Phone Hook-Up Briefs Leaders on UJA

MIA.1.11 BEACH, (JTA) —
More than 10,000 top Jewish
leaders in 100 communities
were told Monday over a tele-
phone hook-up from here of
the problems facing Israel in
connection with the mass emi-
gration of Jews from Romania
and of the decisions adopted
here by the national conference
of the United Jewish Appeal to
mobilize American Jewish aid
for their re-settlement.
The nationwide telephone re-
port to community leaders
throughout the country was
presented by Morris W. Berin-

stein and Rabbi Herbert Fried-
man, UJA general chairman
and executive vice chairman,
respectively.
Berinstein told the 10,000
listeners that "the thousands of
newcomers to Israel every
month find Israel's 2,000,000
people ready to give them the
greatest gift anyone can give
—their home, their welcome,
their every physical help.
"We in America are only
asked to give our dollars. But
we must give them more speed-
ily and more generously than
ever before."

Israel May Court-Martial Officer
Involved in Gaza Border Incident

TEL AVIV (JTA)—The Is-
raeli officer who commanded
the four-man patrol which
crossed the Gaza Strip border
in pursuit of an Arab gang
which had fired on them may
be court-martialled. An Israeli
Army spokesman revealed that
the army's prosecutor's office
was investigating the circum-
stances of the case.
Giving the Israeli version of
the case, the spokesman said
that the Israeli unit had been
stopped by two different United
Nations Emergency Force
patrols while inside Egyptian-
controlled territory. The first
UNEF patrol saw the Israelis
being fired upon by the Arabs,
the second did not, he said. He
expressed•surprise that the UN
version of the affair had failed
to mention that the firing
which started the incident came
from the Egyptians.
The Israeli unit found foot-
prints and discarded plastic
parts which led them to be-
lieve an Egyptian party had
planted land mines, the spokes-
man said. So it followed the
track toward the border 'where
it was fired upon. The /Israeli
officer commanded his men to
return the fire and then set
out in pursuit of the attackers.
When the officer found him-
self and his unit inside Egyp-
tian territory, he ordered a
cease-fire and retreat toward
Israel. It was then that the
two UNEF patrols, at separate
times, intercepted the patrol.
The spokesman said th t the
commander was right in ecid-

ing to strike back at the
attackers, but wrong in firing
across the border and in cross-
ing the border.
Meanwhile. UN Secretary
General D a g Hammarskjold
said the Israel-Egyptian Mixed
Armistice Commission "will
have the last word" in regard
to the incident. "The report
does not give evidence of in-
filtration or pursuit, and as
long as our people were with
the Israeli troops there was
no shooting at them," he added,
declaring that he would pre-
fer to consider the events re-
ported "as an accident rather
than an incident."
United Arab Pepublic dele-
gate Dr. Omar Loutfi has filed
a complaint over the incident
with the UN Security Council.

Rabbi Friedman warned that
there was evidence that already
100,000 of Romania's Jews had
registered for emigration out
of a total Jewish population of
more than 250,000. He added:
"The act of registration is a
clear and positive indication
that the individual wishes to
go. Once a would-be immigrant
registers. he does not have the
option of changing his mind."
Rabbi Friedman asked that
Jewish communities throughout
the land to "give full philan-
thropic priority" to the needs of
Israel's new immigrants. "If
there is any doubt in anyone's
mind how sorely funds are
needed, let him remember that
it will cost about $160,000,000
to receive and absorb 100,000
immigrants — $60.000,000 more
than we seek in the UJA spe-
cial fund this year," he added.
In Washington, Senator Har-
rison A. Williams, Jr., New
Jersey Democrat, expressed
support of Israel's effort to ac-
commodate the new flow of
immigrants. He announced that
he is "actively exploring legis-
lative possibilities" for introdu-
cing an emergency bill to ad-
mit a number of Jews from
Romania and other East Euro-
pean countries to the United
States.
He said he is holding dis-
cussions on possible action, be-
cause he thought Jews from Ro-
mania should be afforded the
same chance to enter the U. S.
as provided escapees from Hun-
gary two years ago.

