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JANUARY, 1949 VOLUME II, NO. 5 4 affX. 98 ORT Graduates FRENCHLEADERSSAYORT To Get DP Visa ISPreferenceHere QUALIFIEDFORERPAID Formation of an ORT Social and of social and economic rehabilitation ORT graduates will receive prefer- Economic Committee composed of prom- has been announced by the World ORT ences for visas to emigrate to the United inent French political and labor leaders Union in Paris. States, Ugo Carusi, chairman of the to aid ORT in its world-wide program The committee, which will function Displaced Persons Committee, Washing- in an advisory capacity to the World ton, D. C., has stated. An ORT certifi ORT Union, was formed at a meeting cate is definite proof that a worker is ORT EXHIBIT OPENS FEB. 1 in Paris on Dec. 16 at which M. Justin

May entitled to an occupational preference Godart presided. nity under the DP Act of 1948. M. Godart expressed the opinion that, and Attempting to clear up earlier state- since ORT's activities are in accord with leas ments which he termed erroneous and the Monnet Plan, ORT should receive pro. due to a misunderstanding of his words, r, is Marshall Plan aid. (The Monnet Plan Mr. Carusi denied he had announced at is a five-year plan inaugurated in 1947 a press conference in Rome that ORT to modernize French industry and agri- 'graduates would not get such prefer- culture.) ences. In his letter the Commissioner "Early in 1933," he recalled, "the calls the quoted statement a "distortion French ORT organization extended vo- of what I really said" and stated that Is- cational training facilities to the thou- if he had actually said that, he "would sands of refugees who found a haven dge have been deadly wrong." in from the Nazi terror in Ger- Gil- "I had been asked," he explained in many and Austria. As a member of the ew- his letter, "whether a preference would French Cabinet during that period, I fon. be given to holders of ORT certificates. had occasion to come into contact with My answer was that ORT certificates air- ORT activities, and was able to learn (Continued on page 8) Setting up ORT Exhibit (see below) at first hand the significance of ORT's contribution to the French economy. ter- "Approximately 3,000 students today Un- Chicago ORT Group Opens Drive are being trained in ORT's vocational the schools in France. Of these about 20 The 1949 Membership Drive of the rated in November at a membership per cent are non-. ORT's contribu- ORT People's Committee in Chicago rally dinner held by the Albany Park tion to the French economy is perhaps ton will open officially at the Annual Con- Chapter and attended by more than 170 best emphasized by the fact that the Lilts ference sponsored by the People's Com- people. Max Natkin is president of the mittee of Chicago on (Continued on page 8) (Continued on page 2) ife. Sunday, January 23, im. at the Midland Hotel. 22 Countries to be Represented at ORT Exhibit ich The conference will man of the ORT Exhibit Committee. re. be held in conjunc- The ORT exhibit of its work in 23 In addition to the 13 prominent citi- all tion with the Albany countries is now in the process of com- vill Park Chapter, West pletion and will open to the public at zens who agreed to serve last month as be- Side Women's Chap- the ORT Trade School, 318 West 57th honorary sponsors — including Mayor ual ter and Men's Chap- St., New York City, on Feb. 1, accord- William O'Dwyer, Mrs. Eleanor Roose- velt and the Hon. Herbert H. Lehman— Lfld ter of ORT. M. L. ing to an announcement by A. C. Litton, in. M. L. Polin Polin is president of chairman of the ORT Trade School and the list of sponsors now includes Andrew ire the People's Committee. President of the American and European G. Clauson, Jr., president of the New The Albany Park drive was inaugu- Friends of ORT, and who is also chair- (Continued on page 3) Workmen's Circle Presses Drive

1 2 MIN .e BUI.LETIN A resolution calling for intensive so- Mr. Jeshurin, who recently returnv licitation of labor for membership in from a tour of Europe and as Official Organ of the ORT was adopted unanimously at the member of the UJA delegation, reportef American ORT Federation annual ORT Conference of the Work- on his visits to ORT schools in Pali 212 Fifth Ave., New Yolk 10, N. Y. men's Circle Branches of New York, and Rome. MUrray Hill 6-3222 held at the Hotel Capitol on Dec. 19. The ORT school at Montreuil, Volume II, No. 5 January, 1949 Ninety delegates, representing 60 said, "could serve as a model of th OFFICERS— GEORGE BACKER, President; branches of the Workmen's Circle, at- wonderful constructive work of ORT Louts B. BOUDIN, Chairman, Board of Direc- tended the conference, at which speak- It should have been built on the Champ tors; M. MALDWIN FERTIG, Chairman, Execu- ers included Ephim Jeshurin, president Elysees