Builder Pushes for Non-Profit Apartments
to House Area's Low-Income Senior Citizens
A prominent Detroit builder this
week offered to organize a group
of colleagues to study the possibi-
lity of building a non-profit, low-
rent housing project for the aged
of the community.
Nelson Dembs, owner of Nelson
Homes, said such a project "has
been in the back of my mind for
four or five years. The article in
The Jewish News has brought it
up front again."
Dembs was referring to an arti-
cle that appeared last week which
showed the need for low-rent
housing units for the Jewish aged.
It stated that there is a potential
group of more than 4,600 Jewish
senior citizens requiring low-cost
apartments.
"There are tools now—govern-
ment aid—that weren't available
five years ago," he said. "There is
no reason why we can't go ahead
with such a project."
Only this week, President
Johnson received a $7,500,000,.
000 omnibus housing bill, which
includes provision for rent sub-
sidies to senior citizens whose in-
come is low enough to qualify
for public housing. (See story
below.)
Dembs served on a Jewish Wel-
fare Federation committee study-
ing problems of Detroit's aged.
The committee held sessions regu-
larly for three years up until 1964.
"We recommended such low-
rent housing facilities," he said,
"but the Federation never re-
sponded to our report."
Dembs, a member of the Metro-
politan Builders Association, has
already interested several other
Jewish builders in the project,
which would be assisted by gov-
ernment aid as long as it would
not be a profit-making venture.
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Aged to Get
Rent Subsidy
WASHINGTON—President John-
son Tuesday received a $7,500,000-
000 omnibus housing bill, which
includes provision for rent subsi-
dies to senior citizens whose in-
come is low enough to qualify for
public housing. The Senate passed
the bill Monday and sent it on to
the House, which cleared it to the
President.
This subsidy f e a t u r e of the
complex bill has been eagerly
awaited by such groups as the
Senior Citizens Council in Detroit's
Jewish comunity. Members of the
Council housing committee con-
tend that apartment projects in
Jewish neighborhoods charge rent
that is too high for their limited
means. They are seeking a Jewish
Welfare Federation-sponsored low-
rental project and feel such govern-
ment subsidies will be of assist-
ance.
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The immediate problems—land
and seed money—are not really
problems at all, Dembs said. "If
we organize properly, it can go
through without any difficulty."
Although he hasn't looked into
the availability of specific land
plots, "I should think that 10
Mile and Coolidge (near the
Jewish Center) or even Farming.
ton Township would be good lo-
cations. A high-rise apartment
building would be good in an
area where land is limited, and
a garden-type facility, over some
100 acres, would be good in an
area where land is not as hard
to get."
The builder visualizes a 200-300-
unit facility to start off the proj-
ect. With government subsidies,
rent could be kept down to $60—
or whatever tenants can reason-
ably afford.
Dembs, who is building with his
brother Manny a town house pro-
ject in Mount Clemens, said if the
aged felt they would prefer a co-op
facility, where they would each
own their own three-room units,
this too is feasible. He does feel,
however, that renting will prove
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Readers Respond to Article Stressing
Need for Independent Facilities
Editor, The Jewish News:
On the back page of the July 23
issue, your city editor wrote what
I thought was a very fine article
about the problems of the Jewish
aged.
I have grown up in Detroit. I
remember my family moving from
Livingstone and Beaubien to Rus-
sell and Alger, then to Delmar be-
cause my grandfather wanted to
be able to walk to his shul. At the
same time, there were Jews living
George Lincoln Rockwell
Candidate in Virginia;
1,000 Sign Petition
RICHMOND, Va. (JTA —
George Lincoln Rockwell, leader of
the American Nazi Party, entered
his name officially as a candidate
for Governor of Virginia in the
statewide elections to be held next
November.
He filed a petition bearing more
than 1,000 signatures, nominating
him as the gubernatorial candidate
on an independent ticket.
The state election law pro-
vides that 250 signatures by qual-
ified voters are needed on such
a petition. Levin Nock Davie,
secretary of the state board of
elections, said he will check ev-
ery name on the Rockwell peti-
tion, but added that it looked as
though a sufficient number of
qualfied voters had put their
names on the Rockwell nominat-
ing petition.
