UJA Emergency Tasks Dedicated to Israel 'Without Despair' (Continued from Page 1) and armaments—Dayan said, "If peace is maintained we don't need guarantees. The question is whether the Arabs will break the peace." Dayan stated that "Israeli `forces' do not have nuclear weapons" and said that he does not believe reports that there are Soviet nuclear weapons in Egypt. Dayan's declaration that Israel is ready to "pull back from Sinai and other places" was predicated on his empha- sis on Israel's new role of strength—of having territory to yield rather than areas to beg for. This was his firm stand in the interest of peace and of Israel's living together harmoniously with the Arabs. He said there was no pres- sure upon Israel from Wash- ington, and that he was pleased with his discussions with Schlesinger. The UJA conference thus learned of the negotiating policies that motivate Israel's role at the Geneva confer- ence next week. At the same time, the UJA representa- tives at the national gather- ing were inspired not to despair, to carry on in faith and to pursue the task of providing Israel with the means necessary to win the battle for peace. Paul Zuckerman, who was re-elected national chairman of the UJA, and who already is conducting the most suc- cessful philanthropic drive in history, with unprecedented responses secured for the 1974 campaign, inspired pledges for action that as- sure unified efforts for a strong partnership with Is- rael, Hebrew University Presi- dent Avraham Harman set the tone for confidence by declaring that while there is cause for concern there is no reason for gloom. Then speaking to more than 3,000 of his admirers, at the UJA conference Oneg Shabat, in his inaugural Louis Pincus Memorial Lec- ture, Elie Wiesel admonish- ed "Against Despair" — the title of his address. He drew upon the wisdom of the Bratslaver Rebbe, his chief Hasidic inspirer, who told his community in an hour of sorrow: "Gewald Yiden, zeit zihk nit me-yayesh"—"Jews, do not despair." While Gen. Dayan's state- ments, during the Face the Nation and the Today shows, Sunday and Monday, ex- pressed the new Israeli posi- tion on the eve of the Geneva conference, it was at the UJA meeting that the Israel defense minister indicated most forcefully the readiness of his country to make con- cessions because Israel is able to negotiate from strength. "We all realize that we are undergoing a most difficult time in our history," he de- clared. "We remember the disaster of Hitler as it struck our minds of what can hap- pen to us. But we now have something to defend. At Geneva we hope to overcome the Arab animosities and to pay a lot for it. The Arabs have many friends, much oil, many dollars. They get arms from all the Western countries. No country refuses to sell arms to the Arabs and they have a lot of money to buy it with. The Russians are their friends because they can experiment with their new weapons on their soil, while they are fighting us." "Now I have to share with you my feeling that we were never as strong as we are now, because, if we are in the right we are strong. I don't remember the Jewish people ever having been so united as they are now. There is now a united Jewish nation and that makes us strong. "Never," he added, "have we had such good pilots, such good paratroopers and good soldiers. We are strong m ilita rily." "We are strong economic- ally," he stated, and it was clear, in view of the em- phasis on Jewish unity that he was implying strength based on the cooperative spirit of world Jewry up- holding Israel's hands in this time of crisis. "We may be at the front for a long time, but together with the Jewish people we can win," he declared. "We are going to Geneva. We are going to negotiate an agree- ment, not only peace but permanent boundaries. As far as territory is concerned, we do not have to ask for anything. "Previously we would have had to ask for Jerusalem, for Sopus, for the Hebrew Uni- versity. Now we don't have to ask for anything. Now we can give them territory, and all we ask for is peace. We control Jerusalem, the Golan, Jordan. We are ready to pull back from Sinai and other places. All we ask is good will and they should live with us in peace. I don't know if they'll agree, but we have to lean on political, military and economic strength." "There were many casual- ties we can not replace," Dayan said, but he expressed hope for replacement of lost military equipment by the United States. "We have to train new pilots, make our own new weapons, for that we need your help," he stated. "We need political wisdom. We shall have to come back to you again and again to ask you to help us. If we lose now, we shall never again be able to regain losses. We need good and worthy leaders, strong