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from - countrywide campaigns.
Auditors' reports were quoted in
refutation of Mr. Sobel° f 's
claims.
But in every instance, amity
was attained by the time the
Sunday sessions convened for
action on the four-point pro-
gram. The billion dollar plan
received unanimous approval
and the high spirit to which
Ambassador Eban elevated the
conference left the feeling that
never before has a national
gathering risen to such heights
in planning for a solution of the
problem of the homelessness of
Jews who seek haven in Israel.
(The four points . in the pro-
gram adopted by the conference
are included in the editorial
page on page 4).
New Level of Unity
Adoption of the resolution,
known as "A Statement of Prin-
ciples," climaxed the National
Conference which marked the
first time since the establish-
ment of the state of Israel in
1948 that all elements in Amer-
ican Jewry met together to for-
mulate a program of financial
assistance to the Jewish state.
Forty-four national Jewish or-
ganizations participated in the
conference and a 45th — the
American Association of Eng-
lish Jewish Newspapers—which
was in session in Washington
last week-end—gave its whole-
hearted support to the program.
The conference marked at-
tainment of a new level of unity
in the adoption of a program
calling for such far reaching
. goals involving an intensi-
fied United Jewish Appeal,
loans, governmental grants and
investments in the next three
years.
Detroit delegateS took an ac-
tive part in the conference de-
liberations and a number of
them made advance pledges to
participate in loans to be ex-
tended to Israel.
(Detroiters at the conference
included Mr. and Mrs. Israel
Davidson, Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Field, Mr. and Mrs. Abe Kasle,
Mr. and Mrs. Saul Sloan. Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph Holtzman, Mr.
and Mrs. Philip Sloniovitz, Leon
Kay, Morris L. Schaver, Alfred
May, Max Osnos, Louis Berry,
Charlie Wolok, Sam Goldberg,
S. Leib and Mr. and Mrs. Ira
Kaufman).
moral leadership and democratic
faith without which neither
military strength nor economic
well-being can prevail against
the present dangers to human
freedom and peace.
Mr. Keyserling expressed con-
fidence in the ability of Ameri-
can Jews to achieve success in
the three-year program to ob-
tain a billion dollars for the
consolidation of Israel's econ-
omy. He asserted that the con-
ference was embarking on an
enterprise which requires that
the sources of philanthropy be
joined together with investments
and loans to attain an objec-
tive which would redound to the
good of all mankind as well as
to the creation of a strong and
free Israel.
The conference proposed that
the following avenues be pur-
sued to realize the $50,000,000
needed in cash for the UJA be-
fore the end of the year:
(1) Payment of outstanding
pledges of this and previous
years UJA campaigns, re-
quiring the most intensive
cash collection effort within
each city;
(2) Cash payments on ac-
count of forthcoming 1951
pledges;
(3) Bank borrowings;
(4) Loans from other Jew-
ish organizations in commun-
ities which may have funds
available which are not im-
mediately needed.
(5) The making of loans by
an individual or a group of
individuals in each community
on their personal endorse-
ments, to be repaid from pres-
ent accounts receivable or
proceeds of the forthcoming
campaign.
The resolution was submitted
to the Conference by a commit-
tee headed by Moses A. Leavitt,
executive vice' chairman of the
Joint Distribution Committee.
Mrs. My e r s on reiterated
-again and again in her ad-
dresses at the conference that
Israel is not seeking "free
rides," that all loans will be re-
paid in full and that th'e Jew-
ish state will me able fully to
honor all bond issues in its be-
half. —
Ambassador E b an declared
that Israel must achieve eco-
nomic self-sufficiency despite
the Arab blockade and economic
boycott. Stressing that his coun-
try is definitely on the road to
success in freeing itself of its
dependence on food and other
vital supplies from abroad, Mr.
Eban warned that by "the time
the neighboring Arab world
wakes up, we shall have achi-
eved a solid and secure status
of self-support and shall have
found our markets elsewhere."
