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J. J. Shapiro Help Redeem Judaea. , 4, Give a hearty welcome to the volunteer workers of the Jewish National Fund at the ANNUAL FLOWER BAYS THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 20—SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 22 ALL DAY SUNDAY, MAY 23 MAKE YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS AS LIBERAL. AS POSSIBLE TO INCREASE LAND REDEMPTION AND. JEWISH SECURITY. Flower Day Volunteer workers will meet at an Oneg Shabbaf 1 on Friday night, May 21, at the Labor Zionist Institute, Linwood and Pasadena Young people desiring to volunteer their services for Flower Days are invited to call the JEWISH NATIONAL FUND COUNCIL .11816 DEXTER BLVD, TO, 8-7384 1SSER BE1TNER, TOVA SNYDER, Co-Chairmen, JNF Flower Days. 1 JOSEPH GOLDBERG tional membership committee, honorary president of the New England Zionist Region and a member of the ZOA national ad- ministrative committee. The mernberghip committee, ac- cording to Milton Marwil, pub- licity chairman, expects at least 300 people at the breakfast. Mem- bership chairinen of all ZOD chap- ters have obtained pledges from members of attendance at the breakfast, including Chapter e I, Haifa Chapter, Nordau Chapter, Central Chapter and Northwest Chapter. Detroit Masada has pledged 50 of their members will .attend the breakfast. Stanley . Wallace is chairman for Masada. Willie Shanfield, ' membership chairman of Chapter I, expects 100 members of his group to be at the breakfast. , Sidney Brand, co-chairman of the campaign, reports that 30 members of Haifa Chapter will be at the breakfast. After the breakfast, the group will break up into teams of two and visit unaffiliated Jewish fam- ilies throughout the city asking them to join - the ZOA. Soliciting will continue until 3 p. m., when the teams will report to Central High School athletic field to join in the mass demon- stration called by the Zionist Council of Detroit to salute the rebirth of the Jewish State. BREZNER AID SOCIETY is holding a night of games Sunday, May 16, at the Jericho Temple on Joy Rd. All proceeds will go to charitable causes. ADL Civic Service; Report KKK Revival LOS. ANGELES—The future-of this nation will largely depend on the outcome of "our national struggle" to extend and preserve civil rights, president Truman de- clared in a message to the three- day annual conference of Anti- Defamation League of Bnai Brith. Citing the League for its "years of service to the common cause of American democracy," Truman asserted that "in the troubled world of our time, we can hope to fulfill our destiny as a nation and as a people only if we are able • to maintain our inner strength." "That-strength,." he said, "will depend upon how well we pre- serve and enrich our democratic legacy. Citizen groups such as the Anti-Defamation League ren- der an invaluable service in- this regard." • The Ku Klux Klan is reappear- ing "under new names but with the same old viciousness," it was reported at the conference. Milton A. Senn, regional director of Anti- Defamation League, reported that the Ku Klux Klan is very active in Southern California. The sneak- er emphasized that methods used by certain groups investigating subversive activities were "fright- ening away many liberals" from participating in the work of com- batting bigotry. Must Solve Race Problem Dore Schary, executive produc- er at 11K0 Studios and producer of the film "Crossfire," which deals with anti-Semitism in the United States, told the parley that American Jews have a three- fold responsibility—as Americans, as Jews and as a people—with regard to solving race hate problems. "In any community 'where there are race tensions," he asserted, "rabble-rousers invariably get around to the Jews as scape-goats. You can have no . Jewish prob- lem in a city where you do not have a Negro problem, a Mexican problem, a Japanese problem or any other minority problem. Violent anti-Semitism always goes hand in hand with inti-soune- thing else." Justice ..Steinbrink of New York was re-elected national chairman of the Anti-Defama- tion League. Benjamin R. Ep- stein was re-elected secretary and national director. Others re- elected include Jacob Olson, treasurer, and Richard E. Good- stadt, executive vice-chairman. Shapiro to Direct JDC Education in Europe NEW YORK—Judah J. Shapi- ro, associate national directoy of Bnai Brith Hillel Foundations, has been given a leave of absence until September, 1949, to serve as director of Jew- ish Education Overseas for the American Jew- ish Joint Dis- tribution C o m - mittee, it has been announced by Dr. A. L. Sachar, national chairman of the Bnai Briath Hillel Commission. He will sail for Europe on May 14 with his family, and will have his office in Paris, although his work will take him to other parts of the continent. In his new ca- pacity, he„, will be responsible for coordinating the work of Jewish education and cultural reconstruction in which the JDC is so vitally interested. Riot Risks To Be Insured JERUSALEM (ZOA)—A meet- ing of businessmen and officials of the Jewish Agency in Tel Aviv decided to establish a National Insurance Fund to cover all riot risks throughout the country. Freedman Admits Gift Of Anti-Zionist Funds NEW YORK, (JTA) — Benja- min. H. Freedman, founder of the League for Peace with Justice in Palestine, who is a principal witness in a libel suit action now taking place in Mid-Manhattan Magistrates Court, said that al- though his parents were Jewish, his wife and children are Cath- olic and he attends church . serv- ices regularly. He has not been able to be baptized, however, said. He added that he has st d- ied at length "under Jesuit Fath- ers." Appearing at the libel suit trial brought against the- Non- Sectarian Anti-Nazi League by Hallam Richardson, attorney fOr his group, Freedman admitted he spent -$100,000 in advertise- ments td fight Zionism. THE JEWISH NEWS-7 Friday, May 14, 1948 Tourists in Mexico Get Immigrant Status MEXICO CITY, (JTA) — A group of Jewish tourists and vis- itors in Mexico has been granted full immigrant, status with full rights .of employment in the country, it was revealed in a special decree issued by Presi- dent Miguel Aleman. This is the second such Jewish group which has been "legalized," thanks to the efforts of the Jew- ish Committee for Legal Affairs, which was set up last year by the Central Jewish Committee and the JDC and -HIAS offices here. ZOD Seeks 1,000 Members In Liberation Day Campaign Harry Cohen, membership chairman of the Zionist Or- ganization of Detioit's special libei.ation membership cam- paign, is confident that 1,000 new members will join the Zionist Organization of America as a result of the drive which culminates. on May 16. He announced that in the pre-Libera- tion Day efforts more than 200 new members have been signed up. at parlor meetings and special solicitatis. Morris M. Jaco on bS, ZOD presi- Truman Commends dent, announced that the mem- bership breakfast at the Rose Sit- tig Cohen Bldg., on Sunday morn- ing, at 10 a. m., will have as. guest Joseph: Goldberg, of Worcester, .Mass., chairman of the ZOA na: Salute the Jewish State and the Fighters for Freedom! We are counting on all Detroit Jews to be present at our community's demonstra- tion of solidarity with the Palestine Yishuv on Liberation Day SUNDAY, MAY .16, 3:30 P. M. SHARP Rain or Shine On Central High School Athletic Field PROMINENT SPEAKERS - - LINWOOD and BURLINGAME - - COLORFUL CEREMONIES Every Detroit Jew---Man, Woman and Child---MUST Attend this Celebration Arranged under auspices of Zionist Council of Detroit, Jewish Community Council, their 200 affiliated organizations and cooperating Christian civic and labor organizaiions. qv •
