Juniors' Report Day Sunday Women Adopt 'Do-It-Yourself' Slogan 24 Campaign Sections Active in Women's Division; Annual G-Day Set for April 15 "Do It Yourself" is the by- word for 2,000 workers who will be attending briefing meet- ings on April 9, 10, and 11 for the general solicitation phase of the Women's 1956 Allied Jewish Campaign. Some 80 meetings are scheduled to take place during the afternoon in homes all over the Metropolitan 'Detroit area. Mrs. Harold Robinson, chairman of general solicita- tion, noted that the "Do It Yourself" idea applies di- rectly to each worker who will be asked to make her own best contribution to the campaign before she asks others to give. Giving even greater emphasis to the theme, "Do It Yourself," Mrs. Robinson noted that in order for Detroit to achieve the $5,380,000 required to meet the 1956 Campaign goal, the full cooperation of every worker and contributor will be needed- it's a job that can't be done by one person or .even by a few. Following the lead of other campaign sections, the gen- eral solicitation activities are .running three weeks ahead of schedule. G-Day is set for Sunday, April 15, at Temple Israel where workers will re- port on the assignments they cover following their briefing meeting. Each of the 24 divisions are arranging the tune, place, and date of their meetings with their vice-chairmen and in most instances will have a meeting on each of the three days so that all workers will be able to attend one meeting. Divisions and their respective chairmen under Mrs. Bernard A. Gour- witz and her - secretary, Mrs. Nat Canvasser, are: 11, Mrs. Herman K. Cohen; 22, Mrs. Jack Bean, Mrs. Leon Rotten- berg; 24, Mrs. Allen G. Agree, Mrs. Bernard Bladen; 13, Mrs. George Barahal, Mrs. Julius Field. /- Mrs. Benjamin Gutow and her secretary, Mrs. Barbara Shapero, are keeping track of their divisions: 25, Mrs. Hugh Greenberg; 4, Mrs. Miles Jaffe; 19, Mrs. Kenneth Given, Mrs. Norman Rosenfeld; 17, Mrs. Saul J. Rubin. The four divisions under Mrs. Sander A. Hillman and her sec- retary, are 3, Mrs. Louis Ben- ton, Mrs. Joseph Leichtman; 8, Mrs. Paul Handleman, Mrs. Da- vid Winston; 16, Mrs. Alfred Deutsch, Mrs. Julien Priver; 20, Mrs. G. Lionel Willens, Mrs. Charles Benjamin. Divisions lined up under vice- chairman Mrs. Adolph Lowe and her secretary, Mrs. Maurice Perlman, are, 18, Mrs. Irving Burke, Mrs. Max M. Schubiner; 21; Mrs. Myer Teitlebaum, Mrs. Jack Rom; 23, Mrs. Louis Linovitz; 5, Mrs. Norman Lee- mon, Mrs. Jack Abramson. A veteran vice-chairman is Mrs. Norman Naimark, whose secretary this year is Mrs. Theo- dore Mandell. Her divisions are 26, Mrs. Morris Brown, Mrs. Melvin Kolbert; 29, Mrs. Milton Greenwald; 31, Mrs. Irving Po- kempner, Mrs. Barney Aaron; 32, Mrs. Pokempner, Mrs. Gerald S. Steinberg. and Growing by leaps bounds are the number of Jewish families in the Oak Park area. This year there are four divisions where last year there were two. Mrs. Morris Brandwine is the vice-chairman with two secretaries, Mrs. Samuel Bar- nett and Mrs. Richard Shway- der. Her divisions are 36, Mrs. Sherman Kay, Mrs. Milton Y. Zussman; 35, Mrs. Ralph Pierce, Mrs. Moses Caplan; 34, Mrs. Stanley Waxemberg, Mrs. Har- vey G. Snider; 37, Mrs. Ber- nard Peden, Mrs. Joseph E. Steinberger. Allied Campaign's Triumphant Start (Continued from Page 1) crafts, Nathan Balaban; women's division; Mrs. Harry L. Jones; juniors, William Wets- man; metropolitan division, Mil- ton Lucow. Reuven Dafni, Israeli Consul in New York, who originally was scheduled to speak at the rally opening the Allied Jewish Campaign, was urgently called to Israel just before Passover and his appearance here there- fore had to be cancelled. John E. Lurie, co-chairman of the. campaign with Mr. Fisher, unable to attend the meeting, sent a message of _greeting to- the gathering. The musical program at the meeting was