JNF Leaders Endorse Plan
For 198 Colonies This Year

NEW YORK—Leaders of Jew-
ish National Fund Councils
throughout the United States—
including Detroit—last week-end
participated in an important JNF
conference at the Waldorf-Astoria
Hotel, to make plans for support
of the vast land-redemption pro-
gram in Israel.
Judge Morris Rothenberg, na-
tional JNF president and recent-
ly elected president of the United
Palestine Appeal, announced that
plans for 1949 call for the estab-
lishment of 198 new colonies in
the Jewish State. He stated that
the wave of immigration makes
it necessary that the agricultural
base be extended band that land
be acquired immediately for
housing, new- towns and frontier
settlements.
Judge Rothenberg empha-
sized that Arabs would be com-
pensated for the lands they
abandoned and added that
Israel "will not lay claim to
the ownership of these lands by
the right of conquest" and that
there would be no confiscations.
Dr. Abraham Granovsky of
Jerusalem, world president of the
JNF, called for the establishment
of a strong agricultural base for
- Israel's economy. He said: "If
the structure of the Jewish State
is to be sound, simple economics
- requires that about 20 per cent
of the people must settle on the
• land. One family on the land en-
ables four families to settle in
the cities."
_ President Chaim Weizmann of
Israel sent this cable to the gath-
.
ering:

-

"With the establishment of the
State of Israel, the functions of
the Keren Kayemeth (JNF) have,
grown and the needs of the state
have become more pressing. Na-
tional land is the basis of our new
state and must be assured."
Prime Minister David Ben-
Gurion's message reads:
"The Government • of Israel is
deeply concerned with the work
that the Jewish National Fund
shall expand to the widest possi-
le extent. The lofty task of the
Keren Kayemeth to root the Jew-
ish masses in the soil of the home-
land has now entered a great new
period of fulfillment. Land be-
longing to individdal title holders,
even when conquered by force
of arms, must be fully and legally
redeemed, and look to the
Jewish National Fund to redeem
it, reclaim it and assist in the in-
tensive settlement upon it of the
great numbers of our people."
A •grogram for the acquisition
of 1,000,000 dunans (250,000
acres) of land this year, outlined
by Dr. Granovsky, was endorsed
at the concluding' session. The
delegates also endorsed a three-
year campaign by JNF to raise
$300,000,000 for land acquisition
reclamation and afforestation in
Israel. Other resolutions adopted
saluted Israel for its acceptance
to membership in the United Na-
tions by the Security Council;
pledged support to the United
Palestine Appeal and congratu-
lated Israeli President Dr. Chaim
Weizmann on his election.

Levinger's Biography Acclaims
Dr. Einstein on 70th Birthday

Dr. Albert Einstein" 70th .
birthday—Match 14—has 'peen se-
lected as the date for the publi-
cation . of a real tribute to the
world's greatest living scientist:
-*Elma Ehrlich Levinger's "Albert
Einstein," which has been issued
by the publishing house of Julian
t Messner, Inc., 8 W. 40th St., New
York 18.
Althought it is a biography
written for older children, it is

DR. ALBERT EINSTEIN

an excellent work which will
fascinate people of all ages. Mrs.
Levinger's description of the
theory of relativity and the chap-
ter on physics are so clearly
stated that her readers will be
greatly indebted to her for her
splendid book.
Mrs. Levinger's son is a physi-
cist and a researcher in the field
of the atomic bomb who teaches
in the physics department of
Cornell University. Perhaps this
explains the clarity of her evalu-
ations of Prof. Einstein's work.
Long famous for her ability to
write children's stories, Mrs.
Levinger excels in her present
task. She has gathered many
anecdotes about the great scien-
tist, Whose work was the fore-
runner In. the perfection of the
A-Bomb. Building her biography
around these numerous stories,
she has perfected a story which
is human and realistic yet reads
like a fairy tale.
Adding to the significance of
this book is the foreword by
Prof. Einstein's able son, Dr.
Hans Albert Einstein, who writes:
"It is often hard for us to
think of a person like Einstein
as a human being, who lives
and eats an ti sleeps like all of
us. This book which was orig-
inally intended for young
people, but which will surely

be read by just as many adults,
shows in a delightful - manner
that such a scientist is not only
a machine creating science but

Histadrut Chairman Spurs Workers
To Complete Campaign by March 27

THE JEWISH NEWS-15

Friday, March 11, 1949

Jewish News Nominee
For ZOA Presidency

Morris Lieberman, chairman of the executive board of
the Detroit Histadrut Campaign for $375,000 announced
that the campaign would close officially with the traditional
Histadrut demonstration Sunday evening, March 27, in Music
Hall.
Stating that the campaign was lagging, he cautioned that

The Jewish News, in its edi-
torial in this issue, nominates
JUDGE SIMON. H. RIFKIND of
New York for the presidency of
the Zionist Organization of Amer-
ica. He is named as a person who
could solve the internal conflict
in Zionism.