or some other famous Pali tive Committee; EDWARD L. SARD, Executive of the Workmen's Circle; Joseph Baskin, Director. street, in order to convey to the entin The American ORT Federation represents the general secretary; B. Gebiner, assistant world the great work ORT is doing." World ORT Union, with which it is affiliated, general secretary; and Samuel Milman, Mr. Jeshurin called the aid sen in the United States. The World ORT Union executive secretary of American Labor abroad in the form of food and cloth is devoted to the vocational training and eco- ORT. nomic reconstruction of Jews throughout the ing packages only partially sufficient world. The delegates pledged their efforts "unless accompanied by the chance ti The American ORT Federation currently re- toward enrolling every branch of the rehabilitate their lives through th ceives its funds, exclusive of membership dues, New York Workmen's Circle as an affil- great work of ORT, which enables then by special agreement with the American Joint iate of American Labor ORT and, in Distribution Committee, a beneficiary of the to stand on their own feet." United Jewish Appeal. addition, to enroll at least five individ- Mr. Baskin gave an eye-witness ac ual members from each branch. count of the schools he visited in Europ while attending the Central Board meet Say ORT Qualifies for ERP Aid ing of the World ORT Union last July He described the new school for OW (Continued from page 1) Support for ORT was expressed by instructors in , as well a French Government subventions its vo- the representatives of labor and the co- the ORT schools he saw in France am cational courses at the Paris Voca- operatives at the conference. M. Antoni, Italy. tional Center. Since the end of World secretary general of the General Con- Mr. Milman reported on current Olt War II, ORT has achieved the stature of federation of Workers Producer Coop- activities. He emphasized the importanc a major international non-governmental eratives, stated that the cooperatives to Workmen's Circle Branches of haviii agency. Both IRO and the International have "particularly appreciated" the representation at the coming conventice Labor Office support its activities. It ORT training program. "Accelerated of the American ORT Federation it should be a beneficiary of Marshall training courses," he said, "have lately May, in view of their support of 01111 Plan aid." made tremendous progress in training work through the years. Similar views were expressed by Prof. skilled rather than semi-skilled labor." Harry Fine, of Branch 99, served a Andre Siegfried, French economist and M. Godart is president of the Eco- conference chairman and Frank Leff, o a member of the Academie Francaise, nomic and Social Council and Prof. Branch 420 E, as secretary. and by Salomon Grumbach, member of Siegfried, honorary president. Others the French Chamber of Deputies and who participated in the conference were French delegate to the United W. C. Board Meets Nations, Leon Jouhaux, vice-president of the who urged the assembled members to Council, who is president of the Eco- The Board of Directors of the Worts support such requests vigorously before nomic Council of France and the Gen- men's Circle held its annual meeting the French Government. the Hotel Central Plaza, 55th St. an eral Confederation of Labor (Force Ou- Dr. David Lvovitch, co-chairman of 7th Ave., from Wednesday, Dec. 2f. vriere) ; Louis Maigret, president of the the executive committee of the World through Friday, Dec. 31, 1948. General Confederation of Workers Pro- ORT Union, called ORT's two major The reports on Workmen's Circle al ducer Cooperatives; Georges Gaussel, requirements in Western Europe "the tivities, since its latest convention hel allocation of ERP counterpart funds for vice-president of the Economic Council in Boston, in May, 1948, were delivere the purpose of expanding the vocational of France and president of the Society by Ephim Jeshurin, President, and Ji training programs in countries suffer- of French Consumers' Cooperatives; seph Baskin, General Secretary. TI ing from a shortage of skilled man- Prof. Michelson, director of the Inter- Board of Directors adopted a specil power; and an ERP guarantee of cur- national Institute of Public Finance, resolution urging support of ORT b rency exchange for tools bought in the and, as guests and advisers: Boris Shish- Workmen's Circle branches. United States. These tools are supplied kin, director of the Labor Division of the A mass-meeting, representing Worl to artisans and producer cooperatives." ECA Mission in Europe; David Saposs, men's Circle Branches, Labor Unim Both requirements, said Dr. Lvovitch, political advisor to the ECA Mission; and various institutions of the City "are within the scope of the Marshall Robert Meyers, its program director, New