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THE JEWISH NEWS

Friday, May 12, 1950

Allied Campaign Hits
Half of '49 Pledge Total

Hadassah Chapter
Elects Officers

At the annual meeting of the
Detroit Chapter of the Hadassah
at Masonic Temple, May 9, the

The 1950 Allied Jewish -Campaign had hit exactly 50
per cent of last year's total at the half-way point in general
solicitation last Tuesday. At the campaign luncheon that
afternoon at the Detroit Leland, gifts of $2,690,656 were
reported by all divisions.
Thousands of prospects were still unsolicited, however,

and Harvey Goldman, chairman
of trades and professions, urged
the workers to intensify their
efforts in the remaining days
of the drive.
Featured at the meeting
was the Food Service Council,
headed by Samuel Frankel
and M o r e y L. Rosenthal
which, at that stage of the
drive, was in top position
among the professional • groups
with 53 per cent of its last
year's pledge, or $290,867.
Frankel, speaking for the
Foods Council, praised the
chairmen of the several food
sections, and declared that food
men, experienced • in merchan-
dising techniques, "know that a
good merchandising job is sell-
ing the Allied • Jewish Cam-
paign." He pledged complete
coverage for his division.
Close behind the Food Coun-
cil were the Services Division,
with 51 per cent of last year's
total, and the Professional Divi-
sion, with 50 per cent. The
women workers reported $434,-
580, 72 per cent of their 1949
figure, and the Junior Division
listed $38,145, or 78 per cent.
Campaign personnel at the
Tuesday luncheon got a lift
from the AJC parodies sung by
the . professional-caliber cam-
paign chorus of the Women's
Division. Directed by Mrs. Eli
Gross, the quartet was accom-
panied by Mrs. Royal Maas at
the piano. -
At the meeting last Friday,
May 5, four past chairmen of
the AJC were honored: Henry
Wineman, Nate S. Shapero,
Maurice Aronsson and Louis
Berry. The devotion of these
men to the Jewish community
and to the causes embodied in
the Allied Jewish Campaign
were cited by chairman Abe
Srere. Each of the four re-
sponded to the applause of the
workers with a brief talk.
Aronsson pointed out that the
success of the campaign rests

Masonic Concert
Marks Anniversary
of Halevy Society

The best and most popular
selections in modern Jewish mu-
sic will be featured at the con-
cert celebrating Halevy Society's
25th anniversary, at Masonic
Temple, Tuesday, May 16.
Under the direction of Julius
Chajes, noted composer and
pianist, will appear dramatic
soprano Marguerite Kozenn and
New York baritone Norman At-
kins, rendering songs of Israel:
"The Valley of Jezreel," "Song of
Paimach," "Song of Galilee,"
and others.
Three cantatas: "Israel Re-
born,", by A. W. Binder; "The
Trees' New Year," by Leo Low
and "Havdoloh" by Zavel Zil-
berts will form the main body
of the concert.
Miss Kozenn, appearing an the
Ore of her departure on a six-
week European concert tour,
will be heard with the chorus
in the cantatas "The Trees' New
Year" and "Havdoloh." Atkins,
accompanied by the chorus, will
render the Detroit premiere of
"Israel Reborn"- and sing sev-
eral songs, including "0 Israel
Do Not Despair" and "Song of
the Palmach."
Soprano Minnie Lakritz and
tenor Harry Kobel will be heard
in solos and Isle Roberg will sing
"Meyshelech un Shloymelech"
by Leo Low.
Chajes and Miss Kozenn will
perform the songs "Shomer Is-
rael" and "Adarim" with Chajes
at the piano. Several of his com-
positions will also be featured.
A banquet at the Halevy Music
Center will follow the concert.
Tickets may be obtained at
Grinnell's.

with the workers, rather than
the leaders.
Wineman declared that cur-
rent campaign leaders must
give credit to - workers of the
past who laid the foundation
for the current status of the
Jewish Welfare Federation. He
mentioned specifically the late
Fred M. Butzel and Aaron De-
Roy.
Other tributes were paid to
Julian Krolik, Judge William
Friedman and Isidore Sobeloff.
At that time, the campaign
had reached a total of $2,520,-
334, 47 per cent of the 1949
drive. '
The divisions which lead the
campaign in percentage of
money raised by May 16 veil be
honored at the fifth report
meeting next Tuesday.

