Bruce McDaniel Honored by PEC

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Friday, November 26, 1954

Greenberg Would
Expand AL Circuit

By BILL WOLF

(Copyright, 1954, Jewish Telegraphic)
Agency, Inc.)

Hank Greenberg is boldly
moving to change the entire
structure of the American
League. Greenberg, general man-
ager of the Cleveland Indians,
would like to see 10 clubs instead
of eight in the American loop.
And he doesn't want to wait
long for this plan to materialize.
He figures it should be done in
1956.
Greenberg opposed the trans-
fer of the Philadelphia Athletics
to Kansas City. There was some
speculation on what the nature
of his opposition was. He didn't
comment at first, but later said
that the American League
should have teams in more pop-
ulated places.
This brings up the question of
where Greenberg would want

BRUCE W. McDANIEL (left), who retired recently as director
of the U. S. Foreign Operations Mission in Israel, was presented
with a silver-bound Bible by the Palestine Economic Corporation,
at a meeting of its board of directors in New York. Mr. McDaniel
supervised the expenditure of $190,000,000 in U. S. aid funds, and
was lauded by the l'EC for having made a "noteworthy and last- the two new clubs to be. Un-
ing contribution to the economic development of Israel." ROBERT doubtedly there are many cities
SZOLD, chairman of the Board of PEC, is shown it, the center, and that would want to have a base-
ball club. However, with the re-
ERNEST NATHAN, executive vice-president, is at right.
cent spectacle of the on-again-
off-again plans to move the
Philadelphia Athletics to Kan-
Dr. Goldmann Decries
May Honored; U.S.
City, no city would feel sure
"Unjustified Optimism' sas
Urged to Revise
enough to go ahead with any
real plans without first being
Middle East Policy
ATLANTIC CITY, (JTA)- assured of a franchise. Green-
"The Jewish people which has berg is to take up the matter
NEW YORK, (JTA)—Two Sen- survived centuries of persecu-
ators reaffirmed the strong tion, faces one of the most cru- of expansion at a league meet-
bonds of friendship between the cial junctures in its history, Dr. ing on Dec. 8.
United States and Israel and Nahum Goldmann, chairman of
called for a re-examination of the Jewish Agency, declared • at UNRWA Official
the present American policy in the convention of the Mizrachi
Hits Israel and Arabs
the Middle East. Democrat Estes Organization of America.
Kefauver of Tennessee and
UNIihD NATIONS, N.Y. (JTA)
Dr. Goldmann referred to the
Styles "Bridges, Republican of
—Israel
and the Arab countries
"total
spiritual
extinction"
of
New Hampshire, spoke at a din-
ner tendered in honor of Mor- the Jewish communities in housing refugees from Palestine
timer May, president of the countries behind the Iron Cur- were equally criticized in a re-
Zionist Organization of America, tain as a result of government port by Henry R. Labouisse who
by the American Zionist Fund. policy there, as well as to the appeared before the General As-
dissipation of the small, dis- sembly's special political com-
Mr. May, in his address to the persed Jewish communities in mittee to open discussion of the
dinner, stressed the decades of the free world which lack resili- work of the agency which he
bi-partisan support accorded by ence for spiritual survival.
heads, the United Nations Re-
the American Government to
lief
and Works Agency for Pal-
Too
many
Jews,
Dr.
Goldmann
the - Zionists and the - State of
refugees.
Israel. Noting that recent stated, show a "predisposition estine
Labouisse's full report on the
