Synagogue to Be Rallying Point,
Dr. Reich Tells Council Banquet
Israel Asks UN Fund Freed from Political Force
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y., tion, the Secretary General said
(JTA)—Secretary General Dag that the Secretariat's studies re-
Hammarskjold is seriously con- garding the legal and political
sidering the possibility of visit- aspects of the two Arab mer-
ing the Middle East later this gers have been completed. But,
month. If the trip materializes, he added, he cannot go further
he hinted strongly this week, he into the question pending for-
would visit Iraq, possibly Saudi mal adoption of the constitu-
Arabia, and some of the other tions and other formal steps by
countries of the region. The an- the merged Arab states.
nouncement of this tentative
Israel urged the United Na-
plan here was made in answer tions to make sure that the
to a question at a press confer- $100,000,000 .fund for special
ence.
development projects in un-
Hammarskjold was asked to derdeveloped countries, voted
comment on the fact that Israel
by the last General Assembly,
has not yet received any of the be used in a manner "not in-
Hebrew University books or Ha- fluenced by political consid-
dassah Hospital surgical equip- erations."
ment from its enclave atop Mt.
Hammarskjold made public a
S c o p u s. Jordan agreed two
months ago, when Dr. Francisco Vienna Press Marks
Urrutia was in the region to Anniversary of "Anschluss;"
settle the Israel-Jordan dispute Shows Nazis Abusing Jews
over Mt. Scopus, to allow Israel
VIENNA (JTA)—The Aus-
to retrieve the books and equip- trian press marked the 20th
ment.
anniversary of the "anschluss,"
Hammarskjold replied: "These the Nazi occupation of Austria
transports from Mt. Scopus were which took place in 1938.
to have been part of the first Among the many scenes of those
stage and an integral part of first days of "anschluss" which
the plan worked out by Ambas- the papers published were a
sador Urrutia. However, we have number showing Jews being
run into some difficulties and forced to scrub Austrian city
therefore this first stage has not streets and undergo other in-
yet started.
dignities at the hands of Ger-
In answer to another ques- man and Austrian Nazis.
In the next 20 years, the syn- tions here in the most favorable
agogue will become the rally- atmosphere in history, that
ing point around which the his enterprIse and mental agil-
Jewish community will revolve, ity allowed him to bring his
it was suggested last Sunday share to the general community.
evening by Dr. Nathan Reich,
"Today," he said, "the gen-
principal speaker at the 20th eral , trend is away from the
anniversary banquet of the farm and industry and ,toward
Jewish Community Council of what were • traditionally con-
Metropolitan Detroit, held at sidered Jewish occupations,
Rainbow Terrace.
such as the professions and
After spending considerable merchandising.
time reviewing past accomplish-
"We always say that the
ments earlier in the evening Jew is being assimilated to
and during the afternoon at America, but the - reverse can
special workshop sessions also be said to be true," he con-
marking the anniversary, the tinned. "Sociologically, the
attention of the gathering Jews have always been a
turned toward the future.
middle class society, and now
Dr. Reich, professor of eco- America is becoming that."
nomics at Hunter College in The guest speaker was intro-
New York and chairman of duced by Rabbi Morris Adler,
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He warned, however, that
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• "Among - the young," Dr.
Reich said, "we are now find- who spoke as the president of
ing encouragement, and there the Jewish Welfare Federation,
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is a growing maturity of so- were the late Fred Butzel and
ciety induced by Russia and Dr. B. Benedict Glazer.
Other speakers were Dr.
the Sputnik. We are starting
now to cater to the egghead Samuel Krohn, who also was
chairman of the afternoon in-
and not the blockhead.
"We can be reasonably opti- stitute; Judge James I. Ellmann,
mistic, despite the uncertain- a past president of the Council
ties of a possible World War who briefly reviewed the his-
III, that the Jew and mankind tory surrounding the formation
at large will return to increas- of Council; and Boris Joffe,
ing emphasis on scholarship executive director, who repre-
sented the professional staff.
and research."
In the course of his message
He quoted a recent statement
by Dr. Salo Baron, of Columbia in behalf of the Federation,
:University's department of Jew- Judge -Levin called attention
ish studies, that if Ainerican to the fact that, since 1954,
Jewry, in each generation can Federation had appropriated
produce 100 scholars, 100 rab- approximately $1,000,000 for
bis, 100 teachers, 100 social the Council's operating pro-
service executives and 100 writ- gram- He said it was "an in-
ers, we will be able to recreate vestment in what was then a
the culture of our past, glorious relatively new field of work"
and, reviewing the activities of
civilizations.
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number of governmental com-
ments, Israel among them.
Israel called the attention of
the Secretary General to the t.4
fact that certain economic de- pd
velopment projects are also po-
litically significant," and sug- hl
gested that the executive body
of the new fund must work in t.4
such a way as to cross political
boundaries or political differ- cia
ences. While the wording of
Israel's comment was strictly
formal, it was believed to refer
to Israel's desire for use of
money from the special fund
for Middle East regional proj-
ects like the Jordan River Val-
ley plan.
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