2—THE JEWISH NEWS NCRAC Tackles Charge of `Unethical Solicitation' of Newspaper Advertisements America Draws Three of a Kind Friday, September 1, 1950 Hebrew Schools Set To Begin 32nd Year The National Community Relations Advisory Council, at a meeting m New York with representatives of the American Association of English-Jewish Newspapers, considered the charges made by the English-Jewish publishers and editors that a group of publications have resorted to unethical prac- tices in the solicitatiorh of advertisements. Arriving unani- mously at the view that this matter falls within the jurisdic- tion of NCRAC and should not be aired in public courts, NCRAC issued the following statement: "In the interests of the total Jewish community, the National Community Relations Advisory Council has taken cognizance of the issue of the alleged unethical practice by Jewish publications in the securing of advertisements. On Thursday, Aug. 24, a committee of the NCRAC met with representatives of the American Association of English- Jewish Newspapers and at an early date will similarly confer with officials of publications concerned with this problem." Follow-up meetings with the publishers' association and the publications concerned will be held in New York during the coming weeks. With the opening of the school year, 1950-51, the United Hebrew Schools will usher in their 32nd Year of service to the Jewish community of Detroit. Classes in all branches will be resumed Wednesday, Sept. 6. Schools are located as follows: Central branch, Central High School, TO. 8-0063, N. Rutten- berg, principal; David W. Sim- ons, 4000 Tuxedo, WE. 3-5711, M. La chover, principal; Linwood= Hazelwood, 8849 Linwood, TY. 4-2220, I. Elpern, principal; Northwest branch, Northwest Synagogue, UN. 4 9210; M. Mich- lin, principal ; „Parkside Hebrew School, 15705 Parkside, UN. 2-0506, A. Roberg, principal; Rose Sittig Cohen branch, 13226 - U.S. Zionists Buy 775,000 Shekolim Direct JTA Teletype Wires To The Jewish News LONDON—Zionist parties in the United States have sold '175,000 Shekolim in the current campaign, it w a s announced here Tuesday by the informa- tion office of the World Zionist Organization. In Israel the campaign is still in progress and it is expected that over 50Q000 Israelis will eventually purchase a shekel, traditional symbol of member- ship in the Zionist movement. In Brazil, 67,000 Shekolim were sold, in South Africa, 48,500, in Britain, 47,000, and in France, 41,000, it was announced. Elec- tions for delegates to• the forth- coming World Zionist Congress will be held on Oct. 14 in Israel and on Oct. 29 in Britain. United Synagogue Sets November Convention NEW YORK, (JTA)—The 1950 biennial convention of the Unit- ed Synagogue. of America—the national organization of Con- servative synagogues in the U. S. —will be held in Washington Nov. 15 to 19, Judge Simon Rif- kind, chairman of the group's convention committee,' an- nounced. Results of a survey undertak- en by the organization in coop- eration with Columbia Univers- ity—which will focus attention on the problems of synagogue attendance and synagogue youth work, as well as on the status of adult and primary education within the ConservatNe move- ment—will be made public at the convention, Judge Rifkind said. Purely Commentary By_PHILIP SLOMOVITZ Yiddish Editors' Attack: Many Flaws—But What About JTA? The attacks upon the Federations and Welfare Funds appear- ing in the Yiddish press have many flaws. They generalize, about democracy—failing to take into consideration the numerous democratic structures that have been set up in American 'Jewish communities. They fail to take into consideration a community like Detroit's, whose Jewish Welfare Federation has been con- ducting democratic elections for many years and whose budgeting procedures have been debated at public meetings. If there is to be criticism, it must be directed at the con- stituencies, whose members - fail to show up at election meetings. (At the annual Detroit Federation meeting, less than 500 of the eligible 26,000 cast their ballots.) Perhaps a deeper interest on the part of larger numbers of contributors also would have an effect on budgeting. In the main—taking Detroit as an example—the national causes are treated well. Of the $4,500,000 income in 1950, the Allied Jewish Campaign allocated $800,000 for local causes—and $300,900 of this sum is to be used for the settlement of refugees, leaving approximately $500,000 for local agencies. Thus, UJA is properly cared for with our funds. The shortage, ,compared with the incomes of 1948 and 1949, is not the fault of the Federation. On one point we agree with the critics: on the issue involving the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. We consider it unwise for De- troit's fund-raising agencies to eliminate the JTA from its con- stituent