Workers Honor Former AJ C Chairmen
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A digest of current news reported by the Jewish Telegraphic
Agency, the Israel Service of Information and the World
Jewish Affairs News Service.
The United States
Workers in the Allied Jewish Campaign
are paying tribute to four former campaign
chairmen at a report luncheon May 5, in the
Indian Room of the Detroit-Leland.
Honorees are (left to right, above), HEN-
RY WINEMAN, campaign chairman in 1931-
34-39 ; NATE S. SHAPERO, chairman in 1946;
MAURICE ARONSSON, chairman in 1948,
and LOUIS BERRY, 1 949 chairman. All four
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are active in the 1950 campaign. Wineman
is honorary chairman; Berry, chairman of the
pre-campaign cabinet, and Aronsson and Sha-
pero, members of the general cabinet.
Julian H. Krolik, chairman of the general
campaign cabinet, presiding at the luncheon
meeting, will call for reports of campaign
giving from the seven divisions of trades and
professions solicitations.
Section Heads Meet, Distribute
Allied Campaign Prospect Slips
Results of organization in the Trade and Professional
Divisions and Sections of the Allied Jewish Campaign were
announced this week by Harvey H. Goldman, chairman of
the Campaign Trades Cabinet.
In the-food division, more than 90 percent of the slips
have been assigned and are being covered, chairman Morey
L. Rosenthal and co-chairman.0
Samuel Frankel disclosed. Tom
Borman has been named pre- Denies. Anti-Semitism
campaign chairman. The follow-
ing section chairman were Minister to Cleanse
named:
Hart from Within
Bakers, Samuel • Markowitz; beverages.
Wines. Morton Feigenson; wholesale groc-
ers, George D. Keil; super markets. Marv-
in K. Grosberg; retail grocers and meats.
Max Shaye; wholesale meats, David
Aaron ; food brokerS and processors, Abra-
ham J. Gurwin ; night clubs. bars, res-
taurants, Andor Feldheim ; tobacco and
confectionery, Sally Kay; dairy and eggs,
Morris Mendelson. The following are ad-
visors-at-large. Morris Berg, Lester Gru-
ber, Nathan Metz, Peter Copeland,
Real Estate and Building
Council, under the leadership of
George D. Seyburn and Barney
Smith, completed its organiza-
tion last week - in a series of
meetings at the homes of the
four vice-chairmen: Louis Alper,
building and construction; Mil-
ton J. Sa,ffir, real estate and man-
agement; Mandell L. Berman,
sub-contractors; Daniel A. La-
ven, allied trades. The following
section 'leadership was selected:
Builders, Tames M. Rossin; building
finance, Benjamin Levinson; real estate,
Harry B. 'Liebterman, Julius Berman,
George Fox ; -hotels, Kopel I. Kahn ; prop-
erty management, Allen B. Kramer; mis-
cellaneous contractors, Abe Silberstein;
modernization and roofers, Harold G.
Schreiber; building suppliers, Benjamin
Wilk, Albert Glassman, Philip Hellman;
Chemicals and janitors supplies, Samuel
Rouff and Morris' Surath; painters and
decorators, Charles H. Charlip ; paint
stores and suppliers, Nathan Soberman
and Samuel Victor; heating and plumb-
ing. supplies, Harry L. Aaronson, Harry
C. Davidson; Electricians and suppliers,
Milton J. Boner, Philip Lowell ; architects
and building engineers, Charles N. Agree,
George Goldberg, Saul Saulson; coal and
ice, David J. Goldberg and Mervin S.
Jacobson ; hardware, Rubin Kaplan. Irving
Zeff, Samuel J. Rossen'and Samuel Wei-
der;, hotels and restaurant equipment,
Ralph L. Rdsenb
latt; Jacob Schreier, Ben-
jamin L. Smith. .
In the arts and crafts division,
chairman Lew Wisper and vice-
chairmen, Leon S. Wayburn and
Patil P. Broder have completed
their campaign structure. They
named the following advisory
committee: Maurice Aronsson,
Leonard N. Simon_ Frank A.
Wetsman, Walter Laib, Julian G.
Wolfner. •Section chairmen are:
Julian Grace ; artists, Philip
Ma.rcUse, is
ou
Luckoff; printers and
Publishers; Harvey Willens, • David Safran,
Herman L. Lewis, Jr., Max Burns; paper
products • and office suppliers, Joseph M.
Welt, Stanley R. Akers, Nathan Bron-
stein; Musicians, Milton J. — Woolfe; pho
tographers, Jack Drapkin, Leonard Ba-
novitz; florists. Nathan Abrams, How-
ard P. Berger; Murray Grushoff ; amuse-
ments, Elliot D. Cohen, Adolph Goldberg,
Joseph Lee, Arthur Robinson, George K.
