Detroit Opens Israel Bond Drive
At R•Hies Called for May 3, 7,13
ZOD Hears Voss Report
Tonight; Cabinet Minister
Mizrachi Guest Monday
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THE JEWISH NEWS
A Weekly Review
VOL. 19—No. 8
708 David Stott Bldg., Detroit eitt. '7
Detroit's Allied Jewish Cam-
paign lags behind the 1950 drive,
Abe Kasle, general chairman, re-
vealed at a luncheon meeting
Sunday at the Jewish Center, at
which. Golda Myerson, Israel Min-
ister of Labor, was the speaker.
`WELCOME, BEN-GURION: The Jews in America welcome the ar-
_rival in this country tonight of Israel's Prime Minister' David Ben-
Gurion who will launch the State of Israel $500,000,000 Indepen-
dence Bond Issue at a rally in Necv York on May 10.
Israel's bond drive will be set into motion in Detroit
beginning with tonight—Thursday, May 3—at the urgent
rally called by the Zionist Organization of Detroit in conjunc-
tion with its annual election meeting.
By special ariangement with The U. S. Post Office, this issue
is being mailed a day earlier to assist in furthering the
objectives of the Israel bond drive at tonight's ZOD meeting..
Convening at the auditorium of the new Temple Israel, Man-
:derson and Merton, the Zionists will hear a -first-hand report of
Israel's progress from Dr. Carl Herman Voss, eminent Christian
leader, who returned from the Jewish state this week after a tour
of the land as head of a Christian delegation.
_ Max Osnos, chairman of the Detroit Israel bond drive, will
-outline plans for the local campaign. Morris Jacobs, chairman of the
-ZOD bond drive, will present plans for the sale of securities. Rabbi
‘Leon Fram will welcome the gathering. A. C. Lappin will preside
during the business meeting and election of officers.
Dr. Voss, for a number of years the guiding spirit of the Ameri-
can Christian Palestine Committee, has made several trips to Israel.
All are invited to tonight's meeting. Detroit Jews are urged to
take an active part in the bond drive and to plan to make their
purchases- at tonight's meeting and at the Zionist office, 1031 Pen-
obscot, thereafter. The ZOD bond goal -is $3,000,000.
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Mizrachi Starts Drive on Monday
Mizrachi Organization of Detroit will inaugurate its drive for a
quota of $1,000,000 at the dinner in honor of Israel Minister of
Interior, Moshe Shapira, Monday evening, May 7, at the Bnai Moshe,
Under the . chairmanship of Philip Stollman, a Mizrachi corn-
- mittee hopes • to secure large advance bond sales at Monday's din-
. ner.
Mr. Shapira, a leader in Hapoel Hamizrachi, is one of the Israel
Cabinet' Ministers who came here in behalf of the $500,000,000
" Israel bond drive.
City-Wide Rally on May 13
Detroit's city-wide rally in celebration of Israel's third anniver-
sary, to be held Sunday, May 13, 11:30 a.m., at the State Fair Coll-
. seum, will be devoted to the inauguration of the community's bond
sales.
- Israel Minister of Labor Golda Myerson will be guest speaker
at this rally, and will be introduced by Max Osnos, chairman of the
Detroit Israel bond drive.
Detailed Plans of the May 13 celebration on Page 2
More Bond Drive News, Pages 2, 3, 8, 10, 13, 24
May 4, 1951
Campaign Lags; Must
Reach 20,000 for Goal
Stirring Plea Made
By Golda Myerson .
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of Jewish Events
An appeal was issued to the entire
community to make every effort to
regain lost ground and to cover the
field by contacting those who have
not yet contributed.
Louis Berry, who called for reports
at the luncheon, stated that as of
Sunday afternoon 7,000 people pledged
$2,822,829. He added that in 1950 27,-
000 people had contributed to the
Allied Jewish Campaign and that
20,000 people must be reached to
assure success for the effort to
rescue of hundreds of thousands
of Jews through the UJA and to sup-
port local and national causes.
The sum of $2,822,829 represents
61% of the total contributed in 1950.
Mrs. Myerson, in a stirring address,
asserted that "we are making rapid
strides towards that glorious da y
when we'll be able to meet. together
without talking about monetary gifts."
