$5,000,000 in Cash for UJA.

24—THE JEWISH NEWS
Friday, February 16, 1951

James Wineman
Heads Mercantile
Division of Drive

Second generation leadership
has forged to the front in the
Allied Jewish Campaign as
James H. Wineman this week
accepted the chairmanship of
the Mercantile Division of the
1951 Campaign, Abe K a s 1 e,
chairman of the drive, an-
nounced.
Wineman is the son of the
first president of the Jewish
Welfare Federation and first
chairman of the Allied Jewish
Campaign — Henry Wineman —
Responding to the United Jewish Appeal's urgent need for who last year was honorary
immediate additional large-scale funds to make possible the trans- chairman of the campaign.

fer to Israel of 54,000 "now or never" Jewish emmigrants who
must leave Iraq by May 30, the United Jewish Welfare Fund of
Los Angeles last week paced the rest of the country in presenting
a check for $2,000,000 in cash to the UJA. This action was fol-
lowed several days later when 300 community leaders meeting in
Chicago for a mid-west leadership conference of the UJA pre-
sented a total of $3,000,000 to Pinhas Lavon (Lubianiker), Israel's
Minister of Agriculture. Above, DR. JOSEPH J. SCHWARTZ, cen-
ter, UJA executive vice-chairman, accepts the $2,000,000 cash
presentation from BEN SOLMIT, left, 1951 Los Angeles Campaign
Chairman, while OSCAR S. PATTIZ, right, 1950 campaign chair-
man, looks on.

Women Plan for
'51 Allied Drive

Groundwork for the Wom-
en's Division phase of the
1951 Allied Jewish Campaign
is being laid by women in
charge of workers' training
and general solicitation as-
signments. Mrs. NATHAN H.
SCHERMER, (lower right),
co-chairman of assignments in
general solicitation with Mrs.
SAMUEL C. SILVER, (upper
left) , shows Mrs. ARTHUR S.
PURDY (lower left) and Mrs.
SAMUEL GRANDON, vice-
chairmen of workers training,
how the work is shaping up.

Mrs. Hopp Calls 1951
A Year of Challenge

Mrs. John C. Hopp, chairman
of the Women's Division of the
Allied Jewish Campaign, report-
ing on the meeting of the Na-
tional UJA Women's Division,
held in New York last week,
stated that 1951 will represent
a challenge to women every-
where and added:

"If we give our fullest sup-
port to the philanthropic
phase of Israel's four-point
program, that country will see
the solution of its major
economic problems in three

Women's Division
Selects Personnel

SUDDENLY

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Starting its nation-wide cam-
paign earlier than previous
years in response to urgent pleas
for immediate assistance from
Israel and other areas, the
United Jewish Appeal will offi-
cially launch its 1951 drive this
Friday, Saturday and Sunday,
Feb. 16-18, at a national inaug-
ural conference at Saxony Hotel,
Miami Beach, Fla., it was an-
nounced by William Rosenwald,
Rudolf G. Sonneborn and Rabbi
Jonah B. Wise, UJA national
chairmen.
T h e three - day Conference,
which will inaugurate campaign
activity in more than 2,500 com-
munities, will keynote American
Jewry's effort to meet immigra-
tion, settlement and rehabilita-
tion needs totalling more than

Mr. Rosenwald, Mr. Sonne-
born and Rabbi Wise said also
that major funds are required
in the shortest possible time to
assure the continued transfer to
Israel of 5,000 Jews monthly
from Romania.

$203,000,000.
Prominent among those who
will address sessions of the
Conference are Israel's Am-
bassador to the United States,
Abba S. Eban; United Jewish
Appeal general chairman, Ed-
ward M. M. Warburg; UJA ex-
e c u t i v e vice-chairman, Dr.
Joseph J. Schwartz; National
campaign cabinet chairman,
Morris W. Berinstein, and
others.
The UJA National Chairmen

announced that special, pre-
campaigning efforts have been
- Berinstein
Schwartz
under way for the last two weeks
JAMES WINEMAI
Sessions of inaugural confer-
to raise emergency cash funds
for the evacuation to Israel of ence will open Friday morning
James Wineman will direct a 54,000 Jews who must leave Iraq with a meeting of the UJA's 36-
group of campaign workers and by May 30.
man national campaign cabinet,
contributors who in the past
four years have accounted for
about $1,000,000 annually in
pledges for Jewish services in
Detroit, nationally and in Eur-
ope and Israel.
He revealed that a group of 100
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In addition to the Women's
fishermen have established
Apparel and Department Store that he intends to visit Israel themselves at Eilath and are
Employes' sections, of which he within a few weeks as a mem- supporting themselves solely on
has been campaign section ber of a British_Parliamentary
chairman in previous years, delegation. Lauding the Govern- this work. He revealed that
Wineman will be general chair- ment of Israel "which proved some 60 different varieties of
man for the groups represent- stable despite attacks from both fish have been netted in Negev
ing jewelry, shoes, dry goods, right and left," he called for the waters and that all have proved
children's wear, furniture, lug- fullest support of the govern- to be edible.
President Chaim Weizmann
gage and loans, etc.
ment's efforts to overcome the
A native Detroiter, Wineman financial difficulties caused by sent a telegram of congratula- (
tions to Persian Shah Mohamed
received his A. B. from the Uni- continued mass immigration.
Reza Pahlevi on the occasion of
versity of Michigan. He is as-
Israel's Finance Minister Elie- his wedding.
sistant to the president of Peo-
ple's Outfitting Company. He zer Kaplan, speaking at the din-
served 41 months in the Army ner, told the audience that the
world situation at present makes
during the war.
He is a member of the board it imperative to transfer to Is-
of the Detroit Service Group and rael immediately as many Jews
of the volunteer group of the as possible from Moslem lands
Detroit Community Chest, is and Eastern European countries.
active in trade associations, is "Not months, but days, count,"
a board member of the Retail he warned. He said that Israel
Merchants' Association and of itself has already contributed
the Business Property Associa- 75,000,000 pounds towards the
tion and a member of Temple absorption of immigrants.
Beth El.
The sum of 370,000 pounds was
Samuel H. Rubiner, president raised at the banquet toward
of the Federation, who last year the 2,000,000-pound goal of the
headed the Mercantile Division, Appeal, of which Sir Simon
congratulated the Division on Marks is the president. The
the choice of its chairman.
families of Sir Marks and Isaac
Wolfson have each contributed
50,000 pounds, it was announced
Barkley Receives
at the dinner.

