Detroit Histadrut Adopts
Goal of $375,000 for 1949
Comay Says Election
Favors Peace Talks
Yechiel Hordes Makes Stirring Appeal for Labor Zionist
Movement; Delegates Chosen to National Convention;
Shecter Heads Furniture Dealers
UPA Chairman Acts to Include
Local Representatives on Board
NEW YORK — An extensive
memorandum outlining recent
important developments, on the
expansion of the governing bodies
of the United Palestine Appeal to
include representatives of Jew-
ish communities throughout the
country has been dispatched to
103 Jewish welfare funds in key
cities by Herman L. Weisman,
acting national chairman of 'the
United Palestine Appeal.
Mr. Weisman, who has just
been elected to his new post to
replace Dr. Israel Goldstein, an-
nounced that telegrams had been
sent to these communities re-
questing the appointment of two
representatives from each Wel-
fare fund "for the purpose of
consultation to best implement"
the plans for expanding UPA
governing bodies.
Mr. Weisman called attention
to the action taken by the UPA's
national conference in Chicago,
which unanimously endorsed the
resolution passed by the exec-
utive committee to grant to com-
munities representation of one-
Detroit Histadrut on Nov. 11
set a goal of $375,000 for 1949— 1 Branches 79. and 557), Morris
an increase of $100,000 over the
Ross (Bereznitzer), William
amount raised last year.
Thomson (LZOA Branch No. 2),
Workers in the campaign and
Louis Levine, chairman of or-
representatives of organizations
ganizations, and J. L. Wolock,
adopted the recommendation of
Scrap healers' Division.
the campaign executive commit-
Under the leadership of _Nathan
tee for the larger goal in view of Shecter, prominent 12th Street
the Israeli emergencies that de- furniture dealer, Detroit furni-
MICJIAEL S. COMAY
mand stronger support of ac- ture dealers met• last week and
In a statement made upon his
tivities for the upbuilding of the `laid plans for the immediate
return from Paris as a member
' Jewish State from American launching of
of the Israeli Mission to the
Jewry.
their Hista-
After an appeal made by Harry drut efforts.
United Nations and as head of
Schumer, campaign chairman,
the British Commonwealth Divi-
Morris Lieb-
the gathering pledged to secure erman, chair- -
sion of the Israeli Ministry . of
a major portion of the goal, in
Foreign Affairs, Michael S. Co-
loans as well as outright gifts; man of the
may declared that the election of
HistadruV
within 10 days. A number of
President Truman has helped
workers advanced loans tb the campaign
create a favorable atmosphere
-Histadrut, boosting the total al- executive
for , direct peace talks in Pales-
ready made available as a loan to
tine. The above photograph was
board, ad-
$60,000.
taken during a press conference
dressed t h e
with Comay in Washington.
"The credit of the Histadrut
gathering and
•
Schecter
• was firmly established last year
lauded the efforts of the furni-
when all loans were -repaid
ture committee, now four years Mrs. Halperin Reelected
within 90 days," Mr. Schumer
old, pointing out that last year, TO. Hadassah PresidencY.
said.
Yechiel Herbert Hordes, son 100 n e w prospects h a d been
of Mr. and Mrs. William Hordes, reached.
ATLANTIC CITY (JTA)—The
Jack Malamud, the committee Hadassah convention approved a
_ a student at the Haifa Technical
Institute (Technion), who re- vice chairman, announced that budget of $6,535,000 for the forth-
turned two weeks ago from Is- the expanded committee also in- coming year. The .5,000 delegates,
' rael, delivered a stirring_ address cludes Louis Phillips, Walter representing 250,000 Hadassah
- at this gathering. He substituted Rabinowitz, Aaron Berg, David members in 47
for Morris L. Schaver who had Betman, Larry Chanin, Julius states, also re-
not yet returned to the United Danto, Herman Gach, Samuel elected Mrs.
Staets from Europe and Israel Kohlenberg, Maurice Levy, Dave Samuel W. Hal-
at the time the meeting took Metz, Morris Pais, Irving Ruby, prin as national
place. Yechiel HordeS said in Al Sklar, Lawrence Weingarden, president.
the course of his address in which Earl Weingarden, Rudolph Shul-
The final bud-
he .described his observations in man, Nathan Mandeberg, Leon get represented
Rives,
Hy
Pickman,
Charles
Solo-
Haifa and other centers in Israel
vich, Bernard Cohen and Mary an increase of
during the .war:
$500,000 over
- "Early in the year, we saw Ruby.
