Page Eighteen Congress Asks Amendments to Conference Plan The American Jewish Congress . has announced that it would sup- port at the forthcoming session of the American Jewish Con- ference in Chicago the establish- ment of a representative and democratic body speaking for American Jewry. But declared that the plan proposed. by the Committee on Future Organiza- tion of the American Jeivish. Con- ference w a s inadequate t o achieve that end and was "viola- tive of the basic principles on which a democratic organization must be founded." To meet the inadequacies of the proposed Plan, the Congress an- . nounced that it would propose amendments at the forthcoming session of the Conference, de- signed to extend considerably the jurisdiction of the proposed or- ganization to give it decision- making powers to require all af- filiates to accept as binding de- cisions reached by democratic processes, and to provide for closer unity between American Jewry and the Jews of other lands throughout the world. The Congress' position was set ..torth in a resolution adopted at a joint meeting of its Executive and Administrative Committees in New York City last week. , Goldie Meyerson in Cyprus to Arbitrate Dispute Among Jews JERUSALEM (JTA) — Goldie Meyerson, political leader of the Jerusalem section of the Jewish Agency, went to Cyprus with a number of Agency immigration officials to attempt to settle a dispute among the interned visa- less Jews. The problem started when the visaless immigrants offered one month's certificates to the Exodus refugees. The Palestine Govern- ment refused to accept the offer, but set aside the month's cer- tificates for mothers and children to be admitted out of turn. The internees objecting, insisting that they had made the offer to the Exodus Jews only. Morris Kaplan, director of the Voint Distribution Committee's medical department, returning to Paris from Cyprus, reported that the rainy season which has just begun on the island threatens the internees with epidemics. Adding to the overcrowded con- ditions, the mud and unfavorable temperatures are endangering the health of the 18,000 Jews. He disclosed that there are eight doctors, three dentists and eleven nurses among the 50 JDC employees aiding the internees. He also said that the birth rate at the camps exceeds 70 per month. Finally, he stated that the JDC has spent nearly $1,000,- 000 to aid the Jews, including food shipments weighing more than 450,000 pounds. Service Bureau's . Friendly Aid Rates Added Contribution Although he had already made a pledge to the 1947 Allied Jewish Campaign, Myer J. Kellman has made an addi- tional contribution of $50 as a tribute to the courteous and friendly assistance he received in the office of the Resettle- ment Service, Jewish Welfare Federation agency for local aid to refugees. Writing to a mem- ber of the Resettlement Serv- ice staff, Mr. Kellman said: i "Please find a check of $50 for the Allied Jewish Campaign Q E 1947, which is additional to what I already gave this year. "I am giving this money in your honor for the good work you do hi the office of the Jewish Social Serv- ice Bureau. "I am very much impressed with the assistance and friendship I re ,. ceived when I entered your office in 'order to help me bring a person from Europe. "This is the first time in my life I ever entered the office of a Jewish charitable institution, and I ne‘. ,er realized what wonderful work they are doing. I believe if many people would find out the truth, they would give a lot more than they do give. - THE LIVES OF OUR TIMES figis IS THE MOVING TALE OF A YOUNG GIRL WHO ROSE ABOVE A CHILDHOOD PARALYTIC AFFLICTION TO BECOME A NOTED ZIONIST, AUTHOR MD POET- Friday, November 14, 1947 JEWISH NEWS w NORMAN sod SO! NOOK Po A 4, RHODA B. SIMON JESSIE FTI4EL SAMPTER STIRRED RY WHAT SHE HAD NEARS OF PALESTINE,MISS JESSIE WAS DORN 04 NEW YORK IN 1883, OF JEWISH PARENTAGE.HER NOME INFLUENCE DIRECTED HER TO THE UNITARIAN CHURCH, BUT IN THE COURSE OF HER STUDIES, SHE WAS DRAWN TO TIE OLD TESTAMENT. THIS BIBLE STUDY RETURNED HER TO JUDAISM, AND SHE SOON BEGAN TO OBSERVE JEWISH RITUAL SAMPTER DECIDED TO GO MERE AND DO WHAT SHE COULD TO AID THE ZIONIST CAUSE.DESPITE HER SEMI-INVALID CONDITION,SHE LEFT FOR THE HOLY LAND IN 1919! \\, ijilt,ii i 1,15i17t is< 111 11 1011% UPON HER GRADUATION FROM COLUMBIA UNIVER- SITY, SHE BECAME FRIENDLY WITH HENRIETTA SZOLD,FOUNDER OF HADASSAH. MISS SAMPTER IMMEDIATELY BECAME ACTIVE IN THE MOVEMENT ANOMIE MUCH OF ITS EARLY EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL. TAKING UP PERMANENT RESIDENCE IN PALESTINE, MISS SAMPTER DEVOTED HER TIME FROM 4- 1934 TO RELIEF WORK AMONG YEMENITE JEWS -THE NEEDIEST IN THE COUNTRY. Mizrachi Women Hear Neumann's Warnings on UN ATLANTIC C I T Y, (JTA) — "Unpleasant surprises and disap- pointments may still be in store for us before the United Nations renders a verdict on Palestine," Dr. Emanuel Neumann, president of the Zionist Organization of America, declared at the 22nd an- nual convention of the Mizrachi Women's Organization of Ameri- ca, attended by 500 delegates. He added, however, that although the necessary two-thirds vote needed for adoption of partition at the General Assembly may not be pledged yet, he believed that it is attainable. A message from President