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Vol. III, June 8, 1949

MPANSION OF ORT WORK IN NORTH AFRICA

A Statement by Dr. David Lvovitch

"The great and urgent problem of training the in North Africa will soon be solved", said Dr. David Lvovitch, Chairman, Executive Committee, World ORTUnion, in a statement made upon his return from a tour of the ORT schools in and Algierl Dr. Lvovitch was accompanied by Mr. Salomon Grumbach, former President of the State's :iommittee of Foreign Affairs, and secretary of. the French ORT Parliamentary Committee.

"The ORT-Alliance School at Casablanca, founded in 1946, has presently an attendance of 660 pupils", Dr. Lvovitch continuedy"Due to look of space the school cannot admit any more pupils for the time being. ORT is therefore building a great house outside of Casablanca on a plot of 30,000 square meters which the devoted and indefatigable president of the Moroccan ORT, Jules Senouf, has graciously put at our disposal.

"This building will house the various trade courses. A boarding house for one thou- sand boys will be connected with the school. Later, we will also build a new school for girls. Thus, two thousand Jewish children now living under the most miserable conditions in the Mellah will be taken out of their usual surroundings; we shall save their lives. There is no doubt that vocational training is imperative for the Moroccan Jews. Indeed; this is the only way por,sible for them to escape complete disaster. Among the children of the Mellah; Vaere are many who have never attended a school ihilo othors have attended the schools of the Alliance Israelite Univer- selle. This organization does an excellent job, but it is of greatest importance that these thousands of children, who had only several years of grammar school, re- ceive a good vocational training."

During their stay in Casablanca, Dr. Lvovitch and Mr. S. Grumbach had an interview with General Juin, General-Resident of in Morocco. On this occasion General Juin expressed great interest in the work of ORT and its plans for expansion, which will be carried through partly with funds derived from the Marshall Plane The two visitors also had the opportunity to discuss ORT s plans with high officials of the various technical departments of Morocco,, At Alg:I.ers, Mr. Grumbach and Dr. Lvovitch visited the ORT school!. which was modernized last year. ORTwork in Algiers started as early as 1940 when Professor William Oualid, Chairman of ORT, himself an Algerian, initiated ORT activities in that country.

klthough in the northern part of the Jews live under better conditions than in Morocco, their situation in the southern part of the country is deplorable,and for that reason ORT plans to build a boarding school in Algiers. Dr. Lvovitch and. Ur0 Grumbachfounda verycordialreceFtiononthe partof Yr. Mrcel E. Naegelen,

4 Bi-WeeklySummary,Vol.III,02 2 Governor-GeneralofAlgeriaand formerMinisterofNationalEducation.Mr.Naegelen has for severalyearsbeenwell acquaintedwiththe work of ORT and has on many oc- casionofferedhisactivesupport. He has againpromisedtodo all in his pamerto facilitatetherapiddevelopmentofORT schoolsinAlgeria.

LATESTDEVELOPMENTSINORTWORE THROUGHOUTEUROPE

Emigrationoftens of thousandsofORT graduatesandstudentsfromall European countries,mainlyto ;inaugurationofthe ORTwork in Israel;expansionof the ORTwork in NorthAfrica;and nationalizationofORT sChoolsin Rumaniawerethe main featuresmarkingORTIsactivitiesduringthelast six months.

The emigrationproceededata veryrapidpacein the DP countries,aswell as in suchEasternEuropeancountriesasBulgariaandCzechoslovakia.Itspacewas markedly slowerin ,Hungaryandthe WesternEuropeancountries.This developmentaf- fectingthe scopeof ourwork has to some oxtentbeenbalancedby increasedORTcare for the handicapped,governmentrecognitionofORTwork in most Europeancountries and - last,not least- by the openingof ORT schoolsin Israel.

Dr. SyngalowskitsreportonIsrael,quotedinBiAleeklySummary,Vol.III,#11, re- vealedthat in April 19 courseswith562 studentswerealreadyfunctioninginvarious citiesand settlements.Expansionofthiswork to at least29 courseswith1,000 studentsduring1949will enablemanystudentswholeftEuropeancountriesbefore completionoftheirtrainingto continuetheirvocationaleducationwithORT in ' Israel. Confirmationhasrecentlybeenreceivedfromthe communitiesofMagdiel, Afulah,Rehovot,Ramatgan,PetachTikvah„Givataiim,Natanya,EinHarod,Givat Brenner,KfarVitkin,Eishmarot,Ramlehand Holonthatbuildingswillbe providedfor additionalORTtrainingcenters,thusassuringtheplannedgrowthof the ORT work in Israel.

