Studies in Jewish Population Trends: Century's Fact and Figures HE JEWISH NE WS A Weekly Review Commentary, Page 2; Editorial, Page 4 VOLUME 17—No. 20 of Jewish Events 708-10 David Stott Bldg.—Phone WO. 5-1155 Jewish Agency's Romantic Story Of Migrations To Israel Story on Page 16 Detroit, Michigan, July 28, 1950 colap.7 $3.00 Per Year; Single Copy, 10c Jewry's Battle on Communism Advoc • ted by British Chief Rabbi Direct JTA Teletype Wires to The Jewish News Miracle of Renaissance of Hebrew Hailed at Congress JERUSALEM—The first World Hebrew Congress, attended by delegates from all parts of the world, was opened here Mon- day night at the YMCA by the Hebrew poet, Jacob Cahan. Is- rael's Minister of Education, Zalman Shazar, attributed the "Miracle of the Hebrew Renaissance" to the "Endless devotion and tireless efforts of the first pioneers of the Hebrew lan- guage." Evidence of a divergency between the Jewish Agency and the World Hebrew Union—which is sponsoring the Congress— was brought to the surface when Berl Locker, chairman of the Jewish Agency Executive here, denied that the agency was op- posed to the congress. Mr. Locker said that the Agency wants the World Hebrew Union to join the "efforts of the Jewish Agency to revive the Hebrew language throughout the world." Mr. Locker continued: "Let the World Hebrew Union's efforts flow into the Zionist movement's big river, for the achievement of the common task," Samuel J. Borowsky, presi- dent of the Histadruth Ivrith of America, who heads the U. S. delegation to the congress, in a reply to Mr. Locker, demanded that the Jewish Agency extend - assistance to the union to "en- able it to conduct its work." Greetings to the congress delegates were extended by Mayor Daniel Auster, Prof. Simcha Assaf, outgoing rector of the He- brew University, and other leading Israelis. Attending the open- ing session were Joseph Sprinzak, Speaker of the Knesset, mem- bers of the Israel Cabinet, leading authors, scientists and poets, and the 86-year-old widow of the pioneer of Hebrew language s ,Eliezer Ben Yehudah. LONDON—Jews throughout the world were urged to organize their spiritual forces against Communists and Communist-dominated organizations in their attempt to infiltrate Jewish life, in a call issued Tuesday by Chief Rabbi Israel Brodie of Britain at a reception tendered to him and to delegates attendin g the conference of Jewish organizations in the British Commonwealth, now tak b- ing place here, by the Anglo-Jewish Association. The Chief Rabbi denounced the attempts by Communist-dominated groups to get people to sign documents and proclamations "which in one form or another causes repugnance to people who sign them." Dr. Abraham Cohen, president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, called for close cooperation between Jewish organizations, especially those enjoying consult- ative status at the United Nations. Korean Conflict Aggravated Israel Military Situation JERUSAT J M, (JTA)—Israel's military situation was aggravated recently follow- ing the outbreak of hostilities in Korea and Israel was subsequently compelled to take all precautionary measures to prepare for any eventuality, Brig. Yigal Yadin, Chief of Staff, told the concluding session of the conference of Israel's top diplomats from more than a dozen countries. Brig. Yadin's report to the diplomats was given during a discussion of Israel's peace efforts and their Plan Federation Home neighbors' attitude toward Arab preparations for a second round of warfare against the new state. Brig. As Memorial to Butzel Yadin stressed the need for extreme watchfulness in view of the Arabs' attempts to infiltrate the border In tribute to the memory of Fred M. Butzel, late "Dean not only for smuggling purposes, but also for the de- of Michigan Jewry," an as livery of arms and the entry of fifth columnists. yet undesignated downtown One of the important problems considered was office building, to be pur- the question of reconsidering the Israel position on the chased as the home of the Italian colonies and the likelihood of Israel's reversing Jewish Welfare Federation itself. At the last UN General Assembly session Israel and its member agencies, will voted to turn over territory it holds to a UN trustee- be known as the Fred M. ship. In view of Israel's experiences with the Jerusa- Butzel Memorial Building. lem issue, the Jewish diplomats doubt that any state This decision • w a s an- nounced by Abe Srere, chair- can be compelled to turn over territory it holds to a man of the Federation's UN trust body. • Board of Governors. A com- The diplomats recommended that the government mittee has been appointed to propose to the United