All Divisions Spur Campaign Activities
Five Report Meetings Announced;
Zuckerman Urges Speedy Coverage
April 6, 12:15 p.m., Fred M.
Butzel Memorial Building; Tues-
day, April 10, 8 p.m., Jewish
Center, Room 202; Friday, April
27, 12:15 p.m., Fred M. Butzel
With the 1962 Allied Jewish opening meeting; the :avalanche Memorial Building.
Campaign. off to the best start! 1 of gifts that were turned in at
Charles H. Gershenson co-
in its 36-year history, chairman the opening meeting and that
Paul Zuckerman warned the have been turned in at cam- -I airman of the campaign, re-
campaign army of more than paign headquarters since the ported that all campaign divi-
sions .nnounced more than 50
3,000 workers against over- campaign opening.
per cent of last year's giving had
optimism. --
Zuckerman announced t h e been raised at the time of the
"If this were an ordinary dates of campaign report meet- opening meeting. The arts and
year, our $3,300,000 in advance i ngs:
crafts division, under the chair-
giving would assure a , success-
Tuesday April 3, 8 p.m. Jew- manship of Irving Goldberg,
ful campaign," Zuckerman said. ish Center, Room 202; Fr
iday, reported what Gershenson
We must raise $4,704,000,
almost $100,000 more than last
year, to meet regular needs and 1
then an additional $1,200,000 as
Detroit's part of the United Jew-
ish Appeal Special Fund. This 1
is not going to be an easy cam-
paign."
Zuckerman said all indica-
tions point to one of the best
years in the campaign's history.
He pointed to the following i
advance indications of an extra-
crdinary campaign: The tre-
mendous number of gifts in the
'pre-campaign total that were
increases over last year; the
large and enthuiastic turnout
of campaign workers at the
Women Intensify Activities in
!Behalf of Allied Jewish Campaign
Wise Resigns Post
as Board Chairman
for Hebrew University
called the a"mazing" total of 94
per cent at the opening meeting
to lead the seven trade and pro-
fessional divisions. Gershenson
reported that the leaders in
total amount of money raised is
the mechanical trades division,
under the chairmanship of
Harry B. Aronow, with $805,068
reported. The food division,
under the chairmanship of
Peter B. Copeland, has raised
84 per cent of its 1961 total.
The Women's Division, under
the chairmanship of Mrs. Harold
A. Robinson, is at 86 per cent.
Rabbi- Morris Adler, who
serves as chairman of the Rab-
binical advisory council of the
United Jewish Appeal, in a
Passover message, called upon
the American-Jewish community
to practice the "principle of
Jewish mutual responsibility"
by increasing its contributions
to the UJA 1962 drive for $95,-
000,000 to meet the augmented
needs of Jewry overseas. In his
message, he stated:
"The principle of the Jewish
Syrian Army Junta Pledges
'Liberation' of Palestine
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)
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(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)
... .
More than 400 workers in the general solicitation division
JERUSALEM — Dr. George
of the Allied Jewish Campaign's Women's Division turned in
Wise. chairman of the board of
completed assignments totaling more than $40,000 during a
governors of the Hebrew Uni- drop-off day held Sunday at the Jewish Center, reports Mrs.
versity, unexpectedly an-i Max L. Lichter, chairman of general solicitation. The 11,000
nounced his resignation at the prospects were assigned to 800 workers in the division. Assist-
board's annual meeting Mon- ing in planning the division drop off day were, left to right:
day night and left for New
front row, Mrs. Max M Honeyman, executive vice-chairman;
York Tuesday.
Mrs. Lichter; Mrs. Jack W. Mitchell, executive vice-chairman;
Wise walked out of the meet-
back row, Mrs. Sam Barnett, coordinator; Mrs. Alexander
ing following differences of W. Sanders, advisor; Mrs. Martin Messer, executive vice-
opinion which arose when he
chairman; and Mrs. Adolph Lowe, coordinator.
announced appointments of
members to various committees
of the board.
University quarters attributed
his sudden departure for New
York to his sudden resignation.
However, some of Wise's friends
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
brought up in the Jewish faith
to The Jewish News)
told the Jewish Telegraphic
LONDON
— A three-judge there also was no evidence that
Agency that he received a tele-
phone call from New York in- court Tuesday granted permis- the infant had been baptized.