The expansionofORTwork in NorthAfricawill not only improvetheeconomicand socialstatusof the Jews in Moslemcountries,butwill addnorethousandsofwell- preparedimmigrantworkersto the tens of thousandsofORT traineesM11.0 are presently helpingto buildthe JewishState.

The hugeemigrationofORT graduatesandstudentsis in itselfa measureof the suc..! cess of ORT in trainingthesepeoplefor emigrationandresettlement,anda token of the contributionORTis makingto the countriesof immigration,notablyto /srael, the UnitedStates,Canada,Australiaandto otherlands.

The pastsix monthswere alsomarkedby strongeffortson the part of World ORT Union,as well as the ORT NationalCommittees,toincreaselocalincomes. To this end, ORT participatedinlocalfund-raisingcampaignsandinitiatednegotiations with governmentalandinter-governmentalagencieswithregardto subsidieswhich wouldenableORTto traintens of thousandsmorepoliticallyandeconomicallydis- placedpersonsandthus helpalleviatetheshortageof skilledlaborin Europe. Thoselatterefforts,althoughnotyet completed,holdpromiseof success.

A shortdescriptionofrecentdevelopmentsinORTlsactivitiesinthe individual countriesfollows:*

DP Operations In Germany,increasedDPemigration,notonlyto Israelbut-alsoto the UnitedStates andAustralia,hasbroughtthe studentenrollmentdawnto 3,503(3,100in the U.S. Zone,403 in the BritishZoneof Germany)as of I:arch31. The figuredroppedto

- .Thisdescriptionispartlybasedon the "CondensedReportof ORT Activitiesfrom oiovember1948to the End of April 1949",sIY• -• *limb ld :ATUnion,at its meetingin Paris,on May 2, 1949,byWorldORT Union,. How- ever,in suchcaseswherethe FinancialandAccountingOffice,WorldORT Union,had laterinformationavailable,thesehavebeen substituted. Bi-Weekly Summary, Vol. III, W12

3,031 (2,686 in the U.S. Zone, 414 in the British Zoneloas of April 30. During the first quarter of 1949, 534 pupils were graduatedfrom ORT courses in the U.S. Zone, and 191 in the British Zone.

The work in Germany is now in the process of reorganization. All schools in the Kassel-Frankfurtarea have been discontinuedwith the closing of the camps. Certain area offices have been closed, and the personnelhas been considerablyreduced. In the coming period, further consolidationwill be effected. Meanwhile,a number of community schools have been set up to train Jews who have drifted from camps to the cities. Whether these will be continued remainsto be seen.

Increasedfacilitieshave been created for the training of special cases in the U.S. Zone. During April, ORT training was started at the rehabilitationcenter for in- valids and disabled in Aschau, and new traineeswere admitted to the courses for an., rested TB cases at Bayrish Gmain and Gauting. An ORT school for 162 children of all creeds and nationalitieswas establishedin the childrenlsvillage Bad Aibling. The reorganizationalso included the closing of the district offices in Kassel, RegenMAwg and Augsburg, the terminationof several internationalpersonnelin the U.S. Zone, and the discontinuationof the Bergen-BelsenSchool in the British Zone.

In Austria, 677 studentswere enrolled in the ORT courses on April 1, and 631 on April 30, 1949. During the first quarter of 1949, 222 pupilswere graduated;during the month of April 33 students completed their training. The number of studentswho discontinuedtheir trainingwithout having graduated,amountedto 367 and 135 for the respective periods. The decrease in student enrollmenthas occurred in the Austrian proVinceSonly, while in Vienna student enrollment has been constantly in- creasing due to the influxof new refugees from the Eastern Europeancountries.

The SalzburgORT school and officewere closed on April 30. The office was moved to Linz and the remainingstudents to Hallein,where a second barrack has been placed at the disposal of ORT by IRO. New courses have been opened at Steyr in goldsmithwork, machine shop practice and electro-mechanics. In these two latter courses educationel films are shown to the students under agreementwith Austrian local trade unions. The rehabilitationcenterat Ebelsbergadmitted41 studentsduringthe monthof April to learn leatherwork„bookbinding,dressmaking,hat and cap making. With the assist- ance of ORT, which loaned them several sewing machines, graduates of the Ebelsberg dressmakingcourses have formed a cooperativeand thus become self-supporting.