Bremen; bowling alleys, Irving B. Dwor-
Man;
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In the Mercantile DivisiOn,
Samuel H. Rubiner; chairman,
and GUs lD. Newman, advisor,
announced the following section
appointments:- ,
Dry goods, Samuel H. Schwartz. Ben-
jamin D. Lieberman; Ivor J. Kahn. chil-
dren's wear; Samuel • H. Platt, variety
stores; shoes, Samuel B. PrOtler, William
J. IlioWn; luggage and loans, Morris Ben
Lewis. Jack Berger; stores and store own-
ers, t executives and employees, :James
Wineman, Leon G. Winkelman, Lewis
Zuieback, Joseph Sampliner, Ernest Siegel,
Maurice Klynn, Ted Kaplan. Walter J.
Mayer; traveling salesmen. Nathan M.
Fierberg-; men's apparel traveling sales-
men, Joseph . Bearman, Harry S. Cohn;
milliners, Nathan Rosenshine.
20—THE JEWISH NEWS
Friday, May 5, 1950
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OMAHA, Neb. • (JWA)—Dr. El-
wood Rowsey, prominent Pres-
byterian minister of this city
who recently accepted a position
as vice-president in charge of
education of the National Eco-
nomic Council—an organization
which the . Anti - Defamation
League has labelled anti-Semitic
and pro-Fascist—told the Jew-
ish Press of Omaha that he is
not anti-Semitic and that he
"will not be a party to anything
that smacks of anti-Semitism."
In an interview with David
Blackner, publisher of the Jew-
ish Press, Dr. Rowsey said that
he was joining the National Eco-
nomic Council because he is con-
vinced that through this group
he can work for the protection
of the traditional freedom of
America. The Council is led by
Merwin K. Hart, described by
the ADL as one of this country's
top "hate merchants." Dr. Row-
sey pledged that he would do
everything in his power to
"cleanse the Council of what-
ever anti-Semitism may exist
among some of its personnel."
Mizrachi Presents
Leibele Waldman
Mizrachi Organization of De-
troit will celebrate the second
anniversary of Israel's inde-
pendence with special Mizrachi
Sabbath festivi-
ties and a grand
concert the
week-end of
May 12 to 14.
Cahtor Leibele
Wald m a n and
Samuel St e r n-
berg's 10 - b o y
choir w ill be
featured at Sab-
b a t h services Waldman
Friday evening and Saturday
morning at blEinai Zion Syna-
gogue, Humphrey at Holmur.
The concert will be Sunday eve-
ning, at the same synagogue.
Abraham Nusbaum, vice presi-
dent of Detroit Mizrachi, is
chairman of the committee for
the weekend events.
Tickets may be obtained at the
Mizrachi office, 12244 Dexter; at
Young Israel Center, Dexter at
Fullerton, or at Hebrew book.
stores.
WASHINGTON—Anti-discrimination recommendations will be
studied by 85 colleges and universities in the Middle Atlantic area
following a "crack-the-quota" conference here. Representatives
of the institutions present concluded that rejection of school
applicants because of "race, creed or national origin is unjusti-
fiable and un-American."
NEW YORK—The country's first directed leisure-time program
for the aged—conceived on a nation-wide, comprehensive basis—
will be undertaken by the National Council
of Jewish Women, it was announced by
the national president, Mrs. Irving M. En-
gel. Non-sectarian in nature, the program
includes training in care of the aged for
Council volunteers and an integrated plan
for creating additional services for the
aged, as well as an expanded program of
occupational therapy . . . Sharp criticism
of the American Council for Judaism's
week-end attacks on Zionist activities in
the U. S.. was contained in statements is-
sued by the Zionist Organization of Amer-
ica and the Pioneer Women's Organization.
LAKE SUCCESS — Representatives of
the World Jewish Congress and the Agudath
Mrs. Engel
Israel World Organization appeared before the United Nations
Commission on Human Rights to emphasize the necessity for
setting up machinery providing for the right of petition by indi-
viduals and groups in -cases where human rights are violated.
BOSTON—A law voiding all municipal and town ordinances
prohibiting the establishment of churches or religious-educational
institutions of any denomination was signed by Gov. Paul Dever
of Massachusetts.
MIAMI—A total of $300,000 in claims against the German
Government for loss of liberty and health has been filed by 128
claimants in this area.
Canada
MONTREAL—A ban on further DP immigration to Canada
was demanded at the conference of the Canadian Legion, a vet-
erans' organization . . • A goal of $5,000,000 was set for the United
Israel Appeal of Canada in 1950. Montreal will seek to raise
$1,680,000, while Toronto is aiming at $2,110,000.
WINNIPEG—The national Social Credit Party of Canada has
cut all ties with its Quebec branch, known as the Union of
Electors, because of the latter's anti-Semitic program.