He said that the county judge
forming him that his father-in- sion to a childless Jewish should have
taken into account
couple from California to adopt
law is gravely ill.
an infant girl of a Christian "all relevant matters" and that
mother on grounds that a home "he gave exaggerated impor-
and parents are more important tance" to the religious aspect of
the case.
STATE LEADER
to a baby than religion.
The couple, whose names
were withheld by the court, had Keren Hayesod Director
provided a home for the unwed
Gets 15-Year Sentence
mother who gave birth to the
girl when she was 16. The for Embezzlement
couple want to bring up the
JERUSALEM, (JTA) — Eph-
infant, now a year old, in the raim _Margalit, former director
Jewish faith and sought an of the Paris office of Keren
adoption order.
Hayesod, the financial arm of
The request was turned down the World Zionist Organization,
by a county court judge who found guilty here of embezzling
ruled it was "not in the interest $170,000 of the organization's
of a Christian child" to be funds, was sentenced to 15
brought up by Jewish parents. years imprisonment.
The mother apparently _had no
Judge Binnamin Halevi of
objections.
the Jerusalem District Court,
LOUIS I. ZUCKERMAN
The couple, who were report- who imposed the sentence. also
ed to have a joint income of ordered Margalit to pay the
It has just . been announced
nearly $15,000-a-year, took the costs of the trial. which in-
by the
case to the appeals court.
cludes 11,000 pounds ($3,600)
New York Life Insurance Co.
The husband is employed by for bringing 11 witnesses here
the United States Foreign Serv- from France to testify at the
that Louis I. Zuckerman led
ice. The couple said they plan- proceedings which resulted in
all agents in the State of Mich-
ned to go back to their Cali- Margalit's conviction.
igan for the month of February.
fornia home next year and
Prior to hearing the sentence,
In addition he was one of the
apply for an adoption order Margalit pleaded with the court
top 10 notional leaders out of
there to comply with American for leniency. saying he had been
(approximately) 6,000 agents
law.
"drawn" into gambling activ-
all over the country.
The London County Council ities through which he had dis-
gave its support to the adop- sipated the funds he was
Mr. Zuckerman resides at
tion plea reporting that the in- charged with embezzling. He
18427 Greenlawn
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fant was receiving - excellent said his total resources now
has offices downtown at
care. Lord Justice Ormerod, amount only to 205 French
speaking for the appeals panel, francs.
1825 First National Bldg.
said that while there was no
doubt that the child would be
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mutual responsibility which is
a major motiff in our tradition
and constitutes one of the
powerful cohesions of our group
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unique immigration policy of
the State of Israel. Israel is the
only country in the world that
has a non-selective immigration
policy. Every Jew who can and
wishes to enter is welcomed.
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"A large number of Jews have
in recent months been making
way to Israel. Though the
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admitted . . .
"It is an expression of the
mutual responsibility we Amer-
ican Jews feel that we have
undertaken through the United
Jewish Appeal to share in the „P
partnership of obligation with
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our brethren in Israel . . .
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"We shall soon be celebrating
the Pesach festival. What a
happy privilege it is for Amer-
ican Jews to be the instruments
of freedom for our brethren."
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LONDON — The Syrian army
seized power Wednesday in a
bloodless coup and announced
that its "new movement" for
Syria would include "mobilizing
Arab efforts for recovering
Arab rights in Palestine," ac-
corc.ing to reports from Damas-
cus.
The army, in a statement is
sued after it seized power, also
pledged it would work for "lib-
erating that usurped country"
and that it would aim for pan-
Arab unity, "particularly with
Egypt and Iraq."
The army Junta, which carried
through the seventh seizure of;
power in Syria since 1949, an-
an-
nounced the resignation of Presi-
dent Kudsi for "health reasons, 1
dissolution of the Syrian parlia-1
ment" for failure to carry out !
the aims of the revolution,' the !
resignati on
Premier e awa -
ibi and the entire cabinet.
A state-of-emergency was de- I
dared and all airfields and iron-
tiers were closed.
According to the American
Cancer Society there will be
some 520.000 new cancer pa-
tients (diagnosed for the first
time) in 1962. The Society says
that at least one half of them
could be saved by early diag-
nosis and prompt treatment.
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