Community Council Re-Elects Its
Officers, Adopts Two Amendments

2 — THE JEWISH NEWS

Friday June 8, 1951

Schaver Is Chosen
Delegate to World
Zionist Congress

serve as honorary members of
the Council's executive commit-
tee to three years. The other
amendment modifies the meth-
od of nominating officers and
executive committee members
Morris L. Schaver, who has
by substituting a petition for
nomination from the floor. Un- risen to national prominence in
der the new regulation candi- the Labor Zionist ranks, was
dates not selected by the nom-
inating commits-- may be pro-
posed by a petition carrying the
signatures of five Council dele-
gates.
Aaron Droock, past president
of the Council, extended an of-
ficial welcome to the 12 organ-
izations admitted to Council
membership and urged their co-
operation with Council activi-
ties.
On behalf of the culture com-
mission, B. M. Joffe, Council
executive -"rector, presented the
Barton Annual Essay Contest
Award to 11-year-old _Nathan
Wiser, son of Dr. and Mrs. Moses
Wiser of 3317 Lawrence. Nath-
an's price-winning piece was
published in The Jewish News
two weeks ago.
Dr. Kleinnian summarized the
work. of the Council and out-
MORRIS L. SCHAVER
lin'd the program for the forth-
coming season.
elected delegate from the Labor
Zionist Congress to open in
Jerusalem on Aug. 14. Proposed
for the post by the national
movement, Mr. Schaver's selec-
tion was approved by nearly a
By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
unanimous vote at a Labor Zion-
A distinguished educator is retiring from the presidency of a ist meeting last Thursday.
Together with Mrs. Schaver
great university with a mark of poor judgment on his record. He
could have gone into seclusion with glory. Instead, he chose the and their son, Isaac, Mr. Scha-
path of reaction. He has turned from the path of progress onto ver will leave for Israel on July
1. They will attend the official
a road of approval to bias.
opening of the Sifriah—the Li-
On Memorial Day, Allen Shoenfield, the Detroit News corre- brary—which they financed at
spondent in Ann Arbor, reported that for 14 Greek-letter societies the Berl Katznelson Institute at
at the University of Michigan the day on which we paid tribute to Kfar Saba.
the men who died in defense of our country became an "Inde-
Mr. Schaver was a delegate to
pendence Day, regardless of the calendar," because retiring Presi- the World Zionist Congress at
dent Alexander G. Ruthven chose to reject an effort to ban racial Lucerne in 1937.
and religious discrimination in fraternities.
A World War I veteran, Mr.
Shoenfield states that Dr. Ruthven undertook to answer this Schaver has been active in
philosophical question: "Is it more consonant with the ideals of Zionist affairs here for 25 years.
democracy to compel campus organizations to accept all applicants He was an organizer and for 12
for membership regardless of race, creed and color—or is it more years the first chairman of His-
consistent with their constitutional rights to allow them tO 'estab- tadrut campaigns here. Last
lish their own qualifications for membership?"
year he was honored with elec-
tion to the treasurership of the
The able Detroit News reporter then tells this story:
"In a Solomon's judgment, which he tactfully delayed from Labor Zionist Organization
mid-March to virtually the eve of his retirement, Dr. Ruthven (Poole Zions) of America.
Detroit will have two dele-
held that the fraternities in question need not eliminate the
discriminatory clauses in their charters or face withdrawal of gates at the World Zionist Con-
university recognition, a penalty equivalent to an official ban. gress in Jerusalem, Morris Jac-
obs having been elected one of
"The student affairs committee, composed of both faculty the
delegates from the Zionist
and students, by a 7-to-6 vote last March, ordered all campus Organization of America.
organizations to abolish discrimination by Oct. 15, 1956, or at
least prove that they had endeavored to win the consent of
their national headquarters to this reform.
LZOA Groups Elect
"The resolution was adopted after two years of pressure by Richardson, Naimark
the student legislature.
The interfraternity council immediately filed an appeal
Simon Richardson, for many
with Dr. Ruthven. .
years an active leader in the
"He announced today that he would veto the action of the Zionist - movement, has been
committee since it was not in accord with the principles of chosen chairman of Branch Four
jurisprudence nor the ordinary concepts of fair play.
of the Labor Zionist Organiza-
"Dr. Ruthven cited court rulings that membership in a tion. Other officers are: vice-
voluntary association is a privilege which may be accorded or chairman in charge of program,
withheld, not a right which can be gained independently and Laible Hoffmitz; vice chairman
then enforced, and that a person denied membership in such in charge of membership, Mir-
association is without legal remedy, no matter how arbitrary or iam Joffe; vice chairman in
unjust may be his exclusion."
charge of funds, Shulamis Gold-
This is an interesting tale and it suggests striking comment- oftas; treasurer, Lillian Davis;
ary on a vital problem that is challenging . Americans in many recording secretary, Dr. Abra-
fields additional to our schools by a man who headed a great ham J. Alper; corresponding sec-
institution of learning. We fail to see the tactfulness or "Solo- retary, Esther Majzel. Standing
mon's judgment" in a verdict which says to snobs that they have committees will be announced by
all the rights to their decisions because they are "voluntary" or the new executive.
private groups. Granted that some courts, somewhere, have made
An installation • dinner will be
such rulings, Dr. Ruthven should have remembered that court. held Saturday evening, June 23
procedure has changed, that we have made some progress in this at Northwood. Inn. Reservations
respect in the course of time, that traditions have been smashed are being taken by Marge Al-
in the years that have intervened between the McReynolds dom- per, TO. 7-6279.
inations and the liberality and civilized humanity of Holmes and
Branch Ten, LZOA, announces
Brandeis and their followers.
the following new officers: Nor-
The term "voluntary," the similar term "private," applied to man Naimark, chairman; Wil-
fraternities, also can be applied to -industries, to employment liam. Schumer, vice chairman in
agencies, to many schools, and can be extended without end. The Charge of external relations;
claim applied to his decision by Dr. Ruthven is being used by Shirley Molodofsky, vice chair-
man in charge of internal rela-
Southerners in their fight against Fair Employment Practices tions;
Paul Kellman, treasurer;
proposals. If Dr. Ruthven is right in his ruling on the position Gloria Greenberg, corresponding
of fraternities, then the Southerners and their allies are right in secretary; Miriam Mondry, re-
their opposition to the FEPC measures.
cording secretary.
They can't be right—else all the struggles for justice and
The Detroit Central Commit-
equality are in vain; else the Scriptural assertion that man was
tee
of the Labor Zionist move-
created in the image of God is a mere fable. But we prefer to ment
will hold .its .June meeting
think of justice and equality as basic truths worth enforcing and Monday, 8:30 p.m., at the Labor
fighting for. Discrimination either is right or wrong, and if it is Zionist Institute.
wrong it also is wrong as applied to fraternities whose actions
On Tuesday evening, the
are watched and governed by university authorities. If they are
Council of LZOA will meet with
to be treated as "private" and "voluntary" agencies then they Dr.
Samuel Kurland, LZOA edu-
can claim the right to gambling and vice without interference. cational director, who will dis-
That, they can not do. Therefore, they should not be given a free cuss with the leaders of local
band to enforce prejudice.
branches new methods of pro-
When more progressive men assume power in our universities, gramming. He will also organize
we are certain that they will reverse the Ruthven ruling and will the sending of representatives
say that discrimination, too, is not a privilege to be accorded to to a leaders' institute, June 16
Xnen who- choose to impose- snobbishness -on university campuses. and - 17, in - Pittsbi.trgh.-

