DECEMBER 9, 1957 -- KISLEV 30, 5718
00than Feinberg To Be Chairman
1958 Federated Fund Campaign
Heib Photo
hown above receiving the Alfred Shemanski Award for out-
.taBling service in the current campaign from Harold I. Poll, presi-
*ehl of the Fund (right) is Nathan Feinbcrg, who will again be
,r, Paign Chairman.
. lYathan Feinberg, prominent business man and active
all Jewish communal affairs, has accepted the chairman-
qip of the 1958 campaign of the Seattle Federated Jewish
aad and Council, it was announced by Harold I. Poll,
t'reSldent, at the recent annual meeting of the Fund.
• The 1957 campaign results exceeded those for 1956 and
r. Feinberg indicated that this was the result of the coop-
atioa received from individual workers, both men and
1: - during the campaign. "We could have raised a
;rger sum if more workers were involved and it is hoped
at everyone who realizes the tremendous needs of our
,religionists throughout the world will join in the 1958
lraPaign ia helping o raiso :the largest possiblesumta
'Viate this distress and tremendous need," Feinberg said.
, ts. Harry S. Brown, who has
ved as Chairman of the Wom- m.e =_ s_..|_. |
, s Division of the Campaign utspute :)ernea
ae past two years, received JERUSALEM: Israel and Jor-
signifying the commu- dan this week patched up their
appreciation for her serv-
ida°!, EsfeM presented the Pres-
pnts Certificate to Harold I.
i: ll for services performed dur-
ing the year 1957_
aaual messages were deliv-
ebY Nathan Feinberg, Archie
a.atz, Community C o u n c i 1
_mraittee, Herman K e i s 1 e r,
pr,aSUrer, Sam W. Tarhis, Bud-
. Committee and Harold I.
th^ L' lresident. Extracts from
itl e messages will be printed
eri.Uture issues of the Trans-
I he Nominating Committee,
le:,ed by Albert M. Franco, pre-
1 ecl a slate of nominees for
t d and Budget Committee
iers and indicated that the
,, -ees for officers would be
t,*itted at the next meeting of
ltoard of Directors for their
lroval. -
Ju r. F r a n c o announced that
%;t M. Friedlander has ac-
t ed the position of vice-chair-
- of the 1958 Campaign.
, IL AVIV (JTA)--The Weiz-
Institute of Science at Re-
" VOth
r and the Umted States Air
Vidl ce have signed a contraet pro-
'%g for the Israeli research
tl%.ter to initiate certain studies
%tng With the chemical appli-
- ,'.q' O
a_ • nuclear magnetic phe-
%%aa, it was announced this
dispute over shipment of supplies
to Israel's Mount Scopus enclave
inside Jordanian territory. It was
announced agreement was
reached to permit Israel to re-
sume truck convoys to the en-
clave near Jerusalem.
It was another victory for
United Nations Secretary Gen-
eral Dag Hamm'arskjold, who has
had conferences with Israeli
leaders in Jerusalem, flew to
Amman for a second round of
talks with Jordanian leaders, and
returned to Jerusalem for final
talks with Israeli Premier David
Ben Gurion on the Mount Scopus
dispute.
Ben-Gurion, in obvious good
humor, announced "the convoy
dispute has been settled." Two
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SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
weeks ago, the regular Israeli
truck convoy was barred by the
Jordanians who charged that the
nine drums of gasoline included
in the supplies were to be used to
help fortify the enclave which
embraces the Hebrew University
and the Hadassah llospital, in
violation of the armistice agree-
ment. The Israelis denied the
charge.
OTTAWA (JTA)--Prime Min-
ister John Diefenbaker refused
this week to answer a query in
Parliament whether the govern-
ment would remove barriers to
the shipment of Canadian arms
to Israel.
VOLUME XXVI, NUMBER 6
Testimonial To
Sam W. Tarshis
Seattle Lodge No. 503, B'nai
B'rith, will honor Sam W. Tar-
shis, President of District Grand J
Lodge No. 4, at a community-J
I
wide dinner to be held Sunday I
evening, December 15th, at the I
Olympic Hotel, with cocktails be-[
ginning at 6:30 and dinner served
[
at 7:00.
Mr. Tarshis' honesty of purpose
for Jewish causes and his en-
thusiasm for progressive living
Judaism has been recognized by
B'nai B'rith in his appointment to
national as well as local and re-
gional committees. A member of
B'nai B'rith for 30 years, he went
through the chairs of Seattle
Lodge, becoming its President in.