McGrath to Receive
Democracy Award

CHICAGO — J. Howard Mc-
Grath, United States Attorney
General, who as a senator from
Rhode Island acted as presiden-
tial spokesman in Congress on
behalf of the Truman civil rights
program, is the 1949 winner of
America's Democratic Legacy
W74 Award presented
annually by the
. ...Anti-Defamation
1 .League of Bnai
Brith "for dis-
tinguished con-
tributions to-
ward the en-
richment of
• America's dem-
ocratic legacy."
McGrath will
McGrath receive the a-
ward—the traditional silver
medallion—from New York Su-
preme Court Justice Meier Stein-
brink, the organization's nation-
al chairman, at ADL's annual
meeting being held at the Palm-
er House, May 12 to 15.
More than 1,000 persons, in-
cluding ADL national commis-
sioner and representatives of
ADL regional advisory boards
throughout the United States,
will also hear talks by Benjamin
J. Buttenwieser, Jewish com-
munal leader and, since Septem-
ber, 1949, a deputy United States
High Commissioner in Germany;
Philip B. Perlman, U. S. solicitor-
general.

MRS. THEODORE BARGMAN
following chapter officers were
elected for 1950-51.
President, Mrs. Theodore Barg-
man; executive vice president,
Mrs. Bud Blum; vice presidents,
Mesdames Bert Smolder, Louis
Glasier, Ralph Davidson, Saul R.
Levin, Max Frank, Samuel Rub-
iner, Philip Broudo; financial
secretary, Mrs. Ben Mossman;
recording secretary, Mrs. Julian
S. Tobias; corresponding secre-
tary, Mrs. S. Grossman; treas-
urer, Mrs. Raymond Sokolov;
members - at - large, Mesdames
Claire Axelrod, Harry L. Jones,
Maurice Landati, Frank Wets-
man.

Detroit Soprano Plans
Paris, Israel Concerts

Marguerite Kozenn, who, with
her husband, Julius Chajes, is
at present on a concert tour in
Southern Illinois and Kentucky,
will fly to Paris, May 17 and will
sing over Radio Paris a-nd Radio
France May 20 and 23.
A few days later, Miss Kozenn
is scheduled to appear in* Jeru-
salem as soloist with the Israeli
radio orchestra over "Kol Isra-
el."
Mrs. Aaron DeRoy, who visited
the Holy Land 30 years .ago, will
accompany Miss Kozenn.

ZOA Organizes First
Hebrew-Speaking Unit

A Hebrew-speaking district of
the Zionist Organization of Am-
erica, the "Daniel Frisch Hebrew
Zioni,St District," the first of its
kind, is being organized in hon-
or of Daniel Frisch, late ZOA
head, under the sponsorship of
a committee of promient He-
braists and Zionist leaders, Ben-
jamin G. Browdy, ZOA president,
announced.

JNF Women Combine Mother's Day,
Israel Anniversary Celebrations

Correspondent Investigates
U.S. Navy Deal with Egypt

By MILTON
BALTIMORE, (JTA) — The
Egyptian royal navy recently
gave me an enlistment pep talk
aboard their new naval craft in
Baltimore Harbor.
We talked about the coining
"second round" against Israel.
It happened this way. I went
to the Bethlehem shipyards and
boarded two speedy ships which
have just been turned over to
Egypt by the United States. My
purpose was to find whether the
State Department'S assertion
that the ships would be used
only for "commercial purposes"
was correct.
The Navy has assured the
State Department that the for-
mer fighting ships Papua and
Tobago have been "demilitarized
by Navy standards." Although
the guns were removed I found
all turrets intact and ammuni-
tion bins untouched. The radar
mast, searchlights, a n d other
equipment were plainly evident.
Second Round Money
As I looked about for evidence
of "demilitarization" I was chal-
lenged by several crew members.
I asked to see an officer or the
captain. A 'weather - beaten
already in Egypt and that the

U.S. State Department
Releases Ships to Egypt

WASHINGTON, ( J T A ) —
The State Department has
decided, following a special
inspection, to release two
surplus U.S. Navy frigates
sold to an Egyptian company,
which have been held under
embargo at Baltimore since
last Wcdnesday following re-
ports that the vessels had not
been demilitarized.
The announcement said
that representatives of the
Department, Coast Guard
-and customs authorities in-
spected the two vessels and
found that "they were de-
militarized according to
Navy specifications, which
the State Department con-
curred in." The inspectors
"found there were no gun
turrets, as indicated in a
press report," the announce-
ment said, adding that "there
were some rusty ammunition
bins which were part of the
deck."

