6—THE JEWISH NEWS

Prof. Freudenthal to Be Honored
At Technion Dinner Here Jan. 15

A committee of prominent De-
/biters has been enrolled to spon-
sor the annual dinner of the
Detroit Chapter of the American
Technion Society which supports
the Haifa'- (Israel) Institute of
Technology. -
Prof. Alfred M. FreUdenthal,
World famous structural engineer,
will be the guest speaker at the
dinner, which will be held Satur-

PROF. A. M. FREUNDENTHAL
day, Jan. 15, at the Engineering
Society in the Rackham Bldg.
Leon Kay is chairman of the
Detroit Technion Chapter. Other
officerS are: Benjamin Wilk, vice-
chairman; Louis Milgrom, secre-
tary; Milton Donor, treasurer;
Joseph • Epel, Louis Gelfand,
HarVey Goldman, Isadore E.
Goodman, Abe Kasle, Daniel
Mendelson, Louis Redstone, Dave
Segal and Karl Segall, board
memhers.
— The dinner committe includes
A. M. Babitch, -Louis Berry,

Samuel Brody, Sol Dann, Sol
Edelman, Dora Ehrlich, Walter
Field, Arthur Fleischmann, Wil-
liam Friedman, Louis Gelf and;
Mrs. Louis Glasier, Louis Har-
rison, William Hordes, Morris
Jacobs, Mrs. Harry Jones, Ben-
jamin Laikin,• Mrs. Maurice Lan-
dau, Nathan Linden, Louis Mil-
grom, Phillip Nusholtz, Hyman
Safran, Morris Schaver, Irving
Schlussel,' Harry Schumer, Saul
Sloan, Philip Slomovitz and
Joseph Yolles.
Dr. Freudenthal, the guest
speaker, is professor of civil
engineering at the Haifa Tech-
nion. An authority on structures,
foundations, applied mechanics
and the theory of materials, he
has served as consulting engineer
in charge of construction projects
and as - chief engineer of the
Haifa Marine Trust Ltd.
Now a visiting professor at
Columbia University, Prof. Freu-
denthal was the winner of the
1947 Normal Medal for the best
paper of the year on the subject
"Safety of Structures," awarded
by the American Society of Civil
Engineers. He has been accorded
many other honors in connection
with his work on fatigue of
materials. His papers haVe been
published by the Royal Society
of London and haVe appeared
in Proceedings of Civil Engi-
neering in the U. S. In Warsaw,
in 1936,- he was awarded an
international prize for a design
for a • bridge over the Vistula
River. He has designed. a 2,000
foot sewage tunnel for the city
of Tel Aviv.

Nathan Shever Em ulates Brother 9
Gives Israel $50,000 on Birthday

Friday, January 7, 1949

Camping Association
Elects David Aptekar
To State Presidency

The Michigan Camping Asso-
ciation, parent professional or-
ganization of all accredited camps
in Michigan, and a section of the
American Camping Association,
announces the election of David
Aptekar of 18610 Wisconsin, to
the presidency of the organiza-
tion for a two-year term.
Aptekar has been a 'director of
the svnior unit of Fresh Air Camp,
Farband Camp, and Camp Ha-
bonim.. For the past eight years
he has served as director of Camp
Livingstone near Cincinnati. He is
the author of articles on camping
and educati-On, and a frequent
speaker in these fields.
He has been a member of the
Association for many years, and
is a past state treasurer. He is
also a member of the Religious
School board of Temple Israel,
the board of the Metropolitan De-
troit Science Teachers, the na-
tional board of the American
Camping Association, and is past
president of the club leaders'
group of the Jewish Center.

Judge Butzel, Brother
Finance Nurses' Home

The home of the late Fred M.
Butzel at 299 Mack Ave., which
has been established - as the
"Parkside Hospital Nurses Home
—A Fred M. Butzel Memorial,"
was purchased by Parkside Hos-
pital with funds furnished by
Michigan's Supreme Court Justice
Henry M. Butzel and Lawrence
M. Butzel of New York, brothers
of the deceased leader. In addi-
tion to presenting this building
for a nursing home, Mr. Butzel's
two surviving brothers have paid
By FRANK X. MARTEL
for most of the furnishings. The
Detroit—Wayne County Federation of Labor
article in last week's issue of The
I send you my best wishes on this important occasion Jewish News was in error.

Detroit Labor Leaders Pledge Aid
To Brother Workers in Palestine

when you are launching your 1949 Detroit Histadrut Cam-
paign for $375,000 to help your brothers and sisters in Israel.
The organized workers of this country, and all people of good
will, will stand with you. and the workers of Israel in 'the
great goals that you seek to accomplish.