1952. He then served for a period
of three years on the Executive
Board of the District Grand
Lodge, was elected 3rd Vice Pres-
ident and at the convention in
San Francisco in July, 1957, he
w.as installed as President of Dis-
To Be Honored December 15
triet Grand Lodge No. 4. He
served as Chairman of the North-
ern Regional Board of ADL for a
period of four years• His local and
district work was recognized na-
tionally by his appointment as a
member of the Board of Gover-
nors of the Supreme Lodge and
the national ADL Commissioner•
i Merle Cohn, General Chair-
man, 1)as appointed Bob Fried-
man, a young man of unusual tal-
ent, to be in charge of the Pro-
gram Committee. Bob is hard at
work preparing a program that
will be unique and unusual. If
you would like to pay tribute to a
man richly deserving of this
honor and at the' same time wit-
ness a novel program; different
interesting and stimumting, then
your ,presence at this dinner is a
"must•"
The devotion and dedication of
Mr. Tarshis to community service
has been nationally recognized by
his appointment to membership
on national boards of many agen-
cies. His loyalty, sincerity and
:ability, as well as a passion for
right, is recognized by everyone
who knows him. He serves with
zeal and enthusiasm and gives
willingly and unselfishly of his
time and effort to serve his com-
munity and his people without
thought of financial gain or ma-
terial reward.
Reservations may be made by
calling the B'nai B'rith office at
Main 1501. The cost of the dinner
is $7.50 per plate, including cock-
tails.
Noted Couple To Speak at JNF '
Chanukah Festival December 22
Professor and Mrs. Walter Clay Lowdermilk
The ainual Chanukah Festival of the Jewish National Fund •
will take place on Sunday, December 22, in the Olympic Bowl of
the Olympic Hotel at 8:15 p.m., with Prof. and Mrs. Walter Clay
Lowdermilk as honored guests it has been announced by 'Leo
Meltzer, general chairman.
Professor Lowdermilk is one of the world's greatest authorities
on soil conservation and land reclamation• He has been consultant
to Presidents Truman, Roosevelt,
and Hoover, as well as to the '
U.S. Department of State. Re-
cently retired as the head of the
Department of Agricultural Engi-
neering at the Institute of Tech-
nology at Haifa, Israel, Professor
Lowdermilk directed the vast
land reclamation program in
Israel and is the autlr of the
Jordan Valley Authority Plan.
During his stay in Israel Profes-
sor Lowdermilk worked in very
close association with the Karen
Kayemeth Leisrael (Jewish Na.
tional Fund), the worldwide in-
strument of the Jewish people for
the edemption, reclamation and
development of the land in Israel.
Mrs. Lowdermilk, a great hu-
manitarian in her own right, will
accompany her husband. The
daughter of a minister, she has a
deep religious feeling that the re-
birth of Israel is carrying out the
Biblical prophecy. She is an elo-
quent speaker, and a dedicated
worker for the Jewish state, and
has become a noted hostess and
gool-will ambassador for Israel.
Refreshments will be served
after the program. Tickets at $2
each, may be obtained from any
of the Zionist affiIiated organiza-
tions or by calling Mr. M. N.
Ketzlach at El. 6231.
STOCKHOLDERS OF AMPAL
TO HEAR REPORTS FROM
ISRAEL INDUSTRIALISTS
Col. John Furman, now manag-
ing director of the Israel-Amer-
ican I n d u s t r i al Development
Bank, and a former major in the
British Army, who participated
actively in the Israel War of Lib-
eration, will speak at the six-
teenth annual stockholders' meet-
ing of the American Israel Cor-
poration to be held on Tuesday,
December 10 at 8:15 p.m. at the
Jewish Community Center, 1916V
4th Ave., it has been announced
by Sol Esfeld and Max A. Silver.
Mr. Abraham Dickenstein,
President of Ampal (American
Israel Corporation) will also be
present to give a report to the
stockholders on the progress of
the corporation and its invest-
ments in Israel. Mr. Dickenstein,
Mrs. Anna Dolgoff
A special award in the f0rm of
an inscription in the Golden Book
will be presented to Mrs. Anna
Dolgoff, 3402 E. John St., for
her devoted work and dedicated
service to the program and ac-
tivities of the Jewish National
Fund.
ORT Gets Wise Award
NEW YORK: The American Or-
g a n i z a t i o n for Rehabilitation
Through Training (ORT), re-
ceived the 1956 Stephen Wise
Award last week for outstand-
ing service to the welfare of
Jews throughout the world.
The American Jewish Con-
gress made the presentation at a
ceremony held at the Stephen
Wise Congress House m this
city.
marking his 15th year as presi-
dent of Ampal, is a magnetic
speaker and an economist of note,
thoroughly familiar with the so-
cial and economic conditions in
Israel.
A "documentary film, "The Am-
pal Story," will be shown, por-
traying the industrial and agri-
cultural projects in Israel.
The community is cordially m-
cited to attend, state Esfeld and
Silver. Mr. M. N. Ketzlach is the
'local representative for Ampal.
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