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Campaign Rally on June 2
To Hear Division Reports
THE JEWISH NEWS
Friday, May 28, 1948
15,000 DPs Entering Israel
Monthly, UJA Heads Learn
Gift Packages
Sent to Israel
Need $1,000,000 More to Reach 1948 Quota; Tributes
Paid to Memory of Fred M. Butzel at Workers' Dinner;
Meeting Arranged by Chairman Aronsson
Deciding unanimously to keep
- working until every slip is cov-:-
ered, Allied Jewish Campaign
workers have scheduled a spe-
cial rally for Wednesday, June
2, at 8:15 p.m., in the main audi-
torium of the Jewish Community
Center, when all divisions will
bring reports.
Abe Feinberg, New York
chairman of Americans for
Haganah and a UJA leader,
will be the guest speaker.
Passing the $5,000,000 mark
this week, the workers embarked
on the final $1,000,000 with 30%
of the slips remaining to be cov-
ered. One division, the mechan-
ical trades, under the leadersh?p
of Milton K. Mahler and Ben L.
Silberstein, became the first sin-
gle trade division in Detroit's
history to raise $1,000,000 and
continued going strong, with
pledges running an 80% increase
over 1947 gifts.
Pre-campaign workers, guests
of Maurice Aronsson, campaign
chairman, at a dinner Monday,
received plaques expressing ap-
preciation for their work so far.
"but," Aronsson emphasized,
"these are not graduation - di-
plomas, they are only Midsemes-
ters—since we still have close
to 100 slips to cover in pie-
campaign."
Observing a 30-second silence
in honor of the memory of Fred
M. Butzel; honorary chairman of
the drive, workers pledged to
rededicate themselves to the
campaign so that its success
might be a tribute to his con-
tribution of leadership to this
Allied Jewish Campaign and
others which he headed in past
years.
Individual tributes were paid
to Mr. Butzel's memory by Ju-
lian H. Krolik, president of the
Jewish Welfare Federation and
vice-chairman of the campaign;
Abe Srere, campaign vice-chair-
man; Isidore Sobeloff, executive
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NEW YORK.—First food pack-
ages from Americans to friends
and relatives in embattled Israel
were sent May 22 to Tel Aviv
aboard the SS Elin Horn of the
Stevenson Lines, through the aus-
pices of Service for Palestine, Inc.,
with offices at 60 E. 66th St., New
York.
Service for Palestine, Inc., was
founded by the Keren Hay-esod
(Palestine Foundation Fund, Inc.)
as a non-profit project. The food
parcels contain approximately 20
pounds of Kosher foodstuffs all of
which have been selected in strict
conformity with Israel's present
nutritional needs. The organiza-
tion is working directly under the
guidance of the Israel food author-
ities. Particular stress has been
placed on supplying those items
which are temporarily scarce in
Israel.
• Dr. Werner Feilchenreld, who
heads Service for Palestine, Inc.,
stated that hundreds of orders are
being received daily at the of-
fices of the organization and that
shipments will be made on every
vessel leaving for Israel. Dr. Feil-
chenfeld, a Palestinian, came to
this country to help organize this
project. A resident of. Germany
where he was secretary of the
Berlin Chamber of Industry and
Commerce until 1934, Dr. Feil-
chenfeld settled in Palestine in
1935 and there directed, until
1940, the Jewish-Agency's organi-
zation for the transfer of the sav-
ings of Central. European Jewish
DR. SIMON
GREENBERG, immigrants. In 1943 Dr. Feilchen-
provost of the Jewish Theolog- feld was named to the presidency
ical Seminary of America, will of the Export Union of Palestine,
be acting president of the Sem- an association of various indus-
ithary for the Academic year trial and economic groups inter-
1948-49. Dr. Louis Finkelstein, ested in promoting the country's
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president of the Seminary, has exports.
been granted a leave of absence
during that period to carry out
further research in his rabbinic.
studies, it Was announced by
Alan M. Stroock, chairman of
the Seminary board.
director of the Federation; and
Henry V.Tineman, treasurer of the
Federation.