forces, a united Jewish people to assure a strong Jewish state." JDC Defines Continuing Relief Tasks; Edward Ginsberg Re-Elected Chairman EDWARD GINSBERG NEW YORK — Edward Ginsberg of Cleveland, who was re-elected chairman of the Joint Distribution Com- -nittee, explaining the $30,- 400,000 budget for 1974, at he annual meeting held at the New York Hilton Hotel, sec. 6, said that 35 per cent will be used in Israel, with 8,000,000 allotted to Mal- en; $5,500,000 for needs in Europe; and $4,500,000 to as- sist needy Jews in Arab and Moslem countries. Dr. Samuel L. Haber, JDC executive vice-chairman, whose services received high commendation at the United Jewish Appeal conference, disclosed that by the end of 56 Friday, Dec. 14, 1973 — 1973 the JDC will have as- sisted in one form or anoth- er 385,000 men, women and children overseas ". .. from a handful in China to over 100,000 in Israel and over 200,000 in Western and East- ern Europe and the Moslem countries." Expenditures for these programs will come to $29,600,000 by the end of the year, he added. Haber said that in Israel approximately 118,000 were assisted by JDC in direct and indirect services or by JDC- supported programs, includ- ing 40,000 aided by the Mai- ben program, 6,000 of them in institutions, hospitals or other direct services, and the balance in indirect services; 35.000 in JDC's traditional aid to religious and cultural institutions; and 43,000 en- rolled in JDC-supported ORT vocational training programs. Judge Nochem S. Winnet of Philadelphia, who was re- elected vice-chairman of the National JDC Council, stress- ed the importance of provid- ing for Israel's humanitarian needs to help the Jewish state in its struggle for sur- vival. Jack D. Weiler was re- elected chairman of the na- tional council. Michael A. Pelavin and Dr. Jack Stanz- THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Zuckerman gave Dayan an assurance that there will be no slowing down in Ameri- can Jewish efforts, that the battle for Israel's strength and survival will continue. In his address, Dayan told of having visited the troops across the Suez Canal where he had spoken to 22 soldiers who had just returned from studies abroad to rejoin their military units. "None wanted to go back," he said. "They want to stay until the coun- try is safe." He described the last as "a different war — the Is- raelis having shot down 450 planes in spite of the newly installed Russian anti-air- craft missiles. He said 2,000 of the enemy's tanks were destroyed, "Now," he said, "the 1967 war looks like a primitive war." He gave figures to show how im- mensely Israel was outnum- bered yet overcame the menacing threats. Responses to the 1974 cam- paign were described by Zuckerman as unparalleled in history. "It is because we have a mission," he de- clared, "to assure not only the survival of the people of Israel. but to guarantee them and all those who will come in future years to that land of hope a life free from fear of want." Hebrew University Presi- dent Harman, in one of the major conference addresses, spoke of Israel's determina- tion to keep her doors open to new immigrants, with a view to continually welcome those who come from the Soviet Union and other lands. He referred to the devotion with which American Jews provided the assistance Is- rael has been needing. as- serting a sense of confidence that this will continue. The large gathering was the first to view a deeply moving film of conditions in Israel, and the battle fronts ler of Flint were elected JDC directors. Louis D. Horwitz, JDC director-general, pro- vided an overview of JDC activities in various parts of the world. Hebrew University Presi- dent Avraham Harman, in his address to the JDC lead- ers, spoke of the urgent need to retain confidence in the present crisis. He described the urgency of direct nego- tiations with the Arabs and he said he was certain the emigration of Russian Jews will not be adversely affect- ed by Israel's hour of need. He spoke of American Jewry's great role in aiding Israel as a continuing pro- cess of kinship. MARY FISHER Among the most moving portions of the annual UJA conference was the special program that was presented to an overflow assembly of the delegates at the Mark Hellinger Theater Friday afternoon. Entitled "And None Shall Make Them Afraid," the performance in- cluded music, recitations, memorial tributes. Mary Fisher, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Max Fisher of Detroit, was a member' of the directing group that supervised the planning of this program, and her role in providing this program added another Michigander to the group of her state's dedicated participants in UJA's needs. "And None Shall Make Them Afraid," featured Her- schel Bernardi, Theodore