Auschwiti Survivors Present Eisenhower Scroll of Gratitude
Judge Friedman Honored at Allied
Campaign Meeting on 80th Birthday
WASHINGTON, (JTA)—Jew-
ish survivors of Auschwitz-Buna
concentration camp described
President Eisenhower as "deep-
His fellow campaign workers
ly moved and impressed" when
gave Judge William Friedman a
their delegation presented the
standing ovation in honor of his
President with a scroll of grati-
80th birthday at the Allied Jew-
tude signed by many Auschwitz
ish Campaign report meeting
survivors now residing in the
last Friday.
United States.
Mrs. Joseph H. Ehrlich said:
The survivors recited a He-
"Will Friedman is truly a man
brew prayer for the President
who has followed the Biblical
and remained with him about
injunction to do justice, love
20 minutes. The President rem-
mercy and walk humbly before
inisced about the war and the
God."
horrors of the German concen-
Judge Friedman, who said
tration camps. He expressed
"he' had come to do his duty as
gratification that the survivors
a • campaigner, and would not
who called on him had been
have come had he known he was
able to become healthy and use-
to be honored," told the cam-
ful American citizens. He found
paign leaders and workers that
it interesting, after the elapse
the satisfaction of doing what
of 15 years since the liberation
you believe in is its own reward,
of camps, to know what had
and said he intended to con-
become of some of the surviv-
tinue his communal activities..
ors.
Hyman Safran, meeting chair-
Sen. Jacob K. Javits, New
man, called the vigorous young JUDGE WILLIAM FRIEDMAN York Republican, accompanied
leadership of the campaign "a4>
the delegation. He said the visit
tribute to Judge Friedman's ac-
of the group to the White House
Knesset
tivity and example."
served as a reminder to the
Judge Friedman helped found
President and the country and
the United Jewish Charities in
gave the President "great com-
1908, served as its president
from 1920-23 and again from
Austria Seeks Payments
1937-44 and has been a board
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
• to The Jewish News)
from West Germany
member continuously. He was
a founding board member of JERUSALEM—The presidium as Victims of Nazism
the Jewish Welfare Federation of the Knesset ruled Tuesday
VIENNA, (JTA) — Bruno
in 1926 and has served on it that a demand of the Agudat Kreisky, Austria's Foreign Min-
1
e sculp-
continuously since, He was pres- I srael lf for debate on th
ister, told foreign press corre-
ident of the Federation in 1944 ture gift from American impres- spondents that during a recent
sario
Billy
Rose
was
not
urgent.
and 1945.
Orthodox elements in Israel visit to Bonn, he asked that
He has served on the board of
have
protested that some of :.he West Germany provide compen-
the Detroit District, Boy Scouts
sculptures
to be set up as part sation for Austrian victims of
of America, International Insti-
of
a
national
park were a de- Nazism in the 1938-1945 period.
tute, Community Chest , Council
He said that during World
famation because of alleged vio-
of Social Agencies and was just
lation of the Biblical command- War II considerable Jewish
re-elected treasurer of Goodwill
property was transferred from
ent againsf graven images.
Industries.
The effect of the presidium Austria to Berlin by the Nazi
Judge Friedman is a former
decision will be to postpone de- regime for which he asked com-
member of the board of trus-
pensation. He did not indicate
bate on the issue until .after the
tees of _Congregation Shaarey
the West German response to
Passover holiday.
Zedek and was a member of the
The million-dollar collection his request.
Detroit House of Correction is expected to be proClaimed a
board for 17 years, serving as national park. Thus it will be
DRIVING LESSONS
its president five times.
removed from the jurisdiction
LESSON $ 25
He is a member of Franklin of the Jerusalem municipality.
A, COURSE
Hills ,•Country Club, Standard City officials had been asked by
Dual Controls
Club, Great Lakes Club and the the Chief Rabbinate to reject
Professional instructors
University of Michigan Law- the gift.
Day or Evening
yers Club.
Comment in the local press
Judge Friedman served all 13 on the question continued to be
Appointments
Federation member agencies strongly in favor of the pro-
Safeway Driver Training
and now serves as an executive posed sculpture garden, as were
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committee member of the Jew- i letters to the editor.
ish Welfare Federation and on
the boards of the Hebrew Free
Loan Association, Jewish Com-
munity Center, Sinai Hospital,
United Hebrew Schools and
United Jewish Charities.
fort" in efforts to enact liberal-
ized immigration legislation.
The delegation included Ernest
Michel,. Haskell Tydor, Leo
Weissman, Sigmund Freund,
Simon Gutter, a n d Norbert
Wohlheimi the individual who
brought the original suit against
the German I.G. Farben Co. to
obtain redress for slave labor.
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Israel Censors Show
Drop in German Films;
U.S. Still Leads List
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)
JERUSALEM —There has
been a sharp drop in the num-
ber of German-speaking films
imported in 1959 compared with
the Previous year, a film censor-
ship board disclosed.
This year, only 22 German-
speaking pictures were submit-
ted for censorship compared to
88 last year.
Of the total number of 458
movies imported last year, the
United States still leads with
178, but is losing ground com-
pared to last year's 216.
Increases were registered on
film imported from France (86
compared to 58), Britain (52
compared to 32), Italy (31 com-
pared to 15), Soviet Union (11
compared to eight), Spain (12
compared to five), India (19
compared to nine), and Egypt
(25 compared to 20).
However, last December, a
ban was imposed on imports of
films from Egypt and other
hostile countries. The 23 films
banned by censorship in-aided
six being too sympathetic to
Germany. Five of them were
made in America, and only one
in Germany.
The Tel Raanan children's
home, at Bnei Brak, sponsored
by American Mizrachi Women,
cares for young children from
broken and maladjusted homes.
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