aY I HE DETROIT JEWISH REWS Avrunin Awarded Federation Medallion; Retiring Director's Continuous Service Emphasized at Dinner Speakers at Monday's community dinner honoring William Avrunin included, J. Miller, Irwin Shaw, and the honoree, Avrunin. Avrunin is shown at right with from left, Max Fisher, Paul Zuckerman, Sol Eisenberg, Carolyn Greenberg, Milton Fisher and Federation President Martin Citron with the Federation Medallion. What does an active per- son plan for retirement? William Avrunin, retiring as executive vice president of the Jewish Welfare Fed- eration, has more than an- swer: he has a program of action which received ac- claim at the testimonial din- ner in his honor at the Jew- ish Community Center Monday evening. Continuity is the word and Avrunin himself al- luded to it after hearing a laudatory address in behalf of the more than 400 guests by Max M. Fisher. Fisher's speech and Avrunin's reply conjointly served as a recapitulation of Detroit Jewish com- munal experiences. Both reminisced. Both referred to the activities, the devoted services, of scores of communal leaders. Both recalled the rise in standards of the social and educational services of De- troit Jewry, of the progress that was made by the Jew- ish Welfare Federation. Fisher presented to Avrunin, as a mark of ap- preciation for his services, the Federation Medallion, usually given only to Allied Jewish Campaign chairmen. Fisher called attention to the student days when both he and the honoree were at Ohio State Uni- versity, when Fisher was on the football team while Avrunin was reporting for the Lantern, the OSU col- lege paper. Both addresses could be rated as a Who's Who in De- troit Jewry's communal services, Fisher and Avrunin having recalled the labors of many, from Fred M. Butzel, Julian Krolok and the Henry Winemans to the present-day leadership. They recalled the con- structive efforts,• the cam- paigns and the construction of monumental achieve- ments like the Jewish Cen- ter. Fisher recalled that when he began participation in Allied Jewish Campaigns as a solicitor he was prompted by Avrunin to cover his pledges quickly and the re- lationships between the two grew •in a strong communal alliance. Martin Citron, president of Federation, who shared the chairmanship of the evening with Fisher, led a virtual chorus of encomia for Avrunin delivered by spokesmen for the profes- sionals of community agencies, local and na- tional movements. Paul Zuckerman ex- pressed the gratitude of the United Jewish Appeal and related agencies for Avrun- in's cooperation. He espe- cially praised Avrunin's or- ganizational efforts in behalf of a UJA-formulated task within Israel. Irwin Shaw spoke for the professionals; Carolyn Greenberg, who is slated to head the Federation Wom- en's Division, for the women in the community; and Sol Eisenberg as president of Sinai applauded Avrunin's guidance and encourage- ment in health tasks. Mandell Berman, leading in the communal cham- pagne toast to the honoree and his wife Frieda, added emphasis to Avrunin's re- maining in Detroit as a lay- man to continue participa- tion in the social welfare and related commitments of the Greater Detroit Jewish community. A lampooning speech by Milton J. Miller, president of the United Jewish Char- ities, gave a touch of ligh- ter vein to the event. As rabbi of Temple Israel, the affiliation of William and Frieda Avrunin, Dr. Leon Fram recited the invo- cation. A noteworthy encomium was a message of greeting and commendation to Avrunin from his predeces- sor as the Federation execu- tive, Isidore Sobeloff, who now makes his home in Los Angeles. Controversy Still Brewing Over Cabinet's West Bank Decision JERUSALEM (JTA) — Premier Yitzhak Rabin said Monday night that it was strategically more impor- tant to strengthen Jewish settlements in the Jordan Valley than to plant new settlements in the Samarian Hills. There is "no point" settling in Samaria, he said, because with the Jordan Valley settled by Jews, set- tlements in Samaria would foreclose any credible op- tions for peace. Rabin made his remarks at a meeting with the Labor Party's Knesset faction in which he explained Sun- day's decision by the Cabi- net to remove the Gush Emunim squatters from Kadum in Samaria to an alternative site. He recalled that when Gahal, the old Herut-Liberal alignment, was a member of the na- tional unity government of 1967-70, it had, in effect, en- dorsed a policy barring set- tlements in the Samaria region of the West Bank. Rabin's statement appar- ently reflected the majority view of the Cabinet. But it did not eliminate the possi- bility of a serious rift within government ranks over the issue of settlements in Sa- maria and the fate of the Gush group at Kadum. De- fense Minister Shimon Peres, who has appeared to support the Gush demands that Kadum be made a per- manent settlement, urged the Cabinet to plan its set- tlement policies on the basis of defense considerations rather than on the possible substance of an eventual peace settlement since there was no partner in sight to talk peace with. Peres said it would be "no disaster" if the Kadum encampment was left