ZOD Seeks 1,000 Members
In Liberation Day Campaign

Harry Cohen, membership chairman of the Zionist Or-
ganization of Detioit's special libei.ation membership cam-
paign, is confident that 1,000 new members will join the
Zionist Organization of America as a result of the drive which
culminates. on May 16. He announced that in the pre-Libera-
tion Day efforts more than 200 new members have been
signed up. at parlor meetings and

on
special solicitatis.
Morris M. Jaco bS, ZOD presi-
dent, announced that the mem-
bership breakfast at the Rose Sit-
tig Cohen Bldg., on Sunday morn-
ing, at 10 a. m., will have as. guest
Joseph: Goldberg, of Worcester,
.Mass., chairman of the ZOA na:

JOSEPH GOLDBERG
tional membership committee,
honorary president of the New
England Zionist Region and a
member of the ZOA national ad-
ministrative committee.
The mernberghip committee, ac-
cording to Milton Marwil, pub-
licity chairman, expects at least
300 people at the breakfast. Mem-
bership chairinen of all ZOD chap-
ters have obtained pledges from
members of attendance at the
breakfast, including Chapter e I,
Haifa Chapter, Nordau Chapter,
Central Chapter and Northwest
Chapter. Detroit Masada has
pledged 50 of their members will
.attend the breakfast. Stanley .
Wallace is chairman for Masada.
Willie Shanfield, ' membership
chairman of Chapter I, expects
100 members of his group to be at
the breakfast. ,
Sidney Brand, co-chairman of
the campaign, reports that 30
members of Haifa Chapter will be
at the breakfast.
After the breakfast, the group
will break up into teams of two
and visit unaffiliated Jewish fam-
ilies throughout the city asking
them to join -the ZOA.
Soliciting will continue until 3
p. m., when the teams will report
to Central High School athletic
field to join in the mass demon-
stration called by the Zionist
Council of Detroit to salute the
rebirth of the Jewish State.

BREZNER AID SOCIETY is
holding a night of games Sunday,
May 16, at the Jericho Temple on
Joy Rd. All proceeds will go to
charitable causes.

Truman Commends
ADL Civic Service;
Report KKK Revival

LOS. ANGELES—The future-of
this nation will largely depend
on the outcome of "our national
struggle" to extend and preserve
civil rights, president Truman de-
clared in a message to the three-
day annual conference of Anti-
Defamation League of Bnai Brith.
Citing the League for its "years
of service to the common cause of
American democracy," Truman
asserted that "in the troubled
world of our time, we can hope
to fulfill our destiny as a nation
and as a people only if we are
able • to maintain our inner
strength."
"That-strength,." he said, "will
depend upon how well we pre-
serve and enrich our democratic
legacy. Citizen groups such as
the Anti-Defamation League ren-
der an invaluable service in- this
regard." •
The Ku Klux Klan is reappear-
ing "under new names but with
the same old viciousness," it was
reported at the conference. Milton
A. Senn, regional director of Anti-
Defamation League, reported that
the Ku Klux Klan is very active
in Southern California. The sneak-
er emphasized that methods used
by certain groups investigating
subversive activities were "fright-
ening away many liberals" from
participating in the work of com-
batting bigotry.
Must Solve Race Problem
Dore Schary, executive produc-
er at 11K0 Studios and producer
of the film "Crossfire," which
deals with anti-Semitism in the
United States, told the parley
that American Jews have a three-
fold responsibility—as Americans,
as Jews and as a people—with
regard to solving race hate
problems.
"In any community 'where there
are race tensions," he asserted,
"rabble-rousers invariably get
around to the Jews as scape-goats.
You can have no Jewish prob-
lem in a city where you do not
have a Negro problem, a Mexican
problem, a Japanese problem or
any other minority problem.
Violent anti-Semitism always
goes hand in hand with inti-soune-
thing else."
Justice ..Steinbrink of New
York was re-elected national
chairman of the Anti-Defama-
tion League. Benjamin R. Ep-
stein was re-elected secretary
and national director. Others re-
elected include Jacob Olson,
treasurer, and Richard E. Good-
stadt, executive vice-chairman.

Shapiro to Direct JDC
Education in Europe

Freedman Admits Gift
Of Anti-Zionist Funds

NEW YORK—Judah J. Shapi-
ro, associate national directoy of
Bnai Brith Hillel Foundations,
has been given a
leave of absence
until September,
1949, to serve as
director of Jew-
ish Education
Overseas for the
American Jew-
ish Joint Dis-
tribution C o m -
mittee, it has
been announced
J. J. Shapiro by Dr. A. L.
Sachar, national chairman of the
Bnai Briath Hillel Commission.
He will sail for Europe on May
14 with his family, and will have
his office in Paris, although his
work will take him to other parts
of the continent. In his new ca-
pacity, he„, will be responsible
for coordinating the work of
Jewish education and cultural
reconstruction in which the JDC
is so vitally interested.

NEW YORK, (JTA) — Benja-
min. H. Freedman, founder of the
League for Peace with Justice
in Palestine, who is a principal
witness in a libel suit action now
taking place in Mid-Manhattan
Magistrates Court, said that al-
though his parents were Jewish,
his wife and children are Cath-
olic and he attends church . serv-
ices regularly. He has not been
able to be baptized, however,
said. He added that he has st d-
ied at length "under Jesuit Fath-
ers."
Appearing at the libel suit
trial brought against the- Non-
Sectarian Anti-Nazi League by
Hallam Richardson, attorney fOr
his group, Freedman admitted
he spent -$100,000 in advertise-
ments td fight Zionism.

THE JEWISH NEWS-7

Friday, May 14, 1948

Tourists in Mexico
Get Immigrant Status

MEXICO CITY, (JTA) — A

group of Jewish tourists and vis-

itors in Mexico has been granted
full immigrant, status with full
rights .of employment in the
country, it was revealed in a
special decree issued by Presi-
dent Miguel Aleman.
This is the second such Jewish
group which has been "legalized,"
thanks to the efforts of the Jew-
ish Committee for Legal Affairs,
which was set up last year by
the Central Jewish Committee
and the JDC and -HIAS offices
here.

Riot Risks To Be Insured

JERUSALEM (ZOA)—A meet-
ing of businessmen and officials
of the Jewish Agency in Tel Aviv
decided to establish a National
Insurance Fund to cover all riot
risks throughout the country.

Help Redeem Judaea.
, 4,

Give a hearty welcome to the volunteer workers

of the Jewish National Fund at the

ANNUAL FLOWER BAYS

THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 20—SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 22

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ALL DAY SUNDAY, MAY 23

MAKE YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS AS LIBERAL. AS POSSIBLE

TO INCREASE LAND REDEMPTION AND. JEWISH SECURITY.

Flower Day Volunteer workers will meet at an Oneg Shabbaf 1

on Friday night, May 21, at the Labor Zionist

Institute, Linwood and Pasadena

.

Young people desiring to volunteer their services for Flower Days
are invited to call the

JEWISH NATIONAL FUND COUNCIL
TO, 8-7384
.11816 DEXTER BLVD,

1SSER BE1TNER,

TOVA SNYDER,

Co-Chairmen, JNF Flower Days.

Salute the Jewish State and the Fighters for Freedom!

We are counting on all Detroit Jews to be present at our community's demonstra-
tion of solidarity with the Palestine Yishuv on Liberation Day

SUNDAY, MAY .16, 3:30 P. M. SHARP Rain or Shine

On Central High School Athletic Field

PROMINENT SPEAKERS -

- LINWOOD and BURLINGAME

- - COLORFUL CEREMONIES

Every Detroit Jew---Man, Woman and Child---MUST Attend this Celebration

Arranged under auspices of Zionist Council of Detroit, Jewish Community
Council, their 200 affiliated organizations and cooperating Christian civic
and labor organizaiions.

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