In Italy, the number of DPIs has steadily decreased;however, the ORT sohools have engiTran increased influx of resident Jews, both adult and adolescent,especially in the larger cities such as Rome, Milan and Leghorn.

The major part of ORT DP operationshave been conducted in southern Italy. As sever- al camps have been closed or transformed into transit camps (for instance, Trani, where ORT conducted 12 courses) sone of the pupils have been transferredto other camps, which are expected to remain in existence at least until the end of 1949. The larger part of DP operationsin rtaly will be closed, however, as soon as certain seminars are completed. Courses in masonry and leather work have been disbandeddur.. ing the last few days and other courses are scheduledto terminate in the near future, accordingto latest informationreceived from Italy.

In Merano and Grottaferrata,special workshops have been establishedfor convalescent and physically-handicappedpeople. The Grottaferratacenter has been officiallyrec- rignizedas "RehabilitationCenter". There, 120 pupils receive training in watchmak- :ng, knitting, dental mechanics,building trades, dressmaking,leatherworkand garden. _ng. In Marano, about 70 tubercular patients are enrolled in ORT courses. Most out- rtanding among the training centers for resident Jews is Milan, where more than 130 resident Jews receive vocationaltraining in ORT centers, as well as 300 children

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. 4 - earaledin ORT organizedworkshops in the cityls Jewish schools. In additionto voca- tional training, ORT Italy is operatingagriculturalschools in San Marco, Tivoli and Grottaferrataand will shortly open a training farm for Tripolitanianyouth at Salerao, with courses in gardeningand agriculturalnechanics.

The Italian ORT, which as of March 31, 1949, had a total student enrollment of 1913, has maintainedclose cooperationwith IRO, both with regard to ORT's DP operationsand to the special IRO-ORT Program(see Bi-WeeklySummary, Vol. III, -31:-9) 4. During the first quarter of 1949, 294 studentswere graduatedwhile 438 discontinuedtraining before graduation.

Eastern European Countries Only a small number of the once 50,000 Jewrsin Bulgaria are expected to remain in this country when the mass endgrationfrom Bulgariato Israel cones to a standstill. Al- ready more than four-fifthsof the Jewish populationhas left Bulgaria and ORT opera. tions have consequentlysuffered a decrease in student enrollmentto 364, as ofJanufty 1949. Arrangementshave been made for these Bulgarian ORT students,who are unableto complete their training before their departure,to finish their education in ORT schools in Israel. While the Bulgarian ORT schools are proceedingwith active support from the Government,they will in the near future be reorganizedto adjust them to the lesser needs for training.

In CZechoslovakia,student enrollment reached its peak with 189 students at the end of 1948 when ORT courses were operating in four Slovakiancities, Bratislava, Warendorf, Kosice and Presaw. Due to large enigration,the number of pupils has de. creased to 132, as of April 1, 1949. If emigrationshould continue at this pace, ORT may suspend operations in this country in the near future. During the first three •months of 1949, 32 students received ORT diplomaswhile 84 discontinuedtraining be- fore graduation.

The two big ORT technical schools for boys and girls in Budapest, Hungary,were nationalizedat the beginning of this year, because the schools were consideredde- nominational. The ORT-owned equipnonthas been leased to the Governmentuntil JanuarY 1950. Nevertheless,total student enrollment in the HungarianORT has increasedto 1,114, as of March 31, 1949. During the first quarter of 1949, 626 studentswere graduatedwhile 519 discontinuedtraining before graduation. Hungary's present 'non.. omic system forces increasingnumbers of adults to learn a trade in order to earn a living. To meet this need, the Hungarian ORT is concentratingon adult training and the courses for adults in Budapest, Bekescsaba,Gycngos, and Miscolo, as well as the ORT training farm Bonyhad, enjoy great popularity.

Machineshoppractice,dressmaking,cutting and sewing,welding and technical drawing are the subjectstaught in the ORT training center in Athens, Greece. This youngest ORT training project in Europe proceeds satisfactorily.