Britisher appeared, dressed in a
badly-worn officer's uniform,
without insignia markings. I
told him I was an an ex-G.I.,
who was interested in adven-
ture, quick money, and the "sec-
ond round" against the Jews.
We chatted for a few moments
about the Jews and less inter-
esting subjects. He told me that
the Papua and Tobago would
sail for Alexandria but that the
crew was "a bunch of bloody
dirty wogs" and that I would
do better to work a "deal"
through the Egyptian Embassy.
He said he knew of a passenger
ship which is scheduled to leave
to Alexandria in a few days. I
was assured that I could get an
officer's commission. He added
that a lot of "the boys" were

AJC Unit Presents
Amity Award May 17

The Jewish National Fund Ladies Auxiliary will combine
Mothers' Day and Israel anniversary celebrations at its meet-
ing Wednesday, May 17, at the Woodward Jewish Center.
Dessert luncheon at 12:30 p.m., will be followed by election
of officers, and an original program, written and directed by
Mrs. Irving Arlin.
In the cast, left to right, are MESDAMES MAX PAR-
TRICH, SAM SOLOMON, IRVING ROSS, ALBERT NEWMAN,
IRVING ARLIN, PETER CHODOROFF and MAX STOLLMAN.
Also featured will be Mrs. Herman Bregman and her son Joe,
and Cantor Hyman Adler with the Bnai David Choir.

W. K. Kelsey, The Detroit
commentator, will be awarded
the annual amity award of the
Detroit Women's Division of the
American Jewish Congress, Mrs.
Harry Fr an k, president, an-
nounced.
The award goes to the news-
paper man "who during the past
year, has done the most to fur-
ther human relations in De-
troit."
It will be presented by George
Schermer of the Mayor's inter-
racial committee, at a luncheon
at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, May
17, at Masonic Temple. A na-
tional award will be presented
in absentia to Mrs. Eleanor
Roosevelt.
Election of officers and the
president's annual report are
on the agenda of this last di-
vision me., ting of the season.
Tickets may be obtained by call-
ing Mrs. B. Snider, UN. 1-6215.

FRIEDMAN
pay was good, particularly for
pilots.
We walked into a compart-
ment. A couple of sailors scram-
bled to their feet. I marvelled at
the discipline on this "commer-
cial" ship.
Egyptian 'Frigates'
After my host wandered away,
I started a conversation with a
man working on radio equip--
ment. We discussed radar. He
told me the Egyptian Navy was .
now getting Siemens radar
equipment from Britain (manu-
factured in western Germany).
He said the ship would be
equipped with radar when it _
arrives in Alexandria. I asked if
these two were the first ships of
this type in the Egyptian Navy,
He replied that these ships were
known as "frigates" and that the
Egyptian Navy has received a
number of identical American- -
made frigates from Britain. An-
other man, whom I took to be a
petty officer, suggested that it is
wise to stick to one standardized
type of ship to facilitate the re-
placement of parts.
I asked permission to see the
rest of the ship, explaining that
this was my first visit aboard
a frigate. Help yourself;. they
said. The radio man apologized
that the captain had left for the
day. I was told he could be
found with other officers at the
Lord Baltimore Hotel, if I want-
ed to talk with them.
Nazi Mercenaries
When I examined the ammu-
nition bins, a fellow stared at
me uncomfortably. I greeted
him and we finally found that
we could both speak enough
French to converse. We talked
for several minutes about gun-
nery. I found that this "com-
mercial" sailor was well in-
formed about the new proximity
fuses. He said that if I was
going to Egypt I might meet
some ex-Afrika Korps men
(Rommel's Nazis) under friend- -
lier circumstances.
A little group in grimy dun-
garees gathered around me.
Using my French-speaking
friend as ari interpreter, I in-
quired if Egypt really has a good
navy. This question he an-
swered himself, somewhat in- -
dignantly. I ought to see some
of the "other" ships, he said,
and not pass judgment on "these -
two" which needed -paint. He
added something about the en-
gines needing repair.
I then said that I heard these
two new ships were to be used -
to carry Holy Year pilgrims be-
tween the Red Sea and the In-
dian Ocean ports. He translated -
and they roared with laughter.
The first . officer with whom I
talked reappeared and I said
goodbye, adding that I was go-
ing to the Egyptian Embassy
in Washington. I told him I
might see him soon in Alexan-
dria or "maybe Tel Aviv." He
laughed and said, "perhaps we
shall meet at Haifa."

Wilkus is Elected
Clinic President

North End Clinic' board of
trustees has named the follow-
ing officers and members of the
executive committee for • the
coming year:
David Wilkus,
president; Syl-
van S. Grosner,
vice president;
Mrs. Henry
Moses, secretary
Miss Edith
Heavenrich,
treasurer; J u -
Han Krolik, Lou-
is Baum,
Other mem-
Ders of the board
are : Louis Berry
Herbert B 1 u in-
berg, Irwin I.
1Vilkus
Cohn, Mrs. Ab-
raham . Cooper, Joseph H. Dav-
idson, Mrs. Stanley Fleischaker,,
Mrs. Julius Gilbert, Charles Ham-
burger, Mrs. Joseph Hartman,
Sadie Hirschman, Hoke Levin„
Philip Marcuse, Ralph Mayer,
Jacob B. Neiman, Herbert Vo
Rollins, Morton L. Snyder, Mil-
ton J. Saffir, Leon Winkelman,
Julian Wollner,

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