Women's Division's Million-Dollar Attainment
Symbolizes Success of Allied Jewish Campaign
Symbolizing the devotion of many hundreds of workers in the
1969 Allied Jewish Campaign, the women's division recorded the
greatest triumph in its history.
With more than $1,000,000 raised from a record number of con-
tributors, the divisions, under the presidency of Mrs. Joseph Jackier
and under the campaign chairmanship of Mrs. Max Stollman, has
gained national acclaim for its unprecedented attainments.
At the annual meeting of the division, at which Mesdames Jackier
and Stollman were retained in their posts for another year, their
volunteer workers honored them and gave recognition to their able
leadership.
The annual meeting, held at Cong. Bnai David, was addressed by
Rabbi Arthur Lelyveld, president of the American Jewish Congress.
In the upper photo are (from left) Mesdames Jackier, Daniel
Cohn and Morris Adler and Rabbi Lelyveld. In the lower photo
(from left) are Mesdames I. Jerome Hauser, Melvin Kolbert and Max
Stollman and William Avrunin, executive vice president of the Jewish
Welfare Federation which supervises the Allied Jewish campaign.
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"Manicuring the fringes" will not reach the root of our real urban
J.
Lelyveld
of
Cleveland's
Fairmount Temple,
problem, Rabbi Arthur
told members of the women's division of the Jewish Welfare Federa-
tion of Detroit at its annual meeting May 21 at Cong. Bnai David.
"We must turn the billions of dollars that we use for the destruc-
tive purposes of war into use for life," Rabbi Lelyveld said.
Those now in the "urban trap" are "mainly untouched by all our
talk, and all of our good intentions, and our accomplishments have
only touched the needs for employment, better incomes, better schools,"
the rabbi said.
He urged that Jews "defend their own rights and dignity while
waiting to assure these rights for others; and at the same time
realize that others deserve the same rights."
"We have struggled not so that we might be loved but for the
concept that every man is an image of God. We must continue that
struggle, not for any particular person or group but for all, to
fulfill our concept of man and our vision of democracy," Rabbi
Lelyveld told the members of the division.
Mrs. Joseph II. Jackier, who was re-elected president for a second
term, said in her annual report that the women's division provided the
"plus factor of giving."
Caring is a facet of a woman's being and doing something about
it is part of our life," Mrs. Jackier said in congratulating the group
on its achievements during the past year.
Mesdames John N. Grekin, Melvin Kolbert, Ben Mossman and
George M. Stutz were elected vice presidents; Mrs. Merle Harris, cor-
responding secretary; and Mrs. Hugh W. Greenberg, recording sec-
retary. Mrs. I. Jerome Hauser was chairman of the nominating com-
mittee.
Mrs. Max Stollman, division chairman for the 1969 Allied Jewish
Campaign-Israel Emergency Fund, announced that 9,306 women had
pledged 51.026,935 to the campaign, setting a record.
William Avrunin, executive vice president of the Jewish Welfare
Federation, congratulated the women on their achievements in the
campaign and in the year-round program of education and service.
Co-chairmen of the meeting were Mrs. Daniel E. Cohn and Mrs.
N. Brewster Broder. Mrs. Morris Adler gave the opening prayer.
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JFCS Urges United Community Services Join
Preliminary Discussion on How to Neo-otiate
The Jewish Family and Chil-
dren's Service, whose staff has
been on strike for the past three
weeks, has altered its original
position and urged that United
Community Services and Unitcd
Foundation "join in discussions
with the Michigan Labor Mediation
Board and with the agencies and
unions to help work out a satisfac-
tory method of resolving the prob-
lem of how collective bargaining is
to be conducted."
Sam Lerner, - director of JFCS,
said that the board's amended po-
sition was to be considered in no
way a reversal but rather "an ex-
tension of its original position."
The statement, addressed to the
UCS board. said that while UCS-
OF "may not be legally obligated
to sit down with the agencies and
the unions to negotiate a contract,
it is morally imperative that they
join in the discussions" with the
labor mediation board.
Another change incorporated in :
the new statement has to do with
The Jewish Family and Chil-
dren's Service appealed to UCS-
UF and the union to modify their
current stands and work toward
resumption of collective bargain-
ing because "the very life of the
agencies is endangered if the
strike is permitted to continue
for an extended period of time.
It will be destructive to the
clients, financially harmful to
workers involved and will de-
stroy the image of the agency as
as resource available to families
in times of stress."
The JFCS and Jewish Center,
two of 14 agencies involved in the
strike, are limping along without
nonsupervisory staff. Mort Plotnick,
program director of the Jewish
Center, said there has been no
noticeable drop In attendance at
Center classes although large, com-
munal functions have been re-
scheduled or rerouted to other
facilites. The men's health club is
open, and while the snack bar is
closed, the caterer is allowed to
continue his own service. The mu-
sic department and barber shop
are closed. The Jewish Center an-
nual meeting was held as planned
May 21.
Plotnick emphasized that the
summer youth programs will con-
tinue as scheduled.
In a clarification of its position
on the strike, the professional and
clerical employes of JFCS stated
in a letter to The Jewish News
that:
the agency's position on multi- !
agency bargaining. It concedes that
"As long as each agency can retain
its individuality and bargain sep-
arately, in areas which it feels
essential, we would be willing to
engage in multi-agency bargaining
if it would involve joint negotia-
tions with some other casework
agencies on matters of similar ton- •
cern and covering equivalent job
classifications and positions."
The statement insists on agency
"Our goal is to negotiate one
autonomy in negotiations on non-
economic issues, while UCS-UF in-1 contract involving all of the 14
union agencies of Local 1640, and
wolves itself with economic issues
with the participation of UCS and
(salaries, fringe benefits, etc.).
United Foundation. Oar agency '
has been unionized for 25 years, I
and we have seen first-hand evi-
dence that bargaining individual-
ly with our board and without
UCS-UF involvement is fruitless.
"Negotiators representing our
board have told us repeatedly that
we deserve more equitable salaries
than we are paid but "our hands
are tied" since UCS-UF sets and
limits our budget. We negotiate,
thereby working without contract
annually for as much as 10 months,
all because of the control of UCS-
UF.
"Since 1967, the newly formed
Local 1640 (of which we are a
part) has met with the same story
for our agency and for each of the
other units in the union.
"For almost two years the union
has tried unsuccessfully to meet
with representatives of UCS-UF to
discuss the problem implicit in in-
individual bargaining. Not once
was there a response to our efforts
to meet with them.
"They have consistently hidden
behind their repeated statement
that they did not want to jeopar-
dize the autonomy of agencies by
being a party to negotiations. How
autonomous are agencies when
much of their budget is directly
controlled by UCS-UF?
"Because of this refusal to par-
ticipate in meaningful bargaining,
impasses in negotiations occurred
and the Labor Mediation Board
called all parties—including UCS-
UF—to a meeting. UCS-UF repre-
sentatives did not appear at that
time nor to a second meeting which
was.aequiesced to by the.union.". .
Florida Lawyer Advises on Legal
Procedures Without Attorneys' Aid
Lawyers have become a subject you do if you are a victim of this
for scrutiny, and a new volume— kind of minor accident? Should
"a primer for the layman"—writ- , you see a lawyer right away? Is
ten by a Florida lawyer—Edward it best to try to handle it yourself?
Siegel — offers advice under the If so, where do you start? Siegel
gives answers to these among
title "How to Avoid Lawyers."
A large work of 424 pages, "How other questions and shows the lay-
to Avoid Lawyers" offers guid- man how to handle a number of
ance: how to write wills without day-to-day problems in "How to
resorting to legal help, how to Avoid Lawyers."
make contracts, the manner of
If you do have a "bread and
settling insurance claims, doing butter" injury such as the whip-
one's own collecting, buying and lash, you can often handle the
selling real estate, mortgage han- claim yourself. Here are a few
dling, and many other ways of be- pointers, taken from Siegel's chap-
ing an attorney without profession- ter on car accidents:
al help.
I. DON'T SIGN ANYTHING! Above all,
don't give any statement to the other
Lawyers may or may not like the
the
41 i s y o en s a insurance . agis atocri.py
book, yet it does set the reader to 2. As
of
police report on the accident, which
thinking and to studying the,law if
will give you a good deal of infor-
he chooses to be his own lawyer.
mation.
Even the matter of getting a
divorce is tackled most interest.
ingly, and the reader is advised
on alimony, how to get redress,
etc. This is one section in which
the form of securing legal advice
is delineated regarding the dif-
ferences in state laws, etc.
The purpose of this book, pub-
lished by Information Incorporat-
ed, it is explained, is "not to teach
the reader to be a lawyer, but to
show him how to avoid attorneys,
when possible, and what to expect
when he does need a lawyer's as-
sistance."
Statistics have it that cases in-
volving car accidents make up
over two-thirds of all courtroom
litigations in the United States.
The most common of these is the
"whiplash" injury, which is not
serious but does involve a good
deal of discomfort. What should
40—Friday, May 30, 1969
3. Try to talk to the witnesses and ask
them to write out in detail what
they saw.
4. Have your family doctor examine
you as soon as possible. A doctor's
report is essential in presenting your
claim.
5. Assemble all your bills—medical ex-
penses, drug bills, car-repair esti-
mates (or bills), car-rental expenses,
and any other bills.
G. Now you're ready to submit the
claim. Write out a summary of how
the accident happened and what
your injuries were. How much do
you ask for? Since no two claims
are alike, you have to base your
claim on the variables surrounding
yo
p
en
u sresca
. se as well as on your ex-
At the end of the chapter Siegel
offers suggested guidelines to use
in settling a case and reminds the
reader that though these are "aver-
age" situations, they must be ad-
justed to fit the particular case.
A graduate of the University of
Florida College of Law, Siegel has
been practicing law in Jackson-
ville, Fla.
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS