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DY"na riiic David A. Brown
Observes 75th Birthday
David Abraham Brown, one of
America's most distinguished
leaders, who now resides at 149
Burlingame, again will be in the
limelight next week when Jew-
ish communities throughout the
lanai will make note of his 75th
birthday.
For many years in the stellar
role of fund-raiser, Mr. Brown
was one of the most dynamic
leaders who, during World War
I, raised the standards of giving
to relief causes and made it pos-
sible for the American Jewish
Joint Distribution Committee to
secure the means that were
needed for the sustenace of mil-
lions of war sufferers.
DAVID A. BROWN
Born in Edinburgh, Scotland,
Nov. 3, 1875, he was brought to
this country at the age of 5 and
lived in Detroit most of his life,
except for a few years during
which he made his residence in
New York.
His business enterprises here
began in 1896. He established
the General Necessities Corpor-
ation which had 20 subsidiaries.
He helped found the Broadway
National Bank and Trust Co.
and the Broadway National
Bank (1929-30). From 1930 to
1935 he was publisher of the
American Hebrew in New York.
In 1918 he became director-
general of Detroit's firSt Com-
munity Fund campaign. He was
Joffe Talks to Catholics
On Democracy in Jobs
Father John F. Finnegan, spi-
ritual director of the Catholic
Interracial Council, introduced
Boris M. Joffe, executive direc-
tor of the Jewish Community
Council, to the Holy Ghost Ro-
man Catholic Church parishion-
ers last Sunday. Mr. Joffe spoke
on "Democracy at Work in Job
Opportunities." Father Finne-
gan serves on the Citizens Com-
mittee on Group Tensions, of
which the Rt. Rev. Richard S.
Emrich, Bishop of the Episcopal
Diocese, is chairman, and Mr.
Joffe is secretary. .
More than 200 parishioners of
the Holy Ghost Church attend-
ed, together with Father John
Lovely, Professor at the Univer-
sity of Detroit, and a group of
his students _ engaged in the
study of interracial problems.
Mr. Joffe also addressed the
Haven Hill Human Relations
Workshop conducted by the De-
troit Public Schools on the sub-
ject "What's New Nationally
and Locally in Human Rela-
tions."
Mr. Joffe was invited to ad-
dress a dinner meeting of all
the alumni of the Board of
Education Workshops conducted
at the Universities of Southern
California, Western Reserve, Co-
lumbia and New York Univer-
sity.
Hashofar Musical Society
Holds First Home Program
Herman Jacobs, chairman of
Hashofar, announces the first
home musicale this fall will be
at 8:30 p.m. Sunday at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Shetzer.
Mrs. Alexander S. Sanders will
be chairman of the evening,
Shirley Zaft, young Detroit sop-
rano, will be heard in Yiddish
and Hebrew songs, and there
will be community singing.
14 years chairman of the mem-
bership committee of the Detroit
YMCA. He served as director-
general of the United War Cam-
paign in Michigan and in 1919
was a director of the Detroit
Red Cross.
He commenced his activities
in behalf of the war sufferers in
1917. In 1921 he became na-
tional chairman of the JDC
$14,000,000 campaign. He also
distinguished himself in the fol-
lowing posts :
1922—served on commission
to investigate the economic stat-
us of European Jewry.
1924—toured the United States
and Canada for the Palestine
Foundation Fund.
1925—made a trip to Russia to
study conditions of Jews there
and upon his return headed a
campaign to settle Jews on the
land in Russia.
1926—was awarded the Got-
theil Medal by Zeta Beta Tau
Fraternity by being voted the
outstanding Jewish leader that
year.
1924-25—served as chairman
of the finance committee of the
Union of American Hebrew Con-
gregations.
1920-37--served on the bbard
of the JDC.
1926-36—served on the board
of the Palestine Economic Cor-
pGration.
1928-33—was chairman of the
China Relief drive.
He was active in numerous
causes in Detroit and was the
donor of a large fund to the
Temple Beth El building fund
and the Brown Memorial Chapel
was named in memory of his
parents.
Study of 6bys' Reactions
To Jewishness Published
NEW YORK—Completion of a
two-year study of the reactions
of Jewish boys to various as-
pects of their Jewishness was
announced by the National Jew-
ish Welfare Board and the Corn-
mission on Community Inter-
relations of the American Jew-
ish Congress, which co-spon-
sored the study and are now
making it available.
The collective subject of the
study were 166 boys, ranging in
age from seven to seventeen, all
affiliated with Jewish Commun-
ity Centers in the New York
metropolitan area. The JWB
is the national association of
Jewish Community Centers.
A significant observation
gleaned from the data is that
the younger groups have posi-
tive attitudes toward activities
with Jewish content to a greater
extent than do the older groups.
The same applies in the matter
of associating with Jews.
The study goes on to reveal
that as they grow older, Jewish
youngsters manifest a lessening
of interest. in. Jewish activities
and associations. This develop-
ment, however, the surveyors
suggest, may be the result not-
of a rejection of their Jewish-
ness—as is commonly assumed—
but rather to a broadening of
social and intellectual horizons.
This, furthermore, is accompan-
ied by a growing reluctance on
the part of the maturing young-
ster to be socially and culturally
isolated.
