Candidates in Monday's Election
List Qualifications for Office

Following is biographical in-
formation submitted by candi-
dates for office in Monday's
election.
In the special election to
nominate candidates for State
Representative from the 10th
District:
ROBERT L. BLINSTRUB, 33,
candidate for Republican nom-
ination for State Representative
from the 10th District, is a
native of Detroit, was grad-
uated from the University of De-
troit High
School in 1943
and attended
the University
of Miami at
Oxford, Ohio,
and the Uni-
versity of
Michigan, from
which he
received a
Bachelor of
Art s Degree. Blinstrub
He received his Bachelor of
Laws Degree from the Univer-
sity of Detroit. He is married
and has two children.
Blinstrub served three and a
half years in the Marine Corps
and has been a practicing at-
torney since 1952. He is a mem-
ber of the State Bar of Mich-
igan and the American Bar As-
sociation and serves on the com-
mittee on administrative agen-
cies of the former. He is former
secretary of the Englewood
Homeowners Association and
president of King Homeowners
Association.
Lee Franklin Weinstock. of
16171 Snowden, who was con-
tending for the Republican
nomination, has annoinieed her
withdrawal in favor ra Blin-
strub.
• • •
JOSEPH A. GILLIS, candi-
date for Democratic nomination
for State Representative from
10th District, is a native De-
troiter, son of Recorders Court
Judge Joseph A. Gillis. He is an
attorney and lives at 16683 Rob-
son with his wife and two chil-
dren. He has been active in
church, civic and scouting ac-
tivities in Northwest Detroit.
He is a Lt. Col. in the Air
Force Reserve and served dur-
ing World War II and the
Korean War. He has been
awarded the Distinguished Fly-
ing Cross, Korean Service Medal

Wide Attention
ShownCandidac,
of Harold Norris

Considerable attention is be-
ing shown here in the candi-
dacy of Harold Norris for
Judge of Common Pleas Court,
at the Primaries on Monday.
Listed as preferred by the
Detroit Citizens League and
endorsed by the AFL-CIO. Nor-
ris has received the backing
of many prominent Detroiters.
Among those backing his can-
didacy are Nedwin Smokier,
Harold Berry, Mandell Berman,
A. Joseph Seltzer and many
others.
Active in many legal and
civic affairs, Norris' record is
pointed to as assurance of a
highly qualified candidate.

Wise Endorsed by
Independent Party

The Independent Party, at the
last meeting of its executive
board, endorsed John M. Wise
for Judge of the Circuit Court,
to be voted on at the election in
April.
Wise was endorsed because of
his ability, experience and de-
sire to serve the public.
Independent Party also en-
dorsed Congresswoman Martha
Griffiths for Recorders Court
Judge.

and the United Nations Medal.
Gillis is commander of Amer-
ican Legion Charles A. Learned
Post, state president of Reserve
Officers Association, judge ad-
vocate in the AMVETS and is
a member of VFW.
• • •
JERRY HARRIS, 45, of 19940
Lauder, is candidate for Demo-
cratic nomination for 10th Dis-
trict State Representative. He
was born and educated in De-
troit, having attended Central
High School, Eastern Michigan
College, Detroit Institute of
Technology and the University
of Detroit. He is now attending
the Detroit College of Law.
Harris is married and thg
father of two children. He is a
member of the Vandenberg
School PTA and helped form a
school cub scout group. He is an
overseas veteran and member
of Sholom Post of JWV, Cong.
Ahavas Achim and Old News-
boy Goodfellow Fund.
• •
MELVIN WEISZ, of 18447
Hartwell, candidate for Demo-
cratic nomination for 10th Dis-
trict Representative, has been
endorsed by the 17th Congres-
sional District Democratic Party.
Weisz is a teacher at Mumford
High School and has taught po-
litical science for 13 years.
An active member of the 17th
District Democratic organiza-
tion, Weisz has served on the
group's executive board, was
chairman o f '
the Young'
D e m s, h a s
been a pre-
cinct delegate
in precinct
112 for eight
years, and was
an alternate
delegate to the
1952 national
Democratic
Weisz
convention. Weisz is active in
civic, professional, and fraternal
organizations, including the Me-
tropolitan Detroit Social Studies
Club, Detroit Federation of
Teachers (AFL-CIO), and Cub
Scouts, and has been endorsed
by labor, fraternal and service
groups.
He is also a past president of
the Metropolitan Bnai Brith
Council. He has served as co-
chairman of educational divi-
sion of Allied Jewish Campaign,
and president of the Married
Couples Club of Bnai Moshe.
He is a member of the chang-
ing neighborhood committee of
Jewish Community Council and
a member of the board of di-
rectors of Cong. Bnai Moshe.

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In the election of a judge to
Common Pleas Court:
FREDRICK E. BYRD. of 3235
Carter, is a candidate for elec-
tion to the post of Judge of
Common Pleas.
Byrd graduated from the Uni-
versity of Detroit law school in
1948 while serving as adminis-
trator of Parkside Hospital. He
was appointed to the corpora-
tion counsel's staff in 1951,
having previously served as in-
vestigator for the Welfare De-
partment and chief accountant
for Receiving Hospital. As as-
sistant corporation counsel,
Byrd serves as referee for the
mayor on veterans' hearings and
license appeals, is chairman of
the debt mediation board and
chairman of the city accident
board. He is married and the
father of three children.

