Histadrut to Hear Labor Israel Ups Goal to $6 Million
at New York Conference
Elhanan Yishai
Delegates to the annual con-
vention . of the National Com-
mittee for Labor Israel in New
York last weekend will be
heard in a series of reports here
this weekend.
• The reports, in addition to a
major address by Elhanan
Yishai, now on
an Israel gov-
ernment m i s-
sion in the
United States,
will highlight a
workers rally
of the Detroit
Histadrut Cam-
paign a t • 2:30
p.m., Sunday,
in the Labor
Zionist B 1 d g.,
19161 Schaefer.
C o 1. Yishai,
former corn-
Col: Yishai
mander of Gadna, the - military
youth corps which defended
Jerusalem during the War of
Liberation, served as Premier
Ben - Gurion's secretary during
the latter's stay in Sdeh Boker.
Born in Poltava, Russia, he
came to Palestine as a child,
was raised in Kibbutz Alumot
in the Galilee, from his youth
participated in the Haganah and
was active in the "illegal immi-
gration" to Palestine during the
British Mandate.
Col. Yishai is a member of
the executive of Mapai and the
organization of Kibbutzim Ihud
Hakvutzot.
The 10 official delegates to
the Histadrut convention, and a
number of alternates and cam-
paign leaders who were present,
will relate news of several proj-
ects being undertaken in Israel.
• Isaac Litwak, a delegate from
the Trade Union Division, was
honored at the parley, at a
luncheon session of the Trade
and Labor Committee for his
work in the Detroit Histadrut
Campaign.
Detroit delegates took an ad-
vance of $25,000 to New York,
NEW YORK, (JTA) — The
33rd annual convention of the
National Committee for Labor
Israel concluded four days of de-
liberations with the adoption of
a $8,000,000 quota for 1957. This
is more than double the amount
•
Former ZOC Official
Heads Local Drive
Newly-appointed as executive
irector of the Israel Histadrut
Thmpaign in Detroit is Hy Fo-
,;elman, who arrived here in
'Arne to attend the New York
2onvention.
For the past seven years Fo-
2-,elman has been director of the
Zionist Organization of Canada,
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HY FOGELMAN
Western Region, where he was
in charge of the United Jewish
Appeal and program adminis-
trative work for the ZOC, oper-
ating out of Edmonton, Alberta.
With a long record of Labor
Zionist affiliations, Fogelman
was arc organizer of Habonim
in Winnipeg, where he also
organized Maple Leaf Lodge of
Bnai Brith. He was one Of the
and pledged another $50,000 by first students at the opening
the end of the year, to be ap- of the Maimonides Yeshiva
plied toward the local goal of courses in that city.
$250,0-00.
At breakfast meetings of the
Landsmanshaften during the
past week, honorable mention
for their roles in the campaign
were given to M. Hayet, Jacob
Glazer, Alter Wineman, Mrs,
Oscar Warren, Abraham Beit-
ner, Samuel Kane, Max Shmuk-
ler and Jack Malamud.
He is a graduate of the Uni-
versity of Manitoba, with de-
grees in science dud education.
He lectured at the university
and also taught at the .Winnipeg
Talmud Torah, serving as a
branch principal for three years.
Fogelman, his wife and three
children have already taken up
residence in this city.
Mrs. Bargman on National Group
to Plan Family Counseling Growth
A nationwide drive to im-
prove the performance and in-
crease the availability of family
counselling services has been
launched by the national de-
velopment committee of the
Family Service Association of
America. Mrs. Theodore Barg-
man, 19551 Burlington, presi-
dent of the Jewish Social Serv-
o ice Bureau of Detroit, is the
Detroiter on the 30-member
committee.
The Family Service Associa-
flow Did We Get
to be America's
Largest Dealer?
—Simply by saving our
customors the most money
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tion comprises 265 community--
supported family service ag-
eqcies which last year helped
more than a million individuals
with marriage difficulties, child
behavior problems, worries
growing out of illness, old age
and a variety of other problems.
Detroit area members are Fam-
ily Service Society of Metro-
politan Detroit, Down River
Family Service, Family Service
of Oakland County and Jewish
Social Service Bureau.
The Association's National
Development Committee has set
a goal of $306,750, which it
hopes to raise from foundations
and special givers. The funds
will be used in special projects
to raise the standards and in-
crease the availability of the
nation's family counselling ser-
vices.
Israel Cancels Order
for 10 Dutch Jet Planes
THE HAGUE, (JTA) — The
Israel government has cancelled
an order for 10 Meteor jet fight-
ers from the Dutch Air Force.
The last 7 minute cancellation
came after the Meteors had
been refitted to meet Israeli
specifications. The reason for
Israel's action was that royalties
charged by the British manu-
facturer of the planes were "too
high."
raised last year and was set in
view of the emergency situa-
tion in Israel.
