Friday, January 3 1, 1958—THE DETROIT JEWISH NEW S-32

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United States

Helping to honor JOHN E. LURIE,
prominent communal and business
leader at a a testimonial dinner last Sun-
day are, left to right, AL BORMAN,
administrative chairman; Judge NA-
THAN J. KAUFMAN, chairman; JOHN

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M. WISE, co-chairman; Mr. Lurie,
Mayor LOUIS C. MIRIANI, co-honorary
chairman; Dr. SAMUEL BELKIN, presi-
dent of Yeshiva University and guest
speaker; and IRWIN I. COHN, honorary
.chairman of the dinner committee.

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Testimonial Dinner for John E. Lurie
Mushrooms into $75,000 Yeshiva U. Benefit

By FRANK SIMONS
What started as a modest
$25,000 contribution to the
scholarship fund of Yeshiva
University this week began
snow-balling into a $75,000 bo-
nanza for the New York school.
When 600 guests attended a
$50-a-plate testimonial dinner
last Sunday evening, at the
Sheraton-Cadillac Ho t e 1 , in
honor of communal and busi-
ness leader John E. Lurie, it
marked only the beginning of a
project to assist the university,
first in this country under Jew-
ish auspices.
Funds raised at the dinner,
amounting to $25,000, were to
go into a special John E. Lurie
Scholarship Fund. Meanwhile,
Lurie and Irwin I. Cohn, hon-
orary chairman of the dinner,
were at work raising another
$25,000, to equip a chemical
laboratory in the university's
department of science.
The laboratory, which also
will bear the Lurie name, will
be completed by a third grant
from the Government as part
of its new science subsidy
program, it was indicated by
a Yeshiva University spokes-
man.
Yet, while the dinner will
produce a new $50,000 scientific
laboratory at the university, -Dr.
Samuel Belkin, its president
and guest speaker of the eve-
ning, cautioned against overem-
phasis on scientific education at
the expense of the humanities.
Indications were given also
that there will be more Detroit
money forthcoming for Yeshiva
University.
In his address, Dr. Belkin
stressed that a balance must be
maintained between various
branches of learning.
"The aims of educational in-
stitutions," he said, "should be
four-fold. The university should
be dedicated to the study of
the natural sciences, the hu-
manities, community and the
moral and spiritual purposes of
life."
Dr. Belkin, in stating that
the spiritual approach is the
most significant, said that if
we continue to emphasize math-
ematics, physics and technolo-
gy and neglect the humanities,
"we will produce a generation
of human Sputniks, who, while
they may be scientifically suc-
cessful, will have no intellec-
tual freedom."
He commended the spirit of
those who give to any univer-
sity as "philosophers," and said
that "the honor given to learn-
ing is even more important
than learning itself."
Speaking of the accomplish-
ments of Yeshiva University,

Dr. Belkin and other spokes-
men referred to the presence
in the gathering of one of the
university's most distinguished
alumni, Dr. Jacob Goldman, an
eminent physicist who now
heads the Ford Motor Co. chem-
istry and physics research lab-
oratories.
A bronze plaque was given
to Lurie by Dr. Belkin, rep-
resenting the university's cer-
tificate of award. It cited the

Sponsor's Pin
for 10th Year

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The 1958 National Sponsors
Pin for State of Israel Bonds. -

In honor of Israel's tenth year
of statehood, the Israel Bond
organization has introduced a
specially-designed pin to be
awarded to all National Spon-
sors of the bond drive in 1958.
A sponsor is any woman who
purchases a total of $1,000 in
bonds.
According to Detroit's spon-
sor chairman, Mrs. Max Stoll-
man, the 1958 pin depicts a wo-
man playing a harp between the
figures "1" and "0", which is
circumscribed by a harvest
wreath, symbolic of the celebra-
tion of Israel's tenth year.
All women enrolling as spon-
sors will be invited to attend
the International Anniversary
Conference for State of Israel
Bonds at the Fontainebleau Ho-
tel, Miami Beach, Fla., Feb. 7
to 9.
While there, they will ex-
change ideas on Israel's prog-
ress with Jewish leaders from
the U.S. and other areas of the
free world.
Mrs. Stoilman, announces
that a group of Detroiters will
accompany her to the confer-
ence. A feature of the confer-
ence, she stated, will be the
"Fashion Festival," created by
Israel's foremost designers and
manufacturers to present "a
unique blend of the 20th cen-
tury and the past, reflecting
Israel itself." Miss S li e 11 e y
Winters, prominent stage and
screen star, will serve as Fes-
tival Chairman. The program is
sponsored by the Na t i o n a l
Women's Division of Israel
Bonds, according to Mrs. Joseph
Cherner, national chairman.

