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Shevitz to Head Mass Israel
Anniversary Rally at Coliseum
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THE JEWISH NEWS
$75,000 Check Handed Histadrut
Leaders for Transmission to Israel
Friday, April 14, 1950
UJA, Christian
Committee, Hold
National Meeting
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Sidney Shevitz, president of the Zionist' Council, co-
sponsor with the Jewish Community Council of the rally
which will mark the second anniversary of the establish-
inent of Israel, at the State Fair Coliseum April 30, has
For the first time in its his-
been chosen to preside at the rally which is expected to tory, the United Jewish Appeal (
draw an audience - exceeding 15,000 people. Shevitz was has called a national conference
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chairman of the great event
held at the Coliseum last year.
Dr. Shmarya Kleinman, pres-
ident of the Community Coun-
cil, will extend greetings to the
assembly. The program will fea-
ture mass singing, led by Moe
Kesner, popular music director.
Prepared song sheets already
are being distributed widely and
are being used in the Jewish
schools. They also are available
in quantities to local organiza-
tions.
The planning committee an-
nounces that souvenir Ameri-
can and Israel flags will be
presented to all children at-
tending the celebration. °
Requests are being received
from organizations for blocks of
seats at the • Coliseum, in order
that they may attend as groups.
The committee is attemPting to
make the accommodations re-
quested and urges any organi-
zation wishing to be present in
a body and to occupy a separate
section to get in touch with the
office of the Community Coun-
cil as quickly as possible. Such
requests are being handled in
the order in which they are re-
ceived.
Organizations desiring to
bring. their _own flags and ban-
ners to the celebration and to
post them in their sections of
the Coliseum are invited to do
so, but are also requested to
make the • arrangements in adL
Vance with the office of the
Community Council.
At a meeting of all Council
organizations last week. Rabbi
Leon Fram sparked the drive for
total community participation
in the observance, by stressing
the "important psychological
contribution made by the masses
of American Jews in the crea-
tion of Israel" and the impor-
tance of their role in making
its position secure.
The planning committee an-
nounces that there will be no
admission charge to the celebra-
tion and that the program will
be presented regardless of wea-
ther conditions. Parking accom-
modations are being made, and
there is direct DSR service to
the Fair Grounds. School chil-
dren unaccompanied by their
parents will be • transported to
the Coliseum in specially char-
tered buses.
Parents to Peruse .
UHS Curriculum
Wednesday evening April 19,
at 8 p.m. parents of children at-,
tending the United Hebrew
Schools will get together at the.
Rose Sittig Cohen auditorium
for a "Get To Know Your He-
brew Schools" evening.
. The purpose Is to acquaint
parents with the school curricu-
lum and co-curricular activities.
Participants in the program are
staff members Philip Caplan,
Yaffa Epstein, Moe Kesner, Mrs.
Bert Kriechman, M. J. Mathis,
Blossom Neuschatz, Alexander
Roberg, and Sara Selesny.
The planning and arrange-
ments committee of the evening
consists of representatives of
the various Parent-Teacher Or-
ganizations.
SA Jew Discovers Salt
Extraction Process
JOHANNESBURG — (JTA) —
A 27-year-old Jewish scholar of
Krugersdorp, in the Transvaal,
was revealed as the discoverer
of a process for the extraction
of pure salt and other products
from sea water.
Woolf Lonstein, a graduate of
Witwatersrand University, de-
veloped the process four years
ago in a kitchen laboratory. The
discovery came after two years
of experimentation, but Lonstein
was forced to wait three years
before he was granted a patent
by Britain. He is currently in-
yestigating • problems connected
with Diesel engine combustion
at Witwatersrand University.
Mme. Roubach
To Address AJC
Women's Division
Mme. Louis Roubach of Paris,
chairman of the executive com-
mittee of International. Women's
ORT, will speak at the first re-
port meeting of the Women's
Division of the 1950 Allied Jew-
ish Campaign, Monday noon, at
the Jewish Center.
A member of the Central
Board of the World ORT Union,
Mme. Roubach previously served
in conjunction with its National
Christian Committee, to map
plans for enlisting the support
of the entire American .com-
munity for the homeless and
oppressed Jews overseas, it was
announced by Menry Morgen-
thau, Jr., UJA general chair-
man, and R e p. Franklin D.
Roosevelt, Jr., national chair-
man of the Christian Commit-
tee.
The meeting will be held in
Washington, D.C. on Saturday
and Sunday, April 15 and 16.
Among the leaders who will ad-
dress the conference will be
Secretary of the Interior Oscar
L. Chapman, Secretary of Agri-
culture Charles F. Brannan, Mrs.
J. Borden Harriman, former U.S.
Minister to Norway and chair-
man of the women's division of
the Christian Committee, Rep.
Roosevelt and Mr. _Morgenthau.
The conference will meet as
campaigns reach peak activity
in 3,600 communities in the U.S.,
including Detroit.
Rabbi Levin Heads
Agudath Israel Here
MME. LOUIS ROUBACH
as chairman of the French
Women's ORT. She is a leader in
the Zionist a n d Bnai Brith
movements in her country.
Mme. Roubach will address
Detroit workers in all three
phases of the Women's cam-
paign. Pre-campaigners, who
thus far have raised $150,000 to-
ward the $600,000 goal of the
Women's Division, will wind up
their activities. eMrs. Eugene J.
Arnfeld, pre-campaign vice-
chairman, will call for their fi-
nal reports.
Mrs. Samuel S. Aaron, chair-
man of special gifts, will re-
ceive reports from workers.
At the. April 17 meeting, which
will mark the opening of the
women's general campaign, Mrs.
William B. Isenberg, chairman
of general solicitation, will have
slips distributed to workers to
solicit 15,500 women by May 11.
Vienna Jewish Community_
•Gets Threatening Letter
VIENNA-(JTA) —The „Vienna
Jewish Community has received
threatening letter warning
that kazi groups in Austria will
not Test until the last Jew is
hanged?' The - letter Was • signed
"S.S. Organization."
At a meeting of Detroit Agu-
dath Israel. April 4, Rabbi Lei-
zer Levin was re-elected presi-
dent.
Elected with him were Rabbi
Isaac Paneth, Melach Lifshitz,
Jack Isbee, vice presidents; Mor-
ris Horowitz, recording secre-
tary; Benjamin Aronson, finan-
cial secretary ;\ Irving Sarnoff,
treasurer, and Joseph Boren-
stein, chairman of the executive
board.
Plans were discussed for great-
er participation in work for Me-
dinath Israel, especially in aid-
ing of the establishment of new
children's homes. Considerable
interest was shown in Kfar
Abraham Jaffe, a model village
which _ the American Agudath
Israel is building near Tel Aviv.
NORMAN COTT•ER, left, treasurer of the Detroit Histadrut
Campaign and top campaign money raiser, turned over a $75,000
campaign check to HARRY SCHUMER, executive board chairman,
for transmittal to Israel, while LOUIS LEVINE, chairman of
organizations, looks on. The. transfer of the check took' place at
a farewell evening, attended by more than 200 friends and co-
workers, for Schumer, Levine and Morris L. Schaver, founder of
Detroit's Histadrut campaign, on their departure for a visit to
Israel. Mrs. Schumer, outstanding J.N.F. worker, and Mrs. Schaver,
Detroit's beloved concert singer, will accompany their husbands.
The Schumers and Levine left Detroit for Israel on Monday. The
Schavers will leave on May 1.
In turning over the check, Cottler said that it was the second
$75,000 check to be sent from the 1950 campaign, and expressed
the hope the before long, a third check would be ready. Many
workers and organizations brought in campaign money that
evening in honor of the Histadrut leaders.
Philip Slomovitz, editor of The Jewish News, in greet-
ing the gathering, stressed the need for continued clarification
to the community of its responsibility to Israel to counteract
complacency. He said he knew that the three Detroit Histadrut
leaders, on the basis of their many years of service to Israel and
Histadrut, could be counted on to bring back an inspiring message.
Morris Lieberman, campaign chairman, who presided at the
gathering, informed the workers that the educational efforts of
the Detroit Histadrut Committee would be continued throughout
the year with regular gatherings.
Workmen's Circle to Honor Bernstein,
Haas and Smith at Banquet on Sunday
Three Michigan citizens will
again receive the Workmen's
Circle (Branch 463-E) Awards
for Distinguished Service to the
Community at a banquet at
Workmen's Circle Educational
Center, 11529 Linwood,. Sunday
at 7 p.m.
Selected for the 4th annual
presentation are the Most Rev.
JNF Box Clearance
Francis J. Haas, Bishop of Grand
Rapids, Joseph Bernstein, man-
To Start on Sunday
ager of the Detroit office of the
Jewish
Daily Forward, and
Semi-annual clearance of
Tucker E. Smith formerly of
Jewish National Fund blue and
Olivet College.
white boxes .will commence
Bishop Haas was chosen "For
Sunday, it was announced
conspicious leadership in the
this Week by the JNF Council.
field of human relations; for
Box-holders are asked to
services as chairman of the
welcome the volunteer work-
President's Committee for Fair
ers and to assist them in
their efforts by assuring lib- Employment Practices; Gov. G.
Mennen Williams' Advisory
eral gifts.
