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." 20 — 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."