Turkey's ROL,-?. E EWISH NEWS rr Middle East What About Monday in Brotherhood EditoriaLs, Pa.g-e 4 A Weekly Review of Jewish Events Unbiased Review in Middle East . 17100 W. An Iranian's of Situation Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper—Incorporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle VOLUME-26—No. 2 5aktri;;1 ° 7 Dr. Fatemi at the Town Half : 7 Mile Rd.—VE. 8-9364--Detroit 35, February 25, 195 Commentary, Page $4.00 Per Year, Single Copy 15c Israel Marks Ben-Gurion's Return ffice with Triumphal Acclaim 41••• ■ --_ EDITORIAL: _4,7-1 Appeal for Amity Don't Disrupt Our Community A serious crisis faces our community. Detroit Jewry, for more than two decades the model of American Jewry as a community that has shown the way in generosity and in cooperation by all elements, is threat- ened with disruption as a result of the unfortunate flouting of democratic decisions made by the duly recognized De- troit Israel Bond Executive Committee. It is a conflict that could have and should have been avoided. The pledges made for continuation of all bond efforts — with the single condition that public functions should be avoided — and the earnestness with which the leaders of the bond drives here, Phillip Stollman, Israel Da.v. iclson, David Safran, MorriS Lieberman, Irving Schiussel, Daniel Laven, Samuel Belkin, and many others, approached the issue, indicated one thing: that by being reasonable, by accepting the democratic decisions of the local committee, bond efforts would have been strengthened here and Israel's eause would have been enhanced. A conflict always has the tendency to harm the causes involved. Israel, through the United Jewish Appeal, is the major beneficiary of the Allied Jewish Campaign which pro- vides the free dollars for Israel's upbuilding. But in the Allied Jewish Campaign also are incorporated our major local causes. Our Hebrew Schools get their entire income from the drive which always begins informally with the UJA sessions in Miami Beach—opening there today. The Yiddish schools and the Yeshivah receive their subventions from our_major drive. The program for the aged, our social services, our health agencies, the Jewish Centers, all depend for their sustenance upon the Allied Jewish Campaign. We owe it priority and we owe it to ourselves that there should be no occurrences to disrupt our communal unity. As a democratically-functioning community which has never known rough stuff and to wh6m the law of the jungle. has always been. an abomination, we have always con- formed to orderly processes of communal organization. We pray that jungle rule may never invade our ranks—and if there is to be a perpetuation of orderly procedures our ac- tivities must be planned in their proper courses—the Allied Jewish Campaign in its due time, the bond drives in their proper settings, all other efforts in such timing—planned by the local community and not on orders from the outside— as to eliminate any chance of a split in our ranks. There is a basic principle involved in the present con- flict: that only Detroiters can -plan campaigns for Detroit, and that intrusions from the outside can not possibly en- hance our position as a generous people. Since the dispute is not over the sale of bonds but rather over that of timing, the incident that was imposed upon us should have been avoided. Anyone who forces us into a controversy must be considered an interloper, in view of the enviable record set by the Detroit volunteer workers and leaders for the Israel bond drive. Take away the volunteers, and you take the heart out of a movement. We have faith that this community will not permit such a division in our ranks. There still is time to cancel the March 1 dinner; but if it is held as planned, let that dinner,, in itself, mark an end to the flouting of democratic prin- ciples and let us return, at once, to the standards of unified efforts for action by Jewry in the best interests of our people. retailed Bond Crisis Story Executive Committee Deckfres Itself Dissolved as March 1st Dinner Plans Go On Unabated Ignoring urgent requests of an overwhelming majority of the members of the Detroit Israel Bond Executive Committee that all public functions for bond drives be abandoned. during the months of March, April and May which are traditionally dedi- sated to the Allied Jewish CaMpaign, the staff of the Israel bond office here has proceeded to plan for the dinner scheduled for March 1. Senator Wayne Morse • of Oregon and S. Robert .Abra- hami of Israel are to be guest speakers at the dinner. Art after- dinner recital will be given by 141ischa Elman, world famous As a consequence of this move on the part of the Israel bond *thee, whose staff here has been augmented by a number of sta.ff Continued on Page 24 - Detailed plans fal ► Ir March 1 dinner, as manoknove4 by the ioitla. Isla Page 24. bond offico Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News JERUSALEM—David Ben-Gurion's re-entrance into political life took on the cha- racter of a triumphal return when thousands of persons lining Parliament Square here cheered him as he entered the Knesset to take the oath of office as Minister of Defense Monday. The khaki-spirted, bronzed ex-Premier was confirmed in his new office by a vote of 74 to 22, after declarations by various party spokes- Baldwin Denies men who took* the floor following Premier Moshe Sharett's official announcement of the resignation of He Found Cairo Pinchas Lavon and Mr. Ben Gurion's appointment. Trial Was Fair Paying tribute to Mr. Lavon's role in initiating, Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News sponsoring and directing a series of valuable improve- LONDON — Roger Baldwin, ments in the nation's defenses, Mr. Sharett said that chairMan of the League for the the army's organization