The Phoenix Jewish news., 1952-06-13
Shortsighted Decisions

On the front page of this issue you will find complete
breakdown of the 1928 budget approved by the
of directors of the Jewish ommunty Council We dsagree
emphatcaly with the board certain special alocatons
Phoenix We feel that the decisions on those alocatons
reflect shortsightedness and falacious reasoning
The Anti-Defamation League, for example was cut
the board meeting that the difference up by the
Herman Lewkowitz Lodge No. $50 of Bnai Birth ADLs
appointed new staff member to devote at least four
months of each year to Arizona work. at cost OF consd
erably more than has been allotted
Those who called for cut in the ADJ apportonmentl
argued Phoenix Jewry did not ask for the
of an Arizona staff member They said the ommunty Re-
ations Committee of the Jewish Community Council could
handle any defense problems that might arise.
We doubt that We venture to predict that if more
palm trees are burned at e the the
members of Jewish Community Council will be the
first ones to ask ADJ for help
Yeshva University and the Hebrew Union College
Jewish Institute of Religonthe latter Reform insttu-
on-were both cut from $500 to $1O0 Board members IN
Justify it on the basis of the that Al per cent of the
of Temple Beth Israel do not contribute to the
should money be aocated Reform organization? Let
the Temple members make up the difference
This contention, incidentally, was made 6y Newton
Council and the Temple. We take issue with him. WnaI
Mr. Rosenzweg failed to point out is that well over GU
terms of dollars and cents was given by Temple
Statistics you be twisted in many ways 20
mean many things.
We feel also that the board acted with arbitrary un
breaking its contract with The phoenx ewsn @
News The contract entered into bilaerna between the
hoard and the publisher of The News to have run TO
March l. 1853. 1t abrogated by the board without
advance notice to the publisher We have no objection TO
the new policy adoptedthat of distributing the paper
only to those who contribute to the welfare drive But we
do object to the manner in which it was adopted
Tn explaining the breach of contract Mr.. RosenzWelg
said that the past three welfare drives have not netted IN
creased amounts and the is not aug
mentng drive Moreover he said, the same news
carried in The Phoenix Jewish News can be read IN the
daily papers.
It is sorry state of affairs when community must
axnec newspaper publicity to substitute for doorberng-
inc to bring in money for welfare drive.
And it is simply not true as any discerning reader
knows that the carried in this paper can be 1ouno
also in the daily press The metropolitan papers puDsn
only fragmentary Of Jewish happenings The Phoe,
nix Jewish News provides complete to be found
nowhere else And get constant corroboraon OF tns
fact through complimentary phone calls and letters from
readers who each issue of The News from cover to
cover.
The News carries special dispatches of the Jewish
Toaoranhc Agency giving detailed coverage of the whole
Jewish world and especially Israel Can Mr. Rosenzweig
find them in the daily papers? Or would he find In the
daiIy press an editorial of this nature!
The publisher of this paper is also member OF the
Councis board of directors AS such, we feel that we
along with Others share the guilt for not protesting
against these high-handed actions.
And So herewith upon the record, lay our protest
We welcome YOUR suggestions and criticisms We believe
that NOT only should the directors themselves speak up but
Won as members of the community might like to be heard