Dr. Shmarya Kleinman was
re-elected to his third term as
president of the Jewish Com-
munity Council at the delegates'
Assembly May.
31 at the Davi-
son Center.
Other officers
re-elected with
Dr. Klein m a n
were Rabbi
Morris Adler,
Dr. 13. Benedict
Glazer, Sidney
M. Shevitz.
vice-presidents;
Irving Schlussel.
secretary; Louis
Rosenzweig,
treasurer. F o r
three - year Dr. Kleinman
terms on the Council's execu-
tive committee: Joseph Bern-
stein, Mrs. Harry Frank, Louis
LaMed, Rabbi Moses Lehrman,
Hoke Levin, Louis Levine, Harry
Nathan, Sam Rabinovitz, Sam-
uel J. Rhodes, Isidore Sobeloff,
Dr. Lawrence Yaffa and Morris
Zwer-1 "ng.
There were spirited discussions
on amendments to the consti-
tution which. were adopted.
These amendments limit the
term of past presidents who

Purely Commentary

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Hundreds of Zionists to Canvass
Community for Members on June 24

A community-wide canvas
for members in the Zionist Or-
ganization, on Sunday, June 24 :
climaxing the membership drive
of the Zionist Organization of
Detroit, will mark annual ob-
servance of Z-Day on Sunday,
June 24.
Samuel Feldstein and Ben M.
Lewis, ZOD membership co-
chairmen, have issued a call to
the community urging mass en-
rollment in the Zionist Organ-
ization 'in order •to strengthen
Israel's mighty Second Front."
A. C. Lappin, ZOD president,
in his appeal for cooperation,
declared: "The Zionist Organ-
ization of America's organized
strength serves as the mouth-
piece of American public opin-
ion and it must remain strong
and ready for the many uncom-
plete tasks that lie ahead. Is-
rael, in the current Syrian cri-
sis, requires the alertness and
aid of American Jewry. The
grant-in-aid bill before the
Congress and the Israel bond
drive can be handled most ef-
ficiently t h r o u g h organized
Zionists. It is necessary to have
a solid body to back up the poli-
tical and financial efforts for
Israel. A strong Zionist Organ-
ization must be kept intact.
Zionist members are urged to
report for duty Sunday morn-
ing, June 24, 10:30, at the Rose
Sittig auditoriuM, Lawton and
W a v e r 1 y, for a mobilization
breakfast. From there they will
set out on the house-to-house
campaign. A national leader
will be the guest speaker.
At the meeting of the Zionist
Organization held May 28, at
the Zionist House, the follow-
ing delegates were elected to
the Zionist convention to be
held in Atlantic City, June 14
to 17: Morris M. Jacobs, Leon

