etroit Leads Other Cities in Campaign Income
$3,500,000 Exceeded in '53
rive; Rally Honors Mahler
Local Allied Jewish Campaign
leaders expressed the opinion
that returns to date, which are
being watched throughout the
country, indicate that Detroit is
doing well in comparison with
other cities.
As of this week, pledges made
so far in the local drive exceed-
ed the $3,500,000 mark as work-
ers redoubled their efforts for a
successful campaign which will
aid important local, national
and overseas causes. Comperable
returns from other communities
in the country show pledges
amounting to approximately $2,-
420,000 in Baltimore, $2,860,000
in Cleveland, $2,500,000 in Los
Angeles and $2,640,000 in Phila-
delphia.
Harvey H. Goldman and
Irving W. Blumberg, chair-
man of the 1953 drive, said
they were "extremely proud of
the marvelous efforts shown
by the leaders and workers of
the campaign. While we are
running ahead of last year at
this same time, we must main-
tain our all-out pace in order
to meet the minimum goal so
vitally needed this year."
The mercantile division and
the food service council are en-
gaged in a nip and tuck battle
for first place, in terms of 1953
achievement so far, as compar-
ed with their respective totals
last year, as results pour in and
are tabulated at the report ral-
lies of the campaign. Not far
behind these two divisions are
the services and the arts and
grafts divisions.
At the May 1 luncheon rally
held in the Fred M. Butzel Me-
morial Building, sections which
have achieved 100 per cent or
more of their last year's totals
were announced. These are:
Mercantile Division
Furniture, under the leadership of
Arthur Leebove, chairman, and Harry
Weingarden, co-chairman; Traveling
Salesmen—Women's Apparel, led by Na-
than Fierberg; and Millinery under Na-
than Rosenshine.
Services Division
Linen Supply and Power Laundry em-
ployees, under Isaac Litwak; and Finance
whose chairman is Myron D. Stein.
Percy Newman was pointed out as a
leading worker in the section.
Mechanical Trades Division
Gas and 'Oil, led by co-chairmen, Irv-
ing L. Goldman and Robert Trepeck;
Sol Eisenberg's Steel Section; and Waste
Material and Wiping Cloths, led by co-
chairmen Bernard Chase and Herman
Cohen.
Real Estate and Building Council
Building Finance, led by Irving Fran-
vet, chairman, Richard Sloan, co-chair-
man and Emanual J. Harris' Real Estate
and Hotel Section.
Food Service Council
Super Markets, under Merwin K. Gros-
berg; and Food Processors under Julius
Mehler and Food Brokers, led by Abe
Gamin, chairman, and Peter Copeland,
associate chairman.
The luncheon rally to be held
at noon, today, in the Fred M.
Butzel Memorial Building, will
honor Milton K. Mahler, asso-
ciate chairman of this year's
drive, on his return to the cam-
paign following a long period of
illness. The Tuesday, May 12
rally, to be held at 8 p.m. in the
Woodward Jewish Center, will
be addressed by Rabbi Morris
Adler. It will be a joint gather-
ing with the Women's Division,
and will be presided over by
Mrs. Lewis B. Daniels, chair-
man of the 1953 women's drive.
Mrs. Leonard H. Weiner, chair-
Man of the division's executive
committee, will speak on worn-
en's participation in the cam-
paign. Women's Division chair-
men, vice-chairmen and top
leadership in special gifts, pre-
campaign and general solicita-
tion will be hostesses.
The May 15 luncheon rally in
the Fred M. Butzel Memorial
Building, will honor the leading
division and pay tribute to all
past chairmen of that division.
The closing rally will take place
Monday evening, May 18.
New Bari-Evans-Nolan
Movie Available Here
Through Federation
"Deeds and Dreams," a new
movie starring Lynn Bari, Lloyd
Nolan and Gene Evans is avail-
able for showing by local groups.
The film, a 16 mm sound print,
may be obtained by calling the
publicity office, Jewish Welfare
Federation, WO. 5-3939, exten-
sion 54.
The film tells of an American
couple who refuse to participate
or contribute to the United Jew-
ish Appeal, and the dream of the
husband, which leads to a quick
change of mind.
In Detroit, the United Jewish
Appeal is supported through the
Allied Jewish campaign.
Bill for Admission of
240,000 Outside Quotas
WASHINGTON, (JTA) — Rep.
Jacob K. Javits introduced an
emergency immigration bill in
the House to implement Presi-
dent Eisenhower's request for
legislation to admit 240,000
aliens in excess of quotas in the
next two years.
The American Legion's na-
tional executive committee an-
nounced it will support the Mc-
Carran-Walter Immigration Act
against "any and all attempts"
to repeal it. The committee
"deplored" recent attacks on the
measure and said its action was
based on recommendations of
the Legion's "Americanism com-
mittee."