York, was held at the Hotel Plan. Both functions will contribute sub- and L. Denenberg, L. Chantal, E. Gor- tral Plaza on Thursday, Dec. 30. It lc stantially to European recovery." don and C. L. Lang of the ORT staff. attended by several hundred people. )e Varied and Useful umed A teacher- who received an invi- as a tation to the ORT exhibit which orted will take place at the ORT Trade Paris School in New York starting Feb- ruary 1 has written the following 1, he letter to the American ORT Fed- f the eration in reply: ORT. "I think you may be interested amps in the following information. I T Paris just returned from eight months • IS ALL entire in Europe and I saw the schools ERTHE in Marseille and Firenze main- ORLD sent tained by the ORT. They are doing cloth. a splendid job of rehabilitation cient, and encouragement. The arts and ce to crafts and skills and techniques the being taught are varied—and more them important, useful from the eco- nomic angle. Also I'd like to add ao at this time that we have "adopt- urope ed" a war orphan in Marseille, meet. France, who is being educated by July. the ORT there and learning a use- ORT ful profession—fashions. We saw 41 as her there and she is very happy. I e and must congratulate you on this splendid work. Sincerely, ORT "FELICE RATKIN." lance avine. Idion on in ORT Exhibit )RT's (Continued from page 1) York City Board of Education; William ed as Green, president of the AFL, and Philip :ff, of Murray, president of the CIO. The exhibit is expected to greatly in- Mr. Litton emphasized that "not only Above—Putting the finishing touches on crease public awareness of the ORT pro- the work, but the entire philosophy be- the ORT Exhibit at the ORT Trade School in New York City. Below—Three of the gram and to encourage many to enlist hind ORT will be demonstrated in this as members of the American ORT Fed- prominent men sponsoring the exhibit (I. display of our achievements, made de- to r.) Philip Murray. Andrew G. C/auson Vork. eration. ng at spite every obstacle." and William Green. In addition to displays, motion pic- and tures and exhibits made by students in . 29, various countries, a typical ORT school will be shown in actual operation. Lec- le ao tures and meetings will be held in con- held nection with the exhibit, and a contest vered for the best composition on "My Im- d Jo. pression of ORT" will be open to high The school and college students, with valu- able prizes—all made in the ORT T by schools—to be presented to the winners. Among the many exhibits will be Vork. garments made in the ORT school at uions Montreuil, Paris, built with the assist- ty of ance of the ILGWU and dedicated six months ago by David Dubinsky, its : was president. .e. 3

pal authorities and leaders of the Jewis Agency, concerning establishment o ORT schools in . As a result of these discussions, it has been decided that Israeli ORT will es. tablish a series of vocational schools and training workshops in that city. Projects to be inaugurated immediately include ORT courses and workshops for the wounded and physically handi. capped. The interest shown by the Polish au. thorities of the community of Katowice in the vocational training of Jewish na. tionals is evident in the following letter received by the local ORT administra. tion from the supervisor of the Slash. Doubrowa district: Part of the JDC Nursery in Shanghai with girls of the ORT Cooking Class "Having become acquainted with who devoted their vacations to the training in nursing ORT's work, I grant you in recognition of your positive achievements in the field of vocational training of Jewish youth a subsidy of Zl. 646,000 for this World ORTRoundup fiscal year, assuring you at the same time of support for your activities in the fu. Shanghai doors and windows as well as other ture." An enthusiastic report on the work construction projects." The students, The question of what becomes of ORT of ORT in Shanghai was given recently she said, built furniture in one class trade schools graduates has received an by Mrs. S. Hirshenhorn, member of the while an industrial art class supplied encouraging answer from Warsaw. Ac. Women's American ORT New Rochelle "lovely decorative designs for the nurs- cording to reports from that community, Chapter, who visited the school at Dal- ery school." 