Off the Record Our Letter Box By NATHAN ZIPRIN Facts and Figures The United States has more doctors in proportion to its popula- tion than any other country in the world except Israel . . . There are 710 persons here to every physician . . . In Israel the score is 260 to 1 . . . Almost three times as good. The average age of the members of the Israeli Constituent As- sembly is slightly over 49. . . The orthodox bloc • shows an age average of 51.75 as against 52.85 by Mapai . .. The Communist bloc is the youngest vvith an age average of 34.33. Philip M. Khitznik who was appointed this week to the advisory board of Columbia University's Institute for Urban Land Use and Housing Studies has for many years taken an active part in Bnai Brith He divides his time between Omaha, his native city, and Chicago . . . Klutznik is a frequent visitor to Washington .. •His counsel is highly regarded in important circles. Daniel Frisch is emerging as the strongest candidate for the ZOA presidency . . . The race at the convention will be between Frisch and Dewey Stone . . . Frisch gave up a business in order to devote his energies to the Zionist movement in America. (See edi- torial in this issue nominating Judge Simon Rifkind.) Because of the war radiotelephone service between Israel and the U. S. was disrupted . . On getting the news recently that service had been restored. Israeli Prime Minister David Ben Gurion was said to have issued an order to his secretary to advise his American fans that all suggestions they may have on running the affairs of Israel be transmitted through a more common means of communi- cation—the letter. It didn't take long for the land of the anti-Semites to react to the showing of "Oliver Twist" . . . Of course they didn't really need any imported anti-Semitism . • . They have enough of their own .. . Within a few days after release of the anti-Jewish film posters appeared in Berlin's streets with such typical slogans as "Out With the Jews," "Death to the Fagin Jews," "Heil Oliver Twist" . . . And yet the preachers of softness toward 'Germany keep on pontificating. Editor, The Jewish News: For 4,000 years Jews have made interest-free loans in order to maintain the health and stability of individuals. families or. busi- nesses. Chronic disease is a persistent destroyer, harming individual, family and business. Government or private corporation interest- free loans to offset the ravages of chronic diseases are good invest- ments, in view of 4.000 years of successful Jewish free loan groups. Using the village, city, town- ship or county as basis, there can be local control and maintenance ' of the doctor-patient confidence so essential to healing. DETROIT DOCTOR. Lipton Co. Sends Truckload Of Its Products to Israel of Lipton Company, makers Lipton Tea and Lipton Soup, has made an outstanding contribution [ Jewish Center Activities (The Jewish Community Center. 8904 WoodWard, is a Red Feather Agency.) • The VARSITY SWIMMERS of the Jewish Community Cen- ter will carry their six-in-a-row winning streak into their meet with the powerful Dayton, 0., YMCA team in the Center pool at 8 p.m. Saturday. March 12. * * * The Dexter branch juniors will join the Purim CARNIVAL FUN- FEST in the auditorium of the Aaron :DeRoy Memorial Build- ing Sunday afternoon. March-13. Costumes, bazaar booths and a grand march are on the docket for the juniors, and prizes will be awarded for the best, funniest and most unusual costumes, ac- cording to Deena Zemel, super- visor of junior activities. The receipts taken in from the club booths will be sent as a gift to the children of an Israeli colony. * * * Sylvia Jaffie and Stuart Taub, co-chairmen of the TEEN AGE SOCIAL COMMITTEE, have se- cured Glenn Moor's orchestra for the Teens' Purim Carnival and Dance Saturday evening, March 19. The front half' of the Cen- ter's auditorium will be devoted to dancing, while the rest of the room will house the club booths, stunts and games of skill. The Teen Age Dramatic Club and the Seven-Ups are planning to give "Purim Spiels." Tickets can be obtained at the Center from Mort Goodman, director of teen age activities. * * * The newly-formed group of PARENTS OF CENTER TEEN AGERS will hold a Purim sing at 8 p.m. Thursday, March 17. This will be an open meeting for the discussion of the holiday's significance to parents of teen tigers. * * * Mrs. Minnie Berson of the Merrill Palmer Nursery School will address the PLAY SCHOOL PARENTS ASSOCIATION of the 12th Street Council- Center at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday. March 16. Mrs. Berson's topic be "Dis- cussing Sex with Young Chil- dren." Mrs. Roselle Tausend, chairman of the PSPA, invites friends of the Play School Par e ents and others interested to at- tend the lecture. * * The 'WEDNESDAY EVENING DISCUSSION GROUP will hear August Scholle, president of the Michigan CIO Council, present the "Program of the Michigan CIO for 1949" at 9 p.m., March 16 in the Ginsburg Lounge. * Manny Ratner, supervisor of SWIMMING ACTIVITIES at the Jewish Community Center, an- /jounces that the pool will be open from 1 to 3 every afternoon, Mondays through Thursdays, for all subsenior and senior -women, it addition to the regularly- scheduled swim program: From Twelve Appointees Named To 4-Party Coalition Cabinet 11:30 .a.m. until 1 p.m. daily Mon- days through Thursdays, the pool will still be reserved for mem- bers of the Women's Health Club. This new schedule will be in ef- fect until the end of June. * An Oneg Shabbat will be held by the DEXTER MOTHERS' CLUB at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, March 12, at Bnai