Halevy-Workmen's Circle Choirs
Combine Voices in Excellent Concert
By MAX SIMON
One hundred and thirty voices
were raised in song Sunday eve-
ning.
The occasion was the first
combined concert of the Halevy
Singing Society and Workmen's
Circle choirs, Dan Frohman con-
ducting. A large and enthusias-
tic audience was on hand, vig-
orously applauding the choir
and its many soloists, necessi-
tating the repeating of six: works
by the group.
The choir was augmented by
members of the Detroit Sym-
phony Orchestra—and there is
no doubt that the presence of
the professional musicians, com-
bined with the enthusiasm of
the amateur -singers, led to a re-
warding evening of music. High-
lighting the evening was a per-
formance of "Dos Naie Lid," an
oratorio written by Frohman,
with Betty Kazdin as soloist.
The work is an inspiring one,
Utilizing in certain passages
martial strains and in others a
classical theme reminiscent of
Mozart.
The musicianship of Rebbeca
Frohman, the director's wife, was
revealed in three selections, the
"Polonaise in C# Minor," the
"Dance" by Weiner, and Doh-
nanyi's "Rhapsody in C Major.",
Two dancers performed for the
audience while the choir sang
"A Chasene" by Gladstone-Froh-
man, and were enthusiastically
received. Other Yiddish songs of
the choir were "Shein Feigele,"
"Ba Maine Fensterlach," "Bin
Bom," and the group even went
so far as to sing a Rossini over-
ture in Yiddish.
But the English-speaking por-
tion of the audience was taken
into consideration and "Oh What
A Beautiful Morning" from Ok-
lahoma; Sigmund Romberg's
"Drinking Song" from the Stu-
dent Prince; "Gershwin's "Sum-
mer Time" and other English
works were performed.
The merger of the two choirs
adds power' and vitality to the
choir. The only regrettable as-
pect of the, situation is that,
with the merger, there will be
one less concert of Yiddish and
Hebrew music in Detroit yearly.
Campaign 'Sluggers'
Celebrate Successes
At Chuck Davey Bout.
Television viewers might have
been a little surprised as they
watched the Chuck Davey fight
held in Detroit recently. For
there, on the screen, sitting in
the audience, were 22 members
of the mercantile division's fur-
niture section, who completed
their pledge slip solicitation for
1953 Allied Jewish Campaign,
and were the guests, at the bout
of section chairmen, Arthur Lee-
bove and Harry Weingarden.
This marks the second year this
type of celebration has been
held by the section.
The furniture section has
compiled an outstanding record
in this year's drive. It has cov-
ered a larger number of pledge
slips than any other section so
far and has, as of May 1, raised
104% of its last year's total. As
of Friday, it had turned in more
than $120,000 in pledges.
At the Friday report rally,
Alex Sklar, vice-chairman of the
mercantile division and last
year's section chairman, paid
tribute to Furniture.
Weingarden and Leebove paid
tribute to the following furniture
group captains who are largely
responsible for the success of the
section's activities:
Sam Markofsky, Herman Ma-
thias, Morton Newlander, James
Stein, Harvey Vehon and Law-
rence Weingarden.
Hampton Student
Again Champion
Detroit Speller
Raymond Sokolov, 11-year-old
sixth grader at Hampton School,
became the second double-win-
ner in the 29 year history of the
Detroit News Metropolitan spell-
ing bee last week when he cor-
rectly spelled the work, "shirk."
The only other repeater was
Dorothy Simon, another corn-
munityite, who won the titles in
1944 and 1945.
To win, Raymond had to beat
Walter Bagdade, a 13-year-cld
student at Durfee Intermediate,
who was making his third ap-
pearance in a metropolitan
spelldown.
Luckless Walter, who con-
fessed that he did not know the
word, spelled it "shurk." The
son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Bag-
dade, of 18093 Irene, he finished
third last year, after young
Raymond and Harry Taub, a
student at the School for Deaf.
Raymond, the son of Dr. and
Mrs. Raymond A. Sokolov, of
17576 Muirland, will travel to
Washington to compete in the
national spelldown on May 22.
Last year, in a field of 60 con-
testants, Raymond finished 22d.
He was the youngest competitor
in the finals.
Another contestant, Judy Har-
ris, of Kingswood School, missed
on the 13th round on "dishevel-
ed," spelling it "dissheveled."
Nancy Cohen, of Burton School,
Berkley, failed in the 18th round
on "heresy," spelling the word
"heresay."
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Their Sections Top Cam,paign Totals
Representatives of some of the sections which have already
topped their respective last year's totals are shown at a report
rally of the Allied Jewish Campaign.
