Gov. Willi• ins Urges Support for 1951 UJA;
Prominent Christians Rally to Back Campaign

Quentin Reynolds

Sen. Humphrey

Governor G. Mennen Williams
of Michigan has called for sup-
port of the 1951 United Jewish
Appeal campaign for Israel aid,
overseas relief, 7Mr.M.7.777-.
a n d assistance
to newcomers to
the United:,: .'
States. In a let-
ter to Edward ,
M. M. Warburg,i;
General Chair-':
man of the UJA,
Governor W i 1-
Rams said:
"No organiza-
Williams
Lion in the United States is
doing more to strengthen de-
mocracy throughout the world
than the United Jewish Appeal.
Since its establishment in 1939,
it has raised more than $750,-
000,000,with which to carry on

Rep. Roosevelt

its aid to displaced persons in
Europe and other distressed
areas and to speed the integra-
tion of 20,000 newcomers to the
United States.
"It is my earnest hope that
in 1951, as in past years, the
United Jewish Appeal, in cam-
paigns conducted in cities
throughout the nation, will be
given the generous support
which the great humanitarian
program it sponsors so richly
deserves."
Eminent statesmen and public
figures who will address large
audiences in coming weeks on
behalf of the UJA are: Senator
Hubert H. Humphrey, of Minne-
sota, who will address Illinois
leaders on March 11 at a UJA
Regional Conference in Spring-
field; Quentin Reynolds, author,
noted foreign correspondent and

Mrs. Douglas

commentator, who will speak at
UJA's Southeastern Regional
Conference in Atlanta, Ga., on
the same day; Rep. Franklin D.
Roosevelt, Jr., of New York, who
will be principal speaker at the
New Jersey Regional Confer-
ence in Trenton on March 18,
and former Rep. Helen Gahagan
Douglas of California, who will
bring UJA's story to the Cen-
tral and Western New York Con-
ference in Syracuse on April 1.

`Toby' Holtzman Heads
Campaign Gifts Division

Additional Officers and Directors
Named for Allied Jewish Campaign

Justice Henry Butzel of the
Michigan State Supreme Court
and Judge Theodore Levin: of
the United States District . Court
have been named honorary vice-
chairmen of the 1951 Allied Jew-
ish Campaign.
Now approaching his 80th
birthday, Justice Butzel retains
an active interest in -Jewish
social service, as a member of
the board of governors of the
Jewish Welfare Federation and
as board member of the Jewish
Hospital Association.
Judge Levin is president of the
United Jewish Charities and
heads resettlement service. He
is a vice president of Federation,
vrhich sponsors the organization
of the Campaign, and is a for-
mer president of the Jewish
Social Service Bureau.
Honorary chairman of the 1951
Allied Jewish Campaign—Detroit
Jewry's medium for providing
aid to JewiSh causes locally, na-
tionally and internationally—is
Henry Wineman.