Israeli War Games
Sour Milk, Milkman
The Israeli army war games
are just so much sour milk as
far as a certain milkman and
his Galilee settlement customers
are concerned.
On trying to cross a bridge to
the settlement, the milkman was
halted by an Israeli soldier who
told him, "Sorry, but that
bridge was blown up just a few
minutes ago by an enemy plane.
You'll have to wait till we set
up another one."
The exasperated milkma n,
pointing to the bridge, obviously
intact, appealed to an officer
who appeared to be in charge.
"Wish I could help you," the
officer said, "but I was killed in
the same raid."
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THE JEWISH NEWS
Friday, October 27, 1950
Nathan to Be Guest
S,peaker at Waldorf
Robert R. N at ha n, brilliant
young American economist,
director of the economic depart-
ment of the Jewish Agency for
Palestine will be the guest of
honor at the
sixth annual
stockholders
dinner meeting,
of Ampal-Amer-
lean Palestine
Trading Corpo-
ration, Nov. 12,
at Waldorf As-
toria Hotel, New
York. Ampal,
headed b 3Q;.
Abraham Dick- R. It. Nathan
enstein, is the largest single
American investor in Israel, and
Mr. Nathan is t h e economic
consultant of this corporation.
Cinema Offering Features
Famed Star of English Stage
Dame Edith Evans, knighted
by King George VI for her dis-
tinguished service to the the-
ater, cal'i currently be seen in
her latest film "The Woman of
Dolwyn," now at the Cinema
Theater. Co-starring with MiSs
Evans is the writer and director
of the film, Ernlyn Williams, who -
captivated American audiences
with his "The Corn Is Green."
"The Woman of Dolwyn" tells
the story of a village in Wales
whose property is bought up by
a wealthy industrialist.
Israel Elected to Peace Commission
After Supporting Seven-Power Plan
LAKE. SUCCESS—(ISI)—Isra-
el was elected to the 14-power
Peace Observation Commission
which will serve as the eyes of
the General Assembly in carry-
ing out its new responsibilities
for the preservation of world
peace.
Israel was included in a list
brought in to the Political Com-
mittee by the United Kingdom
on behalf of the seven states
which sponsored the new plan
for strengthening the powers of
the General Assembly.
The nations which will serve
on the committee include- the
United States, the United King-
dom, USSR, France, China, Col-
umbia, Czechslovakia, In di a,
Iraq, New Zealand, Sweden, Pa-
kistan and Uruguay.
Israel cast its vote in favor
of t h e, seven-power resolution
which was approved by an over-
whelming majority of tl As-
sembly. The Political Commit-
tee wrote three amendments
into the resolution based on
proposals submitted by Ambas-
sador Abba Eban.
Peaceful Settlements
One amendment asked that
the preamble of the resolution
reaffirm that it remains the
primary duty of all United Na-
tions members to seek a settle-
ment of any disputes by peace-
ful means through the concilia-
tion and mediation procedures
laid down in the Charter.
This amendment was accepted
by a 12 to 11 vote of the Poli-
tical Committee with the major
powers abstaining. The submis-
sion of this amendment re-
flected Israel's program to stress
in the Assembly the importance
of • conciliation and mediation in
overcoming the . conflicts now
threatening world peace.
Mr. Eban had pointed out
that it was undesirable that 60
nations of the General Assem-
bly should actually employ their
armed forces in cases where ag-
gression had not been commit- .
ted and where no disturbance of
international peace had taken
place. In the revised resolution •••
it was provided that the Assem-
bly might meet when threatened
with a breach of the peace but
could authorize military action
only in the event of a breach.
Criticize Original Proposal
Israel also criticized the ori-
ginal proposal because it pro-
vided that special sessions of the
General Assembly could be
called by seven members of the
Security Council. It failed _to see
how this could be reconciledwith
the Charter.
In his presentation to t h e
Political Committee, Ambassa-
dor Eban declared that Israel
approached the problem in the
light of four prinnples: the need
to reaffirm the primary respon-
sibility of the Security Council
based on great power 'coopera-
tion, the duty to provide alter-
native procedures in case that
hope remains unfulfilled, the
limitations of such alternative
procedures to conditions of gen-
uine emergency and the neces-
sity to ensure their compatibility
with the terms of the Charter.
URGENT CALL to All
Jewish Organizations:
ELECT YOUR DELEGATES AT ONCE
TO REPRESENT YOU AT THE ANNUAL
CITY-WIDE CONFERENCE OF THE
JEWISH NATIONAL FUND
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If your organiation or Landsmanschaft does not meet_ this
week, presidents are called upon to APPOINT five delegates
to act for the organization at this important conference to
be held ALL DAY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12, starting at
10:30 a.m., at the Fort Wayne Hotel.
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Mail names of your delegates IMMEDIATELY to the
JEWISH NATIONAL FUND COUNCIL, 11816 Dexter, or
submit their names to the JNF Council Office by telephoning
TOwnsend 8-7384. A number of very important problems
confronting the Jewish state will be discussed. Very
important persons are coming especially to address the
confereve. It is imperative that every organization and
congregation in the community be represented.
JEWISH NATIONAL FUND COUNCIL
OF DETROIT
11816 DEXTER
TO. 8-7384