More Tercentenary Events
For the Months to Come
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The Detroit Tercentenary Committee lists the following forthcoming programs:
An entire month's exhibition at,the Institute of Arts, April 1 to May 1; Worn-
en's Pageant, Feb. 14, at Temple Israel ; Music Festival, Feb. 20, Mumford
High School: television programs in March, April and May by the Orthodox,
Conservative and Reform groups in our community.
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Groundwork Laid for Allied Jewish Campaign
'55 Budgeting Formula Calls for
Increased Allocation for Israel
Mark Half-Way Point
In Tercentenary Plans
By FRANK SIMONS
Last Sunday, members of the Detroit Tercentenary
Committee of 300 met at the Detroit Historical Museum
to look back at their accomplishments of the past five
months and to outline future plans in the most momentous
celebration ever undertaken by our local. community.
Marking the half-way point in the local Tercentenary
celebration, various 'committee chairmen were called upon
• for reports and many honors were accorded.
It was a day for hand-shaking- and for back-slapping,
but it was all deserved. All of the Tercentenary leaders
have worked untiringly on the events already taken place
and are vigorously planning future activities.
From the national Tercentenary Committee and from
a host of other communities came praise for the super-
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Laying the groundwork for the 1955 Allied Jewish Campaign, the Pi.e-Cam-
paign Budgeting Conference of the Jewish Welfare Federation, held Sunday at the
Davison Jewish Center; adopted a formula which calls' for an increase in allocations
to the United Jewish Appeal in order that urgently needed funds may be provided this
year
for:
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1. The advancement of Israel's economy, through proper integration of new-
comers into the young country's agricultural settlements and in industries;
2. The settlement of large numbers of North African Jews whose security is
threatened and who must seek refuge in Isiael.
The budgeting conference resolved to seek maximum procurOle funds to assure
the uninterrupted activities of all lo -cal educational effortS' as well- as th®se of the health
and recreational agencies.
A sense of optimism was instilled in the ranks of the Allied Jewish Campaign as_
a result of the positive attitudes expressed at the .budgeting conference and by the en-
thusiasm that was shown at the initial ' big givers' fune-
Federation to Make . tion held Jan. 19 at the home of the William Suchers
on Balmoral Drive. A group of contributors whose
Annual Butzel Award
gifts last year amounted to $729,000 announced aver-
Presentation of the coveted -
agee increases of 10 per cent to assure a total of $802,-
Fred M. Butzel Award, given in
000 towards the 1955 campaign. These gifts were an-
recognition of outstanding Jew-_
nounced in advance for presentation, on Jan. 22, to
ish communal leadership, will,
be made at the 30th annual
Edward M. M. Warburg, recently elected president
meeting of the JeWish Welfare
of the United Jewish Appeal, at the testimonial ban-
Federation, at 8:15 p.m..Tresday,
quet in his honor in New York. These gifts expressed
Feb. 8, in the Esther Berman
j-the community's admiration for Mr. Warburg's ded-
Branch of the United Hebrew
icated efforts for the UJA, his untiring work in be-
Schools; 18945 S c h a e f e r. It
half of Israel and his many years' activities for the
will be the fifth presentation of
Joint Distribution Committee as well as the UJA.
the award, which originated in
1951.
The formula adopted by the conference for allo-
Previous community leaders
cations from income from the 1955 Allied JeWish Cam-
honored were Julian H. Krolik,
paign provides for the Jollowing:
Henry Winernan, _William Fried-
Based on income of $4,200,000, Israel and over-
man and Abraham Srere.
seas causes will reecive $2,140,000; local agencies will
The recipient of the award-,
each year is picked by a corn-
get $1,010,000; $391,000 will be earmarked for local-
, mittee of the presidents of
capital needs and $174,000 for national agencies. The
member agencies of Federation,
balance is credited to campaign costs, collections and
the presidents of the service
shrinkage.
Group and the Women's Divi-
sion • and previous award reci-
The conference decided to assign the first $25,000
pients.
raised in excess of. $4,200,000 outright to the United
• Factors considered in choos-
Jewish Appeal and additional sums to be divided pro-
ing the recipient of the award
portionately among all beneficiaries of the Allied 'Jew-
include length of the indiliidu-
ish
Campaign.
al's service to the Jewish com-
munity, service to the total -
Should the campaign reach a total of $4,500,000,
, Jewish community and charac-
Israel and overseas causes will receive $2,304,000,
ter and integrity in communal
local-operating agencies $1,080,000, local-capital needs
affairs.
$400,000 and national agencies $180,000.
The annual meeting of iFeder-
Appeals- for increased allocations to various agen-
ation will feature a review of
cies and national and overseas causes were made by
the past year's activities of De-
troit's efforts in behalf of JeWs
spokesmen who represented the various divisions in
everywhere and election of nine
the campaign.
members-at-large to the board
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of governors.
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Medal Recipients:
Awards . of the first
American Jewish Tercentenary Medals were made. Sunday,
at the meeting of the Detroit Tercentenary Committee, at the
Historical Museum, by SAMUEL H. RUBINER, president of
the Jewish Welfare Federation, to (from left) Miss BAR-
BARA PAULSON, secretary of the public relations depart-
ment of the Museum, ROBERT E. LEE, preparator, BARTLETT
FROST, assistant directOr and HENRY - D. BROWN, director
of the Museum. .
Budget Planliers for '55 Campaig n.
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In the photo are the members of the Steering Committee of the Pre-Campaign
Budgeting Conference, whose recommendations of a formula for allocations of funds .secured - in- the -1955 Allied -Jewish Campaign were unanimously
adopted at- the sessions on Sunday, at the Davison Jewish Center. From the left: Philip Slomovitzf Julian H: Krolik, Isidore Sobeloff, Max Fisher, - Morris
Garvett, Mrs, I-larry. L. Jones, Judge Theodore Levin, chairman of the-steering committeei.Samuel H Rubiner, Mrs.' Joseph. H.. Ehrlich, Nathan Silverman,
•George Stutz;, Milton Maddin, Ed Fleishman, Leon Kay and Max Zivian:
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