Completing personnel ap-
pointments in the Women's
Division of the Allied Jewish
Campaign, Mrs. John C. Hopp,
division campaign chairman,
announces the following new
officers.
Vice - chairmen of pre - cam-
paign, serving with the chair-
man, Mrs. Harry Becker, Mes-
dames Harry Barnett, Ivor J.
Kahn and Melville S. Welt.
Mrs. James H. Wineman is pre-
campaign secretary.
Special gifts vice-chairman:
Mesdames Milton Alexander,
Saul A. Gleuckman, Milton K.
Mahler, Ben Mossman and Sid-
ney Soloman. Secretaries are
Mesdames Barney Keywell, Vic-
tor Klein, Lillian Lewis, Leo S.
Mellen and Carl Wois. Mrs.
Samuel S. Aaron is special gifts
chairman.
Assisting Mrs. Sidney J. Kar-
bel, chairman of general solici-
tation, will be vice - chairmen,
Mesdames Benjamin Coggan,
David S. Diamond, Herbert
Frank, Arthur I. Gould, Emil D.
Rothman and Raymond Soko-
lov. Mrs. Nathan H. Schermer
and Mrs. Samuel C. Silver han-
dle assignments in this section.
Other top posts: Mrs. Max
Dushkin, chairman; and Mrs.
Philip Bernstein, vice-chairman,
workers' recruiting; Mrs. Maur-
ice Klein, chairman, Mrs. Sam-
uel Grandon and Mrs. Arthur
P u r d y, vice - chairmen, Mes-
dames Simeon Freedman, Jack
Hencken and Nathan Miller,
secretaries, workers' training;
Mrs. Samuel J. Greenberg,
chairman of secretaries; Mrs. Histadrut Award
Morton Snyder, chairman, and
Mrs. Milton K. Winston; vice-
WASHINGTON, (JTA)—Vice-
chairman, of treasury gifts.
President Alben W. Barkley last
week received the "1950 Hista-
drut Humanitarian Award" in
Waring Selects Chajes
recognition of his services to Is-
Songs for TV Shows
rael and the Histadrut. The
award was made by Joseph
Fred Waring has selected two Schlossberg, general chairman
songs by Julius Chajes which of the National Committee for
will be played on the Fred War- Labor Israel, in a special cere-
ing TV show on WJBK-TV at mony in the Vice-President's of-
9 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 25. The fice in the Senate office build-
compositions are "Song of Gal- ing.
ilee" arranged by Chajes and
The Vice-President said Israel
"Hora" an original composition. was "a beacon of light not only
Mr. Chajes is musical director for that area but for all over
of the Detroit Jewish Center.
the world."

years."
The national UJA women's
board agreed that on the basis
of women's giving in 256 Ameri-
can cities, amounting to $12,-
700,000 in 1950, Jewish women
will continue to take pride in THE APVENTU RES OP
making their own contributions
to vital causes.
YNOPSIS:
TRAPPED BY
Bnai Brith Wins Citation
SHEER DISTANCE
"Get-Out-the-Vote" Drive
OF SAND AND
NEW YORK—For its efforts
HOT SUN, TOV,
in getting people to vote last AND THE BOY .
November, Bnai Br i t h was UZ I,
chosen as one of six national SEE. ON THE
organizations to receive a Ci- HORIZON, A SLIM
tation for Meritorious Achieve- CHANCE FOR
AN
ment by the American Heritage SURVIVAL
AIRPLANE.—
Foundation.
Using the Foundation's slo-
gan, "Voting is everybody's job,"
the "Get Out The Vote" cam-
aign of Bnai Brith was directed
by its National Commission on
Americanism 2,nd Civic Affairs.

National Conference in Miami Beach
Officially to Open UJA. Drive Today

Crises Challenge Israel

Heads Jr. Division

£1,500,000 to Develop Negev
TEL AVIV—The Israel govern-

ment has already spent 500,000
pounds ($1,500,000) on develop-
ing the Negev, with more than
half of that sum going for the
construction of the new high-
way between Beersheba and
Eilath, Itzhak Chizak, head of
the Negev Development Author-
ity, announced here Tuesday.
He appealed for industrial in-
vestors to speed up their con-
tributions to development of the
southern section of Israel, al-
though he admitted that an "in-
dustrial approach" to the Negev
has not yet been undertaken.

MILTON LUC OW

Milton Lucow, president of the
Community Service Committee
of the Young Adult Council,
moved into the Junior Division's
chairmanship in the 1951 Allied
Jewish Campaign this week. His
vice-chairman will be Avern
Cohn.
With campaign experience
dating back to 1949, Lucow first
served as a captain, last year as
one of the 12 division chairman.
and this year by taking on the
chairmanship. A veteran of
three years of military service,
he received his LL.B. from
Wayne University.

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