Support of Workmen's Circle Groups
Enlisted for Israel Histadrut Drive

With only four more weeks to
go in Detroit's $375,000 Israel His-
tadrut Campaign and more than
3,000 of last year's contributors
still to be reached, campaign
workers were heartened by the
announcement that Branch 111 of
the Workmen's Circle had been
enlisted in the campaign. They
were also told that a committee
of Branch 156 Workmen's Circle
were soliciting members for vol-
untary contributions.
A special meeting of key LZOA
leaders was called by Morris Lie-
berman, chairman of Detroit's
LZOA Central Committee, to in-
tensify labor Zionist participation.
Similar action was announced by
Harry Mondry, chairnian of the
Farband City Committee. Anna
Michlin, Pioneer Women's Coun-
cil chairman, and Sylvia Pine,
Pioneer Histadrut chairman, an-
nounced, that Pioneer Women's
Clubs would press their work at
a tea next week.
Mrs. Ginsburg to Speak
Mrs. Yehudith Ginsburg, dy-
namic head of Israeli nurses, who
stirred Detroit Jewry at the time
of her appearance at the opening
of the Histadrut drive in Janu-
ary, will return to address . the
next workers' rally, Thursday
evening, Feb. 24, in the Labor
Zionist Institute. Mrs. Ginsburg
will also appear at a special His-
tadrut evening sponsored by Pio-
neer Women, Club 1, on Tuesday
evening, at the Labor Zionist In-
stitute. On Friday evening, Feb.
25, she will address a special
meeting arranged by Branch 4,
LZOA.
Louis Levine, organizations
chairman, announced that in-
creased contributions had been
received during the week from
the following affiliated groups:
Olezarker Family. Club, through

Sol Gooze; Turover Ladies Aid,
through Mrs. J. Lechtzen; Ruz-
hiner Progressive Verine, through
J. Tatelman; Eastern Ladies Aid,
through Mrs. Gussie Leinhoff;
Jewish Women's European Wel-
fare Society, through Mrs. Jack
Seder, president, and Mrs. Edith
German.
A Gutay, business agent of
Journeymens Tailors,- Amalga-
mated Clothing Workers, CIO, an-
nounced an encouraging response
from non-Jewish members of his
union. The Joint Board . of the
Retail Clerks • Employees Union,
Amalagamated Clothing Workers,
CIO, endorsed -the special drive
of Trade Union Council. for His-
tadrut.
Branch 13'7 Has High Goal
Sparked by solicitations of
Norman Cottler, Morris L. Schau-
er, and 30 solicitors, Branch 137
of Farband reached $80,000 of its
$125,000 goal. Branch 557, Far-
band, announced $4,000 on its
$5,00.0 quota. Branch 10, LZOA,
already has more than $2,000,
with efforts spearheaded by Lar-
ry Nichamin, Norman Nairnark,
Dave and Miriam Mondry and
Harold Karbal.
Histadrut evenings this week
are planned as follows: Friday
evening, at Assembly Hall, Good-
fellow Ship Club; Saturday eve-
ning, Jewish Social Club, at club
headquarters; Sunday evening,
Radomer Friendly, at Assembly
Hall, and Brith Sholem Lodge at
Jewish Cultural Center; Monday
evening, Turover Aid, at Turover
Center, and Channa Szenes Club
PWO at 3040 Pasadena; Tuesday
evening, Radomer Aid, at Berez-
nitzer Hall; Wednesday evening,
Lutzker Volinner, at Assembly
Hall.

Purely Commentary

By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ

1 — THE JEWISH NEWS

Friday, February 18; 1949

McDonald Gets
Ambassadorship

TEL AVIV, (JTA)—James G.
McDonald', U.S. special represen-
tative to Israel,
b e en ap-
pointed Ameri-
can Ambassador
Ex t r aordinary
a n d Plenipoten-
tiary for Israel,
it was officially
announced. H e
beComes the first
foreign represen-
tative of ambas-
sadorial rank ac-
credited to the
Dr. McDonald Jewish state.
Israeli Foreign Minister Moshe
Shertok welcomed the appoint-
ment as a "new, important land-
mark in the evolution of friendly
and cordial relations between Is-
rael and. the United States."