Brief Golda Meir on Jordan Project
to Divert River; to Speak in U. S.

Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News

JERUSALEM—Foreign Minis-
ter Golda Meir, who is pre-
paring to leave for a month's
visit to the United States,
where she will lecture on be-
half of the United Jewish
Appeal, was briefed Tuesday
on the adverse effects on Is-
raeli agriculture of the Jor-
danian project to divert the
Yarmuk River.
The project. for which Jor-
dan received an aid grant of
$3,000,000 from the United
States. will turn the river,
tributary of the Jordan River,

so that none of it will flow
into the old course.
Israel has riparian rights to
the water from the Yarmuk
and has in the past used some
200,000,000 cubic meters of
water annually. Unless the
project is amended, Israel
stands to suffer heavily from
lack of this water.
Meanwhile the project has
been rushed and 700 Jordanian
laborers working around the
clock have already managed to
divert some 20,000,000 cubic
meters, en d a n g e r i ng 12,000
dunams (3,000 acres) of cul-
tivated land inside Israel.

Betroiders Help Launch . 59 ILTJA Bril-e

• Continued from Page 1 • I Borman and Associates. Hugo
and other large gifts already Slotkin, Paul Zuckerman. chair-
secured in their home commun- man of the campaign and a
ities.
host of others. with the de-
Among Detroiters who res- tailed listing scheduled for
ponded were Israel and Louis announcement at a later date
Davidson, Irwin I. Cohn. Jacob in each local community.
A. Citrin, Morris L. Fruman.
Ambassador Eban declared
Abe Green and Nathan Fish- that Israel "with the new po-
man, who acted as chairman of tentiality of industry. commerce,
the Detroit Committee in Miami. immigration, science and tech-
Charles Grosberg. Benjamin Lai- nology," could sustain a larger
kin. Morris Ben Lewis, Harry population than now
and David Rott and many He said, "This blessed increase
others. On the dais were Irwin will bring nothing but welfare
Abe Kasle, former chairman and benefits to our nation with-
in the framework of its abiding
and a national cabinet leader.
Also reported to the national fidelity to international peace,
meeting were big gifts from justice and law."
Rabbi Friedman warned that
Max M. Fisher and C. William
Sucher. Sam and Louis Ham- "t h e figure of 100,000 Jews
from
Eastern Europe, particu-
burger. Abraham and Thomas

larly Romania, could be an un-
der-estimate." He said, "There
is evidence that more than that
number are already registered
for emigration."
The presentation to Jack
Fenny consisted of a unique
half-size replica of one of the
famous Dead Sea Scrolls now
displayed in the Hebrew Uni-
versity in Jerusalem and of the
jar in which the scroll was
found. A silver plaque, fixed to
the jar, carried the names of
UJA's top officers.
The presentation to Ambas-
sador Eban was a small bronze
figtire of Etruscan origin dating
from the 4th century BCE. Mr.
J. J. Klejman. of New York, a
personal admirer of Ambassador
Eban, helped to select it.

Blumberg, Safran and Shifhnan
Named to Allied Drive Posts;
Campaign to Open on March 23

