To Plan 50th Anniversary of
.JNF at Conference on May 31

Detroit will plan a large-scale
celebration of the 50th anniver-
sary of the Jewish National
Fund at a meeting of commun-
ity leaders at the Labor Zionist
Institute, on May 31.
William Hordes, who heads a
committee that was selected by
the annual JNF conference to
plan such a celebration, an-
nounces that Rabbi Morris Adler
has accepted the chairmanship
of the celebration.
The committee members in-
clude Theodore Levin, Dr.
Shmarya Kleinman, Mrs. Theo-
dore Bargman, A. Beitner, Ruth
Cantor, Rabbi Leon Fram, Morris
Jacobs, Boris Joffe, A. C. Lappin,
Mrs. Albert Prag, Irving W.
Schlussel, Sidney Shevitz and
Rabbi J. S. Sperka.
The executive committee is
composed of Mrs. H. Altman; B.
Brahman, Harry Cane, H. Car-
nick, Harry Cohen, Rabbi Moses
Fischer,_Harris Glickman, Rabbi
Jacob Hoberman, Mrs. William
Hordes, Emil Kahan, Dr. Jerome
Kelman, J. Lesser, Dr. H. Lippitt,
Morris Nosanchuk, Abe Nus-
baum, William Parman, Elana
Ring., Max Schmulder, Mrs. J.

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THE JEWISH NEWS

Friday, May 18, 1951

Mrs. M. Saulson
Heads Officers of
Local Hadassah

Silverman ; Sabina Singer ; Har-
old Strom, Daniel Temchin, Hy-
man Wiener, Morris Zuroff.
Rabbi Adler will address the
May 31 conference and an Israel
film will be shown.
The officers who will assist
Mr. Hordes stated that all who Mrs. Morse Saulson unanimous-
were organizational delegates ly elected president of Hadassah
at the JNF conference are being
invited to the May 31 confer-
ence. Detailed plans for the
celebration will be made at that
time.

Agricultural Society Grants
$11,500,000 Since Inception

NEW YORK, (JTA)—The Jew-
ish Agricultural Society has
granted $11,500,000 in _loans to
Jewish farmers in the U.S. since
its founding in 1900, revealed Dr.
Gabriel Davidson, managing di-
rector, in the Society's annual
report.
The report stresses the Soci-
ety's efforts to establish on
farms, ex-servicemen, D P s,
workers ; white-collar men and
others who look to farming as a"
means of livlihood and a more
desirable way of life.