Rockwell did not list any other
candidates on his ticket. In addi-
tion to a gubernatorial candidate,
the voters of this state must elect
this year also a lieutenant gover-
nor and the state attorney general.
Shazar Addresses Session
of Jewish Studies Conclave
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The
Fourth World Congress of Jewish
Studies opened here Monday in the
presence of President Zalman
Shazar and Education Minister Zal-
man Aranne, with scholars from
throughout the world participating.
The Congress, which will con-
tinue through Sunday, will deal
with the basic problems of scienti-
fic Jewish studies and will seek
ways for the advancement of co-
operation in teaching, graduate
studies and the exchange of
scholars.
In his address stressing the im-
portance of the Congress, Presi-
dent Shazar, in a clear reference
to Soviet Jews, said: "We know
who are missing here — those
thirsting for Judaism. But the day
will surely come when they will
come here and sit in our midst."
Dr. Ben-Zion Dinur, professor of
modern Jewish history at the He-
brew University, said that the task
of Jewish studies today was to re-
examine the question of "What Is
Israel?"
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as far west as Linwood and some
even around Dexter.
I am now in business on the
East Side. My customers are all
Gentiles. Many of them have
lived in their homes 30 or more
years. The homes have long since
been paid for, and all they have
to pay is upkeep and taxes.
Why is it not possible for us
Jews to live in our humble homes
after we have paid for them? Why
is it necessary to migrate into
more expensive areas, with greater
mortgages and living expenses?
Let us cease to be hypocritical.
Many of my neighbors that have
moved into our street moved in
only because one of us sold in
panic to get out into the suburbs.
If we want to help our aged to-
day, let us also think of our aged
tomorrow—us.
AARON L. KARP
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Editor, The Jewish News:
Miss Hyams' article in The Jew-
ish News about the need of an
apartment with lower rental for
Jewish seniors is just wonderful. I
hope it will reach all the members
of the Jewish Welfare Federation.
That apartment building is, for
me and a lot of other Jewish sen-
iors, a hold on to life when it is
not easy to live and not easy to die.
It is a blessing to have the Jew-
ish News under care of an editor
like Mr. Slomovitz and Miss Hyams.
Thank you. Oh, how I hope and
pray for that apartment.
MRS. LEA RUBEL
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Editor, The Jewish News:
I was deeply touched by your
article on the need for low-rent
housing for the aged. It is indeed
unfortunate that through various
circumstances one only has a low
income at one's disposal.
I, too, belong to the many who
are impatiently waiting for a suit-
able low-rent apartment in a neigh-
borhood with people like myself, so
that I may enjoy the rest of my
years in peace and quiet.
Thank you for printing such a
fine article.
MRS. GRETE WEINMANN
Hate Vendor Appeals
6-Month Term in Holland
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)
AMSTERDAM—Paul Vantienen,
a Dutchman who had served in
Hitler's SS, Wednesday appealed
a six-month prison sentence im-
posed upon him by a court at
Utrecht for publishing and selling
anti-Semitic works.
Vantienen is the author of a
book in German, published in West
Germany, defending Hitler. He
had used the alias of Wilhelm
Asenbach as the author of that
work. Prior to his arrest and
conviction here, he had been in
Spain assisting the notorious Bel-
gian Nazi and war criminal Leon
Degrelle.
more popular. "Many types of
units can be built for those who
can afford more," he added.
"All we need is community inter-
est," Dembs said, "a beginning.
There doesn't have to be a gimick
involved; you know, there are peo-
ple who do things for others just
for the inner satisfaction of help-
ing. The old people have been
shunted around long enough."
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to Take Leadership
in Assisting Aged
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, July 30, 1965-5
It is not alone what we do, but
also what we do not do, for which
we are accountable.—Moliere.
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ANN ARBOR — A U.S. govern-
official told the University of
Michigan Conference on Aging
Monday that the community must
seize the leadership in administer-
ing programs of aid to the aged.
The community is the principal
environment of older people, Clark
Tibbitts, deputy director of the
office of aging of the Department
of Health, Education and Welfare,
pointed out. He said that all ele-
ments in society must contribute
to older people's welfare although
Congress now leads in this effort.
America is at the "critical
stage," he said, for putting to work
its tools for preserving mental
health of older citizens.
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