provided by Sho- shana Shoshan, Israeli singer. Her accompanist was Lillian Zellman. In his address to the large gathering, Dr. Lerner warned that the noose being tied around Israel also is aimed at American power and prestige and Ameri- can security. Protesting against those 'who are trying to curtail discussion of the issue on the ground that foreign policy is involved, Dr. Lerner asserted his right as an American to speak up' •because the welfare of this country is involved. "I also speak as a Jew," he declared, and stated that while Jewish history is being written in tears it need no'longer be so. He pointed out that Israel is not asking for handouts in its request for arms, that the Is- raelis want to pay for it and want to fight for themselves, asking only justice. He demanded a clear state- ment from American policy- makers on "the fact of Israel's existence" and added that if Israel can not balance, the arms in the Middle East there will be War. He expressed the view that Egypt's Premier Nasser does not want to commit suicide, that he will* avoid being overthrown and that if Israel gets arms for defense he "will not try an ad- venture in war and thereby invite his own disaster." Referring to Secretary of State Dulles' statement that Congress will be consulted on military action in the Middle East, Dr. Lerner said "it is a dishonest way of putting it, since the problem is not that of intervention but of preven- tion." "We want arms to pre- vent a war from breaking out," he declared. Dr. Lerner charged that the oil interests, combined with the Arab overlords and Arab propa- gandists, have formed an unholy alliance in the Middle East, and insisted that if the United States took a firm stand in the issue-as Konrad Adenauer had taken with the Arab threat of a boycott in the matter of Ger- man compensations to Jewry- that the attempts at blackmail would end overnight. He condemned the attempts to inject charges of dual al- legiance into the current dis- cussions and said that the de- fenders of Israel speak as Am- ericans and as human beings. Rabbi Adler said that the ob- Mechanical Trades Division Nears Its Allied Drive $1,167,000 Quota jectives in the Allied Jewish Campaign represent a philoso- phy and pursue established Jewish traditions. Basic in the work is the idea "that we are our brothers' keepers," he de- clared* Through the campaign, Rabbi Adler said, the 5,000,000 free Jewish citizens of America ex- press their concern about the State of Israel and ask for a firm and human policy from our Government. The 5,000,000 American Jews say "to every settlement and kibutz in Israel: you are not alone, we stand with you, we reaffirm our part- nership with you, we shall not detach ourselves from you. We are affirming our decision to survive." - Judge Levin opened the pub- lic meeting with warm greetings to the gathering. Mr. Fisher presided. In a welcoming message, Rabbi Leon Fram, who recited pr4Ters at the dinner and pub- lic meetings, said that the gathering sends a "message of good cheer to Israel in its struggle for the right to live." Cleaning Plant Section Heeds - 'Call to Action'; to Meet Wednesday The cleaning plant section of the services division is getting set to heed the "Call to Action" of the 1956 Allied Jewish Cam- paign. The section will meet at the home of Harold Gottlieb, 13800 Vassar Drive, next Wednesday, 8:15 p.m. Other top leaders in on the planning of the meeting are Jack Ellstein, Silas Kinsley, Ar- nold Rosman and Martin Tay- lor. The group accounted for 140 pledges in the 1955 drive and contributed .57,500. Allied Jewish Campaign Youth Div, Mark Increases in 1st Contributions Junior Division Allied Jewish Campaign workers, (left to right) Bruce Wayne, Ellen Haar, Corrine Lunenfeld and Donald Greene, make their own pledges at the Junior Division workers' brunch before going out to solicit