Purely Commentary

By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ

Israel's Tenacity: Fight for Desert and Marshes

Israel's tenacity represents one of the very remarkable phe-
nomena of our time. Her settlers did not come upon a flourishing
country. They have conquered the desert and now are battling
for the right to drain marshes.
Syria knows that Israel is able to make the land "blossom as
the rose." But Israel is begrudged the right to take wastelands
and make them habitable.
It is difficult to understand the Arab position. By making the
land healthy, Israel also will improve the entire area—for Arabs
as well as Jews. Yet, Israel must fight for her life; she must
defend her frontiers and the right to develop land dearly paid for.
More than $1,000,000 was paid for the Huleh marshes which the
Arabs themselves originally valued at about $20,000. But the
Arabs first demanded the high price and now are trying to inter-
fere with progress.
Arab thinking never has been a secret. They wanted a price
for their land and were happy to sell to Jews; but back of their
minds. was the aspiration eventually to "drive the Jews into the
sea." This time, the Jews won't be driven.
Israel's delegate to the United Nations, Abba Eban, in one of
his masterful addresses, threw down the gauntlet to those seeking
to prevent Jewish construction work in Israel. He indicated that
Israel will fight for swamp as well as desert. Here is a portion of
his address that will be recorded as one of the great masterpieces
in the record of Israel's struggle for freedom:
The announcement by Syria of an unfounded claim to the
areas concerned, coupled with the action of the Chief of Staff
in declaring that Israel law and jurisdiction do not apply in
that area, obliges my Government to make the preservation of
this area for Israel its closest and most intense concern. We re-
ject the Syrian claim. We shall sign no peace involving the
cession of these areas: There can be no Israel without the Huleh
and Ein Gev sectors; without the sources of the Jordan and the
swamps and marshes of Lake Huleh. To defend these interests
Israel will reveal a tenacity no less pronounced than that which
warded off grave military and political threats to the southern
area of Israel but a few years back. It is an unfortunate reflec-
tion on the spirit of our times that this tiny state of Israel,
so meagerly endowed with land and water, should find itself at
various times so hard pressed to defend the resources which it
has against the covetous exactions of States like Syria which are
more than six times its size. The southern extremity of Israel
is a barren desert where no human habitation has thrived for
centuries past. At the northern extremity of Israel lies a malarial
swamp. Neighboring states, rich in their deserts and abundant in
their undrained swamps, have coveted Israel's sourthen desert
and Israel's northern swamp. As we struggle to maintain our
desert, so we shall strive to the utmost limits to preserve our
cherished swamp. In the course of a little time the desert has
already begun to flourish and will soon be a desert no more.
So, too, as I speak, the swamp is on the way to becoming a grac-
ious habitation, healthy, proud and free. No one who helps,
however unwittingly, to deprive us of full freedom in our desert
or in our swamp is storing up any cause for pride or credit.
Meanwhile the fight goes on. Israel is on the defensive. She
also knows how to be on the offensive. We hope defensive meas-
ures will be unnecessary, that the Arabs will recognize the value
of peace, that they will be cooperative, that they ill end strif e—
for the good of the entire area and of Arabs as well as Jews.

A Three Year Chart of Progress
Israel's progress is recorded in numerous charts gathered dur-
ing a period of thite years.
Her birth rate has increased from 29.94 to 32.64 per thousand
and the natural •increase from 23.10 to 26.16, from 1949 to 1950;
the death rate dropped in that period from 6.84 o 6.48.
Agricultufal production increased, from 1947 to 1951, a& fol-
lows: Wheat and rye, from 15,000 tons to 44,000 tons; vegetables,
78,500 _to 215,000 tons; grain fodder, 15,600 to 72,000 tons; eggs,
163,000,000 to 368,000,000; milk, 81,200,00 litres to .17,000,000 litres;
poultry stock, 2,700,000 to 3,200,000; fish, 2,650 to 6,100 tons; to-
bacco, to 1,600 tons, etc., etc.
These items could be multiplied a thousand-fold. In their
totality, they indicate the growth of a community that is hard-
pressed for funds—the hard American dollars—and is in constant
danger of attack. Yet, tens of thousands of additional settlers
are welcomed into the state each month. All of which proves
what Israel could accomplish with proper - encouragtment. The
free dollars from UJA will help bring in the immigrants. Invest-
ments (bonds, etc.) will assist agriculture and industry. All of us
can and should have a share in the romantic development of our
young state.

MRS. MORSE SAULSON
at its annual meeting are as
follows:
Mesdames Joseph Newman,
executive vice-president; Max
Dushkin, Ben Mossman, Milton
Prag, Bud Blum, Saul Levin,
Harry Landsman, Philip Broudo
and Robert Drews, vice-presi-
dents; Nathan Schermer, Harry
Winkelman, Julian Tobias and
George Stutz, secretaries; Sam
Arkin, treasurer; Joseph Jackier,
honor roll chairman; Mervin
Grosberg, co-chairman; Charles
Gershenson, honor roll, program
chairman.
Also elected at the meeting
were presidents of 10 Hadassah
groups. They are: Mesdames
Martin Cowan, Central east;
Samuel Grandon, Central west;
Herman K. Cohen, Russell
Woods east; Sander Hillman,
Russell Woods west; Jerome
Hauser, Sherwood; George Bre-
men, University east; Hiram
Popkin, University west; Samuel
Rhodes, Bagley; Samuel Yura,
Wyoming; and Arthur :Winer;
Southern Oakland County.
Mrs. Theodore Bargman„-retir-
ing Hadassah president:
nounced that Hadassah's-inern-
bership has attained an .enroll-
ment of 6,500 women.
A meeting of all officers,
chapter chairman and board of
directors will be held June 5, at
Franklin Hills Country Club.