688 graduates of Polish ORT institu. ny Road and observed ORT classes at "The children in this nursery," she tions have been incorporated into the the Jewish School in Shanghai during explained, "which is maintained by the country's economy in the last few a visit to that city in November. JDC, receive a hot meal a day cooked months and are working in government "It is not only from the point of view by the girls in the ORT cooking course. enterprises, producer cooperatives and of the work done that the schools im- In the bookbinding course former law- private concerns. Some former pupils pressed me so favorably," Mrs. Hirshen- yers, businessmen and even a philoso- occupy responsible posts as production horn declared on her return to America, pher are successfully studying to ac- managers, directors of cooperatives or "but also from the point of view of quire manual skills and produce beau- chiefs of laboratories. morale. tiful pieces of excellent craftsmanship. The following breakdown furnishes "It is astonishing how these pupils Mrs. Hirshenhorn visited many other data on the distribution among various are able to concentrate on their work courses. She concluded, "and what im- enterprises: and produce marvelous dresses, designs pressed me most was the wonderful Government enterprises, 136; general and pieces of industrial art, even while spirit which prevails in all the courses producer cooperatives, 234; producer political disaster is closing in on them. —among the older students as well as cooperatives for ORT graduates, 98; In the fashion design courses, young among the younger pupils and the chil- private industry, 77, and independent, girls who have never seen creations dren—the spirit of devotion to their 143. of the haute couture and who are forced work, their school and ORT—the spirit France which emanates from the director of the to work with poor materials are design- French ORT enrolled 23 youths from ing the most fashionable dresses. school, Eng. Rechenberg, and his able the poverty-stricken Jewish Mellahs of "With painstaking zeal, the girls in and equally devoted staff." North Africa. These youngsters were re. the dressmaking class finish their pro- cently admitted to the trade schools jects to satisfy the highest standard of Israel maintained by the ORT in Paris, where workmanship. In the gardening courses, During a series of recent trips from they will be trained as electricians and the pupils are eager to prepare them- Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, Dr. Aaron Syn- wireless technicians. Additional lan. selves for their future lives on the land galowski, chairman of the Executive guage courses have been organized to in Israel." Committee of the World ORT Union, help these pupils increase their knowl. Mrs. Hirshenhorn described a car- conferred with Bernard Joseph, Military edge of French. pentry class "where they are building Governor of Jerusalem, Jewish munici- (Continued on page 6)

4 wish speak through an interpreter and that t of was not easy. EXPERIMENTIN SWEDEN "Soon, however, we became accus- t has ORT Instructors Regain Freedom, tomed to the interpreter. In the mean- I es. time, our teachers recalled their knowl- tools Human Dignity and a Profession edge of German while we learned a city,, little Swedish. But our program became ately Twenty ORT vocational instructors months of anguish, hope, and again an- increasingly more difficult. s for from Germany, France, Poland, Italy guish and frustration. It actually took "The curriculum called for lectures in and Bulgaria have completed a four- us a whole year before we completed pedagogy and psychology, subjects month set of courses in modern voca- all the necessary formalities that would about which we knew little. As we re- tional training methods in Stockholm, make us free men once more. alized later, the entire course was built Sweden. "Finally, armed with a pocket-size around these subjects which, incidental- 1 au. The twenty young instructors—all be- booklet called Prelimiriary Travel Doc- ly, were slanted for special ORT con- mice tween the ages of 21 and 25—were in- ument (a passport to normal citizens) sumption. 1 na. vited by the Swedish government to full of photographs 'in profile' and oth- "It is not a secret that even in coun- etter study in Sweden's vocational institu- erwise, we left Germany on August 21, tries which did not suffer from the war stra. tions. Nearly all were former inmates 1948. For us it is a memorable date. instructors in the vocational schools do lash. ef concentration camps. They were "Immediately upon crossing the Dan- not possess sufficient pedagogic training. taught by professors who are faculty ish border we noticed the friendliness Pedagogy, unfortunately, is frequently with members of Stockholm's outstanding with which passengers were being treat- neglected in favor of technical skill. ition technical institutes. Courses in vocation- ed. Quite a contrast to treatment accord- "Most of us were DPs who suffered the al pedagogy were taught by Professor ed travellers (especially DPs) in Ger- all the horrors and terrors of war and wish Katz, head of Stockholm's famous In- many! After a journey of 48 hours we we had little opportunity for pedagogical this stitute of Psychology, and his associates. reached Stockholm where we were greet- training. time