r4DCrt-.4. 38—Friday, November 8, 1968 •••••.1.7. THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS B-G Calls for Settlement Cecilia R. Davidson, 77, Aided Emigres, Refugees , NEW YORK (JTA)—Mrs. Ce- cilia Razovsky Davidson, a social worker and civil servant who de- voted her career to aiding immi- grants and refugees, died in San Diego Sept. 28 at age 77, the Jew- ish Telegraphic Agency learned. Mrs. Davidson, who was active in Jewish communal affairs even after retiring seven years ago, was the first Jewish civil servant The Number of Israeli Merchant Ships Down ` HAIFA (ZINS) — Dr. Naftal Vidra, former head of the Zim Shipping Line, drew attention to a disturbing situation in Israel's merchant fleet. Whereas 10 years ago 92 foreigners and 1,608 Israelis served in the merchant marine, in 1964 there were 1.441 foreign sea- men and 3.104 Israelis. At the Ares- ent time, 40 vessels have non-Israel captains, and 97 are captained by Jews; 53 out of a 100 first class ship officers are non-Jews; 51 out of 97 chief mechanics are non- Jews, and 200 out of 393 first-class sailors are non-Jews. Dr. Vidra said this situation must be rem- edied quickly. Aussie Premier Praises Israel, Asserts Friendship • MELBOURNE (JTA) — Prime Minister John Gorton of Australia recently recalled the time when soldiers of his country and New Zealanders fought side by side in the Middle East with Jewish sold- iers of Palestine and declared that Australia's ties with Israel were as close as ties could be between any two countries. Gorton spoke here at a luncheon on behalf of the Anzac Memorial and Forest in IsraeL He accepted a gold medal in recognition of his patronage of the project which honors Australian and New Zea- land troops who lost their lives fighting in the Middle East during the two world wars. The Anzac Forest will be planted south of Gaza. Yiddish-English Lexicon Cause for NY Celebration . NEW YORK—The appearance of the "Modern English-Yiddish Yid- dish-English Dictionary" by the late Dr. Uriel Weinreich will be celebrated Sunday at a luncheon sponsored by the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research at the Hotel Americana. This original lexicographic work which took 20 years to prepare is the first English-Yiddish dictionary since 1891 and the first Yiddish- English dictionary since 1928. It was published by YIVO in conjunc- tion with the McGraw-Hill Book Co. Isaac Bashevis Singer will be guest speaker. hired to do refugee resettlement. She organized the Coordinating Committee for Refugee Resettle- ment which later became the Na- tional Refugee Service. Mrs. Davidson was born in St. Louis and started her career teaching English to foreigners at the Jewish Educational Alliance there. Later she worked in Wash- ington, D.C. as inspector of the Children's Bureau and afterwards became secretary in the immigrant aid department of the National Council of Jewish Women. In 1933, she was selected to head a committee of immigration ex- perts appointed by Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins to study conditions on Ellis Island, then an immigrant reception center. Home for Mentally Ill Named for Charles Jordan Philly Ghetto Study Finds Merchants Don't Gyp Poor PHILADELPHIA (JTA) — A study made by Temple University and the Academy of Food Market- ing of St. Joseph's College here has refuted frequent charges that the poor in ghetto areas of Phila- delphia are being gouged by mer- chants who charge higher prices than prevail in higher income neighborhoods and sell inferior merchandise, the Jewish Exponent reports. The study was administered by Dr. Donald F. Dixon, associate professor of marketing at Temple, and Daniel J. McLaughlin Jr., as- sistant professor of food market- ing at St. Joseph's College. It compared prices charged by stores located in the North Philadelphia "inner city" with prices charged in upper income areas throughout the city. "The research was initiated after the President's Commission on Law Enforcement and the Ad- Although approximately 1,000,- ministration of Justice found that 000 adults give up smoking ciga- rioting occurred in major cities rettes each year, 49,000,000 other because the poor were against persons who allegedly represented adults continue to smoke. of 2 Million Jews in Negev BEERSHEBA (JTA) — Former Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion has called for the settlement of 2,000,000 Jews in the Negev and the industrial development of that region so that it can serve as a center for exports to African mar- kets. Ben-Gurion, who makes his home in the Negev village of Sde