Early Deadline
For June 1 Issue

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On account of Declaration
Day, there will be an earlier
deadline for our issue of June 1.
All copy for that issue must
reach The Jewish News at 9 a.m.
Monday, May 28. All photos for
that issue must be in our hands
by 3 p.m. Friday, May 25. Dead-
line for Classified ads will be at
1 p.m. Tuesday, May 29.

Hershfield Is Slated
For May 24 AJC Rally

Israel Determined to Remove Arab
Forces from Demilitarized Zone

JERUS A L -70 M, (JTA) —Al-
though Israel has accepted the
cease-fire order issued by the
UN Security Council in connec-
tion with the Israeli-Syrian con-
flict, two problems still cause the
Israeli authorities anxiety, Act-
ing Premier Moshe Sharett told
Parliament. These problems are:
the security of the Jewish set-
tlements in the demilitarized
zone and the presence of Syrian
para-military forces in that
zone.
"The Government is resolved
to do its utmost—primarily with
the assistance of the United
Nations—to remove such forces,"
Mr. Sharett said. He pointed out
that the Israel-Syrian conflict
which seemingly broke out over
the drainage of the Huleh
marshes by Israel "has its real
roots in the unclear terms of
the Israel - Syrian armistice
agreement and especially in
Syria's exaggerated demands re-
garding certain Huleh areas—
demands which Israel has al-
ways rejected and finally re-
jects today."
Reviewing the military devel-
opments, Mr. Sharett praised
the Israel army which re-
pelled the Syrian invaders un-
der most difficult conditions,
and expressed the sympathy of
Parliament to the bereaved fam-
ilies who lost sons, husbands
and fathers during the fighting.
The Israel-Syrian dispute, he
reported, was caused solely by
Syria's territorial a m b i tion s
which could not and would not
be satisfied, he said.

Axe . informal meeting of the
Israeli-Jordan Mixed Armistice
Commission was held to discuss
cooperation between the author-
ities on both sides of the border
The Jordanians also mad& a
complaint that during the . In
dependence Day celebrators last
Thursday Israeli planes. violated
Jordan air space. The Commis-
sion, however, accepted Isr:;el's
explanation that the vicla0on
was unintentional.
Sharett notified Col. Beririet
de Ridder, acting United Na-
tions truce chief, that the Is-
rael government would cooper-
ate to the fullest extent in im-
plementing the Securit y - Coun-
cil resolution calling for an
immediate cease fire in the
dispute between Israel and
Syria.
The tentative Israel-Syria
agreement covers three points;
1. Acceptance of the Security
Council cease-fire of May $..;
2. Agreement to keep the de-
militarized zone between the
two nations free of military
and para military forces; 3,
Ban on aggressive action
against either party in the de-
militarized zone or across it-
At the last minute the Syrians
held up signature of the pact
until after a meeting between
Col. de Ridder and the Syrian
DefenSe Minister. American Col.
Samuel Taxis, who rep l aced
French Col. Georges Boissavy as
UN chairman of the Mixed Arm-
istice Commission, was present
at sessions of the Commission.

On the Record

By NATHAN ZIPRIN

(Copyright, 1951, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, inc.)

