THE JEWISH NEWS-1 1
Friday, June 3. 1949
Funds
illions in Isr
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iTo Be Released By Britain
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Late bulletin by special teletype service direct to The Jewish
News through Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
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LONDON—Britain has agreed to release approximately
$28,000,000 in blocked Israeli sterling balances, it was learned this
week, following the conclusion of Anglo-Israeli financial talks
here.
Sir Stafford -Cripps, chancellor and Haifa, each comprising 150
of the exchequer, and David rooms. The capital investment
Horowitz, Israeli economic and is given at about $4,500,000.
financial expert and head of the
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Israeli delegation to the finan-
Israel Admitted as Member
cial conference, reached an in Communications Conference
agreement providing for the re-
PARIS, (JTA)—Israel was ad-
lease of $2,800,000 in currency to mitted as a full-fledged member
Israel each month for the period of the International Conference
between May and October.
on . Telegraphy and Telephony
The pact also sets aside now taking place here.
$7.000,000 for the payment for
oil to be purchased by Israel up
Betar Organization Severs
to October. Another $4,000,000
Relations with Revisionists
will be made available to pay for
TEL AVIV (JTA) — The world
Israeli sterling commitments conference of Betar, which has
dating from April, 1945, when it been conducting sessions here,
was still part of the Palestine decided to sever its "gentleman's
mandate.
agreement" with the. world _Re-
The fact that most of the visionist movement. -)*.
sterling releases must be spent
in the sterling area does not
trouble the Israeli government
since major purchases to be
made by Israeli apart from raw
materials and food from the
British commonwealth will be
spare parts for British machines
in Israel.
Walter D. Schmier was elect-,
ed president of the Men's Club
Knesseth to Censor .
of Temple Beth El at the 30th
Harmful Statements
annual dinner meeting on May
TEL-AVIV—The Knesseth has 24. Mr. Schmier
decided that all statements is a confirmant
made in open sessions will be of the Religious
uncensored except by Knesseth School of Tem-
itself. The president and two ple Beth El,
Vice-chairmen have been au- graduate of the
thorized to withhold from publi- High School de-
cation only statements consid- partment a n d
ered harmful for the security of attended the
the state. This law will remain Beth El College
in effect for the duration of the of Jewish Stu-
emergency.
dies. He was
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active in Tern- W. D. Schmier
plc Beth El's Boy Scout Troop
U. S. Won't Permit Talks
No. 76 and the Young People's
At Lausanne to Fail
LAUSANNE, (JTA)—The U. S. Society, served as a director of
is determined not to permit the the Men's Club for a number of
current UN - sponsored Arab - years and as its secretary dur-
the past year. .
Israeli peace talks here to end ing Other
officers. are: Dr. Max
in failure, it was learned in 1
American delegation circles. Winslow , vice-president; Dr. Hil-
These sources pointed to the ap- liard Goldstick, secretary; Jo-
I. Dizik, treasurer; mem-
pointment of Raymond Hare, seph
bers
of
the board of directors
deputy director of the State De- for a two-year
term, Dr. Irving
partment's Near Eastern sec- N. Adler, Gus Braff,
Dr. Irving
tion, as advisor to ' Marc Eth- I. Edgar, Leonard Fox, Arthur
ridge, American member of the L. Goulson, Gilbert Michel, Mor-
three- nation UN Conciliation ton Newlander, Louis H. Sable,
Commission.
William Sloman, Dr. Arthur
Stern and Kurt West; directors
Prof. Brodetsky New President for a one-year term, -Harold L.
of Hebrew University
Kaplan, Arthur D. Levitt and
JERUSALEM, (JTA) — Prof. Percy P. Newman; directors
Selig Brodetsky was elected whose term does not expire are
president of the Hebrew Univer- Sidney- Alexander Jr., Sol Bala-
sity of Jerusalem for the next ban, Theodore Birnkrant, Ben-
five years by the Universoity's jamin Grant, Fred Gross, Na-
board of governors. He succeeds than Plotkin and Leon Wayburn.
