THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 12—Friday, October 25, 1968 Heads Humphrey Task Forces A Heartwarmer would like to pass on to you an incident demonstrating real_ warmth and compassion on the part of a recent visitor to the City of Hope which perfectly exemplifies the atmosphere at our Pilot Medical Center. I Jack Beckwith President Robert R. Nathan (left), coordinator of the Task Forces for the Humphrey-Muskie Campaign, discusses issues with Dore Schary, chairman of United Americans for Humphrey-Muskie. Nathan was economic adviser to the state of Israel. A friend and adviser to government officials in the United States, as well as to representa- tives of a number of newly developing nations, he was the first choice of Vice President Hubert Humphrey, to head the policy- recommending study groups, Task Forces, of the Democratic Presi- dential campaign. Over 30 of these groups have been set up under Nathan to provide additional expertise to the candidates on all the major foreign and domestic issues confronting the United States. Nathan's association with Humphrey dates back to the early 1950s when both men worked closely together for Americans for Demo- cratic Action. The late U.S. Senator Robert F. Ken- nedy visited the City of Hope on May 20 during his campaign tour of Southern Cali- fornia. Before his visit to us, he learned that Margarita Nava, a 13-year-old child he had met two years ago on a trip to Cali- fornia to inspect a housing project near Fresno, was now a seriously ill patient in our Children's Wing. JNF Announces 4-Year Plan to Reclaim 30,000 Israel Acres NEW YORK (JTA)—Jewish Na- tional Fund world chairman Jacob Tsur announced a four-year plan to reclaim nearly 30,000 acres of soil in northern Israel, plant 25,- 000,000 trees in new forests and open 500 miles of roads. JNF President Herman L. Weis- man said that the American Jew- ish community will be asked to contribute $54,000,000 needed to complete the project. Weisman told 1,500 delegates at- tending the plenary session of the JNF National Assembly here that the region earmarked for develop- ment extends from the northern tip of Israel near the sources of the Jordan River to the eastern shores of the Sea of Galilee, a dis- tance of 100 miles. He called the project "imperative for Israel's economic and physical future." Dr. Milton Aron, JNF executive vice president, said that since it began activities 68 years ago, it The opening dinner was the oc- casion for the presentation of citations to 66 supporters of the JNF, including special awards to Dr. Theodore K. Lawless of Chi- cago, Negro philanthropist, and to Dr. Ernest Vamos of San Francisco. Detroiter Gen. S. L. A. Marshall, military analyst, urged the United States government to help restore the Mid-East balance of power upset by Soviet renewal of weapons to Egypt. Dr. Neumann said that the new situation in Israel created by the June 1967 war had imposed on the JNF "new tasks and chal- lenges of vital importance." He added that "Not only all Zionists but all true friends of Israel are called upon to give these efforts their whole-hearted support." N.Y. State Agency Refuses Request for Welfare Allowance to Buy Kosher NEW YORK (JTA) — A request ing was held here last July 5 and for an increased allowance in wel- the ruling was handed down last fare aid by an Orthodox Jewish week, Schwartz said. woman to buy kosher food was The attorney reported that, in rejected by the New York State the ruling, the state found that it Department of Social Services, the was a fact that kosher food, par- lawyer who represented the plain- ticularly in the meat and fowl cate- tiff reported. gory, was more expensive than The attorney, Harvey Schwartz, nonkosher food and that the pres- is chairman of the social service ent city welfare food allowance committee of the National Jewish was not adequate to purchase Commission on Law and Public kosher food. The denial, the lawyer said, was Affairs (COLPA), which represent- ed the woman in the action. based on grounds there is no state law or state social services depart- COLPA is an Orthodox organiza- tion formed to protect the rights of ment ruling which authorizes an Orthodox Jews in matters of law. allowance supplementing the regu- lar food grant for religious pur- The woman, whose name is poses. being withheld, applied for the in- He said that COLPA would prob- crease to her city caseworker, ably appeal the ruling to the appel- arguing that the cost of such foods, late division of the Supreme Court particularly for meats and fowl, of New York. He also reported that was higher than that of nonkosher he had been informed by the foods. The caseworker rejected the United Jewish Organization of request. Williamsburg, Brooklyn, a central The woman was referred by agency for Orthodox Jewish groups community workers to COLPA, which applied for a "fair hear- ing"—the equivalent of an appeal — to the state agency. The hear- Senator Kennedy, upon his arrival at the City of Hope, visited with Margarita and then, after completing 's tour, took even more time out from his h tic sched- ule to go back again for a persona, chat with the child. Margarita told us that during their visit, she and the Senator ex- changed gifts. He gave her his tie clasp and she gave him a picture of herself and a wallet. had provided more than $300,000,- 000 for afforestation and reclama- tion of the land of Israel. in that area, that a "fair hearing" would be held by the state agency on the same request from another Orthodox Jewish woman. • , He also promised to write to her. I am sure this heartwarming expression of con- cern on the part of an important and busy man will remain with Margarita and her parents as one of the high points of her life. I would hope that all the candidates for the highest office in the land could come visit your City of Hope so they too might be inspired by our abiding concern for the individual and, indeed, all human- ity. THE DETROIT BUSINESSMEN'S GROUP CITY OF HOPE Presents their 56th Annual Dinner Dance SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1968 SHERATON CADILLAC, Grand Ballroom