In Poland, ORT continuesto enjoy full recognitionfrom the Government and from the JemTairgntral Committee. As reported in Bi-Weekly Summary Vol. III, W6, the Polish Government has not only granted subsidiesto ORT, but al-dB-arrangedaseminar for 42 ORT teachers and instructorswho, upon completion of the course, receivedcertificates from the Ministry of Education. Later, the Ministry invitedthe other ORT teachers and instructorsto participatein holiday courses arrangedby the Ministry. Several of the Polish ORT schools, includingthe meaving school in Bielsko have been granted the status of public schools, making their diplomas equivalentto those issued by the Government. The Central Jewish Committee has decided that all Jewish youth, after graduating from the secondary schools, must be directedto the ORT vocational high schoolswhich at present exist in liroclaw,77a1brzychandLodz.

Western EuropeanCountries TEe French ORT found additionalrecognitionfrom the Governmentwhen the accelerated Bi-Weekly Summary,Vol% I -12 • 5 •

training courses for adults eonductedby the Frenoh ORT were exempted from a ruling issued on January 11, 1949, ;wording towhichall acceleratedcourses had to be dis- continued except the me in tho eetal and building trades. In connectionwith this rule ing, the Einistry of Labor, however,has advised the French ORT to revise trades and adjust them to the countryisneeds for skilled manpower. This event coin.-its list of aided with ORT's offer to the French Governmentto train 50,000 Jewish and non workers in France and North Africa aver a period of three years with governmentalsub..-Jewish eidieS. The project,which has been submittedto all Freech ministries interestedin the French labor market, has been negotiatedwith French leading figures and promises good results. The French ORT is also cooperatingclosely-withIRO which, sinceJanuery 1, 1$49, has considerablyincreasedits subsidiesto ORT. In order to increase local income, the French ORT has participatedin the French United Jewish Appeal, on whose Board it is representedby Mr. Grinberg. The French ORT has received a bequest of 5 million francs from the late Baron Pierrede Gunzbourg,member of the Central Board, World ORT Union.

In ContihentalFrame, ORT was conductingsome 60 training units with 1974 students on Mareh 31, not includingthe 550 apprenticesplaced in private apprenticeshops under ORT supervision. In North Africa, ORT is training 662 pupils in Casablanca (Morocco), and 66 in Algiers. The Casablancatrainingcenter has been newly equippedwith ma- chines, sone of which were received from Paris and some from the MoroccanManagement ef Technical Education. A section for the training of adults in maohineshoppractice anrlwelding has been added to the Casablancatraining center. The ORT training center 14 Algiers enjoys the support of the Governmentalauthoritiesand has received sub- sidies from them in cash as well as in kind.

'Jaw buildings are in constructionat Caiablanca,Meknes and Constantine. They will be the first milestones in ORT's projectto expand its work for the benefit of the Jems ]la the Moslem countries.(See the statementon expansion of ORT work in North Africa by Dr. David Lvovitch, on the first page of this issue of the BIATeeklySummary). Of the Aestern European countries, Hollaadwas mostly affectedby emigrationof Jews, especiallyJewish children,to Isra7177EFreported in Bi4Teekly 345 out of the 377 children in the childreallscamp Apeldoorn emigrafedtoSummary, Israel Vol.dur- ing the last quarter of 1948. Student enrollmentin the Dutch ORT was 288 as of March 31, 1949. During the first quarter of the year, 18 studentswere graduatedwhile 82 discontinuedtraining before completion of their courseso /n spite of the smaller student enrollment,ORT has found great recognitionfram the Governnentas well as from other organizations. Among the most striking achievementsare decisionstekenby the Dutch Ministry of Welfare (Rijksarbeidsbureau)and the "NationaleDemobilisatie Read" (an organizationwhich places demobilizedand repatriatedsoldiers in industrial jobs), to give maintenanceallowancesto demobilizedsoldierswho undergo ORT traireing or retraining,respectively. The latter organizationalso requestedthst ORT admit non-Jewishdemobilizedsoldiersto its training courses. The Dutch Ministry hasgraded 3RT the status of a relief organization,thereby exempting ORT from customs duties for the import of teaching materials, and of gift parcels for the students.

