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THE JEWISH NEWS
Friday, February 6, 1948
Store Executives, Employees Meet Arnall to Speak
To Arrange Intensive Solicitation
Goldberg, Granados to Talk
Here on Feb, 15 At State Zionist Conference
—Photo by Paul Kirsch
Representatives of store executives and store employees of the
mercantile division of the Detroit Service Group are planning an
intensive drive to secure support of the 1948 Allied Jewish Campaign
from Jewish employees of all department stores, specialty shops and
chain stores in Detroit. Meeting initially were (left to right): JOSEPH
H. DAVIDSON; RALPH BERNSTEIN; SIEGFRIED CAHN; JAMES
WINEMAN; IRVING W. BLUMBERG, president of the Detroit Serv-
ice Group, and LOUIS A. BAUM. A second meeting of the group
will be held Tuesday, Feb. 10, bringing together representatives of
all stores in the city.
Former governor Ellis Arnall
of Georgia comes to Temple Beth
El Sunday, Feb. 15, when he will
appear under the sponsorship of
the Men's Club.
Ellis Arnall represents a new
force in the political life of the
South. His legislative program
resulted in lowering the voting
age to eighteen, revising and
streamlining the State Constitu-
tion, restoring the university sys-
tem and common schools to ac-
credited standing, eliminating the
poll tax, and reforming the anti-
quated penal system.
Tickets to the lecture are avail-
able at Grinnell's and the Temple
office. The program will begin
at 8:15 p.m.
Histadrut Raises $116,000,
Wertheim Speaks Thursday
The Campaign Committee of
Branch 2, L.Z.O.A., headed by
Philip Goldstein, reports 50 per
cent of its $6,000 goal already
achieved. Branch members have
pledged to double their last
year's gifts.
Histadrut Evenings scheduled
include: Agree Memorial Syna-
gogue, Sunday evening, Feb. 8,
Hotel Detroiter; Brisker Aid So-
ciety, - Tuesday evening, Feb. 10,
Assembly Hall; Radomer Aid,
Tuesday evening, Bereznitzer
Hall.
AFL, CIO Aid Drive
Great encouragement was given
the Gewerkshaften drive by the
AFL and CIO leaders, at a rally
last Friday at the Masonic Tem-
ple. Abba Khushi and Frank Ro-
senbloom, the speakers, urged
strong support by labor and
pleaded for the lifting of the em-
bargo on arms to Palestine.
Many contributions to drive
are expected from labor groups
throughout the state.
The following officers were
elected to spearhead the drive:
Chairman, Edward Cote, regional
director, UAW-CIO; co-chairman,
Irving Bronson, painters district
council, AFL; secretary, Adelaide
Hart, teachers union, FL; co-
treasurers, Isaac Litwak, laundry
and linen drivers union, AFL,
and David Chaney, wholesale and
retail workers union, CIO. Frank
X. Martel, president of the De-
troit-Wayne County Federation
of Labor, and Walter Reuther,
president of the UAW-CIO, were
elected honorary chairmen.
Offices for the campaign have
been set up at room 617, Charle-
voix Building, Woodward 5-3453.
Louise Hoffman, regional director
of the -Trade Union Council for
Labor Palestine, is directing the
work of the campaign.
David Wertheim, eminent la-
bor Zionist leader who has just
returned from a tour of South
American Jewish communities,
will address the next rally of
Detroit Palestine Histadrut (Ge-
werkshaften) campaign, next
Thursday evening, Feb. 12, at
the Labor Zionist Institute.
For 13 years general secretary
of Poale Zion, Mr. Wertheim has
DAVID WERTHEIM
played important roles at World
Zionist Congresses and other Zi-
onist gatherings. He is a vice-
president of United Palestine Ap-
peal, a member of the Zionist
Actions Committee and has at-
tained leadership in the world
Zionist movement as a spokes-
man for, the labor wing.
$116,000 Already Raised
At the rally of workers last
Thursday evening, it was an
nounc:,,c1 that $116,000 was sub-
scribed towards the $25,0000 goal
in the first six weeks of the drive.
Samuel Rabinowitz, the drive's
executive director, urged mobi-
lization of all forces for the drive
in order to enable the local or-
ganization to send another
$100,000 sum to meet the Pal-
estine emergency.
Warm Response to Drive
M. L. Schaver, the campaign's
honorary chairman, reported gen-
erous responses from Detroit
Jews.
