Our Army of Volunteers Ready to March
By Irving W. Blumberg and Harvey H . Goldman Campaign Co-Chairmen
It is a thrilling, inspiring experience seeing the 1953 Allied Jewish
Campaign organization unfold. It takes an immense and complicated
organization to . effectively reach more than 30,000 contributors. We
know we must get to all of them this year. We must, because we are cer-
tain that they . all want to give, and we need their gifts to raise over
$5;000,000.
A campaign of this magnitude requires many subdivisions to include
an entire community. First to begin its work was the Pre-Campaign or-
ganization with John E. Lurie as its chairman and Abe Kasle as counselor.
But this is only one segment of our far-flung campaign organization.
We have a Metropolitan and Organizations Division which includes more
than 300 workers; a Junior Division with over 600; a Women's Division
with almost 2,500 solicitors; and a Trades al -id Professional Organization
with over 1,000 men organized into working units.
The over-all character of our campaign and its wide community sup-
' port is clearly In the nature of the structure upon which it is built. Men,
women, juniors, organizations, each have a job. Included in the list of
contributors are children of our religious schools and residents of the
Home for Aged. Organized into the more than 100 trade groups are the
butchers and bakers; amusements and morticians; builders and wreckers;
doctors and lawyers; employees and employers.
All take their place in the seven Trade and Professional Divisions.
These divisions operate under the leadership of our most tested cam-
paigners: James. Wineman, mercantile; . Samuel J. Greenberg and John
Isaacs, services; Daniel Laven, David Pollock and Maurice M. Robinson,
real estate and building; George Keil, food; Dr. Martin Naimark and
Arthur S. Purdy, professional; and Nathan Balaban, arts and crafts.
These men have been perfecting their organization for months. They
are ready to go. They await, as do the workers in the vast campaign
organization, the opening meeting of the Campaign.
Volunteers have shown a readiness to work, and the enthusiastic co-
operation this year excells any previous experience. The tremendous army
of 4,000 workers already enrolled is a great credit to our community.
A few months ago at our Pre-Campaign Budget Conference we de- ,
termined what our jobs are. We must maintain °tr local services for
the young and for the aged and for ourselveS. We must continue to build
our local institutions for recreation and education and health. We must
support our great national agencies to strengthen and protect the dem-
ocratic rights under which we have prospered; to keep the Jewish men
in the armed forces in touch with Jewish life; to nourish the fountain-
heads of Jewish culture in the United States. And beyond all these re-
sponsibilities we determine with deep conviction that we must increase
our help to our people overseas. We must, we asserted, assist the people of
Israel to take a significant step this year toward self-sufficiency.
b opening of the 1953 Allied Jewish Campaign Wednes-
So, we face the
day evening, April 22, at Temple Israel with a clear understanding of our
responsibility. We have a fine organization to meet that responsibility.
But we know that organization alone is not enough. We know that funds
are not raised; they are given. And we are confident that the 30,000
contributors we are organized to reach will give more generously than
ever in 1953.
Sharett Clarifies Israel's View on Peace;
Congressional Leaders Vow Renewed Aid
Continued from Page 1
(While this correspondent was
_conferring with Senators Fergu-
son and Potter, a group of 25
Detroit boys, white and colored,
tame to visit them under the di-
rection of Miles DePagter of the
Detroit YMCA and three other
counselors who accompanied the
boys on their trip. They were
the guests of Kiwanis No. 1 Club.
DePagter commented that there
is no segregation of races in De-
troit, but in Washington the
group was unable to attend a
theater performance because of
the enforced segregation poli-
cies. T h e Senators remarked
that/ it was a sad commentary
On existing conditions.)
The bi-partisan policy of our
government vis - a - vis Israel
clearly is in evidence here. Like
the two Michigan Republican
Senators, the Democratic Con-
gressman John D. Dingell, while
reaffirming his keen interest in
a strongly favorable U.S. policy
toward Israel, expressed the
view that there is "little ad-.
verse" sentiment in the matter
in Congressional circles and that
Israel can count on this coun-
try's continued support.
During hig visit here, Israel's
Foreign Minister Sharett dis-
cussed Arab-Israel peace possi-
bilities with Secretary of State
Dulles. Mr. Sharett touched on
the peace problem at g r e at
length in his important address
at the National Press Club
luncheon. Asserting that "the
losses resulting from the ab-
sence of peace are far greater
Dn the Arab side than they are
DTI ours," he nevertheless added
that "no region can attain se-
curity of progress as long as it
is divided against itself."