The Swedish Board of Education, ed by the Swedish ORT Committee. "Apart from the know ledge and ex- a fu. which examined the instructors, report- Henceforth all our troubles were over. perience we have gained, perhaps even ed that most "were eminently qualified "Since the course was to begin on more important was the fact that for the ORT to carry on with their tasks as vocation- September 1, we had a few days for first time in 8 or 9 years we were able d an al instructors." Fourteen of them were sightseeing tours in Stockholm and its to live as normal people under demo- Ac. termed "above average." suburbs. Soon we were joined by our cratic conditions. We lived with non- nity, Important psychological changes oc- colleagues, ORT instructors, from Po- Jewish Swedish families who treated us ititu. curred in the former concentration camp land, France, Italy and Bulgaria. kindly and gave us every consideration. the inmates during this brief period under "The beginning was both easy and dif- We are extremely grateful to them. It few normal, civilized conditions. ficult: easy because the first part of the was an experience which we will not for- ment "Sweden," one of them declared, program consisted of practical work with get. We are also ,rateful to ORT and to and 6, gave us freedom, a sense of dignity. which we were familiar. However, we the Government of Sweden for the op- upils After our experiences in Germany, we had language difficulties. We had to portunity they gave us." tion are human again." S Or Another, who has asked that his name be withheld, related the story of his ishes experiences in Sweden in detail. The ac- ious count which follows is a translation of his story: ieral "At the end of 1947 some of us were neer informed that the Government of Swe- 98; den had decided to invite us to come to lent, Stockholm for a special course in vo- cational pedagogy. The atmosphere in which we lived was at once permeated 'roni with excitement and enthusiasm. Per- s of haps this excitement may seem some- 3 re, what strange to an outsider, to one who ools has not shared our experiences. But here even an outsider will realize what a and trip abroad means to an inmate of ac- Ian. cursed Germany. We certainly felt that I to we were on the top of the world. At the owl. moment we were as yet completely un- aware of the difficult road that lay ahead of us. The following months were Learning first aid in an ORT class in Germany.

5 UJA Delegation Visits Paris School World ORT Roundup (Continued from page 4) Germany In the Munich ORT school, where over 400 students are being trained in 20 different trades, a course in theater- costume designing was started recently. This course is part of a fashion design- ing course from which several students have graduated with honors after a year's training. The course for theater- costume designing is under the super. vision of a special instructor. The stu- dents also receive background training in the history of costumes and the study of colors. Visits to theater wardrobes are being arranged to give the students a better understanding of their future profession.

Austria The Central School in Linz, which once accommodated 200 pupils, will now be liquidated, after the enrollment Members of the United Jewish Appeal After lunching in the students' can- dropped to 46 pupils due to DP emigra- delegation who stopped in Paris on their teen the luncheon consisted of the tion to Israel, Canada and the U. S. The way to Israel visited the new ORT same food served the students—the vis- courses in radio, electro-technics and school in Montreuil, Paris suburb, on itors spent two hours visiting the three carpentry have been transferred to Nov. 18. courses for mechanics, radio-mechanics Ebelsburg. The needle trade courses will Headed by Judge Benjamin Shalleck and dressmaking, as well as 17 work- be combined with similar ones in an- and Max Ogust, the group of 35 visitors, shops where 600 adults are enrolled for other nearby school. The Wels ORT members of the UJA council of organ- vocational training. school will be transferred to Ebelsberg izations, included Ephim Jeshurin, mem- All were impressed by the modern ber of the board of directors of the equipment and organization of the or Bindermichl. The weaving courses in American ORT Federation. training center. Admont in the British Zone of Austria will be combined with the weaving work- WA-ORT and JVS Cooperate in Chicago shop in the ORT school at Camp Hallein, because of the evacuation of DP's from The Mid-West Region of Women's secured for former DPs in this way. the British Zone in Austria. American ORT has announced a pro- Mrs. Samuel Hurwitz is serving as In Vienna, a total of 240 students is gram of cooperation with the Jewish Vo- Regional Job Placement Chairman. Mrs. now enrolled in ORT courses. A