While several additional pledg-
es have been made to the cam-
paign in honor of Mr. Butzel's
memory, Krolik said, the Fed-
eration's executive committee
will meet this week to decide
upon. a suitable local memorial.
Emphasizing Mr. Butzel's wide
interests; embracing the many
causes embodied ih the drive,
as well as countless others,
Sobeloff said, "He had a mind,
a heart, a purse and a personal-
ity big enough for everything
that mattered."
Dr .Greenberg Named
Acting Seminary Head
Purely Commentary
By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
Fred M. Butzel--Blessed Be His Memory
Fred M. Butzel is dead. His spirit, however, will live on
for generations, in the memory of his contemporaries and in
the legends that will be passed on by us to future generations.
He was the most remarkable man of our time. Unselfish,
thoroughly devoted to human needs, a musician and lover of
art, highly cultured and as well informed on Jewish and
world affairs as any man, he was loved and admired. His
memory will be a blessing for all of us and for our children.
Of him it may well be said: "Zecher tzadik livracha"—the
memory of this saintly man shall be blessed for all time.
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'You Can't Put the Chicken Back in the Egg'
Jittery people need a lesson in courage. Too many of our people
who were jubilant a few days ago now are evincing a sense of fear
over what is occurring in Jerusalem. That's something to be avoid-
ed. People must remember they can not celebrate one day and then
collapse in fear the next. There must be a sense of proportion and
of recognition of realities in the present critical era for Israel.
Once again, we should go to Eretz Israel for a lesson in bravery.
In Israel they are saying: "You can not put the chicken back in the
egg." That's what they said in answer to the U. S. trusteeship pro-
posal after the UN decision of last November. That's what we must
say now, after the State of Israel has been proclaimed.
By sticking to the guns in Israel and to a policy of providing the
means for defense from this country, we'll retain the admiration
which Haganah has acquired from the non-Jewish world. If we are
firm, we'll fulfill the hope expressed by "Marcella" in Dr. Frank
Kingdon's column in the N. Y. Post: "Israel can prove that the
Middle East has more to gain from arable soil than Arab oil."
Herzl's Secretary at Rebirth of Israel Ceremony
Dr. Isidor Schalit, who was Theodor Herzl's secretary, was
among the 400- people who participated in the informal 40-minute
ceremony in Tel Aviv on the occasion of the creation of the State
of Israel. Francis Ofner, Christian Science Monitor correspondent
in Tel Aviv, quotes Dr. Schalit, who helped organize the first World
Zionist Congress, held in Basle, Switzerland, in 1897:
"When 51 years ago we decided at Basle to make Hatikvah the
Zionist anthem and the blue and white the colors of the Zionist
flag, even a young optimist like myself did not dare to hope I should
see with my own eyes how this flag and this anthem would be-
come the national insignia of our state."
We have witnessed a great occurrence. May the setbacks be
temporary, and may all of us have the courage to help the fighters
for freedom carry their battle to victory.
The Latest Story From Israel
Israel's courage is echoed in the latest story to come from Eretz.
The story goes that in the days when our pioneers were reclaiming
the desolate country which Arabs had transformed into a desert,
the early settlers, when asked whether they appreciated that the
hardships were hardly worth while the results, would say: "Perhaps
we shall not taste the fruits of our labors, but our children wIII."
Today, when the boys and girls of 15, 16, and 17, are asked whether
their sacrifices are worth while, reply: "We may not survive the
battles to see the fruits of our- efforts, but we are certain that our
parents and their grandchildren will, and that our efforts will give
them security."
This is the inexorable spirit which distinguished a strong people
and raises it above the degradations of the Galut.
