Allied Jewish Campaign Certain of
$100,000 Increase Over Last Year
May Exceed Total of $4,700,000;
Dore Schary Inspires Campaigners
The 1964 Allied Jewish Campaign
is certain of a total of $4,640,000,
but may go $100,000 above that,
Charles H. Gershenson, chairman,
announced Wednesday night at the
concluding dinner meeting of the
drive at the Jewish Center.
Gershenson said that at the sim-
ilar event last year, at the closing
dinner of the 1963 drive, a total of
$4,314,620 was recorded and the
anticipated $4,520,000 was exceeded
by $30,000. At Wednesday's meet-
ing, the total raised was $4,438,648
and a minimum total of $4,640,000
seemed assured from the large
number of prospects yet to be
reached. "We may even go above
$4,740,000," Gershenson said.
The concluding dinner
Wednesday heard an inspired
message by Dore Schary, na-
tional chairman of the An t
Defamation League, who called
upon all liberty-loving people
to shun silence when basic chal-
lenges are involved. "Silence,"
he said, "has brought terrible
memories. Unwillingness to
speak out has brought many
miseries on the world. Silence
permitted the murder of mil-
lions of Jews."
Declaring that the ADL allies
itself with the cause of justice for
the Negro, Schary said that "now
there must be an act of justice after
a century of injustice. We must
put in perspective the irresponsible
acts of some Negroes and we must
ally ourselves passionately with
those who back the civil rights
bill."
He called attention to a recent
Washington conference aimed at
attacking the civil rights bill and
said it was sponsored by anti-Jew-
ish and anti-Catholic elements as
well as anti-Negroes.
Warning that anti-Semites are
becoming more articulate, Schary
admonished the gathering not to
be afraid to speak up, not to be
indifferent.
"The place of the Jew is on the
side of immediate rectification of
the wrongs to the Negroes," he
declared.
Speaking on the merits of the
Allied Jewish Campaign, he urged
greater education efforts and said
"we must refresh ourselves with
more Judaism which is our replen-
ishing power."
Winding up two years of chair-
manship of the campaign, Gershen-
son commended his fellow workers
for their devotion to the many
causes included in the drive.
Al Borman, his cochairman,
asked the workers "never to quit,
to finish the job, to continue solicit-
ing until every prospect has been
reached."
As president of the Jewish
W e If a r e Federation, Hyman
S a f r an commended the cam-
paign workers for adhering to
highest community responsibil-
ities and for carrying the drive's
message to 25,000 prospects.
The gathering campaign workers
gave a standing ovation to Isidore
Sobeloff who addressed the gather-
ing on the conclusion of his 27th
campaign year here, prior to as-
suming his new assignment in Los
Angeles. -
Recalling the experiences of the
past 27 years, listing the many
great names of world leaders who
assisted in the sponsorship of
Allied Jewish Campaigns, Sobeloff
said he looked back with pride to
the growth of the community, to
the increased interest in Jewish
activities.
"The Federation is Jewish in its
ethical concepts and is American
in its social aspects," Sobeloff said.
He said he and Mrs. Sobeloff are
leaving the city "with fond
thoughts" of the many friends they
had made here.
He commended many of his co-
workers, with special mention for
Miss Esther Prussian, and with good
wishes to his successor as director
of the Federation, his "most sea-
soned" associate, William Avrunin.
Irwin Green and Max Shay e
called for campaign reports which
were given by Mrs. I. Je r ome
Hauser, Alfred W. Keats, Joel D.
Tauber, Marvin G. Alexander, Har-
old S. Norman, Aubrey H. Etten-
heimer, Charles Milan, Milton J.
Miller, Eugene Epstein and Irving
Goldberg. Rabbi Leon Fram gave
the invocation.
Charging "the reckless and
careless politician with creating
the record of violence," Schary
called for an end to witch hunts.
"The United States is no 'here-
for-a-day' republic," he declared.
"But we have a record of violence.
Bloody riots, lynchings, vigilante
justice, overt prejudice against
Catholics, Mormons, Italians, Irish
and Jews have shamed the basic
concept of American freedom.
Witch hunts have been part of the
national scene, street brawls and
homicides stain our blotter of
achievement. Four Presidents have
been assassinated. Two others in
our lifetime have almost been
murdered. Early politicians have
either died for 'honor' or shed
blood. Senators and congressmen
have assaulted each other in their
sacred halls of debate. We have
fought a deadly Civil War. We still
have not defined, after such a war,
the victor or the loser—nor what
the issues were over which that
war was fought.