Peoples of all faith admire the
fight that the Jews of Israel' are an . equally ancient feudalism
putting up in order to secure their Which is desperately trying to
independence and -a home- of root' out the seeds of democracy
their own. every people has a which were planted by. those peo-
right to have a land of its own ple who had returned to the land
and 'certainly the Jewish people, of their fathers to establish a
who have done so much to • en- homeland.
rich the cultures of other nations,
The effort of reaction is bound
should not be denied the • right to
their- . own 1 a n d. They have to fail, for in the vanguard is the
shown that they can accomplish organiiation of Jewish workers,
the miracle of turning the dekrts the Histadrut. Unity, democracy
and _swamps of Palestine into a and security guaranteed by His-
flourishing garden of abundance tadrut will prove the armament
most effective in this battle.
through their own efforts, .sac-
We, of the Michigan State CIO
rificeS and toil; and as this has
happened, their Arab neighbors Council, wholeheartedly endorse
the aims, and efforts of our great
have greatly benefitted. -
Now, they are also showing that sister -organization, Histadrut, and
they know how to fight for their call,upon our affiliates and their
rights against powerfUl forces members to aid in every way pos-
who blindly seek to retard the sible 'the fulfillment of that ob-
jective.
path of enlightenment and ,pro-
gress that the Jewish pioneers
and workers are bringing to the Shutkin Addresses
entire Middle East. •
Throughout the years, b y Many Organizations
words backed,up by deeds, I, and,
the great body of organized work-
Arthur Shutkin, executive di-
ers that I represent,, have made _rector of the Jewish National
it very clear where we stand in Fund Council, has addressed a
this fight: - We are particularly• number of organizations during
proud that we have been able to the week and is scheduled to ad-
give moral and financial aid to dress others during the coming
the Histadrut of Israel, that 're-' week. His schedule follows:
Jan. 2, Eishishker Society; Jan. 3,
markable body of workers, which•
Abraham Free Loan; Jan. 3, Yid-
carries such important responsi-• Beth
dish Folks Ferein; Jan. 4, Odessa
bilities in shaping the destinies of Progressive Aid Society; Jan. 4,
Chenstochover Rajoner Verein; Jan. 5,
the Jewish State,
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David Horodoker Benevolent Society;
Jan. 5, Rovner Progressive Verein;
From what they have shown Jan.
11, Brisker Progressive Aid Socie-
thus far, I am •confident that the ty; Jan, 12, Bereznitzer Aid Society;
Jews of Israel, led by the His- Jan. 12, Polonner-Woliner Aid Associ-
tadrut, will win their great battle ation; Jan. 13, Bereditchever Progres-
for freedom, independence and sive Aid Society; Jan. 13; Junk Ped-
the chance of living like digni- dlers' Union.
fied human beings. I can assure
you, that the Detroit and Wayne
County Federation of Labor, will
continue to give the Histadrut
and the people of Israel our full
and uninterrupted support.
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'OPEN ALL NIGHT

RABBI LEON FRAM gave the
prayer at the ceremonies mark-
ing the inauguration of Gover-
nor G. Mennen Williams, in
Lansing, Saturday morning.

In these turbulant times, many
small nations are fighting for
their right to exist. NOt the least
of these is the gallant Israel.
There, in Palestine, an ancient

iarP_A*ce , ssfxi-11/7*, 404sing.

LINWOOD at TAYLOR

NATHAN SHEVER
Detroit, now is the head of the
Clean Coverall Supply Co. in St.
Louis.
At Sunday's dinner, at which
Isaac Hamlin of New York was
guest speaker, the audience of
500 planted 3000 trees in Mr.
Shever's honor.

RICHARD LLOYD GEORGE,
second Earl of Dwyfor, will be
the speaker at Detroit Town Hall,
Wednesday morning, Jan. 12, at
11 o'clock, in the Fisher Theater.
His subject will be "Outlook in
Europe."

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THE KEY!

By BARNEY HOPKINS
State CIO Council

ST. LOUIS, Mo.—Continuing a
family tradition that has aroused
nationwide interest, Nathan She-
ver, former Detroiter, Sunday
night announced a gift of $50,000
for projects in Israel, their nature
to be designated later. This sum -
is exclusive of and in addition to
other gifts he and his family are
making to. Histadrut, the Jewish
National Fund and the United
Jewish Appeal.
Shever's brother, 'Morris L.
Schaver of Detroit, five years ago
gave $50,000 for Palestine, and
this fund has since been boosted
to close to $100,000 for the erec-
tion of the Library at Beit Berl
—the institute for the training of
diplomats functioning near Tel*
Aviv, in memory of the late Berl
Katznelson.
Like his brother's, Shever's gift
was made on the. occasion of his
50th birthday. Announcement of
the handsome contribution was
made Sunday night at the annual
gathering which marked the
opening of the Israel Histadrut
Campaign of St. Louis of which
Nathan Shever is general chair-
man. Isaac Hamlin, executive sec-
retary of the National Committee
for Labor Israel, was the speaker
at Sunday's gathering here at the
Chase Hotel and Saul Meisels
was the soloist.
Born in Warsaw, Shever was
brought to the United States in
1.914 by his brother Morris. He
was married in Detroit on Sept.
3, 1922, to the former Goldie
Velick and they have one daugh-
ter, Phyllis Hendel (Mrs. Herbert
Gerard) and a grandson, Frank

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