The BelgianORT, which had an average enrollment of sone 400 pupils during tie repol';‘e period (388 on March 31, 1949) has been forced to discontinuesome of its courses to dismiss staffemembersdue to a cut in subsidies from ORT Union. On several oc- al2 casions, training centers in Brussels have been inspectedby representativesof the Province of Brabant and the InternationalLabor Office, respectively,who praisedthe courses and promised their cooperation, During the first quarter of 1949, 26 students were graduated,while 97 discontinuedbeforecompletionof their training. %least200 pupils have been graduated from the twe schools for machineshoppractice joinery in Geneva, ,since their inaugurationin 1944. Recently the 12 pupils of the machineshopschool passed their final examinationsand both Bi-ffeeklySummary,Vol.III,W12 6 schoolsarenow closinc,theirdoors,as thereis no furtherneedfor theirexistence. Most of theirformerpupilshavealreadyreturnedtoPranceor Belgium,or emigrated to Israel,theUnitedStates,or Australia, The graduationinGenevawas markedby a ceremonyatwhich Er. ArmandBrunschwig,Presidentofthe GenevaJewishCommunity and the SwissORT, ProfessorL.Herath,„member,CentralBoard,WorldORT Union,Dr. Safran,ChiefRabbi,Geneva,andDr. Scheps,vepresentativeofthe IsraeliOffice, participated.Dr.AaronSyngalowski,Chairman,ExecutiveCommittee,WorldORT Union, in addressingthegathering,stressedthedifferencebetweenreliefand rehabilitation, and the importanceoflong-termtrainingforthe vocationalstandardof ORT pupils. "The importantthing,"he said"is not the quantityofthe trainees,butthe quality of the trainingtheyreceive.Twelvepupilsare smallfry for the statisticsbut for ORT,theymean twelvequalifiedJewishmechanicsableto holdtheirawn everywhere, particularlyinIsrael,wheretheywillbe more usefulto the developmentofthe countrythannumericallygreatergroupsof half-trainedworkersspeededthroughac- celeratedcourses."

With the continuousdecreaseofrefugeesinSwitzerland,ORTactivitiestherehave been greatlycurtailed.On the otherhandotheSwissORT has increaseditscare for physicallyhandicappedandconvalescentpersonsin the SanatoriaatMontanaandDavos, wheremorethan 120 personsreceivetrainingin typewriterrepair,electrod.mechanics, shirtmaking,dressmaking,cuttingand technicaldrawing.As of March31, totalstucWmt enrollmentintheSwissORTwas 218;duringthe firstquarter,24 and 28 students,re- spectively,weregraduated,ordiscontinuedtrainingbeforegraduation.

The ORT CentralInstituteforTeachers'TrathinginAnieres,Switzerland:.according to latestreports,hasan enrollmentof47 s71.74-ents from suchcountriesasGermany, Austria,HUngary,Bulgaria,Italy,Switzerland,Denmark,France,Belgium,Holland, Sweden,NorthAfricaand Brazil. New arrivals,expectedfromvariouscountries,in- • cludingIsrael,willsoonbringthe enrollmentupto 90.

NE;iSFROMABROAD

FROM CUBA GraduationCeremonieswereheld in the HavanaORT Schoolin May,When 34 studentsof the dressmaking,mentswear cuttingandwomentswear cuttingcoursespassedtheirex- aminations.Mrs, MauriceFinkelstein,Chairman,ExecutiveCommittee,Women's American ORT,saidlAr,GersonKrieger,President,CubanORT Committee,participatedinthe cer- emony. Accordingto a reportprintedin the YiddishlanguageVidaHabaneraof May14, 1949,Mrs. P. Kellerand Mr. J. Abramson,expertsin dressmakingandcutting,wha conductedtheexamination,expressedtheir"admirationforthe high standardofthe courses"andthe pupils'excellentaccomplishments,Dr,Anna P. Boudin,Liaison, Women'sInternationalORT,who also had the opportunitytovisitthe CubanORT School, likewiseexpressedhergreatsatisfactionwiththe teachingmethodsand achievements of this trainingcenter.