Dr. Chaim Weizmann who re-
Ex-officio directors are : Dr.
signed after becoming president B. Benedict Glazer, Rabbi Sid-
of Israel.
ney Akselrad, Irving I..Katz and
Prof. Brodetsky also will be Arthur H. Rice.
chairman of the executive coun-
In his annual report, the re-
cil of the University, succeeding tiring president, Arthur H. Rice,
Sir Leon Simon. Dr, David reviewed the. program of the
:Werner- Senator. was elected Men's Club during the past year
executive vice-president of the and the educational, social and
council. Dr. Weizmann . was recreational activities. Prizes
elected honorary president,
were awarded to - members of the
The board voted to present bowling league, one of the most
the SoloMon Bublick Award to successful projects of the Men's
Premier David Ben Gurion. The Club during the 1948-49 season.
award is given to any person Jew An evening with the Rabbis fol-
or non-Jew, who made the most lowed the annual meeting.
significient contribution to Pal-
estine's progress and develop-
ment within-the last two years." Social, Inc. Releases
The governors ratified the Anniversary Plans
agreement between the Hebrew
University and Hadassah for the
Plans have been completed for
establishment of the medical the *f if t h anniversary cabaret ,-
school in Jerusalem and. estab- party celebration of Social, Inc.
lishment of a chair for Yiddish June Ii, at the Latin ,Quarter, it
Language and . Literature. -
was announced by Nate Felsen-
feld, chairman of the board of
Project to Construct 20,000
directors:. . .
Homes. Launched in Israel
Chris Smith, 'looted - ti a n te
TEL AVIV, (JTA)—The Israeli master, will appear with his
government project for con- troupe of dancers to present a
struction of 20,000 housing units South-American . revue.
to shelter new immigrants was
Del Delbridge with his Or-
launched when officials form-, chestra; and Tonit with her
ally turned over the required Latin-American band; will fur-
dwelling plots to the building Msh music.
In accordance with the policy
companies participating in the
of Social, Inc., the affair • will
scheMe,
Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer will be both stag and coupled. Tie-
Construct a studio in Israel. The kets may be obtained from any
motion picture company has al- member of the board, or will
ready asked for incorporation be delivered upon request by
papers. A group of Swiss Jewish calling Jerrie H a in b u r g, TO.
industrialists will build three 3-7507, and Eileen Ferenz, TO.
Ixotels in Tel Aviv, • Jerusaletti 3-0673,
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Walter D. Schmier
Elected to Head
Beth El Men's Club
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Early Local Jewish
History Was Placed
In Archives in 1900
By IRVING I. KATZ
Executive Secretary
of Temple Beth El
The other day I came into
possession of a letter which
states that on the last day of
last century a history of
the Jews of Detroit was placed
in a box, sealed, and deposited,
along with other historical ma-
terial of Detroit, in the archives
of the city to be opened on the
last day of the present century.
The letter, written by Mayor
William C. Maybury, under date
of Dec. 29, 1900, is addressed to
Louis Blitz, who was then presi-
dent of Temple Beth El, and
reads as follows:
EXECUTIVE OFFICE
DETROIT, MICH.
WILLIAM C. MA yBURY, MAYOR
Dec. 29, 1900
SUBJECT: "The Jewish People in
'Detroit in the 19th cen-
tury and their relations to
- social, commercial and re-
ligious life',
My dear Sir:
I am particularly desirous that those
who witness the coming of the 21st cen-
tury shall have evidence that those who
are permitted to see the opening of the
20th century have appreciated the glorious
inheritance of the century closing, and I
am desirous that there should be put on
record letters from men prominent in the
commercial, religious, professional and
moral ongoing of the city and state. The
letters so prepared will be placed in a
box and sealed, to be opened a century
hence. I have therefore asked ladies and
gentlemen prominent in these various de-
partments of life's work to prepare for
me a paper, yours to be on the subject
mentioned above, made as concise as
possible. and to be deVosited as hereto-
fore stated.
I will place the box with the papers
a certificate that each paper was handed
to me on the closing day of the 19th
century, that the bor was deposited in the
archives of the city on the opening day
of the 20th century.
19th century, that the box was deposited
in the archievs of the city, on the opening
day of the 20th century.
If such a box had been deposited 100
years ago, how many facts of the history
of Michigan, as well as Detroit, would be
disclosed that are now lost, and things
which we now look upon as history
would, from such a record, be proven to
be but legend or fable.
I believe that the papers which I am
seeking to put away in this form will be
invaluable in the long future, and that
the generation which is privileged to
open the box will be grateful for what
we
Rabbi Taxay Guest
At Don Fox Lodge
Installation, June 12
Rabbi Marshall Taxay of Tem-
ple Israel, Akron, 0., will be the
guest speaker at the installation
banquet of the
Donald Fox
Lodge, Bnai
Brith, at .7 p. m.,
Sunday, June
12, at Jericho
Temple, 1 1 3 3 1
Linwood.
Rabbi Taxay,
w h o recently
h a d returned
from a visit to
J. Hirschman Israel, attended
the universities of Harvard, Wis-
consin and Chicago and Hebrew
Union College.
A past
past president of Bnai Brith
District 2, he holds office and
honors in 23 organizations. He
also is a past president of the
Zionist district.
Samuel Shewitz is recording
recretary of Donald Fox Bnai
Brith Lodge.
Julius Hirschman, TO. 9-7777,
invites all members, relatives
and friends to attend. Morris
Fox, TO, 6-3445, is chairman.
Blaustein Discusses
Israel with President
paper.
such an article, retrospect ive and
W. C. M.
Sentence Romanian Jew
For Betraying Deportees
BUCHAREST— (JTA) —Jacob
Windisch . of Siret, Bukovina,
was sentenced to five years' im-
prisonment by a Bucharest
court on a charge that he mis-
used his authority while secre-
tary of the Judenrat of the city
of Obodova, which was estab-
lished during the Romanian oc-
cupation of Transnistria. Win-
disch was found guilty of ac-
cepting bribes from wealthy
Jewish deportees whom he saved
from transfer to slave labor
camps in the Nazi-occupied part
of the Ukraine. For every rich
man who bribed Windisch, a
poor man was put on the list,
the court was told.
NEW YORK, (JTA)—A total of
62,600 Jewish immigrants — the
majority of them displaced per-
sons—reached the U.S. between
May, 1946, and April, 1949, ac-
cording to a survey made public
by United Service for New
Americans.
Turkish Press Extends
Israeli News Coverage
ISTANBUL, (JTA)—For the
first time in many years the
major Turkish newspapers have
assigned regular correspondents
to Israel. The reports received
from these correspondents have
been extremely favorable to the
Jewish state and are being fa-
lowed with interest by, the Turk-
ish reading public.
ON
allt6 I an
JUNE 19th
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should be in my hands Monday afternoon
or evening, without fail.
Thanking you in advance for your kind-
ly aid in this matter, I am
Most cordially yours.
/s/ William C. MaybOry,
Mayor.
P.S Please send your letter sealed, put-
ting the subject and name on the outside
of the envelope. Rabbi Franklin is out of
town and I must depend on you to help
me out.
Entered U. S. in 3 Years
WASHINGTON—(JTA)—Jacob
Blaustein, president of the
American Jewish Committee, re-
ported to President Truman at
the White House on economic
conditions in Israel and said he
found the President "generally
sympathetic."
Blaustein described to - the
President the finds of a survey
he recently completed in Israel
at the request of Prime Minis-
ter David Ben Gurion. He said
he discussed "general economic
needs" with president Truman.
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