Special significance is at-
tached to his statement, made
in answer to a question ad-
dressed to him after his ad-
dress, that Israel is prepared
to accept the armistice line
drawn between Israel and Jor-
dan as an internationally rec-
ognized boundary between the
two countries.
The only condition for
peace, he stated, "is that we
be accepted as we are, with
our territory, population and
unresricted sovereignty . .
We seek no encroachment on
the integrity or sovereignty of
our neighbors."
"Even the formidable refugee
problem," he declared, "which
/low overshadows the scene of
Israel-Arab relations, fully ad-
mits of a constructive solution."
He proposed as a solution to
this problem the integration of
the Arabs into the fertile Arab
areas where he proposed they
be settled permanently. He re-
iterated that Israel is prepared
to compensate the Arabs for
their land possessions in Israel,
provided the A r a b economic
boycott is terminated. Israel's
position on the question of arm-
aments and the Suez Canal is-
sues were outlined by Mr. Shar-
ett as follows:
"History has not decreed
separate destinies for Israel
and the Arab' states. If the
Middle East is a region then
Israel is the center of it.
There is no other land bridge
to link Egypt in the south
with Syria and Lebanon in
the north; the Mediterranean
in the west . With Jordan and
Iraq in the east. As a geo-
political and economic unit
the region falls to pieces if
Israel is taken out of it. The
elements of peace are patently
there, for anyone unblinded
with rancor and prejudice to
see. But as long as there is
no p e a c e, certain cardinal
facts of Israel's situation can-
not be overlooked. To arm the
Arab states in the absence of
peace—an absence of peace
due solely to their refusal to
make it—is to arm them con-
vergingly against Israel. To
attempt a system of regional
defense without Israel is to
construct a wheel without a
hub. Any fundamental
whange in the strategic and
geopolitical situation in Is-
rael's vicinity—such as the
status claimed by Egypt in the
Suez Canal area—affects Is-
rael's position and cannot,
in international equity and
farsighted statesmanship, be
sanctioned without due regard
to Israel's interests. The
blockade perpetrated by Egypt
against Israel through misuse
of the Canal raises a grave
doubt as to whether Egypt
can safely be entrusted with
the sole mastery of this vital
international waterway."
Planning Mercantile Drive Efforts
poses to well deserved ridicule
and contempt those fanatical
adherents of the Soviet oracle
who blindly accepted its for-
mer dictum and undertook to
rationalize its absurdity. It
implicitly exonerates — if any
exoneration were necessary—
both the American Joint Dis-
tribution Committee and the
Zionist Organization of the ac-
cusations of espionage a n d
murder leveled against them."
The flashing of the limeligh t
upon Chancellor Ad en auer
Dry Goods Section members of the Mercantile Division are
whose visit at the White Hous e continuing their all-out efforts for the 1953 Allied Jewish Cam-
followed that of Mr. Sharett paign. Shown at a recent pledge slip assignment meeting are
caused additional interest i n (standing, left to right) : MAURICE BAKER, co-chairman of dry
Mr. Sharett's assertion that th e goods; LOUIS LAZARUS, co-chairman of variety stores; MORRIS
Israel-Bonn agreement "stand s JACOBS, chairman of dry goods; MAX KWASELOW, co-chairman
out as an historic acceptance of of dry goods; SAMUEL H. SCHWARTZ, vice-chairman of the Mer-
responsibility for the materia l cantile Division; and KURT WEST and IVOR J. KAHN, co-chair-
ravages perpetrated by one peo men of children's wear. Seated is IRVING W. BLUMBERG, who,
ple in the life of another." Mr • with Harvey H. Goldman, is Campaign chairman.
Sharett said Dr. Adenauer "de-
serves full rec- ••••••"
771 harmed for smoking on the
Chancellor Adenauer's strong
ognition fo
Sabbath and that while in some demand's for the freeing of . all
the tenacity of
municipalities the buses do not Nazi war criminals. There is
purpose he ha,&:••
operate on the Sabbath, individ- distress over the security in-
demonstrated in
uals may use taxis.
vestigations during which the
steering the
Mr. Sharett left on Sunday Jewish background of some
ratification
for a four-week visit to Latin witnesses has been made a
through all its
American countries. In New matter of discussion and de-
stages in spit
York, before his departure, he bate.
of internal and
revealed that during his talks in
Washington, the hub of the
e x ternal diffi-
Washington he emphasized the world, is . a cauldron of activity.
