Histadrut Plans to Close Drive on Jan. 29
Landsrnanshaften workers will
meet in the next 'several days
to turn in receipts accumulated
since their last .gathering on Dec.
29.
A breakfast meeting will be
held this Sunday, 10:30 a.m., at
Lachar's. The guest speaker will
be Lazar Shupakevitz, executive
director of the Chicago Israel,His-
tadrut Campaign.
Progress figures compiled by
the local Histadrut office indicate
that most divisions have com-
pleted at least half of their as-
signments, some showing two-
thirds or better coverage. The
leaders are convinced that the
bulk of the current drive can be
Berlin to Pay $3,000,000 to Jewish
Groups in. Heirless Property Claims
BERLIN, (JTA)--The govern-.
ment of West Berlin, after years
of hard bargaining and false re-
ports of accord, has agreed to
make some $3,000,000 available
to the Jewish "successor organ-
izations," and to the West Berlin
Jewish Community, in an over-
a 11 settlement of restitution
claims for heirless property.
The agreement provides for
three distinct financial arrange-
ments. An outright cash grant
of $239,000 is to be given to the
local J ewish community. The
American as well as the British
and French "successor organiza-
tions" — the Jewish- Restitution
Successor Organization and the
Jewish Trust Corporation — will
receive $2,140,000 but in a round-
about way; the municipal treas-
ury has undertaken to pay the
bills for this amount of Berlin
industrial goods that will be
shipped to the Jewish State
through the Israel Purchasing
Mission in Cologne. The value
thereof shall be refunded to the
successor organizations by the
Israel government, probably
over a two-year period. Berlin
has acknowledged a further basic
obligation of $833,000 to the
JRSO and JTC, but will deduct
an as yet uncomputed amount
because of cer t a i n technical
counter-claims.
Claims Exceed Offer
In return, the successor or-
ganizations cede to the city of
Berlin the claims they have
filed, on behalf of the Jews who
were killed together with their
entire families, for the restitu-
tion in the three Western sectors
of this. city of real estate, houses,
businesses, stocks and bonds, etc.
The agreement also extends to
communal property, but not to
endowment property such as
real estate formerly owned by
Bnai Brith. The City of Berlin,
on its part, intends to recover
the $3,000,000 by collecting from
the "Aryanizers," who acquired
the Jewish property during the
Nazi regime and now wish to
retain it.
The claims filed by the succes-
sor organizations, and covered
by the present "global settle-
ment," are estimated to exceed
$3,000,000 by a wide margin, but
pressing each individual case in
the courts is a laborious and
costly business. Further, real
estate is difficult, to find buyers
for in Berlin, an island city be-
hind the Iron Curtain.
Lump-sum settlements similar
to the present one, but more
generous in their financial pro-
visions, were arrived at several
years ago between the JRSO and
four German states in the United
States zone. The wearying nego-
tiations for the present agree-
ment, in which Dr. Nahum Gold-
mann participated on several oc-
casions, were carried on and
concluded, on behalf of all suc-
c e s s o r organizations, by Dr.
George Weis and Benjamin Fe-
rencz of the JRSO.
* * *
Austria Extends Deadline
For Restitution Claims
terminated by the end of Jan-
uary.
The steering committee plans
to bring the campaign to the
"mop-up" phase by Jan. 31. The
time-table includes an Oneg Sha-
bat arranged for Friday, Jan. 20,
by the Poale Zion Division, a
Melaveh Malkeh on Saturday,
Jan. 21, arranged by the Far-
band Division in conjunction with
the- Farband Detroit City Coal-
mittee, a breakfast Meeting on
Sunday, Jan. 22, arranged by the
Landsmanshaften Division, and
an afternoon tea on Jan. 23 ar-
ranged by the Pioneer Women
Division. These events will lead
up to and culminate in the an-
nual Histadrut community con-
cert Sunday evening, Jan. 29, at
Mumford High School.
