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WORLD UNION FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING OFFICE THE BI-WEEKLYSUMMARY 200 West 72nd Street, New York 23, New York RESTRICTEDCIRCULATION ENDICOTT 2-0556CABLE ADDRESS:ORTUNION, NEW YORK vol. III, No. 5 IssuedFebruary28, 19L49 TEE VA1U: OF ORT MOGRAITDIFFICULTTO EXAGGFRAT7 Says JamesG. rcDonald,UnitedStatesAmbassadortp Israel In a recentletterfrom Tel Aviv ta Pr. DavidLvovitch,UnitedStatesAmbassador to Israel,JamesG. inonald, statedhis s.7tisfactionthat "0:;.Tis continuingun- interruptedlyits vital7ork of vocationaltraining". "Thevalueof sucha prograre, he declared,Trouldbe difficultto exaggerate". At the sametime,AmbassadorTcDonaldexpressedthe hope thatPr. Lvovitchwould soonvisit Israeland assuredhim "ofa cordialwelcomefromthe Governmentand people". ORT 977S 7XANPIFIN STORT-TFRYTRAINING FRENCH GOVERINT BROLIDCST STTrS On Friday,Februaryl8, the FrenchGovernmentradio,in a Germanlanguagebroadcast beamedto Germanyand Austria,treatedthe problemof acceleratedvocationaltrain- ing in France. The broadcastannouncedthat Franceneeds6,OCO additionalskilled workersfor the reconstructionof its economy. Not onlyhas thewar reducedcities and factoriesto ruins,the broadcastsaid,but the populationhas also been severe- ly affectedbnthphysicallyand Tentally. It is thereforenecessaryto plan system- atic immigration,as well as rehabilitationfor the physicallyhandicapped,to lead themback intothe productivelife of the country. For this purpose,Francehas - adoptedthe methodof trainingthe workersin short-termor acceleratedcourses. "Therinistryof Labor,when confrontedwith the problemof carryingnut sucha Pro- gram,"the broadcastsaid,"wasgreatlyhelpedby the organizationORT. The initials ORT standfor Organization,Reconstructionand Travail(Frenchfor Labor). This or- ganization....aimsto promoteartisanship,skilledlaborand agricultureamongthe Jews and,becauseof its longexperience,is qualifiedto•approachthe problemwith a hiEh degreeof success. ORT, of course,is only one--althouEhthe largestone-- amongthe 300 trainingcentersin France." The broadcastthen statedthat experiencehas provedthat it is possibleto train in six months'coursestotallyunskilledpeopleto becomehelpers,or to develcp skilledhelpersto the statusof firstgradeworkers. It thendiscussedthe aues- tion of how studentsare to be supportedduringtheirtrainingperiod. "Tetus againtake ORT as an example", the broadcastcontinued,"thisorganiza-Eionderives its fundsmostlyfrom charitableorganizations—especiallyAmerican-Jewishgrcups-- who have,sincethe end of the war, donatedthe most moderntools,toolmachinesand BI ...TT:72M SIERIARY, VOL.III,No.5 -2- rawmaterialstotheORTSchoolinMontreuil&wellad to theMarineSchool, whichisconductedbythesameorganizationinMarseillesortoitsvarious agriculturalschools.Ontheotherhand,thisorganizationiswellentitledto claimStatesubventions,asthecountryisanxioustosecureforitsreconstruction theworkerstrainedintheseschools.AlsoStatesubventionis,withoutdoubt, necessary,asasurveyperformedbytheauthoritiesasearlyasHay1947shored an estimatedcostof 100,000Frs.forretrainingeachstudent." Speakingoftheproblemoffindingemploymentforqualifiedworkers,the broadcastagainreferredtoORT,statingthatthisorganizationnotonlyplaces itsgraduatesinjobsIbutalsograntsthemloans,inordertomakethemself- supporting. NE7SPROMABROAD FROM FRANCE ORTRepresentedinUnitedNationsInformationCenterinParis-The UnitedNationsInformationDepartmentinParishasinvitedthenationalbranches oftheNon-GovernmentalAgenciestoestablishaSecretariatattheUnitedNations InformationCenter.ThepurposeoftheSecretariatwillbe:- Toactasliaisonbetweentheron-GovernmentalAgencies. To promotetherelationsbetweentheseagenciesandthe UnitedNationsInformationDepartment. Toensuredistributionofinformationanddocuments TheSecretariatwascreatedatameetingoftheNon-GovernmentalAgenciesinthe UNESCObuildingonFebruary7thandwillbe underthedirectionoftheLiaison CommitteeoftheRepresentativesoftheFrenchYon+GovernmentalAgencies.Through theSecretariat,notonlythe41membersoftheCommittee,butalsothevarious departmentsoftheUnitedNationswillregularlyreceivecompletereportson ORTactivities. TheFrenchORTisrepresentedatthisSecretariatbyHr,EricSchieberofthe InformationDepartmentof7orldORTUnionandtheFrenchORT. FROMAUSTRIA Due to thecontinuousemigrationofDP'sfromAustriatoIsraelandothercountries, pupilenrollmentinAustriahasdecreasedfrom1,017inOctober1948to949in November,835in Decemberand799in January1949,accordingto7orldORTUnion AustriaMission'sactivitiesreportforDecember1948andJanuary1949.The consolidationofORTtrainingcentersintheprovincesofAustriawhicharemostly affectedbytheDP emigrationproceedsinproportiontothedecreaseinthenumber of students.SeveralschoolsintheFrenchandAmericanZonesofAustriahavebeen closedandtheremainingstudentshavebeentransferredtootherschools,suchas