He added, however, that Israel
is at all times ready for the
closest regional cooperation as
soon as its neighbors make it
possible. He predicted a closer
relationship between the United
States and Israel and charact-
erized the speech delivered by
Secretary of the Treasury Syn-
der at the Planning Conference
last Friday as "an important
landmark in the future of this
relationship." Israel's efforts to
vindicate democracy in a crucial
part of the world, he said, de-
serves the active support of all
elements for its economic con-
solidation.
Realistic Figure
As for the responsibility as-
sumed by the conference to pro-
vide a billion dollars in the next
three years, Mr. Eban declared
that this enlarged program of
aid represented "a modest and
most realistic figure," compared
to the decision made by the
people of Israel to assume re-
sponsibility to provide a half a
billion dollars toward the $1,-
500,000,000 program first enun-
ciated by Prime Minister Ben
Gurion at the Jerusalem con-
ference of American Jewish
leaders early in September.
"Investment is a matter of
service and reward. Those who
invest in Israel will be render-
ing a service and securing their
reward," Mr. Eban said.
Edward M. M. Warburg, chair-
man of the Joint Distribution
Committee, declared that the
action of the conference repre-
sented a "historic landmark" in
the statesmanship and planning
of the Jews in the United States.
He urged that the provisions of
the Four Point Program be re-
garded as four pillars of action,
each of which must receive the
greatest attention and the most
energetic support.
Jewish Press Backs Israel Program;
Invites Scholars to Standardize
Transliteration of Hebrew Terms
The conference took on
added significance because of
. the new challenge to Israel—
the forcing of the Arab refu-
gee problem onto the agenda
of the United Nations,_ the
WASHINGTON, D. C.—(AJP)— cussed editorial and advertising,
Cabinet crisis, the war threats In a forward step to end long- approaches at workshop sessions
that emanate from Arab
of the conference. The Associ-
countries.
existing chaos in the transliter ation acted favorably on the in-
But there were encouraging ation of Yiddish and HebreW auguration of the National Jew-
symptoMs. Guests from Israel
were confident that they can
and will repay the proposed
loan; those who had learned
that U. S.' AmbaSsador James G.
McDonald is returning to Israel
expressed satisfaction over his
reappointment and Pr e s i d ent
Truman's personal interest in
Dr. McDonald's post, in the wel-
fare of the Jewish state and in
Israel's cooperation with the
U. S.
Rudolph G. Sonneborn, na-
tional chairman of the United
Palestine Appeal, chairman of
the resolutions committee, pre-
sented the statement of prin-
ciples to the Conference.
_•• Mrs. 'Cicada Myerson emerged
as one of the most popular
figures ever to reach Ameri-
can shores from abroad. Eli-
ezer Kaplan's financial genius,
as indicated in his reports on
Israel's economy, Was acclaim-
ed, and there were expressions
of admiration for the ability
of Henry Montor, who was pri-
,marily responsible for organiz-
ing the great conference, and
Harry Seeve, who supervised
many of the plans presented
at the sessions.
Leon Keyerling warned that it
would be. a misconception to be-
lieve that because Israel is ready
to stand on her own feet eco-
nomically, she can stand alone
without the cooperation and aid
of the United States.
He called for maximum assist-
ance for Israel as "our junior
partner" in safeguarding the
terms, especially expressions of
a religious significance, into
English, the Anierican Associa-
tion of English-Jewish News-
papers, convened here in a two-
day conference, urged presidents
of America's four leading Jewish
schools of higher learning to
undertake the project.
The Association, representing
America's 36 leading English-
Jewish newspapers, called upon
the presidents of the Jewish
Theological Seminary,
the Hebrew Union College, Ye-
shiva University and Dropsie
College to make the translitera-
tions personally or assign a
member of each faculty to stan-
dardize the translation of Yid-
dish and Hebrew terms into the
English language.