culties." In an-
Adenauer
fact that Israel considers itself If the eyes of the world are
swer to a question on the re- an interested party in any plans
parations issue, he expressed affecting the future status of upon our government it can be
the hope that the agreement the Suez Canal. He said that said with even greater certainty
will be fulfilled and said he has with the rise of Gen. Mohamed that Israel's gaze is mixed with
no reason to doubt Germany's Naguib to power in Egypt the hope and anxiety, caused by the
good faith but that the Ger- possibilities for a peace between vital role which this nation
mans will have to prove their Israel and Egypt had improved, must play in that little land's
good intentions by their actions. but added that so far there was development if its security is to
During his visit here. Dr. Ade- "no change in heart" noticeable be assured.
nauer made this statement on in the ranks of the Egyptian
Increased Grants , to Middle
the reparations agreement:
Government.
East Are Urged by Dulles
"I believe that the treaty with
Mr. Sharett will visit Argen-
WASHINGTON, (JTA) — The
Israel, which was ratified by tina, Chile, Uruguay, and Brazil
the Bundestag by such an over- and expects to return to Israel Middle East may this year get
Mr. Sharett's evaluation of whelming majority, reflects the on May 12. The governments of "perhaps a little more" financial.
strongest denial of the spirit of the four South American coun- aid from the United States than
the reversal of
National
Socialism. This at- tries invited the Israel Minister in previous years, Secretary of
S 0 viet Russia's
tempt at restitution was taken to visit their countries in order State John Foster Dulles told a
anti - Semitic
as a moral obligation by all the to cement the friendly relations House Appropriations subcom-
policies similar-
German people, and it has been existing between them and the mittee. He emphasized that the
ly were inter-
Eisenhower Administration con-
taken extremely seriously. We Jewish state.
preted as an
siders peace between Israel and
fully
realize
that
those
crimes
The White House visit of the
important Is-
committed by the Hitler regime anti-Zionist lea d e r, Lessing the Arab countries an essential
rael pronounce-
element in improving conditions
cannot
be
undone,
nor
can
the
Rosenwald, was interpreted as
ment. Mr. Shar-
resultant suffering be reversed, the means of informing the in the Middle East. •
ett said in his
no matter how high the finan- President of the views of those - The slight increase in Ameri-
Press Club
cial compensation. But we have who are associated with the can grants for the Middle East
speech:
Sharett
will go primarily for armaments,
voluntarily gone beyond a moral
"The frank repudiation by obligation by making a legal Council for Jaudaism. This visit Mr. Dulles indicated.
was sought as soon as it became
Subcominittee chairman Cliff
the present Soviet rulers of contract."
known that American Zionist
the gruesome and fantastic
An element of humor was in- Council leaders had conferred Clevenger, of Ohio, spoke un-
favorably of Israel. He told Sec-
charge officially preferred jected into the discuss i on by the
against a group of eminent question: how does Mr. Sharett with Eisenhower. Rosenwald retary Dulles that "we had a
told
the
press
that
his
visit
situation last year where we
Soviet physicians — a group reconcile democracy with Blue
with the President was "very provided money not only to
which according to the origin- Laws • in Israel? Unfamiliar with pleasant."
feed
•
those expellees from Palestine,
ally published version con- the term, Mr. Sharett was brief-
While, in the main, there but also for the forces that drove
sisted almost entirely of Jews ed on it by some at the speakers'
is a stronger feeling of con- them out." The Secretary
—is as gratifying a phenome- table and he proceeded to ex-
of
fidence that the present Ad-
non as it is spectacular. It plain that Israel is not a theoc- ministration will pursue a State then stressed the plight of
the Arab refugees, but
vindicates the sharpness of ocracy; that while the Sabbath
friendly policy toward Israel, that appropriations indicated
Israel's reaction to the revolt- is the official day of rest, Friday
for Arab
there
still
are
anxious
refugees would be reduced for
ing libel. It removes the ini- and Sunday, as the Moslem and
thoughts in the minds of the coming year because exist-
tial link from the chain of Christian rest days, are equally
many leaders. There is con-
circumstances which .o s t e n- respected, and that Israel does cern over the results of the ing funds were not entirely
spent.
sibly led to the severance by not infringe upon the personal
impending tour of the Middle
the Soviet Government of its rights of her citizens. As proof ;
East by Secretary Dulle s. 24—THE JEWISH NEWS
relations with Israel. It ex- he pointed out that no one is There is
grave anxiety over
Friday, April 17, 1953