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708 David Stott Bldg.—Phone WO. 5-1155 Detroit, Michigan, February 22, 1952
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VOLUME 20—No.24
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EXECUTIVE OFFICE
ALBERT E. COB()
Mayor
Production
PROCLAMATION
BIG DAY
Sunday, March 9, 1952
WHEREAS the $500,000,000 State of Israel Bond Issue iS
the cornerstone of Israel's historic program of
economic development and immigrant absorption;
and
WHIREAS widespread recognition is Israel's role of an
outpost of democracy in a crucial part of the
world has stimulated support of the Israel Bond
drive among the Americans in all walks of life;
,and
gHEREAS in the first eight months after the Israel Bond
drive opened on May 1, 1951, more than $101,000,000
in these Bonds were bought by Americans, who have
thereby already given Israel great impetus on the
road to economic independence; and
WHEREAS the people of the City of Detroit have joined with
other communitiei throughout the nation in designat-
ing Sunday, March 9, as BIG DAY (Bonds of the Israel
Government Day), on which an intensive one-day effort
will mark the opening of the 1952 campaign for
the
sale of $200,000,000 of these Bonds during the current
year;
NOW, TIEREFORE, I, Albert E. Cobo, Mayor of the City of Detroit
do hereby proclaim Sunday, March 9, as BIG Day, and
call upon all citizens of Detroit to give the fullest
possible support to the State of Israel Bond drive on
this day and throughout the year.
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Mayor
A spokesman for the Israel Consulate General Office
in New York, in an exclusive statement to The Detroit
Jewish News, pregented a lucid explanation of the new
Israel currency regulations and made the following corn-
ments:
"Though the special currency rates announced by
Prime Minister Ben-Gurion to the Knesset last week have
aroused great interest, this announcement should not be
regarded as the most important aspect of his statement.
Far greater importance is attached to his reaffirmation
that the government proposes to finance all expenditures,
including the defense budget, from current income. This
is- the greatest single blow to inflation, involving as it does
stringent economy in government expenditure and unswerv-
ing determination to insure that taxes cover the major
part of financing requirements. Government economies will
call for greater efficiency of civil service, involving a 47-
hour working week and reduction of civil service by at
least 1,000 employees.
"For several months now the government has no
longer been resorting to the issuance of treasury bills or
land bills as a means of covering budget requirements.
This policy is to be continued with the result that ex-
cessive purchasing power created by inadequate supplies
will be siphoned off from the free market for use in the
productive purposes of Israel's development.
"The second major aspect of the Prime Minister's statement
is the emphasis on production. Histadrut has announced a de-
cision to agree to the introduction of production norms as the
basis for wage scales. Similarly, workers have agreed not to
demand shorter hours and have reached a decision together with
the manufacturers to establish production committees. It is now
clear that in the future wage increases will be dependent upon
higher output. To encourage this trend, the Prime Minister em-
phasized that all government, municipal and other public bodies
who directly and indirectly control a large part of the labor
market will introduce production norms or piecework rates in a
drive for increased productivity. Likewise, price control regula-
ti3ns which have hitherto been based on a cost plus system will
be completely revised. The new regulations will base themselves
on production standards and have as their purpose the stimula-
tion of production efficiency and higher output. The same policy
will apply in the allocation of scarce raw materials.
"The third aspect of the statement is the encouragement of
foreign capital influx. It is clear that Israel can only succeed in
its efforts at economic development by attracting foreign capital..
Continued on Page 20
Bnai Brith Follows Jewish
Committee Stand Opposing .
Maclver 'Threat to Autonomy'
By the American Jewish Press
Colo! Proclaims BIG Day:
A formal proclamation of BIG Day
1,(43onds of the Israel. Government) Day. Sunday, March 9, is signed by Mayor ALBERT
COBG.,.as MAX OSNOS,. chairman .of. the Detroit. ISrael Bond Committee, looks on; The
Mayor urged all citizens of Detroit to give fullest support-to the State of Israel Bond drive,
The controversial Maclver Report simmered at the boiling
point again with a disclosure that the executive committee of
Bnai Brith had formally backed up the stand of iti Anti-Defa-
- mation League in rejecting "any agreements or actions which
affect the autonomy" of the Jewish defense organization.
Voted at a meeting in Washington last week, the stand came
on the heels of a similar resolution adopted by the American
Jewish Committee, another foe of key proposals advanced by the
Maclver Report, in which the AJC reiterated its opposition "to
the establishment of an over-riding authoritation body in the
community relations field."
The sharp reiterations to a division of responsibilities on the
American Jewish scene by two key groups within the National
Community Relations Advisory Council structure was seen as
heralding the start of a new, intense opposition to the much-
discussed recommendations submitted by Prof. Robert MacIver.
The Bnai Brith stand, in large measure, followed the pattern.
of the AJC resolution, Both said they hoped the NCRAC program
adopted last November in Atlantic City, N. J., which set June as
a time when principles embodied in Maclver's Report would again
be discussed and acted' upon, would be realized, but warned that
they would refuse to accept any "coercive" measures intended to
alter the voluntary nature of the program.
Like the AJC resolution, the . Bnai Brith sharply rapped the
Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds for a resolu-
tion adopted at its Chicago meeting last December. The Me
edict charged that any implementation of the CJFWF would
"have the effect if followed of turning the NCRAC into an
authoritarian agency."
The role of the NCRAC was stressed in a section of the Bnai
Brith six point resolution. Terming any proposal for the establish-
ment of a single community relations agency on the American
Jewish scene "a threat to democratic Jewish life," Bnai Brith
*exciters urged the NCRAC to remain a coordinating - agency;