Committee on Civil Rights; and
Those who do not have JNF
in
many other capacities."
boxes are asked to secure
Bernstein, chairman of the
them by calling the JNF
Detroit section of the Jewish
Council office, 11816 Dexter,
Labor Committee, was selected,
TO. 8-7384.
"For a third of a century of
tireless and successful effort to
preserve for Detroit its closest
approach to a daily labor news-
paper, for outstanding activity
through the Workmen's Circle
and the Jewish•Labor Committee
in projecting the ideals of de-
The luncheo'n is planned by
the membership committee to mocracy."
Tucker Smith, whose time has
honor women who affiliated
been devoted during the last
year in an effort to found Ship-
heard College, was chosen "for
his courageous and characteris-
tic leadership in asserting the
right of students to receive and
of teachers to impart the facts
of economic life, and in defend-
ing a democratic approach to
college administration."
Pioneer Women Present Cleveland
Leader at
Luncheon
All who attend the member-
ship luncheon sponsored by the I
Detroit 'Council of Pioneer
Women on Wednesday, April 19
at 12:30 p. m. at Masonic Tem-
ple will hear Mrs. Louis Kauf-
ma• of Cleveland, a member of
the national advisory board of
Pioneer Women, who will be
guest speaker.
Mrs. Kaufman is honorary
chairman of the 1950 Jewish
Welfare Fund Drive in Cleve-
land, vice president of the Cleve-
land Jewish Community Coun-
cil. a member of the advisory
board of the Cleveland Federa-
tion of Jewish Women's Clubs,
board of trustees of the Bureau
of Jewish Education, executive
board of the Cleveland Round
Table of National Conference of
Christians and Jews, and many
other organizations.
MRS. LOUIS KAUFMAN
On the same program will be
with
Pioneer Women during the
a musical revue directed by
Mrs. Louis Gross and written current membership drive.
Mrs. Paul H. Feldman, Coun-
by Mrs.. Julius Rothchild and
the dramatic group. The theme cil membership chairman, will
of the revue which will be pre- be chairman of the affair.
sented by the. Pioneer Women's
For ticket information, con-
dramatic group, will be on tact the Pioneer Women's office,
membership. in Pioneer Women. TO. 9-7180.
Honore& in previous ,years were Oscar
Cohen (1949) for his activity in launch-
ing, the Michigan Committee on Civil
Rights ; Arthur Elder, (1947) for his
work in the field of workers' education >
George Edwards (1949) for offering "a
new type political leadership"; Agnes
Inglis (1948) for her stewardship over
the Labadid Collection of labor historical
material ; James H. Lee (1949) for his
efforts as assistant corporation counsel
in opposing the public utilities; Emil
Mazey (1947) for articulating the demand
of servicemen in the Philippines for early
discharge when the war ended: Al Renner
(1948) for his efforts in behalf of labor
unity in Detroit; Walter Reuther (1948)
for offering a new type of union leader-
ship: and Frances V. Smith of the Com-
munications Workers of America (1947)
for leading telephone workers out of
company unionism.
Tickets for the banquet are
available from Leon A. Cousens,
WO. 1-7893 or WE 3-8353.
Odessa Aid Honors
Shayne in AJC Pledge
To honor . their president, Sam
Shayne, on his 60th birthday,
members of the Odessa Pro-
gressive Aid Society have speci-
fied that a $2,400 section of the
o rganization's
j$4,500 pledge to
the Allied Jew-
C a in paign
shall be used for
a house in Is-
rael, to be
named for
Sliayne.
Odessa also
Sam Shayne announces t w o
major activities for the coming
weeks. The society will celebrate
the 2nd anniversary of Israel's
independence Tuesday, April 18,
at Bnai Moshe, where declama-
tor Yoseph Steingatch and the
Hashomer Hatzair youths will
be featured. The young Zionists
Dr. Frymer to Meet
will offer a dramatic sketch and
With LZOA Branches
a dance..
Alex Belkin is chairman of
Dr. Berl Frymer, executive arrangements for the Odessa
secretary . of the Labor Zionist donor dinner, which is scheduled
Organization of America, who for May 23, at Masonic Temple.
will be in Detroit this week
end, will meet with the coordi-
Israelis File Claims
nating committee and chair-
men of .the branches on Sunday
JERUSALEM — (JTA) — Ap-
morning and with Branches 1 proximately 15,000 Israel citizens
and 3 (Yiddish Speaking) on have to date filed claims against
Sunday evening.
Germany for imprisonment in
On Monday he will meet with concentration camps during the
the Central Committee. All
meetings will be held at the La- Nazi regime. The claims amount
bor Zionist Institute; 13722 Lin- to about 150 marks ($30) for
wood, near Pasadena.
each month of incarceration.
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