Bikel, Lee J. Cobb. Maureen Forrester, Bel Kaufmann, Cantors David Kusevitsky and Mischa Alexandrovich, the Inbal Dancers and the Collegium Cantorium con- ducted by Maestro Alfredo Mantonini. Zuckerman expressed pleasure and satisfaction with the competent, talented group of national chairmen who will continue to share his responsibilities in this im- portant fund raising organ- ization. He referred to Albert B. Adelman and Gerald S. Colburn of Milwaukee, Laur- ence M. Frank of Atlanta, Samuel H. Miller and Charles Ginsberg, Jr. of Cleveland, Louis S. Goldman of Dayton, Bram Goldsmith of Los An- geles, Alexander Grass of Harrisberg, Morris L. Levin- son of New York, Frank Lautenberg of Montclair, N. J., Bert Rabinowitz of Boston and Leonard Strelitz of Norfolk. The United Jewish Appeal also re-elected Mrs. Siris as national wol. division chairman. Philip Zinman of Philadel- phia was re-elected to the presidency of the Israel Edu- cation Fund, a subsidiary of the United Jewish Appeal. Allan Pollack of New York is chairman of the Young Leadership Cabinet. Dr. Hillel E. Silverman of Los Angeles is the new chairman of the UJA Rab- binical Advisory Council. Max M. Fisher, as chair- man of the nominating com- mittee, presenting the name of Paul Zuckerman for re-' election as national chair- man of 1974, paid him high praise for his untiring labors in the past two years and for the high records he is estab- lishing for 1974. Besides Mr. and Mrs. Zuckerman and Fisher on the dais for the dinner meeting with Gen. Dayan, there were seats there for Prof. William Haber and Philip Stollman. Prof. Haber left just as the audience was being seated to participate in an urgent meeting to discuss the prob- lems that confront American Jewry in the present Middle East crisis. Stollman was notified of the death of Mrs. Max (Frieda) Stollm an's mother, Mrs. Lena Lavine, and returned to Detroit for the funeral services held Sunday. United Israel Appeal Re-Elects Dubinsky MELVIN DUBINSKY SAMUEL L. HABER during the Yom Kippur War, made by the non-Jewish di- rector, John Ferno. The film, "A Message of Life," will be made available to com- munities throughout the land in the course of UJA cam- paigns. NEW YORK — Members of the national board of the United Israel Appeal, meet- ing at the New York Hilton Hotel, Dec. 6, reviewed the current Israel needs in evalu- ating the available means to carry on the battle for life. Melvin Dubinsky of St. Louis, who was re-elected chairman of the UIA, gave a review of the rising needs in Israel to provide for the in- coming immigrants. Emphasis was placed on the increased American Jew- ish responsibilities to provide for the health and welfare needs in Israel — services hitherto financed by the gov- ernment w h o s e military duties require American aid to reduce the burdens of car- ing for the immigrants as well as the hospitalized as a result of the war. UIA leaders paid due res- pect to the labors of the UIA Executive Vice Chairman Gottlieb Hammer whose di- rectorial skills were praised as measuring up to duties for which American Jews are currently being mobilized in greater measure than ever before. Max M. Fisher, delivering the principal address of the meeting, reviewed the events in Israel as they were affect- ed by the attitude of the U.S. government. He em- phasized that without the prompt actions of President Nixon and Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger, who averted a crisis with the So- viet Union while providing immediate military aid to Is- rael, there was an impend- ing calamity. Fisher reported to the ga- thering as chairman of the Jewish Agency Executive and described the mounting needs, the war costs, the obligations that rest upon world Jewry to emerge with dignity from the dangerous situation Jewry faces today. He praised Paul Zuckerman for his untiring labors as United Jewish Appeal chair- man and in his efforts to secure the needed funds to aid Israel. Zuckerman, reviewing the UJA efforts of the past three years, said that whatever ob- stacles were faced prior to GOTTLIEB HAM; the Yom Kippur War, a great surge of generosity m arks American Jewry's responses to the call for action. Calling for continuing work to provide the needs, Zuck- erman declared that: Israel must negotiate from strength, so that Israel should not only survive but live." He viewed the "unbeliev- able response" to the 1974 campaign as an indication of continuing generosity," and he called for action to fulfill the $900,000,000 obligation for the coming year. He pointed out that $150,000,000 of that sum is being allocated for needs in this country and that $750,000,000 must be raised at once to fulfill the obligations to Israel. Half that sum has already been secured, he announced.