$4,100,000 Mark Exceeded in Allied Campaign

$2,000,000 More Needed in R _epres_nts _ews at
Jaffa Truce Parley
Campaign for $6,200,000

Maurice A r o n s s o n, general
chairman of the 1948 Allied Jew-
Ish Campaign, announced at a
luncheon meeting of volunteer
workers on Tuesday, at the Book
Cadillac Hotel, that the sum of
$4,156,199 - was raised up• to that
point and expressed confidence
that with a concerted effort the
$6,200,000 goal will be exceeded.'
Of the total announced, the
"Women's Division secured $565,-
163-87 per cent of its goal; and
the junior division $64,779—also
. 87 per cent of its goal.
Mr. Aronsson admonished the
workers to remember that "the
money doesn't come to you—it's
up to you to go out and get it."
Mrs. Henry Wineman reported
for the Women's Division and her
co-chairman in the division, Mrs.
J. It Ehrlich, spoke briefly to ex-
press thanks to their co-workers
and to ask them to gb out and
finish the job.
Miss Barbara Greenberg re-
ported for the junior , division.
Encouraging Reports
An encouraging report was
given by Louis Berry for the pre-
campaign group. He especially
praised the efforts of the trio
whom he called "the- Caravan"—
Ben Silberstein, Joseph Holtzman
and Nathan Fishman.
Reports for the trades and pro-
fessional diviSions were given by
Irving Blumberg, Samuel Rubi-
ner, Madrice Klein, Milton Mah-
ler, - Benjamin Wilk, Max Schayo-
witz, Dr. Charles Lakoff and
Paul Broder. Their total secured
amounted to $3,502,024.
It was announced that the $4,-
156,199 raised represented 667 per
cent of the goal and half of the
assigned cards-23,863 out of the
47,606 potential givers having
contributed thus far.
Sobeloff, Glazer, Speak
Isidore Sobeloff, campaign di-
rector, pointing out that the sum
raised already exceeds the goal
attained last year, declared that
the balance of $2,000,000 to be
secured means a new drive, that
from this point on a serious ef-
fort is needed to raise the balance.
Dr. B. Benedict Glazer, speak-

ZOA Has 226,000 Members
NEW YORK.—The member-
ship of the Zionist Organization
of America for the seven month
' period since the start of its fiscal
' year, Oct. 1, 1947, now has
reached a total of more than 220,-
000, according to an announce-
- ment by Dr. Emanuel. Neumann,
ZOA president. This figure, the
announcement said, includes
some 46,000 new recruits, and
exceeds the total enrolled for the
entire previous 12 month period.

Haganah Repulses
Syrian Invaders

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JERUSALEM, (:TA) — Ha-
ganah announced that attacks on
five Jewish settlements, on the
northeastern border facing Syria,
by 8,000 invading Syrian, Leban-
ese . and Iraqi troops were re-
pulsed, while the British reveal-
ed that they were rushing troops,
tanks and heavy guns from Mal-
ta and Cyprus to Palestine be-
cause of the rapidly "deteriorat-
ing situation" which they said
had resulted from the Irgun's at-
tack on Jaffa. Meanwhile, the
Jews and Arabs in Jerusalem

er of the afternoon, expressed joy
in the fact that the fighting spirit
of Haganah is reflected in the ef-
foits of the campaign workers.
He declared that work for and
contributions to the drive mean
identification with the communi-
ty. "The way to get Jewish news
off the front pages is to help
solve the serious problems," he
declared. "You are bringing
peace of mind to the needy with
your work, and gifts and you also
are bringing peace- of mind to
yourselves through this great
task. As long as we have faith
that our people will win out all
of us are going to win."

Scrap Iron AK' Pledges Rise

CANBERRA, Australia, (JTA)
—Arthur A. Calwell, Minister for
Immigration, stated that pass-
ports would be refused to Aus-
tralians seeking to fight on either
side in Palestine: He added that
persons attempting to obtain
passports by subterfuge" would.
forfeit all claims to Australian
protction.

THE JEWISH NEWS-5
Friday, May '7, 1948

SPECIAL RATES FOR

DECORATION DAY WEEK-END

Junior Workers
To Wind Up Drive
At Party Sunday

Junior Division workers have
reported a total of about $63,000
raised to date, following the tabu-
lation of figures from the fifth
report meeting, held May 3
This represents more than 84 per
cent of the Juniors' quota of
$75,000.
A remarkable increase of more
than 165 per cent over that raised
last year has been maintained by
the juniors throughout their
campaign. Individual increases
hdve ranged from no pledge in
1947 to $50, $100, and $500 in 1948.
A number of pledges honoring
new-born babies and young child-
ren have been. turned in to the
juniors by parents and friends.
To encourage their workers
to make final reports and turn
in all slips to their captains, a
number of division chairmen
have held divisional social events.
As the wind-up meeting for
their division the Juniors will
hold a report party Sunday evE-
fling, May 9, in the auditorium of
the Jewish Community center.
Featured entertainers at the affair
will be the Soft Winds, the
famous recording and composing
trio currently at the London Chop
House. Ron Fenton and his
orchestra will furnish music for
dancing. •
Final reports will be made by
all workers in the Junior Division
at this time. Barbara Greenberg
and Leonard Baruch, chairmen,
have expressed the hope that all
outstanding slips will be turned
in at this event.
As an incentive to complete
coverage of all slips, autographed
records will be given to the out-
standing division chairmen in the
Junior Division. The party is open
to all Junior Division workers
who have completed theirassign-
ments.

agreed to a truce in the Katamon
quarter following the interven-
tion of Palestine Chief Secretary
Sir Henry L. Gurney.

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The Jews of Palestine were
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Ben-Gurion, son of David Ben-
Gurion, Jewish Agency chairman.

DPs' Recovery Threatened;
Increased Aid Is Needed

Whether Europe's Jewish sur-
vivors, facing a series of condi-
tions that threaten their recov
ery efforts of the past three
years, " will continue to make
progress towards health and self-
support, depend_s primarily_ upon
immediate and increased Ameri-
can aid, declared Edward M. M.
Warburg, chairman of the Joint
Distribution Committee, upon his
return from Paris.
Mr. Warburg added that in ad-
dition to increasing supplies and
services, the agency must in-
crease reconstruction programs
as a means of meeting the. prob-
lem of those displaced economic-
ally, and as a morale booster in
DP Europe.

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Jewish Campaign gathered April
20 for a fund-raising meeting,
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