April 18 Rally Launches
AJC, Dr. Silver to Speak

Dr. Abba Hillel Silver will formally launch the 1950
Allied Jewish Campaign on Tuesday, April 18, in the Hotel
Tuher Arabian room.
The fiery Cleveland rabbi has been a leader for 30 years
. .
in the major causes represent-
ed in the Allied Jewish Cam-
paign. He has served as na-
tional chairman of the United
Jewish Appeal and of the
United Palestine Appeal. • He
has represented the World
Zionist Congress and the Jew-
ish Agency for Israel at the
United Nations and was one of
the leaders instrumental in
securing U. S. recognition of
Israel. He is a. former presi-
dent of the Zionist Organiza-
tion of America, former chair-
. man of the Zionist Emergency
Council and of the American
DR. SILVER
Section of the Jewish Agency.
The March 18 rally for . workers and givers will signal
the opening of solicitation in the trades and professions,
where the vast majority of campaign contributors are
found, according to Harvey H. Goldman, trades and pro-
fessions chairman in the three-man cabinet directing the
1950 campaign.
The drive, asking Detroiters to give more than ever
before for urgent overseas needs and primary local and
national services, was off to an impressive start when the
community's top givers gave more than ever before-
$1,225,000—under the stimulation of Eddie- Cantor's pres-
ence at a pre-campaign dinner March 27.

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Allegations in Yemenite Campaign
Refuted; Decry Separate Drive

Refuting the claims of dis-
crimination against Yemenites
in Israel being made in this
country, Major •E. Laserson of
the Kerern Ilayesod emphasized
the inadvisability of conducting

A Member a Year

LZO Holds 45th
Anniversary Drive

To mark the 45th anniversary
of the Labor Zionist Organiza-
tion this s p r in g, the local
branches have pledged to in-
crease their membership by 45-
a member for every year.
Special invitations have been
extended to all members of the

NATHAN JACKSON

organization to attend an Oneg
Shabbat launching the member-
ship drive on Friday evening,
April 14, at the Labor Zionist
Institute.
Featured speaker. will be Nath-
an Jackson, Israel's young Glas-
gow born labor leader, for nine
years se cr et ar y of the po-
litical bureau of the Labor
Zionist Organization of Great
Britain, and one of the organ-
izers of the Israeli Air Force. At
present, Jackson is in charge of
relations with international la-
bor organizations for the Jew-
wish State.
During his two-day visit in
Detroit, Jackson will contact all
branches of the Labor Zionist
movement s as well as prominent
figures in Detroit labor move-
ment.
' All members of LZO and
their friends are urged to at-
tend the Oneg Shabbat. Com-
munity singing and refresh-
ments will complete the pro-
gram.

a separate fund-raising cam-
paign in this country for the
Yemenite immigrants, in viola-
tion of t h e decision of the
United Campaigns Commission.
Major Laserson points out
that, in actual fact, the Yemin-
ite immigrants enjoy more pop-
ularity and cooperation among
their fellow citizens than a4iy
other group. He reports that the
established Yemenite community
in Israel, some 30 years old, has
found an honored place -in the
community, and that the new-
comers received an equally cor-
dial welcome.
Not only were the Yemenites
not discriminated against, but
special provisions and extra ra-
tions were allowed for them,
and a higher proportion of re-
settlement opportunities is
awarded to their group. He also
mentions the contributions to
Hebrew culture which have been
made by the Yemenites and
applauded by all Israel.
"Separate campaigning, based
on the `Landsmanschaft' and
persecution principle is a highly
dangerous phenomenon. T h e
spreading of rumors about 'ra-
cial' discrimination during a
process of the ingathering. of
the exiles, is a most dangerous
phenomenon. It creates, arti-
ficially, inter-community hatred
and suspicion, and the danger-
ous illusion of the existence of
first and second class citizens."

