Dr. William Haber, 25-Year President of ORT, Praised by Boris Smolar
A leading AmeriCan edu- Urion, which has its seat in America to help refugees United Jewish Appeal, Joint
NEW YORK—Dr. William field of work they chose to
cator and economist i Dr. Ha:- in Geneva and directs from from Nazi Germany and Distribution Committee and
Haber, for the past 25 years specialize.
There are many opportuni- ber closely observed the work the -ethe ORT programs all Nazi-held lands reaching this other national Jewish organi-
president of the American
ORT Federation, will be ties in the field of vocational of ORT when he served in over the free world. He spar- country. He later became a zations.
honored on his retirement training which ORT offers. 1948 as adviser on Jewish ed neither time nor energy board member of the United
affairs to General. Lucius to strengthen the ORT activi- Service for New Americans FOR "DOINGS, BAR MITZVASI Groups of
from its presidency at the
Clay, the U.S. commander- ties and to put ORT in the which was engaged in settling
1975 national conference in
s%\\
in-, .1 in Germany He wit- center of the Jewish com- Nazi victims in the United
New York this weekend.
States.
munal
scene.
neb.ed the tremendous work
Simha Dinitz, Israel am-
In the field of Jewish edu-
Dr Haber's record as a
done by ORT in th'e camps
bassador to the U.S. and Max
cation, he was active as I$69 AFTER-5 GOWNS ... . $39
leading
American
educator
for
the
Jewish
displaced
per-
A. Braude, director general
sons, training the survivors and economist goes back to chairman of the Bnai Brith $139 DESIGNER GOWNS . $69
of ORT overseas operations,
of the Nazi regime in skilled the years when he was pro- National Hillel Commission ' We Have All Sizes-6 .to 44,
will be the speakers at the
labor
and enabling them to fessor of economics at the and is also a member of the
convention dinner Saturday,
start their life anew on their University of Michigan. He board of governors of the 154 SOUTH WOODWARD HR. MAKE
at which tributes will be
later became a dean of the Hebrew University, of the BIRMINGHAM, MICH.
MI 2-4150
own feet.
paid to Dr. Haber for his
university. He was chairman board of trustees of Brandeis
He
played
a
major
role
in
-rk in the resettlement and
helping thousands of the lib- of the federal advisory coun- University, chairman of the
'aining of displaced Jews
Daily—Hospital—Sympathy
erated Jews in the? DP cen- cil on unemployment securi- Academic Council of the
Russia, Eastern Europe
ters by actively assisting the ty, member of the federal ad- American Friends of the He-
Africa.
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Joint Distribution frommittee visory council on social se- brew University, member of
e 76-year-old former
curity, and was consultant on the national executive of the
and ORT.
University of Michigan dean,
When he returned to the manpower to the U.S. Sec- American Jewish Committee.
DR. WILLIAM HABER
and one-time consultant on
He is also active in the
United States, he was in- retary of Labor.
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manpower to the U.S. Secre- They range from simple ar- duced to accept the presi-
His record in Jewish work Council of Jewish Federations
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tary of Labor, will also de- tisanship to complicated elec- dency of ORT in America. goes back to the years 1939- and Welfare Funds, National
Warren
liver his final report as tronics. The choice is especi- He threw himself body and 41 when he served as execu-
PR 2-4350
president of ORT.
ally wide in Israel, where soul into the ORT work. tive director of the National THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Wood-Wide Delivery
More than 600 delegates ORT maintains more than 80 Soon he was 'also elected Refugee Service, established
Friday, January 24,1975-5
are expected to attend the vocational training institu- president of :the Central
conference.
Board of the World ORT
tions for 65,000 students.
The editor-in-chief emeri-
tus of the Jewish Telegraphic
Agency, Boris Smolar, wrote
the following tribute to Dr.
Haber:
Dr. William Haber is the
NEW YORK — A 65-page gress study was written by
best example of how an in- pamphlet issue d by the Phil Baum, associate execu-
tellectual can serve as top American Jewish Congress tive director of the organiza-
leader in a national Jewish concludes that there is no tion and director of its Com-
organization.
necessary collision between mission on International Af-
A warm-hearted person, the interests of Israel and fairs.
democratic in spirit, full of the fulfilling of Palestinian
It describes the "legiti-
energy and always eager to rights. But the Palestinians
be of service to Jewish and cannot demand fulfillment of mate rights of the Palestin-
liberal causes, Dr. Haber en- their rights at the expense of ians" as "commensurate and
joys a very high reputation the people of Israel, who coordinate with the legitimate
rights of other human be-
in the entire Jewish world as have the same rights.
ings." These include, the re-
a creative and dedicated per-
The study is entitled: "The port continues, the right to
sonality.
Palestinians: What Is Real live in peace, dignity and
Under his leadership—he is and What Is Politics," and freedom, to obtain relief from
also the president of World it asserts that the Palestine hunger and disease, to raise
ORT Union, which is the cen- Liberation Organization—as a
tral world body of ORT- body that employs terrorist their standard of living, to
the organization has gone means to achieve its sworn educate their children and
from strength to strength. He goal of the destruction of improve their depleted lands.
on Famous Brand
"Beyond this," the study
greatly contributed toward Israel—has disqualified itself
the expanding of its activi- as the spokesman for Pales- states, "as a people they
(Palestinians) have collec-
ties of training Jews in more tinian rights.
tively the right to seek to
than 20 lands as skilled
The problem of peace in impress their corporate per-
workers, able to provide a
living for themselves in the the Middle East could be sonality upon the stream of
readily resolved if it depend- history. "But they do not in
ed only upon the recognition addition have the right to
of a collective Palestinian demand them at the expense
presence or personality," the of the people of Israel who
study declares, adding:
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