agencies. Without the JTA, we would be deprived of the only available source of news—from Israel, the other world Jewish communities and the American scene. For many years JTA has been receiving support—without which it can not function prop- , erly—from Federations. By cutting off support suddenly from the JTA, all Jewry is the sufferer. It is our sincere hope that there will be a speedy- change in this attitude, especially in view JTA's reorganization that has just gone into effect. One important point must be made in connection with the issue raised by Mordecai Danzis and D. L. Meckler, the Yiddish writers: The leaders in our communities aren't dictators, and as supporters of Jewish education, Israel and other important Jewish causes they certainly prove that they are not assimilationists. We should be grateful that they are willing to assume responsibility as leaders. Local as well as national experience proves that it is extremely difficult today to get anyone to assume an important job. To re-create an interest in office-holding in Jewish life is a much more serious problem * than * the one raised by the critics. Interesting Campaign Facts , Some interesting facts became known this week about solici- tations that were conducted recently for the Allied Jewish Cam- paign for treasury gifts from our organizations. • Of the 265 organizations that were contacted for membership lists,' to facilitate total coverage of our community by solicitors, only 21 responded by providing lists. These lists offered names of 611 new prospects, and from this number 21 new pledges were secured for a total of $437. The organizations themselves contributed $42,000. Such an income hardly warrants emphasis on treasury gifts. The figures we have just quoted prove this: that emphasis must be placed not on organizational contributions but rather on individual gifts. It is possible that by a change in tactics the contributions from the members themselves can be increased. There will be no excuses — where they previously existed — that they had given through their organizations. Besides, manpower will be multiplied when organizations_ are made responsible for solicitation of their memberships. This is an important approach worth considering in next year's drive. Lawton, TO. 8-0063, M. Nobel, principal. On 'IsuesdaN7, - Sept. 5, the en tire staff of the United Hebrew Schools will meet at the Rose Sittig Cohen Bldg., for an all- day conference on their pro- gram. This year the Schools are expanding the Yiddish and talmud departments. In addition to the classwork, plans have been made to resume recreational activities for the students. Games will be made available before and after class- es. Milk and crackers will be served to those who request it. Transportation can be ar- ranged upon request. For further information, call the main office, TO. 8-0063. Youth to Plan Participation in Torch Campaign America filled a good hand with three of a kind . whet the Schwartz children (I. to r.) Gisela, Sabina and - Henia, first triplets to be born in an Austrian DP camp, landed in New, York with their mother and father, Joseph and Rachele Schwartz under the auspices of H1AS, the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society. The triplets . were born on April 28, 1948, the m last one to arrive coming more than five hours after her sisters. On the Record By NATHAN ZIPRIN (Copyright, 1950, Seven Arts Feature Syndicate, Inc.) Heard. and- Recorded I don't know whether it is good for Jews or not but there is g strong possibility that a Jew may inherit. Ernest Bevin's post aS British Foreign Minister. He is the- 39-year-old deputy Morris Edelman, a journalist by profession. There is very strong senti- ment for him in the powerful executive of the Labor Party. If Bevin steps down, as rumors have it, Edelman will have the back..• ing of Premier Atlee, who was quite impressed by Edelman's per- formance as British representative at the recent conference of the European Council. Bartley Crum is out of the picture as our next ambassador to Israel. General William E. Riley has the inside track. The. appointment will be announced when he returns from Israel. Torch Drive participation will be the first project of the new board of the Community Service Committee, which will meet Wednesday, Sept. 6, at 8 p.m.,. at the Dexter-Davison Branch of the Jewish Center. Milton Lucow, committee president, will serve with vice president Avern Cohen as co- chairmen of the Torch Drive for the Community Ser vice Committee. Lucow announced that 10 dis- trict chairmen would be ap- pointed to direct the door-to- door solicitation in the area as- signed to the committee. CSC will be responsible. for the ter- ritory bounded on the north and south by Clairmount and West Grand Boulevard, and on the east and west by Twelfth and Dexter. The Jewish