second cational Service in Chicago to help se- William J. Borkovitz is president of the course in pastrymaking and a course cure jobs for Jewish displaced persons Mid-West Region. for fancy embroidery recently were who come to Chicago. Employers are According to William Gellman, Chi- opened. being asked to consider the newcomers cago JVS executive director, fifteen em- for jobs wherever feasible. ployers responded directly to JVS and Thus far, the project has been tried another fifteen communicated with the Brazil out on an experimental basis by the local ORT chairman, in response to a The ORT School in Rio de Janeiro North Shore Chapter of WA-ORT. first mailing. has been granted the same rights and Chicago is exerting its efforts to find "The aim of Women's American status as Federal Government schools, jobs for displaced persons whether or ORT," Mrs. Hurwitz pointed out, "con- not they were trained in ORT schools. tinues to be to help a man to help him- making diplomas issued by the school Notices have been placed in all ORT self so that he can become a self-sustain- in Rio equivalent to those granted by bulletins asking every ORT member to ing, self-supporting citizen in any coun- government schools. The action was assist in this project. Direct mail re- try where he may settle. With that aim taken in December by the Brazilian edu-1 quests to the entire membership of WA- in mind, we shall continue this program cation and health authorities. The Sao ORT have met with an enthusiastic re- until every once displaced person is Paulo ORT school received similar rec- sponse and many positions have been properly placed." ognition in August, 1947.

6 ORT Work Lauded By there ctorl 94 Ow Ilea! !d in Mrs. Roosevelt In her nationally syndicated column !ater- You have shown an interest campaigns of the United Jewish mtly. for Dec. 21, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt de- in the work of ORT in the past. Appeal, out of which source, sign- scribed an address she delivered at a In other columns of this issue, through the JDC, ORT re- lents dinner of the Jewish Philanthropic you have read of ORT's current ceives its funds. League of Brooklyn, in which she praised activities. Now there is some- er a You will make it possible to ORT's program for young people in thing you can do. ater- increase facilities for training Paris. The American ORT Federa- DPs who will arrive during the aper- "We attended, for a brief half-hour," tion needs your help—if it is next two years under the Dis- stu- Mrs. Roosevelt wrote, "a dinner of the to provide the full measure of placed Persons Act of 1948; to ining Jewish Philanthropic League of Brook- strength to the work of the further cooperation with the World ORT Union abroad. ;tudv lyn, which was kind enough to give me United Service for New Amer- A membership drive to swell icans and the Jewish Vocation- -obes an award for my interest in various lents the ranks of the American ORT al Service in placing more new- phases of welfare work, particularly Federation to 10,000 by next - comers in jobs; to insure that iture child welfare, since that is the main May is now in progress. in Israel, the Moslem countries field in which they do their work. This If you are already a mem- and other lands, ORT's machin- organization has a nursery, it gives ber of ORT, you can do your ery and facilities will be in time scholarships to students who cannot af- part by urging all of your and in sufficient quantities; to ford to finish school, and it helps fami- friends to join with you and make certain that American thich lies in trouble when illness or disability help us in this drive. machinery and equipment can will comes to make life more difficult. If you are not a member of enhance the value of the train- ing offered in ORT schools. merit "As the women told of their work, I the American ORT Federation igra- felt they were doing a very personal now, you can join simply by Here is an organization with filling out the application blank which you may be proud to be The service, which is always the most effec- provided on this page. affiliated — an organization and tive and useful in this field. I was very As a member of the Amer- whose concrete aims and activ- 1 to pleased to be honored with their award, ican ORT Federation, you will ities now are insuring better ; will and I had an opportunity to tell them help to determine the policies lives in the future for the Jews ; an- a little about some of the work I had and program of ORT. of all nations, wherever they go. ORT seen being done for young people by the You will help to spread the Please accept our invitation therg ORT (Organization for Rehabilitation knowledge of ORT's work. to work with us, by joining the through Training) in Paris on a non- American ORT Federation to- es in You will help to