The Southern Israelite. (Augusta, Ga.) 1925-1986, April 11, 1947, Image 3

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Page Three Friday, Apt-8 T1, TS4T THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE Representatives of Jewish Federations, Welfare Funds Meet In New Orleans Leaders of 37 Southeastern cum in unitites will gather for the twelfth Annual Assembly of the Southeastern Region of the Coun cil of Jewish Federations and Wel fare Funds in New Orleans. April 19-20. at the Roosevelt Hotel it was announced by Isaac S. Heller, Soutlieasern Regional president. Mr Heller commented: “South- ' ALLAN- GRAYSON Realty Co. • Soles and Rentals • Property Management • Business Leases Louis Josey—Seymour Hirscli Gordon Keith B. C Munday. Jr. Abe Goldberg. Robert S. Poole E S. Veal—Geo Ware Salesmen WAInut 1696 M N. PRYOR. N. F.. ATLANTA, GA. em Jewry can make a real contri bution to the national scene by die building of representative, in clusive local communal organiza tions with program to meet our own needs and the needs overseas. This conference is a meeting of leadership in working sessions to consider our common problems and determine upon combined ef fort to meet these problems.” Dr. Emil W. Leipziger. confer ence program chairman, noted that the program will include an address by Dr. William Haber. Professor of Economics at the Uni versity of Michigan; formerly As sistant Director of the War Man power Commission and Executive Director of the National Refugee Service. Dr Haber will speak on "National and International Prob lems and the American Jew.” Stanley C. Myers. Miami. Na tional President of the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds, will keynote the session on "Jewish Communal Organization to Meet Today's Problems.” Marx J. Borod of Memphis will serve as chairman of the Session, and the discussion will be led by Philip Bernstein, Associate Director. Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds. The session will consider the overall problems in Jewish communal organization, national and locally. Tire focus will be on local organization and pro gram from the point of view of in clusion of all community groups and the role of our communal or ganizations in sponsoring local programs and non-philanthropic activity. TT>e local organization SEASON’S GREETINGS J. H. SCHROETER & BROS., Inc. 223 Central Ave., S. W. WAInut 8256 MACE J. GREEN, REALTOR Peachtree Arcade Building WAlnuf 5731 BETTY LONGLEY FLORISTS ATLANTA DECATUR 1143 Ponce de Leon Ave. 525 McDonough Street 11 Emli.ck 2162 ( Rescent 2(>l 1 PICK-UP AND DELIVERY GEORGIA AVENUE DRY CLEANERS Exjtert Cleaning 54 Georgia Ave., S. E. Pressing — Altering MAin 5256 SEASON’S GREETINGS C. A. RAUSCHENBERG, Inc. C A. Rauschenberg. Pres. — G. F. Garrison, Vice-Pres. “INSURANCE, RONDS LOANS" Title Bldg. WAInut 4237 15 Auburn Ave., N. E. SEASON'S GREETINGS REX DAIRY FARM 85 Georgia Ave., S.E. JAckson 3283 and program of the Alexandria, Louisiana Federation will be pre sented by Milton Oppenheimer. The executive committee will re view the $62,000,000 National Cap- ' ital Fund Campaigns which are i under way or contemplated for building programs in Palestine, for National Hospitals, Cultral Insti tutions, and Theological Cemina- ries. The discussants will consider the relationship between National Capital Fund Campaigns and the local communities, and the effect of these campaigns on the 1947 campaigns. Questions on non-Jewish giving, use of Women and Youth Divisions in the 1947 campaigns, value of Trades Divisions, the most effec tive kind of publicity to develop community understanding of all needs—will be discussed at a "Campaign Workshop.” The cur rent campaign experience of Mi- j ami and Atlanta, and the recent | experience of Birmingham and Charleston will be used to guide them as the delegates consider their’ efforts toward the national goal of $216,000,000 from Federa tions. exclusive of Capital Fund Campaigns. The Social Service Needs in the South and How We Can Meet Them, will be the subject of a session in which the emphasis will be on the consideration of local famiiy programs for all econofmic groups and the use of Regional services and institutions. The Memphis B'nai B'rith Home for the Aged will be represented by Leo Bearman, and the Jewish Chil dren's Home by Justin V. Wolff, president of the board. The dis cussion will consider the recent ad ministrative and program changes made by the institutions. In reporting to the Executive Committee on Conference plans, Myron J. Rothschild of Montgom ery. chairman of the Committee on Community Participation, com mented, “There is already indi cated wide representation in this conference from every Jewish community, large and small, in this geographical area, and I can attribute this to the national im- portance of the deliberations by the leadership of Southern Jewry.” Planing to attend from Atlanta are Meyer Balser, Barney Medintz, Abe Goldberg, Ed Kahn and Ken neth Wasser. Rumanian Pensions For Fascist Victims BUCHAREST, (JTA)—The Ru manian Ministry of Labor an nounced that it has completed the draft of a bill to provide pen sions for disabled Jews and other victims of fascist atrocities and for widows and orphaned depen dents of Jews killed by pro-Nazis. The bill will give eflual considera tion to all victims of “anti-demo cratic racial and religious perse cution.” The Rumanian Red Cross re vealed that the first group of 100 Jewish slave laborers captured on the Eastern front during the war will shortly arrive here from the Soviet Union. The Jews had been forcibly recruited into slave labor units attached to the Hungarian army. Medical and other care will be provided by the World Jewish ■Congress. 0*0 SEASON'S GREETINGS 0*0 Fifth Street Service Station DEPART FOR COLUMBIA PARIS. UTA>— More than 2.600 Jewish refugees, whose official des tination was issued as Colombia, were reported to have sailed from a small southern French port aboard the 1.700-ton ship “Guar dian,” flying the Honduran flag- 789 West Peachtree HE. 1403 SEASON’S GREETINGS BAKE SHOP 40 Marietta SL, N. W. JAckson 8403 WAInut 1510 INTRODUCED IN HOUSE Bill Would Outlaw Anti-Semitic Propaganda NEW YORK, (JTA)—A bill to outlaw anti-Semitic propaganda in the United States has been in troduced in the House of Repre sentatives bv Contrre^’Tian Charles A. Buckley, New York Democrat, it was announced by the American Jewish Labor Council. Entitled “A Bill to Suppress the Evil of Anti-Semitism and the Hatred of Members of any Race. Creed or Color.” the proposed leg islation includes a declaration of policy stating that “Congress hereby finds that anti-Semitism and bigotry are potent weapons in the hands of the enemies of this country and or its institutions.” The spread of anti-Semitism, the bill continues, is “tending to de stroy the unity of this nation, creating discord among our peo ple. disrupting the normal chan nels of trade and commerce, and interfering with and dislocating the economic life of the country.” The proposed act declares it to be its policy, “to prevent the spread Lcwdon's Hat Shop 1033 Peachtree St.. N.E. We Extend Season’s Greetings To Our Friends and Customers of anti-Semitism, religious and racial hatred because of race, the mails and the channels of in creed or color through the use of terstate and foreign commerce. 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