have a deeper
feeling of identification with the
builders and defenders of Jewish
Palestine.
It was in this spirit that the
Histadrut event was planned.
The large number of Detroit .Jews
who attended the event (and the
many who were-unable to get in)
indicates conclusively the need
of Detroit Jews for a real Pales-
tinian educational and cultural
evening.
The work of our Halutzim con-
tinues throughout the year. The
task of building a Jewish home-
land does not begin or stop with
the formal opening or closing of
fund-raising activities.
The thoughtful suggestion of
Mr. Goldberg that admission be
charged to future Histadrut eve-
nings certainly deserves the ser-
ious consideration of the cam-
paign executive board.
MORRIS LIEBERMAN,
Chairman, Executive Board,
Detroit Histadrut Campaign.
Friday, Apra 4, 11947
THE JEWISH NEWS
D R . OSCAR JANOWSKY
(left), professor of history at the
College of the City of New
York, who directed the monu-
mental survey on the function
and operations of the National
Jewish Welfare Board (JWB)
and on the future of the Jewish
Community Center movement,
and DR. SALO BARON, pro-
fessor of history at Columbia
University, chairman of the JWB
Survey Commission.
NEW YORK—Among the 40,000
Jews crowded together in the
"Mellah" (ghetto) of Casablanca,
there are not less than 12,000
children under 14 years of age.
There are no words suitable to
describe the miserable living con-
ditions in these quarters. Families
of eight, nine and often 10 per-
sons live huddled together in in-
adequate space. This was report-
ed by Dr. Valentine Cremer and
Maurice Brener, members of the
executive board of OSE-Union,
who recently returned from an
inspection tour in Morocco.
The majority of the "Mellah"
children are physically so back-
ward, that one and a half year
olds look like babies of six
months, and are too weak to walk.
There are many children who
have become blind, being affected
with trachoma and other eye-
diseases. Nearly 60 percent of all
children are afflicted with scab-
ies.
Contributing to this are crowd-
ed rooms, the complete lack of
underwear and insufficiency of
clothing, which consists of nothing
but rags. Sixty-five hundred of
the 12,000 children receive no
schooling whatsoever. Only 56
beds of the "Jules Moran" hos-
pital are at the disposal of the
70,000 Jews living in Casablanca
and in no other hospital arc Jews
allowed to enter.
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