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Detroit 26, Michigan, Decetrtber 19, 1947
2114 Penobscot Bldg.,
VOLUME 12—NO. 14,
The. 1948 UJA Goal:
Probabte Detroit
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Special Wire to The Jewish News
By MEYER F. STEINGLASS
UJA Publicity Director
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; 7 ATLANTIC CITY, N. J..--7More than 1,300 Jewish leaders from all sec-:
'Eons of the United States on Sunday unanimously voted to establish a
$250,000,000 goal - for the United Jewish Appeal for 1948 for the upbUilding
and defense of the Jewish state in Palestine, for overseas relief and , recon-
struction and for aid to refugees reaching the United States.
. An ovation followed the decision reached by the conference and Henry
Morgenthau, Jr., former Secretary of the TreasUry of the United .States,
was immediately drafted by' acclamation to serve as general chairman of
the United. Jewish Appeal.
(Adoption of the $250,000,000 UJA quota was predicted in last week's issue
of The Jewish News. Our front page story last week stated: "In the event the
UJA decides on a $250,000,000 goal for 1948, the Detroit quota would have to be
established at approximately $8,110,000. Last year the UJA goal was $170,000,000
and Detroit's quota was $5,335,000."
(Detroiters at the UJA conference included Julian H. Krolik, president of
the Jewish Welfare Federation, who presided at one of the sessions; Abraham
Srere, who was chairman of the Inter-City Committee session; Isidore Sobeloff,
Mr. and Mrs. Abe Kasle, Louis Berry, Joseph Holtzman, Mrs. Max Frank, Mrs.
H. L. Jackson, Mrs. John C. Hopp and Miss Esther Prussian.)
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, Former UNRRA Director General Herbert H. Lehman, who introduced
the quota resolution, emphasized that the sum of $250,000,000 represents the
minimum objective and that $400,000,000 actually was required next year
to conduct the programs of the United Palestine Appeal, Joint Distribution
Committee and United Service for New Americans.
The resolution declared that "out 'of the travail of the Jewish people has
come a supreme moment in Jewish history in the form of the United Nations
decision on Palestine." The Resolution stated in part:
1948: The Year of `Destiny
"T
' hroughout the years of tragedy, we the Jews of America, stood by
.01-ar people with our resources and with our .rneral and spiritual strength.
The year 1948 has become the year of des-
tiny, the year of true liberation for the
homeless among the Jews. Now the great-
est challenge that any generation of Jewry,
has ever faced stands before us. It is the
challenge to ratify the decisionof the
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nations of the world for the .etablishment
of the Jewish state by furnishing the re-
sources that will open the ,gates of Pal-
estine, and establish the pedple on its soil
in dignity, freedom, peace and security."
The $250,000,000 figure was described
by Gov. Lehman as "the largest goal ever
projected by a private welfare organiza,
tion in the history of the United, States." -
Adoption of the goal brought to a mag.
nificent climax the dradatic five-day con-
fetence which inspired deep-rooted , con-
HON. HERBERT H. LEHMAN
viction of- community leaders that the 1948
goal can and will be sub- scribed in full.
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No Free Rides in History" McNarney
. Gen. Joseph T. McNarney, foimer military governor of Germany, told
the assembled Jewish leaders that "there
are to- free rides in history," adding that
"if the Jewish people at last are to realize
their age-old dream of . a homeland, they -
are, by the same token, obligated - to as-
sume new responsibilities."
Maj.-Gen. John H. Hilldring,--- mem-
ber of the U. S. delegation, to the UN, said:
"There is every reason to be optimistic
about. the -future Jewish state in Palestine."
Dr. Joseph J. Schwartz, European JDC
director', hammered home the need for,don-
tinued large-scale relief and reconstruc-
tion work ,among 800,000 Jews in Eastern
Europe who must be helped to reach
economic. recovery. He added: "ThiS is-the
time - when
throughout the world
must work together to build a horne for
the homeless."
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Dr. Weizmann Blesses Advent of Jewish State
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Weizmann's Admonition
The needs "of the Jewish state were presented by Dr. Chaim WeiZmann,
former president of the Jewish Agency for Palestine;'Eliezer Kaplan, treas-
urer of the Jewish Agency, and Moshe Sh.ertok, the Agency's political
chief. All of them stressed that.the strength and resources of the American
Jewish community must be mobilized on a,n unprecedented scale in 1948 to
provide for the resettlement of 75,000 homeless European Jews and for the
defense of the Jewish state.
Mr.. Shertok said that a 'shortage of funds could be a more serious
obstacle to the development of the Jewish state than "Arab hostility or
British non-cooperation."
Dr. Weizmann said "Nostate has been handed to us .on a silver platter.
We have been given a chance. If we do not make the most of it, we shall
miss our rendezvous with history?'
Mr. Kaplan disclosed that he would call upon the United • Stafes for
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ships to transport 75,000 refugees from Europe to Palestifie.
• Mr. Morgenthau told the conference: "A hope that has sustained thee
spirit of the Jews of Europe during their trying years now has turned into
reality. We must turn our backs on the dark dreary pages that we have
numbered since 1933." '
W. Hallam Tuck, executive secretary of the preparatory commission
/for the International Refugee Organization, called upon the Jews of Amer-
ica to make a greater effort through the United Jewish Appeal in 1948, de-.
claring that the IRO budget was too limited to provide fox the resettlement
of displaced persons.
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HENRY MORGENTHAU,
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EDITORIAL
UJA: Our .Great 1948 Obligation
Spokesmen for American Jewry, in session during the past
week-end in Adantic, City, have rendered the historic decision:
In 1948, the United Jewish Appeal quota is to. be $250,000,000.
The unanimous action o f the 1,300 leaders who considered this
action at deliberations that lastedfor five days must be accepted
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as an .irrevocable.verdict that this • spin MUST be. raised.
It places great responsibilities upon all of- xis.
It means that this yeax . we• are charged vvith,..the' duty of raisinc,
nearly twice as much' as we secured for the United Palestine Appea l ,
. the Joint Distribution Committee and the United Service for New
AmericanS during 1947.
The decision of the United Nations in favor of the re-estab-
lishment of the Jewish state in Palestine increases our duties in this
"year of destiny." The expected arrival of 2.5,000 Jews in the United
Statei, the imperative need for the settlement of 75,000 displaced__
Jews in tretz Israel in the coming year and the need for continued
relief work among 800,000 . European Jewish survivors serve collec-
tively to remove whatever coMplaints may arise against the adoption
of a quota that represents the largest sum ever asked in this country
by private agencies.
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This is the time for-complete dedication to the UJA. Let us go
forth from victory to complete, fUlfillment. of the objective of total--
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At The impressive celebration at the opening of the 24th annual convention of the National
Committee for Labor Palestine (Histadrut) in New York, a few hours after the historic UN .
decision on Palesting-, Dr. Chaim Weizmann recited t h e traditional "shehecheyanu" and w a s
aclaimed by the I l,00P People inside arid outside the meeting hall as the first president of the
Jewish state. On the platform with Dr. Weizma nn ,are distinguished labor Zionist leaders: Bed
Locker, Abba Hushi, Mrs. Weizmann, Isaac Hamlin, Moshe Shertok and , Joseph Sprinzak.
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Liberation for our
people. .