Moshe Syna- gogue. The program includes tales from Nathan Ausuber.s Treasury of Jewish Folklore, to be read by Dr. Marie Salutzky; a short talk by Bluma I. Levin, who recently returned from Pal- estine; Sabbath afternoon sing- ing with Moe Kessner leading the women, and Sabbath tales from Sholom Aleio.hem. * * * The annual Purim masquerade ball of the COUNCIL OF MOTHERS' CLUBS of the Jew- ish CoMmunity Center has been set. for Wednesday evening, March 16, in the Center audi- torium. Mrs. Dina Robins, pres- ident of the Davison Mothers' Club, is chairman. Assisting her will be Mesdames Lea Rubel, Center Club; Sara Silverman, Dexter Club; Stella Goldman, Fenkell Club; Eva Bortman, 12th' St, Club; Pearl_ Miller, Young Women's Study Club; Mollie Boraks, Woodward Study Club; Charlotte Freedman, Pasadena Study Club; Jane Levine, Uni- versity Area Women's Club. Isabella and her all-Russian Rhythm Band will provide the music. Interpretations of the 1949 spirit of Purim will be given and prizes awarded for the most original. Judges will be Oscar Cohen of the Jewish Community Council; Sara Selininski, head worker of the Franklin Settle- ment, and Mrs. Samuel B. Danto, president of the League of Jew- ish Women's Organizations. to the Food Train for Israel, rec- ently sent by the Zionist Organ- ization of America. •The company haS donated a whole truckload of its products to this project. BRENNER BRANCH 552, JNWA, announces a Purim party for 9 p.m. Wednesday, March 16, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. Glaser, 3225 Tuxedo. TEL AVIV (Palcor) — Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion's new four-party coalition cabinet ex- pects to have no trouble getting a vote of confidence from the Knesseth Israel (Parliament) when it convenes here next week despite the fact that the left-wing socialist Mapam, second strongest party in the country, and the General Zionists. have both de- clined invitations to enter the coalition. The four parties comprising the cabinet now—Mapai, the mod- erate Israeli Labor Party of Prime Minister Ben Gurion; the orthodox United. Religious Bloc; the Progressives and ep im (Eastern Jews) will be able to muster 73 of the 102 votes in the Knesseth, 12 more than required. Four Portfolios Vacant As constituted now the Cabinet has 12 portfolios assigned, seven of them to Mapai members, and four still vacant. Unless Vlapam and the General Zionists change their minds, the additional port- folios will be distributed among others. In the present organiza- tion, Ben-Gurion retains the Pre- miership as well as the Defense Ministry. Moshe Shertok remains Foreign Minister; Eliezer Kaplan, Minister of Finance, and David Remez, Minister of Communica- tion. All are leaders of Mapai. . Three new members, all from Mapai, were added to the Cabi- net. They are: Mrs. Golda Mey- erson, one-time Milwaukee school teacher and currently Israeli Min- ister to Moscow, who now be- comes Minister of Labor and So- cial Insurance: Dr. Bernard (Dov) Joseph, Montreal-born former Military Governor of Jerusalem, who becomes Minister of Supply; and Zalman Rubashov, 60-year- old editor of the newspaper Da- var, who, with Mr. Ben-Gurion, was one of the co-founders of His- tadrut, the Israeli •Labor Federa- tion. He becomes the Minister of Education. Orthodox Members The Orthodox members are Rabbi Judah L. Fishman who re- tains the portfolio of Minister of Reli e • o , Rabbi Itzchak Minister of Social Welfare and Moshe Shapiro who becomes Minister of the Interior. The pre- mier's office has taken over in- formation. Sephardic member. Behor Shi- treet retains the Ministry of Po- lice and Judge Felix Rosen- bleuth, of the Progressive Party, remains as Minister of Justice. The vacant portfolios are in health, commerce, agriculture and housing. The Mapam party council. de- cided by a vote of 150 to 53 not to join . the cabinet. The major differences between Mapam and the majority party, Mapai, appear to be over foreign policy. Mapam has tried to pin - down Prime Minister Ben-Gurion to commit his government to decline Mar- shall Plan aid, to refuse bases to Britain and America if requested and not to join any Mediterra- nean bloc. Mapam advocates a pro-Soviet orientation for Israel. The General Zionists demand guarantees of the same rights for private enterprise as for col- lective enterprise. Their main reason for not joining the cabinet however, was that only one seat was offered them while they de- ' mand two. 16—THE JEWISH NEWS Friday, March 11, 1949 STILL THE -BEST• THE ORIGINAL KOSHER KITCHEN SOAP For cleaning dishes, glassware, pots and pans.. 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P.1 `F st\ Arrangements can still be made for you to join a group of Defroiters now= planning a tour to Israel for Passover. Group will leave the United States on March The United Hebrew Schools of Detroit Gratefully Acknowledge the Receipt of a . generous contribution to the Scholarship Fund of the Schools from Mr. and Mrs. Abe Kasle of Lucerne Drive, Mr. and Mrs. Jo- seph Holtzman of Oak Dr. and Morris Karbal of Webb Ave., honoring Mr. Louis Robinson on the occasion of his 60th birthday. * * a contribution to the Scholarship Fund of the Schools from Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Silberblatt in honor of David. IL J. Feinberg, on the occasion of his recovery from a recent illness, 24—spend 3 weeks in ISRAEL—including Pass- over—and will return home on April 24 via Paris on Air France Luxurious Constellation Planes. SPECIAL 30 DAY EXCURSION ROUND TRIP FROM NEW YORK TO TEL AVIV $952." 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