42 World Nations
Recognize Israel

Recognition of Israel by Brazil,
Ireland (Eire), Peru, Iceland and
Liberia boosts the total number
of nations which have recognized
Israel to 42.
The order in which the nations
have recognized Israel is as fol-
lows: United States, Guatemala,
Soviet Russia, Uruguay, Poland,
Czechoslovakia, Venezuela, South
Africa, Yugoslavia, Panama,
Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Finland,
Hungary, Romania, Paraguay, El
Salvador. Honduras, Bulgaria,
Canada, Santo Domingo (Domini-
can Republic), Cuba, France,
Australia, Switzerland, Chile,
Great Britain, Belgium, The
Netherlands, Luxembourg, New
Zealand, Colombia, Ecuador,
Denmark, Norway, Chile, Italy,
Brazil, Ireland (Eire), Peru, Ice-
land, Liberia.

Our Arab Cousins
Weizthann. to Leave
A former Transjordanian Arab who has lived in Detroit for many
For
U. S. on April 8
years visited us a few days ago to assure us that he is a consistent
supporter of the Israeli cause and that he hopes that Jews and Arabs
always will be good neighbors and will cooperate in uplifting the
TEL AVIV (JTA) — President
peoples in the Middle East.
Weizmann will fly to the United
For more than 20 years, Lebanese friends in Detroit have been ! States April 8 to attend a dinner
telling us -the same story.
It was equally thrilling to receive a call from a Christian English- in New York April 23 sponsored
woman, congratulating us on the Israeli successes and begging us by the American Friends of the
to know that not all the English either are or were antagonistic to us. Weizmann Institute of Science at
To go back to our Arab cousins:
which President Truman also
One of them recently complained that there is anti-Arab dis- will be present.
crimination in Israel. David Khoury of Haifa, writing to the Palestine
On his westward flight, Dr.
Post, published in. Jerusalem, charged that discrimination makes
him feel "an outsider and not a citizen as I want to be," and gave Weizmann will stop off at Paris
for several days and will arrive
his-reasons in the following letter:
"Like the majority of Arabs in Israel, I have to thank my
in the U. S. April 12. He will
luck and not foresight for being here and not amongst suffering rest during the Passover holidays
Palestine Arab refugees.
and will attend only two func-
"However, I feel it my duty to complain that as a citizen of
tions before his return to Israel
Israel
"(1) I do not see collectors of contributions to state welfare in time to celebrate the first an-
niversary of the establishment of
institutions,such as:Mogen David Adom (Israel's Red Cross) visit-
ing Arab quarters for contributions.
Israel, May 14. On that day he
"(2) Arab cafe owners, for example, are not adding to their will also participate in the official
charges the tax which other Israel owners have to, and which goes
opening of the Weizmann Insti-
to the welfare of the state.
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tute.
"(3) Manpower regulations in Israel are not being enforced
or even voluntarily asked for from Israel Arabs.
"In my opinion these are examples of discriminations against
U. S. Delegate Teaches
the equal rights which I as a citizen of Israel must point out . .
