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William Friedman Chosen for
1953 Butzel Memorial Award
Former Judge William Friedman was chosen to re-
ceive the 1953 Fred M. Butzel Memorial Award "for out-
standing Jewish communal leadership." The honor was
presented to him Wednesday evening at the annual meeting
of the Jewish 'Welfare Federation, The citation, reads:
"Judge Friedman's distinguished record of communal service
is characterized by a long history of unselfish devotion to the
organized Jewish community and its many constituent parts.
This is matched by the high qual-
ity of his representation - of the
Jewish community in the general
community of Detroit,
"Judge Friedman has been a
member of the Board of the
United Jewish Charities since
1908 and a member of the Board
of Governors of the Jewish Wel
fare Federation since its organ-
ization in 1926. He served as pres-
ident of the United Jewish Char-
ities from 1920 to 1923 and again
from 1937 to 1944. In 1944 and
1945 he was president of the Jew-
ish Welfare Federation. More re-
cently he served the Federation
as chairman of the Board of Gov-
ernors. A large number and var-
iety of our local services have had the benefit of his wise
counsel and active help as a Board member. Anrno- these are
the United Hebrew Schools, the Hebrew Free Loan Association,
the Jewish Community Council, the Jewish Social Service
Bureau, the Jewish Community Center and Sinai Hospital.
'He has represented us capably and with dignity as a mem-
ber of the Board of the Community Chest, the Council of Social
Agencies, the American Red Cross, the F,ecutive Committee of
the Detroit Round Table of Christians and Jews, the Interna-
tional Institute, the Detroit District of the Boy Scouts of Amer-
ica and the Goodwill Industries.
"The same fine qualities which distinguished him in Jewish
and general communal affairs brought to him, and through him
to us, distinction as a Circuit Judge of Wayne County and chair-
man of the Michigan Draft Appeal Board during World War
II, a member of the Board of the House of Correction and the
Detroit Panel of the Federal Seventh Regional Loyalty Board.
"His interests and distinctions are manifold, including
leadership in the religious, academic, professional, fraternal and
social life of our community as well as in those areas of com-
munal service encompassed by Federation and its related agencies.
"In conferring up-, ,n Judge William Friedman the Fred M.
Butzel Memorial Award the Jewish community of Detroit ex-
presses its gratitude for the enrichment that it has derived for
half a century from Judge Friedman's devotion to the general
welfare, mature judgment, fair mindedness, enlightened lead-
ership and zeal. Because he has worked among us we are a
better community. We are happy in turn to confer upon him
this symbolic evidence of our appreciation of his • sustained
leadership."
Detailed Story of Federatfon's Annual Meeting on Page 3
Top 1953 Campaign Leaders
Leaders of the Allied Jevvish Campaign confer as all divis-
ions_ of the drive mobilize for all-out effort this year. Shown
above are IRVING W. BLUMBERG (left) , HARVEY H. GOLD-
MAN (right)., chairmen of this year's campaign,. and JOHN
E. LURIE chairman of pre-campaign.
BONN—The German-Israel reparations pact may be put into effect by the end of
this month, it was indicated Tuesday when the upper House of the German Parliament
put the question on its agenda for Friday. Positive action by the upper house would
mark final parliamentary ratification of the pact signed at Luxemburg last September.
The Upper House's action is contingent upon the expected approval of t he
measure in the Lower House where it is scheduled to receive its last two readings.
Although the last determined opposition to the agreement is expected to come in the
Lower House, a substantial majority seems assured.
Israel circles here have expressed gratification that the Upper House has avoided
procrastination on the pact whose passage was first expected by last November. Unless
an unforeseen hitch develops the pact should go into effect by March 31.
Meanwhile, the German Government has received requests from the Free Demo-
cratic Party and the German Party, both rightist groups, urging immediate negotiations
with Arab states for trade agreements.
Ben-Gurion Reiterates Peace Offer to Arab Countries
TEL AVIV, (JTA)—Israel Premier David Ben-Gurion again made an indirect peace
offer to the Arab countries, in the course of an address at the annual conference of the
Israel Journalists Association. "The o n1 y thing that would bring peace and stability
to the Middle East is peace between Israel and her Arab neighbors," he declared, add-
ing that the Arab states need no arms, but improved social standards.