Detroit leader for his "de-
voted and sympathetic under-
standing in advancing the
spiritual and cultural heri-
tage of Judaism and for meri-
torious service to the Ameri-
can Jewish community."
Both Gov. Williams and
Mayor Miriani were at the din-
ner, and joined in commending
Lurie for his efforts on be-
half of many humanitarian
causes. The Mayor issued a
gold certificate proclaiming
Sunday as John E. Lurie Day.
Earlier, Irwin I. Cohn, who
had to leave the dinner to be
installed as president of the
Hannah Schloss Old Timers that
same evening, spoke of the
guest of honor as a professional
soldier who fights hard and well
and expects to get paid for his
services,
"Only in Johnny Lurie's case,
his pay is the thanks he re-
ceives from the thousands of
people he helps by giving of
his time, his energy and his
means," Cohn said.
Responding to the many
greetings extended to him, Lurie
said, "This is an honor that
could have been given to many
people more deserving than I.
But it is a thrill that cannot
easily be matched.
"I only went to the eighth
grade myself," Lurie said, "and
that's why I'm so interested
in seeing that all young people
who wish but are unable to ob-
tain a university education may
do so."
Judge Nathan J. Kaufman,
chairman of the Lurie dinner,
was toastmaster, and Judge Vic-
tor J. Baum introduced the
guest speaker, Dr. Belkin.
Other dignitaries present
included Judge John P. Scal-
len, Corporation Counsel Na-
than H. Goldstick, Traffic
Court Referee John M. Wise,
and Albert Shapiro, superin-
tendent of the House of Cor-
rection.
Other participants in the pro-
gram were Dr.. Leon Stitskin,
director of community rela-
tions of Yeshiva University,
who gave the invocation, and
Rabbi Yaakov I. Homnick, of
Young Israel Center of Oak-
Woods, who delivered the ben-
ediction.
Those who remained for the
long program were rewarded
by many humorous anecdotes by
Harry Hershfield and some very
excellent singing by Igor Gorin,
the young baritone opera star.
Gorin, accompanied by Wil-
lard Straight, thrilled the audi-
ence with renditions that ran
the gamut from Israeli folk
songs to Figaro in the Barber
of Seville.

NEW YORK—A $300,000 gift from Baron Edmond de
Rothschild, French philanthropist, to enable Alliance Israelite
Universelle to complete a high school and junior college build-
ing in Tel Aviv was announced here by American Friends of the
Alliance . . . The convention of the National Council for Bessara-
bian Jews pleaded with Russia for free emigration of Jews from
Bessarabia to Israel . . . The American Jewish Congress sub-
mitted a protest to the New Jersey State Commissioner of Educa-
tion against conducting a religious census in the public schools
. . . The 77th annual meeting of the New York Board of Rabbis
urged liberalization of current divorce laws . A three-year
campaign to raise $500,000 for a dormitory for women at the
Jewish Theological Seminary was announced at the 40th anni-
versary celebration of the National Women's League of United
Synagogue of America . . . Simcha Pratt, Consul General of
Israel, and Jacques Baeyens, French Consul General, were
honored at a dinner of the Jewish National Fund in New York.
The French diplomat was presented with a JNF Citation of
Merit hailing Franco-Israel friendship . . . Upon his arrival in
New York to stimulate interest in the work of the Hebrew
University of Jerusalem, Dr. Benjamin Mazar, president of the
university, said he is gratified at the successful conclusion of
Israel-Jordan negotiations to enable the Israel university to
bring down its priceless collection of books and manuscripts
from its original campus on Mt. Scopus.
CHICAGO—Two new Jewish community center buildings will
be erected here at a cost of $1,740,000 . .. A permanent monu-
ment to the six million Jewish martyrs of Nazi tyranny will be
constructed on the campus of the new Hebrew Theological Col-
lege in Skokie, Ill., it was announced by Max Bressler, chairman
of the building fund for the college.

