Invitations Issued to Tercentenary Dinner Event Scheduled for Oct. 17; Dr. Silver the Guest Speaker Invitations were issued last week to the Tercentenary Din- ner. to be held Sunday evening, Oct. 1 7-, at Hotel Statler. Dr. Abba Hillel Silver of Cleveland, American Jewry's most distin- guished leader and orator, will be guest speaker. It will be a kosher catered dinner. Reservations for the dinner are being taken by Mrs. Hy Burnstein, chairman of the din- ner committee, 17380 Monica, UN. 3-4363, and at the Jewish Community Center by . Mrs. George Rubin. It is reported that reserva- tions are pouring in.and those, desiring to attend are urged to send in their reservation cards with remittances at once. Plans are proceeding for the numerous local events arranged by the Detroit Committee of 300 for the American Jewish Ter- centenary. The community is invited to the Book Exhibit on second floor of the Main Public Li- brary, Woodward and Hol- brook; and to the exhibit at the Detroit Historical Museum. Local organizations desiring to secure meeting rooms at the Historical Museum and to tour the Tercentenary Exhibit are asked to call Miss Barbara J. Refute Charges On Latin American Zionist Conference BUENOS AIRES, (JTA) — A Statement refuting a number of charges made against the re- cently-held conference of Latin. American General Zionists by Progressive Party of Israel, was issued by Dr. Mateo Goldstein, chairman of the Latin American Confederation of General Zion- ists, which was set up at the parley. Dr. Goldstein charged that Dr. Moshe Kol and his followers walked out of the conference before any votes were taken on resolutions, but after they had a full voice in the debates. He specifically denied Kol's accusation that the parley had violated a "gentleman's agree- ment" in effect in the World Confederation of General Zion- ists by asserting its solidarity with the Israel General Zionists Party. Dr. Goldstein said that the resolution did not identify itself with any of the Israeli parties, but had expressed its support of the idea of unifying the General Zionist a n d Progressive Party. The conference, he added, stated that it could find no reason for the continued sepa- rate existance of the Israel Pro-.. gressive Party. Dr. Goldstein also denied that the conference had decided to launch a "non-chalutzic" Gen- eral Zionist movement in Latin American in that the decision to set up a Confederation was a "surprise move." He also insisted that Kol's charge that the Progressive ele- ments in the various Latin American countries were not invited to the conference was inaccurate, that all national General Zionist parties had been invited but that the Pro- gressives were a weak grouping in those parties. Send Aid to Quake Victims PARIS, (JTA)—A donation of • 50,000 francs was made to the • Committee for Aid to Victims of the OrleansVille Earthquake by the American Jewish Committee. The gift was made 'through the Aj•C's European office in Paris to the general fund which aids victims of all faiths. Paulson -at the Museum, TE. 3- 5410. Tercentenary events are plan- ned as follows: Three assemblies for congre- gational and religious school children, at Mumf or d High School, Dec. 26; Women's page- ant, arranged by League of Jew- ish Women's Organizations, at Temple Israel, Feb. 14; music festival, at Mumforcl auditorium, 4 Feb. 20. • Plans are being made, in co- operation with the Jewish Com- munity Council, for three re- ligious television programs. The Tercentenary Sabbath will be observed Nov. 26-27. Farm Bureau, FOA Spoifsor Visits of Israel Farmers WASHINGTON, (JTA) — A number of young farmers from Israel will be brought to this country during the next two years in a work-training pro- gram sponsored jointly by the American Farm Bureau Federa- tion and the Foreign Operations Administration. - The Israelis will actually work and live with American farm families as a means of spreading an understanding of American ideals and community life. Historian's Talks Achieve Four-Point Tercentenary Plan PEEKSKILL, N.Y., (JTA) — A four-point statement of objec- tives designed to aid historians and educators in clarifying the history of American Jews was adopted here at the closing ses- sion of the Tercentenary Con- ference of Historians called by the American Jewish Historical Society under the auspices- of the the Louis M. Rabinowitz ' Foundation. Seventy-five his- torians attended the sessions. The statement underlined the need for "a new understanding of the local community and neighborhood" to study the in- teraction of various groups and traditions. It stressed the im- portance of investigating the economic history of the Jews in this country—the contributions of the Jewish immigration and the Jews to the national econ- omy and the expansion of the American economic life. The statement called for his- torians, in this time of restric- tive immigration, to stress the ! W. Baron, both Professors of role of free immigration in History at Columbia University; building the material and spirit-1 Dr. Solomon Grayzel, editor of ual strength of America. Finally, the Jewish Publication Society the statement argues the need of America; Dr. Jacob R. Mar- for more stress on the writing cus, director of American Jewish of biographies to analyze the Archives, Hebrew Union College- role of the family in shaping ! Jewish Institute of Religion; the individual's contribution to Rabbi Isidore S. Meyer, librarian society. and editor of the American The statement was prepared Jewish Historical Society, • and by a committee consisting of Dr. Sylvester E. Stevens, State Dr. Allan Nevins and Dr. Salo I Historian of Pennsylvania. CONGREGATION BETH SHALOM The first Jew in the United States was Jacob Barsimson who landed in the U. S. on July 8, 1654. 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