Needs of Jews Overseas Still Grave,
WC Report Shows; Agency Requires
Minimum of $26,186,000 in 1954
Despite "hopeful signs that a reasons of health or physical
new era is . approaching" for handicaps, can never be self-
needy Jews overseas, tens of sustaining; who, for the same
thousands of men, women and reasons. are barred from emi-
children in E u r o p e,.. Moslem gration."
countries and Israel still desper-
The financial mainstay of
ately require Joint Distribution JDC's overseas relief, recon-
Committee assistance, the struction and resettlement pro-
agency's 1953 annual report, gram, he noted, continues to be
issued last week, reveals. • funds provided through the na-
To meet the needs of more tionwide campaigns of the Unit-
than 165,000 men, women and ed Jewish Appeal, supported in
children overseas, JDC will re- Detroit by the Allied Jewish
quire $26,186,000 thig year, the Campaign.
report indicates. In 1953 the
In his report, Mr. Leavitt notes
overseas relief agency spent sweeping changes in "the geo-
some $22,187,000 to aid an esti- graphy of need" since the end
mated 162,700 men, women and of World War II.
children in some 20 countries
"In 1946—the peak year of
overseas.
emergency post-war need—JDC
In the annual report, entitled aid was extended almost entire-
'`The New Geography," Moses A. ly for those in the DP camps
Leavitt, JDC executive vice- and for other victims of the
chairman, declares that "those Nazis on the continent of Eu-
who today depend upon JDC are rope. By 1953 the geography of
in most cases those who suf- need had changed, so that dur-
fered most, those most in need ing the year JDC assistance
of aid. Many may require aid went to more than 160,000 per-
for the rest of their lives. These sons in 20 countries on four
are men and women who, for continents."
Any Curbs on Mailing of Anti-Semitic
Material Are Considered Unlikely
'Mrs.Weizmann Gets USSR Annual ZOA Convention in New York June 23-27
Visa; Will Visit Russia
The 57th annual convention Fund of America, was named by
of the Zionist Organization of Rabbi Irving Miller, ZOA presi-
America will be held June 23 dent, as national • chairman of
through June 27 at Waldorf_ the convention program com-
Asoria Hotel, New York. I mittee.
Dr. Harris J. Levine, an hon-
orary vice-president of ZOA,
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is little likelihood of barring ' the "enormous volume" of anti- pure language, that they may
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