Young Israel Building Event Set for Sunday Afternoon At 1:30 p.m. this Sunday on Dexter Blvd. between Sturtevant and Fullerton, Young Israel of Detroit will lay the cornerstone for its youth center, culminating several years of intensive plan- ning and work. Following introductory remarks by the chairman of the building committee, Dav- id I. Berris, and greetings f r o m the Council of Orthodox Rabbis and the Jewish Welfare Feder- ation, those as- sembled will hear the nation- al director of Young Israel, Dr. Weiss Dr. Samson R. Weiss. Rabbi Weiss is well known to the Detroit Jewish community, having served as dean of Yeshi- vath Beth Yehudah for several years. In an effort to augment the work of the general membership and its building committee, Mor- ris Karbal has organited a corn. munity steering committee,' con- sisting of the following: Benj a- mM Gould, Samuel Hechtman, Morris Kaner, Max Kaplan, Ar- thur Klein Morris Mohr, Abe Nusbaum, Henry G. Keywell, Morris Snow and Max Temchin. The building committee in- cludes Berris, as chairman; Sam- uel W. Platt, vice chairman, and committee members Harry L. Blitz, Mrs. Hyman R. Cohen, Solomon B. Cohen, Charles T. Gellman, Jerome W. Kelman and Abbe A. Levi. The second sessions of the De- troit Young Israel Institute for Jewish Studies will be held Tues- day evening, Nov. 16, at Central High School. Registration will continue for one more week for the basic Hebrew, conversational MORRIS KARBAL Hebrew, Eretz Israel and Tal- mudic literature courses. For further information contact the Young Israel 'office, 12244 Dexter, TO. 8-8064. Mt. Clemens Drive Heading for Goal Excellent response is reported in the Mt. Clemens $45,000 drive for the United Jewish Appeal. At a dinner for special gifts donors, Dr. Joseph N. Scher, spe- cial gifts chairmen, reported $31,640 already pledged. • Louis Berry. and Joseph Holtzman of Detroit were among the guests at the dinner. Max Elkin is chairman of the campaign and Louis M. David heads the appeal council. Purely Commentary By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ The Yoke of the People: The Yoke of God By this time retrospective review of the results of the national election becomes trite. But there are many things to be said about the national, state and local contests and the issues that created so much tension in the last few days of the campaign and during the tense hours when tens of millions of Americans awaited the final results. The 1948 election proved the validity of the famous statement that "the voice of the people is the voice of God." The false prophets were doomed, the newspapers were repudiated, those who claim to be taking polls of popular opinion stand rebuked. (Were YOU ever asked for an opinion in the so-called "popular polls"? ) We wonder whether the Pearsons and the Winchells will con- tinue to spout "I predict" broadcasts? Will the "popular polls" go the way of the Literary Digest? President Truman had very little support from the country's newspapers. He had no support from his own cabinet members. What about the future? Will he permit interference from his cabinet on major' issues, such as the State of Israel? He has the backing of the American people in a program of action in the best interests of the people and in support of his pledges. We sincerely hope that he will be firm in his action of adherence to pledges and that _le will start smacking at some knuckles, even if they belong to his cabinet members. And the press! Editors of the "great" American newspapers have assumed to express all sorts of opinions on all issues. We can't help thinking of the Israel problem. If our newspapers were to give ear to a small portion of the basic principle called JUSTICE, they would gain stronger support from their readers and their editorials would not be laughed at or ignored. The Detroit Free Press' opinion- ated view on Judah L. Magnes a week ago took the cake, and its post-election analysis is another sample of the nonsense which emanates from the holy of holies of those who dictate editorial opinion. Without looking into the issue, the Free Press assumed to express judgment on Arab-Jewish relations, ignoring the fact that Magnes had failed to get a response from the Mufti-led Arabs and that, on the other hand, independent Arabs are all out in favor of a Jewish State. Isn't this like the Free Press attitude on national elec- tions, on labor issues, on questions like the Callahan Bill which it should have fought tooth and nail if it means sincerely to battle for the right? Isn't its interpretation of the election result—that Truman won on the strength of local candidates—proof of shallow thinking? This brings us to a state issue. Governor Kim Sigler invited defeat 13:- his inconsistency. He signed the Callahan Bill, al- though he referred to it as a "cock-eyed" measure. If it was cock-eyed, Kim, (you said you liked being referred to by your first name), why did you sign it? It is unfortunate that public opinion was not guided properly to secure action against that un- American bill which purportedly (again we quote Mr. Sigler's opinion) was aimed at Communists. Instead, the bill threatens the civil liberties of all Michigan citizens. The retiring governor should know that many votes were cast against him because he was lacking in courage in dealing with the Callahan