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THE JEWISH NEWS-5'

Form National Christian Committee
Group to Help United Jewish Appeal

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Forma-
tion of a National Christian
Committee of the United Jewish
Appeal with Mrs. Franklin D.
Roosevelt and Senator Robert
A. Taft as honorary chairman
and W. Averell Harriman, Sum-
ner Welles, Jesse Jones and Eric
Johnston serving as associate
chairmen, was announced by
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., na-
tional chairman of the Christian
Committee.
Among those associated in the
work of the UJA Christian Com-
mittee will be Winthrop W. Al-
drich, chairman of the board of
the Chase National Bank; Gen.
Lucius D. Clay, former Com-
mander of U.S. Armed Forces in
Germany; Secretary of Agricul-
ture Charles F. Brannan; Secre-

tary of Interior Oscar Chapman;
Secretary of Labor Maurice J.
Tobin; and Marshall Field, busi-
ness leader and newspaper pub-
lisher.
An initial committee of one
hundred, comprising prominent
government, business, labor and
civic leaders, has been organized
to rally the support of Ameri-
cans of all faiths behind the im-
migration, settlement and re-
habilitation programs of the
United Jewish Appeal, Mr.
Roosevelt said.
Members of the committee are
Gov. G. Mennen Williams and
Rep. John D. Dingell of Mich-
igan.

Friday, March 10, 1950

Mosiac Lodge to Honor
Past Master Rottman

To Hold Second Annual Teachers'
Seminar in Jerusalem this Summer

The second annual seminar
for Hebrew teachers will be held
Mosaic Lodge, F. and A. M., in Jerusalem this summer from
will highlight its spring enter- July 14 through Aug. 21, the De-
tainment program with annual partment of Culture and Edu-
past master's
cation of the World Zionist Or-
night, Wednes-
ganization announced from its
da,y, March 22,
offices at 16 E. 66th St., New
honoring i m -
York 21,. N. Y.
mediate past
Four weeks of classroom work
master Henry H.
are planned, to be conducted in
Rottman.
Hebrew, as well as escorted tours
Worshipful
through the country. The total
master David S.
Berman has an-
dance music and entertainment
nounced that
will be furnished by Mickey
Rottman
the guest speak-
er will be Edgar A. Guest, De- Woolf and his orchestra.
Berman urges that reserva-
troit Free Press poet.
Dinner will be served in the tions be made as early as pos-
Abraham Lincoln left an es- Fountain .Ballroom of Masonic sible by phoning senior warden
Temple at 7 p.m., after which Herbert I. Grossman, UN. 3-028.
tate of $110,974.62.

cost per person, including trans-
portation, maintenance and
tours, will not exceed $900. The
World Zionist Organization will
bear the cost of tuition.
The seminar is open to all
practicing teachers and to stu-
dents in Hebrew teachers' semi-
naries, 20 years of age or older,
who intend to become practicing
Hebrew teachers. Certificates of
completion will be granted to
those who participate in the en-
tire curriculum.
Applicants in the United
States and Canada are requested
to direct their correspondence
to the Department of Culture
and Education, World Zionist
Organization, 16 E. 66th St.,
New York 21, N. Y.

EPE

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The 1950 Drive for the United Jewish

Appeal will shortly be launched in Detroit.

You stand at the cradle of history. The
momentous achievements of a decade of re-
construction and settlement hang in the bal-
ance. The 1950 campaign of the United
Jewish Appeal is your opportunity to create
a brighter future for the Jewish people
throughout the world.
The Jews of Israel displayed great courage
in winning a war of survival and freedom.
But they are not yet at peace with their
neighbors and the new nation is in danger of
another serious attack.
Israel has taken in 400,000 homeless Jews
from every corner of the globe in less than
two years. Its people are sharing their food
and their homes with the newcomers. They
are living on an austerity basis and taxing
themselves to the limit to welcome an addi-
tional 150,000 this year.
The Jews of Israel cannot carry this bur-
den alone. At this very moment, in the sever-
est winter Israel has known in more than
twenty-five years, no less than 85,000 men,

women and children are livirig in tents and
barracks in bitter cold and in torrential
rains. They are waiting for us to give them
a, decent home. They are waiting for us to
give them a fresh start. We considered them
our responsibility when they were in the DP
camps of Germany and in the ghettos of
North Africa and Europe. They are no less
our responsibility today. We cannot abandon
them now without condemning them to
months of sorrow and misev„y.
Can we try to halt the flow of immigrants
to ease the critical heed in Israel? Can we
ask the Jews of Poland to wait until the
August 15th deadline on their opportunity
for emigration lapses? Can we ask the Jews
in Moslem lands, who are now living under
the shadow of wholesale. persecution, to wait
until their chance to escape has been cut off?
Lack of dollars will reduce the influx of im-
migrants into Israel. Are we prepared to as-
sume the consequences for dooming those
who are left behind to suffering and possible
death?
Our job is not finished while 800,000 Jews
in the Moslem lands are in the grip of opres-

sion. Our job is not finished while more than
250;000 Jews in Europe still look to us for
help. Our job is not finished while the State
of Israel is struggling to achieve .peace and
stability in the face of a serious economic
and defense crisis.
As the one central instrument of American
Jews for the rescue and" reconstruction of
Jews overseas, the United Jewish Appeal
calls on the Jews of this city to give and give
generously to the Campaign for the United
Jewish Appeal that is to be launched soon .
here.
We urge you to consider carefully the ur-
gency and significance of the 1950 United
Jewish Appeal and the role which you are
called on to play in shaping the history of
the Jewish people in Israel, Europe and else-
where. So much depends on the outcome of
this year's drive. So much depends on you.

In Detroit the United Jewish Appeal

Receives Its Funds from the

ALLIED JEWISH CAMPAIGN

UNITED JEWISH APPEAL

For the Reconstruction and Resettlement Programs of the Joint Distribution Committee, United Palestine Appeal and United Service for New Americans

HENRY MORGENTHAU, JR., General Chairman

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