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THE JEWISH CHRONICLE

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considerations
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JEWISH CARELESSNESS!

An Indictment

f07.

By SAMUEL J. RHODES

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To be in Our Shoes

HACK'S SHOE CO.

le'orew
pitai .\ssociation froc: Detroit --
elInts and bnsiness men. and.
denta;:v swelling :he size of his
:
account. had
.
l:row n. of Ark -ad:a
of the Vigilance ion
of :he Board of CtlitIttltrVt.
7.1e..! of the case and notified the
Theret t, on. onr hero

Of :Ile

k.INIE years ago a g-roup of some Also. -., ..at he want&
local lewish men. becoming was a ti•ere '7_..:„:-„-.:::e. The bait was
nng So the .1 : :;.it:-
convinced there was net d in Cer"..1:::::.

1067 Hastings St.

certain quarters for a Jewish hos- of \ss..-ciati.:.
nng to Ar-
pital in Detroit. organized the Ile- it aiH. 47a..7
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brew Hospital Association for the :Inn -
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purpose of erecting and maintaining list: a l:
THE HOME OF
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such an institution. The store of
GLOVE FITTING SHOES
the Ilebrew Ilospital Association is
Our Hero Sets to work
the story of a hard, uphill struggle.
The 3foral
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7:•wd
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Those who contributed to its funds
.
The Virr.17.7
:ha: :he above story
-: t'ne eon-
were mostly poor men. and it was
is:It:AI
in
these
coIturns is :his:
years before their accumulated pen - tract safl". ■ :. ', 1,1,- ..{ -1 a W -; V i n hi: Arthur l'o:atchek was a pew, th e.
RALL
nies and nickels and dimes made pocket, he sat down to thnk_ lie
purp o se fo r h e :01;c ite,,I IA as
ORRECT
possible the purchase of a hospital knew that the fewishnonu:ation of a T ew i.,,h
an,-; we are
site at the corner of St. Antoine Detroit. ranging in estimate iron:
a
LEANER
And. h owev , 7
Street and Ilendrie Avenue.
sixty- :0 eventv - five thousand. was
s
-
:ion ma.- be. the
1606 Woodward Avenue
-alelv
the
tinancial
Position
of
an
infitiential
factor
it:
the
com-
we Jews are held to a
1
the
city.
Then.
Jews
the Association became even more munal life of
. grt't of accorn - '
acute. The dances and balls which bought often and cared little for
_-
:ions ,if
it gave. and the picnics and raffles expense, and merchants like cuss than are the members of any
to which it resorted in order to ob- towers of that type. In addition. class or religion. and that the crim-
I
were mane business men who inals actions of the individual less
min funds, added but little to the taere
Hand work guaranteed
sum total in the treasure. More- Nvere charitably inclined and who rebound more quickly upon the en-
over. liberal and continuous con- would 110t hesitate to contribute to tire community of Jews. than does
WE CALL FOR
tributions to the war relief funds. a purpose as commendable as tha t the illegal conduct of any other in-
AND DELIVER
made a severe drain upon the char- of building a hospital for Jews.
dividual upon his group.
ACCURATE SERVICE
Arthur Polatchek hired halt a
itableness of the Jews in Detroit.
We cannot hope to purge our
and there was little kit for them to dozen men and set them to work. ranks of criminals. Despite asser-
Call Market 6106
give towards the erection of a Jew- Making the rounds of the down- tions to the contrary front profes-
town establishments. they told the
ish hospital.
7.1.1 t
At this stage. things began to merchants concerning the endeavor
happen. One day there came to of Detroit Jews to build a hospital.
the officers of the liebrew Hospital and appealed to their benevolence
Association a well-dressed. soft and kindness of heart to subscribe
t met hod
spoken young man. lie had heard towar ds it s erec tion. It tha
TWO STORES
of the sad plight of that organiza- proved unsuccessful. they pointed
tion and offered to contribute one out to the merchant the value of the
1635 WOODWARD AVE.
237 WOODWARD AVE.
thousand dollars toward its building Jewish patronage. intimated that
PHONE MARKET 66S8
PHONE MAIN 1265
fund. In return he wanted a small his refusal to contribute would soon
favor—the permission to publish a b ecome know n to the J ews of the
history of the Association and to city. and openly asked him whether
solicit advertising to defray the cost he could afford to antagonize a
of issuing it. Would the officers of class with so great a buying power
the Association grant him that per- as that possessed by the "[elvish
mission community of Detroit.
Of course. the solicitation by
As has been said, the young man
and
Polatchek
of subscriptions was not
was extremely Nvell-mannered
East 9S1
soft-spoken. I iesides, he was kind- contemplated by the officers of the
Down Town Station, Congress and First Sts.
East
Ridge
14
hearted. Did he not offer to con- Hebrew Hospital Association, and
Central Station. 500 Warren Ave.
East 9S1
River
Front
Station.
Foot
of
Dubois
tribute a thousand dollars to the the authority to do so was not con-
Hemlock 2086
N. Woodward Station, Kenilworth and Woodward
Hickory 1793
hospital building fund And one ferred upon him by the contract.
E. Jefferson Station. 550 Crane Ave.
Ridge 3074
And.
of
course,
his
method
of
ob-
Northeast
Station,
Boulevard
Near
Mt.
Elliott
money
thousand dollars was more
Walnut 58
Northwest Station. Grand River and Roosevelt
than the fund had possessed for mining donations savored of sheer
Cadillac
6269
Gratiot Avenue Station. 111 Chestnut

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