1966 Allied Campaign Formula to Assure Increased Education Support and Israel Aid arnpaign Leaders Predict rim ecord High for Coming Year Representatives of all affiliated agencies of the Jewish Welfare Federation and of beneficiary movements included in the Allied Jewish Campaign, meeting in the 17th annual budgeting conference, at. the Jewish Center last Sunday, reviewed the status of supported agencies, those at home and abroad, and a selected steering commit- tee thereupon developed a formula for the 1966 drive. According to the new formula, the income from the next drive, up to the sum of $5,200,000, will be allocated on the same basis as was applied to the $5,100,000 income from the 1965 campaign- 54.6 per cent for Israel and overseas needs and 45.4 per cent for domestic, local and national, needs. The formula was arrived at, in a three-hour session of the steer- ing committee conducted under the chairmanship of Judge Theodore Levin. Appeals for increased support for Israel, in the present critical year of its existence, when reparations funds no longer will be available, were mingled with urgent admonitions for emphasis on the priority of educational efforts in communal planning. The arrived-at formula further provides that all sums in excess of $5,2000,000 that may be raised in the 1966 drive are to be divided on the •' basis of 90 per cent for Israel and 10 per cent for Judge Levin domestic needs. There was an expression of confidence that the coming year will witness another upsurge in giving, and the enthusiasm that was manifested by Sol Eisenberg, one of the chairmen of the Allied JeWish Campaign, seemed to echo the belief that once again a local fund-raising effort will approach the six-million-dollar mark. This sentiment was shared by Eisenberg's co-chairman, Irwin Green; the former chairman, Paul Zuckerman; Phillip Stollman, member of the Jewish Agency, Inc., and others. The selected steering committee under the chairmanship of Judge Levin included A. Arnold Agree, William Avrunin, Harold Berry, Paul Broder, Jacob A. Citrin, Samuel Cohen, Lawrence Crohn, Dr. Norman Drachler, Sol Eisenberg, Irwin Green, Ronald A. Greenberg, Samuel J. Greenberg, Lewis S. Grossman, Mrs. I. Jerome Hauser, Mrs. Benjamin E. Jaffe, Mrs.. Benjamin Jones, Nor- man D. Katz, Fred Keidan, George Keil, Louis LaMed, Milton J. Miller, Jack 0. Lefton, Isaac Litwak, Dr. Irving Posner, Mrs. Arthur H. Rice, Alan E. Schwartz, Hyman Safran, Max Shaye, Erwin S. Simon, Abe Shiffman, Philip Slomovitz, Phillip Stollman, Louis Tabashnick, George M. Zeltzer and Paul Zuckerman. The budgeting conference concerned itself with the experiences of - the past years and with the rising needs for services locally, as well as the critical situation that faces Israel at a time when respon- sibilities for new waves of immigration are mounting and the in- come, with the cutting off of reparations funds, is declining. The increasing needs were outlined, in a report on overseas agencies' programs for the coming year, by Hyman Safran. (An analysis of the United Jewish Appeal's approaching responsibilities appears in column, Between You and Me, by Boris Smolar, on Page 2). - At the same time, the need for increased efforts to assure survivalism in Jewish planning for the future was emphasized by 7 –,---- 'several of the reporting committees, especially by Alan Schwartz, who gave an account of the activities and future needs of the health and _welfare division; Dr. Norman Drachler, who reported for the education division, and others. Jack Lefton presided at the budgeting, session. Louis Grossman reported for the community relations division, and Samuel Cohen outlined the over-all community program. Paul Zuckerman, as chairman of the cash collection camnaign, appealed for prompt payments of outstanding pledges. William Avrunin spoke briefly to express gratitude for the generosity with which the community responds to Federation appeals and the de- votion of campaign workers. Eisenberg, as campaign co-chairman, joined in an expression of gratitude for the community's role in a great humanitarian effort. William Frank, president of United Community Services. com- mended Detroit Jewry for its splendid programing through the Federation. Pointing out that Jewish agencies receive $859.000 from United Community Services. he said he came to the budgeting conference to exnress his satisfaction with the partnership and to learn how evnellently the Jewish community's work is conducted. A notable innovation at the budgeting conference was the participation in it, for the first time, of representatives of the (Continued on Page 5) Authors of Formula For '66 Allied Jewish Campaign Allocations Membership of this Steering Committee chosen at Jewish Welfare Federation annual budgeting conference on Sunday is listed in accompanying report on the conference. 