others. The 140 workers attending the Junior Division assignment brunch, March 25, heard Samuel H. Rubiner outline needs at home and abroad, pledged $7,500 to the Allied Jewish Campaign, and then went out to solicit others. In an afternoon of intensive effort many of the Junior Divi- sion workers covered all their .assigned slips. Division general solicitation chairman, Philip Krawitz, re- ports that the $7,500 represents a 100 per cent increase over slips collected at last year's assignment brunch. Junior Division area chair- men are: Robert Kasle, Estelle Levine, Walter J. Rubiner, Ivan Scholnick, Franklin Sidlow and Sidney Simon. Section chairmen are: Dorothy Brown, Daniel Hoffer, Sue Hyams, Carolyn Kerner, Shel- don B. Krause, Corrine Lunen- feld, Robert Rosenberg, Saul Saulson, Joan Spevakow, Fred Winkelman, and Stuart Win- kelman. Both Krawitz and his area chairmen stressed the need for prompt and efficient coverage of slips and for returning them to captains promptly. Sunday, April 8 is a Junior Division "Report Day." Professional Division Groups Make Rapid Progress in Allied Campaign Campaigning keeps moving along in the professional divi- sion under the joint Allied Jew- ish Campaign leadership of Paul M. Handleman and Abraham Satovsky. At the dentists' and dental technicians' dinner on March 22, pledges reached the $20,000 mark for the section, showing a 33 per cent increase in giv- ing. The section is well on its way to complete coverage of its 325 prospects. Two simultaneous meetings involving physicians were held on March 20, one at Brent Gen- eral Hospital where Dr. Paul L. Frinberg, veteran campaign- er and counselor of the physi- cians section presided, and the other at Sinai Hospital. Leonard N. Simons and Isidore Sobeloff addressed the Brent doctors who responded generously with contributions 37 per cent above last year's giving. Samuel H. Rubiner addressed the Sinai staff meeting and Dr. Abraham Rogoff, chairman of the physicians' section, with co- chairman Dr. Perry Goldman, assured him that the physicians' giving would show their full recognition of the emergency needs of the campaign. The accountants will waste no time- in getting organized once the income tax deadline has passed. An assignment-so- cial meeting will take place Thursday, April 19, 8:15 p.m., at the home of the section chair- man, Hyman Beale. In advance of the meeting, William B. Isen- berg, co-chairman, is helping to line up some of the top gifts in the section. Optometrists a r e devoting their monthly meeting of the Mu Sigma Pi Fraternity to the Allied Jewish Cam.paign-Tues- day, April 17, at 9 p.m., at the Sholem Aleichem Institute on Wyoming near Curtis. Selig D. Sidney, chairman of the Health Services Section, deserves the credit for his sec- tion being the first to top its 1955 total. - Vice-Chairmen and Secretaries in Women's AJC General Solicitations - Germany to Buy $4,000,000 in Israel Citrus Products .. .... 6, Seated at the speakers' table at the Allied Jewish Cam- paign mechanical trades Mechanamara Dinner are division leaders (left to right) Jack 0, Lefton, Milton K. Mahler, Harry E. Aronow and Robert Trepeck. The Mechanical Trades Division has already surpassed last year's giving anti is nearing BONN (JTA) - West Ger- many expects to purchase some $4,000,000 worth of citrus fruit from Israel in the current sea- son. These deliveries are nor- mal commercial transactions outside the scope of the Ger- man-Israel reparations pact. 24-Detroit Jewish News Among the vice-chairmen and secretaries in the general solicitation phase of the women's Allied Jewish Campaign who are getting set for the 80 training meetings that will take place all over the city on April 9, 10, and 11 for 2,000 workers, are (seated left to right) Mesdames Barbara Shapero, Sander A. Hillman, Adolph Lowe, Norman Naimark, (standing) Richard •