Mr. Ben-Gurion pointed out that the fate of Israel would not be decided by officials
in Washington or Moscow, although "one should not minimize the danger." Israel's fu-
ture, he said, "will be decided by production in the fields and factories, by pioneer.
ing education and by strengthening the Israel Army,"
"Looking at the Moscow changes through historic eyeglasses," Mr. Ben-Gurion said,
"no short-term changes—both internally and externally—can be anticipated." Touching
on the change of administration in the United States, he said that the former isolation-
ist policy of the Republican Party had been shelved, but there was still concern in
Europe and other countries regarding America's new policy. The Premier said America
needs the European countries and Israel as much as they needed American help.
Romania Suspends Visas for Israel Ping Pc ng Team
A six-member Israeli ping pang team scheduled to leave for Romania Monday night
to participate in a world championship tourney was prevented from leaving at the
last minute when the Romanian authorities cancelled the visas of the four men and
two women on the team. The visas had been granted only 24 hours before they were
revoked.
Terror Among Jews Behind Iron Curtain
(Copyright, 1953, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.)
Dispatches received by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency from its correspondents at numerous
points along the Iron Curtain unfolded a pattern of growing panic and terror among the Jews
in Communist-ruled territory.
In Communist-dominated Hungary, Vienna dispatches reported, deportation of Jews from
their homes has been extended to a number of military and industrial centers and from areas
along the Czechoslovakian, Yugoslav, Austrian and Romanian frontiers.
The deported Jews are sent into the interior of the country to work on farms and labor
projects. There they must report regularly to special police authorities. Most of them are
ordered to leave their home towns on short not ice. A. careful check is made by the police
whether any have ever received aid from the Joint Distribution Committee.
East German Jews Being Placed in Reservations
In East Germany, according to information reported from Frankfurt, the Communist au-
thorities are assembling Jewish families in spe cial "reservations" near the Polish border in the
vicinity of Frankfurt-am-Oder. The German magazine Der Spiegel said that at a camp just
outside of that city, Jews are being herded into tents in areas fenced in with barbed wire and
guarded by the German Peoples -Police. The "re servations," according to Der Spiegel, are under
the administration of a special Jewish section of the East German Security Ministry known
by the code designation of P-6.
Orders have been issued by P-6 to separate families in the camps, permitting only children
under the age of four to remain with their mo thers. The magazine said that all resistance and
protests are ruthlessly suppressed by a number of measures, including the killing of inmates
"while trying to escape." Der Spiegel added th at "reservation" inmates are forced to exchange
their .clothes for a prison garb consisting partly of uniforms of the former Nazi Party.
The publication also reported that the East German Ministry of Security is headed by a
veteran Communist, Wilhelm Zaisser. Zaisser is said to be a former German Army officer of
World War I who served with the Spanish Loyalists under the name of General Gomez.
Panic Rising Among Polish Jews
A group of immigrants, arriving in Israel fr om Poland, told a JTA correspondent that the
mounting panic among Jews in Poland following the Prague trials had been heightened by the
Soviet rupture of relations with Israel and the attack on Jewish doctors in Moscow.
The group numbered 23, most of them aged. One of them reported that he had burned all
his Hebrew books, fearing that they-might be us ed to "prove" that he was a "cosmopolitan." He
said other Jews had done likewise, and that ev en active Jewish Communists now regretted they
had not registered for emigration to Israel.
Several of the immigrants expressed the opi nion that Poland would continue to 'permit small
numbers of Jews to leave for Israel, and that it would use that opportunity to rid itself of
non-productive elements. The immigrants said they had been allowed to take with them only
small objects. Such items as gold rings, watches and fountain pens had to be left behind.
A trickle of Jewish refugees from East Ger many continued to reach the relative security
of West Berlin. Fifty-two new arrivals were counted in three days. . The number of Jewish
refugees in West Berlin was given as 53o, half of whom had lived in the Soviet sector of
Berlin. They will be flown from West Berlin to camps in 'Westphalia, Hesse, Wuerttemberg and
Baden.
Meanwhile, the Communist anti-Semitic policy had repercussions in Amsterdam when the
Dutch Communist Party ordered Dr. Bernard S. Polak, a Dutch Jewish physician, to resign
his posts as Communist member Of the City Co uncil and of the North Holland Provincial Legis-
lature. Dr. Polak had criticized the Moscow arrest of nine doctors, six of them Jewish, in an
alleged "Jewish plot." The local Communist newspaper charged that Dr. Polak had "close rela-
tions with American agents and open opponents of the party,"