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A W eekty Review
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708 David Stott
VOLUME 19—NO. 15
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udapest Expels Je ish Residents
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Communists Launcn Campaign
To Advance Anti-Semitism
Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News
LONDON—More than 5,000 permanent Jewish resi-
dents of Budapest were ordered on Tuesday to leave the city
within 12 'hours under a plan to rid the Hungarian capital
of so-called "inefficient" persons, according to authorit•ive
reports received here.
Crowds of 400 to 500 persons daily now storm the Is-
rael Consulate in Budapest seeking visas, but the Consulate
reportedly is unable to cope with the flood of demands.
Hungarian police are said to be stationed around the Con-
sulate "maintaining order."
The.-Budapest newspaper "Szabad . Nep" came out with
an attack against the Israel Legation in Hungary for hav-
ing intervened on behalf of Jewish families affected by the
so-called "Hungarian People's Resettlement Program" un-
der which Budapest Jews were ordered to leave the city.
"Apparently the fate of the Jewish aristocrats and that
of some of Admiral Horty's generals are equally close to the
Legation's heart," the Hungarian paper said. The article
claimed that the banished Jews are "reactionary . fifth
columnists" and their presence in Budapest constitutes a
"danger to the interests of the State."
Meanwhile it was announced here on Tuesday that the
British government has liberalized the regulations affecting
the release of frozen assets of some Hungarian Jews. Re-
versing earlier procedure the British government has agreed
tOlhe release by the administrators of enemy property be-
longing to Jews who served in forced labor battalions, term-
g the service "deprivation of Liberty,"
(The New York Herald Tribune, in a report from London on
Monday, revealed that the Polish government has intensified its
anti-Zionist campaign in an attempt to absorb the remaining
60,000 Jews in Poland into a Communist front organization.
Jewish Communists were reported reliably to be leading the
Polish campaign against "the remains of Jewish nationalism."
These "remains," the report states, are said to account for the
attitude - of the majority of the community, who desire to emi-
grate to Israel or other free countries but are • being held in
Poland against their will. To promote the campaign, the Herald
Tribune reports, the' executive committee of the Central Jewish
Cultural Association held a three-day conference during the
first week of June at Wroclau. (Breslau), in western Poland,
where most of the Polish Jews now live. The conference dealt
with "social activization" of religious-minded Jews, suggesting
that pressure will be increased to overcome opposition of re-
ligious groups to Communist domination of Jewish life. I,
Lazebnik, secretary-general of the Central Jewish Association,
demanded fullest participation of Jews in Poland's six-year plan
and delegates were exhorted to bring Jews info closer touch
with Communism.)
asle Uri. e s increased Efforts'
in Behalf of Total Community
The 1951 Allied Jewish Campaign, by exceeding the 1950 total by nearly $200,000,
again has registered Detroit among the top philanthropically-minded communities a n d
has elevated 1951 to a place among the mos t successful campaign years in history.
At the closing meeting of the drive on Tuesday evening,. at the Woodward Jewish
Center, it was announced that approximately $4,770,000 already has been subscribed and
that additional gifts are expected during th e comfing few weeks.
Compared with the $4,600,000 sum raised in 1950, the 1951 total is considered high-
ly satisfactory.
Tuesday's meeting was utilized by the general chairman, Abe Kasle, for a call to
action by all Detroit Jews in support of "our total community needs." He took occasion
to admonish some leaders for their hesitan cy in lending their support to community
movements. After outlining the various taus es that are supported by the Jewish Welfare
Federation through the Allied Jewish Campaign, Mr. Kasle stated that he felt an obli-
gation to outline the conditions he has found in the community and to offer some crit-
icisms. He declared:
"The strength of our community and our campaign depends on many factors: Our
natural generosity, our feeling of kinship wi th Jews all over the world, the energy and
the time we are ready to invest, our leadership on all levels, lay and professional.
"More than that, it depends on our understanding that there are some things that
can be done by a separate group, such as a lodge, synagogue or temple. But community
institutions such as we raise funds for must b e pooled together into a strong Jewish Welfare
Federation where planning, fund raising, bud geting is done cooperatively and represented
by all the people of the community.
_ "A narrow special interest can become a serious problem to all of us in these united
efforts. Most of us are aware of this danger. Yet there are some in leadership positions, yes,
among them even some rabbis, I am sorry t o say, who are ready to sacrifice this total
interest for their own personal or organizational satisfaction. There are people who
choose to stay on the sidelines so that they c an better throw stones at the devoted and
active leaders and workers. They prefer to talk loose words about democracy rather than to
practice and participate in helping to build democracy.
"You who have worked with me in this campaign and in the past campaigns have
met people of this type and it is to your credit that you have been able to overcome many
of the obstacles they create.
"For the sake of our community and th e worthy causes we support by working to-
gether, I hope that the chairmen in the years to come will have, as they should have, the
wholehearted support and cooperation of all."
Mr. Kasle made the interesting revelation that in the
past six years, through the Allied Jewish Campaigns,
Detroit Jewry has contributed nearly $20,000,000 towards
the upbuildino. of Israel and for European relief. Outlining
the vast Jewish community program, he said:
"For the past two decades, and especially in the last
decade, our community has grown in strength and cooper-
ation. We have built centers, Hebrew schools, a Home for
Aged, and now we are building a new hospital. And there
are many other institutions, such as camps, North End
Clinic, vocational service bureau, service for the care of
refugees and many others, A lot of funds were required,
and still are required, for this to be accomplished and to
be maintained. We must look toward the future for the
expansion of our program facilities.
"Greatest of all, we have helped to establish and to
build the State of Israel as a homeland, at last, for Jews
unwelcome in other parts of th,e world. We can be proud
of what our community has done and is doing in Israel,
Mr. Kasle praised the Federation and declared that "it
does everything possible to be democratic and to represent
the best interests of our community.
Participants in the program included Abe Srere, who
presided; Henry Wineman, who introduced Mr. Kasle and
presented him with a citation; Isidore Sobeloff, who an-
nounced the campaign total; Louis Berry, °Irving Blum-
berg, Harvey Goldman, Gus Newman, Samuel Greenberg,
Joseph • Gendelman, Maury Robinson, George Keil, Abe
Satovsky, Art Robinson, Mrs, Joseph Hopp and Milton
Lucow,
Campaign Leaders
Praised by Kasle
In his address at the clos-
ing dinner-meeting of the
Allied Jewish Campaign, on
Tuesday evening, Abe Kasle
praised the following for the
whole hearted cooperation
they gave him as chairman
of the drive:
Henry Wineman, honorary
chairman; Irving W. Blum-.
berg, Israel Davidson, Julian.
H. Krolik and the Federation
preSident, Samuel Rubiner,
associate chairmen; A b e
Srere, vice-chairman; S a m
and Louis Hamburger, treas-
urers; Louis Berry, Joseph
Holtzman, Irwin Cohn, Mil-
ton Mahler, Max Osnos, Ben
Silberstein, Tom B o r m a n,
Nathan Epstein, William
Friedman, S o 1 Eisenberg,
John Isaacs, Nate Lurie, Mor-
ris Schaver, Lou Tabashnik,
Irving, Wolfgang, Morris Zack,
Harvey Goldman, Gus New-
. man, George Stutz, Harry
Cohen and others.
Yesniva University Jomtiy With New York City
Will Build First Jewish Medical School in U. S.
Time Runs 0u1 for Them:
This
JeWish family from the hinterlands of Iraq was brought to
safety in 'Israel—with funds contributed by American Jews
to community campaigns on behalf of the United Jewish
Appeal, Parents and children are shown on arrival at Lydda
airport—on May 31. This was originally scheduled to be Iraq's
deadline date on further Jewish emigrations, but was extend-
ed. to June 30 at the last moment to permit agencies of the
UM a final opportunity to evacuate many more thousands of
Jews, waiting in Baghdad for airborne movement to Israel.
Now UJA, must have cash to finish this vital job.
.NEW• YORK, (JT.A).—Yeshiva University will join with New York City in the con-
struction of a $61,000,000 hospital and medical center in • the Bronx section of the city,
it was announced by Dr. Samuel Belkin, president of the University. The project involves
a collaboration in which the University will provide the medical center and the personnel,
an investment of $25,000,000, with the city spending $36,000,000 on a tuberculosis hos-
pital and a general hospital.
The projected $10,000,000 Yeshiva University Medical School, the first such school
to be established in the United States under Jewish auspices, will mark the initial phase
bf the University's. $25,000,000 Medical Center expansion program designed to include
Colleges of medicine, Dentistry, Nursing, Public Health and Post-Graduate divisions.
Dr. Belkin and Mayor Impellitteri spoke at the University's Founders Dinner held at
the Waldorf-Astoria. The 700 guests present pledged more than $2,000,000 to the project
Preceding the dinner, the University held a special convocation at which . Governo4
Thomas E. Dewey received the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws..