"" ■ 111111111 UJA Needs in 1949: HE JEWISH NEWS • Important Statements On Pages 10-13 VOLUME 15—NO. 2 A Weekly Review 2114 Penobscot Bldg.—Phone WO. 5-1155 of Jewish Events Detroit 26, Michigan, March 25, 1949 Clannishness And Problems Of Anti-Semitism Between You and Me Column on Poge 2 34 •iaih• 22 $3.00 Per Year; Single Copy, 10c 0••••••••••■••••■•■ Defense and Immigration Needs Spur WA Israeli Leaders kaki Drive's ity,Wam f Continue Danger $27,000,000 Raised at Conference Toward Goal By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ WASHINGTON—American Jewish leaders were stirred to a pitch of greatest enthusiasm in the history of fund-raising at the national con- ference here last week-end at which the 1949 United Jewish Appeal for $250,000,000 was offic- ially launched. Challenged by Israeli and U. S. leaders to a realization of the overwhelming needs in Israel, created by the new era of reality in the Jewish State, spokesmen for American Jewish communities, at the session held on Sunday morn- ing, at the Shoreham Hotel, responded with initial gifts of $27,000,000 towards this year's goal. Speak- ing for Detroit, Max Osnos, who only a few days ago returned from Israel, and Joseph Holtzman pledged an advance sum of $1,000,000 to be applied to the 1949 contributions. American and Israeli leaders, who participated in the conference, expressed their elation over the initial responses as well as the restoration of unity in the ranks of the fund-raisers in this country Rejecting all talk of "bad times," the prominent leaders emerged from the conference in a spirit of confidence that there is a better chance of rais- ing the full $250,000,000 than last year because of the realization of their responsibilities by American Jews. Among the significant highlights of the UJA conference were: The report on the status of Israel by the Jewish State's Foreign Minister, - Moshe Sharett; The $500,000 gift—double his last year's . David BenGurion, Minister of Finance Eliezer contribution—sent to the conference by Kaplan and Dr. Israel Goldstein, treasurer of the Abraham Mazer of New York. Jewish Agency. Admonitions by Israeli spokesmen against :\ American Jewish leaders who voiced their overconfidence in the security of Israel and appeals for re-dedication to service through UJA warnings that the dangers have not yet ended; were Henry Morgenthau, Jr., general UJA chair- man; former N. Y. Governor Herbert Lehman, Announcement by Henry Montor, director William Rosenwald, Nahum Goldmann, Judge of the national UJA-drives, that five trains to be known as the "UJA Caravan of Hope" Morris Rothenberg, Julian B. Venezky, Harold J. .Goldenberg, Dr. Jonah B. Wise, Mrs. David M. would start on April 3 from east, west and other areas for an intensive campaign sweep Levy, Edward M. M. Warburg, and others, in- cluding spokesman from local communities, up and down the country, on a three-week tour of 150 cities, each train to cover a separate The calls for action issued by the Jews in region; this country were sounded in frank, clear .cut reviews of the existing situation and in blunt The unanimity with which all concerned analyses of of greeted the restoration of peace in UJA ranks. in Israel. The answer demanded of American Jewry is to indicate Some of the greatest personalities in Jewish that there is a seriousness of purpose in the life joined in evaluating the needs and challenges great effort of building Israel, that Jews are of this year. Speaking for Israel were, in addition not content merely with celebrating the occur- to Foreign Minister Sharett: Levi Eshkol, chief rence of miracles but are prepared to per- of the Agricultural Colonization Department of petuate the accomplishments through con- the Jewish Agency; Eliahu Elath, Israel's Ambas- structive work. The guests from Israel re- sador to the U. S.; Berl Locker, chairman of the Executive of the Jewish Agency; Yaakov Zeru- affirmed their State's determination to keep the doors open so that every Jew who desires bavel, grey-bearded veteran settler in Eretz may enter the land and find a home there, and Israel, now head of the department for Oriental it became clear that at least 250,000 Jews must Affairs of the Jewish Agency; David Hacohen, settle in Israel this year. member of Knesseth Israel, director of Solei Bo-. The address"of Israel's Foreign Minister Sharett neh and Vice-Mayor of Haifa; Abraham Granovsky of Jerusalem, world Jewish National Fund presi- will go down in diplomatic history as one of the dent; and by transcription there were addresses most impressive diplomatic declarations on record. by President Chaim Weizmann, Prime Minister (Continued on Page 13) Brandeis and Weizmann Fifth Installment of Autobiography of Chaim Weizmann First President of Israel on Page 24 Edward M.M.Warburg to Address First Fund-Raising Rally Here Next Tuesday Top givers in the Allied Jewish Campaign who always take the lead in setting the pace for liberal contributions to the drive will be called upon to give the 1949 campaign a good start at the initial fund-raising meeting to be held next Tuesday evening, March 29, at the Book Cadillac Hotel. Edward M. M. Warburg, national chairman of the Joint Distribution Committee, distinguished leader and member of one of America's leading Jewish families, will be the guest that evening at a double dinner of the advance gifts teams of both the men's and women's organizations in the drive. At UJA Parley: Detroit delegates at the Wash- ington UJA conference are shown here with BERL LOCKER, of Israel, chairman of the Jewish Agency Executive. Left to right: SAUL SLOAN, ISRAEL DAVIDSON, MR. LOCKER and JOSEPH HOLTZ- MAN. An interview with another member of the Detroit delega- tion, Max Osnos, will be found on Page 8 o'f this issue, Mr. Warburg's advance conference that night with the top givers among men and women will mark the official opening of the drive and will represent Detroit's reply to • the call for action that was sounded at the sessions in Wash- EDWARD M. M. WARBURG ington during the past week-end. Detroit was represented at the conference in the na- tion's capital by Max Osnos, Joseph Holtzman, Mr. and Mrs. Israel . Davidson and Mr. and Mrs. Saul Sloan. An outstanding authority on the overseas scene and one of the nation's leading humanitarians, Mr. Warburg has led the JDC through the years of its greatest activity in behalf of Europe's 1,500,000 Jewish survivors of Nazism. First elected chairman of the JDC in 1941, he resigned his office shortly thereafter to enlist as a private in the U. S. Army, rising through the ranks to become a major. Attached to supreme head- quarters, Allied Expeditionary Forces (SHAEF), Major Warburg established a series of centers for homeless and displaced persons caught in the battle zones as the liber, ating Allied armies swept through France. . After receiving his honorable discharge, Mr. Warburg was re-elected JDC Chairman in December, 1945. He was re-elected again in 1946 and 1947. He has made two inspection surveys of European conditions and these trips were followed by numerous speaking engagements. An accomplished speaker, Mr. Warburg has addressed major Jewish au- diences from coast to coast in behalf of the UJA and JDC. Mr. Warburg was born in June, 1908, son of Felix M. Warburg, a founder of the JDC and its chairman from 1914 to 1932, and Frieda Schiff Warburg. He received the bachelor cif science degree at Harvard University in 1932. He then taught fine arts at Bryn Mawr. College and has continued his art studies in extensive travels through Eu- rope and Near East. He is a director of several institutions of art in the United States and the possessor of a notable private collection. He is also secretary of the Shilling Fund Committee for aid to needy artists. Enrollment of volunteer workers for the Detroit drive resulted in an encouraging response at the two impressive rallies last Tuesday, when Abba Eban, Israel's Represent- ative to the United Nations, inspired overflow . audiences with his evaluation of the present needs and the responsibilities that face all who are engaged in the great under-. , taking of state-building.,;