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COLUMBUS EDITION
VoL 37, No. 35
FRIDAY, AUGUST 28,   1959
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D«v«ted  fo American and  Jswith   Ideali
KHRU IN MOOD TO EASE ANTI-JEWISH POUGYINUSSR
NEW YORK (JTA) — Soviet Premier NIkita Khrushchev will not permit Jewlah emigration from the Soviet Union, but may "moderate^' the Soviet policy of anti-Jewish diacrimination, ac¬ cording to Leon Volkov, expert on Soviet affairs for Newsweek, the weekly news review.
Volkov's forecast was made in connection with the possibility that the Soviet Premier may agree to see a delegation of Amer¬ ican Jewish leaders during his visit next month In this country. Volkov believes that Khrushchev may receive such a delegation with whom he Would discuss the situation of Soviet Jewry provid¬ ing the American Jewish com¬ munity "can agree on the make¬ up of a three-or-four man delega¬ tion." He added that "picking a delegation, however, will not be as easy as it sounds."
Explaining why he believes that Moscow will not permit emigra¬ tion of Soviet Jews, the News¬ week experts said: "Russia still needs the services of Jewish scientists, technicians and other professionals, however much it restricts their opportunities." On the other hand, easing of the antl- Jewlsh policy in the USSR "would cost Khrushchev nothing, and would rebound to his credit around the world at a time when the Soviets are studiously court ing public opinion." "American Jews," declared the (continued on page 4,)
BEN GURION TAKES VACATION; LEAVES ISRAEL SECRETLY
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Prime Minister David Ben CJurion, it was officially confirmed, is vaca¬ tioning in France. He left Israel under such conditions of secrecy that some of his associates in the Israeli Cabinet did not even know of his departure until the Cabinet meeting two days later.
THE BEN Ourlons were offi¬ cially welcomed to France by M. Haas Plcard, Prefect of Marseilles when they embarked. The Is¬ rael Embassy in Paris told all inquirers that the Prime Minis¬ ter was on vacation in France only for a rest, and would have no meetings of an official nature while  In France.
Correspondents had been in formed In advance of Ben Gurior , departure but a strict securky ban prevented any disclosure un¬ til his arrival at Marseilles was reported.
Ben Gurion, accompanied by his wife and two aides, sailed from Haifa aboard the Israeli liner Theodore Herzl. Reservations were made for an unidentified personage and the line and the ship's crew were not aware of the (continned on pa^e 4)
Herbert H. Schiff Named UJF Committee Chairman
U. S. Envoy At Hebrew University
Ogden B. Reid (left)i the new American Ambassador to Israel, discusses scientific research with Professor Samuel 8am- bursliy, Doan of Science of the Hebrew University ot Jerusalem, who will visit the United States next month. Ambassador Reid expressed great admiration of the University and its work.
Herbert S. Levy, president of The members of the committee the United Jewish Fund of Co- are: Mrs. E. J. Gordon, chairman. Iumbus, has announced the ap- j Harry Gilbert. Herman Luckoff. pointpient of Herbert H. Schlff, Jack Schlff, Sam Schlonsky, Leon aa chairman of    the   AUoca;tions   Friedman,   Robert   Gllck,   David
rsrael's Economy Being Reinforced
DEADLINE
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Our usual deadline is 10 ajn. on the Monday preceding the Friday dateline.
NEW YORK (JTA)—Favorable developments In Israel's economy during 1968 are being reinforced in 1959, according to a report Issued by the American office of the Bank Leumi Le-Israel.
The report says that prices and wages remained virtually stabfe in Israel, the money supply grew, exports rose, the balance of trade deficit contracted, and foreign exchange reserves reached a new peak in May this year.
"ALTHOUGH these trends are desirable ones, the substantial trade deficit and the relatively high price level make It impera¬ tive for the rate of improvement to be accelerated if the country Is to achieve economic indepen¬ dence In the foreseeable future," the report stresses.
"In fact, for this aim to be At¬ tained, there must be brought about a major change in the em¬ ployment structure of the popula¬ tion and in the relationship be¬ tween consumption, investment and exports. It is thus the respon¬ sibility of the government to frame its economic policy in such a manner as to achieve the chan¬ neling of a much larger than the present share of production lo exports and investment. Instead of consumption."
Theodore K. Landau, assistant representative of the Bank Leunil in this country, reviewing eco¬ nomic and banking developments In Israel, said that 1958-fS9 can be characterized as a period of con¬ solidation ot the Israel econoniiy rather than one of striking changes. He emphasized the fol¬ lowing points:
• ISRAEL, has reached a de¬ velopment level at which an amount In excess pf all funds re¬ ceived from abroad by way of private, organizational and inter¬ governmental assistance, as well aa long-terra loans to the govern¬ ment, goes into investment chan¬ nels.
• Immigration was on a smaller scEile than Initially expected and the population increase was at a rate—normal for Israel but still quite high—of about five percent
per annum,
• Total production Increased at the same rate as in previous years; however, output per work¬ er Increased by five percent.
