THE JEWISH NEWS

Ford Envoy Surveys Israel

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Spirit of the People and Sabras

Spring Campaigns
May Be Granted Amnesty
Miss 1948 Marks

Are Young State's Chief Assets

Alfred A. May, consultant to the Ford Motor Co. on race
relations, who returned last week from a tour to Israel, de-
scribes with marked enthusiasm his impressions of the land
and the people and feels confident that the new state will
make its mark in the Middle East in spite of the obstacles it
must overcome.

Mr. May, who was accom-
panied on his tour by Mrs. May,
states that he found the spirit
of the people to be the Number
One asset of the new state.
"The children--the marvelous
Sabras—are the NuMber Two
miracle of the country," Mr. May
said, "They are courageous, they
love the land and are willing to
make sacrifices for its • success.
In spite of the -many climes
from which they come, they get
along well and work together.
beautifully. .
"Then there is the third great
est thing about Israel—the Weiz-
mann Institute in Rehoboth. It
is a • great chemical institute
where marvelous achievements
are being recorded not only for
the good of Israel but also for
the entire Middle East. With
peace now, practically assured—
unless Arab propagandists are
permitted to stir up unnecessary
troubles-4he Weizmann Insti-
tute is certain to benefit all peo-
ples bordering on the Jewish
state."
Mr. and Mrs. May visited
nearly every colony and city in
Israel, and Mrs. May also made
a .study of the work of Hadassah
and the ORT.
"The people are hard-working
and are willing to learn new
methods to advance their econ-
omy," Mr. May said. "In my con'
- versation with Prime - Minister
David Ben-Gurion and Finance
Minister Eliezer Kaplan I was
impressed by their desire to en-
courage • American investors.
They desire to see people come
there and profit by their invest-
ments."
Israel needs American know-
how, Mr. May said. He said that
the Ford Motor Co. is making
rapid strides to implement the
recent agreement with Israel.
"Among- the encouraging ele-
ments in Israeli life is the tri-
umph of the democratic ideas,"
Mr. May added. "There is a pas-
sion for freedom and for the
ideals which serve to assure
freedom. Israel is • like the great
_Wild West that we have read
about—a pioneering country in
which people work diligently and
are building from the ground up.
The pioneering spirit is triumph-
ing to the nth degree."
- While in France, Mr. and Mrs.
May met. with Joint Distribution
Committee leaders and were
moved by the sincere effort to
facilitate refugees' setlement in
Israel.
May, who was recently elected

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to the executive committee of
the Detroit Jewish Community
Council, filmed various events iii
Tel- Aviv, Jerusalem, and behind
the Arab lines. He has agreed
to •be included on the list of
Council speakers available to or-
ganizations affiliated - with the
Council. His speeches will be
ilustrated with motiOn, pictures
he has made.

Ancient Scrolls Arouse
New Interest Among
British' Archeologists

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NEW YOR"gr—(JTA)—A total
of $54,191,000 has been raised
to date toward local campaign
goals by 67 Jewish communities
throughout the country, accord-
ing to a report released by the
Council of Jewish Federations
and Welfare Funds.
The reporting cities anticipate
a final total return of $58,990,-
500 for 1949, the report said.
The same communities raised
$71,005,256 last year. These com-
munities include : Baltimore,
which has so far raised more
than $3,000,000 and will close its
campaign in September; Buffalo,
which completed its campaign
by raising its quota of $1,200,000;
.Cincinnati, which reached its
goal of $1,600,000; Cleveland,
which completed its drive after
raising its goal of $4,900,000; De-
troit, which raised $5,260,000 and
is concluding its campaign this
month; Kansas City, which
reached its goal - of $1,210,000:
Los Angeles, which raised six
million dollars toward its $8,000,-
000 goal, but which is continu-
ing, its campaign through Sep-
tember.
The reporting cities also in-
cluded Miami, which concluded
its campaign last month after
raising $1,090,000; Newark, which
completed its drive after. raising
its quota of about $2,800,000;
Philadelphia, which raised $5,-
700,000 but is still trying to reach
a _total of $6,000,000; St. Louis,
which • raised $2,650,000; San
Francisco, which secured about
$1,500,000; and Toronto, which
completed its drive after raising
$1,322,000. The report only gives
the results of spring campaigns.