Saphir Arrives in U.S.

NEW YORK, (JTA)—Joseph
Saphir, former Minister of
Transport and Communications,
member of the Knesset and
chairman of the executive com-
mittee of the General Zionist
party in Israel arrived here to
confer with leaders of the Zion-
ist Organization of America and
set out on a lecture tour.

How USSR Seeks to Exploit Jews for Sinister End

By MILTON FRIEDMAN

(Copyright, 1959, JTA, Inc.)

WASHINGTON—The Soviet
Union is beginning to actively
consider the "problem" of its
3,000,000 Jewish citizens. Ac-
cording to reports trickling
into the U.S. Government and
experts on internal Soviet de-
velopments, events of impor-
tance to Jews may be antici-
pated.
A consensus seems to be
that Moscow will attempt to
exploit Jews under Soviet con-
trol in new stratagems aimed
at advancement of Russian for-
eign and domestic policy ob-
jectives. The Soviet Union
would like to sharpen all in-
struments potentially helpful
in splitting Western unity on
the growing German unifica-
tion crisis. An opinion exists
that the timing of develop-
ments involving Jews is mind-
ful of the unfolding Soviet
campaign on Germany.
receptions
At Embassy
here, Communist diplomats
have asked correspondents
questions about "the present
Jewish opinion in America
on German revanchism, re-
surgent anti-Semitism in West
Germany . . ." They asked
"what do the Jews of Ameri-
ca, England, and France
think of giving atomic weap-
ons to former SS men . . .
why are the Jewish organi-
zations now so quiet?"
Illustrative of the Soviet de-
sire to ignite anti-German feel-
ing is an event ensuing from
the visit of Soviet Deputy
Premier Mikoyan. While here,
Mikoyan talked to American
manufacturers about purchas-
ing a huge amount of steel
pipe. The State Department
refused to issue an export per-
mit because of strategic con-
siderations. Manufacturers were
disappointed.
But Russia subsequently
bought the same pipe from
West Germany. The story
was leaked to American news-
men, including some Jews,
perhaps to stir the embers.
Washington experts feel it
is entirely possible Russia may
permit exit of a significant
number of Jews for Israel.
Such departure would not be
motivated by any tendency to
first with Zionism. It would
spring from pressure long pres-
ent in Moscow to remove Jews
from many jobs to make room
for ambitious non-Jews. The
line is that Russia has grown

In-migration Loan
75 % Subscribed

JERUSALEM — Immigra-
tion loan officials reported
Wednesday that about '75
per cent of the 20,000,000-
pound loan floated to help
absorb the 100.000 immi-
grants expected from East-
ern Europe this year has
been subscribed.
They predicted that the re-
maining 5,000,000 pounds
would be subscribed by the
end of February when the
loan campaign ends.

World ORT Approves
Budget of $5,754,000

GENEVA, (JTA)—The World
ORT Union executive approved
a 1959 budget of $5,754,000 for
its vocational training program
among Jewish communities in a
score of countries. The new
budget is $700,000 more than
last year's.
Daniel Mayer, chairman of the
executive, reported that in 1958
nearly 36,000 persons were
served by ORT programs offered
in 500 training units. He pointed
out that the ORT network in
Israel was the largest system of
occupational training. Mayer
also spoke of the organization's
work in Poland, Western Europe
and the Moslem states.

"a new intelligentsia of its
own" capable of taking over
from Jews in senior jobs in
Moscow and other large cities.
Jews have already' been re-
moved from a number of jobs
of higher importance. Promo-
tion in even mediocre posi-
tions has become deliberately
rare to facilitate advancement
of non-Jews.
This discrimination seems
in one special field. Sciences
having military potential em-
ploy Jews on a basis of indi-
vidual talent. It is estimated
by one expert that 40 per-
cent of the top scientists on
the Sputnik and Lunik proj-
ects were Jews. Some have
been appointed' academicians
and otherwise honored.
It is clear that the Soviet
Union is today subtle enough
to avoid the shrill and noto-
rious anti-Semitism employed'
by the Nazis. Soviet propagan-
dists are skillful. They are fully
aware of world opinion. Miko-
yan was reportedly very im-
pressed by the multitude of
question put to him here on
the circumstances of Soviet
Jewry.
In Soviet minds, a way ex-

ists to improve relations with
Western liberals and important
business elements, in prepara-
tion for the coming big play
on Germany, while simulta-
neously ridding Russia of many
Jews. It is by the exit of Jews
from Eastern Europe to Israel.
That is the theory heard in
Washington.
Israel is selected as the des-
tination because of an impor-
tant factor. If thousands of
Jews poured into Western Eu-
ropean refugee camps as the
latest "refugees from Com-
munist persecution" it would
stimulate anti-Soviet sentiments.
But the release of the same
expressly to Israel could be
portrayed as a humanitarian
gesture consistent with Jew-
ish aspirations. It might help
rather than hinder Soviet prop-
aganda in the West, according
to this theory.

FREDERICK E.

BYRD

No. 21

FOR

COMMON PLEAS JUDGE

VOTE MONDAY, FEB. 16

ELECT

In Monday's
PRIMARY
ELECTION

FEBRUARY 16

for

STATE
Representative

10TH DISTRICT — WAYNE COUNTY
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Elect

JOSEPH A.

1LLIS

STATE
REPRESENTATIVE

70th District
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