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Junior Workers
Covering Special
Unassigned Slips
With 88 per cent of their slips
-covered, workers in the Junior
Division of the Allied Jewish
Campaign already have raised
$80,344 of the increased goal of
$100,000 which they volunteered
to accept, Leonard Bar.tich and
Barbara A. Greenberg, campaign
chairmen, announced this week.
Division B, headed by Margery
Davidson, and/ Division G, led by
Harvey Lipsitt, are the leaders
in coverage, while Division K,
with Norman Naimark as chair-
man, leads in amount of pledges
secured.
The 12 per cent of slips remain-
ing to be reported represents 1600
of the 12,420 slips originally as-
signed to Junior Division workers
including young adult prospects,
students and slips of retired
people unclassified in a trade or
professional division.
In addition, the Juniors took on
a special group of slips which
could not be covered within the
various trade and professional
divisions, because the prospects
were too widely scattered or be-
cause the prospects had left their
former place of employment.
Nearly $1500 has been collected
to date on these special slips
through home solicitation.
Revercomb Backs Up
His Restrictive DP Bill
WASHINGTON, D. C., (JPS)
—The long-delayed Senate de-
bate on legislation to admit dis-
placed persons into the United
States began last week with a
harangue by Senator Chapman
W. Revercomb, Republican, West
Virginia, who contended that
anything short of his own highly
restrictive measure would make
the United States a "dumping
ground" for European DPs. Rev-
ercomb is author of a bill, re-
centt approved by the Senate
Judiciary Committee, which
would admit 50,000 DPs over a
period of two years, subject to
strict requirements as to race,
nationality and occupation.
The Revercomb bill has been
denounced by President Truman
and by many Senators.
NEW YORK (JTA).—Homeless Jews are now entering
the new state of Israel at the rate of 15,000 a month and before
the end of 1948 the total number of immigrants' to Palestine
Will iKceed 120,000, Mrs. Goldie Mierson, administrator of the
Jewish section of Jerusalem and member of the Provisional
Council of Government, told the emergency national confer-
ence of the $250,000.000 United/-;>
Jewish Appeal.
Outlining plans for the great-
est resettlement program in the
history of the Jewish people, Mrs.
Meirson called upon 500 Jewish
leaders, assembled at the Astor
Hotel, for financial support to en-
already contributed this year. A
second resolution pledged "utmost
backing" to the beleaguered peo-
ple of Israel, while a third praised
President Truman for extending
recognition to Israel and urging
the lifting of the arms embargo.
Dr. Israel Goldstein, chairman
of the United Palestine Appeal,
reported that more than 530,000
Jews from Europe and other parts
of the world found new homes in
Palestine since the issuance of the
Balfour Declaration in 1917. He
declared that the establishment of
Israel represents the greatest
challenge to the generosity and
leadership of American Jewry.
William Rosenwald, UJA na-
tional chairman, declared that
"the time has come for rededica-
tion on a scale that will measure
up to the historic moment that
our generation has-been privileged
to witness." The events in Pales-
tine confront us with an opiPor-
%unity and a grave responsibility.
It• is up to us to determine what
use shall be made of the Oppor-
_.—International News Photo
tunity
and how well we shall
MRS. GOLDA 1VIEIRSON, photo-
graphed upon her arrival at La- Meet the responsibility."
Guardia Field in New York.
able Israel to receive and settle Rabbi Wolsey, = Founder
the large .number of new immi- Of Council for Judaism,
grants. She reported that the fa- Asks Support of Israel
cilities of the Tel Aviv port are
being expanded to accommodate
PHILADELPHIA, (JTA.) Dr.
the many ships that will be re-
Louis Wolsey, one of the foun-
quired for this mass transfer of
ders of the American Council for
refugees.
Judaism, called upon the Coun-
She also called for funds to
cil to dissolve itself since the
make possible the establishment Zionist movement, which
the
of 40 new agricultural settlements
and declared that the 25,000 Council opposes, has "discharged
Jewish refugees . now on Cyprus its function as a nationalist move-
would be transferred to Palestine ment and has attained its pur-
pose," now that Israel has been
in the next twd months.