t h e $5,935,000
The
next
organizational
meet-
convoys move through the cities
budget original-
`inadequately protected and poor- ing of the committee will be held ly recommended Mrs. Halprin
ly manned; but in a short time Wednesday evening, Nov. 24, at by the Hadassah national board,
these same trucks were heavily the home of Mr. Malamud.
since. the delegates insisted that
armored and guarded by young
an additional half-million dollars
men and women who seemed to
Honduras Grants
be allocated to assure the _estab-
be as well trained and armed
lishment of a medical school in
as any soldiers we saw in this
Israel Recognition
Israel by next May 15. An addi-
country. "I spoke with many of
tional $100,000 was set aside for
these young men later and • they
NEW YORK (JTA) — The
an expanded Youth Aliyah pro-
told me how the Solel. Boneh,
government of Honduras has
gram.
t h e cooperative construction
decided . to extend recognition
Mrs. Gershon Agronsky, of ,
coinpany of the Histadrut, moved
to the state of Israel. Honduras
Jerusalem, was. elected chairman
into the battle areas with huge
thus became the 17th country
of the Hadassah Council in
bulldozers and digging machines
to recognize the Jewish 'state.
Palestine, to succeed the late Dr.
to build fortifications and dig
Judah L. Magnes.
trenches. I also saw the famous
Burma Road of Israel built by
_ the. Solel Boneh to relieve the
seige of Jerusalem. Many of the
- wounded soldiers told how the
$4295
Natural Wild Mink 50 inch Coat
many Histadrut hospitals and rest
homes had been turned over to
2395
Natural Ranch Mink 48 inch Coat.
them; and how even in the most
outlying settlements, they re-
1795
Natural Wild Mink Cape-Stole
ceived aid through the Histadrut
Kupat Holim clinics."
1095
Canadian I I-stripe 48-inch Beaver Coat
He related how the "black
1095
Black Persian Lamb, Plain or mink trim
market" in supplies was kept to
a minimum because of the effec-
895
Grey Persian Lamb Coat
tive .distribution system of 7iriu-
vah and Hamasbir, the cooper-
ative marketing and distributing
agencies of the Histadrut which
handled the bulk of the supplies
for the cities and smaller com-
munities, and concluded by Say-
ing:
"I came back from Israel
more convinced than ever of
the tremendous job that the
Histadrut is doing to help build
- and secure the Jewish State.
The faster we can get help to
them, the quicker the job can
be •finished in Israel."
Rabbi Moses Lehrman of the
Bnai Moshe 'Synagogue, in brief
comments,' wished the delegates
and workers success in attaining
the $375,000 quota. He pointed
out that he was familiar with the
Histadrut, • having served as hon-
orary . chairman • of .Histradut ef-
- forts in Buffalo, N. Y. •
Sam Rabinovitz, campaign di-
. rector, reported that more than
$274,000 was raised last year and
that expenses were below last
year's and the lowest of 'Histadrut
.campaigns for the entire country.
Detroit representatives who
- were elected to the 25th an-
nual convention of the Na-
tional Committee for Labor
Palestine in New York include:
Harry Schumer, A. J. Katz
(Pinsker Aid), J. Brody (La-
°howitzer), - S a m. Pronzek
(Warshawer), Norman Cottler
(Farband Branch No. _137),
Something Old
Has Been
Subtracted ..
Max Shmukler (Farband
third of the membership of all
governing bodies of the United
Palestine Appeal.
Regarding the Council of Jew-
ish Federations and Welfare
Funds, which represents the local.
Jewish welfare funds throughout
the country as member agencies,
Mr. Weisman declared his readi-
ness to consult the Council on
the effective continuation of UJA
for 1949 and the manner of im-
plementing the UPA resolution
which called for expanding the
governing bodies of the UPA.
The United Palestine Appeal Is
a constituent agency of the
United Jewish Appeal's $250,000,-
000 nation-wide campaign.
The executive board of the
Yiddish Scientific Institute —
YIVO—has announced that the
23rd annual conference of the
Yivo will take place. in Nevi
York, Jan. 15 to 18.
THE -JEWISH NEWS-3
Friday, 14ovember 19, 1948
•
•
•
•
Here, at FURS by VICTOR, we have discarded
the so called "new look" . . . it is passed ...
•
it belongs to an older, by-gone day in fashion!
There is .a more advanced, bolder note in
•
the creation of luxury furs. It is smoother,
sleeker, more glamourous than anything -lash-
•
ion stylists hove offered in decades . . . and
•
of course, Victor is among the first in the
nation to create it in furs.
Home of the Fabulous
"Star of the North" Mink.
'MI MADISON THEATER BLDG:, 1567 BROADWAY