Friday, October 24, 1947

Page Seventeen

THE JEWISH NEWS

Detroit Honors Bnai Brith

Bnai rith Honors
Public Service of Two

Blow to Juvenile Delinquency

Detroit Young Men

—Photo by Paul Kirsch

MAYOR EDWARD J. JEFFRIES (right) is shown signing the
proclamation officially declaring Nov. 18 as Bnai Brith Day in honor
of the 90th anniversary of Pisgah Lodge. Others in the photograph
are, left to right: SIDNEY KARBEL, president of Great• Detroit Bnai
are, left to right: SIDNEY KARBEL, president of Greater Detroit Bnai
Brith Council; HERBERT ESKIN, Pisgah president; HARRY YUDKOFF,
chairman of the anniversary committee.

$50,000 Worth of PEC Shares
Sold at Julius Simon Meeting

A gathering of nearly 150
prominent Detroit Jews on Mon-
day evening responded enthusi-
astically to the appeal of Julius
Simon of Jerusalem, president of
the Palestine Economic Corp., to
participate in the development of
Eretz Israel by investing in the
great economic agency which
helps develop industries, housing,
homebuilding and other projects
essential to the life of the bud-
ding Jewish state.
Judge Theodore Levin, who to-
gether with Fred M. Butzel in-
vited the gathering to hear Mr.
Simon, presided at the meeting.
Mr. Butzel spoke briefly. Shlomo
Michael Gelber of the PEC staff
also spoke and Julius Lev, former
Detroiter who now is here on
a visit from Palestine, was in-
troduced - to the gathering. Lev
is Simon's administrative assist-
ant in Jerusalem. More than $50,-
000 worth of PEC shares were
sold at the meeting.
Declaring that "wise states-
manship" will be required in
the projected Jewish State, Mr.
Simon pointed out that Pales-
tine "should be taken over as a
strong going concern." "Fortu-
nately," he added, "we have a
good foundation for it. In spite
of all difficulties, Palestine had
held its own and its economy is
sound."
Mr. Simon, whose factual story
revealed the tremendous accom-
plishments of the PEC, told of
the growth of the citrus indus-
try whose exports increased from
$15,000,000 in 1945-46 to $25,000,-
000 in 1946-47; the extensive
housing projects; the establish-
ment of industries and the enor-
mous consumption of electric
power which rose from 90,000,000
kilowatt hours three years ago to
250,000,000 kilowatt hours this
year.
Of particular interest in his
address was hiS description of
the extensive land purchase, to-
gether with the Jewish National
Fund, along Haifa Bay. .The PEC
land purchase, he indicated, has
increased in value by $2,000,000.
He also told of the share PEC
had in the development of the
Dead Sea and the vast produc-
tions of potash and magnesium.
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developments are e x c ellen t,
Simon stated.
The PEC, he told the gathering,
was responsible for the construc-
tion of the King David Hotel, the
foremost hotel in the Middle East.
The Palestine Housing Corp., a
PEC agency, . helped relieve the
housing shortage in the country.
Pointing to the sound assets
and satisfactory profits of PEC,
Simon said that the PEC has no
debts and that for the past two
years it has been paying and
continues to pay four per cent
dividends. The annual dividend
checks amount at present to
$80,000.
Palestine,. Simon said, needs
the interest of American busi-
nessmen. He declared that the
progress PEC has attained will
continue with double force in
a Jewish state. He invited the
cooperation of Detroit Jews "in
forging the destiny of our peo-
ple in Palestine."
Butzel and others present who
were among the first investors
in PEC 25 years ago not only
made additional stock purchases
but encoura,zed the gathering to
do likewise.
Gelber, in his brief address,
told of his experiences as an
UNRRA official in Bergen-Belsen
and described the urge to go to
Palestine among the Jewish sur-
vivors in Europe.

The city of Jerusalem, 33
centuries old, has endured over
20 sieges and blockades, 18 re-
constructions and two periods of
desolation, and has passed from
one religion to another six times,
according to the Encyclopaedia
Britannica.

Henry Monsky Service Fellow-
ships have been awarded to
Harry Mirvis and David Darvin,
Bnai Brith Youth Organization
advisers of Detroit. Mirvis. has
received the award for the second
consecutive year.
The fellowships were estab-
lished by the Bnai Brith Men's
and 'Women's District Grand
Lodges No. 6 in July, 1946. The
awards made to two participants
in the BBYO program selected
from the entire seven-state dis-
trict are made on the basis of
scholarship, api;itude for Jewish
public service and intention to
pursue such service.
Both Mirvis and Darvin are
students of sociology at Wayne
University. Darvin has served as
an adviser for several years and
is now associated with Louis Mar-
shall AZA chapter 604. Mirvis is
adviser to Detroit AZA chapter
63, this year's District basketball
champions.
In addition to being an adviser,
Mirvis is president of the BBYO
Council; president of Rex Young
Men; honorary member of the
District AZA executive commit-
tee and chairman of the National
Bnai Brith Young Men's Creeds
and Rituals Committee. He has
also served as president of the
Detroit-Windsor Young Men's
Council, and as presidentof the
Detroit-Windsor AZA Council.

General Eisenhower was a boy once — but so was Al Capone,.
1987 will tell which ideal this youngster has followed, but a
push in either direction now will help set his course. Clearly
a
he's now getting the right steer from his Scoutmaster
steer into clean living, straight thinking, democratic leader-
ship. BOY SCOUTS BENEFIT through your Red Feather con-
tribution to the Community Chest. EVERYBODY BENEFITS
through these character-building activities because as youth
goes, so goes the Nation. Give to the Boy Scouts through your

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East Side Merchants
Honor Negro Priest

The East Side Merchants As-
sociation was host at a luncheon
under the auspices of the Detroit
Round Table of Catholics, Prot-
estants and Jews on Oct. 13, at
the Lucy Thurman YWCA. The
luncheon honored Fr. Herman J.
Porter, Negro Catholic priest.
John Dancy of the Urban League
presided.
Representing the East Side
Merchants Association were Har-
ry Gildenhorn and M. Silverman,
president and vice-president, re.-
spectively, and Samuel J. Lieber-
man, executive secretary of the
association. Aaron Droock, presi-
dent, and Harry Yudkoff, treas-
urer of the Jewish ommunity
Council, attended: Also present
were Oscar Cohen and Walter
Klein of the Council staff.

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