Blumberg

Safran

Louis C. Blumberg, Hyman
Safran and Abe Shiffman have
been named vice-chairmen of
the 1959 Allied Jewish Cam-
paign, announces Irwin I. Cohn,
1959 campaign chairman, who
said, "all three men are experi-
enced campaigners."
Blumberg and Safran are re-
turning to the posts they served
with such distinction in the 1958
campaign. Shiffman w a s pre-
campaign co-chairman last year.
Blumberg is a member of the
Detroit Service Group. Safran
serves on the board of the Jew-
ish Community Council, Detroit
Service Group, Jewish Welfare
Federation and United Jewish
Charities. Shiffman is a mem-
ber of the board of Sinai Hospi-
tal, North End Clinic and Fresh
Air Society.
"Through our efforts this
year, we will insure that our lo-
cal agencies, our home for aged,
hospital, Hebrew schools, com-
munity center, family and child-
ren's service and all the agen-
cies that make us a good com-
munity, are able to maintain at
least their present levels of
operation," Cohn said.
"We hope to intensify our
support of the United Jewish
Appeal rescue programs. This
year we will be able to help
finance the immigration of Jews
from Romania and other East
European countries to Israel.
"Last year's refugees, some
of whom are still in camps or
other temporary shelters will
be settled in permanent homes
in Israel," Cohn reported.
"It will take extra work and
increased giving by all con-
tributors and Allied Je wish
Campaign workers," Cohn said,
"but any sacrifice we make is
insignificant when compared to
the sacrifices Israel's people
are called upon to make and the
great work that needs doing."
There is activity in all
seven Allied Je wish Cam-
paign trade and professional
divisions and in the women's,
junior and metropolitan divi-
sions in preparation for the
1959 campaign opening o n
Monday, March 23, reports
campaign co-chairMan L e o n-
ard N. Simons.
Mercantile division pace-set-
ters met with excellent results
at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Robinson on Tuesday.
T h e professional division's
physicians section leaders met
at the home of Dr. and Mrs.
I. Jerome Hauser and reported

Shiffman

a 15 per cent increase over
last year's giving. Rabbi Morris
Adler spoke.
The accountants section met
on Sunday and was addressed
by Campaign vice-chairman Hy-
man Safran. Section chairman
William B. Isenberg urged all
accountants to take the need
to finance the Romanian emi-
gration personally and increase
their giving.
Physicians met on Wednesday,
at the home of Dr. and Mrs.
Sherman Kay, to hear a talk by
Rabbi Mordecai Halpern.
The attorneys' section workers
and leaders will meet at 11 a.m.,
Sunday, at the Furniture Club.
The executive board of the
Metropolitan Division met and
members made increased
pledges. The major Metropolitan
Division workers meeting will
be held in mid-March. The
steering committee of the organ-
izations division will meet for
brunch, 11 a.m., Feb. 15, at the
Davison Center.
The real estate and building
division held four campaign
meetings. Members of the divi-
sion heard William Avrunin, as-
sociate director of the Jewish
Welfare Federation, report on
the Miami United Jewish Ap-
peal meeting. at a breakfast for
division leadership and workers.
On Thursday, an assignment
meeting for all builders and
Building Finance Section mem-
bers will be held at the 10
Mile Center, at •8 p.m.
The food division has com-
pleted its organization by hold-
ing a series of section meetings.
Division workers will meet for
brunch at the Davison Center.
10 a.m., Sunday. Safran will be
speaker.
The mechanical trades divi-
sion is holding assignment meet-
ings in preparation for a divi-
sion-wide campaign opening din-
ner Feb. 25.
The Junior Division held a
special gifts meeting with Mel
Durbin host and -eported a 20
per cent increase. The junior
women's special gifts section
will hold a fund-raising tea, Feb.
22, at the home of Janet
Schuster. •
The arts. and crafts division
organization is complete and
the division is preparing for its
annual fund-raising dinner meet-
ing to be held Feb. 24. .
Simons reports that most di-
visions hope to have reached
50 per cent of 1958 giving by
the campaign opening.

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They IIWped Launch '39 IIIJA Drive in Miami _Beach

Among the Detroiters who helped launch the 1959 United Jewish Appeal,

toward a goal of $205,000,000, to assist in the unprecedented wave of emigration
from Romania to Israel, are left to right: William Fisher, Isidore Sobeloff, Morris

L. Fruman, Nate Fishman, Fred Binder, David Rott, National UJA Chairman
Morris W. Berinstein, Abe Green, Jacob Citrin, Mr. and Mrs. Irving Dworman.
and Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Laikin and their daughter and son-in-law.

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