Nations Conciliation Commis- investigate possibilities of sion on Palestine that it discontinue its attempts at securing an existing building. conciliation in view of its record of failure. (See detailed story on Page 5) Jewish Firsts from Korea: Chaplain Heads For Front; New Yorker is in Casualty List UN Flag in Korea: In a ceremony "some- where in South Korea," Col. ALFRED S. KATZIN, United Nations Commissioner in Korea, presents the UN flag to Gen. WALTON H. WALKER (left) , U. S. Commander. Looking on 1center) is JOHN MUCCI°, American Ambassador. In Ac- cepting the emblem, Gen. Walker declared: "It will fly high until the invaders are driven out of this country." Cantor Meets Weizmann: T h e United Jewish Appeal's national campaign chairman, EDDIE CANTOR, is shown with DR. CHAIM WEIZMANN, Presi- dent of Israel, at the latter's home in Rehovoth. Mr. Cantor visited President Weizmann during his recent visit in Israel to study the immigration and settlement needs that must be met through the UJA. The noted stage and radio star, who now is devoting most of his time to the UJA, also conferred with Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion. NEW YORK,—Chaplain Oscar M .Lif- shutz, who has been stationed with the 2nd U. S. Infantry Division at Fort Lewis, Wash., will be the Division's Jewish Chap- lain when it leaves for Korea, according to the Division of Religious Activities of the National Jewish Welfare Board. Through this Division JWB recruits, ecclesiastically endorses and serves Jew- ish chaplains in the armed forces. Chap- lain Lifshutz has been designated assist- ant divisional chaplain of the 2nd Division. When Chaplain Lifshutz reaches the Far East he will find already on active duty there two other Jew- ish chaplains: Meyer Gold- man, who is with the Air Force in Tokyo; and Jos- eph B. Messing, with the Army in Kobe. . Before receiving h i s Regular Army Commission Lifshutz in 1947, Chaplain Lifshutz was on duty with the U. S. Occupational Forces in Austria. A graduate of Hebrew Theological College, Chicago, he served brief- ly as rabbi of Temple Bnai Sholom, Chicago. Chaplain Messing, a 1945 graduate of Jew- ish Institute of Religion-Hebrew Union Col- lege, served as rabbi of Congregational Beth Tefilloh, Brunswick, Ga. Chaplain Goldman, who graduated from the Isaac Elchanan Yeshiva in 1929, was formerly rabbi of Temple Emanuel, Union City, N. J. First Jewish Casualty- The first Jewish casualty among the American armed forces in Korea is Private, First Class, Bruce Braverman of New York, according to JWB which resumed compila- tion of Jewish war records and related func- tions traditionally assigned to it by the Jew- ish community. Private Braverman, son of Dr. Abraham H. Braverman, 317 W. 89th St., New York, is 20 years old and was serving with the infantry. He enlisted two years ago after graduation from Franklin School. Murray Becker, a 56-year old veteran of World Wars I and II, was among those who volunteered for service with the Army but was turned down because of his age. . Fears Dispelled CHICAGO,—Ben Sternberg, midwest area director of JWB's armed services division, was the bearer of good tidings to Mrs. H. Bitt- man, 1225 N. Leavitt, Chicago, when he ad- vised her that a newspaper dispatch reporting that her son, Capt. Hammond Batman, had been shot down and presumably killed in Korea, was untrue. Confer with Defense Secretary WASHINGTON, D. C.—Irving Edison, St. Louis, president of the National Jewish Wel- fare Board, headed a delegation of 10 JWB leaders from all parts of the country—includ- ing Henry Meyers of Detroit—who joined rep- resentatives of the YMCA and the National Catholic Community Service. in a Pentagon conference on July 20 with Secretary of De- fense Louis Johnson to consider what the three agencies must do in meeting the relig- ious, morale and welfare needs of armed forces personnel as a result of the Korean war. The JWB leaders who are co-chairmen of local committees of the Associate Services for the Armed Forces (ASAF), which includes JWB, YMCA and NCCS, received from secre- tary Johnson and high ranking officials of the armed forces a first hand picture of the urgent need for serving the religious and morale needs of the armed forces. Sec. Johnson called on the American peo- ple to "display locally their patriotic interest" by supporting Associated Services for the Armed Forces. In a letter to Robert Dechert, national chairman of ASAF, Mr. Johnson stressed that the Department of Defense "is now looking more than ever to Associated Services to help provide supplementary assistance to commu- nities working on behalf of the spiritual and morale needs of men and women in uniform."