Members of the Association,
including the Detroit Jewish
News, pledged unanimous sup-
port to the decisions of the
National Planning Conference
for Israel and Jewish Rehabil-
itation, also meeting here, and
expressed hope that the Con-
ference would gain "the large
measure of unity necessary to .
the achievement of the ob-
jectives set forth at this his-
toric gathering."
Three new members were
added to the Association's ex-
panding ranks with the admis-
sion of the Houston (Texas)
Herald Voice, the Kansas City
(Mo.) Jewish Chronicle, and the
Southern Jewish Weekly, of
Jacksonville, Fla.
Publishers from 32 cities dis-
ish Comic and Jewry in the
News sections, features intro-
duced in- the English-Jewish
press by Sabra Publications, of
New York City.
Speakers at the conference in-
cluded Judge Louis Leventhal, of
Philadelphia, president of the
Jewish Publication Society of
America, Victor Bernstei n,
former United Nations' corre-
spondent and director of public
relations for the Jewish Agency,
and Adolph Kiesler, chairman
of the Allied Jewish Community
Council of Denver.
Plans were completed at ,clos-
ing sessions for additional semi-
nars on a state-wide basis' for
member newspapers. The semi-
nars would deal with advertis-
ing and editorial requirement of
the newspapers.
Canadian Jews Consider
Similar Washington Parley
WASHINGTON, (JTA)—Dele-
gates representing all Jewish
organizations in Canada who
participated in. the National
Planning Conference for Israel
and Jewish Rehabilitation, de-
cided to recommend the con-
vening of a similar meeting in
the near future for all segments
of the Jewish community of
Canada. The Canadians pointed
up the "spontaneous response
manifested by the American
Jewish community" and the
"magnitude of the problems
confronting the state - of Israel."
Max Lapides, Called 'Mr. MC,'
Acclaimed for Efforts in Israel
Israel's press continues to
speak highly of the work that
was accomplished by Max Lap-
ides, Detroit attorney, as direc-
tor of Hashid Camp in Aden and
in assisting in the transporta-
tion of tens of thousands of
Yemenite Jews to Israel.
LAPIDES AND R. BEDICI
Editorially and in the news
columns, the Israel press refers
to his work as being of moment-
ous significance.
Maariv, for instance, speaks of
his devotion and unselfishness,
his congeniality and friendli-
ness and the thorougly demo-
cratic manner in which he han-
dled his responsibilities. This
newspaper reveals that the Ye-
menites affectionately call him
"Pop." At Hashid Camp, where
he acted as director in behalf
of Joint Distribution Committee,
he befriended all with whom he
came in contact. Some refer to
him as "Mister JDC."
The feature article in Maariv
describes how he taught the
Yemenites to make use of the
showers, how he encouraged
children to take necessary in-
jections.
A former government attor-
ney, Max Lapides served in the
U. S. Air Force as a Colonel. He
was on leave from U. S. govern-
ment service when he first came
to Israel.
The accompanying photo-
graph . shows Mr. Lapides
boarding a plane at Lydda Air-
port, Israel, with Rabbi Be-
dici, Camp Hashid Chaplain.
Rabbi Bedici, a Yemenite from
Israel, was sent to handle re-
ligious affairs and a Beth Din
at the camp, to which they
are shown saying "Shalom"
prior to returning to Israel.
American Jewry Facing Assimilation,
Zalesky Tells Detroit's Educators
"A partnership of Jewish edu-
cators, parents and their chil-
dren, to save future generations
of American Jewry from com-
plete assimilation or total igno-
rance of their Jewish heritage,
is the sole solution for American
Jewry."
"That and a strong tie with
Israel," Dr. Moses Zalesky, di-
rector, Bureau of Jewish Educa-
tion, Cincinnati, 0., told United
Hebrew Schools teachers, mem-
bers of the Association of He-
brew Teachers of Detroit, at
their annual brunch, at 11 a.m.
Oct. 29, at the Rose Sittig Cohen
Bldg., in honor of Jewish Edu-
cation Month.
Dr. Zalesky contrasted the
high cultural level he witnessed
in Israel to the growing lack of
interest American Jews show in
a Jewish education for their
children.