Bill and similar issues that arose in Michigan in the past two years. Congressman Howard Coffin was defeated as a result of a Democratic landslide. But he can account for many negative votes by citizens who resented his failure to vote against the anti-Semitic and anti-Catholic displaced persons bill, in addition to the stand he took on other measures. That's the way it is, Mr. Coffin. Many people feel keenly on basic issues, and all of the people are not blind all of the time. There remains this to hope for: that President Truman will insist upon the adoption of a just DP bill, that he will fight for Israel's cause with as much fervor as he spoke about it at the great Madison Square rally in New York, that he will strive to remain the spokesman for the people on all issues. And let us hope that Governor-Elect G. Mennen Williams of Michigan will not tolerate such nonsense as red-baiting and witch-hunting. Good luck, Mr. President—and all who are to wort: with you in the next administration! May your term of office prove to be four years of great accomplishments for our great country, leading to prosperity and tranquility for the American people and peace for the entire world! 2—THE JEWISH NEWS Friday, November 12, 1948 Independent Fund Drives Analysed In JWF Reports First of a series of informa- tional reports on organizations conducting independent appeals for funds in Detroit was released by the Jewish Welfare Federation to contributors to the Allied Jew- ish Campaign. • The initial report is devoted to Jewish the four major national. Jewish hospitals for the treatment of tuberculosis and is designed to give members of the Federation factual material useful in help- ing them determine (1) whether they should participate in those campaigns and (2) the extent of this participation. Agencies covered in the first report include the Ex-Patients' Tubercular Home, Denver; the Jewish Consumptive Relief As- sociation, Los Angeles; the Jewish Consumptive Relief Society, Den- ver, and the National Jewish Hospital, Denver. None of these hospitals is now a beneficiary of the Detroit Allied Jewish Cam- paign. The National Jewish Hos- pital, which was included in the local campaign through 1947, re- fused the budgeted allocation in 1948. The Federation's release em- phasized that "distribution of this material is not to be regarded either as endorsement or as dis- approval of the organization. Any decision to contribute in what- ever measure is in the last analy- sis a personal responsibility." Preparation of this material re- sulted from repeated requests by prospective Contributors; for in- formation from the Federation regarding agencies whose fund- raising is conducted independent- ly of the Allied Jewish Campaign, which this year included more than 50 local, national and over- seas service. Copies of the Federation state- ment, as well as information about other Jewish agencies, may be secured upon request at the Federation office, Owen Build- ing, 250 West Lafayette, WO. 5-3939. Requests , should be di- rected to -Ben M. Mandelkorn, administrative assistant. To Join in JINF Conclave State Jewish Communities Congressman Dingell, Commander Joshua L. Goldberg, Mendel Fisher and Other Prominent Officials to Address All-Day Sessions at Detroit-Leland Hotel, Nov. 21 tional executive• director of Jewish communities through out Michigan have been invited JNF who will stop in Detroit to send delegates to the annual on the way from the west Jewish National • Fund Confer- coast, and prominent public ence to he held all day Sunday, officials. Irving W. Schlussel and Wil- Nov. 21, at the Detroit-Leland liam Hordes, president and Hotel. Arthur Shutkin, who was the chairman of the board of the executive director of the JNF JNF Council, and leaders in the Council of Detroit until two • JNF Women's Auxiliary will months ago, has been called back preside at some of the sessions, to Detroit to arrange the confer- including the panel discussion meetings planned for the confer- .ence. Arrangements are being made for participation in the dis- cussions and on committees of leaders in landsmanschaften, wo-- men's organizations and 'local fraternal groups. All -Detroit organizations are called upon immediately to elect five delegates each 'to the conference or to have them ap- pointed in instances of organ- izations not meeting during the coming week. The names of 'the delegates should be sub- mitted to the JNF office, 11816 Dexter, TO. 8-7384. Commander Goldberg was the first rabbi to be commissioned as chaplain in the Third Naval District during World War II. He then held the rabbinic post ARTHUR SHUTKIN in Astoria, L. I. Born in Russia, ence. Mr. Shutkin was the or- he was graduated from the He- ganizer of last year's successful brew schools and Gymnasium of statewide convention which at- Bobruisk. He came to the United tracted interest among all local States in. 1917, served with the organizations. American Expeditionary Forces "We already have assurances in France in World War I, was that nearly every Jewish corn- graduated from the Jewish In- munity in Michigan will be rep- stitute of Religion in 1926 and resented at our conference," Mr. commenced his services in the Shutkin stated. "We are arrang- rabbinate in that year. ing for outstanding speakers and He speaks six languages — the reports that will be