Tru- man praising the Mizrachi women for their "good work to relieve human misery" was read to the opening session. "The plight of displaced persons and others— men, women and children—who are suffering today because of the aftermath of war is one that enlists the symathy of generous- hearted people everywhere," the President declared, adding that he trusts that the organization's deliberations "'will be fruitful of constructive action to bring relief to millions of innocent vic- tims." Mrs. Samuel Goldstein, head of the organization, delivered. her presidential report, outlining the group's activities and goals for the future. She made a special plea for the admission to Pales- tine of 150,000 homeless European Jewish children as soon as a Jew- ish state is established. U. S. Officials, Diplomats Attend Balfour Party WASHINGTON, (JTA)—For- eign diplomats, high government officials and Congressional lead- ers were among the guests at a cocktail party given by the Jew- ish Agency in celebration of the 30th anniversary of Balfour Day. Present were the envoys of Poland, Bolivia, Chile, Uruguay, France, Liberia and Czechoslo- vakia; Charles E. Bohlen, coun- selor to the State Department, Benjamin V. Cohen, former State Department counselor, Thurman Arnold, Democratic Party Na- tional Chairman Sen. Howard McGrath, Sen. Elbert D. Thomas, Under-Secretary of Labor David L. Morse, Dr. Stephen S. Wise and Leon Henderson. Manchester Asked to Pay For Riot Damaged Property LONDON (JTA)—The Man- chester City Council was asked to approve the expenditure of nearly $3,000 to pay 26 compen- sation claims filed by the owners of property damaged during anti- Semitic demonstrations in the city last August. Under the law, the police authority is liable for compensation claims in cases where damage results front a riot, *44 Tilt FOLLOWING YEAR,FIRED WITH ENTHU- SIASM BY WHAT SHE SAW, MISS SAMPTER WROTE*A GUIDE TO ZIONISM. - PORTRAYING TO THE WORLD THE NECESSITY FOR A - JEWISH HOMELAND. i t ' THERE IN THE KISBUTI,MISS SAMPTER LIVED OUT HER DAYS SURROUNDED SY THE ZEAL Of THE INSPIRED NATION-BUILDERS. IN 1938, AMID MUCH GRIEVING FOR THEIR LOST AMERICAN FRIEND, THE COLONISTS OF SWAT BRENNER BURIED HER AMONG THE GARDENS SUE HAD LOVED BEST-WHICH SHE • HERSELF MAD HELPED TO CREATE OUT OF ARID LAND - • IN 1933, PUBLISHING" MODERN PALESTINE' MISS SAMPTER EXPRESSED HER COMPLETE ADM/RATION FOR TILE NAM PIONEERS VAIO HAD RECLAIMED THE LAND OF THEIR FATHERS HI TOE FACE OF GREAT OPPOSITION AND GREATER DIFFICULTIES. k, tt- X 11 • PRACTICING HER OWN BELIEFS, MISS SAMPTER SETTLED IN GIVAT BRENNER, A KIBBUTZ,WHERE SHE CONTINUED HER WRITING . AT THE SAME TIME, SHE WORKED DAILY IN THE CONVALES- CENT NOME SHE HAD BUILT FOR THE PIONEERS, USING HER OWN FUNDS/ Seminary Commences $5,000,000 Campaign For Cultural Needs CHICAGO, (JTA)—A cam- paign to raise $1,500,000 to be used for a national program to intensify Jewish adherence to Judaism and advance public un- derstanding of the Jewish faith and culture was voted at a Jew- ish Theological Seminary confer- ence for "Fostering Dynamic Judaism in America." The 167 delegates from all sec- tions of the United States adopt- ed a four-point plan to achieve the objective set up by the par- ley. They are: 1. To meet the need for trained religious, educa- tional and communal workers through enlarged Seminar y schools; 2. To enrich Jewish life by restoring the synagogue as the spiritual and cultural center of Jewish communal life; 3. To advance Jewish education by aid- ing Jewish communities achieve higher standards and an increas- ed enrollment; 4. To foster American understanding of the Jewish people and Judaism through the Seminar's public education program. Maxwell Abbell, Chicago phil- anthropist and businessman, was named to head the national drive. Speakers at the parley included Alan M. Strook, chairman of the Seminary's board, and A.. Arthur Oppenheimer, treasurer. Truman's Congress Message to Ask Action on Civil Rights Proposals WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Truman told a news conference that some of the rec- ommendations contained in the report of his Committee on Civil Rights will fb-rm the basis for one section of his message to Congress at the opening of the forthcoming special session. The president did not specify which of the Committee's recom- mendations he would discuss in the message. Secretary of the Army Kenneth Alhambra School of Music Instruction on Piano, Sax, Accordion, Clarinet, Trumpet, Guitar, Drums. ENROLL NOW INSTRUMENTS RENTED Blumenfield Named Head Of Jewish Schools in Chicago CHICAGO (JPS)—Dr. Samuel M. Blumenfield, president of the College of Jewish Studies in Chicago, has been named to the post of superintendent of Jewish schools conducted under the aus- pices of the Board of Jewish Edu- cation. 16853 LIVERNOIS Opp. U. of D. UN. 3 1658 J. B. STEVENS, Dir. - CUSTOM BUILT LAMPS Vases, urns, pitchers, flasks, candle sticks, figurines. statuary and other keepsakes converted into artistic table lamps. Oil lamps electrified. LAMPS MODERNIZED, REPAIRED & REFINISHED LAMP SHADES MADE AND RECOVERED Old style floor lamps made Custom made and recovered. Styled to your lamp. Large into indirect lamps and stock on display. torcheres. 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