Friday, January 2, 1948

6 Service

Group Divisions to Meet Jan. 11, 13

Harry Weinsaft, Exodus '47
Crew Member, to Be Speaker

Harry Weinsaft, an Exodus crew member and an 'author-
ity on the situation of the Jews of. Europe and Palestine, will
address the Trade and Professional Divisions of the Detroit
Service Group of the Jewish Welfare Federation when they
convene for their initial 1948 meetings on Jan. 11 and 13
at the Jewish Community Center. The motion picture, "House
in the Desert," one of the latest

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Edwards to Address
Mid-Town Council
Meeting January 20

Congress Section
Plans Open Party

Dr. Lowdermilk to Address
Technion Dinner on Jan. 10

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George Edwards, president of
the Detroit Common Council has
accepted the invitation of the
Midtown Neighborhood Council
to address its meeting Jan. 20, at
rlutchins Intermediate, on the
theme 'What You Can Do,for De-
troit and What Detroit Can Do
For You."'
Ile talk will be designed to
show residents of the area how
they ;:an work together in their
own neighborhood to better liv-
ing conditions there. Edwards
also will point out ways in which
the resources of the city govern-
ment can be mobilized to help
improve conditidns within the
neighborhood.
T h e Midtown Neighborhood
Council is planning the meeting
as a rally of interested citizens in
the area who are concerned with
such p oblems as traffic control,
recreation, the preservation of
property values and others. Com-
mittees have been working for
several Weeeks on projected ac-
tivities. Their plans will be an-
nouna d -at the meeting.

movies on developments in Pal-
estine, also will be featured at
the meetings.
On Sunday, Jan. 11., at 11:30
a.m., the following divisions will
NEW YORK (JTA)—The 16th
hold their meetings:
Mercantile Division will con- annual General Assembly of the
vene in room 302 of the Center Council of Jewish Federations
for a general meeting, to elect of- and Welfare Funds will be held
ficers and consider one amend- Jan. 24 to 26 at Hotel Sheraton,
ment to the Division by-laws—
Chicago, Stanley C. Myers of
that relating to the establishment
Miami, Council president, an-
of the office of vice-chairman.
The Service Division will gath- nounced. It will be a three-day
er in the Music Hall for a gen- confel once instead of the usual
opening with an Oneg
eral business meeting at the same four,
Shabat Saturday afternoon, Jan.
time, and the Real Estate and 24, and closing with a luncheon
Building Council will meet in Monday, Jan. 26.
the Conference Room and elect
The General Assembly, com-
officers and discuss general di-
posed of delegates selected on a
vision business.
population basis by each of the
At 1 p.m., all of thesesdivisions 263 member federations, welfare
will gather in Butzel Hall for a Funds and Jewish community
general program that wilt include
ouneils representing 236 commu-
Mr. Weinsaft's address and the nities in the United States and
movie.
Canada. is the governing and
4 Divisions Meet Jan. 13
policy making body of the
On Tuesday, Jan. 13, at 8 p.m., CJFWF.
the other four divisions will-meet. - Among the subjects to be dis-
The Mechanical Trades Division %kissed at seminars are: Planning
will gather in the Ginsburg by communities to meet overseas,
Lounge, and the Food Service national and local capital and
Council will consider a change in operating needs in 1948; the rela-
tionship between communities
- by-laws.
The Professional Division will and national and overseas agen-
meet in the auditorium at the cies in budgeting campaigning,
same time and the Arts and programs and year-round poli-
Crafts Division will convene in cies; trends in anti-Semitism and
the Conference Room. The lat- group relations in the U. S. and
ter group will consider, in addi- - overseas; major problems of lo -
tion to the election of officers and cal planning; and cultural and
educational programs.
a board of directors, the adoption
of a complete set of by-laws.
After division meetings, all of
the groups will gather at 9:30 in
the auditorium, where Mr. Wein-
saft's address and the movie will
be presented.
The membership committee of
Weinsaft's Adventures
the Detroit Section, American
Although still young, Mr. Wein- Jewish Congress, met at the home
saft has crowded a lifetime , of of Mrs. J. Ross, 19464 Stoepel, to
adventure and dangers. into his plan- a party scheduled for Jan.
years. He fled his native Austria 18 at the home of Harry Nathan,
when the Nazis overran the coun- 8731 LaSalle Blvd., president of
try in 1939 and eventually reach- the section.
ed the United States. Enlisting
At that affair, a guest speaker
in the U. S. Ski Troops in 1942, will outline the AJC program.
he saw heavy combat service in A question and answer period,
Italy. The end of the war saw entertainment and refreshments
him as a member of the U. S. In- also are planned. Anyone inter-
telligence Service in Austria, and ested in the Congress is invited
after his discharge from the to attend.
Army, he became a field repre-
Congress members who are not
sentative of the Joint Distribu-
receiving copies of the "Congress
tion Committee.
Voice," edited by Hy Parker, are
Because of his unusual experi- asked to contact the editor at
ences, Mr. Weinsaft was placed in 1951 Taylor.
charge of DP camps and DP traf-
fic in the Vienna area. Despite
the tremendous - responsibilities 2
which he carried, he still found
time to organize the molernent
of Jewish refugees from Eastern
Europe to sea ports in the Medi-
Members of the Junior Service
terranean area.
Group of. the Jewish Welfare
_ Accompanied Refugees
Federation will discuss legisla-
He returned to the U. S. in the tion against anti-Semitism at a
summer of 1946 to participate irk Forum meeting, 2:30 p.m. Sun-
the American phase of this rescue day, Jan. 18, at the Jewish Cen-
mission, and was placed in ter. An opening presentation en-
charge of welfare and discipline titled "What Good is a Law?"
of the 4,600 Jewish refugees on will be delivered by Oscar Co-
the Exodus 1947. He accompanied hen, executive director of the
them back on a British transport Jewish ComMunity Council.
as far as Port de Buc in France
S. Joseph Fauman, member of
and then came back to the U. S.
the board of the JSG and mem-
place
before
American
audi-
to
ences the story of their courage ber of the research staff of the
Council, serves as chairman of
and determination.
The movie, "House in the the forum meetings, which are
open to JSG members only. Any-
Desert," is a film that portrays
one interested in joining. the
agricul-
the establishment of an
Group may obtain a membership
tural project in the Dead Sea card either at the door or by
area and is both a timely and in-
calling Harry A. Heller, TE. 1-
spiring picture.
1600.
Summary reviews of a num-
Soviet News Agency Applies
ber of recent significant books
For Office In Palestine
CAIRO, (JTA)—The official will be given by Mrs. Morris Ad-
Sbviet news agency, Tass, has ap- ler at the next in the series of
pied to the British authorities book reviews sponsored by the
in Palestine for permission to Junior Service Group, 8 p.m.,
open an office there. At present Monday, Jan. 12, at the Center.
Tass covers Palestine develop-, Agnes A. Brown is chairman of
the series.
ments from its offices here,

