Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1959-07-03

              COLUMBUS EDITION
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COLUMBUS EDITION
VoL 37, No. 27
FRIDAY,  JULY   3,   1959
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Fall Israel Bond Drive Starts Sept. 18 In Chicago
Schiff Gives Columbus  Check  To  UJA
More tluui 60O representatives of American Jewish communities presented $38,150,000 In cash collections against pleidges to the nationwide 1969 United Jewish Appeal campaign Sunday at the UJA's National Cash Conference in New York City. This was on* of the largest mid-year cash peaks  ever attained  by    tho    UJA.    Accepting
check of $861,000 from Herbert H. Schlff, Colum¬ bus member of Nationai Cash Collections Com¬ mittee, is Melvin Dubinsky, left, of St. Louis, campaign chairman. At right is SImcha Pratt, Israel Consul Geheral in New York. The Colum¬ bus check exceeded Its quota by $11,000. The national goal Is $40 million.
Group Begins Fund Raising For New Home For Aged
Jessel And Hellef Visit Here Sunday For Bond Dinner
(See Picture, Page 10) Plans have been completed for the visit here Sunday of George Jessel and Dr. James G. Heller. Their visit marks the community's llth anniversary of Israel dinner. It will be held at the Maramor at seven o'clock, Harold Schotten¬ stein, chairman ot the Israel Bond campaign annonunced.
Jessel, world renowned show¬ man and entertainer, will arrive in Columbus early Sunday after-
Anyone desiring last minute reseirvations should call the Is¬ rael   Bond   office,   OA.   1-3653.
The first meeting of the Cam¬ paign Committee to raise funds for the building of a New Home for the Aged was held recently at the home of Aaron Zacks, chair¬ man.
Enthusiasm and optimism pre¬ vailed because of the assurance of widespread interest and help from many persons in the com¬ munity. Aaron Zacks, chairman of the campaign, explained that the community leadership has apent the past seven or eight years preparing for this through con¬ stant study and experiment with the present Home on Woodland Avenue and ia now ready and in need of a modern Home for the Aged. He pointed out that this is a project for and in behalf of the entire  Jewish  community.
ZACltS EXPRESSED certainty that everyone will respond gen¬ erously when called upon to do ao. Since it ia planned that tlie Home will house up to 50 resi¬ dents, it is estimated that the campaign goal may be approx¬ imately $500,000 to $550,000. In planning the campaign, the com¬ mittee would not want to inter¬ fere with other major community activltlea, but the erection of this Home is a top priority in com¬ munity planning.
In discussing plans for the cam¬ paign it was generally agreed that many peraons would want to honor and pay respect to those who have passed away and to the living, l>oth individuals and fami¬ lies, lay establishing memorials in their names. Memorials may be established   for   the   chapel,    in-
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firmary, rooms, kitchen, etc.
Another idea being considered is placques in a Hall of Life (lobby area). There may also be the Book ot Life to include the names   of   contributora.
ZACICS .STATED, "I am pleased and honored to head the cani- paign for the building of a New Home for the Aged. Mention haa been made of individual and fam¬ ily memoriala, but I think the erection of this Home will serve as a monument to the entire Jewish   community.
"When the Jewish community is requested to give financial sup¬ port in the erection of this Home, I   feel   confident   that   each   and
everyone of ua wiil respond gen¬ erously as an expression of our honor and respect for our aged. We want them to have the dig¬ nity and happiness in their later years which they deserve who are in need of such care.
"In the future I shall he calling upon many persons for their help and contribution to achieve this important goal. I want to Invite at this time all persons who are interested in working in behalf of this project to contact me or some other member of the committee and to let us know of your   interest."
MEMBERS OF the initial Cam¬ paign (Committee are: Harry Gil¬ bert, Robert Glick, Charles Gold¬ smith, Dr. B. J. Gordon, Mrs. E. J. Gordon, William V. Kahn, Louis L,evin, David Levison, Herbert S. Levy, Mrs. Jules Mark, Samuel M. Melton, Mrs. I. Nutis, Robert Paine, Mrs. Henry Piatt, Dr. Henry Piatt.
Jack Resier, Mrs. Joseph D. Schecter, Herbert H. Schiff, Louis Schiezinger, Sam Schlonsky, Har¬ old Schottenstein, Leon Schotten¬ stein, Mrs. Harry Schwartz, Jack Sher, Sam Shinbach, William Wasaeratrom, Robert Weiler, Abe A. Wolman, Abe I. Yenkin, Fred Yenkin, Joseph Zox.