and fighting capacity had Rights of Man, denied Tuesday been greatly enhanced under Mr. Lavon's direction. in letters to the British press that he had ever said that the Left-wing deputies, Communists and Herut party Cairo trial of 13 Jews on charges spokesmen made declarations of no confidence in the of "espionage and sabotage" had new appointment and charged that Mr. Ben-Gurion been conducted in a "spirit of represents no change in security policy, since Mr. fairness." Lavon was his protege and faithful pupil. Other cri- In his letter Mr. Baldwin said: "I made no such comment.. I ticism voiced concerned the "un-democratic way in arrived in Egypt after the trial which the appointment' was made, namely, without had concluded. My comment the Cabinet's consultation." was construed from remarks I Zalman Ben-Yaacov, speaking for Agudath Israel, made on another trial I wit- . said that his party supports the new Defense Minister nessed of Moslem Brotherhood despite the fact that Rabbi I. M. Lewin, Agudah leader, members,,.where procedure was as fair as • before any military resigned from government under his administra- court." tion as Premier over religious issues. He added that He continued, "While t h e the Agudah wished to demonstrate the country's soli- procedure in the Zionist case darity with Mr. Ben*-Gurion in view of the grave sec- was evidently the same:. fair urity situation. He expressed the hope that a "strong procedure does. _not_ make - fair man" who enjoys the country's trust would not dis- trials. The judges were military appoint the Orthodox elements of Israel. Mizrachi and officers without legal training Hapoel Ha Mizrachi were the only parties which did and they reflected, inescapably, not make a statement in the course of the day's pro- the political policies of the gov- Earlier Stories o Page 3 ceedings. ernment." • Detroiters Set $1,000;000 Minimum for Start of 1955 Allied Jewish Campaign, as Great Relief Effort Starts in Miami Beach MIAMI BEACH—The Detroit Jewish com- munity launched its greatest communal effort of the year on two major fronts as advance steps were taken by a special committee of Detroiters in Miami and other Florida resorts to spark the approaching 1955 Allied Jewish Campaign, while a similar committee of De- troiters intensified efforts to speed up drive. activity on the home scene. Encouraged by messages from the govern- ment of Israel and the Jewish Agency re- affirming the priority position of the United Jewish Appeal, major beneficiary of the De- troit drive and .similar spring campaigns throughout the country, the leaders of the campaign are pushing ahead and stressing the fact that increased needs in Israel and North Africa will be met only if a minimum of $4,500,000 is realized in Detroit, as compared with an achievement of $4,100,000 last year. John E. Lurie, Detroit campaign chairman, who was in Miami on a flying trop to visit his ailing mother, pointed out that the larger figure is not a maximum goal, but rather a minimum figure below which it would be dangerous to fall—dangerous both to the do- mestic agencies and causes, as well as to the overseas activities. Louis C. Blumberg, an associate chairman of pre-campaign, is serving as Detroit chair- man for Palm Beach and also has been giv- ing valuable service as a member of the national Palm Beach Committee. Last Mon- day night, at the Whitehall Hotel in Palm Beach, advance commitments were secured from banner contributors from various parts of the country. Among those who as- sisted in the Detroit ?art of the program were Mr. and Mrs. Henry Winernan, Mr. and Mrs, Louis Tabashirik and Mr. and Mrs, Abraham Sr ere. In Miami, the Detroit workers, headed by Nathan Fishman are pointing toward the na- tional launching of advance gifts participa- tion next Sunday, when the annual pre-drive United Jewish Appeal conference wilt be held at the Saxony Hotel. Detroit, which was the leading city out 4. side of New York at the Edward M. M. War- burg testimonial dinner in New Ycirk last month, is again striving to head the parade of "good" cities next Sunday. Assisting Fishman yin preparing for the big event are Maurice Aronsson, 1948 campaign. chairman; Israel Davidson, who has served as honorary vice-chairman of several of the an- nual drives; Irwin I.. Cohn, Morris L. Fruman, Samuel Hamburger, Phillip Stollman and Jo- seph Holtzman, former campaign chairman and now a national chairman of UJA. An added touch to developments is result- - ing frOm the impending visit of a group com- ing - here for the 50th birthday party of C. William Sucher, host at a recent advance gifts function at his home in Detroit. Many of those attending will stay over for the Sunday conference which follows by a day Mr. Su- cher's celebration. Another event . which helped to create a favorable campaign climate took place Wednesday afternoon at the Martinique Hotel, with William Fisher, of Detroit, the hotel's proprietor, as host. Both the committee here and the De- troiters on the home grounds are shooting for a million dollars in pledges as the mini- mum amount to be announced next Sunday.. Abe Kasle, who was chairman of the cock- tail party Wednesday, expressed satisfaction with the warmth and friendliness of the affair, and predicted that Detroit would give a good account of itself at the national con- ference. In addition to Mr. Lurie, others who ate taking a leading role in advance campaigning are Irving W. Blumberg, who, along with Har- vey H. Goldman, was campaign chairman last year; Mix Fisher, pre-campaign chairman; Ely Safran, associate pre-campaign chairman; Samuel H. Rubiner, president of Federation, and George Keil and Alex Sklar, who have the responsibility for trades Ind professional or- ganization, along with Milton K. Mahler, -. president of the Detroit Service Group.