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Enigma of
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France any „Jae! Set Up Joint
Atomic Research Program
Abe Kasle Presented 1958
Welfare Federation Al-1yard
Abe Kasle, president of the United Hebrew Schools,
former chairman of the Allied Jewish Campaign and a
former vice-president of the Jewish Welfare Federation, was
presented with the 1958 Federation Award, at the annual
Federation meeting, at the Esther
Berman Branch of the United
Hebrew Schools, Tuesday evening.
The Award, signed by Judge
Theodore Levin, Federation presi-
dent; Isidore Sobeloff, executive
vice-president of Federation, and
Abraham Srere, chairman of the
Fred M. Butzel Memorial AssoL
elation, reads:
"The needs of his fellow
Jews the world over press heavily
upon Abe Kasle and he has re-
sponded selflessly out of the
depths of his feeling. Had he
been born during Biblical times,
he might/ haVe been a patriarch.,
or a prophet.
Abe Kasle
"Abe Kasle was a fervent believer
' in the dream of
a new Zion in the days when such– drecefees
ed
as visionary. When Israel became' a fact, the tempo o
devotion to the people of Israel ,never slowed, and his
generosity was unstinted in helping emigrants reach the
haven of its shores.
"Reacting to the Jewish problems posed by others. Abe
Kasle told his community, 'Give the children a good jeWish
education; by being better Jews they will be better Americans.'
"As president of the United Hebrew Schools for more
than a decade, he saw a new generation • of parents embrace
his philosophy and send their children to school in record
numbers.
"Abe Kasle .freely expresses his -conviction that the
organized Jewish community sometimes motes . too slowly,
but his impatience is coupled with a zeal for progress and
he has demonstrated his complete faith in the principle of
communal organization and united effort. Within its ranks
he has served his community as viceTresident of the Jewish
Welfare Federation, chairman of the Allied Jewish Campaign
and as a dedicated worker in the Detroit Service Group.
He is one of the founders of Sinai Hospital.
"He helped form the American Financial and Develop-
ment Corporation for Israel,. and has served as chairman of
the Bonds for Israel Campaign. He gave leadership to the
building fund campaign for the University of Michigan Hillel
Foundation. His community chose him chairman of Israel's
10th Anniversary celebration.
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"He has been a leader in the organized religious life
our community.
"His generosity and energy extend to the whole com:
munity where he has served on the board of the United
Community Services rind as a Torch Drive worker. Wayne
State University and numerous other civic and philanthropic
causes of benefit to the entire community have been aided
by his benefactions.
"Abe Kasle has gone from the leadership of one
communal project to the next, without regard to thanks
or praise.
"His devotion, energy and generosity have been an
the entire community. In the great tradition
of our people he has helped to give meaning to the concept
of kinship with his fellow men.
inspiration to
"On this occasion, therefore, we are proud to present
him with the Fred M. Butzel Memorial Award for
Distinguished Communal Service."
The presentation was made by Justice Henry M. Butzel,
brother of the late Fred M. Butzel in whose memory the
award was established. Leonard Kasle, president of the Detroit
Board of Education, accepted the award for his father who
wrote a letter of appreciation from Miami where 'he is now
vacationing with Mrs. Kasle.
Editorial on Page 4.
Khrushchev Assails
Israel; Refuses Aid
in Moves for Peace
Direct JTA
Teletype Wires to The Jewish News
TEL AVIV—A unique degree of Franco-
Israel cooperation in atomic research in which
Israel scientists are placing important discov-
eries at the disposal of France, and France is
LONDON, (JTA) — Soviet interven- supplying Israel with uranium for research, was
tion between Israel and the Arab states disclosed Monday night during an exuberant
reception for a visiting French parliamentary
would serve no useful purpose at ,this
time, Nikita S. Khrushchev, Soviet Com- delegation.
munist Party head, told the Times in
The disclosure was made by Francois Be-
London.
nard,
former French Minister for Atomic
In a lengthy interview in Moscow Affairs, at an official public meeting in honor
which covered many of the major politi-
of the delegation. The meeting was held in the
cal problems of the world today, Khrush-
chev insisted that there would be no Fredric R.. Mann auditorium which was packed
value in intervention at this moment be- with some 3,000 cheering Israelis. Many thous-
cause relations "have been so .aggra- ands had cheered the delegation previously as
vated" between Israel and the Arabs. it passed through Tel Aviv's main street toward
"Israel," he advised, "should bear in the Municipality Building.