Welfare Council
Convenes Jan 24

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jamin Wilk, treasurer, and the
following board members: Ed-
ward Bernstein, Harvey Goldman,
Morris Mendelson, Harold Good-
man, Samuel Caplan, Louis Red-
stone, Martin Sclar, Karl Segall,
Isadore E. Goodman, Daniel Men-
delsohn, Dave Segal, Philip Slom-
ovitz.
Dr. Lowdermilk, who is the au-
thor of the Jordan Valley Author-
ity Plan for Palestine, was,-until
his recent retirement from govz
ernment service, assistant chief
of the Soil Conservation Service,
U. S. Department of Agriculture
and chief of its research unit at
Washington, D. C. He is now act-
ing as consultant to various gov-
ernment agencies and private in-
dustrial firms. Dr. Lowdermilk
conceived the Jordan Valley Au-
thority Plan, the Palestinian
counterpart of the Tennessee Val-
ley Authority, during a 15-month
can Society for the Advancement
tour of Europe and the Middle
of the Hebrew Institute of Tech- East which he made in his official
nology in Haifa, Palestine, (Tech- capacity, prior to the war.
nion), to be held Saturday eve-
The author of numerous scien-
ning, Jan. 10, at Hotel Statler,
tific papers, reports, reviews and
with Dr. Walter C. Lowdermilk,
articles, Dr. Lowdermilk has writ-
famed soil conservationist, as
ten the book "Palestine, Land of
guest speaker.
Promise," and has served as ad-
The dinner committee includes: visor to foreign governments on
A. M. Babitch, Louis Berry, matters pertaining to soil, fores-
Samuel Brody, Fred M. Butzel, try conservation and flood con-
Irwin I. Cohn, Sol Dann, Israel trol.
Davidson, Sol Edelman, Dora
Ehrlich, Walter- Field, Arthur
Culture Group Issues
Fleischmann, Judge W. Friedman,
Mrs. Louis Harrison, William Second Book Bulletin
Hordes, Morris Jacobs, Mrs. Harry
The Culture Commission of the
Jones, Abe Kasle, Ben Laikin,
Mrs. Maurice Landau, • Nathan Jewish Community Council is
Linden, Hy Safran, Morris Scha- ' planning its next book bulletin
for January, _announced Rabbi
ver, Irving Schlussel, Harry Schu-
Morris Adler, chairman of the
mer, Saul Sloan, Philip Slomo-
Commission. It Will include re-
vitz, Joseph Yolles.
views of three outstanding books
Detroit Technion officers are: on. Jewish interest, one each in
Fred M. Butzel, honorary chair- Hebrew,- Yiddish and English.
man; Louis R. Gelfand, chairman; This will continue the pattern set
Leon Kay, vice-chairman; Ben- by the first bulletin issued last
jamin Fingeroot, secretary; Ben- J-nont h.

A committee of prominent De-
troiters has been enlisted to spon-
sor the second annual dinner of
the Detroit chapter of the Ameri-

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Programs Planned
By Jr. Service Group

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