Jerusalem Rally at Central
For U.S. Government Appeal

THE JEWISH NEWS - 5

Friday, November 19, 1949

ZOA, Jewish Agency,
WCGZ Plan Funds
Detroit Jewry's voice on the status of Jerusalem will be
For
Israel Projects
heard at a public meetineto be held at Central High School

at 8:30 p.m. Monday, under auspices' of the Zionist Council,

The Jewish Community Council is co-sponsor of the
. meeting.
Sidney Shevitz, president of the Zionist Council, over-all
body representing all Zionist parties, announces that three
speakers, all of whom have visited Israel this year, will
appear on this program. They are:
Ezra Shapiro of Cleveland,
vice president of the Zionist
Organization of. America,
former president of the Cleve-
land Jewish Communit
Council, former law director
and acting mayor of Cleve-
' land.
Philip Slomovitz, editor and
•publisher of The Jewish
News, former president of
the Detroit Zionist Council.
Rabbi Stollman, former
president of Detroit Mizrachi.
Traditional liturgical selec-
tions will be chanted by Can-
tor Hyman Adler.
Resolutions will be pro-
posed for . adoption by the
gathering calling upon the
•United States Government to
EZRA SHAPIRO
prevent infringement upon Israel's rights in Jerusalem
Shevitz will preside.

Judge Steinbrink Protests
Foreign Needs at JDA Parley

The declaration here last Friday, at the convention of
JDA (Joint Defense Appeal) of the American Jewish Com-
mittee and the. Anti-Defamation League, by Justice Meier
Steinbrink of the N. Y. Supreme Court, ADL chairman, that
prolonged emphasis on Jewish overseas needs has led the
Jews of America to neglect the needs of U. S. welfare and
civic agencies, has aroused

controversy which may become
a major- issue in American Jew-
ish. life.
By urging the Jews of Amer-
is to concentrate their efforts
on domestic need s, Justice
Steinbrink aroused protests from
those who are convinced that
local activities are receiving am-
ple support, that the task of
building Israel must be com-
pleted speedily and without
hindrance and that there should
be a temporary halt to the con-
struction of new buildings until
the Israel job is done.
Accumulated Problems
Asserting that American Jewry
had whole-heartedly supported
the overseas rescue movement
and the establishment of Israel,
Justice Steinbrink declared:
"Not all of us could see eye to
eye with the ideological drives
that went long with the rescue
movements, but we did not cavil.
We were concerned with only
one thing—the rescue of the
remnant, no matter what the
cost. Now, however,-the accum-
ulated problems of our Jewish
communal life in this country
can be neglected no longer, we
must meet them and solve them
if Jewish life in this country is
'to continue strong and healthy."

`Terrorist Groups' Out

Justice Steinbrink said that
the success of the AJC and ADL
efforts is proof that the "lunatic
fringe and terrori s t groups
which loomed so frighteningly
in the anti-Semitic picture in
the 1930's have disintegrated and
are no longer a serious threat."
Charles Morris of Louisville,
Ky., was named president, and
Max Osnos of Detroit; vice-
chairman„ of the national JDA
Council. The 1950 campaign
fund-raising goal has been set
at $5,561,215:
Justice Steinbrink said that
.ADL has made progress in help-
ing to evoke the "three great dy-
namic forces of democratic prog-
ress — education, public opinion
and law." He maintained that
adoption of laws by 25 south-
ern • cities and by the state of
Alabama of laws prohibiting the
use of masks and hoods in public
demonstrations had first been
suggested by JDA agencies.

Bias Discredits U.S.

Dr. John Slawson told the 400
delegates from 41 states that
America cannot maintain inter-
national leadership for peace if
discrimination against minori-
ties discredits this nation in the
eyes of world public opinion.
Jacob Blaustein, ' president of-
:the American .JewishoCommittee,

stated in an address at the con-
ference dinner Saturday that. "it
is no longer sufficient for Amer-
icent for American Jews to con-
cern themselves exclusively with
philanthropic activities, essen-
tial as they are. We must take
a widespread and active interest
in civil, political, economic and
religious positions."
Speaking before the panel 'on
community services, Benjamin
H. Epstein, national director of
the Anti-Defamation League,
said "great strides" in the field
of combatting prejudice and dis-
crimination have been made • on
a regional basis. The so-called
Springfield Plan, the Montclair
Audit, the Philadelphia Fellow-
ship Commission, New York
State's Commission Against Dis-
crimination, and Mayor's Com-
mittees for Unity are some of
the most effective - programs
that have been tested in local
communities and then adopted
for national promotion, he said.
While there is a feeling of
"direct and immediate responsi-
bility" for the relief and reha-
bilitation of Jews throughout
the world, there is almost no
realization of equally urgent re-
sponsibility for the protection of
their civil and economic rights,
Simon Segal, AJC foreign affairs
director, declared at the panel
on foreign affairs. Segal pointed
out that not even immigration
could permanently solve t h e
problem of Jewish communities
overseas unless "we create con-
ditions under which Jews can
develop as self-respecting citi-
zens" of the countries where
they now reside.

German Press, Vandals
Renew Anti-Semitism

LONDON, (JTA) — A resurg-
ence of anti-Semitic propaganda
in the German press of the Wes-
tern zone has prompted leaders
of the Jewish Central Commit-
tee of the British zone to visit
London to consult with leading
Jewish organizations here. The
two-man delegation is composed
of Joseph Rosensaft and Norbert
Wollheim.
They revealed there had been
a wave of desecrations in Jewish
cemeteries, necessitating greater
efforts at placing memorials to
Nazi victims under internation-
al protection.
The German authorities, they
said, are either unable or un-
willing to, bring • the perpetra-
toit justice.

8,200 DPs to Enfer
U. S. in November

result in halving the number of
DP immigrants who can be ad-
mitted to. the United States dur-
ing November, it was indicated
here.
Some 8,200 persons are ex-
pected to be admitted to the
United States this month as con-
trasted with 'the average figure
of 16,000 refugee immigrants.

WASHINGTON, (JTA)-
Congressional f a.1 u re to lift
restrictive provisions of the Dis-
NEW YORK, (JTA)—The con- placed Persons Act of 1948 will
clusion of an agreement among
the Zionist Organization of Am-
erica, the Jewish Agency and
the World Confederation of
General Zionists for the alloca-
tion of $1,250,000 to the ZOA
for constructive projects in Is-
rael, was announced by Daniel
Frisch, president of the ZOA.
At a meeting of the ZOA na-
tional administrative committee.
Frisch revealed that the agree-
ment was reached after months
of negotiations. In return, he
disclosed, the ZOA has "momen-
tarily yielded its right to enter
upon a special campaign" and is
urging complete concentration of.
all Jewish forces on the forth-
coming United Jewish Appeal
drive.
Frisch made clear his stand
that he still believes in the com-
plete unification of all funds,
raised for Israel, in the United
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Be Sure to Ask for Your'Good Friends:
Of the total granted the ZOA
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for its projects in Israel, the sum
of $500,000 will be made avail-
able from and through the Con-
federation of General Zionist in
Israel, to be spent primarily to
strengthen the credit facilities
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and social services of the "small
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spent by the Agency _to finance
two ZOA colonies in Israel.

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