Israel
JERUSALEM—The mixed Israel-Transjordan armistice com-
mission is taking drastic steps to prevent the recurrence of serious
frontier incidents, such as that which took place at Beit Bejrin
in which several Jews • were killed. . . The newly-founded "Mir"
company, set up with government aid, received its first American
order for $40,000 worth of locally procured handicraft objects
An additional $14,000,000 will be required by the Jewish agency to
carry out its immigration and colonization plans for the fiscal
year in Israel, it was reported by Levi Eshkol, Agency treasurer
. . . 40,000 Iraqi Jews have- registered for immigration to Israel,
and the Jewish Agency and Israel Government are probing ways
of effecting their immediate transfer to the Jewish state. The Iraqi
embassy in Ankara announced that in accordance with a law
which came into effect March 9, Jews who have left Iraq without
a passport will forfeit Iraqi citizenship if they fail to return -to
Iraq before May 8 . . . On the second anniversary of the destruc-
tion of Kfar Etzion, the new settlement of _"Nir Etzion" was
founded.
TEL AVIV—Tel Aviv Mayor Rokach has called for evacuation
of 1,700 persons from 300 buildings in Jaffa considered unsafe and
beyond repair. A commission has been set up to investigate the
collapse of an apartment in Jaffa in which, 19 persons loit their
lives . . . At the request of the Netherlands authorities, the Court
of Justice here has interrogated a number of witnesses for evi-
dence on the participation of Peter Menten in the mass murder
of Jews committed by the Nazis in East Galicia . .. An .."ingath-
ering of Jewish Oriental music" was instituted by the music divi-
sion of the Ministry of Education. The division is also selecting
a number of Israel compositions to serve as the basis for musical
libraries in Israel embassies and legations.
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Zionists. Award Cash
To Hebrew Culture Unit
NEW YORK—The World Zion-
ist Organization has. ,awarded
$1,000 to the Hebrew Culture
Council of the Jewish Education
Committee in recognition of its
achievements in the promotion
of Hebrew culture in America.
The sum will be used in the
Council's various activities, in-
cluding an annual contest of-
fering prizes to students for pro-
ficiency in the Hebrew language
and knowledge of JeWish his-
tory and civilization in relation
to American life.
Detroit Chapter, Hadassah, Presents
`Hope Ascending' at Masonic Meeting
Europe
VIENNA—Five to seven thousand of the 12,000 Jewish refugees
now in Austria are eligible to enter the U. S. under the provisions
of the DP immigration bill recently passed by the U. S. Congress.
. . . The 20-year loan . of 2,000,000 schillings recently made to the
Vienna Jewish colianunity by the Austrian government will be
used for vocational retraining of community members and" for
supplying a works project for unemployed Jews.
BERLIN—Evangelical Bishop Otto Dibelius, opening the third
congress of the Protestant Church of Germany, condemned the
mounting wave of anti-Jewish "incidents," particularly ,the dese-
cration of Jewish holy places.
PARIS—Difficulties encountered in absorbing North African
Jewish immigrants into the economic and social life of Israel have
now been completely •overcome, according to M. Rananes, presi-
dent of the Jewish National Fund in Tunis.
LYONS, France—Ernst Basedow was sentenced to 10, years
imprisonment on charges of being connected with the 1943:mur-
der of 27 men, 35 women and nine children—all Jews—in a village
near Bourges.
ROME—Italian Minister of Education Guido .Gonella agreed
to a request from the Union. of. Jewish Communities of. Italy that
nation-wide examinations for high school seniors attempting to
qualify for university admission would not be given on Saturdays.
BERGEN-BELSEN—A meeting celebrating the fifth anniver-
sary of the liberation of German Jews by the British Army was
attended here by Jewish leaders and British officials of the
military and civil administration in the British zone.
ATHENS—Israel has requested the Greek government to re-
place an Israel Spitfire which was destroyed when it was used by
the Greek Air Force against Communist, guerillas in Greece. -
A dramatic presentation, "Hope Ascending," first per-
formed at the national Fiadassah convention in San Francisco,
South America
will be featured at the annual meeting of Detroit Chapter of
BUENOS AIRES—A virulent attack on the State of Israel
Hadassah at 12:30 p. m. Tuesday, May 9, in the crystal ball-
room of Masonic Temple. In the cast are, left to right, MES- and the world Zionist movement is published in the current issue
DAMES MILFORD PREGERSON, SIDNEY WEINER, HAROLD of the Argentine Catholic monthly "Presencia" .. . The Jewish
KOENIGSBERG, HARRY PLATT (pianist) and CHARLES community here honored the memory of Gen. Jose de San Martin,
BRISKMAN, and Mrs. Julian Tobias, not in the picture. Elec- Argentine national hero.
SAO PAULO, Brazil—Fourteen .youths, members of Hashomer
tion of 'officers also will be held. Reservations for the luncheon Hatzair, sailed for Israel, where they will settle ir agricultural
and meeting may be made at the Hadassah office, TY. 8-8216, colonies. There are now 39 Brazilian Jewish youths residing in
by May 5.
Israel.