Hebrew Ladies Aid
Awaits Dinner Dance

Hebrew Ladies' Aid. Society
has completed all arrangements
for its annual Purim dinner
dance, to be held at 6 p.m. this
Sunday at Bnai Moshe social hall.
Mesdames Joe Brown, 4rmin
Ferencz, Ida Yallick and Ernest
Labe will be hostesses for the
evening, according to Mrs. Em-
ery Ehrenwald, chairman.
Mrs. Murray Fox will enter-
thin with vocal selections.

unless efforts were intensified in
the next few weeks, the final
total would fall short of the goal.
He pointed, however, to the en-
couraging reports from a number
of the Labor Zionist Movement
Divisions and the excellent re-
sponse from large numbers of
Organizations who are exceed-
ing last year's totals by more
than 50 per cent.
Tamlin to Speak
Isaac Hamlin, national secre-
tary of the National Committee
for Labor Israel, under whose
auspices the nation's $10,000,000
Histadrut campaign is -Conducted,
is scheduled as one of the clos-
ing speakers. The program is be-
ing arranged by Morris L.
Schaver, Louis Levine, Dr.
William Klein and Sam Rabino-
witz. Admission cards to con-
tributors, workers and organiza-
tional delegates will be distri-
buted at the next campaign rally,
Thursday evening, March 17, in
the Labor Zionist Institute.
David Wertheim, veteran
Labor Zionist -. leader, will be
guest speaker at the workers
rally March 17.
Organization Reports
Outstanding reports were sub-
mitted by the following organ-
izations at last week's rally: Sha-
lom Priesont Family Club, in
honor of Mrs. Eta Berman, hon-
oray president and mother of
Torn Borman; Ladies Auxiliary,
Bakers Union; American Haven
Club; Congregation A a r on
Moshe; Congregation Adath Yes-

hurim Ladies Auxiliary; Korover
Landsmen; Ekaterinoslav Society;
Family Social Bowling League;
David Horodoker; Shedlitzer. Re-
lief; Select Social Club; Lutzker
Voliner; Friends of S w i slot z;
Skirer Relief; Wilner Relief, and
Dubrowitzer Hilf Verein.
Sam Kane, Histadrut chairman
of Branch No. 114, Farband, re-

ISAAC HAMLIN

ported• more than $5,000 for his
teams. Excellent success was re-
ported by solicitation squads of
Farband Branch No. 552, led by
Israel Pine, Berl Hearshen and
Nahum Weisman. With more than
$90,000 already reached, Braneh.
No. 137, is striving for the - $125,-
000 mark, Philip Imber, Histadrut
chairman, reported.

also a human being with feel-
ings and desires. Even if some
of the details are imaginary,
the book still gives a true pic-
ture of the scientist's persons
ality and his life as a whole."
Before the reader has finished
the first chapter; he recognizes
the validity of this statement.
Mrs. Levinger deals with every
detail in Dr. Einstein's life—his
childhood, his studies, his strug-
gles, his genius.
The great scientist's interest in
Zionism is excellently reviewed
in this biography. Mrs. Levin-
ger also reviews h i s pacifism,
his eventual turn to the realiza-
tion that people must fight for
their freedom, his work for the
atomic bomb, his courageous
stand on social questions.
This is the story of a man who,
rejected by the land of his birth,
now has enriched his adopted
country—the United States.
The entire world will acclaim
Prof. Einstein on his 70th birth-
day next Monday. Mrs. Levinger's
book will be among the great
factors in honoring him on that
occasion.

WOODY

SAYS . . .

"Try us

"Cross me off your list...

but

IF' YOU'RE LOOKING FOR
A NEW CAR, YOU'LL LIKE

THE

1949

- E4D

.. or if you prefer a GOOD
used car, we have some bargain
buys that will save you up to
$500."

don't forget

"There was a time when I thought
I'd be a Case History for keeps. A time
when a dry laugh caught in my throat at/
the thought that I'd ever hold a job again:
"That was the time when a smile, a
friendly word from a Red Cross worker
was worth more than all the money in the
world. The Red Cross believed I'd come
through O.K. They made me believe it, too.

,

the other guys!"

"So I'd like to say—thanks, folks!
I know it was you who made the work of
the Red Cross possible.
"Now I'm doing fine. But plenty of
guys haven't been so lucky . . . yet. Let
them know, won't you, that you haven't
forgotten them? They're still counting on
the Red Cross. And the Red Cross is still
counting on you!"

You, too, can help through

PONTIAC SALES

12140. JOS. CAMPA

TWinbrook 1-1600

"In the Biggest Little
Automobile Town On Earth"

Your

RED CROSS

DETROIT CHAPTER

THE AMERICAN RED CROSS

CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS, , 153 EAST ELIZABETH STREET—WO, 4-3900