HalleinandEbelsberg,wherenewcoursesinweavinganddressmakinghavebeen opened.As theclosingofmoreschoolsisforeseen,plansarebeingmadeto maintainoneschoolineachof theareasofSalzburgandLinzaslongasa need fortrainingexists. Bi-7eeklySummary,Vol. III,No.5 - 3 - NE'TSFROM ABROAD(contld) The ORT trainingcenterin Vienna,beingmostlyattendedby indigenousJews who have returnedto Austriaand wish to settlethere,has been less affected by DP emigration.Its pupilenrollmenthas been almoststable)with a little more than 250 in Decemberand January. The schoolin Viennawill, therefore, be continuedfor an indefiniteperiodof time and will be directedmainlyby indigenousJews. Theirorganizationis the AustrianCr:TAssociation,The Associationhas recentlyconducteda membershipdriveand now has 11i9members. Its77omen'sAuxiliary,whichwas formedon December16, 19h8,has 60 members. In the U.S.Zoneof Austria,a considerablenumberof OFT students,who are awaitingtheirturn for emigration,are workingeitherfor welfareorganiza— tionsor for privateindustry. Thus,lh traineesof the coursein manufactur— ing shoeuppersare workingunder the supervisionof an ORT instructorin a factoryat Steyr;35 studentsof the dressmakingcourseof the same schocland all the studentsof the advanceddressmakingcoursesin the Linz and Salzburg schoolsare workingfor the PX installationsof IRO and JDC. The 20 students of the weavingcc,urseat Halleinare giventhe opportunityto continuetheir studiesas apprenticesin a Salzburgtextilemill and the automechanicstu-!-- dentsof Salzburgare workingat the IRO garagein that city. Simultaneouslywith the liquidationof the schools,preparationsare being made for the transferof theirequipmentto Israel. Two truckloadsof heavy equipmenthave alreadybeen sentto Munichfrom the Salzburgwarehousewhere theyhad been assembled. • A carpentryinstructorof the oaT Schoolin Ebelsberghas been calledto Israel to work as instructorin one of the new OFT schoolsin the JewishState. 1MS. KURT LA71117,DPSCRII-TSoaT13 PRooRAT-FOR ISRAEL Dr. Aron Syngalo—ski,Chairman,TxecutiveCommittee,7jOrldOFT Union,at the firstmeeting,of the OFT Councilin Israel,in January,presenteda detailed programof ORT'splans. At first,he mentioned26 schoolsand workshopsin Tel—Aviv,Holon,Tiberias,Petach—Tikvah,lamat—Can,,Vfule,Ben Shemen,Ramat Yohananand KfarHadati,a villageof orthodox Jews forwhich buildings,eqip— rent,and instructorsareavailable.Courseswill be openedconsecutively.Then he discusseda numberof institutions,includingtwo schoolsfor buildingccn— structionin Tel Aviv,Jerusalem,KfarHassidim,Delia,Fyn Herod,Magdieland Nathanielconcerningwhich negotiationshave been concluded.The Pquipment for theseschoolsis available;the buildings,however,have not yet been com— Pleted. Finallyhe presentedplanswhich stillare undernegotiation. Thefollcwing'isAn excerptof a reportgivenby Mrs. AlyseLaemmle,Western ExpansionChairman,Tomen'sAmericanOFT,upon her returnfroma recenttrip throughIsrael: "Accordingto a survey,approximately60 per cent of the manpowerin Israeli's industryis CRT trained,"Mrs. Laemmlestated. "Mile all thesepeoplewere ' trainedin ORT schoolsthroughoutthe world,"she continued,"OFTis naw preparing - largetrainingprogramin Israelproper." Mrs. Laemmlethendescribedthe fol— • lowingprojectswhichshe had visitedon her tour throughIsrael: Bi--eeklySummary,Vol.III,No.5 In Tel Avivjshe had seenthreeORT establishments.The"ORTSchoOlof Tel Aviv", establishedina housewhich7as turnedoverto 0,-abythe Tel Aviv municipality, in which,she explained)thetrainingof over3,000ORT studentswhoemigrated from the DP campswithouthavin:been eraduatedwillbe completed.Tel Aviv young- sterswill alsm be welcomein this school. Up to now onlytvo tradeschoolswitha cepacityof 70 pupilshave been in existenceinTel Aviv;thus the ORT TradeSchool will supplymeeiorassistancetothe 3,600childrenof treneschoolaee in Tel Aviv. (Seealso Id--eel..-1ySummary,Vol.III,#4). The second0:1TSchoolin Tel will servethr crucialnee-1forthe trainingofneglectedorabandonedchildren,and rill be locntedin the "7:agnerSchool"."Tel A.vivstreets",Frs.Laenmlestated, IIere filled -ithsuchchildren,mostlyof NorthLfricanorigin,whoreqnirespecial adjustmentandeducation.The childrenwillbe raintainedinthis schoolby the city gonrrnment:'orthreeyearsdurin.-fhichtimetheywill be trainedby ORT in suchskillsas carpentry,tailorine„book,:inding,cardboardworking,shoemaking, manufacturingofshneuppers,and machineknitting".A thirdCRT trainingcenter finallyrillbe openedin the Histradutbuilding,whichhas been turnedoverto ORT to be used as a sewingschoolfor flirlsandadultsl. In Petach-Tikva,Yrs.Laemmlevisitedan ORT school,whichis functioninginco- operntionwiththe Misrachi. She describedthewell-ventilatedworkshopsand studyroomsdesignedby "VTtechnicalexperts.-hilethe buildingis provided by the MisrachilORThas contributedtheequipment,consistingofthe