"And out of the angry debate,
men are shot in the dark; children
are blown up in churches; riots
and clubbings and stabbings strike
down citizens of the United States
of America. And the warnings are
clear. Trouble boils in a covered
kettle of unrest and unless quick
progress is made we will see vio-
lence that will shock and shame us.
"I charge the hate mongers and
plotters—from Aaron Burr to Joe
McCarthy. I charge their cohorts
who dealt in slander, deceit and
hate. I charge irresponsible gover-
nors such as Barnett, Faubus and
Wallace who in the name of states'
rights defied federal law.
"I charge quasi-political groups
such as the Birch Society—with
fomenting unfounded distrust—
with telling monstrous lies—with
spreading hate.
"I charge them all with distort-
ing the truth and bearing false
witness and if they then say,
"Well, all is fair in politics"—
I charge them doubly, because
their sins bear the added curse
of cynicism."
Again, the professional divi-
sion, led by Dr. Abraham Becker
and attorney Milton J. Miller,
turned in the largest number of
pledges.
This division reached the $700,-
000 mark and has vowed to pass
the 100% mark.
Abraham Satovsky is division
adviser. Pre-campaign efforts are
in the hands of Attorneys Arnold
E. Frank and Joseph Handelman,
and Dr. I. Jerome Hauser and Dr.
Max B. Winslow.
First section over the 100%
mark this year was the schools and
synagogues, whose total of more
than $14,500 put them 106% ahead
of last year's contribution of $13,-
Leaders Congratulated by Pioneers Srere and Enggass
••:••
TWO PIONEER DETROIT LEADERS—Abra-
ham Srere and Clarence H. Enggass—second
and third from the left—congratulated the
1964 Allied Jewish Campaign leaders on their
efforts in this year's drive, at the concluding
660. Section chairman is Rabbi
Hayim Donin.
Also over the top with 103%
is the health services section
whose chairman this year is Dr.
Harold C. Melinsky.
Top money-raising section is the
attorneys, whose achievement to
date has passed the $250,000 mark
and who are approaching 100% of
last year's total of $264,199. Co-
chairmen of this section are
Albert M. Colman and Milt o n
Lucow. Advisers are S a in u e 1 J.
Rhodes and Lester S. Smith.
Second in amount of money
raised is the physicians section
whose chairman is Dr. Samuel J.
Hyman. Dr. Ben G e r t ow is co-
chairman. Their efforts to date
have obtained more than $190,000
and put them over the 90% mark.
Pharmacists and pharmaceutical
suppliers section has Jack A.
Robinson as chairman and Louis
Silver as co-chairman, with David
Dunsky and Morris Karbel as
advisers.
A. Richard Tischler is chairman
of the accountants section, with
Samuel L. Moss and Julian S.
Tobias as advisers.
The optometrists and opticians
section is led by Dr. Ernest M.
Gaynes, chairman, and Dr. Robert
Feldman and Dr. Ben R. Ravitz, co-
chairmen. Adviser of this unit is
Dr. Donald Golden.
Chairman of the podiatrists sec-
tion is Dr. Bernard Levin.
The osteopathic physicians sec-
tion is headed by Dr. Mortimer B.
Levin. Dr. Fred Benderoff and Dr.
William Stoler are co-chairmen,
and Dr. Sydney F. Ellias is adviser.
Dr. Huldah Fine is chairman
of the educational services sec-
tion. Assisting her as co-chair-
men are Dr. Arnold Glovinsky,
Abe S. Gornbein, Samuel Filan,
Dr. Albert Schiff and Dr. Wil-
liam W. Wattenberg.
Walter E. Klein is chairman of
the social service section. Mrs.
Samuel Chapin is co-chairman.
Government services section
chairman is Leon a r d Edelman.
Lawrence Gubow, Bernard Panush
and Irving J. Rubin are co-chair-
men. Adviser is Julius C. Pliskow.
Chairman of the engineers and
scientists section is Dr. Henry
Brown. He is assisted by George
H. Amber, Paul S. Amber, Dr.
Jacob E. Goldman and Julius
Harwood.
Gershenson announced at the
report meeting last Friday that
three divisions and more than a
score of sections had passed the
100% mark in the effort to help
Jewish causes and services every-
where in the world.
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dinner meeting on Wednesday. Others in the
photo are (from left) Al Borman, Charles
H. Gershenson, Mrs. I. Jerome Hauser, Dore
Schary, the guest speaker, Hyman Safran,
and Max M. Fisher.