mind her own complex situation and also
• Jean Raymound-Laurent, another member
the interests of the Arab states. At the of the delegation, declared at a meeting of the
moment she is not doing so and takes up
Tel.. ^ Ni1.7 -:. 1- unicip7. 1 _c1 _2uncil that "we will tell our
a position in an aggressive manner," he
- People that all you want is peace." He also dem-
charged.
onstrated his esteem for Tel Aviv Mayor Chaim
Levanon by presenting the Mayor with his par-
'No Comment' in
'amentary badge which he described as the
on Khrushchev
--4 viocir flied possession •of a, French parlia-
_itatian,"" anu called forin_CiP:ion of Israel
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the NATO conference.
Khrushchev's remarks to a correspon;71-
Speaking before the International Relations
ent of the Times of London that Israers
Club here, Sen. Raymond-Laurent said that the
posture in the Middle East was "aggres-
same reasons which existed for including Tur-
sive."
Proposals to organize an "active strug- key in NATO hold for Israel's inclusion.
gle" against the present regime in Israel
Henri Forest, chairman of the delegation,
among Israel's- Arab minority were dis- said that the French government would not
cussed at a meeting of the leaders of the abandon North African Jewry. Other speakers
local Communist Party, according to re- included the ambassadors and heads of the
ports 'published here. However, there is
no unanimity among the Communist Israel-French Association for Promoting Trade
leaders on these proposals, the reports and Economic Ties.
noted.
According to these reports, the 'sug-
gestion for an "active struggle" came
after the Communist parties of the Mid-
dle East countries received instructions
to intensify the "struggle against coloni-
alism." A number of Communist leaders,
reportedly Parliamentary deputies Mo-
she Sneh, Shmuel Mikunis and. Tewfik
Toubi, are opposed to using Arab nation-
alism as a weapon in their opposition to
the Ben Gurion regime.
The Hebrew press reports that when
news of the proposed "active struggle"
reached leading members of Parliament
they warned the Communist leaders
against attempts to foment violence in
Israel's Arab areas.
Diplomatic Relations with Spain
Advocated for Israel by Hacohen
A call for the establishment of diplomatic
relations between Israel and Franco Spain was
issued here by David Hacohen, a leading mem- -
ber of the Mapai Party and a deputy in the
Knesset, speaking at a public meeting of the
party.
The absence of diplomatic contact between
the two countries has done Israel great harm,
Hacohen asserted. Replying to objections that
Spain's government was a dictatorship, Hacohen
noted that Israel had relations with the Com-
munist countries of Eastern Europe of whose
governments the- Israelis disapproVe.
'Good Year for Allied Jewish Campaign'
Foreseen at Annual Federation Meeting
The community's leaders who partici-
pated in the annual meeting of the Jew-
ish Welfare Federation, Tuesday evening,
at the Esther Berman Branch of the
United Hebrew School, foresaw a suc-
cessful Allied Jewish Campaign.
Judge Theodore Levin, Federation
president, in his annual report, expressed
confidence that, "based on the response
of a handful of our top contributors" at
the recent pre-campaign Meeting, "I am
ready to forecast a good year in which
Detroit again distinguish itself as a
generous community made up of people
who care . . . Our experience is based on
a great devotion to the causes we sup-
port, and on the knowledge that the $6,-
200,000 minimum requirements are not
a ceiling we are setting, but a floor below
which we cannot go if we are to take
care adequately of needs on our own
doorstep, in Europe and in Israel."
Highlights of 1957 Jewish Welfare
Federation accomplishments, reported at
Tuesday's annual meeting, were:
More than 26,000 contributors pledged
the largest . sum on record in 1957 — a
total of $5,841,000. It was fourth year in
which Detroit Jews contributed more than
$5,000,000 and the eleventh successive
year. in which more than 25,000 contribtr
tors were enrolled. The 1957 funds were
allocated as follows:
Overseas and Israel, $3,542.509; Local
Operating Services, $1,160,862; Local
Capital Construction, $385,451; National
Agencies. $196,766. A total of $3,493,884
was allocated to the United Jewish Ap-
peal, including the special Rescue Fund.
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