Election Falls on Rosh Hashanah ;
Ask Absentee Voting Provision

In an effort to make voting in the Detroit fall primary,
Sept. 12, possible for all Jewish citizens, the internal rela-
tions committee of the Jewish Community Council has pe-
titioned Governor G. Mennen Williams for a statutory change
making absentee ballots available to Jewish persons who
will be observing Rosh Hashanah on that date.

Under existing law, absentee
ballots are available only to in-
dividuals unable to vote by rea_
son of illness or absence from
the city. Orthodox and Conser-
vative Jews, however, who will
neither ride to the voting booths
nor write on the holiday, might
be deprived of their voting priv-
ilege under those conditions.
The statutory change request-
ed by the community Council
would make it possible to utilize
absentee ballots in cases where
religious beliefs make it impos-
sible to vote on the date set.
The Council requested that
the matter be brought to the at-
tention of the special session of
the Legislature, and pointed out
to the Govenor that such legis-
lation as the Selective Service
Act made allowances for the re-
ligious beliefs of Menonites and
Quakers.
Community Council spokes-
men indicated that this is the
first time that election dates
have coincided with the first
day of a Jewish holiday. (Had
the election fallen on the sec-
ond day of Rosh Hashanah, it
would have been possible for ob-
serving Jews to vote after sun-
dawn.)

'Man of the Year'

Irving Fields Wins
Bnai Brith Honor

The Greater Detroit Bnai
Brith Council has named Irving
Fields, 4216 W. Grand Ave., as
the Bnai Brith "Man of the
Year." A fitting citation, do-

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Belgian. Priest Visits
Children He Aided,
Now Living in Israel

TEL AVIV—(ISI)—A Belgian
priest who helped save Jewish
children from the Nazis during
the German occupation of Bel-
gium arrived in Israel this week
to visit two girls and two boys
he had sheltered.

Abbe Louis Salys did not try to
convert his wards, but watched
over their Hebrew prayers.
When one of the boys became
Bar Mitzvah, the priest procured
tefillim for him.
The elder boy worked as an
agricultural laborer in Belgium,
giving all his earnings to the
priest. When the children left
for Israel, the priest and his
housekeeper, also here on a visit,
returned to the boy the 5,500
francs he had earned and even
though he is a poor man, he
refused to accept anything in
payment for the upkeep of the
four children during the three
years they had lived with him.
A Tel Aviv engineer who heard
the story was so touched he
wrote to the priest and invited
him to visit the children in the
new Jewish State. A group of
friends financed the visit and
the Government arranged for a
free trip on an El Al plane. The
priest is now touring the holy
places.

ZOD Groups Compete
In Amateur Program

10—THE JEWISH NEWS

Friday, March 17, 1950

Despite the theme of the chil-
Members of three chapters of dren's song, London bridge never
has fallen down.
the Zionist Organization of De-
troit will compete for prizes in
an amateur show sponsored by
Nordau Chapter Wednesday
evening, March 25, at Halevy
Music Center, Linwood at Fleet.
Murray Selborn, chairman,
announces that movies taken in
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The internal relations commit-
tee of the Jewish Community
Council endorsed the resolutions
passed at a recent meeting of
the Women's• action committee
on consumer problems, a sub-
committee within the Jewish
Community Council.
A green light was given to
further probing into Passover
prices.
The internal relations com-
mittee, chaired by Louis Rosenz-
Weig, approved plans to public-
ize the facts concerning Pass-
over prices and past "labeling"
abuses, as practiced by some
grocers. A preliminary survey
showed • that in practically no
items of "K o s h e r L'Pesach"
products are there increases
in prices by wholesalers or man-
ufacturers.
Veterinary and malarial spe-
Constituent organizations of cialists from Jordan and Israel
the Council will be kept in- will meet to discuss methods for
formed of developments, that combatting rabies and malaria.
the alleged abuses, prevalent in
previous years, will be put to
an end.
The Women's action commit-
tee on consumer problems aims
to assure fair dealings for Jew-
ish housewives in their purchas-
ing from local merchants.

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MacCulloch BSA Group
To Meet March 20

MacCulloch C h a p t e r, Better
Schools Assoc., continues its
program activity with the sixth
meeting of the season, at 8 p.m.
March 20 at' MacCulloch School.
Songs, dances and a magi-
cian's act are scheduled for the
program. David Aptekar, presi-
dent of the Michigan Camping
Association will advise parents
"What to Ask for in a Summer
Camp."
The meeting will conclude
with a social.

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IRVING FIELDS

nated by Ivan S. Bloch Lodge,
will be presented to Fields by
Mayor Albert E. Cobo.
This award is made in recog-
nition of Field's "conspicous
service, inconspicuously render-
ed" during 1948 when Fields was
chairman of the Materials for
Israel campaign of Bnai Brith.
A quota of $100,000 was accept-
ed. A total of $614,829.92 was
raised, involving trucks, rnedi-
cinals, clothing and machinery.
Fields personally led a cara-
van of seven trucks to New
York City and delivered aboard
ship the materials convoyed.
For seven years, Fields has
been a member of Louis Mar-
shall Lodge. Louis Weber, presi-
dent of Bloch Lodge, announced
that on March 20, at the Labor
Zionist Institute, Bloch Lodge
will tender Fields an "award
night celebration."

Correspondent to Speak
To Perfection Lodge

Blair Moody will be the speak-
er at the third degree dinner of
Perfection Lodge, F. and A. M.
Wednesday, March 29.
Moody, Washington corres-
pondent for the Detroit News,
will bring up-to-the-minute in-
formation on national a n d
world affairs.
Reservations for members and
friends should be made by con-
tacting Abraham B. Miller, 3800
18th St., TE. 1-6700.

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