48 Friday, June 11, 1963
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Histadrut as Democratizing Force Is Acclaimed at Blanchard Fete
Some 550 representatives
of trade union movements
in Metropolitan Detroit,
with a sprinkling of Jewish
admirers in attendance,
paid honor.on June 9, at a
dinner at the- Fairlane
Manor, to Governor James
Blanchard.
Marking the establish-
ment of the Governor Blan-
chard Perpetual Schol-
arship Fund at the Amal
Trade School in Israel, Mor-
ris Lieberman, chairman of
the Israel Histadrut Cam-
paign, expressed gratitude
to Blanchard for his friend-
ship for Israel as a member
of the U.S. House of Repre-
sentatives and for his con-
tinuing support for the
labor movement in Israel
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and the Jewish state's pro-
gressive role in the Middle
East.
The annual event was oc-
casion for acclaim for the
labor ranks in Israel and the
services of the trade union
as a democratizing force in
the Middle East.
The dinner was con-
ducted under the
toastmastership of Wil-
liam C. Marshall, chair-
man of the Michigan
AFL-CIO and the Michi-
gan Trade Union Council
for Histadrut.
The relationship of the
' trade unions in Israel and
the United States was the
theme of the address of the
guest speaker, Anthony S.
Earl, governor of Wiscon-
sin, who was introduced by
Hugh Jarvis, active in the
organizing committee for
the Blanchard dinner.
Gov. Earl, commending
Blanchard's "courage in his
actions and convictions,
listed the Michigan Gover-
nor's devotion to Israel's
needs among his high qual-
ities.
Gov. Blanchard went into
detail, in addition to outlin-
ing his interest in Histadrut
and in the Israel trade
union movement and he
reaffirmed his deep interest
in assuring a protected Is-
rael.
A resolution of com-
mendation for Gov. Blan-
chard and his pro-
grammatic activities was
presented on behalf of
the Detroit City Council
by Council President
Erma Henderson.
Participants in the pro-
gram included Rabbi M.
Robert Syme, Rev. Frank D.
Gentile, Cantor Max
Shimansky and Dearborn
Councilman Duane Yinger.
Sam Fishman, executive
vice president of the AFL-
CIO, introduced the distin-
guished, guests on the
podium.
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attend the Amal Trade
School under a schol-
arship program.
It is with schools of this
type attended by-the under-
privileged that Israel
bridges the gap between its
citizens who in turn are
helping to develop the state
of Israel. Only by fostering
education, by teaching
skills and democracy can we
enable the deprived to live
as free citizens, and to cope
with the issues and technol-
ogy of the modern world.
By your attendance here,
you are aiding in the cause
of peace, for education is the
bridge to understanding
and peace among nations,
and by our efforts, we are
mindful that students
attending the Amal Trade
Schools will be enjoying the
benefit of the Governor
James J. Blanchard Schol-
arship Fund."
Morris Lieberman, left, chairman of the Israel
Histadrut Campaign, is shown with Gov. James Blan-
chard Following the establishment of the Blanchard
Scholarship Fund at the Amal Trade School in Israel.
president of the Jewish Wel-
fare Federation, extended
the greetings of an in-
terested community. to
Blanchard and Histadrut.
An impressive feature
of the dinner program
was the 12-minute film
which indicated the ex-
tent of Arab-Jewish
cooperation in Israel in-
spired by Histadrut, with
emphasis on the role of
300,000 Israeli Arabs who
are members of the His-
tadrut Trade Unions.
Keynoting the event, in a
brief definition of the His-
tadrut program and of the
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vancing Israel's educational
activities, Morris Lieber-
man, in his address of
gratitude to Gov. Blanchard
stated in part:
"Histadrut has assumed
national responsibilities far
beyond the conventional
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Its trade union department
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"Other departments in-
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