"Let anyone who is A Happy HE _ hungry, come in and eat; let anyone who is needy, come in an d share in the Passover meal." Passover to the A Weekly Review -From the Passover Haggadah Work for and Give Liberally to the Allied Jewish Campaign of Jewish Events Entire Community Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper—Incorporating The Detrbit Jewish Chronicle •f•, Concrete Indemm, 'cation Offer Demanded of Bonn Germany - 708 David Stott Bldg.—Phone WO. 5-1 1 55 VOLUME 21—No. 4 Detroit, Michigan, April 4, 1952 4gFla.7 $4.00 Per Year; Single Copy, 10c UJA-Bond Issue. Divides Indianapolis BIG Leaders Defy Federation Request for Six -Week Respite INDIANAPOLIS, (JTA , —Israel Minister of Labor Golda Myerson was the princi?al speaker here Sunday night at a dinner held by the Israel bond drive over the opposition of the local Jewish community which had insisted that active sale of bonds cease for a six-week period during which the Indianapolis Jewish Federation would hold its annual campaign for funds for local, national and over s eas needs, including the United Jewish Appeal. Bond drive officials reported that more than 650 people attended the dinner and that Israel bonds to the value of S155,000 were sold at the function. Federation officials, who placed the attendance at 500, said that almost all local Jewish leaders refused to attend the function. They said that the situation brought into the open the national conflict between the national bond office and the Nationlal United Jewish Appeal over failure to achieve national coordination bf the two efforts. They said that Edward M. M. Warburg, general chair- man of the UJA, and Dr. Joseph J. Schwartz, its ex,ecutive vice-chair- man, had telegraphed Julian Freeman, president of the Jewish Wel- fare Federation, supporting the community stand. Leaders of the Federation addressed a community religious service on Friday, pre- ceding the bond dinner, at which the Federation's position was re- affirmed. The Federation disclosed that it had rejected a proposal that Mrs. Myerson appear in Indianapolis under the joint auspices of the bond ()Ave and the UJA. "The Federation," it was stated, "could not accept co-sponsorship of its opening Federation-UJA campaign with an - organizationthat was not a beneficiary and was not a philan- thropic program." They also reported that 39 of the largest bond purchasers in Indianapolis had signed a statement condemning the holding of the bond dinner. Mrs.!Myerson told the dinner that "as we stand on the threshold of the fourth anniversary of our independence, the development of our economy is the most decisive factor in our future." She stressed the need for "investment dollars to give us the machinery. electric power. raw materials for our factories, steel for new railroads—the resources that can make us self-sustaining in the next six or seven years." The Israeli Labor Minister also urged support of the Indianapolis Jewish Welfare Federation campaign in order to aid in reception and care of new immigrants to Israel. Governor Henry F. Schricker lauded the state of Israel's efforts to achieve economic security and drew a parallel between its struggle and Continued on Page 24 - '4- • • v.. * Speedy Action at The Hague Foreseen y Jewish Groups Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News for THE HAGUE—Departure of the German delegation late Monday night consultations with the West German government marked the end of the first stage of the negotiations on reparations claims made against Germany by the state of Israel and the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany. The Germans are expected back with concrete proposals in response to the claim for one billion dollars made by the state of Israel and the claim f o r $500,000,000 filed by the Jewish conference. - An Israel delegation spokesman said Tuesday that the discussions had reach- ed a stage where there was nothing left to discuss except the sum itself. • "We have made it very clear to the Germans," he .said "that the Israel delegation is interested in continuous undelayed progress. We have no desire to debate indefinite offers but want a concrete offer from them. They felt they ulting with their government could not make a concrete proposal without con s first. While no time limit was set, the two delegations agreed that the German answer would be made within the next few days." It was made clear here that discussion of the sum Germany would pay r e- Israel in settlement of Israel's claims for compensation for expenditures i n finish the work of the present conference settling victims of Nazism would not but would represent a cross-roads. "Once the question of the sum is settled, there remain to be settled the time of payment and the method of payment," the spokesman declared. , "Further de-. veloprnents depend on the answer the Germans bring back from Bonn and whether the Israel claim is accepted." The 'spokesman ascribed the speed and expedition with which the first stage two factors. The first, he said, was that the of the • talks, was completed to Israeli delegation arrived so well prepared for the talks that what would have required three weeks to clarify was cleared up in less than two. This he said was largely due to the presence of Dr. George Josephthal, director of im- migration of the Jewish Agency, who had on his fingertips the answer to every question asked. Continued on Page 24 • ■ :::=• r - Passover • 5712 "Let the hungry come in and ear —the undying message of Pa!vs. over — beckons to us anew as prepare to usher in the Festival of Freedom, at the first Seder, on Wednesday evening. May this mes- sage inspire our community to great iy action in behalf of the less fortunate. May it introduce an era for service through the Allied JeWish Cam- paign, which provides the funds for the United Jewish Appeal. • • --,TTA .Drawing by (fib Kruclonan