"Our burdens are heavy. Do not abandon us to
bear them alone" — Abba Eban at opening Allied
Jewish Campaign parlor meeting Monday evening.
Pace Set for 1972 Allied Jewish Campaign With
Initial Generous Increases for $5,472,000 Total
Top Givers Inspired to Action, Solidarity in Address by Eban,
An Allied Jewish Campaign that appears certain to break all previous
records for generosity by this community is anticipated for 1972. The
pace-setters' pre-campaign function that traditionally sets the campaign
into motion, again held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Handleman,
in Bloomfield Village, Monday night, brought
so many increases over last
year that the campaign organization, under the chairmanship of Samuel
Frankel, commences its tasks in a spirit of confidence that Israel's needs
will not be ignored.
Inspired by the address of the guest speaker, Israel Foreign Minister
Abba Eban, who came to Detroit immediately after his policy-setting ad-
dress at the United Nations on Monday, the initial gifts are expected to
point the way for the most significant campaign ever held here.
The 100 large contributors, after hearing Eban's address, an-
nounced gifts for a total of $5,472,000. The same contributors last year
gave $4,520,000.
Regarding the American position on aid to Israel, there was a note
of optimism in Eban's talk when he said that he "retains more confidence
this week than last week."
Israel's security, he said, depends upon the American people
the American Jews.
and
"Jewry can be judged whether it cares sufficiently, and we must
beware of the danger of Israel being forced to squander the fruits of her
victory," he added.
He warned against complacency which could lead to destruction
and said: "If you are dead you are popular during the funeral oration."
"Millions of Americans look to the Jews for the barometer of interest
in Israel," he stated in his effective appeal for uninterrupted aid to Israel.
He warned that if there is a decline in interest among American Jews,
Campaign Chairman Frankel presided at the impressive gathering,
and he was assisted in enrolling contributors by Paul Zuckerman, who
assumes the national chairmanship of the United Jewish Appeal, major
beneficiary of the Allied Jewish Campaign, this weekend and by Max
M. Fisher, former national UJA chairman.
Eban gave an analysis of existing conditions, the pressures brought
to bear upon Israel, the defensive needs, and he admonished the Detroit
leadership that if there is to be the support needed from the non-Jewish
world, it is dependent upon uninterrupted assistance to Israel from world
Jewry.
"Your interest," he declared, "can have a vital effect on world
opinion." He expressed the challenge:
"Your option is either to let Israel fall under its burden or to let
it grow in accordance with the needs that anticipate your cooperation.
Our burdens are heavy. Do not abandon us to bear them alone."
Defining Israel's position under war-threatening conditions, Eban
pointed out that "everything has grown, including the deficit."
He said that it is impossible to be indifferent to the war threats of
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, and he pointed out that in the present
global struggles it is only in the Middle East conflict that the parties
involved do not find themselves in contact. He said that Sadat could, by
meeting with Israel, discuss a regional solution of the refugee problem
and the opening of the Suez Canal.
"But," Eban added, "he only talks of losing a million men, and if
he negotiated with us he would not have to lose even one man.
Abba Eban addresses Allied Jewish Campaign parlor meeting, photo showing
portion of the gathering.
there could be repercussions, with the non-Jews saying, why should they
be interested if Jews aren't?
"In solidarity, in a. demonstration by American Jews asserting
their interest in Israel and her security, there will be the equal effect
of strengthening the American support," he declared.
Frankel, in his introductory remarks, at what was described as
"the biggest parlor meeting in the country," told of the tradition for
generosity among Detroit Jewry and called for a "new record of civic re-
sponsibility" in conducting the 1972 Allied Jewish Campaign. He intro-
duced his fellow officers--Paul Handleman and Richard Sloan, co-chairmen;
William Davidson and Milton J. Miller, associate chairmen; and Daniel
Honigman and Irving Seligman, pre - campaign chairmen.
In view of Sadat's threats, "we must make vigilant provisions that
he means what he says," Eban stated.
Israel's foreign minister said the threats may depend on whether
Sadat feels he has the balance of strength in his favor as well as the acquies-
cence of the world powers.
Rejecting the claims of those who say that a dozen more aircraft
for Israel could not make much of a difference in the struggle, Eban
declared:
"Everything can depend upon a few dozen aircraft. Without them,
slaughter faces all of our people."
Abba Ebben with (from lefty Ma* M. Fisher, Milton I. Miller,
Joseph Jackier and Louis Berry.
-.Top leadership—local and natio-nal—was* 'represented at the Allied -Jewish Canipaign meeting
-Monday. Shown are (from left) Paul Zuckerman, incoming national chairmin of United Jewish Appeal;
Israel Foreign Minister. Abba Eban, guest speaker; Samuel Frankel, 1972 Allied Jewish
Campaign
chairman; Alan E. Schwartz, president, Detroit Jewish Welfare Federation; and Paul Randleman, host
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