events have caused - some con- toward unjustified optimism° work of UNRWA, as well as the
cern, he expressed the opinion they seem to feel that with the report on UNRWA's advisory
that such developments were defeat of the Nazis and the sub- commission, which includes four
sequent emergence of the sov-
"but for the moment."
ereign Jewish State, the Jewish member countries of the Arab
Dr. Emmanuel Neumann, community is somehow auto- League, was already before the
chairman of the ZOA executive matically guaranteed forever." committee.
committee, presented Mr. May This, he declared, is not so.
Labouisse criticized Israel for
with a citation in honor of his "Rarely in Jewish history has the manner in which it arranged
many years of service to the our continuity as an entity been the unfreezing of blocked 'Arab
Zionist cause and Israel.
in greater peril than today," he bank accounts, declaring this
Sen. Kefauver sharply criti- said. He pointed out that if transaction was "unduly compli-
cized Secretary of State John Soviet policies toward the Jews cated."
Foster Dulles' "new look" policy continue, 2,500,000 behind the
On the other hand, he admit-
in the Middle East, asserting Iron Curtain "will be lost to us ted that there have been differ-
that this "policy of rearmament" forever."
ences between UNRWA and the
of the Arabs must "inevitably
"host governments" where the
upset the delicate balance of
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refugees live now — Jordan,
power and the uneasy stability
Syria, Egypt and Lebanon. Jor-
that exists at present." He chid-
WASHINGTON, D.C. — High dan's failure to help UNRWA
ed the Secretary of State for school boys prefer engineering as clear its rolls of fraudulent
referring to this policy as "im- a career, and girls prefer secre-
partial," noting that the "im- tarial work, a survey just pub- cases, Labouisse said, has ac-
partiality" consists of P giving lished by the Bnai Brith Voca- tually resulted in the agency's
inability to feed many Arab
arms to the Arabs and offering tional Service reveals.
refugee children.
to sell them to Israel.
Entitled "Career Plans of
High School Seniors," the 93-
61 New York High Schools
page booklet shows that one out Meaning of 'Psalms'
Offer Courses in Hebrew
of six male seniors plans to be-
By RABBI SAMUEL J. FOX
(Copyright, 1954, Jewish Telegraphic)
NEW YORK, (JTA)—A total come an engineer and one girl
Agency, Inc.)
out
of
four
expects
to
become
a
of 61 New York senior and jun-
Why are the writings of King
ior high schools now offer secretary-stenographer. Their
courses in the Hebrew language, choices were most influenced David referred to as Psalms?
In Hebrew these writings are
Judah Lapson, director of the by their parents rather than
Hebrew Culture Council of the. by friends, or by material they referred to as "Sefer Thilim,"
which means the Book of
Jewish Education Committee. have read, the survey found.
Praises. Talmudical authorities
revealed.
been seen to mention them
Thy God whom thou servest have
Hebrew courses axe offered in
as the "verses of praise" using
continually.
He
will
deliver
thee
28 junior high schools and 33
the term "zimra" which means
—Dan. 6:16.
senior high schools here.
"music" referring to the music
of the human voice, or of in-
struments. The Greek Septua-
gint translation of the Bible
translates the Hebrew word
"mizmor" which means "song"
by using the word "Psalmo.s." In
pagan Greece this word meant
a "plucking of strings" of a
harp, or a song sung to harp
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Obituaries

