THE JEWISH NEWS Ford Envoy Surveys Israel 16 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 -- 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 — 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' : 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 . 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 , 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 . 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.