FROM FRANCE ORT SponsoredMuseumof Jewish Art and ArchivesOpenedin Paris- On May 8, the Museumof PopularJewishArts and Arcgriiesopenedat the ORT building,12,rue des Saules,Paris,at a ceremonyattendedby outstandingleadersofJewish public life in France,includingMrs.ClettaMayer,representingMr.DanielMayer,FrenchMinister of Labor;Hr. A. Gilboa,IsraeliConsulGeneralin France;ChiefRabbisI. Schwartz, Ja Kaplan,J. ileillandM. Liber;Mr. Bizardel,DirectorGeneralof FineArts of the City of Parisi,Dr.DavidLvovitch,Chairman,ExecutiveCommittee,WorldORT Union; Kro A. AIperime,President,AdministrativeCommittee,WorldORT Union;and represent- ativesof Jewishorganizations,artcriticsand artists. Bi-WeeklySummary,Vol.III,W12

NEWS FROMABROAD(contld)

JudgeLeon Meiss,Presidentofthe CentralBoard,WorldORT Unionand of the French ORT as well as of the Councilof FrenchJewryand of the Committeeofthe Archives and Museum,in his openingspeech,Faidhomageto Yr. LeonFrenkiel,Directorof ORT TechnicalTrainingin France,who is the founderof the Museumand Archives,towhich he donatedhis richcollection(SeeBi-WeeklySummary,Vol.III, "TheMuseumhas been placedunderthe patronageofORT ancfthe assiitanceofthisgreatorganization is certainlynotaccidental,asORT'sobjectis manualwork and reconstructioninall its forms;worksof art are createdin itsworkshopseveryday,"JudgeMeisssaid. He alsoexpressedhisthanksto Dr. AndreBernheim, Messrs.MarcChagall,Mane-Katz, Manueland Kugelwho lenttheircollectionstothe presentexhibition,andto the CentralConsistorywhichgave its adviceand assistancetothis new venture.

Mr. GeorgesHuisman,memberofthe FrenchCouncilof Stateand HonoraryDirector Generalof the FineArts of the City of Faris,officiallyopenedthe Museumand the Exhibition.The exhibitsinthe threeroomsopenedto the publicpermitinteresting discoveriesonJewishart. Includedinthe Exhibitarefinewood copiesof old syna- goguesand otherpiecesof art made by CRT students.

The openingof the Archivesand the Museumreceivedwidepublicityinthe Frenchion= and radiowhich devoteda specialbroadcastto the descriptionofthe Exhibition.

FROM GERMANY 71-5RTTraineesA DefiniteAssetTo Israel"- "I met many formerORT studentsin Israel, ana I foundthem verywernettled. They are a definiteassetto the youngState," declaredNorbertWollheim„Chairman,CentralCommitteeforLiberatedJewsin the BritishZone of Germany,whohad just returnedfroma tripthroughIsrael,at the Committee'sExecutiveMeetingheldin Bad Harzburg,onMay 15 and 16. One of the maintopicsof this meetingwas the discussionofthe voluntaryagencies' activitiesinthe BritishZone. Mr. M.J.Lister,Director,WbrldORTUnion,British Zone,Germany,reportedon ORT'swork in the Zone and assuredtheCommitteethatORT wouldcontinueto givevocationaltrainingto Jews livingin the communities,inorder to facilitatetheirresettlement.Mr.Goldstein,Chairmanof the Hamburg,JewishCom- munity,expressedhisthanksto ORT for the finework it has been doingfor the Jaws and for the Jewishchildrenin Hamburg. -CRT",he said "hashelpedto raisethe prestigeofthe JewishCommunityin general. Mr, Goldschmidt,Chairmanof the CologneJewishCommunity,likewisethankedORT,sayingthat the Colognecommunity was proudto have an ORT school.

FROMAUSTRIA Appraisalof ORTWork - Mr. LeonardFreedman,ownerof FashionLeatherworkManufactur- ers,New York,and an ardentadmirerof the leatherworkcoursesconductedbyORT Austria,in acknowledgingreceiptof samplesmanufacturedinthe school,wrotethe followingletter: "Pleasepermitus to complimentyouand your7IorldORTUnionOrganizationfor RehabilitationthroughTraining.pe shallbe very proudto displaythem(the samples)in our officeand showroomsandto tell peopleinterestedinyour work what accomplishmentshavebeen securedthroughyourfine leathergoods trainingcourses," Mr. HaroldTrobe,AJDC Director,Austrianoperations,expressedhisthanksfor a gift from'thebasketweavinscoursein the followingwords: "Thegreatskillshown in this pieceof workmanshipindicatesthatORT is givingthesestudentsa skillwhichshouldgo far towardspreparingthem to becomeself-supportingintheirfuturecountriesof permanentsettle- ment." Bi..WeeklySummary,Vol./II,#12 8