Signs of the Times

Signs are multiplying that Nazism is staging a comeback. in
the elections just held in Lower Saxony the Socialist Reich Party
(S.R.P.) polled almost 400,000 votes (12 percent) and was fourth
in • the' 10 party field. It openly promised to "restore the many
good features of Nazism." Its success is partly due to 6,000 uni-
formed. "Reichsfront" guards who employ the terroristic tactics
of . the Hitler_ days. General Otto Ernst Remer of Nazi fame
labrithed an expansion drive to' other German states in behalf of
SIR.P.. In AuStria Dr.- Burghard Breitner, heading a coalition of
pro-Nazis and - pan Germans, won 15% of the votes in the presi-
dential elections. Dr. Breitner, partly of Jewish descent, wars
made an honorary "aryan" by Hitler and joined the Nazi parts.
Equally ominous is the news which reaches us from various
parts of our hemisphere. Arnulfo Arias, president - of Panamo.,
dissolved the parliament, scrapped the constitution and assumed
dictatorial, powers. Arias was ousted during the last ,war from
the presidency because of his Nazi leanings. Arias has reintro-
duced the constitution -he enacted in 1941 which termed Palestin-
ians amongst others as an "undesirable" race. They were prcr-
hibited, to immigrate. Two days before his expulsion Arias wrote
a -letter that all Jews should be thus termed and treated because
all Jews originated from Palestine. Victor Paz Estensoro, known
for -his Nazi . intrigues during. the last war, has polled the larg
single vote in Bolivia's presidential. elections. Estensoro has been
living the last five years in Argentina and is a protege of Peron.
He and his party (National Revolutionary Movement) . are vehe-
xnently anti-Semitic.
There can be no longer any doubt that Fascism has attained
a strong foothold in our hemisphere.- This issue must be faced..
Fascism derives its main -strength from ,Argentina. .Democratic
elements in Latin-America feel discouraged by Washington's con-
tinued wooing of Peron. Though Per.on professes to - be neutral
between capitalism and communism and will not commit Argen-
tina's military forces outside his country, he is receiving substan-
tial credits and warships. Arias was a .menace tc the U. S. during
the last 'Wan. ' Estensoro is joining forces with the communists in
a campaign-,-against the U. S.,, urging the expulsion of the
"Yankee" military mission, etc.

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A Crucial Issue

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HARRY HERSHFIELD
Allied Jewish Campaign work-
ers will hear the famous humor-
ist, Harry Hershfield, at a rally
at the Woodward Jewish Center
on Nov. 24. Noted as humorist,
cartoonist, toastmaster and phil-
a,nthropic leader, Hershfield is
known to millions of radio and
television listeners as star of the
program "Can You Top This?"

Our defense agencies have utterly failed to enlighten Ameri-
can public opinion on this most crucial issue. They should have
:done so on both Jewish and patriotic grounds. American Jewry
is directly concerned. For more than a decade Bolivia and other
'Latin-American countries have been discriminating against nat-
uralized U. S. citizens who happen to be Jews. They are refused
visas or obtain them with difficulty.
Thus gradually the Jew is being pushed into a status of sec-
ond rate citizenship in this hemisphere.
How different was the situation in the days of Marshall And
Schiff. When Russia dared to discriminate against American
Jews— as some Latin-American countries are doing today—they
launched a public drive and won over public opinion until the U. S.
broke off commercial relations with Russia.
Today our leaders and agencies are not only inactive but
silent. They do not .dare raise their voices against the would-be
Mussolinis and Hitlers of our own Hemisphere. Their opposition
to the McCarthys, McCarrans and others of their ilk is tepid.
They permit the cause of the Jew and democracy to go by de-
fault. They are working on the periphery and hardly touch the
main problem. They are lacking not only in wisdom, but courage.
Three decades ago the budget of the American Jewish Committee
was hardly ten percent of what it is today, but the Marshalls and
Schiffs spent no energies and funds on expensive journals or on
efforts to build a constituency amongst our people or to satisfy
their-vainglorious desire for personal publicity. .
It is time for our community to take stock and to bring orc:
unity and vigor into our defense activities.