for these are reasons which in effect make me feel an outsider Snowballing Technique
and not a citizen as I want to be."
A new era- began with the Jan. 25 election in which an over- To Jerusalem Children
whelming number of Arab citizens of Israel participated. Arabs
will be paying taxes to Israel. They will contribute to their country's
JERUSALEM—Mark Ethridge,
major causes, they will aid in welfare and educational movements.
U. S. member on the UN Concilia-
Arab and Jewish cousins now are.fellow citizens in Israel.
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*.
*
tion Commission, taught Jerusa-
lem's children a'
Israeli Humor
few lessons in
All sorts of stories will be told about Israel and there will be a
snowball. throw-
round of jokes from the Jewish State.• Some will please and others
will displease. Here is a. story, from the Wall Street Journal:
ing. The heavy
"Maybe right now,. with so. many politicians talking about
-snOw that fell in
spending money, a little story- about practical public economy
the Holy City
might be in order—for..the possible benefit of that forgotten man,
caused the UN
the taxpayer.
Commission
"It seems that the town -council of Haifa decided to install a
members to be
modern fire-fighting outfit. Everything was ordered from an Eng-
stranded n e a r
lish firm, from fire ehgine to firemen's helmets. When the stuff
front lines, be-
arrived, it was upon this latter item that the council came face
to face with its greatest difficulty—the helmets did not fit the
f or e departing
heads of the firemen, and no amount of cranium-squeezing could
for Jericho.
make them fit.
M. F. Ethridge When a group of
"The helmets were too small, ergo, the heads were too large.
youngsters attacked them with
So what did the city council dO? You'll say 'Not really!' But tkey
did. They threw out all of the firemen and replaced them with snowballs, Ethridge scooped up a
handful of snow and showed them
men whose heads would fit into the helmets."
While this story may find an unpleasant echo, and some may a few tricks in fighting back their
even charge that it has an anti-Semitic tinge, our readers .may be "attack."
interested to know that its derivation is from the wealth of Chelm
jokes about the "Chelmer naronim" (the Chelm fools).
Eliash Appointed Israeli
Here, however, is a much better story. It is about Israel's Prime Envoy to United Kingdom
Minister David Ben-Gurion who was urged to become the King of
Israel. Ben-Gurion replied: "What, • you want me to go down in `TEL AVIV (JTA)—Mordecai
history as David the second?"
Eliash, legal counsellor to the
Ben-Gurion's success has given rise to a story about Stalin who, Jewish National Council, has
after the establishment of Israel, supposedly began muttering to him- been appointed Israeli represen-
self, "I am Ben-Gurion . . . I am. Ben-Gurion. '
These stories must not mislead people into believing that Ben- tative to the United Kingdom.
Gurion is merely a grandiose man. He is one of the geniuses of our Eliash was born in the Ukraine
time, a great commoner, who has helped create a State and re- 57 years ago and studied at
establish justice.
Oxford University.