NEWSFROMAMERICA AMERICANORTFEDERATION The firs meetingsof the newlyelectedBoardof DirettorsgAmericanORTFederation, took placeon May 22 and June 1. The Boardof Directorscalleduponthe American delegatestotheWorldORT UnionCongressin Paristo electa chairmanandvice- chairmanandto presentthe positionofthe AmericanORTFederationonquestions comingbeforethe Congress. Mr. JuliusHochmanwaselectedchairmanof the American delegation,andMrs.Anna CenterSchneidermanwaschosenvice-chairman:

Otherresolutionsadoptedby the AmericanORTFederationConventionandBoardof Directorsnotreportedin our last issueexpressedadmirationandpridein the work of World ORT Union,and thanksto its leaders;hailedthe creationof IsraeliORT underthe inspirationalleadershipofDr. Syngalowskilgreetedthe new ORT Israel Committeeandreferredtothe Boardof Directorstheproblemof findingwaysand meansto giveall possiblefinancialassistancetothe schoolsin Israel;memorial- izedthe longand significantserviceof LouisB. Boudinto the ORT, expressedto him thanks,appreciationandlove,and electedhim for lifehonorarymemberof the Boardof Directors,AmericanORT Federation;expresseddeepappreciationforthe greatwork doneby Dr. Anna P. Boudinin the developmentofthe Women'sAmericanORT, and electedher for lifeas the secondhonorarymember,Boardof Directors,American ORT Federation;memorializedthedevotionandcontributionofDavidRosenstein,and expressedappreciationforhiswork and ferventhopefor his speedyrecovery;memor- ializedthe greatand lastingserviceof B. CharneyVladeckand Leon Bramsonto the ORT movementandrecommendedthatORT schoolsbe namedin honorof them;and sent greetingstothe SouthAfricanORT Convention.Stillotherresolutionsexpressedap- preciationtomembersof the outgoingBoardof Directors,andto formerofficersof theAmericanORTFederation;toHr. Posnerand his colleaguesonthe ConventionCom- mitteeand Sub-Committees;tothe staffof the AmericanORTFederation;andto rep- resentativesof the press. Stillanotherresolutiondeclaredthe ORTBulletinthe officialorganof the AmericanORTFederation.

DEPARTDRMLANDARRIVAL

Drs. Jean BrunschwigandVladimirS. Halperin,Geneva,who cameto tie UnitedStates to representtheExecutiveCommittee,WorldORT Union,at the AmericanORTFederatiaWs ConventiononMay 21 and 22, and Mrs. Halperin,sailedfor Europeon the SS Queen Mary on June4.

On the saneboat sailedthe followingsevendelegatesofthe Women'sAmericanCRTtothe ParisORT UnionConferenceonJuly 10; Mrs.Anna CenterSchneiderman,ActingNational President;Mrs.FerdinandKaufrenn,NewRochelle,NewYork,NationalVice-President; Mrs. HarryJ. Aronson,Milwaukee,Mrs. Max Kornreich,NewYork,and Its.JosephB. Wolbarsht,Boston,Mass.,Presidentsofthe respectiveregions;andMrs.Leon Bader and Mrs.Mo Kopelowitch,representingtheEuropeanChapter,•Women'sAmericanORT. Mrs.CylviaK. Margulies,Vice-President,Women'sAmericanORT,sailedfor Israelon May 26, and will proceedfromthereto Paris.

Mr. Max Herzfeld,Member,CentralBoard,WorldORTUnion,and Boardof Directors, AmericanORTFederation,willsail on the SS NiewAmsterdamonJune 10..

Mre M. MaldwinFertig,prominentORTleader,returnedfromIsraelon May 28. Mr. and Mrs. Fertigtraveledvia Italywherethey visitedthe ORT installations,andthen spent30 days in Israel. Theretheyvisitedthe ORT trainingcentersand had man7 onferenceswithofficialsandCommitteemembersof the ORT CommitteeandORT Tool sltpplyaswell as with significantIsraelipersonalities.Mr.Fertigwas tremendous- ly impressedwiththe importanceofthe work which liesbeforeORT in Israelandwith the way in whichthe ORT programhasbeen launched.We hopeto have a statementfrom Mr. Fertigin our next issue. á