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HE JEWISH NEWS
A Weekly Review
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Local Causes to Share Alike
With Israel in Gains, Losses
In '59 Allied Jewish Campaign
Budget Conference Sets '58 Gifts as Basis for
initial Sharing in New `Partnership' Set-Up
A new policy for a partnership of sharing alike in gains or losses
in all Allied Jewish Campaigns by local, national and overseas agen-
cies and beneficiaries, including Israel, was adopted Sunday, at the
all-day 1959 pre-campaign budget conference, held at the 10-Mile
Road Jewish Center.
Max Fisher, last year's campaign chairman, who reported for
a steering committee of 22 which outlined the new program, made
the following proposals to the entire delegation to the conference
which adopted them unanimously:
The philosophy for the forthcoming drive is to be based on the
1958 campaign income. All allocations are to be frozen at the same
level as in 1958, and a firm partnership is to be established between
all local, national and overseas agencies.
"If we are truly partners," Fisher asserted, "then all have to
share in losses as well as in gains."
The formula adopted by the conference provides that if more
money is raised this year, most of it is to go to the United Jewish
Appeal for Israel and overseas relief.
Any sum to be raised in excess of last year's contributions
totalling $4,995,691 is to be divided proportionately, the sum for all
causes outside the UJA being set at a maximum of $80,000 out of
the first $300,000 to be raised in excess of last year's gifts. If the
increase is to be only $100,000, non-UJA agencies are to receive
$20,000 more and the balance to go to the UJA. If the excess over
1958 is to be $200,000, non-UJA agencies will receive $40,000. Sums
raised in excess of a $300,000 increase over last year are to go to
the UJA.
Fisher pointed out that the existing problem of allocations has
been intensified by increased local needs and by the projected cut
of $50,000 to Jewish agencies affiliated with the United Community
Services. He expressed the hope that there will be a larger outpouring
of gifts to assure stability for all agencies affiliated with the Allied
Jewish Campaign.
Fisher expressed the view that the formula adopted by Detroit,
for share - alike allocations in losses as well as gains. will serve as a
guide for communities throughout the country.
The recommendations of the budget conference now go to the
Jewish Welfare Federation's executive committee and board of
governors for final approval.
Judge Theodore Levin presided at the conference and appointed
the following to serve on the steering committee:
Max Fisher, chairman, Samuel H. Rubiner, Jacob A. Citrin,
Erwin S. Simon, Louis LaMed, Jack 0. Lefton, Mrs. Sidney J. Karbel,
Irwin I. Cohn, Louis Tabashnik, Mandell L. Berman, Joseph Bern-
stein, Sidney Allen, Samuel Frankel, Dr: - I. Jerome Hauser, Joseph
Holtzman, Mrs. John C. Hopp, Abe Kasle, Dr. Irving Posner, Hyman
Safran, Philip Slomovitz and Paul Zuckerman. Isidore Sobeloff and
William Avrunin, executive director and assistant executive director
of Federation, and Judge Levin, Federation president, also served
on the committee.
Irwin I. Cohn Named 1959 Campaign Chairman; Makes
Strong Plea for Increased Giving to Fifty Worthy Causes
Irwin I. Cohn was introduced at the budget conference as the chairman of the 1959 Allied Jewish Campaign. Leonard N. Simons is to be the associate
ehairman.
In the concluding address at Sunday's conference, after he was introduced as the campaign chairman, Cohn made a strong plea for the raising of standards
Of giving to the over-all local drive for 50 agencies.
Drawing some comparisons, he pointed out that there are 700 members in Detroit's three country clubs, the value of each membership being at least
$5,000. "But there are only 175 people who give $5,000 or more to the drive," he declared:
Reminding the gathering that there are 50 beneficiaries in the drive and 26,000 contrib-
utors, he showed that the average gift to Isr ael is only $81 per capita and to local agencies
only $49 per capita. "This," he said, "is a bad inventory. This year we must do a lot better
job than in the past."
The budget conference commenced with a welcoming
statement by Judge Levin, presentation of budget facts by
Avrunin and outlines of the local, national and overseas needs
by heads of the various campaign divisions.
David Abraham Brown,
A stirring address in support of the United Jewish Appeal
one of the most promi-
and
of increased aid to Israel was made by Joseph Holtzman
nent figures in world
who outlined the UJA requests for increased allocations for
Jewry and for more than
the coming year.
a decade the most active
In the course of his presentation, Holtzman presented the
leader in philanthropic
following facts:
circles in behalf of over-
"The recent renewal of heavy immigration to Israel took
seas relief causes, died in
everyone by surprise. Primarily, this resulted from the un-
Sinai Hospital, New York,
expected granting of exit visas from one East European
Monday morning.
country. There was no way of knowing—nor is there still—
how long this immigration will keep up.
Funeral services were
"In October, 1958, nearly 4,000 arrived in Israel. And it
held here in Temple Beth
was known that by October more than 60,000 Jews already
El's Brown Memo rial
had registered for exit visas in one country of exit alone,
Chapel, which was named
with 4,300 registering in a single city in a single day.
in his honor when the
"In November, there were another 4,000 and during the
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first weeks of December some 2,800 Jews left a single country
in Eastern Europe for Israel. So long as the opportunity exists
years ago, at 2 p.m. Wed-
for these people to reach Israel, funds must be available for
nesday. Dr. Richard C.
the transportation, initial absorption and settlement of these
Hertz officiated.
immigrants.
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IRWIN I. COHN
David A. Brown's Death at
83 Brings Tribute from
Scores of Jewish Leaders