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DALLAS, Tex. — A thousand
Jewish welfare leaders headed
home to their local communi-
ties Sunday from the 30th and
largest General Assembly of the
Council of Jewish Federations
and Welfare Funds. They will
tell their 800 local communities
that American Jews must raise
$165 million to meet the
mounting needs of Jews in this
country and the world.
In final actions, the Assem-
bly of 215 welfare funds, fed-
erations and community coun-
cils throughout the U.S. and
Canada elected officials for the
coming year and passed a series
of resolutiOns on Soviet treat-
ment of Jews, partnership with
government in advancing
health and welfare programs,
civil liberties, social work train-,
ing and philanthropic cam-
paigns.
Irving Kane of Cleveland was
elected to his third term as
president of the CJFWF. Judge
Irving C. Hill of Los Angeles
was elected a vice-president.
Expressing grave concern
over recent reports regard-
ing the Soviet Union's treat-
ment of Jews, the Assembly
unanimously voted a resolu-
tion which- urged that "the
force of public opinion bring
and end to Soviet attacks on
Jews and Jewish institutions,
and that Jews in Russia be
given the same rights as
other groups to religious ex-
pression and cultural fulfill-
ment."
In another session, Jewish
communal leader s' recom-
mended that- an intensive na-
tional s t u d y be made of
whether the increasing number
of Jewish all-day schools should
be supported by Jewish welfare
funds and federations.
- Supporters of the Jewish all-
day schools urged that these
schools be aided by community
funds "because they fulfill a
basic Jewish responsibility"
and are a vital instrument for
the "survival of Jewish spirit-
ual and cultural values."
Opponents contended that
Jewish all-day schools are pri-
vate parochial institutions and
"should be supported only by
those who believe their chil-
dren should have this kind of
education." They also expressed
concern that grants to these
schools would "drain already
strained communal funds."
Council officials said the
recommendation will b e
taken up with the appropri-
ate national Jewish educa-
tion bodies so that results
may be brought to the next
General Assembly scheduled
for Philadelphia next Novem-
ber.
The Assembly reaffirmed "its
commitment" to s t r iv e for
equal opportunity for all Amer-
ican's regardless of religion,
color, race or national origin.
The Assembly also passed
resolutions which approved the
reorganization o f American
Jewish philanthropic aid to Is-
rael and the development of a
systematic program for debt
reduction; called for continued
negotiations with the Ameri-
can Jewish Committee and
B n a i Brith Anti - Defamation
League to achieve continous
and effective cooperation among
all the national and local Jew-
iSh community relations agen-
cies.
It also urged the need for
sustained and effective cash
collection efforts by its mem-
ber agencies, and endorsed the
extension for another three
years of the Council's National
Scholarship Plan and Fund for
the recruitment and training
of social workers.
At Saturday's Banquet Ses-
sion, Secretary of Health,
Education, and Welfare Abri-
ham A. Ribicoff told the
delegates who packed the
meeting hall that "we are in
a race not only for the moon

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—but for the fullest develop-
will be needed next year and
ment of our human re-
in the years to come "be-
sources right here on earth."
cause of the increasing com-
Delivering the first Herbert plexity of our social welfare
R. Abeles Memorial Address, needs."
the Secretary told his audience
Louis P. Smith s of Boston,
that this is "a time for new chairman of a national mobili-
ideas. A time to seek 'new ways zation effort launched by the
and find new means to promote Council to help member com-
the general welfare."
munities collect payments on
At Friday's major session, outstanding pledges, reported
delegates were told. that Ameri- that, the effort had resulted in
can Jewish communities must a perceptible increase in the
raise more than $165,000,000 in collection of cash needed "for
1962•to meet pressing domestic all the urgent obligations of
our federations and welfare
and overseas needs.
Of this sum, according to funds" and will pave the way
Joseph Meyerhoff of Baltimore, to raise theh"- larger sums
general chairman of the Na-, needed in 1962.
Early in the Assembly dele-
tional United Jewish Appeal,
the UJA is hoping to raise $95 gates heard Dr. Maurice B.
million; $35 million of this will Hexter, executive vice presi-
be for a special fund to meet dent of the Federation of Jew-
increased costs of new immigra- ish Philanthropies of N e w
tion coming into Israel_ at a York, tell them that . though
"the impact of Government
rising rate.
An additional $70 million programs in the health and
must be raised to provide for welfare field will be of signifi-
other overseas, national and cantly greater magnitude in the
local welfare needs by the fund future," there need be "no fear
raising campaigns of the Coun- that the financial partnership
with government necessarily
cil's member communities.
Sidney R. Rabb of Boston, means abandoning the sec-
past campaign chairman of tarian nature of our services."
In place of fear, he urged
the Combined Jewish Philan-
thropies of Greater Boston, that voluntary agencies
ra-
dev
indicated that an estimated federatio
y t
re ef-
$120 million will have been ate ma
tuni-
raised in this country by the fectivel
nment
end of 1961 by Jewish com- ties arisi
munity organizations a n d progr
said that even more money
He recommended that fed-

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erations set up new service di-
visions to be known as "De-
partments on Government Pro-
grams" to collect and dissemi-
n a t e information concerning
government health and welfare
programs.
"So far experience proves
that our government respects
the unique interest of sectarian
groups. I am firmly of the be-
lief that the future of the Jew-
ish health and welfare agencies
depends 'for its strength and
survival, not so much upon the
source of financing, as upon
the identification of agency
leadership with the historical
stream of Jewish life and
values."
In still another major ses-
sion, CJFWF President Irv-
ing Kane reported on the
findings of a Council of dele-
gate's recent trip to Israel.

"Though Israel's economy is
moving forward and the gross
national product has been in-
creasing eight to 10 per cent
each year with virtually no un-
employment, Israel still has a
foreign trade gap of well over
$300 million. The difference be-
tween what it imports and ex-
ports is the measure of its

economic dependence," Kane
said.
Though the absorption of
new arrivals is a burden to its
economy, he said, Israel re-
gards them as its greatest asset.
Kane said that his delegation
proposed to Israel leaders the
setting up of a "flexible five-
year plan that would recognize
that immigration comes in
waves, not in averages, - and
that the volume is determined
by the country of exit, not by
Israel."

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