20 — THE JEWISH NEWS

Friday, April 7, 1950

Center. Program
Extends into
Northwest Area

Plans for Jewish Community
Center programming in the
northwest section of Detroit
were outlined at a recent meet-
ing at Northwest Synagogue.
The 100 persons present in-
cluded parents of children par-
ticipating in the 15 neighbor-
hood clubs in that area; mem-
bers of the University Area,
Women's Club, Friendship Club
No. 3 and other interested resi-
dents.
A survey conducted at the
meeting revealed an interest in
a second season of the North-
west Summer Day Camp which
began last year, more children's
clubs, a program for adults to
include discussion and study
groups, health and gym activi-
ties, dances, art and music.
Mrs. Louis Redstone chaired
the meeting, and a temporary
steering committee was selected
•to develop a suitable program
for the area. A resolution was
passed urging the boards of
the Jewish Welfare Federation
and the Jewish Community Cen-
ter to "do all things necessary
and .proper to facilitate and ex-
pedite the acquisition of a site
and an early construction, there-
on, of a suitable Northwest
Branch of the Jewish Commu-
nity Center.

Legislature to Get
Absentee Vote Bill

Governor G.-Mennen Williams
has decided to submit to the
State Legislature a message re-
questing an amendment to the
laws governing elections, so that
Jewish voters -May exercise
their citizens' duty in the pri-
maries, which coincide this year
with the first day of Rosh Ha-
shanah.
The Governor's move, which
is in response- to the request
submitted by the Jewish Com-
munity Council of Detroit, is
considered to be of a non-parti-
san nature. Leaders of both the
Democratic and Republican par-
ties endorsed this measure as a
non-partisan issue.
The wording of the bill will
extend the privilege of absentee
voting, presently limited to those
who are ill or who are out of the
State at' the time of voting, to
"those whose religious convic-
tions prevent them from the ex-
ercising of their voting rights
on the days when the primary
and the final elections are
scheduled."

Ohel Theatrical Troupe
On European Tour
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TEL AVIV, _ (JTA)—The Ohel

theatrical troupe—sponsored by
Histadrut—left for an extensive
European tour. The troupe's first
appearance will be in Rome.

Wayne University Sociologist Given
U.S. State Department Post in Israel

Dr. Edward C. Jandy of Wayne
University will leave shortly to
assume his post as Cultural of-
ficer with the public affairs di-
vision of the U. S. State Depart-.
ment in Tel Aviv, Israel.
A former official with 1INRA4
in Ethiopia, Dr. Jandy has trav-
elled extensively in the Near
East and Africa, though he never
has been in Israel. This • is
his first appointment with the
State Department, and he looks
forward to assuming a relative-
ly_ new type of American diplo-
matic post.
•His duties will entail the cul-
tivation of Israel-American cul-
tural relations. He will be in
charge of arranging the ex-
change of students and faculty
members between the two coun-
tries, and will primarily encour-
753 Immigrants
age an understanding of the
Arrive From Romania
AmeriCan way of life, our liter-
HAIFA, (JTA) — The Roman- ature and art.
ian steamer Transylvania ar-
"As a sociologist I look for-
rived here carrying 753 Jewish ward to observing first-hand
immigrants from Romania.
the experiment of Israel. I want

Organizations Mobilize to Aid
Campaign; Kay Heads Unit

LEON B. KAY, left, chairman of the Organizations Divi-
sion of the 1950 Allied Jewish Campaign, beams as he accepts
the first payment on a $4,500 pledge from the Odessa Pro-
gressive Aid Society. Presenting the check, left to right, are
Odessa members ALEX BELKIN, MORRIS MONY and JACOB
B. ORMOND. Belkin is also chairman of the Landsmanschaft-
en Section of the campaign. The pledge includes a special
gift, honoring the 60th birthday of Samuel Shayne, Odessa
Society president.

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Leon B. Kay, chairman of the Organizations Division
of the 1950- Allied Jewish Campaign, this week announced
his complete campaign cabinet.
Rabbi Moses Lehrman of Cong. alai Moshe is co-chair-
man, with Kay, who is president of the Zionist Organization
of Detroit, and there are five section chairmen, representing

the 290 organizations channeling,,
their campaign activity through
this division.
Alex Belkin heads Landsman-
schaften; Harry T. Madison,
Jewish War Veterans; Sidney M.
Shevitz, Zionist groups; Isadore
Starr, Bnai Brith, and Rabbi
Max J. Wohlgeternter, congrega-
tions.
Rachel Hubner, slim, 'dynamic
A four-point program for or- 30-year-old veteran of eight
ganizations' aid in the Cam- years of fighting in the British
paign, as outlined by Kay has as and Israeli armies, will address
its features bringing the story workers in the Women's _ Divi-
of campaign to members at sion of the ' 1950 Allied Jewish
meetings, assemblies or through
notices; enlisting workers (a
minimum of five is suggested);
vote treasury gifts, and making
sure all members contribute as
individuals.
An advisory council will assist
in direction of the Organizations
campaign. Not yet complete, it
includes:

Israeli Veteran
To Spur Women
At April 10 Rally

Rabbi Sidney Akselrad, Alex Belkin,
David J. Cohen. William Hordes. Sam
Jacobson, Ira G. Kaufman, Dr. Shmarya
Kleinman, A. J. Lachover, Louis Levine,
Samuel W. Lieb, Morris Lieberman,
Harry T. Madison. • Norman Naimark, Irv-
ing Schlussel, Sidney M. Shevitz, Dave
Sirota, Ira I. Sonnenblick, Rabbi Joshua
S. Sperka. Isadore Starr. David Teitel-
baum. Zvi Tumkevich, Rabbi M. J. Wohl-
gelernter and Dr. Lawrence I. Yaffa.

One of the division's first acts
was to approach the public
through the synagogues on the
first day of Passover, when
many rabbis devoted their ser-
mons to the campaign as "the
instrument of a modern Exo-
dus."
Among rabbis who ' partici-
pated in this project, at the re-
quest of the congregations sec-
tion of the division, were Rabbis
Leon Fram, Temple Israel; Max
J. Wohlgelernter, Mogen Abra-
ham; Moses Lehrman,Bnai
Moshe; Joshua S. Sperka, Bnai
David; Samuel H. Prero, Young
Israel; Joseph Rabinowitz, Beth
Shmuel; Isaac Stollman, Mish-
kan Israel, and Israel I. Halpern,
Beth Abraham.

particularly to study the trends
assuring the economic future of
Israel, their methods of recon-
ciling private enterprise with
collectivism; the integrgtion of
Editor's Henry Article
diverse national and racial ele-
In. Congressional Record
ments of Jewry into one united
nation," he said.
The entire last page of the
He would like to aid in the
fullest possible understanding of Passover issue of The Jewish
News, containing the article
both people, and to give Israelis
as well - rounded a view of by the editor on "Jacob
Henry's Battle for Civil
American life as possible.
Rights" was reprinted in the
Dr. Jandy has been at Wayne
since 1932, when he left the Congressional Record.
University of Michigan sociology
It was inserted in the Re-
department. He has written ex-
cord by Congressman John D.
tensively on criminology, and
Dingell, who stated in his re-
juvenile delinquency and spoken
marks that. he considered the
before civic organizations, in- ..article . 'appropriate at • this.
cluding Jewish groups.. .
time in view of the Passover
He is chairman of the Gov- . season.
errnor's Advisory Council on
The 52-page Passover issue
Corrections and secretary of the
Michigan Corrections Associa- of The Jewish News continued
the tradition established in
tion.
all our holiday issues of pub-
He will serve in Israel for 12
to 18 months. His wife and lishing scores of articles with-
out "jumps" to other pages.
daughter, Gail, will join him at
his post.

RACHEL HUBNER

Campaign at their April 10
meeting at the Woodward Jew-
ish Center.
Mrs. Hubner, who holds the
rank of Major in the Israeli
Army ReserVe, is in the United,
States with her husband, who is
doing postgraduate work in a'
New York hospital.
All three divisions of women.
campaign workers will have. as-
signments at the April 10 meet-
ing. Division chairmen and sec-
retaries in general solicitation
will pick up kits and prospect
slips for their workers. Special
gifts workers will accept as-
signments of prospects. Pre.-
campaign workers will report on
their drive.
Pre - campaign women gave
"more than ever before" at the
Eddie Cantor dinner March 27,
turning in $145;000.

Halevy To Celebrate
25th Anniversary

Detroit Halevy Choral Sodiety
will celebrate its 25th anniver-
sary on May 16, with its. annual
concert at the Scottish- Rite
Cathedral of Masonic Temple.
Marguerite Kozenn, Detroit
soprano, and Norman Atkins,
New York baritone, will be the

featured soloists. The chorus
will be under the direction of
Julius Chajes, with Betty Ko-
walsky at the piano.
Tickets are available at Grin-
nell's.