The convention adopted a res-
olution hailing Israel's action
against the Egyptian fedayeen
in the Sinai' Peninsula and
pledged its full moral and finan-
cial support through Histadrut.
The resolution noted "the su-
preme sacrifice made by 171 Is-
raeli soldiers- in defense of their
homeland."
The delegates appealed -to the
United States Government to use
its influence to bring about
peace-negotiation between Egypt
and Israel "and thus prevent
further deterioration of the sit-
uation which will lead to corn-
plete Communist domination of
a vital area of the world."
The convention = condemned
the continuing anti-Semitic poli-
cies of the Soviet regime and
called for an end to the "for-
eign inquisition and the Mar-
rano-like existence of Soviet
Jewry."
Israel Foreign Minister Golda
Meir, addressing a convention
luncheon in honor of Luigi An-
tonini, first vice president of the
International Ladies Garment
Workers Union, declared that
the United Nations could "short-
en the distance to peace by in-
sisting that Israel and the Arab
states enter into direct peace
negotiations." Mrs. Meir told
the delegates that "the existence
of a strong labor movement in
Israel is a guarantee that the
state will emerge strong, free
and democratic."
The convention elected Jo-
seph Schlossberg as national
chairman.
Israel Oustrips Arab
Neighborsbyilobilizin g
Brain Power, Bravery
From THE DETROIT NEWS
Thursday, November 22, 1956
By WILLIAM H. STONEMAN
HAIFA, Israel, Nov. 22.—Israel's struggle for existence
against the Arabs is a battle of brains against brawn in
which gray matter has been a runaway winner.
Brain power backed by bravery has made this country
30 far superior to any and all of its Arab neighbors in the
military field that a contest without outside interference
-hould be prohibited by the Geneva Convention.
This achievement in the field of violence matches a
superiority in other fields which already has made Israel
stand out like a lighthouse in a sea of medieval misery.
Israel's future will depend upon its ability to maintain
and develop_its dominance in the one-sided battle of brains.
It is planning this battle with the same skill that turned
its recent showdown with Egypt into a 93-hour military
rout.
1,800 IN TRAINING
A key part of the whole operation centers here at
Haifa where the Institute of Technology is turning out
scientists and engineers with qualifications equal to those
developed at MIT or Cal Tech. The Technion, which began
limited operations in 1924, now has 1,800 students.
A magnificent new $20 million campus is now rising
on a pine-studded, 300-acre site on the heights of Mt.
Carmel, overlooking Haifa Harbor and the distant hills of
Galilee. It probably will qualify as the world's most beau-
tiful school.
ISRAEL PAYS HALF
Half the cost is being carried by the Israeli govern-
ment and half by American and tritish Jews. Seven fine
new buildings already are in use, with four more under
construction. About 700 students already are working here,
with the other 1,100 Technion students and 700 technical
high school students remaining on the old campus. In
five years the whole institution will have moved to Tech-
nion City.
Detroit Chapter, American Society for
TECHNION •
Israel Institute of Technology
ELEVENTH ANNUAL DINNER
Saturday, December 15, 6:30 p. m.
at L'Aiglon — Fisher Building
$7.50 per person
For reservations call
Salman Grand — UNiy_ersity 3-9111
Guest Speakers
PROFESSOR SEBASTIAN B. LITTAUER
Subject: "Technical Education in a Developing Economy"
COLONEL J. R. ELYACHAR
Subject: "Middle East Strategic Problems"
Professor SEBASTIAN B.
LITTAUER was recently
unanimously elected to the
post of Vice-President of
Technion — Israel Institute
of Technology, and will as-
sume his new duties in the
Spring of 1957.
He has been associated
with Columbia University in
its Engineering Statistics
and Quality Control De-
partment for several years.
Dr. Littauer received his
doctorate in Science from
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology in 1930 and has
taught at outstanding uni-
versities and educational in-
stitutions, including the Un-
ited States Military Acade-
my, M.I.T., and Newark
College of Engineering,
Dr. Littauer has also
served as consultant to
numerous U.S. Government
agencies and industrial
firms. He was Senior In-
dustrial Specialist in Chem-
icals the the War Produc-
tion Board in World War II.
Colonel J. R. ELYACHAR,
Honorary President of the
American Technion Society
and Chairman of its Capital
Funds Committee, has been
one of the leaders in the
United States in organizing
support for Technion. -
A veteran of World War
II, Col. Elyachar served on
the .staff of General Eisen-
hower, and directed Mili-
tary Intelligence and Coun-
ter Sabotage units in the
European Theatre of Opera-
tions. For his work, he has
been awarded two Bronze
Stars, two Legion of Merit
medals, a Medal of Recon-
naisance as well as the
Legion of Honor bestowed _
by the French Government.
Born in Palestine, Col.
Elyachar is descended from
a family that has lived in
Jerusalem and other parts
of the Holy Land for many •
centuries.
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