Vounteer workers were active
during the past week with most
divisions well represented. The
following led their groups:
WRUBEL ct KOZIN 31st
FABULOUS JANUARY
Sale
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Special
MID-SEASON
Reductions
Max Fridni.an, John Isaacs, Max
Shmukler, Mark Kaminski, David Sil-
ver, Maurice Baker, Norman Cottler,
Moritz Schubiner, Samuel J. Green-
berg and Sam Wasserman of the Far-
band Division, Simon Richardson, Nor-
man Leemon, Michael Michlin and
Sidney Shevitz of the"Poale Zion Divi-
sion, Pearl Lieberman, Phylis Cooper
and Ethel Krieger of the Pione e r
Women Division, Herman Gach of
the Furniture Division, Dr. Alexander
W. • Sanders of the Professional Divi-
sion, Harry Grossman—Kadimah So-
cial Club, Alex Gottlieb, Suwalker So-
ciety, Helen Ring, Odessa Society and
Morris Skulsky of Workmen Circle
Branch 945 represented in Landsman-
shaften and Organizations Division.
Wrubel & Kozin's great 1956
January Fur Sale is now in full
swing. See beautifully . fash-
ioned fur coats, jackets, capes,
stoles, in the furs you want
most. Compare these few ex-
amples . .
Ranch Mink Coat,
full length
PHILADELPHIA, (JTA)—Ed-
win Wolf, 2nd, has been named
librarian of the Library Com-
pany of Philadelphia, which was
founded in 1831 by Benjamin
Franklin. Formerly curator of
the Library Company, he will be
succeeded in that post by Bar-
ney Chesnick.
995.
Beaver coats, all colors
835.
Black Persian Coats
475.
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Open Thursday and
Friday Evenings 'til 9
Phone UN 4-2275
Furs labeled
to show
country of
origin.
How Did We Get
to be America's
Largest Dealer?
Prices Plux Tax
Simply by saving our
customers the most money
"YOU WILL VALUE THE
PRESTIGE OF A
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WERE OFFERING
ALL • TIME-NM TRADE IN ALLOWANCES
g
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PLYMOUTHS
1 1/2 Blocks North of 7 Mile Road
Between
Friday, January 6, 1956
DETROIT JEWISH NEWS-5
NOW! 33 MILLION DOLLARS
IN AMERICAN SAVINGS ACCOUNTS !
. . . that's a lot of money! People don't put that much money into
something unless it's mighty good. And saving money at American
Savings IS mighty good! Can you name many investments that will
pay you 21/2 per cent a year—every year—with no risk at all?
Every Savings Account . Insured
to $10,000 by an Agency of
the United States Government
LAKNED
• OPEN DAILY 10 to 5, FRIDAYS UNTIL 6
FORT ST.
car. Military
OFFICES
$2650.
Matara Alaska Seal Coat,
full length
Edwin Wolf II Named
WASHINGTON, (JTA) — The Librarian in Philadelphia
State Department received infor-
mation that the deadline has
been extended for firing claims
in Austria under certain laws
relating to restitution of prop-
erty seized during the period of
German occupation. The exten-
sion provides that such claims
may be filed up to July 31, -1956,
whereas the deadline had previ-
ously been Dec. 31, 1955.
The ,extension -is applicable
only in regard to claims to prop-
erty of which foundations and
funds were deprived, if such
foundation or fund was dissolved
during the German occupation
of Austria and if its status as a
juridical person was not re-
stored as of Dec. 1, 1953; claims
to property which was under
public administration on June
30, 1952, or thereafter; and
claims which could not be en-
forced by reason of a fact ex-
isting outside of Austrian laws.
Persons wishing to file claims
for property confiscated in Aus-
tria on -account of the racial ori-
gin or religion of the owner
must do so prior to July 31,
1956.
Persons wishing information
were referred by the State De-
partment to the Committee for
Jewish Claims on Austria in
New York.
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cor. W. 7 Mile
OPEN DAILY 10 TO 5 AND
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