Kay, Maurice H. Zackheirn,
Rabbi Leon Fram, Dr. Bernard
Weston, Samuel Feldstein,
David M. Zellman, M. B. Lewis,

SAMUEL FELDSTEIN
Abe Rosenzweig, Max Kwaselow,
Maurice A. Landau, Micki Lan-
cet, Albert Elazar; alternates,
Philip G. Gilbert, Morris Men-
delson, Sol Wildstrorn.
Convention Issues
NEW YORK—The future
World Zionist structure, an ex-
panded program of aid to Is-
rael, plans for the strengthen-
ing of General Zionism, the .L•ole
of the ZOA on the American
scene in the fields of education
and youth work, will be among
the major issues to be deliber-
ated and acted upon at the four-
day sessions of the 54th annual
convention of the Zionist Or-
ganization of America, June 14
through 17, at Hotels Breakers
and St. Charles, Atlantic City,
N. J.

Between You and Me

. By BORIS SMOLAR

(Copyright, 1951, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inca

Talking Frankly •

American Zionist leaders are flabbergasted and. confused now,
after Premier David Ben-Gurion's visit to the United States . . .
It is hard for them to swallow some of the pronouncements on
Zionism which Ben-Gurion made at the dinner prior to his return
to Israel . . . Not only did he flatly reject their conception of
Zionism, but brutally told them they should not consider them-
selves spokesmen for American Jewry ... Mentioning the Ameri-
can Jewish Committee by name, he urged them to get together
with the American non-Zionists . . . In non-diplomatic language,
he told them how he values the political and financial aid which
is being given Israel by the American non-Zionists . . . And the
implication was that the non-Zionists, through their influence in
Washington and as "big-givers" to the United Jewish Appeal, are
today more helpful to Israel than the Zionist movement in this
country . . The Israel Premier was very frank in stating that
with the establishment of the Jewish State, a different kind of
Zionism must be envisioned—a Zionism that should embrace all
the Jewish people . . . He was not at all embarrassed when Dr.
Emanuel Neumann asked him why he failed to mention the word
"Zionism" even once during his speech at the huge mass meeting
in New York's Madison Square Garden ... On the contrary, he
embarrassed the 200 Zionist leaders at the dinner by telling them
that he also refrained from mentioning the word "Zionism" in
the speeches he delivered in other American cities .. . Further-
more, he went as far to tell the Zionist leaders that if he were to
remain in the United States, he would continue to avoid using
the word "Zionism" in. any of his public addresses ... Many at
the dinner thought that h_e talked like a non-Zionist ... Sensing
this, he smilingly 'assured them that he is still a good Zionist and
that he thinks that the Zionist movement is more necessary now
than ever before • . However, he outlined for the American
Zionistswhat they consider a meager program of activities .
American Zionists, he said, should engage in promoting the study
of: Hebrew, the Chalutz movement, the sending of exchange stu-
dents to the Hebrew University, the sending of technical experts
to Israel and the stimulation of tourism to the Jewish State .. .
Obviously, he felt that in the field of political and financial aid
to Israel the non-Zionists are the dominant factor.

Likes and Dislikes

Premier Ben-Gurion's "lecture" was a cold shower to those
who are active in the American Zionist movement . . . Behind
all that was said by him was his favorite theme that a good
Zionist is actually one who settles in Israel .. . He made it clear
by repeating again and again that American Zionists can only
give advice to Israel—which may and may not be accepted—but
cannot interfere in Israeli affairs . . . He also indicated it by
implying that he is far from enthUsiastic about the Jewish
Agency's request for a charter to serve as the only representative
of world Jewry vis-a-vis the State of Israel . .. And he "prom-
ised" that upon his return to Israel, he may have something to
.say about some of the American Zionist leaders which he did not
feel. like saying while in the United States . . . Obviously, he
meant Dr. Abba Hillel Silver, although he did not mention him
by name . . . Silver ignored Ben-Gurion's presence in the coun-
try . . . One of the American Zionist leaders who took issue with
Ben-Gurion was Dr. Nahum Goldmann . .. He argued that It
would be more beneficial for Israel to give full recognition to the
Jewish Agency rather than profess a special love for the American
non-Zionists . . However, it seems that Ben-Gurion's—and for
that matter Eliezer Kaplan's—sentiments in favor of the noz
Zionists is motivated by the fact that while the non-Zionists help
Israel without demanding anything in return, this is not the case
with some of the Ametitan ZioniSt leaders.