• EXPORTS—both goods and services—which were $229 nill lions In 1957, increased to $239 millions In 1958 with 1959 exports somewhat  In  excess  of  1958.
• Total imports of goods and services, in 1958 exceed those of 1967 by only $16 million, while the 1958 import of conaumer goods was only $3 million more than 1957.
"There is a growing interest on the part of foreign investors in Israel stocks and investment trusts, the yield of good-quality. Israel equities being in the neigh¬ borhood of eight percent, reflect¬ ing the generally high Interest rates In the country," Landau reported.
Committee for the coming year.
The new budgeting procedures put into effect in 1958 will be continued. The new method calls for six sub-commltteos respon¬ sible to the Allocations Commit¬ tee.
THIS PBOC'KDUKE proved very successful aa each sub-com¬ mittee was able to conduct a more Intensive and detailed ex¬ amination of. more than forty agencies, local, regional, national and overseas as well as many new requests. Their recommen¬ dations are submitted to the Al¬ locations Committee, which in turn submits them to the Board of Directors.
The six sub-committees are: Comniunity Relations, Education and Culture, Health and Welfare, Overseas, Transportation, and Capital  Needs.
The (Community Relations Com¬ mittee reviews tho following agencies: The American Jewish Congress, Jewish Labor Comrtiit- tee, Jewish War Veterans, and the Joint Defense Appeal (Antl- Defamatlon League and Ameri¬ can Jewish Committee).
THE MEMBERS of the com¬ mittee are: Richard J. Abel, chairman, Charles Y. Lazarus, Dr. E. J. Gordon, Mark Feiknopt, Melville D. Frank, Herman Katz, Waiter Katz, Mra. William Schlff, I. E. Sealfon, Dr. Don Shuster¬ man, Abe Wolman, and Ben Yen¬ kin.
The Education and Culture Committee reviews the budget re¬ quests of: The Columbus Hebrew School; Hillel Foundation, OSU; Hlllel Foundation, Ohio Univ.; American Association for Jewish Education; Jewish Braille Insti¬ tute of America; YIVO (Institute for Jewish Research) and the B"nai B'rith Nationai Youth Ser¬ vices Appeal consisting" of the B'nhi B'rith Hillel Foundations, B'nai B'rith Youth Organizations, and B'nai B'rith Vocational Ser¬ vice.
Goldsmith. Lawrence Bolster. Harry Schwartz, Joseph L. Sch¬ wartz, William Wasserstrom, Mrs. Ben A. Yenkin, "Mrs. B. W. Abramson, Fred Yenkin, and Mrs. .loseph Schecter.
THE HEALTH and Welfare Committee reviews the following agencies: The Jewish Center, Jewish Community Blood Donor Council, Jewish Family Service, Jewish Home for the Aged, Belle¬ falre, I^eo N. Levi Memorial Hos¬ pital, Montefiore Home. National Jewish Hospital, National Jewish Welfare Board and the National Council of Jewish Women.
The members of the committee are: Allen Gundersheimer, Sr., chairman, Joseph Zox, Joseph Summer, J. W. Stelnhauser, Ed¬ ward Schiezinger, David Levison, William Kahn, Marvin Glassman. Mrs. Ben Kahn, Harold Kayne. Ben Lurle, Mrs. Jack Resier, Mrs. Harry Schwartz, Dr. Jack Silber¬ steln, and Justin Sillman.
The Overseas Committee examines the budgets of the fol¬ lowing agencies: American Friends Service Committee, A- merican Israel Ciiltural Foun¬ dation, Hebrew Universlty-Tech- nion Joint Appeal, the United HIAS, and Youth Aliyah program of Hadassah.
THE MEMBERS of the com¬ mittee are: Sam M. Melton, chair¬ man. I. W. Garek. Jack Pjusler. Mrs. Victor Ringer, Mrs. Simon Lazarus, Dr. Paul D. Meyer, Sig¬ mund Ornsteln, Robert Paine, Harry Silbersteln, Joseph Skilken,
Harold Schottenstein. and Dr. B. W. Abramaon.
The Capital Needs Committee reviews the requests of our local agencies regarding major repairs or Improvements.
The members of the committee are: Sam Shinbach. chairman. Robert Weiler. Sr., Jack Sher. A. B. Weinfeld. Leo Yassenoff, Aaron Zacks. Loon Schottenstein, Troy Feibel, Harry Gilbert. Rob¬ ert Click, Mra. Jack Rosier. Mrs. E. J. Gordon. Sam Melton, and Herbert H. Schlff.
THE TBAN.SPORTA'noN Com¬ mittee has tho responsibility of reviewing the budget and pro¬ gram of the community's trans¬ portation system. "The system is Used by tho Jewish Center and the  Hebrew  School.
The members of the committee are: Charles Goldsmith, chair¬ man. Louis M. Levin. Gilbert Sie¬ gel, Albert H. Greene. Marvin Glassman. Sanford Timen, Wil¬ liam Roth. Morrey Mattlin. H. H. Weinberg, Henry Gurvis, Morrey Tarcov, Allen Topy, Ben Kahn, Julius Margulls, Nate Berlin and Harry C^^tler.
The budget hearings will be held in September and early Oc¬ tober.
TO CONFER
NEW YORK, (A.TP) -- A Reu- t(;rs dispatch from Cairo reports this week that King Saud of Sudi Arabi will visit Gamal Abdel Nas.sor on Aug. 31 at the latter'.^ invitation. Their discus¬ sion, it is held, will center around Israel the boycott and the blockade of both the Suez and the Gulf of Aqaba..
NEW YEAR'S GREETINGS DEADLINE EXTENDED ONE WEEK
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UJF-Council Merger To Meet All Needs
Chronicling The News
What are you doing with life? See editorial on page 2. The accent ts on Khrushchev in  Boris Smolar's column  on page 2.
Amusements   B Society   10, 11
Dayenu    2 Sports      6, 7
Foods         3 Synagogues   8
Oolden     6 Travel Talk   8
(Editor's note: This is tbe second in a series of articles designed to acquaint the Co¬ lumbus community with the basis for the merger of the United Je'wish Fund and the Jewish   Community  Council.)
At the first meeting of the joint study committee looking into the poaslbllity of merging the United Jewish Fund and Jewish C!om- raunity Council, a recommenda¬ tion was made that a subcommit¬ tee be formed to study and report to the joint committee a plan propdjsing the formation of one central organization.
This new organization would perform the functions of both of the present organizations. It would also strengthen the process of community organization in the light of present developments.
Several meetings were held with the staff of the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds, the national service or¬ ganization for welfare funds and councils.
The members of this organiza¬ tion are experienced in such mat¬ ters and familiar with the prob¬ lems associated with £C merger. They are also familiar with such developments throughout the country.
Material from many cities was gathered and studied. Several subcommittees worked on dltiei- ent phases of the plans and Ideas proposed.
A eommittee of attorneys ex¬ amined in detail the various as¬ pects of the plan to prevent los¬
ing the tax exempt status of the new  organization.
Many individuals with interest in the Council and the Fund were brought Into the picture. After 11 months and 10 drafts a new .pro¬ posed constitution waa approved by the joint committee.
Fred Yenkin, a past president of both organizations, pointed out that the new organization would be an Instrument which would, he hoped, take care of all com¬ munity needs as they arise.
In the days ahead, the constitu¬ tion committee examined the pos¬ sible effectiveness of this pro¬ posed new organization. The com¬ mittee proposed modifications, additions and deletions to the proposed constitution wherever they felt It was necessary.
It was their hope that these ad¬ ditions and deletions would help the committee prepare a constitu¬ tion that would meet the needs and gain the maximum support of the largest number of Ita mem¬ bers.
What does the new Constitu¬ tion provide?
According to Yenliin the new plan of organization has been kept  single and  understandable.
He said, "It Incorporates first, our experiences aa reflected in the Fund and the Council and second, developments which have taken place throughout the coun¬ try by organizations such as our own."
Yenkin continued, "What we have done, many communities have  already  achieved.  There  Is
nothinjr novel or radical in our plan.
"We have taken the salient features of the Fund and Council and in several ways, we have spelled them out more clearly than they have been before," he said.
"There is nothing to be con¬ strued in the functions ind pur¬ poses of the new organization aa to be all Inclusive or all powerful in the affairs of the community.
"In no way does it plan to take functions it had not had In the past or to get involved in areas it had not been Involved in before,"  he said.
Yenkin continued, "Its major areas of concern are fund rais¬ ing, in behalf of the causes which are now or may In the future be included in its annual drive, bud¬ geting and distributing the funds raised In the campaign, coordina¬ tion and social planning of the local services for which it pror vides funds, especially the Jew¬ ish Onter and the Jewish Home for the Aged.
"It also included a community wide public relations program to encourage those activities which have been handled by the Jewish Community Council such as maintaining a community calen¬ dar and promoting cooperation among all organizations.
"It is not the purpose of the new organization to affect the autonomy of any of its agencies or beneficiaries or those of the organizations associated with the Council of Organizations.
"Its relationship to them shall bo no different than it has been. Its prime purpos(.' is to do better what it has been doing up to now, using the best of our leadership In a  more  planful   manner.
"In a number of ways tho new organization has broadened Its base of participation on the board of trustees through .such devices as membcrs-at-Iarge with rota¬ tions representation from the campaign organization and repre¬ sentation   from  organizations.
"There is more opportunity for movement and service througii terms of one year for those In¬ volved in the campaign and In the Council of Organizations," Yenkin said.
He added. "We now liave inte¬ grated the process of financing and social planning through an allocations and social planning committee,
"Procedures for planning ad¬ ministration of the new organiza¬ tion have been more clearly spell¬ ed out rather than left to chance or memory.
"The functions of committees have been clearly written out. Re¬ lationships between the central organization and its beneficiary agencies are clearly defined," Yenkin  concluded.
A review of the constitution, which ia available at the offices of the Fund and Council tor all its members, wiil bring out addition¬ al points of interest.
(Next week—conunents on this merger.)
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