Gus Bowman Sr. of Byer and Bowman Advertising Agency, Is preparing the appropriate ma¬ terial necessary to explain and promote the plans for the Home.
Aa plans become more definite the Jewish community will be advised through articles In The Chronicle,  letters  and  brochures.
noon and will be followed In a few hours by Dr. Heller, who Is the national director for com¬ munity relations of the Israel Bond organization.
Mrs. Sherman Sharwell, chair¬ man of the women's committee and Samuei Zuravsky, co-chair¬ man of the men's committee said that a number of those who made reservations are making up their own table parties. t)anny Deeds of The Maramor is arranging the main dining room so that 300 persons can be accommodated.
The Maramor ia completely alr- condltloned.
RACKGROUNO GIVEN TO ISRAEL DISPUTE ON ARMS'DEAL
Following are aome of the events leading up to the present crisis In Israel over sale of arms to  West  Germany:
Prime Minister Ben Gyrlon, In his capacity of Defenae Minister, sought the Cabinet's authorization as far back as last December to sell Israeli arms abroad under a 1949 law. This was revealed as the government made available to the press minutes of past (^blnet meetings, to back Mr. Ben Gur¬ ion's stand in regard to the sale of grenade launchers to West Germany.
AT   THAT  MEETING   of   the
(Cabinet, in mid-December, Min¬ ister of Development Mordechai Bentov, a member of the left- wing Mapam Party, asked Mr. Ben Gurion: "Who Is ordering the arms?" The minutes show that Mr. Ben Gurion replied: "From various  countries   In  Europe."
Justice Minister Pinhas Rosen, of the Progressive Party, said: "We should know from which countries." Mr. Ben Gurion then said: "Prom a number of coun- (Contlnued   on   page  4)
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ZION CHAPTER OF R'NAI R'RITH TAKES CONFAB AWARDS
Zion chapter of B'nai B"rith, has walked away with a ma¬ jority of the awards presented at the B'nai B'rith District 2 convention In Kansas City earlier this week.
Zion chapter won two apecial new awards. One was the Or¬ chid Award, given for over¬ subscription, above and beyond the call of duty. Another special award for having turned in the greateat amount of money for any chapter in Diatrict 2 waa also claimed by Zion chapter.
In addition to these special awards, Zion won the following other awards : Membership, Chai, First Place Bulletin and First Place Scrapbook.
Both Candlelight and Zlon chapters won awards for meri¬ torious support of all B'nal B'rith agencies and for over- aubacrlblng.
At the anual convention, Mra. Alex Clowson, immediate past president of Zion chapter, was elected to the general commit¬ tee. Mrs. Harry Schwartz was elected to the speakers commit¬ tee. !lS15151SMS1015!5l5151SlS151SlSISlffil5ig!slB15
•^World Refugee Year' Is Launched
(Editor's note: The Ohio Jew¬ ish Chronicle, with the coopera¬ tion of the United Jewish Ai>- peal, which Is the primary bene¬ ficiary of the local United Jew¬ ish Fund drive,, presents a timely and significant article on World Refugee Year and the Jewish oontrlbution to a solution of the problems of retugeeti.
The article, which will ap¬ pear in two pairts, is hosed on an address delivered by Dr. Buell G. Gallagher, president of the City College of New York, at the National Cash Confer¬ ence of the UJA recently in New York.)
BY DR. BUELL G. GALLAGHER
Preaident, Oity College, New York The   General   Assembly   of   the
United Nations last December adopted a resolution setting aside an entire twelve months as "World Refugee Year," and designated July 1, 1959, aa the day on which thia unique humanitarian enter¬ prise was to be inaugurated.
We who are assembled at thla conference — whose goal, whoae vigoroua efforts, whose very mo¬ tivation ia humanitarian in its fundamental sense — should take clear cognizance of this needed merciful enterprise.
A United States Committee for Refugees was formed last fall with strong government support and haa, after considerable study, set forth a four-point program. I shall shortly summarize these four points.
BUT THE HEART of the mat¬ ter lies in the poignant and point¬
ed reminder that the end of the refugee problem is not in sight— that there will be need for con¬ tinuing international assistance long after this year of special emphasis ends.
