Friday, January 3 1, 1958—THE DETROIT JEWISH NEW S-32 Around the World... A Digest of World Jewish Happenings, from Dis- patches of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Other News Gathering Media. 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 * * * 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. * * * 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 - 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.