where it is. He also thought that western Sa- maria, overlooking Is- rael's coastal plain, should be settled by Jews. The de- fense minister joined the Cabinet majority Sunday in supporting the formula that would evacuate Kadum and offer the squatters an alternative site. But most observers felt that Peres was keep- ing his options open for a possible future showdown. Meanwhile, the Cabinet as a a whole seemed deter- mined that if its compro- mise attempts failed, the Kadum camp would be closed, by force if necessary. Minister-Without-Portfolio Israel Galili who heads the ministerial settlement com- mittee, said the Kadum epi- sode raised the question of how Israel was to govern it- self — by parliamentary democracy or by anarchy. The Cabinet's four-point statement of settlement pol- icy and the future of the Gush Emunim encampment at Kadum said: "The gov- rally was organized by Ma- ernment will encourage set- pam and Moked in coopera- tlement on both sides of the tion with the Movement for `Green Line' in accordance a Sane Policy. with its decisions, which In New York, an ad hoc will be in accordance with coalition of some 100 promi- its basic policy platforms." nent Jews signed a state- The "Green Line" is the ment supporting the demon- demarcation line between stration. The group included Israel and the administered Rabbi Balfour Brickner, Arab territories. Phyllis Chesler, Prof. Leo The statement added: Diesendruck, Betty Frie7 "The government will dan, Rabbi Everett Gendler, prevent settlement at- Herbert Gold, Vivian Gor- tempts without its ap- nick, Irving Howe, Moshe proval. Decisions on set- Kagan, Robert Loeb, Rabbi tlement will continue to be David Polish, Rabbi made by the Ministerial Joachim Prinz, Morris U. Settlement Committee Schappes, Stone, Rabbi subject to Cabinet ap- Max Ticktin and Prof. proval. No settlement George Wald. shall be established at In London, Britain's .Kadum. Chief Rabbi, Immanuel "At a date in the near fu- Jakobovits, described the ture, to be determined by campaign of the Gush the Cabinet, the Kadum Emunim for Jewish settle- group will be transferred to ment throughout Biblical a permament place of settle- Israel as contrary to the ment that will be offered to highest Jewish tradition it within the framework of and a threat to the Jewish the government's approved people's attachment to its program. Until such time, religion. nothing shall be done at The Gush Emunim Kadum to transform it into blasted the Cabinet's deci- a permanent settlement." sion to block their perma- The Cabinet decision was nent settlement attempt. adopted after a nine-hour Hanan Porat, declared debate Sunday. Prior to the that they "cannot accept" debate more than 15,000 and "will not agree to" any persons marched through move to evacuate the squat- central. Tel Aviv in a vigor- ters from the site where ous but orderly demonstra- they have been living since tion against illegal settle- November under army pro- ments on the West Bank by tection. He declared that the the Gush Emunim. The encampment outside the Kadum military base would continue to be built up and developed into a permanent settlement. In Israel over the week- end, writer Haim Guri pub- lished an "Open Letter to Gush Emunim" in effect charging the group with breach of faith. The group's threats now to oppose their forcible removal from .Kadum, should the government decide upon it, contrav- ened a December agree- ment, Guri wrote. In De- cember, all parties had agreed to abide by a Cabi- net decision to be taken after a full-scale debate on West Bank settlement. Disturbances on the West Bank continued last week, and four Arabs were wounded by Israeli troops. Two other Arabs were also injured. The six-day curfew on the Nablus "Casbah" was lifted Thursday, and there were no incidents in Israel on Independence Day. There were several stone throwing and tire burning incidents in Jenin, however, and pol- ice prevented dgmonstra- tions in Ramallah. Israeli Ambassador Chaim Herzog told the UN Security Council last week, during its debate on Israeli practices on the West Bank, that an investigation is un- derway concerning the pro- posal by a West Bank resi- dent to a foreign TV crew to organize incidents such as the burning of tires or set- ting up road blocks for a payment of $300. An NBC-TV crew was detained in Jenin by Israeli authorities last Thursday after their presence sparked a "staged" demonstration. Arabs Boycott Israeli Speech NEW YORK — Arab and some African nations walked out of the UN Con- ference on Trade and Devel- opment in Nairobi, Kenya, Wednesday, as the Israel delegate began making a speech. Mayer Gabry, dire( general of Israel's Ministry of Justice, ignored the walk- out and earlier Egyptian statements on the Middle East and Palestinians concentrated on econo issues. He advocated a code of conduct to govern the trans- fer of advanced technology from the West to the devel- oping Third World nations. An Egyptian spokesman said his country was not part of the Arab effort to oust Israel and South Africa from the conference and seat the Palestine Libera- tion Organization. The PLO has observer status at the meetings.