LONDON (JTA)—New interest
was aroused in the tattered
leather scrolls discovered in 1947
by a shepherd in a cavern in
the foothills of the Dead Sea
shores, claimed to be the - earliest
known manuscript of the Book
of Isaiah.
The London Times carries an
article by the chief curator of
antiquities for the Transjordan
Government, Lankester Harding,
giving details of the discovery
and stating that the scrolls,
"forming the complete Book of,
Isaiah," are 22 feet long and
are in almost perfect preserva-
tion. Of eight scrolls taken from
the cavern, four found their way
to the American School of Ori-
ental Research.
Reuters reports that British
archeological experts believ e
that the fragments of the Old
With Harry Kobel, New York
Testament in Hebrew, reportedly
as guest artist, the annual
more than 2,000 years old, which tenor,
"Night
of Stars" of the Jewish
were discovered in the cavern, National
Fund will be held at
are part of ancient records hid-
den by a lost monastic Jewish
sect fighting for its religious
and political freedom.
"The scrolls, estimated to have
been written in the third or
fourth Century B.C. and identi-
fied as texts of Old Testament
books, are thought by experts to
have been part of a library hid-
den by the Essenes, one of the
three great religious sects of
ancient Israel," Reuter s re-
ported.
British experts say it may be
20 years before the texts and
their implications are fully di-
gested in relation to the Bible
as it is known today. British
authorities believe that the ob-
scure square Hebrew script in
which the scrolls are written
confirms their age and authen-
ticity.
HARRY NOBEL

Variety Cites 'Eternal Light'

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The Eternal Light, produced under the auspices of the Jewish
Theological Seminary of America, over the facilities of the
National Broadcasting Co., has been cited by Variety as the
recipient of its Plaque Award for 1948-49 for its "consistently
fine job as the first radio program to systematically explore the
'potentialities of radio drama as a medium of religious expression"
and "an important spiritual force in the community."
Pictured above is the production staff of The Eternal Light:
(left to right), MORTON WISHENGRAD, one of the program's
writers; DR. MOSHE DAVIS, program editor; MILTON E. KRENTS,
Seminary producer, and FRANK PAPP, NBC announcer. (Dr.
Davis will conduct auxiliary High Holy Day services at Shaarey
Zedek in Detroit this fall.)
The program is heard in Detroit at 8 a. m. each Sunday on
station WWJ.

American Fighters for Israel

Friday, August 19, 1949

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By ESTELLE BRAND
Schindler and he received a sus
WASHINGTON—Two Gentile pended sentence.
congressmen are leading the
If the Amnesty bill is not
fight for legislation to aid eight passed, the trial of the eight wi
American Jews awaiting trial in be held in Los Angeles on Sept
Los Angeles on charges of smug- 27. Those indicted in c l u de
gling• aircraft and m i l i t a r y Adolph W. Schwimmer, Abra-
equipment out of the U. S. to ham J. Levin, Leon Gardner,
Israel. The benefactors are Rep. William Sosnow, Herman Green-
Fr an k l i n D. Roosevelt, Jr., spun, Ray Selk, J. Leonard an
New York, and Rep. George A. Elynor Rudnik.
Smathers, Florida.
Excepting Miss Rudnick, the
Roosevelt and Smathers are defendants are charged in the
rallying support for a biparti- main indictment with conspira
san bill introduced in Congress cy to export aircraft and air-
on" July 26. The bill would grant craft parts to Israel withou
amnesty to those who fought in proper license. Specific acts al-
the Near East or who shipped leged include the shipment fro
arms to the countries affected Hawaii to the United States o
by the United Nations arms em- certain combat aircraft engine
bargo. Loss of citizenship may and the attempted exportatio
be the penalty for allegiance to of those engines from th
a foreign military command United States at a later date;
while the shipment of- arms is the exportation of radio par
. for a C-46 type plane; the pur
a criminal offense.
The bill provides that those chase of three Constellatio
who served with the Israeli or planes; the flight of those plane
Arab armies could regain their to the East Coast, and the al
citizenship by taking a natur- leged attempt to ship two o
alization oath. Those who them out of the United States.
It was also charged by th
shipped arms would be relieved
from prosecution. Pen a it i e s Government t ha t ten C-4
would be waived for the time planes were taken out of th
between Sept. 15, 1947, and Jan. country without proper licenses
also that other equipment wa
31, 1949.- '
The proposed immunity period. illegally exported.
In another indictment Mis
would not only save - the eight
California Jews from prosecu- Rudnik- is mentioned along with
tion but would also cover the some of the other defendants.
cases of Irwin Schindler, New They are charged with illegally
York, and Charles Winters, a obtaining a plane through the
former Army pilot, of Miami. War Assets -Administration an
Winters faces the sentence, of a exporting parts of it.
William Strong, a former as
$10,000 fine and a long prison
term. He has noted an appeal. sistant U. S. district attorney
A plea of guilty was entered by and Judge Isaac Pacht are at
torneys for the defendants.

Israeli Movie, Musical Program at
Woodhull JNF Event Sunday Night

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Letvitzky's Hall, Woodhull Lake,
on Sunday evening, Aug. 21.
Arthur Shutkin, executive di-
rector of the Jewish National
Fund in Michigan, announces
that the latest Israeli movie,
"Ani Maamim" ("I Believe") will
be shown during the program.

Mr. Kobel will be featured in
a program of Yiddish and He-
brew songs. He Will be accom-
panied by Lillian Fox.
Guest speaker of the evening
will be Irving vif. Schlussel,
president of the Jewish National
Fund Council of Detroit.
Serving on the committee of

IRVING W. SCHLUSSEL

arrangements are: Mr. and Mrs.
Samuel Weiseman, Mr. and Mrs.
Isidore Gussin, Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Ainbinder, J. Lewitzky,
Mrs. Philip Lieberman and Isi-
dore Sosnick,

Israel Wants Settlers
From United States,
Ben Gurion Declares

Rosenmans Leave
Center. Positions

TEL AVIV; (JTA)=-Asserting
that the Israeli Government
would like to see American in-
vestors in the Jewish state make
a profit, 'Premier David Ben
Gurion told Dr. Bernard Berg-
man, editor of the Jewish Morn-
ing Journal of New York and
president Of the American Labor
Mizrachi Organization, that Is-
rael wants American Jews to
settle here.
"We want not only American
money but also U.S. Jews," fie
said. "We want their skill and
brains." Asked by Dr. Bergman
w h e th e r Israel is being built
along the lines of American
democracy, the Premier replied:
"We are building Israeli demo-
cracy and socialism as developed
on Mount- Sinai." - He also ex-
pressed himself as opposed to
any form of dictatorship, either
by an individual or a party.

Yehuda Rosenman, supervisor
of young adult activities at the
Jewish Community for the past
two years, has accepted an ap-
pointment as assistant director
of the Jewish Community Cen-..
ter of Baltimore. He will take up
his new duties in September,
after a- month's vacation with
his wife, Edna, who resigned
from her supervisory capacity
at the 12th Street Council Cen-
ter to accompany her husband.
It was largely through Rosen-
man's efforts that the Detroit
Jewish Youth Adult Council was
organized in 1947 and developed
to its present membership of 29
community groups.
Upon his departure from -De-
troit, Rosenman was working on
locating a camp site for young
adults of- the Council's age
group, which would be near and
inexpensive enough for vaca-
tions for young Detroiters.

Urges Plan, to Send
U.S. Israeli Teachers

JERUSALEM—(JTA) — A sug-
gestion that a commission of
trained Israeli i n s tr u c t ors
should be sent to the United
States to educate - American
Jewish youth in Zionism was
made here by Eliahu Dobkin,
Jewish Agency immigr ation
chief.
Declaring that Zionist educa-
tion and propaganda in. the U.S.
has been restricted to .- fund-
raising, Dobkin called for a new
approach to the problem of
Zicinist education among youth
and the development• of a new
pioneering spirit. He complain-
ed that the American Jewish
community spent only $210 ;000
on its Zionist youth education
last year and that only 50,000
of 750,000, American Jewish
young men and women are or-
ganized in Zionist youth _move-
ments.
For the first time in history
Zionism has liquidated two en-
tire Jewish communities outside
of Israel-I-the Bulgarian and
Yugoslav Jewish communities,
he said. The Czechoslovakian
community is also being emptied
into Israel, Dobkin revealed.
The chief source of immigra-
tion to Israel during the next
year will remain Jews from
Middle East countries, particu-_
larly Turkey . 4nd Tripolitania.
He- emphasized that Israel --is
"vitally interested" in immi-
grants from the Western coun-
tries where, however, he said,
"Zionist zeal has slackened.

SholemAteichemOuting
Planned at Camp Mehia
On Labor Day Weekend

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Resepations are now being
accepted for the annual .Labor
Day - outing of the - Sholem
Aleichem Institute at Camp
Mehia in the Irish Hills.
An Oneg Slfabbat Friday eve-
ning, Sept. 2, will open the
weekend's program. The Cleve-
land Drama Studio will present
a series of skits, and square
dancing is planned with Shirley
Soifer as caller.
Complete camping and ath-
letic facilities will be available.
For reservations and informa-
tion call Mrs. M. Freidman at

TE. 4-7107.