heard will enlighten our communities English, Hebrew, Yiddish; Rus- on the needs of the JNF in the sian, French, and German. As Naval Chaplain, he toured the area of a restored Israel." western war theater. In 1945 he "Among the speakers al- was named Assistant District ready secured for this confer-. Chaplain in • the Third 'Naval ence are. Congressman John D. District. He was given high Dingell, great defender of the citation for his war services by cause of the State of Israel; Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal. - Early Deadline for ThanksgivingWeek Sholom Aleichem Concert to Feature Cleveland Soloist Saul Meisels, Cleveland bari- tone, will be the guest soloist at the annual concert of the Sholem Aleichem Institute, to be held at 8:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 28, at the Jewish Center. Guest speaker will be Yudel Mark, executive director of the Jewish Education Committe of New York, an outstanding auth- ority in the field of Yiddish edu- cation. A group of pupils from the Sholem Aleichem Schools will appear in a dramatic presenta- tion. Tickets for the concert can be secured in the office of the Institute; HO. 5404, or from members of the institute. Isaac Finkelstein, will be speak- er at the Oneg Shabat' of the Sholem Aleichem Institute, Fri- day, Nov. 12. He will speak on the Yiddish writer, Lamed Sha- piro, who died recently in Cali- fornia. Excerpts from the writers works will be read by members of the Institute. Mrs. Bella Gold- berg will offer Shabat solos and lead community singing. All are welcome. The Oneg Shabbat is held at 3754 Monterey and be- gins at 9 p.m. U.S. Israel Corporation. Plans Large-Scale Housing Projects NEW YORK.—The newly- formed Israel Corporation of Am- erica—the corporation organized by leading American Zionists to further the economic uphuilding of Israel through a vast program of housing and. the promotion of essential industries—has entered into a partnership agreement with the Jewish Agency (World Zionist Organization for the first large-scale housing projects - to be built in the Jewish State, it was announced by Jacob M. Alkow, secretary of the Israel Corporation of America. Comm. Goldberg Mendel Fisher Commander Joshua Goldberg, brilliant speaker and noted leaders, Mendel N. Fisher, na Due to Thanksgiving, the issue of The Jewish News of Friday, Nov. 26, will have to be mailed a day earlier than usual. The deadline ftor copy for that issue therefore will be advanced to 9:30 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 22, with a Friday noon, Nov. 19, deadline for photographs. Between You and Me By BORIS SMOLAR (Copyright. 1948, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, inc.) Behind the Scene Now that the controversy within the United Palestine Appeal has become public, it can be revealed that UPA leaders in New York were amazed by the attitude of the Jewish Agency in Jerusalem Imme- diately after the conflict. broke out, American members of the agency executive asked the executive in Jerusalem for a declaration con- demning the dissidents within UPA . But this demand remained tin- answered and no clear statement has been received from Israel even as these lines are being written ... On the other hand, Henry Montor, leader of the dissident group; was apparently expecting open support from•Eliezer Kaplan, Israeli. Finance Minister, but did not get it .. . UPA leaders fear that other dissident groups may be formed within the Zionist movement in this country for the purpose of securing funds from the Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds, if the pro- Montor group is not censured by Israeli sources . . . They cabled the agency in Jerusalem for a second time stating that if no definite declaration against the dissidents is forthcoming, UPA may be whit- tled down to the detriment of the entire Zionist mvoement . . . Mean- while the pro-Montor group held a secret conference at Dixie Hotel, New York, to map its future campaign -• . . It is understood that the group intends to organize before the end of this year a national agency under the name of "American Israel Fund" to compete with UPA . . . Matters may change after the expected arrival of a Jewish Agency delegation from Israel which will confer with members of the American branch of the Jewish Agency . . . The attitude of the American members is that the Jewish Agency must make it known that it will not endorse any new groups competing with UPA. * * The "Partnership" Issue The Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds is intensi- fying its campaign to secure representation for Jewish community leaders in agencies which get financial support from federations or welfare funds and speaks of a "partnership" between Jewish com- munities and agencies supported by community funds. At present the issue has been taken up by UPA which is ready to give to the federations a 33 percent representation on its governing bodies . But other organizations benefiting from community funds will soon also face the same issue ... Stanley C. Myers, president of the Coun- cil of Federations, emphasizes that this is- definitely not a question of "local versus national" ... He explains that when speaking of "part-- nership" in the national agencies, the community leaders "are speak- ing of a genuine cooperative partnership."