Israel to Build New Plant for Desalination in Negev Abraham Beanie Nominated N. Y. C. Democratic Mayoralty Candidate (Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News) NEW YORK—The prospect that New York City may have its first Jewish mayor emerged Wednes- day from the victory of Abraham Beame as the Democratic nominee for mayor in the November elec- tions. Beame, now New York City's controller, defeated three other candidates for the Democratic nomination in the Democratic pri- mary election Tuesday. The fact that Democratic regis- tration in the city is three and a half times that of Republic regis- tration gives the Jewish Demo- cratic nominee a strong hope of 'defeating his Republican-Liberal opponent, John V. Lindsay, on Nov. 2. Democrats have controlled New York City government for more than half a century. The only Republican mayor in recent history was Fiorello LaGuardia. The losers included Orin Leh- man, a grandnephew of the late Sen. Herbert H. Lehman, a can- didate for City Controller on the ticket headed by the present New York City Council President Paul Screvane. Lehman, making his first bid for public office, was widely believed to have been chosen to provide a Jewish name for the Screvane slate. With 294,000 votes he ran ahead of Screvane by more than • 25,000 votes in incomplete returns. The 59 - year - old Democratic nominee was born in London and was brought to the United States as an infant. He has lived in Brooklyn ever since. A graduate of City College of New York, he taught accounting for many years before becoming a partner in a city accounting firm. He resigned to enter city service as assistant budget director and then director from 1946 to 1952. He was elected controller in 1961. In New York City's administration, the control- ler is the third highest municipal officer after the mayor and presi- dent of city council. JTA Poll Confirms Critical Shortage of Jewish Welfare Personnel in U.S. By BEN GALLOB (Copyright, 1965, JTA, Inc.) r . NEW YORK (JTA)—A survey by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency of the much-discussed shortage of professional personnel in Jewish communal and welfare agencies confirmed the critical nature of the shortage and found that it was growing steadily worse. Experts in the Jewish field em- phasized to the JTA that the per- sonnel shortage in the Jewish agencies reflects the general short- age stemming from the burgeon- ing expansion of welfare services to Americans generally. Among the organizations strug- gling with the problem are the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds, the National Jew- ish Welfare Board, the Hillel Foundations and the National Council of Jewish Women. Their tools are scholarships to help Jewish students obtain gradu- ate degrees in social work—usual- ly on condition that the recipient pledges to join a Jewish agency staff upon graduation — and re- cruiting programs. One of the hardest hit areas is that of Jewish Centers and Ys. Consequently the National Jewish Welfare Board, which acts as a central service for these institu- tions, has given the problem con- siderable attention and effort. The shortage occupied much of the agenda of the JWB bien- nial convention last year in De- troit. Its gravity was outlined by Arnuif Pins, former director of the JWB Personnel Set-vice, now associate director of the Council on Social Work Educa- tion. Dr. Pins told the delegates that 10,000 to 15,000 new social work- ers are needed each year just to replace personnel. Schools of so- cial work have been graduating only about 2,000 students a year. These data are significant to Jewish personnel hunters because there are no Jewish-sponsored so- cial work schools, and the Jewish agencies must bid against the whole array of government and voluntary agencies. Dr. Pins estimated that there are 2,200 full-time professional workers in Jewish social services throughout the United States. As of mid-1964, he reported, there were 315 unfilled positions in Jewish social service, with 200 of the openings in Jewish centers. A JWB source said this week there had probably been no im- provement in those figures since a year ago. Another source told the JTA that the situation had probably worsened. THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, September 17, 1965-5 The salary and other scales in the Jewish field have risen over the years, but not enough to en- able Jewish bidders to outbid non-Jewish personnel hunters con- sistently. Moreover, even when a Jewish agency does not get quali- fied workers, the competition does not end at that point. Raiding is not at all rare. The JTA was told that as many as 25 per cent of workers in Jewish communal and welfare services are lured annual- ly to non-Jewish placements. JERUSALEM (JTA)—The Israel finance ministry approved the gov- ernment's participation in construc- tion of a $2,000,000 desalination plant in the northern Negev. The UN Special Fund will finance 40 per cent of the investment. The plant, to be located at Tzel- lim, about 15 miles from Beershe- ba, will use an electrodialytic meth- od, instead of the freezing-evapora- tion method developed by Dr. Alex- ander Zarchin. The plant will have a purification capacity of 1,250,- 000 gallons per day. Meanwhile the Mekorot Water Co. said it would spend 103,000,000 pounds ($34,000,000) on water de- velopment projects during the corn- ing year, half of it to complete the National Water Carrier project. The project taps the Jordan River Rabbi Shulem Rubin of the Bronx who ran for public office against the president of his own Congregation, conceded defeat Wednesday in the Democratic primary election. Rabbi Rubin, whose selection as a contender for the Democratic nomination in the 36th State Sena- torial District touched off wide- spread controvery, ran against in- combuent State Senator Abraham Bernstein, president of the Young Israel Congregation of Pelham. His selection also caused wide- spread search into public records to determine whether he was the first practicing rabbi to run for public office in American history. The matter was not clarified. VA or FHA TAKEN On New or Existing Homes ARE NOW BEING WE'RE 214th That's why we have to try harder! Soon hope to be 213th. Please call `Mr. Avis' at UN 1-5600, or ask for Murry Koblin Advertising, 18039 Wyo- ming Avenue. You too can make big money Right from the start! Earn over $16,000 a year Altman, an attorney, fiddled his way through the campaign, com- bining speech making with play- ing, His opponent, Robert Rubin- stein, was defeated 5,962 to 4,254. APPLICATIONS FOR section. It was also announced that water was discovered through a new artesian well near Ein Hat- zeva in the Negev desert. SALESMEN Another candidate in Tuesday's election, former concert violinist Benjamin Altman, won the Dem- ocratic nomination for New York State Assembly from the 95th District in the Bronx. MORTGAGES to irrigate Israel's northern Negev 1. Yes, we have 20 men who made over $16,000 and now we are opening training classes under a qualified instructor. 2. You are paid while learning. 3. We also have 35 salesmen that have been with us 7 years or more—this speaks for itself. 4. The training you get will be valuable throughout life. 5. The earnings and prestige will be the highest. 6. This position carries the highest esteem (you are not allowed to canvass). 7. 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