B’nai B’ Rith Adopts $4,500,000 Budget for 1954 Activities

Budgets totalling $4,500,000 for B’nai B’rith activities in 1954 were adopted by the board of governors of B’nai at its closing session here, president Philip Mr. Klutznick announced today.

Resolutions adopted by the board included one calling upon the U.S. Senate to ratify the united Nations Genocide Convention. It urged that information about the Convention be given the widest possible circulation among the American people although U.S. delegate Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., recently served notice that the United states would not welcome ” propaganda” in the United States on behalf of Senate ratification of the Genocide pact.

Dr. William Haber, vice-chairman of the Hillel Commission, reported that about 60 percent of the Jewish students on college campuses where Hillel foundations exist have registered with those foundations. Bernard Roman, national membership chairman, reported that the drive for new member in 53 cities in the United States and Canada, a drive which was begun last month, was nearing its goal of 46,000 men.

A highlight of the two-day session was the report of the B’nai B’rith Israel Committee which has returned from the Jewish State. Morris Alexander, chairman of the committee, told the board of governors that the B’nai B’rith rehabilitation center for Israel veterans at Tel Hashomir, near Tel Aviv, will be completely equipped with electro-therapy, hydrotherapy and occupational therapy facilities within six months. The Committee also reported that the Moledeth B’nai B’rith, a colony founded by the organization in 1936, is today considered one of the finest agricultural settlements in Israel.