But she added emphatically that im-
migration must go on, that no one
will be kept out of Israel, that there
is a MUST immigration of 60,000 who
are to be admitted during the next
three years, and declared:
"We have always asked for
money. We asked for relief for the
massacred, for the dead, for the
bleeding—with no hope except to
see the wounds reopened repeatedly:
We were powerless. But this—what
we are doing today in Israel — is
different. This is the first time that
Jews are privileged to fight as free
people. We may have a war. We may
suffer losses, but we will fight in
dignity, we won't be massacred, we
won't hide in attics, we'll fight as
free human beings."
Mrs. Myerson, speaking earlier on
Sunday at the State Fair Grounds
Horticultural Building to 2,000 women
who participated in the G-Day'solici-
tations, admonished them not to ask
for charity, because Israel is function-
ing as a dignified state.
Additional Stories,. Pages 3, 8, `20
Ben-Gurion in
Detroit May 20
NEW YORK—A whirlwind program
has been arranged for the visit in this
country of Israel Prime Minister David
Ben-Gurion, due to arrive here May 3.
Starting with a State Department
luncheon in Washington on May 4, the
Israel Prime Minister will have a full day
on May 5, as follows: Breakfast with Israel_
Ambassador Abba Eban; meeting with
Defense Secretary George Marshall;
luncheon with President Truman at Blair
House : meeting with Averill Harriman.
There will be appointments for Mr. Ben- ,
Gurion all day Saturday and on Sunday he
will visit the Tennessee Valley Development.
Returning to Washington on Monday for
a buffet dinner at Ambassador Eban's home,
Mr. Ben-Gurion will remain in the capital for a
breakfast with labor leaders on Tuesday. Then
he will be received by Secretary of State Dean
Acheson. He will be a guest for Lunch_ of the
National Press Club and will Confer at din-
ner with leaders of the Washington commit.
tee for the Israel bond drive.
Leaving for New York on Wednesday
morning, he will proceed in Cavalcade to the
City Hall for a reception as the guest of the
city of New 'York and .a luncheon.
Prime Minister Ben-Gurion will be in
Detroit for a dinner with Israel bond
drive leaders on May 20. In Detroit, he
plans to visit the Ford and Kaiser-
Frazer plants. Civic receptions are in-
. eluded on the Detroit agenda.
Next Thursday he will visit the Military
Academy at West Point and the grave of Col.
David Marcus who died in the battle for Is-
rael's independence. He will return to. New
York that evening for a private dinner by
Ambassador Eban and participate in the
Madison Square Garden demonstration. He
will deliver his keynote address at this rally.
Friday, May 11, and Saturday, May 12, Mr.
Ben-Gurion will have numerous meetings with
bond drive leaders. On May 13 he will motor to
Philadelphia and will stop, en r o u t e, in
Princeton, N. J., to meet with Dr. Albert Ein-
stein. Philadelphia events include presentation
of the Israel flag at Independence Hall.
He will be in Baltimore on May 14, at an
Independence Day reception and breakfast
Washington on May 15; will spend two days
in Boston and from there will proceed to
Pittsburgh on May 17 and Chicago on May 18.
He will be in Cleveland on May 22 and
will arrive in Los Angeles on May 23.
Religious Groups and Labor Zionists
Inaugurate Detroit Israel Bond Sale;
5 Leaders Make $425,000 Purchases
:
A call to action in three Detroit synagogues on Saturday, the last day .
of Passover, resulted in the sale of $90,000 worth of Israel bonds. The re-
ligious group, headed by Philip Stollman, reports that it already has $140,-
000 to the credit of its sales.
On Saturday night, at a dinner meeting at Hotel Statler and a rally
at the Labor Zionist Institute, the labor Zionists subscribed nearly $200,-
000 to the bond drive, Mr. and Mrs. Moiris Schaver and son, Isaac,
heading the list of purchasers with $25,000. Israel's Minister of Labor
and Reconstruction Golda Myerson addressed both meetings.
Sunday evening, Mrs. Myerson was the guest of a group of local
leaders at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Israel Davidson. Heading the list
of purchasers at that meeting was Max Osnos, chairman of the Detroit
bond drive, with $100,000. Four others bought $325,000 worth of bonds.
On Tuesday, Governor G. Mennen Williams purchased the state's
first bond, on the occasion of the official opening of the bond drive, and
proclaimed the month of May as Israel bond month.