Branch 79, Farband, reported
that its members had voted to
turn over a substantial portion
of its sick fund, accumulated
over a period of years, to the
campaign. Branch members
raised $2,200 during the week.
Louis Levine, on behalf of the
organizations committee, an-
nounced that the Brisker Aid and
Lachver Aid have already tripled
their last year's contributions and
that the Chodrochovner Chabna
and Jewish Social Club have
doubled their last year's solici-
tations with the work not yet
completed.
Organizations Increase Goals
The Men's Club of Congrega-
tion Beth Aaron, participating in
the Histadrut campaign for the
first time, announced more than
$400 was raised at a social eve-
ning, arranged by Ed Miller.
S. A. Alper, of the Alper Fam-
ily Club, a - campaign veteran
solicitor, reported $655 raised,
double last year's total, with a
goal of $1,000.
With more than $55,000 al-
ready reported, Branch 137 of
Farband enlisted 50 members as
solicitors. Team Captains include
J. M. Singer, I. Woodrow, P.
Imber, M. Schubiner and Ed
Miller.
Louis Marshall B and P
Holds Valentine's Dance
LOuis Marshall Business and
Professional Chapter of Bnai
Brith is planning to hold its an-
nual paid-up membership affair
at the Belcrest Hotel at 9 p. m.
Saturday, Feb. 14, according to
Mrs. Jack Cutler, president.
The event will be a Valentine's
Day dance, says Lena Trock,
membership chairman. Paid-up
membership cards plus 50 cents
will admit young women. Tickets
for men are $1.20.
Rose Shear, TY. 4-1499; Ida
Stofer, UN. 2-5949; Mildred Lep-
ler, TY. 5-7149; Delphine Lorig,
TO. 5-0696, or Lina Robins, TO.
7-1199 may be contacted for fur-
Sher information.
Center Sponsors
Dance, Musical
Programs Sunday
The Jewish Community Cen-
ter's celebration of the month-
long Jewish Music Festival will
feature a dance concert and a
musical concert.
In cooperation with the Jewish
Community Council, the Center
will sponsor a concert of Jewish
music at 8:30 p. m. Sunday, Feb.
8, in the Center auditorium.
Zinovi Bistritzky, violinist, and
Bernard Rosen, clarinetist, both
members of the Detroit Sym-
phony Orchestra, and Cantor
Pavel Slavensky, of the North-
west Hebrew Congregation, will
be featured artists.
Rosen will be heard in Chassi-
dic music written especially for
the clarinet. Slavensky's pro-
gram will include several Pales-
tinian compositions. He Will be
accompanied at the piano by Re-
becca Frohman.
Tickets at the door are 85 cents.
Season tickets also will be hon-
ored.
A dance concert featuring the
talent of the Center Dance Group
will be presented at 3 p. m., prior
to the musical concert.
The program for the perform-
ance will include interpretative
dances entitled The Harvest
Dance, Palestinian Dahce,
Marche, the Alligator and the
Crocodile, and Little Willie Suite.
Admission to the concert will
be 35 cents for adults and 25
cents for children.
.
JOSEPH GOLDBERG
conference of the newly formed
Michigan Zionist Region, to be
held in Detroit Feb. 15.
Goldberg, honorary president
of the New England Zionist Re-
gion and a member of the national
ZOA administrative committee,
will address 250 delegates from
Jewish communities throughout
the state on "The Importance of
a Membership Campaign," at the
afternoon session of the confer-
ence, at Detroit Leland Hotel.
Arrangements are being com-
pleted for the reception of Am-
bassador Jorge Granados, Guate-
malan delegate to the UN, who
was instrumental in helping cre-
ate a Jewish State, by Mayor Van .
Antwerp. Senor G-fanados will
address the mass meeting at the
close of the conference.
Prior to the mass meeting,
which will be the first Simon
Shetzer Memorial Institute Lec-
ture, a dinner for 100 will be held
in honor of Ambassador Granados
at Northwest Hebrew Congrega-
tion. Reservations. will be avail-
able only to accredited delegates
to the conference, in order of
their application.
Preceding Ambassador Grana-
dos' talk at the mass meeting,
Rabbi Morris Adler of Cong.
Shaarey Zedek will pay tribute
to the memory of the late Zionist
leader, Simon Shetzer.
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