1 Midrasha Establishes Middle East Institute To Enlighten Community on Current Issues A "Middle East Institute," aimed at providing all the facts relating to the present critical situation involving Israel, is being formed by the Midrasha, the college of advanced Jewish studies of the United Hebrew Schools, it was an- nounced this week by Albert Elazar, superintendent of the schools, and Dr. Maurice Shudofsky, chairman of the Midrasha faculty. The Institute_ is intended for the purpose of analyzing all issues involved in the Arab-Israel conflict; to discuss the attitude of the United Nations and its member states, as well as the position of the United States; to arrive at the truth relating to the current crisis. Planned for a six-week period, the Institute may be extended to at least ten weeks, depending on the developments on the international fronts and on the need to meet issues as they arise to offset the attacks that have been launched on Israel and American Jewry by Arab propagandists. An invitation will go out this week, from Midrasha, to all leaders in local Zionist, civic-protective and other movements, to enroll in this Institute. While it is intended as a leadership project, others who desire to benefit from it and Generosity of a Good Community ...Justice Butzel, Award Winner ... The Israeli Quin- tet . . Eddie Cantor at 65 . . . Editorials, Page 4 HE A Weekly Revie to enroll in it may apply for registration at the United Hebrew Schools' main office, 18975 Schaeffer. The Institute will open with a briefing session, Monday evening, Feb. 25. It will be followed by formal discussions, to be led by authorities in their various fields, on the following Monday evenings, from 8:15 to 10:15 o'clock. Prof. Preston W. Slosson, head of the history department of the University of Michigan, will be the first speaker, Monday, March 4. He will direct the discussion on the subject "The Political Configuration of the Middle East: From the End of World War I to the Present." Subsequent lecturers will include: March 11, Dr. Benjamin Schwadran, "Economic Patterns of the Middle East." March 18, Prof. Guest baum, of the Oriental Institute of the University of the Middle East." March 25, "Arab-Israel Relation Cooperation," speaker to be announced. April 1, Dr versity of Buffalo, "Israel, America and American Je up sessions will be announced later. Make Your Reservations NOW for the Israeli Basketball Game, Feb. 14 ,olvd'ac3 tato itAto 3 0 ,3o ),)w „a: wish Events Story on Page 5 IrP Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper—Incorporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle VOLUME XXX—No. 23 27 17100 W. 7 Mile Rd. — VE 8-9364 — Detroit 35, February 8, 1957 $5.00 Per Year; Single Copy 15c 'Constructive Spirit' Evident In E an- ammarskjoid Talks; Dulles ees Israel Complyin Justice Butzel Given 1957 Welfare Federation Award . Henry M.= Butzel, former Michigan State Supreme Court Justice, was named, by the committee of awards, to receive the 1957 Fred M. Butzel Award established in memory of his brother. The citation, presented to Justice Butzel at the annual meeting of the Jewish Welfare Fed- eration, which makes the awards, Tuesday evening, reads: "In every generation of men, there are those who, because of their inherent ability, balanced judgment and love of humanity, make outstanding contributions to their fellow men in all walks of life. Such a man is the Honor- able Henry M. Butzel, the recipient in this year of 1957 of the Fred M. Butzel Memorial Award. "From his early youth, he has given of his talents to every worthy cause, whether of the community at large or the community of his fellow Jews. The exacting demands of his professional life were never too great • to deprive the community of his services, nor did his elevation to the bench of the Supreme Court of Michigan remove him so far from his fellows as to deprive them of his interest, aid and in- spiration in all those good works. with which his name will ever be associated. "The list of his interests and achievements is a long one, a few of which only may here be mentioned — his help in the Americanization program in the early days of this century, his services to the cause of organ- ized religion as president of Temple Beth El, his participa- tion in the founding of the Legal Aid Society which made avail- Justice Butzel able the courts of justice for many to whom they had theretofore been effectively closed, his services as one of the founders, board member and president of the United Jewish Charities, the first organized Jewish communal service agency in Detroit and the predecessor of the Jewish Welfare Federation. "He has been mindful of his own high standard of the responsibilities of citizenship which culminated with his distingushed service of over a quarter of a century as 4!...„A justce of the highest judicial tribunal in the state • of Michigan. The standards he set for others, he meticulously maintained. Henry M. Butzel is a man whom his fellow men delight in honoring. May the days of his years con- tinue to be long and. fruitful." Direct JTA Teletype Wires to the Jewish News UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold met Tuesday morning with the seven-nation United Nations Emergency Force Advisory Board and, according to his spokesman, reported to the board on his two-hour meeting Mon- day with Israel Ambassador Abba S. Eban. The fact that the UN spokesman stressed the point that the discussion with Mr. Eban was on both resolutions adopted by the General Assembly Saturday night was taken here as an indication that the Secretary General might be veering around to the Israel viewpoint that both resolutions—for Israel's withdrawal of forces to the armistice lines and for UN measures to prevent further hostilities—should be con- sidered simultaneously. Previously, Mr. Hammarskjold had held the position that Israel must comply with the first resolution before anything could be done on the second. The Eban-Hammarskjold meeting Monday was "a broad discussion of all aspects of the two resolutions," Israeli sources said. They declared the discussions took place "in a constructive spirit" and would continue during the week. During the first hour of their meeting, both diplomats were accompanied by their chief aides: Mordecai Kidron and Gideon Rafael with Mr. Eban and Dr. Ralph Bunche and' Andrew Gordier with Mr. Hammarskjold. The two conferred privately for an hour and 15 minutes. — Eisenhower, Dulles Believe Israel Will Comply With UN Demands WASHINGTON. — Secretary of State John Foster Dulles told a press confer- ence Tuesday that he has grounds to hope Israel will comply with United Nations de- mands for immediate withdrawal from the Gulf of Aqaba and the - Gaza Strip. Asked if the United States favored sanctions against Israel, Mr. Dulles said . this country would not act unilaterally but would act in accordance with UN decisions. As to whether the United States favors sanctions to compel Israel compliance on withdrawal, he would not answer directly. He said the issue depended on the UN, (Continued on Page 9) - Detailed story of Federation meeting on Page (L Nxmvso*ws4• . `4: 1 i,:, 2.4kU K•gtalaW • si 4 • CFN'T-;,7 R •i : 1 104:64A QWr • `7.•• •C l` New Center Ready for Construction: After more than a year of planning, checking and investigating, final drawings for the new main building of the Jewish Community Center on Curtis and Meyers have bedh approved and building will start sometime during the summer. The Center, to be erected at a cost of $2,500,000, will serve all age groups in the community. Among its facilities will be a Men's Health Club, Women's Health Club, complete • physical education plant, regula- tion AAU swimming pool, an auditorium for 750, little theater accommodating 500, lounges, club rooms and a modern playschooi for 80 childrene (Story on Page 7) 7