Campaign 'Flying Squadrons'
Engage in Mop-Up Operations

Flying squadrons of 1953 Al-
lied Jewish Campaign workers
are engaged in clean-up opera-
tions as efforts are being made
to bring in every possible pledge
as quickly as possible.
In lime with. these all-out,
continued efforts to reach un-
solicited and potential donors in
the community, • division leaders
met and laid plans for the op-
eration. Irving. W. Blumberg
and Harvey H. Goldman, chair-
men of this year's drive, issued
the following appeal to all those
who have not yet contributed:
"Many thousands of persons
have already contributed to the
1953 drive. Their contribution
will go towards a world of work
—help for the Jews of Europe,
in the Moslem countries and
Israel; and towards work in our

nation and in our community.
Join us in providing this neces-
sary aid if you have not al-
ready done so."
To those who have already
made their pledge, the chair-
men said that it is "extremely
important" that cash payments
be made as quickly as possible.
"In light of the current cash
collection drive for $25,000,000
being made by the United Jew-
ish Appeal, the major benefi-
ciary of the Allied Jewish Cam-
paign, and for the., important
local and national causes, we
shbuld all endeavor to pay our
pledges promptly," they urged.
Joseph Holtzman is United
Jewish Appeal national cash
collection chairman, while Louis
Blumberg and Harold Kukes are
local cash collection chairmen.

Purely Commentary

By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ

Arab Issue: A Difficult Bite for the U. S.

Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and the staff that ac-
companied him on his tour of Israel and the Arab countries had
a new experience. Until now they had been warned that a vicious
propaganda mill was at work concocting tales about Israel and
building up a campaign of hatred against the young state. The
71'mismerican statesmen were eye-witnesses to the
results of the venomous tales that are being cir-
culated against Israelis and the form in which
this country is being described as an "enemy" of
the Arabs.
In London, the Arab attacks on Israel dur-
ing the Dulles visit were depicted as "most vitri-
olic." We are told that our Secretary of State is
preparing a. "get tough" policy with the Middle
Eastern countries. It remains to be seen whether
Israel also will be treated toughly—just because
she seeks. and craves peace and , is the target of
Dulles the Arabs.
Mr. Dulles already is reported as having told the former
Arab Mayor of Jerusalem, who criticized this country's policy
under President Truman, that he could not associate himself with
criticism abroad of a former President. His experience is an
echo of anti-Israel propaganda in the United States. A few days
ago, at the 15th annual Public Affairs Conference of the School
of Government of Principia College, at Elsah, Ill., at which the
Lebanese Minister to the United States, Dr. Charles Malik, was
one of the speakers, Senator Elexander Wiley (R., Wis.), chair-
man of the U. S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, found it
necessary to take issue with "Middle East experts" who charged
this country with showing pro-Israel. bias. He emphasized, in
answer to attacks by Prof. Farid Hanania of the American Uni-
versity at Beirut and. Philip S. Hitti of Princeton University,
that the United States is not "anti-Arab," that it is, on the con-
trary, "pro-freedom" and "pro-peace." _
Thu's, a chain of interlinking events, binding the anti-Israel1S
In the Middle East with those in this country, is creating serious
pr,blems for Israel, for the United States, for the world's peace-
seekers.
During the Americans' tour of the Middle East, Israelis,
except for a handful of crackpot Communists who were repudi-
ated by people and press, gave Mr. Dulles and his party the
welcome that is due to important emissaries. There_ was a
hostile attitude to them in the Arab lands. The contrast evi-
dences the difference between the modernism and progress of
Israel and the backwardness of her neighbors. It also empha-
sizes Israel's craving for amity so that the entire area. may
prosper, and the Arab effendis' (landowners') desire to hold their
areas down so that they may keep the effendis (peasants) down.
The Americans' experience should go a long way in aligning
the democracies on the side of. progress. Sentiments in Great
Britain already have become more pro-Israel. The one obstacle. in
the way of a strong policy favoring Israel is the fear of an Arab
swing towards CammUnism. But there are many indications that
the Arabs will go to the side that can give them the most help
and the highest price for oil. Once again we must wait for time
to solve this problem.

Wonien's Division
To Elect Officers
At Rally June 10

Tribute to a Scholar

Highlight of the eighth an-
meeting of the Women's
Division of the Jewish Welfare
Federation will be election of
officers, board of directors mem-
bers and representatives to the
Jewish Welfare Federa t i o n
board of governors. The meet-
ing, a joint function with the
Allied Jewish Campaign work-
ers' party. is scheduled for 12
noon, Wednesday. June 10, at
the Franklin Hills Country
Club.
MrS. John C. Hopp, retiring
president of the Division, will
report on the past year's activ-
ities.
Mrs. Harry L. Jones has been
nominated for president. Vice-
presidential nominees include
Mesdames Lewis B. Daniels,
Seymour J. Frank, Sidney J.
Karbel and Alexander W. Sand-
ers. Mrs. I. Jerome Hauser has
been nominated for recording
secretary and Mrs. Harry L.
Jackson, for corresponding
secretary.
Nominated to the board for a
term of three years are Mes-
dames Abraham Cooper, Sey-
mour J. Frank. William Frank.
Sander A_ Hillman, Philip R.
Marcuse, Ben Mossman, Abra-
ham Srere, Lewis B. Daniels,
Arthur I. Gould, William B.
Isenberg, Maxwell Katzen, Sieg-
mund Kulka, Maurice Landau,
Harold Robinson, Milton Sorock
and S. S. Willis.
Mrs. Ben Jones has been nom-
inated to fill the final year of
Mrs. Leonard H. Weiner's un-
expired term of three years.
Mrs. Weiner as a member of
the executive committee of the
National Women's Division o f
the United Jewish Appeal is
automatically a member of De
troit's Women's Division board.
Mrs. Max Frank and. Mrs.
Harry L. Jones have been nomi-
naed tb serve as representatives
to the board of governors of the
Federation.

Joseph Haggai, an outstand-
ing and active leader in the
Labor Zionist Movement in this
community, will be honored
June 16 at the annual meeting
and testimonial . dinner of the
United Hebrew Schools.
The dinner, directed by Man-
dell Berman and Jacob Kell-
man, will be
held at the Beth
Aar on Syna-
gogue, Wyoming
and Thatcher.
Three dis-
tinguished
teachers will be
honored, each
having given
over a third of
a century of
service to the
UHS. Along with
Haggai Haggai, they
are Max Gordon and Solomon
Kasdan, each a recognized
scholar in his own field.
Mr. Haggai, now an instructor
of the high school and Mid-
rasha, received early traditional
education in Dvinsk, Russia. In
1907 he came to the United
States and attended the teach-
ers college of the City College
in Detroit.
Prior to joining the Hebrew
Schools in 1920 he served as a
teacher at the Division Street
Talmud Torah and the Shaarey
Zedek, at Brush and Willis.
Prior to joining the Hebrew
Schools in 1920 he served as a
teacher at the Division Street
Talmud Torah and the Shaarey
Zedek, at Brush and Willis.
An ardent worker and lec-
tureg in the Labor Zionist
Movement, Haggai has travelled
extensively for this cause. He
was one of the original organ-

- nual

Attacks on Israel
Villages Charged
To Jordan Troops

Direct JTA Teletype Wire
, to The Jewish News

TEL AVIV—Three coordinated
attacks were carried out on
Israeli villages in Southern Is-
rael MondaS, night by infiltree
bands which came from Jordan
territory, •a military spokesman
announced. He added that one
woman was killed and two worn-
en and three children were
wounded by bullets and grenade
fragments in the three attacks.
The spokesman revealed that
a protest had been filed with
the Mixed Armistice Commission -
and a demand had been made
for the holding of an emergency
meeting on this incident. The
un-chaired Commission was
told that the trail of the marau-
ders led to Jordan territory.

Wills Estate to Underprivileged
JOHANNESBURG, (JTA) — A
Operation Ki-Tavo: Israel's Aspiration and Confidence
50,000-pound foundation for the
Secretary Dulles' visit in Israel was.labeled by the young state education of Negro as well as
°Operation Ki-Tavo." The term "Ki-Tavo" was taken from the white underprivileged children
second word of the first verse of the twenty-sixth chapter of Deu- in South Africa will be estab-
teronomy, the Hebrew text of which reads:
lished under the terms of the
will of Morris Isaacson, who
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"Ki-Tavo" means "thou art come." It was a most appropriate
selection for the arrival of a man who is deeply religious and who
is a lover of Scriptural lore. Surely Mr. Dulles must have been
impressed with the selection and with the text, the translation of
Deut. 26:1 being:

"And it shall come to pass, when thou art come into the
land which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance,
and thou hast taken possession of it, and dwellest therein."
The primary importance in this "Operation Ki-Tavo" is the

inspiration it gives to the people from whom it stems. Conscious
of and inspired by the fact . that Israel is an inheritance "which
the Lord thy God giveth thee," they could not act in any other
spirit than one of confidence—the confidence that great good will
evolve for Israel from the Dulles-Stassen visit. The Scriptural in-
spiration is the secret weapon which keeps Israel alive and gives
it courage to carry on. Is it any wonder that the Israelis and
we, their kinsmen, view the Dulles visit in the Holy Land as re-
sponding in the spirit in which the Israelis' welcome was inspired?

To Hear Eternal Light
Direct. from New York

Lawrence Crohn and Louis
LaMed, co-chairmen of the
culture commission of the
Jewish Community Council,
announce that radio station
W_Wj has, at the request of
the commission, changed the
time of the Eternal Light
broadcast which now will be
heard in Detroit directly
from the New York studios
of NBC from 12:30 to 1 p.m.,
beginning with Sunday, May
31. Presented by the Jewish
Theological Seminary, in co-
operation with NBC, this pro-
gram has received many
awards.

Honor Haggai at UHS Dinner

izers of the American Jewish
Congress, and in 1935 was a del-
egate to the World Zionist Con-
gress in Lucerne ; Switzerland.
Widely known for Many out-
standing accomplishments to-
ward the furtherance of Jewish
culture, Haggai was. former edi-
tor of the Detroit edition of the
Yiddish daily, The Jewish Day,
for 16 years.

New USA Films Carried
By Welfare Federation

Two new United Israel Appeal
films are available at the Jew-
ish Welfare Federation, 163 Ma-
dison at John R. Interested
groups or individuals may ob-
tain the black and white, 16 mil-
limeter, sound movies by calling
the publicity office, WO. 5-3939.
`Transition" is a documentary
of life on the teeming margins
of a new country and of the
daily struggle against unseen
enemies for a place to live.
Written and directed by Michael
Elkins and narrated by George
Bryan, "Transition' runs 14 1/2
minutes.
"Harvest from the Waters" is
the powerful story of Israel's
advance in the fishing industry.
It portrays the men who go
down to the sea, the yoAh who
are learning the intricate craft
of navigation and the farmers
who "plant" fish in the ponds
for the tables of Israel. The
film, written and directed by
Michael Elkins and narrated by
George Bryan, runs 14 minutes.

2 — DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Friday, May 29, 1953

Between You and Me

By BORIS SMOLAR

(Copyright, )953, Seven Arts Feature Syndicate)

Communal Affairs

A note of caution was sounded privately by United Jewish
Appeal leaders to community leaders throughout the country .
They were told .in a special report that although there is justifi-
cation for the prevailing optimism that this year's UJA campaign
will bring more . funds than last year's, the campaign is now at a
crucial stage . . . In some communities the campaign is running
behind last year because the drive there started late, or because
of other adverse factors ... The leaders in those communities are
being prodded to catch up with the rest of the country'... Unless
they do this, the gains which have already been made may be
seriously' cut down or even wiped out . . . A clear and up-to-the-
minute picture of the UJA national campaign scene will be given
to the Jewish community leaders at the national UJA conference
in Washington this week-end . . . The conference has been called
for the purpose of completing the "drive within the drive"-Lto
provide $25,000,000 in cash for the UJA—but the 750 leaders who
are expected to attend the parley will hear an over-all report on
the campaign outlook.

Washington Trends

Two basic questions occupy the attention of government cir-
cles in Washington following the return of U.S. Secretary of State
John Foster Dulles from his trip to the Middle East ... The first
is how far should the United States go in giving American arma-
ments to the Arab countries after they had made it clear to Sec-
retary Dulles that they are in no mood to make peace with Israel,
and emphasized their determination to oust the British forces
from the Suez Canal area at all cost . . . The second question is
what role should the United States play in bringing the problem
of the Palestine Arab refugees to an effective solution . .. With
regard to providing the countries of the Middle East with military
aid, including modern arms, official circles in Washington are
now, more than ever before, taking into consideration the bellig-
erent Arab mood vis-a-vis to Israel . . . They believe now that
peace between the Arab States and Israel is not in sight, and that
this must be taken into account in making any plans for provid-
ing the states of the Middle East with American military assist-
ance . . . On the other hand, they are interested in creating an
effective defensive strength in the Middle East against possible
Communist invasion, and this cannot be done without American
arms . . . The official government view now is that in the near
future the capacity of most of the Arab states to effectively
absorb American military euipment will be relatively limited, but
that in the longer run the countries in the Middle East can make
a useful contribution to the defense of the area . . . Thus, the
argument runs, the sooner a beginning is made on programs of
arms assistance to that area, the sooner such a contribution will
become possible . . . But what if Egypt, after receiving American
arms, uses them against the British forces in the Suez area or
against Israel, or against both? . . . This is the 64-dollar question
which keeps some minds in Washington even busier now than
before Secretary Dunes' departure for the Middle East ... As to
the problem of the Arab refugees, the official estimate in Wash-
ington is that there are approximately 860,000 of them now on
relief rolls . . . Funds available to the United Nations relief agency
which is helping these refugees are believed at the present time to
be adequate not only to carry out the program of relief for the
fiscal year of 1954, but also to conduct various projects designed
to enable the refugees to become self-supporting . On the whole,
however, the situation of the refugees is considered in Washington
to be a political factor of first importance and the U. S. Govern-
ment foresees that further financial support from the United
States will be needed for a number of years.