It takes no great vision to real¬ ize that a single year's effort, however intensive, cannot catch up with many years of relative Indifference to a situation rife with heartache, despair, human stagnation, horaeleasness, and the thousand other pains and frustra¬ tions of the refugees.
THIS KIND of organization, this sort of world-wide undertak¬ ing can, however, be tremen¬ dously effective in moving us to¬ ward solutions.
The American committee, call¬ ing attention to the welcome fact that  the  Uiilted  States   Is  a  co-
sponsor of the United Nations resolution which called the World Refugee Year Into being, urgea us at this time to observe the year both through Its governmental processes and through voluntary agencies.
There are four elements to the program set forth for this nation.
FIRST: that the government provide an amount of $10 million, over and above currently-submit¬ ted budgets for refugee programs, to be used to help create perma¬ nent aolutiona to refugee prob¬ lema.
SECOND: generous allocations, by our government, of additional supplies of surplus commodities should be  made  available. These
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Israel To Export Jeeps To Colombia
JERUSALEM (JTA)—The Is¬ rael Kaiser-Frazer Company an¬ nounced here this week that it has received Its first order from (Colombia for $1.5 million worth of jeeps and other vehicles. The order will be filled under a trade agreement with Colombia, calling for import here of Colombia cof¬ fee.
A spokesman for the company also disclosed the firm has re¬ sumed exports to Turkey, sending 800  delivery   trucks.
HIAS  LEApER   DIES
NEW YORK (JTA)—Dr. James Bernstein, member of the board of directors of the United Hias Service and former European di¬ rector of the Hias, died here at the age of 84.
Bond  Organization Sponsors  Conference For Drive Launching
The Fall, 1959 campaign for State of Israel Bonds will be launched at a National Economic Conference for Israel at the Hotel Sherman in Chicago, Dr. Joseph J., Schwartz, vice president of the Israel Bond Organization has an¬ nounced. The conference will run from   Sept.18-21.
More than 750 Jewlah leaders from the communities througliout the United States and CTanada are expected to attend the conference. Dr. Schwartz said.
THE STATE of Israel Bond Organization, which is sponsoring the conference, provides funds for . the development of Israel's indus¬ try and agriculture, the construc¬ tion of homes, roads, harbors and railways, and the exploitation of natural resources.
Stressing the key importance of the coming conference as the springboard for the Fall Israel Bond effort. Dr. Schw/artz said:
"The conference must lay the basis for an effort which will produce maximum results in the sale of Israel Bonds. Israel faces historic challenges during her sec¬ ond decade, and those in the eco¬ nomic field are the most pressing.
"ISRAEL must hasten the de¬ velopment of every sector of h«r economy. She must provide homes and jobs for the Immigrants who have entered, and those still to come. She must build a sound economy, which will stand as the basis of her entire national secur¬ ity.
"The National Economic Con¬ ference for Israel, the first to be held since the Jerusalem confer¬ ence last year, will provide the occasion for the adoption of a dynamic program of action for the 100 decisive days of the Pall campaign of 1969."
New York Governor Nelson A. Rockekfeller said that the State of Israel Bond drive "builds a two-way bridge of interest and responsibility between the United States and Israel which is the essence of brotherhood."
"ALL OUR people," Rockefel¬ ler said, "and the people of the free world take pride In Israel's accomplishments. In all important segments of her national economy this new state has made amazing advances."
In an address. Rockefeller stat¬ ed that "today we are seeking ways to put the concept ot broth¬ erhood to work on an interna¬ tional scale. One of these ways Is to help the people in new and emerging nations to help them¬ selves."
HE ADDES: "This bond drive, it seems to me, combines some of the beat features of the several methods of help—for it builds a two-way bridge of interest and reaponsibllity between the United States and Israel which Is the essence of brotherhood.
"All our people and the people of the free world take pride in Israel's accomplishments. In all important segments of her na¬ tional economy this new state has made amazing advances."
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Chronicling The News
Boris Smolar teila of aecret diplomacy acheduled for Cairo. His column ia on page 2.
Chronicle Travel Writer Richard Lewis was In New York for the recent heavyweight championship fight. Read Travel Talk on page 3.
Amusements  '  6      Society     7
Editorials       2.     Sports   9
Golden       6      Synagogues  8
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