Cultural Israel
Attending the first World He-
piano; Mr. Alpern of UHS, who
gave a dramatic reading of a
poem by Bialik, and Mellah
Goldstone, young UHS elemen-
tary school graduate who sang
two selections in Hebrew.
Education Month in Progress
Other features which have
highlighted Education Month
are three radio broadcasts: a 15
minute program on WWJ, on
Oct. 22, at which Rabbi Jacob
Segal was speaker on Mrs. Hyman
Altman's broadcast and Henry
Weinberg's program, on WJLB,
at which speakers were Mrs,
Louis Tobin, president of the
Woman's Auxiliary of United
Hebrew Schools. and Joseph B.
Colten. A. J. Lachover was in
charge of the programs.
The Woman's Auxiliary dedi-
cated a program on Oct. 25, fea-
turing a brief history of UHS,
read by Mrs. Harry 0.berstein,
and a talk on the "Old Cheder"
by Gais .Newman, to education
month.
Kvutzah Ivrith, Hebrew Cul-
tural Group, dedicated its last
Saturday evening meeting to the
cause of Jewish education with
a talk by Zalesky. Several Par-
ent-Teachers Organization pro-
grams were also given over to
Education Month.
Home visits by members of
Kvutzah Ivrith, headed by Jo-
seph Kotz and the Ladies Auxil-
iary, in charge of Mrs. Julius
Ring, are continuing Education
Month, which began- with the
High holy days. A special issue
of the Jewish News will be an-
other important feature of Edu-
cation Month.
brew Congress in Israel, Dr.
Zalesky reported meeting a new
spirit of Jewish renaissance, not
only physical, in the building of
a state, but morally, in building
a people steeped in Jewish cul-
ture and an awareness of them-
selves.
"We here in America- are
speeding towards complete as-
similation, or at best, complete
ignorance of Judaisms' rich cul-
ture, The only thing that can
save us is a strong cultural and
spiritual bond with Israel. We
can do this only by giving our
children an intensive Jewish
education," he told faculty
members of the UHS and par-
ents of their students.
"This is the message we edu-
cators must bring the people.
Start your children's education City of Hope Banquet
early; promote a healthy home Features `Firestones'
atmosphere; carry their educa-
tion through Jewish high schools
The Firestones, a Hollywood
and even to Midrasha; for girls singing couple, will be featured
as well as boys."
entertainers at the annual ban-
quet sponsored by the Detroit
Romance of Judaism
Dr. Zalesky was presented by Business Men's Group for the
Morris Nobel, president of the City of Hope, at Duarte, Calif.,
Association, who chaired the Nov. 19 at the Belaire.
The banquet is another event
meeting. Nobel also introduced
Mrs. Jack Kaplan, president of in the 1950-51 fund raising drive
the • central council of the UHS program for $50,000 from this
Parent - Teacher - Organization, area, for the non - sectarian
Bernard Isaacs, UHS superin- medical center.
Bob Hall of Pfeiffer Brewery
tendent, Albert Elazer, associate
director of the Schools, and Ira will be toastmaster. Rabbi Jacob
G. Kaufman, president of E. Siegal of the Northwest He-
Northwest Hebrew Cong., and a brew Congregation is _the speak-
vice-president of UHS; who ex- er of the evening. The affair
tended greetings to the assemb- will open with a cocktail session
lage, asking them to promote from 6 to 7 p.m., with dinner
"the romance of living in our- at 7, followed by dancing - to
own Jewish culture," to their Mickey Wolf's Orchestra.
Morris L. Fruman, vice presi-
students and children.
Entertainment was provided dent of the group is honorary
by Mrs. Alex Roberg of the UHS chairman; Eugene Epstein is
Central branch„ who led com- chairman of the evening.
munity singing and rendered
several solos accompanied by 24 — THE JEWISH NEWS
Friday. November 3, 1950
Mrs. Bella-Goldberg at the