1 HE JEWISH NEWS 1=) -r F=Q c I '7' A Weekly Review NA I C I-11 GA, N4 f Jewish Events Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper, Incorporating The Jewish Chronicle Vol. XLVI I I—No. 18 17100 W. 7 Mile Road, Detroit 35 December 24, 1965 Erhard Gives Assurances n Reparations, but Bonn Official Justifies Deferment Chancellor Ludwig Erhard of Germany on Monday assured a Bnai Brith delegation in Washington that "a special German position toward Jews and Israel would continue" and that he would reveal his response to points raised by the delegation in a subsequent statement. At the very same time, however, attempts were made by German officials in, Bonn to justify the deferments. The rejection of criticisms was made by Dr. Rolf Dahl- gruen, German minister of finance, on Friday, when the Bundesrat, the upper house of the Bonn parliament, approved the earlier action to defer payments by the Bundestag. JTA reports that the Bnai Brith delegation which met with Erhard at Blair House, where White House guests are housed, com- mented privately NY Center Fire that the German Takes 12 Lives chancellor's state- ment was "reveal- (Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News) ing and reassuring." Ludwig Erhard YONKERS — Yonkers fire depart- Members of the Bnai Brith delegation ment officials opened an investigation which spent more than an hour with Erhard to determine the cause of a flash fire included Dr. William Wexler, president of which swept through the Yonkers Bnai Brith; Rabbi Jay Kaufman, vice-presi- Jewish Community Center Monday dent, and Maurice Weinstein, chairman of the night killing nine children age 7-11 organization's international council. and three adults. Dr. Wexler reminded Erhard that, on Passersby, policemen and firemen May 12, 1965, he wrote to Prime Minister who raced to the scene carried chil- dren in their arms from the center. Levi Eshkol of Israel that "the attitude of the Many children, dragging their coats German government in the past has proved and screaming for help, fled to safety that we are aware of the special German posi- by running down smoke-clogged stairs. tion towards the Jewish people all over the Others moved along on ledges four world, including Israel." He then said: "We stories above the ground before reach- would like to express to you our sense of dis- ing ladders to the ground. may and grave concern over what seems to Two adults who went into the brick be happening in Germany today in its rela- building to rescue children were ad- tions with the Jewish people throughout the mitted to the hospital. Two children world and in Israel." with burns also were hospitalized. The children had been seated in a music The Bnai Brith president said also: "Your room on the fourth floor waiting for Final Indemnification Law promised immedi- lessons to begin when smoke began ate payment to many claimants who had been to filter into the room. Most of the waiting for over 20 years. Yet, only 10 days victims apparently died from smoke ago, the enactment of your budgetary law poisoning. imposed restrictions on those payments. Your Police Chief William Folsen said government's failure to recognize the com- the fire was the worst in Yonkers pelling nature of indemnification payments history. Leonard Rubenfeld, West- has rocked the confidence of the entire Jewish chester County district attorney, be- gan an investigation after touring world. It has created new uncertainty about the charred building, which serves German intentions." both as a Jewish and non-Jewish Dr. Wexler said Nazi victims had con- community center. veyed their "real fear that the recent action Three sets of brothers and sisters by your government will set a pattern and were among the victims. One of the possible precedent to divest them of rights adults killed was Mrs. Lucille Sacks, to which they are entitled and for which they who had come to pick up her daugh- ter Sandra after her music lessons. have waited so long." The German chancellor Mrs. Sacks managed to bring her was told that he had created "the foundations child to safety but died after she re- for normality of the position between the entered the building, apparently try- German people and the Jewish people. It ing to save two neighbor children. (Continued on Page 10)