Mrs. IDA STEFFIN, of 8221.

Mary grove, died Nov, 18. Serv-
ices were held Nov. 19 at Me-
norah Funeral Chapel. She is
survived by her daughter, Mrs.
Harry Yudkoff; sons, Joseph and
Samuel of Ocean Park, Calif.,
and David of Detroit; three
grandchildren. One of the first
presidents of the Ladies Auxili-
ary of Congregation Bnai David
she was active in the Home for
Aged, Rishziner Ladies Aid So-
ciety and, Eastern Ladies Aid So-
ciety,

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DAVID

MARTIN DE BOERS, 746, Col-
lingwood, died Nov. 17. He leave,
his wife, Sylvia, and son, Arthur,
of W. Covina, Calif.
Services
and interment in New York City.
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GEORGE KAHN, 21970 West-
hampton, died Nov. 16. ServiceS
were at Hebrew Memorial Chap-
el. Survived by wife, Martha;
daughter, Mrs. Stanley Rirnar;
a sister; two brothers.

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RUBEN GREENBERG.
1926
Pingree, died Nov. 15. Services
were at Hebrew Memorial Chap-
el. Survived by daughter. Mrs.
Diana Jarmack of Long Island;
two brothers.
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SARAH PEARL KLIMAN, 11501
Petoskey, died Nov. 16.. Services
were at Hebrew Memorial Chap-

CASE, 16655 Santa
Rosa, died Nov. 16. Services were
at Ira Kaufman Chapel. He
leaves his wife, Karolyn; sons,
Melvyn H. and Ivan Lawrence
Case; his mother, Mrs. Jennie
Case; a brother, three sisters
and one grandchild.
el. Survived by daughters. Mrs,
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Irving Wohlman, Mrs. Sam
Freedman and Mrs. Edward
Cohen, Pittsburgh, Pa.; two
brothers; two sisters; 11 grand-
children; nine great-grandchil-
dren.
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ISAAC YELLEN, 2688 W. Phil-
adelphia, died Nov. 17. Service*
were at Hebrew Memorial Chap-
el. Survived by sons, Max, Mey-
er and Nathan; daughters, Mrs.
Nathan Rose, Mrs. Norman Ism-
berg and Mrs. Dinah Pezzell,
Jamaica, N.Y.; seven grandchiit.
dren.
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DAVID °STREICHER, 3041
Bnai Brith Holiday Gifts
Clements, died Nov. 17. Services
For Men in Armed Forces
were at Hebrew Memorial Chap.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Mem- el. Survived by wife, Gold*
sons, Hal and Dr. William;
bers of Bnai Brith lodges and daughter, Stella; two sisters; one
chapters have completed wrap- grandchild.
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ping 5,000 Hanukah and Christ-
mas gifts for men in the United
EDITH BOCK, 10229 Dexter,
States armed forces who will be died Nov. 18. Services were at
at sea during the holiday sea- Hebrew Memorial Chapel. Sur-
son, Colonel Elliott A. Niles, vived by son, Jack; daughters,
chairman of the Bnai Brith Mrs. Louis Zuger, Mrs. Max Sin-
Service Committee for the Arm- clair and Mrs. David Greene; six
ed Forces and Veterans, has an- grand childre n; four great-
nounced. These gifts are being grandchildren.
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collected by local American Red
Cross chapters for shipment to
THOMAS KEITH KLEIN, 4041

PAULINE STONE, 3311 Chi-
cago, died Nov. 20. Services were
at Ira Kaufman Chapel. She
leaves her husband, Meyer;
daughters, Mrs. Albert Williams,
Mrs. Edward Rich and Mrs. Allen
Goldberg; a brother, a sister
and five grandchildren.
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FRED SCHIFTON, 2666 How-
ard, died Nov. 15. Services were
at Hebrew Memorial Chapel. Sur-
vived by wife, Ethel; 'daughter,
Mrs. John Byrum; brother; sis-
ter.

cities on the Atlantic and Pa-
cific coasts before the deadline

date, Dec. 1.

In Memoriam

In loving memory of our be-
loved mother, Celia Zivia. Velick,
who left us on Nov. 27, 1943
(29 days in Heshvan).
Sadly missed by her son and
daughter, Alex and Ida..
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In loving memory of Mr. Jo-
seph Robinson, who passed away
on Nov. 24, 1949 (three days in
Kislev>.
Sadly missed by his wife, chil-
dren and grandchildren.

TEL AVIV, (JTA)—A 5,000-
year-old bone statuette, less
than 15 inches tall, has been
discovered at an excavation near
Beersheba by Frenth archaeolo-
gist Jean Perrot.

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ISIDORE HANDELMAN, 3778
Clements, died Nov. 19. Services
were at Hebrew Memorial Chap-
el. Survived by wife, Anna;
sons, Maxwell and Seymour;
daughters, Mrs. Joseph Katz and
Mrs. Herman Warren, Washing-
ton, D.C.; four grandchildren.
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ANNA ZELICKSON, 2281 Va,
Buena Vista, died Nov. 21. Serv-
ices were at Hebrew Memoriaik
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M. Zell; daughter, Mrs. David
Gertz, Phoenix, Ariz.; two sis-
ters; six grandchildren,

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