'Old-Timers' Reminisce About Detroit Fund-Raising Experiences HE JEWISH NEWS A Weekly Review of Jewish Events Honored by Community on 75th Birthday Story on Page 10 Story on Page 6 VOLUME 19—No. 11 Judge Simons 708 David Stott Bldg.—Phone WO. 5-1155 Detroit, Mich., May 25, 1951 7 $4.00 Per Year; Single Copy, 10c Ben-Gurion Captures Heart of Michigan Purchases of $2 Million Open Detroit's Israel Bond Campaign Barkley, Ben-Gurion, Kaplan Will Speak at Chicago UJA Parley Vice-President Alben W. Barkley will join Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion of Israel and Israel Finance Minister Eliezer Kaplan in addressing the United Jew- ish Appeal's extraordinary National Action Conference this weekend at the Palmer House, Chicago, it was an- nounced by William Rosenwald, Rudolph G. Sonne- born and Rabbi Jonah B. Wise, UJA national chairmen, The conference will be attended by more_ than 1,000 Jewish leaders representing communities in 40 states. Prominent Jewish leaders who will join the guests of honor in addressing the conference include Edward M. M. Warburg, general chairman of the UJA; Di. Nahum Gold- mann, chairman, American Section of the Jewish Agency; Morris W. Berinstein, chairman, UJA's 37-man National, Campaign Cabinet, and others. The conference, which will mark completion of the first five months of UJA campaign activity, will be climaxed with a special tribute to the Israel Prime Minister, on the eve of his return to Jerusalem. This tribute will take place Sunday afternoon, when hundreds of community leaders come forward to present Mr. Ben-Gurion with millions of dollars in cash represent- ing a major installment on this year's UJA campaign. In addition to this dramatic ceremony, the conference also will witness a special presentation to the wife of the Israel Prime Minister by leaders of the national women's division of the United Jewish Appeal. The Sunday morning session of the conference will hear reports on the accomplishments so far this year of the UJA's constituent agencies—United Palestine Appeal, Joint Distribution Committee and United Service for New Amer- icans—along with a detailed analysis of the needs of each agency for the balance of 1951, The 1,000 Jewish leaders will consider adoption of a special campaign action program to expedite the movement to Israel of tens of thousands of Jews from danger zones in Eastern Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. There also will be a special meeting of the UJA's National Cam- paign Cabinet, whose members have been active in helping mobilize cash for presentation to Mr. Ben-Gurion. Women leaders of the UJA throughout the country will Meet at the Palmer House in Chicago today in a one-day conference preliminary to the opening of the UJA national action conference, it was announced by Mrs. S. Alexander Brailove, national women's chairman. Mrs. John C. Hopp, chairman of the women's division of the Detroit Allied Jewish Campaign, will represent the Detroit women. Detroit Delegates to Present Ben-Gurion with $1 Million In tribute to Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion, Detroit will join with other Jewish communities throughout the country in making a cash gift to the statesman when he addresses the national action conference of the United Jewish Appeal in • Chicago this week-end. Detroit leaders attending the conference will present Ben-Gurion with a check for at least a million dollars, Abe Kasle, chairman of the Allied Jewish Campaign—Detroit's medium for supporting the UJA—announced. "Our workers have been making an intensive drive for pledges and col- lections especially this week," he added, "so that we can make this dramatic gift to Mr. Ben-Gurion as a part pay- ment on our support of Israel's upbuilding," . Other Detroiters accompanying Kasle include Mrs. Kasle, Louis Berry, Nathan R. Epstein, Joseph Holtzman, Mrs, John C. Hopp, Mrs. Harry L. Jackson, Leon Kay, Judge and Mrs. Theodore Levin, Morris L. Schaver, Isidore Sobel- off, Mrs. Samuel S. Aaron, Mrs. Joseph H. Ehrlich, Mrs. Max Frank, Mrs. William B. Isenberg, Mrs. Sidney J. Karbal„ and Mrs. Leonard H. Weiner. Edward M. M. Warburg, UJA general chairman, has announced that on the basis of reports submitted by com- munities and the UJA cabinet, it is hoped that the total cash gift to Ben-Gurion will be one of the most notable ever presented to Israel. Coincidental with Warburg's announcement came the disclosure by Dr. Joseph J. Schwartz, UJA executive vice- chairman, that a record-breaking total of more than 30,000 Jews from Europe, North Africa and the Middle East were brought to Israel in April. Detroit long will remember the visit here for 38 hours of the courageous Israel Prime Minister, David Ben-Gurion. The friendly, humble and persuasive diplomat literally captured the hearts of all the Michigan leaders with whom he conferred during his brief stay here. He met with industrial- ists, with government officials, with bankers, labor leaders, Jewish and- non-Jewish heads of community groups. His wide knowledge of world affairs, his understanding of all problems that faced him, emphasized to all who conferred with him the truth of world opinion that he is today among the four or five ablest statesmen in the world. Coming here primarily to inaugurate Detroit's campaign for the sale of Israel Inde- pendence Issue Bonds, as part of the naitonwide $500,000,000 drive, Mr. Ben-Gurion not only received rousing welcomes wherever he appeared but also was given a practical demonstra- tion of the faith Detroit and other Michigan communities have in Israel. At the dinner he addressed on Monday evening at Hotel Statler, more than $1,600,000 worth of bonds were bought by a majority of the 500 guests. An additional $200,000 was subscribed by guests from several Michigan communities. Together with the sales made prior to Monday's dinner, Detroit Jews already have purchased more than $2,000,000 worth of Israel bonds. The brilliant address delivered by the Israel Prime Minister and the thrill which ac- companies the presence here of the great leader inspired many large purchases and numer- ous increases over earlier commitments. The Prime Minister—the popular B-G—is not a stranger to Detroit. When Sam Roth- berg of Peoria, Ill., who delivered one of the addresses at Monday's dinner, posted him on Detroit Jewry's glorious record in philanthropy, B-G responded that he could tell him something about Detroit. He recalled his visit here 36 years ago, "as an exile during the First World War," when he recruited Detroit Jews to enlist in the Jewish Legion to fight for what was then referred to as "the liberation of Palestine." Commenting on the pur- chase of $5,000 worth of bonds by Norman Cottler "in honor of our having been in one tent in the Jewish Legion in Palestine in 1917, 1918 and 1919," B-G said there were many Detroiters whom he had enlisted in the fight for liberty. He made special reference to a son of one of the Jewish Legion fighters, Maj. Victor Avrunin, a former Detroiter, who Continued on Page 24 now is rendering great service to Israel. As they alighted from the Pan American specially - chartered plane, at Willow Run, Israel's Prime Minister and Mrs. Ben- Gurion were welcomed by hun- dreds of Detroiters, including many outstanding local leaders. From the left: MRS MAX OS- NOS, who presented Mrs. Ben- Gurion with a bouquet of flow- ers; MAX OSNOS, chairman of the Detroit Israel bond drive; HON. DAVID BEN-GURION, PAULA BEN-GURION, ISRAEL DAVIDSON, honorary chairman of the local bond drive, and MRS. MORRIS SCHAVER, friend of the Ben-Gurions who was greet- ed with kisses by Mrs. Ben- Gurion. Lower photo: The Prime Minister and THEODORE KOL. LEK, Israel Minister Plenipoten- press conference Sunday evening. tiary, at the