Center on Wood- ward avenue will be headquar- ters for the committee during the Torch Drive which begins Oct. 17. Special gifts solicita- tion will precede the general drive. AJC Women View Religion in Schools The UN Palestine Conciliation Commission is about to meet the fate of all flesh. Unable to bring its peace efforts to fruition the body will ask its own dissolution at the next session of the General Assembly, Its report will say that the only road to peace between Israel and the Arab states is through direct negotiations Contrary to Arab expectationS the partition resolution will not be on the agenda of the next Assembly session. American opposition to the move will prevail. Vatican circles are -disinclined to push the Jerusalem internationalization scheme at this time for diplo- matic reasons. In fact it is safe to say that the UN will seek to avoid the issue at the next Assembly session, * From Many Corners A German film company has completed production of S. Anski's famous play the Dibbuk. Jews in Germany are wondering who permitted the company to produce the Anski play. At a recent session of the Austrian parliament it was brought out that over 300 Nazi laws are still on the books. Among them. is the edict against shechitah, the decree compelling Jewigh women to use the name Sarah and Jewish men to use the surname Israel. Belgian anti-Semites have found a new anti-Jewish weapon. The abdication- of King Leopold, they say, was of Jewish making,. The fact that it was a Jewish general, A. Rosenbaum, who com- manded the military garrison that guarded the King on his return from Switzerland was. naturally overlooked by the anti-Semites. It was also the same Jewish generalwho was assigned to maintain. order in Brussels during the anti-Leopold demonstration. - The only Yiddish newspaper in Belgium has ceased publication: The publishers announced that most of the readers of "Unser Wort," our word, had left for Israel. The report that the Senate branded Rosselini as a Fastist again raises the question whether his wife, Ingrid Bergman, is of Jewish origin. I have it on good authority that the famous actress is really Jewish. is a. paradox of our times that a Jewess should marry a Fascist. But then again who can deny that love is blind. Washington Note, The Women's Division of the American Jewish Congress will begin its - season's activities at a dessert luncheon at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, S e p t. 6, in the Founders' Room of the Art In- stitute. Mrs. Harold Nelson, vice ,'president of the Commission on aw and Social Action, an- :nounces that the subject for consideration . be, "Read- ing, 'Riting — Religion?" There Miller will be a dis- cussion of the Brady School plan. Byron S. Miller, midwest re- gional director of the Commis- sion on Law and Social Action, will a c t as moderator. The panel will consist of Rabbi Joshua Sperka and the Rev. Merrill Bates. Members and their friends are invited. - Unless certain elements prevail. there is a distinct possibility that the present session of Congress may approve a bill authoriz- ing the return to Jewish organizations of approximately three- Million dollars worth of assets that had been confiscated from enemy aliens during: the war. The money in most part came from Jews who had the foresight to smuggle their assets from Germany the moment Hitler rose to power. Since the confiscated property, belonged to people who were enemies of the nation we were war- ring, official Washington felt that there was no reason penalizing them through permanent seizure of their belongings. As early as 1946 Congress passed a law authorizing the return of seized assets to political and religious victims of Nazism. Some of the assets have been returned to the original owners. Most of them however remained untouched because there were no claimants or heirs, an or most of them having been slaughtered by Hitler. As a result it occurred to a number of legislators, among them Congressman Sabbath, that a bill be passed permitting transfer of the assets to Jewish relief and rehabilitation bodies: The Senate passed such a bill a year ago. But somehow the House version of the bill got tied up in technicalities though it had been approved by a number of committees. The bill is now in the hands of the Rules Committee where a number of objections have been raised. The chief difficulty before the committee is the problem of speci- fying which organization or organizations should be made trustees of the assets, to be used for succor and relief abroad. The chief agencies under consideration are JDC, Jewish Agency and United Jewish Appeal. Such a move by the United States might serve to influence other countries into similar action, particularly Swit- zerland, where huge heirless Jewish assets are on deposit in private banks or invested in government bonds.