Set $1,000,000 Goal

"A million dollar campaign"
was the goal set by the mercan-
tile 'division. Campaign chair-
man James H. Wineman an-
nounced that volunteer workers
had already accepted the chair-
manship of several important
sections in the Division — Jack
Citron and Nathan Scholnick,
men's apparel; Harry Cohn,
honorary chairman of traveling
Salesmen, with Joseph Bearman
as chairman and Philip Dresser,
Ernest Edelstein, Hershel Levin
and Myron 'Rosenthal as vice-
chairmen of this section; Sam-
uel Plotler and Harry Rosefeld,
shoes; Morris Jacobs, dry goods,
and I: Lewis Zuieback, vice-
chairman in charge of outlying
districts.
Harry Kay, according to Wine-
man, will be responsible for the
jewelers' section. Other shoe
leaders, who have formed a
steering committee to assist
Plotler and Rosenfeld, include
David Brown, William J. Brown,
Choose Directors
Maurice Diem, Harry• Eisenstadt,
Professional directors of the Harry Goodman, Samuel Green-
Campaign include: -
hut, Morton Hack, William Hoff-.
Overall direction of trades and man, Robert Isberg, Richard
professions will be given by Kotzer, David Lieberwitz, Leon-
Esther R. Prussian, executive ard Levy, Milton Shapiro, Wil-
director of the Detroit Service liam Shapiro and Fred Sherman.
Group, who has headed its staff
Other Mercantile Officers
for 26 years. William Avrunin,
Other sections whose leaders
associate director of Federation,
and Irwin Shaw, Federation as- took assignments included dry
sistant director, will supervise goods, Maurice Baker, Julian H.
the work of individual division Krolik, Max Kwaslow, Maurice
Landau and Benjamin ID.
directors.
Mrs. Harry L. Jackson will Lieberman; women's apparel,
direct the women's phase of the William Keliman and Leon Win-
Campaign. The Junior Division kelman; furniture, Samuel
will have as its executive direc- Kohlenberg and Al Sklar; men's
apparel, Morton • Lieberman;
tor, James Senor.
Jack Marks, field staff mem- jewelry, Herbert A. Greenstone;
ber of the United Jewish Appeal, traveling salesmen, Nathan
will be responsible for the mer- Fierberg; and merchant tailors,
cantile division. Ethel Lewis will J6,ck Stark.
direct the services division; Sam-
Louis Russman, division vice-
uel Naperstak, also of UJA, chairman, presided at the meet-
mechanical trades and the arts ing. •
and crafts divisions; Herman
Reviewing the record of the
Wise, formerly in charge of pub- Mercantile Division since its
lic relations of the Detroit Sym- formation as a year-round body
phony Orchestra, professional in 1946, Gus D. Newman, chair-
division; Henry Feinberg, re- man of the Detroit Service
ligious, educational, social and Group executive committee, said,
government services; H a r b 1 d "We expect 'big things' from
Kempner, real . estate and build- ,this division, both by way of
ing --division; Ben M. -Mandel- participation and in contribu-
korn, food division.
tions."