Shown (left to right, standing) are HARRY WEINGARDEN,
co-chairman, furniture section; IRVING FRANZEL, co-chairman,
building finance section; MERWIN K. GROSBERG, chairman, su-
per markets section; PERCY NEWMAN, leading worker, finance
section; ABRAHAM GURWIN, chairman, food brokers; seated,
ARTHUR LEEBOVE, chairman, furniture section; ROBERT TRE-
PECK and IRVING L. GOLDMAN, co-chairman, gas and oil sec-
tion.
Israel Sets Up New Force to Guard
Nation's Frontiers Against Infiltrees
JERUSALEM, (JTA) — Acting
under the pressure of continu-
ous Arab infiltration into Israel
territory, the cabinet has decid-
ed to organize a special unit
within the Israel police set-up
to be known as "The Frontier
Guards."
The new unit will take over
responsibility for protection of
Israel's borders from Army and
police units which have until
now been diverted to this task
from other duties. The Frontier
Guards will be organized on the
same basis as the Army, but will
have only police duties.
Premier David Ben-Gurion
told the Parliamentary Security
and Foreign Affairs Committee
that Israel will take necessary
measures to repel planned infil-
tration of her territory by ma-
rauding bands of Arabs. He
charged that organized bands
from the neighboring A r a b
countries infiltrate • Israel, ac-
cording to plan, to rob and mur-
der.
Israel Ship "Jerusalem" Makes
Its First Run to New York
H A I F A, (JTA) — A special
plaque bearing the seal of the
city of Jerusalem was presented
to the captain of the vessel SS
Jerusalem by Itzhak Kariv,
Mayor of Jerusalem, as the ship
departed on its first run to New
York. It is carrying 600 pas-
sengers and flowers from Mayor
Kariv to New York's Mayor Vin-
cent Impellitteri. The ship is
owned by the Israel-United
States Line.
MSA Grant for Israel Not
Affected by Budget Cut
WASHINGTON, (JTA)—Amer-
can aid to Israel through the
Mutual Security • Aid Program
will be approximately the same
this year as in the past year, it
was forecast here, despite dras-
tic cuts in the foreign aid pro-1
gram envisioned by the Eisen-
hower administration.
The administration plans to
cut the appropriation contained,
in the Truman budget for MSA
from $7,600,000,000 to $5,800,000,1
O. It is generally anticipated
that the amounts allocated for
the Middle East, however, will
not be reduced.
A plan for immediate formu-
lation of a Middle East defense
command which would welcome
all states willing to join was pre-
sented to the State Department
this week by Jesse Moss, na-
tional commander of the Jewish
War Veterans. Mr. Moss ex-
plained the JWV plan to Henry
A. Byroade, Assistant Secretary
of State for Near Eastern Af-
fairs, who invited him to return
to the State Department after
Secretary of State John Foster
Dulles returns from his forth-
coming visit to the Middle East.
Ford Foundation Grant in Israel
Expected to Stimulate Whole Area
JERUSALEM, (JTA) — Basic
scientific research of far-reach-
ing significance for the whole
Near East region will be stimu-
lated by the recently announced
Ford Foundation grant to Israel,
it was stated here by the Israel
DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Foundation's Trustees, a body
representing the c o u n t r y's
Friday, May 8, 1953
Engineers Increase Gifts to Campaign
At the recent dinner of the engineers and scientists section
of the mechanical trades division, Allied Jewish Campaign, recent-
ly held at the Park Shelton Hotel, a 30 per cent increase over last
year was shown from the same contributors. Max Osnos addressed
the gathering. Shown at the meeting, left to right: LEO WEINER,
HERMAN M. CANNER, GARY WEISENTHAL, MORRIS LEVINE,
E. BERGER, PAUL AMBER (behind Berger), GEORGE AMBER,
RUDY WISHNOW, ROBERT N. JANEWAY, section oo-chairman
with Jack E. Lawson and OSNOS.
major educational and scientific
institutions.
"The Ford Foundation's grant
of $410,000 for equipment and as
a contribution to the first year's
operating expense, makes pos-
sible the expansion of research
projects of vital importance to
agricultural development, med-
ical advancement and the social
integration of Israel's diverse
population elements. All major
Israel scientific and educational
institutions will participate and
cooperate in the various pro-
jects included in this scientific
research program," Theodore
Kollek, chairman of the Israel
Foundations Trustees, said.
"The basic objective of the
program is to use scientific
methods for the raising of the
standard of living of the peoples
of the area. The program gives
special emphasis to a series of
projects aimed at increasing
food production. The Israeli in;
stitutions will contribute Israeli
pounds, scientific manpower and
facilities to the execution of the
program."