Latin America

MONTEVIDEO—Israel and Uruguay signed a treaty of
commerce and navigation granting each other most favored
nation status in relation to tariffs and outlined reciprocal facili-
ties for tourism and the handling of merchandise in transit. It
includes a payments agreement for trade between the two coun-
tries which allows the unhampered movement of goods to the
extent of $1,500,000 in favor of either nation within a two-year
period.

Canada

OTTAWA—The Canadian Department of Immigration re-
ports that in the first nine months of 1957 the number of Jewish
immigrants admitted to Canada was 4,821, and the total immi,
gration for all ethnic groups was 244,266.

Europe

LONDON—Trade between Israel and Britain continued to
rise in 1957, British exports to Israel having amounted to nearly
13,000,000 pounds while 'Israel's exports approached 11,000,000
pounds. Barclay's Bank Overseas Review reported that Israel
became the third largest exporter of. cut diamonds . . . A large
appropriation for settlement work in Israel was voted here at
the annual meeting of the Jewish Colonization Association.
PARIS—Dr. Luther Evans, UNESCO director-general, was
guest of honor at a reception given by Charles Jordan, JDC
direCtor general, with high government officials and Jewish
leaders as guests . . . France's determination to insure Israel's
territorial integrity was reaffirmed by French Foreign Minister
Christian Pineau during a National Assembly debate.
FRANKFURT — Ludwig Zind, an Offenburg high school
teacher, was arrested on charges of libel against Jews . . .
BERLIN—Guenther Dalquen, publisher of the S.S. news-
paper Schwarze Korps, was sentenced to a 28,000 deutschemarks
fine on charges of having helped spread anti-Semitism and
being responsible for Jewish persecutions during the Nazi regime.
GENEVA—Representatives of ORT committees in 20 coun-
tries endorsed a record World ORT Union budget of $5,000,000.
VIENNA—Shmuel Halkin, noted Yiddish poet and one of
the few survivors among Jewish cultural figures in the Soviet
Union, was decorated with the Order of the Red Banner by the
Soviet government on his 60th 'birthday, according to a report
from Moscow.
KARLSRUHE—The First Senate of the West German Fed-
eral Constitutional Court has reversed a lower court decision
and ruled that protests against the showing of a film by the
notorious anti-Semite, Veit Harlan, were not an offense punish-
able by law.

Israel

JERUSALEM—Israel has formalized an agreement for the
purchase of a 50,000-ton oil tanker to be built in a French
shipyard . . . Israel has accepted the final draft of an extradition
treaty submitted by the French Government. After the pact is
signed Israel will have to make a formal decision 'on the French
request for the surrender of Joseph Janovici wanted by the
French police on charges of alleged fraud and currency manipu-
lations . . . United States Ambassador Edward B. Lawson handed
over a 50,000-pound check from the U.S. Government to Boys
Town Jerusalem to further its general educational and voca-
ttional training of Israeli youth. The funds are Israeli currency
accumulated here in the American policy of encouraging Ameri-
can newspapers and magazines to enter the country by paying
the publishers in dollars and accepting local currency.
TEL AVIV—Of the 1,750 members of Achdut Avodah-affil-
iated collective settlements who have received personal restitu-
tion payments from West Germany, fully 85 per cent have
turned over the individual payments to the kibutz in line with
left-wing Socialist principles of the movement • . . A 17-member
French parliamentary delegation arrived here today for an 11-
day visit as guest of the Knesset of Israel. Alighting from the
plane, Henri La Forest, former Minister for Aviation in the
Mollet Government, said the visit was another indication of
France's friendship for Israel.