Leading the Special Gifts de-
partment of the Junior Division
in the 1951 Allied Jewish Cam-
paign is Irwin T. Holtzman,
known as "Toby."
Toby announced this week
that plans have been completed
for the special gifts dinner,
which will open the juniors'
campaign, at 6:30 p.m., March
25, at the Belcrest Hotel,
Toby comes from an active
line of campaigners — both his
parents play important roles in
the campaign. He is now serving
his second year on the commun-
ity service committee, and on
the board of the Jewish Home
for Aged.
Lending "ahand in staffing the
Junior Division with workers for
the campaign are several mem-
ber organization's of the 'Jewish
Adult Council, Milton Lucow,
Junior Division chairman, an-
nounced.
Among the organizations
which are providing two or more
J. Gendelman
S. Greenberg
G. D. Keil
teams of workers are Habonim,
Issachar Miran of Israel, who Brigade at once popularized it.
Harvey H. Goldman, chairman of Trades and Professions for Gamma Kappa Chi, Sigma
became world famous with his
But Mr. Miron maintains that
Alpha,
Mu,
Mu
Beta
Chi,
Iota
the 1951 Allied Jewish Campaign, has announced the selection of
song, "Tzena, Tzena," was a many of his other songs, especi-
three division chairmen.
guest in Detroit
ally "Song of the Regiment," are
more popular in Israel.
this week of his
Samuel J. Greenberg will head the Services Division; -Joseph
The chief purpose of his visit
cousins, Mrs.
Gendelman, mechanical trades; George D. Keil, food division.
in this country is . to complete
Helen Kosins
the organization of a Library of
and Mr. an d
The appointment of James IL Wineman as chairman of the
Music in Israel. As deputy dir-
Mrs. Ben Finkel
Mercantile Division has previously been announced.
ector of music in the Israel Min-
of 2987 Glen-
dale. He is re-
istry of Education and Culture,
Mr. Miron hopes to establish
turning to Is-
Rankin vs. Mairnonides
Israel 'Y' Music Dept.
what he believes will be the only
rael next week
Gets Detroiters' Gifts
music library in the entire Mid-
after having
Wants Philosopher's
concluded a r -
dle East.
The Jewish News was inform-
Portrait Removed
Miron
rangements t o
Through his efforts, AMLI-
ed this week by Florence Schr-
protect his rights to royalties to Americans for a Music Library
From Congress Halls
the song through his attorneys, in Israel — has been organized,
out, executive director of Beth
Jack Silverman of Detroit and with Max Targ, Chicago music
WASHINGTON, (AJP) — A Hanoar Haivri of Jerusalem,
M. Josephson of New York. Mills publisher, as president. Head-
campaign to remove all "alien" which is affiliated with the
Music Co. are his publishers and quarters are at 425 S. Wabash,
IRWIN T. HOLTZMAN
portraits from the walls of the World Federation of YMHAs
House of Representatives was and Jewish Community Centers, Alpha Pi and YPC of Cong- Beth his contest is with Cromwell Chicago.
Music Co. His controversy with
Mr. Miron said that he hopes
launched this week by chief-. that the Jerusalem YMHA's mu- Aarbn.
Julius Grossman, who prepared Americans will send instruments,
hater Rep. John Rankin.
sic department is being develop-
Other groups include Temple the American version of "Tzena" sheet music, records, music
Rankin appeared especially ed by Detroiters.
Beth
El YPC, Cong. Briai Moshe has been settled.
scores, phonographs and music
determined to oust that "ghast-
Mrs. Aaron DeRoy, 415 Burns,
Bnai Brith (Rex Chapter),
Mr. Miran originally wrote the literature. Such contributions
ly figure of Maimonides who is Drive, has presented the Israel YPC,
should be sent to the Chicago
Young Israel, Alpha Epsilon Pi,
said to have been a Jewish rabbi "Y" with a piano. J. Dorsey Cal- Hashomer Hatzair, ZOD Daniel time for "Tzena" in 1941 when office.
in Egypt about 900 years ago." laghan, music critic of the De- Frisch Chapter and Wayne Uni- the words were presented to him
Hope was expressed by Mr. Mi-
In its stead Rankin proposed troit Free Press, gave the de-
versity Chapter of IZFA. Masada by the poet Yechiel .Chagiz. The ran that a Detroit committee
that a portrait of Alexander partment 22 long-playing rec- will have 50 of its members score was written during a sin- will be organized to help in ad-
Hamilton be exhibited.
ords.
working in several divisions.
gle afternoon and the Jewish vancing the AMLI project.
But the newspaper which
Hamilton founded 150 years ago, rA/o* Apt/own/Res or CAFTA/11 Toy
PIN--. -the liberal New York Post, has
WITH EVERYONE SECURE AMONG THE ROCKS
FACED WITH AN IMMINENT BANDIT
something to say about Ran-
USING STICKS AND POLES AS MOCK RIFLES
ATTACK WITH NO DEFENSES, CAPTAIN
kin's suggestion. Commented the
ACCORDING TO TOYS' PLAN, BREATH .
TOV STUDIES THE
Post editorially:
SHORTEN AS HAJ MUSA AND HIS BANDITS
TERRAIN AND HITS
"We are sure that the learned
APPROA C H--
UPON
A
PLAN_
_
Maimonides, philosopher and
' 4 4
physician, would have welcomed
/t/
the attack of the midget-minded
Mississippian. We are equally
certain that Alexander Hamil-
ton would have loathed Rankin
and spurned his embrace . .
We believe we would have been
spared the pain of this latest
-- ,
.---
Rankin oration if the stupid
little man had known that Ham-
ilton founded the New York
/-/ORR >4 : SHOUTS TOV,
/1
Post 150 years ago."
EVERYONE GET ALONG

New Campaign Division Chairmen

Composer of `Tzena' Visits Detroit
Asks Gifts for Israel Music Library

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16—THE JEWISH NEWS
Friday, March 9, 1951

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