Organizations Asked to Cancel
Feb. 28 Meetings to Assist in
Reception for Israel's Envoy

All Detroit organizations were called upon this week
by Sidney Shevitz, president of the Zionist Council, to
cancel all events originally scheduled for Monday
evening, Feb. 28, in order that the community's recep-
"'"'•"'W2 tion to the Israeli Envoy to the
U. S., Eliahu Epstein, may truly
have the aspect of an entire
city's welcome.
Mr. Epstein, who will speak
at the Book Cadillac Hotel at
noon on Monday, Feb. 28, before
the Economic Club, will address
a public meeting that night at
the Shaarey Zedek, under the -
auspices of the Zionist Council
and all its affiliated organiza-
tions—Zionist Organization and
affiliates, Mizrachi and affiliates,
all Hadassah groups, Labor
Zionist and Pioneer Women's
Eliahu Epstein
branches, Habonim, Hashomer
Hatzair, Revisionists, etc.—with the cooperation of the'
Jewish Community Council and the Jewish Welfare
Federation.
In addition to Mr. Epstein and Mr. Shevitz, appear-'
ing on the program will be Rabbi' Morris Adler, Aaron
Droock and Julian Krolik, Community Council and
Federation presidents.

`Curb Splinter Campaigns,' UPA
Leader Asks Israel Government

A special plea addressed to the
Government of Israel to curb by
"prompt and unequivocal action
the multiplicity of splinter cam-
paigns" in this country which are
a threat to the priority of the
United Jewish Appeal drive, was
made public by Herman L. Weis-
man, acting national chairman of
the United Palestine Appeal, the
major beneficiary agency of the
United Jewish Appeal's $250,-
000,000 campaign.
Recognizing that the campaigns
were mostly motivated .by a de-
sire to help Israel, Weisman
stressed that "these multiple
fund-raising efforts, for relatively
small goals, are nevertheless sub-
stantial and in cumulative effect,
present a diversionary and com-
petitive assault upon the $250,-
000,000 campaign of the UJA."
Weisman charged that the cam-
paigns were "mushrooming to
create chaotic conditions because
organizations and authorities in
Israel have failed to exercise re-
straint in giving authorization for
special campaigns which collec-
tively work great prejudice to the
UJA in its effort to raise its full
goal."
He labeled the multiple Cam-
paigns "an abuse" and urged "of-
ficials of Israel, in the govern-
ment, in the Jewish Agency and
in other organizations" to put a
halt to these activities "if they

are to avert the calamity of weak-
ening the primacy of the United
Jewish Appeal."

Weisman urged ., community
leaders represented on the Coun-
cil of Jewish Federations and
Welfare Funds to limit campaigns
for local requirements in view of
Israel's desperate need. He said
that the emergency situation in
Israel created by the vast influx
of immigrants "makes it impera-
tive that local campaigns for
community needs be kept within
reasonable bounds."

'

ZOA Asks Suggestions

On Future Program

The committee to study the fu-
ture program and constitution of
the World Zionist Organiiation,
set up by the Zionist Organization
of America under the chairman-
ship of Judge Simon H. Rifkind,
invites all persons who wish to
make suggestions with regard to
the committee's scope to do so in
writing. The study includes the
relationship of Zionism to the
world Jewish community as a
whole and to the Government and
people of Israel. Letters should
be addressed to Judge Rifkind,
care of Zionist Organization of
America, 41 E. 42nd St., New
York 17.

Between You and Me

By BORIS SMOLAR

Zionist Action

Now that the internal conflict within the United Palestine Ap-
peal is settled, it can be revealed that the compromise decision of
the Jewish Agency executive was adopted unanimously . . Con-
trary to what was expected, there was no "hot blood" at the Agency
session in New York at which the settlement of the UPA conflict
was reached . . Participating in the discussions were not only
members of the Jewish Agency executive, but also Judge Morris
Rothenberg, representing the Jewish National Fund, and Herman L.
Weisman, representing the UPA . .. Their views were considered
at the session with utmost seriousness and influenced Eliezer Kaplan,
Israeli Finance Minister, to modify his stand • . . Earlier, Kaplan
proposed a resolution which was considered too extreme and was
not voted on . . There was a point in the deliberations when pr.
Silver and Dr. Neumann indicated that they intended to resign from .
the executive of the Jewish Agency . . . But when the compromise
proposal was made, they accepted it . . . In order to secure Henry
Morgenthau's acceptance of this proposal and his return to UJA
leadership, Henry Montor and Mrs. Rose Halprin flew to Florida
where Morgenthau is now resting.
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Diplomatic Notes
Things are quiet at Lake Success now so far as Israel is con-
cerned, and will probably remain so for a while ... But a minor
sensation was caused when it was learned in diplomatic circles that
Sir Alexander Cadogan, head of the British delegation, invited the
Israeli delegate, Aubrey S. Eban, to his home for dinner ... This is
the first time that such an intimate social courtesy has been extended
by a member of the British delegation to a member of the Israeli
delegation . . . The event in itself may be of minor importance, but
among diplomats it is taken as indicating a desire for close friend-
ship . . . Incidentally, it has been known for some time that Sir
Alexander, an old hand in British diplomacy, is personally a great
admirer of Eban . . . However, he could not display his personal feel-
ings toward the Israeli representative until Britain recognized Israel
. . . Now that about 40 countries have already recognized Israel, the
admission of the Jewish state to membership in the United Nations
at the April session of the General Assembly is assured ... This
time Israel will secure admission within less than 10 minutes after
its application is taken to a vote . . . Such is the opinion now pre.'
vailing at Lake Success ... All in all, it is believed that UN mediator
Dr. Ralph Bunche has done a better job on the Palestine issue than

his late predecessor, Count Folke Bernadotte,