In trades and professions, arts
and crafts, led by Irving Goldberg,
reached the 100% mark. Two sec-
tions in this division also topped
last year's figures. They are flor-
ists, with Irwin W. Feldman, Max
Weinberg and I. William Sherr co-
chairmen, whose 1964 total to date
is $3,800; and printers and pub-
lishers, whose co-chairmen, Leon-
ard R. Frenkel, Richard Kux, Ben
Nathanson and Samuel Schiff, an-
nounced they had secured nearly
$100,000.
The Women's Division has
reached the 100% figure, Mrs. I.
Jerome Hauser, chairman, an-
nounced. The pre-campaign sec-
tion, chaired by Mrs. Max M.
Fisher, achieved more than
$400,000; and the pace setters,
led by Mrs. N. Brewster Broder
and Mrs. Merle Harris, reached
the $60,000 mark.
Also past last year's total is the
Junior Divisidn whose chairman is
Joel D. Tauber, with a 110%
achievement totaling more than
$22,000. The special gifts section
chaired by Ivan Boesky has ob-
tained $16,000 in gifts for a 128%
accomplishment.
The mechanical trades division,
whose chairman, Eugene J. Ep-
stein, is assisted by Merle Harris
and Malcom S. Lowenstein, reach-
ed the 99% figure last Friday, and
vowed to surpass the 1963 achieve-
ment of $1 million.
Top money-raising section among
those that have surpassed last
year's giving, is steel, with Fred
M. Ginsberg, chairman, and Joseph
D. Feldman co-chairman. To date,
this unit has obtained more than
$270,000 in gifts for 101%.
Two sections in the mercantile
division, under chairman Marvin
G. Alexander and co-chairman
Peter D. Brown, passed last year's
totals. Men's wear representatives,
with Martin Felder and Norman
Wachler, co - chairmen, covered
nearly $4,500 in slips for 109%;
women's wear representatives top-
ped $5,200 for an even 100%.
Another leading campaign unit
with seven sections over the top
is the services division led by co-
chairmen Paul Broder and Harold
S. Norman. Tops in money raised
is the finance section whose
achievement is more than $50,000
for 101%.
NYC Council Gets Bill to Remove
Jordan Mural From World's Fair
NEW YORK (JTA)—A Brook-
lyn member of the New York
City Council introduced in the
Council a bill aimed at removal
of a mural at the Jordan pavilion
at the World's Fair which has been
sharply criticized by Jewish or-
ganizations as anti-Israel and divi-
sive.
Joseph P. Ruggieri, Democratic
councilman-at-large, prepared the
bill to forbid public display in the
city of "any material which por-
trays depravity, criminality, un-
chastity or lack of virtue of a class
of persons of any race, color, creed
or religion."
He said the "broad purpose"
of the measure would be to ban
material "which defames racial
and racial groups" but that
the immediate objective was
removal of the "inflammatory
and malicious mural" in the Jor-
dan pavillion. The measure was
referred to committee.
Hadassah, Pioneer Women and
the New York Board of Rabbis
urged the World's Fair Corp., in
separate statements, to remove the
mural.
Mrs. Siegfried Kramarsky, Ha-
dassah president, made her appeal
in an address at the World's Fair
in celebration of "Child's Day for
Youth Aliyah." The event, pro-
claimed by Gov. Nelson Rockefel-
ler, is under joint auspices of
Hadassah, Pioneer Women and the
Mizrachi Women's Organization of
America.
Mrs. Kramarsky told 500 rep- _
resentatives of the three organ --\---
zations at the ceremony that k„
was "regrettable" that the
World's Fair Corp. "permitted
so flagrant a violation" of the
Fair theme, "Peace Through
Understanding."
Mrs. Blanche Fine, president of
Pioneer Women, said the organiza-
tion had sent a telegram to
World's Fair president Robert
Moses, declaring that "Pioneer
Women exhibiting in the Ameri-
can-Israeli Pavilion at the World's
Fair vehemently protest the use
made of the Jordan pavilion for
propaganda which insults Israel
and Jews throughout the world."
Rabbi Max Schenk, president of
the New York Board of 'Rabbis,
said that a similar telegram had
1'
been sent to Moses, urging removal
of the mural "which is calculated
to stir up hostility towards the
state of Israel, people of Israel
and Jews of the entire world."
The board said the mural violated
"the spirit of the Fair and will
bring neither peace nor under-
standing to those who will wit-
ness it."
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