The Phoenix Jewish news., 1952-10-03
Plea is SOUNDED TO
unity Welfare FUND
Bid Issued To
Labor Group
And ZiO1ists

An attempt to bring about
single unified Jewish We'll
fare Fund campaign in Phoe-
nix for 1858 was under way
this week.
The local elements of the
Z onist Organization of
America and Histadrut, the
Israel labor movement, were
invited to participate in the
campaign by the board of
directors of the Jewish Com
munity Council.
Hitherto the Zionists and His
tadrut have staged separate drives.
Community leaders voiced the feel
ing that three campaigns, staged
within a relatively short time of
each other, resulted in mutually
harmful competition.
At its meeting last week, the
Community Council board offered
the following terms of unification:
An ALLEGATION of $500 to ZOA and
$4,000 to Histadrut. If the 1853
Welfare Fund campaign tops
$105,000, 10 per cent of the excess
would be divided proportionately
between the two organizations.
Council Optimistic
The idea of unification was re-
jected this summer by the Phoenix
Brandeis Zionist District, but pre-
sumably the matter now will be re-
opened. Histadrut members have
indicated their willingness to go
along with a unification plan.
Council leaders expressed optimism
that both would accept.
Last weeks action climaxed
lengthy discussions by the Com
munity Councils multiple cam
paigns committee, headed by Mau-
rice Brown, Phoenix attorney.
Brown said unification would not
only benefit the respective cam
paigns of the three organizations
ZOA, Histadrut, and Welfare Fund
but also serve the best inter-
ests of the Jewish community.
Other Council members pointed
out that, inasmuch as Israel is the
prime beneficiary of ZOA and His
tadrut, it is fitting" to present a
unified front for Israel philan-
thropy.
A New Policy
Executive Director Hirsh .Kap-
Ian said the Councils proposal
initiates an entirely new policy in
Welfare Fund ALLEGATIONS"
Heretofore" he explaine d,
"there has been little or no rela-
tionship between what benefic-
iary requested and what it finally
received. With the procedure made
possible by the resolution, the
amount that an agency will receive
will refinitely be based on the pre-
campaign budgeting figure"
Forward Step
Newton Rosenzweig, president of
the Council, said:
81 sincerely hope that the lead
ership of Histadrut and of the
Zionist Projects Fund will recon-
mend to their membership that the
small forward step requested of
them should definitely be taken.
The Council has gone more than
halfway in an effort to unity the
community campaigns. 1t has
shown it's good faith in setting up
for 1868 pre-campaign ALLEGATIONS
to both of these organizations that
are in cash terms and related to
their last years experience. The
two organizations are asked to
come into the United Jewish We'll
fare Fund for the 1868 campaign.
"If, after that campaign, it is
found that the unification does not
work, there is nothing to prevent
them from setting up their own
campaign. l feel, however, that
both of these organizations as well
as the Jewish Community Council
owe the community fair trial of
the unification plan, at least for
the period of the next campaign.
l know, and | trust all will recog-
nize, that if each and every one
of us in every group in the COM
munity will get behind the 1868
United Jewish Welfare Fund cam
paign in giving and working, we
will achieve victory"