• As chief Jewish executive in proclaimed.
Addressing the members of 'his
Jerusalem, Mrs. Meirson, who ar-
rived in this country by plane congregation, Temple R o d e p h
four days ago, deplored the battle Shalom, Dr. Wolsey said: "I be-
for the city. She charged • the lieve we should support the pres-
British Government with "delib- ent reality of a land of Israel,
erately seeking to destroy the with all our strength. As the
Jewish state of Israel" - through founder of the American Council
for Judaism, I call upon this or-
military aid to the Arab .states.
The establishment of Israel plus ganization to dissolve itself,. and
the "inspiring action" of President acknowledge 'what Mr. Austin
Truman in extending United called 'the realities,' and cease
States have
to the Jewish attacking a movement which in
state have raised the morale of spite of all its mistakes, gives our
Europe's 250,000 Jewish DP's to harried people the only possibil-
the highest point since V-E Day, ity of decency, freedom and dig-
Dr. Joseph J. Schwartz, Euro- nity."
pean chairman of the - Joint Dis- ' (In a statement issued ,in' New
tribution Committee reported to York this week, the Council for
the conference.
Judaism declared that Israel is a
The conference adopted a reso- foreign state to Americans of the
lution urging Jewish communities Jewish faith and is not the state
throughout the country to make a or homeland of the Jewish peo-
"supreme effort" to provide the ple. It expressed the hope that
$250,000,000 United Jewish Ap- the Zionist movement and the
peal. drive with $100,000,000 in Provisional Government would
cash by Aug. 1. This would be in sever claims upon lands in which.
addition to the $50,000,000 in cash Jewis reside.
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Heard in the Lobbies
(Copyright, 1948, Independent Jewish Press Service, Inc.)
By ARNOLD LEVIN
Lake Success Dispatch
The Security Council meets in session after session. American
delegate Austin is a happier man these days. He is fighting for a
cause he believes in. He has confidence in the words he utters. He
can look other delegates in the eye and say firmly and honestly—
the U. S. seeks to prevent war in the Middle West. We demand
action to prevent that war.
Sir Alexander Cadogan looks across the table at Israel's repre-
sentative Aubrey Eban, 33, with subdued passion in his honest voice,
and biting irony. Eban is British-trained. Wincing under the tongue-
lashing of Israel's brilliant young diplomat, Sir Alexander probably
thinks that Eban is Britain's loss, because this young spokesman for
the youngest state performed important functions for Britain during
the war. He was an up-and-coming man. He out-Englishes Cadogan
in his British accents, in his excellent manners, and his brilliant
addresses are among the best that have ever been delivered at the
UN within the memory of correspondents who have covered the UN
since San Francisco. His -speeches are placed by UN- observers on
a par with those of Sir Carl Berendsen, the UN's great humanitarian
spokesman.
Modest, amiable, seemingly -distracted, but always alert, Eban
has been seen around UN lobbies ever since the Palestine question
first came up. But he was more or less anonymous, the author, of
important memoranda. (Another shy, semi-anonymous figure and
author of brilliant key memoranda for Israel is Arthur Lourie, New
York director of the Jewish Agency for Palestine.) When Eban de-
livered his first speech to the Political Committee several weeks ago
it was a true eye-opener. Corrspondents began asking for informa-
tion about Eban. Now he has become an established figure.
Until now the USSR had the youngest diplomats. Now Israel
has produced the very youngest and one of they most brilliant.. We
cannot wait for the day when Israel will be officially seated in the
UN and Eban will begin defending other righteous causes besides
Israel's.
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- A little chronology on the speech he delivered last Tuesday.
This speech was dictated within two hours to a stenographer; sub-
sequently Eban had two appointments with diplomats; and by 2
o'clock he was out at Lake Success, where he hurriedly edited the
speech before going. into the Security Council at 2:30 p.