enlist wider sectarian basis. support for the fund - raising day. stria "I told them, also, of some of the vork- very excellent work I saw in a Jewish lein, displaced persons' camp near Stuttgart, from Germany, where they not only run a ORT"Nov school for the youngsters, but train Jan tts is many of the older people in new skills cond that will be useful when they settle, as mrse most of them hope to do, in the new AMERICAN ORT FEDERATION were State of Israel." "Organization for Rehabilitation through Training" Sard in Detroit 212 FIFTH AVENUE NEW YORK 10, N. Y. Edward L. Sard, executive director of Please enroll me as a member of the American ORT Federation to promote the the American ORT Federation, reviewed vocational training and rehabilitation of Jews throughout the world. -teiro the organization's program and plans Name Address and for 1949 at a meeting of the Huntington ools, Woods Chapter of the Detroit Region, Firm Name Business Address thool Women's American ORT, on November Industry or Profession Secured by 29. by Co-operating Member Subscribing Member Sustaining Member was Fifty people, including about 20 men, $5.00 Annually 0 $10.00 Annually ID $25.00 Annually 0 edu-4 -participated in the meeting, held at the Make checks payable to the American ORT Federation. (Tax deductible) Sao home of Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell Jospey, local leaders. Mrs. Joseph H. Davidson, rec- 0 Check if 500 of dues is to be applied to subscription to the ORT Bulletin. president of the Huntington Woods

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7 Dr. Lvovitch Arrives in New York Chicago Opens Drive SPECI (Continued from page 1) Albany Park Chapter. Jacob Oleiski, European representa- tive and former director of ORT schools in the American Zone of Germany, will AMERICA* be guest speaker at the People's Corn- mittee conference. Mr. Oleiski will soon oir proceed to Israel. MOO* The conference will be dedicated this year to the memory of B. C. Vladek, founder and first president of the Amer- ican ORT Federation. VOLUME Each Jewish organization in the city has been invited to send three delegates to attend the all-day session. These in- clude Workmen's Circle Branches, un- ions, Landsmanshaften, Labor and Gen- CR( eral Zionist Groups. An executive committee of 100, rep- resenting all organizations, will be elected to plan the 1949 Membership

Dr. David Lvovitch, co-chairman of the Executive Committee, World ORT Union, Drive. arrived in New York on the Queen Mary on January 10. While here, Dr. Lvovitch will appear at the opening of the ORT Exhibit in New York on February 1 and will participate in discussions concerning future financing of the World ORT Union. ORT Graduates Aided (Continued from page 1) would be used as a basis of determining Rosenstein Addresses N. Y. Groups whether the man was entitled to an oc- cupational preference but that it was equally possible that another perso David Rosenstein, chairman of the ORT since its founding in 1880 and de- without the certificate could get the same Organizational Relations Committee of scribed the current program and achieve- preference by showing in some other the American ORT Federation, has ad- ments since the end of the war. Dr. Pool manner that he possessed the requisite dressed a number of meetings in the presided. Supreme Court Justice Edgar skill. To that extent, I said, 'the holder New York area following his return J. Nathan, in a short address, also of an ORT certificate does not get a from the 31st annual meeting of the praised ORT's accomplishments. preference over a person who does not JDC in Chicago. The City College Alumnus magazine have one, though the former may find At a meeting of the Jewish Commu- published an article by Mr. Rosenstein, it easier to prove his case.' " nity Council of Bayonne, N. J., Mr. "Up From The Ruins," in which he gave Rosenstein spoke on rehabilitation prob- a detailed report on his European jour- Nathaniel lems overseas. Mr. Rosenstein also ad- ney during the past summer. PLEASE NOTE dressed members of the Spanish and Our new telephone number is: (Reprints of this article are available Portuguese Synagogue in New York, at MUnnAY HILL 6-3222 at the offices of the American ORT Fed- the invitation of Rabbi and Mrs. David Cable Address: AMORTFED Bran eration.) de Sola Pool. He discussed the aims of There is the morale camps, acc rector of ORT BULLETIN Sec. 562 P. L. & R. schools, wl 212 Fifth Avenue U. S. POSTAGE stay here progress o New York 10, N. Y. PAID to the A Return Postage Guaranteed New York, N. Y. Board of E Permit No. 4712 Interviei to Austria stressed tin ing the reh "The exi POSTMASTER: If addressee has removed, and new address is facilities is known, notify sender on Form 3547, ment of mi postage for which is guaranteed. ping a far him the as