Boker, spoke before the Negev De- velopment Club. He called the region, which com- prises two-thirds of Israel's terri- tory and is in large measure arid and undeveloped, "Israel's gate to Africa," and said, "We do not need the Suez Canal, we have a Suez of our own." The Negev is served by the port of Eilat, on the Gulf of Aqaba, which leads to the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean. Most of Israel's trade with East Africa and the Far East passes through Eilat. LONDON (JTA) — A home to care for mentally ill Jewish refu- gees from Nazi persecution and their children will be opened here in the name of the late Charles H. Jordan, executive director of the Joint Distribution Committee who died under mysterious circum- stances in Prague in August 1967. The home is sponsored by the Central British Fund for Jewish Relief and Rehabilitation. It will initially house 25 patients who are presently confined to general men- tal hospitals. The Conference on Jewish Material Claims against Germany has contributed $48,000 toward the $240,000 cost of the home. Opening ceremonies will be performed by Mr. Jordan's widow. the principal form of their op- pression, namely white merchants and principally Jews who charged high prices or sold inferior goods," the Exponent reported. The Dixon-McLaughlin research substantiated a survey of local merchants made by the Jewish Community Relations Council of Philadelphia which found that ghetto merchants "generally offer sound merchandise at reasonable prices and that exceptions are rare," the Exponent reported. Dutch-Israel Friendship JERUSALEM—Near Nir Etsi- von on M t. Car m el, the Rot- terdam Forest, contributed dur- ing the Israel week in Rotterdam, and symbolizing the friendship bonds between the two cities Rot- terdam and Haifa, was recently inaugurated in the presence of Dr. P. I. Krop, head of the Dutch- Israel friendship League and of the Israel Week Rotterdam Com- mittee, who had specially come to the ceremony with his group from Holland. Newspapers Get Things Done Agnes Scott College Drops Bar to Non-Gentile Staff ATLANTA — Agnes Scott Col- lege, whose policy against hiring non-Christian f a c ult y members angered the Jewish community, has dropped the prohibition in a "re- statement" of hiring policy. Charles F. Wittenstein, south- eastern area director of the Amer- ican Jewish Committee, called the step "a significant change" that had eliminated a "sticky point." Agnes Scott, a privately owned liberal arts college for women, has close ties to the Presbyterian Church. Although it allows Jewish students, it had never admitted Jewish faculty. Book in Czech Contains Information on Aliya JERUSALEM (JTA) — A Czech language edition of the Jewish Agency's booklet outlining the rights and duties of new immi- grants to Israel has just been published and is being distributed throughout Europe by the Jewish Agency, it was announced here. The booklet, which also outlines immigration procedures Arabs Jam Israeli Waves standard and privileges granted new immi- JERUSALEM (ZINS) — Israeli television is being subjected to grants has been published in eight interference by mischievous Arab languages but never in Czech. gadgets. In order to eliminate the ill-tempered intrusion, , the govern- Agndath Israel Launches ment has ordered giant transis- Drive to Extend Textbook tors in West Germany which, Benefits to Elementary Schools NEW YORK—A drive to extend when installed, will ensure clear reception not only by Israeli tele- the loan of textbooks to non-public Vision screens, but will also aid school children In New York from Arab television set .owners in en- 1st through 6th grades was launch- joying Israeli transmitted pro- ed by Agudath•Israel of America, based on the recent IL S- Supreme; grams...... court decision upholding the con- stitutionality of -tirC state's textbook Arali4"froni Hebron Hills law. The current law grants books Employed by JNF YATIR, Israel—Over 400 Arabs, from 7th through 12th grades, inhabitants of towns and villages of the Hebron Ring in southern Judea, have been working for the last few months in afforestation and land reclamation in the JNF development area of Yatir. They are daily brought in lorries to workiand returned to their homes. In order to shorten their journey, JNE is now building a road con- necting Samua with Yatir which crosses the pre-1967 armistice lines. During the current season, '750,000 trees will be planted, the tame number as in eitclv..of ,the —• • • '-• last 'two' years.' • ' • The jewish News YE 8-9364 17100 -••• W. 7 Mile .•• Rd. .• Detroit, Mich. 48235