7iW ikritorijaasif PAGE EIGHT Passover Greetings to All Our Jewish Friends and Patrons etRoracm COL. KISCH DEFENDS ZIONIST EXECUTIVE AGAINST CRITICISM Sharp Attacks in Palestine and I Diaspora on Ofhicials Are Answered. NO SALARIES RECEIVED DURING THREE MONTHS EASTWOOD INN JOSEPH P. WEYER, Proprietor. Formerly Manager of Phoenix Club. Explanations at Next Congress Will Prove Unsoundness of All Charges. JERUSALEM.--(.1. T. .A.) —The prolonged period of economic depres- sion through which Palestine is pass- ing has not unnaturally produced a wave of criticism (Bisected against the Zionist Executive and the activities which it has conducted within the lim- its of the available resources to rem- edy the situation and to foster the upbuilding of the country, Colonel Kisch, the head of the Palestine Zion- ist Executive, states in a letter which he has issued to the Palestine press. "Time and the explanations to be given at the next congress," he pro- ceeds, will prove to what extent these criticisms are justified; on the other hand, I find it necessary to reply at once to the unjust and ill- founded charges which have been raised in many quarters against the officials of the Zionist organization. These charges, which have been re- peated in the Jewish press both in Palestine and in the Diaspora, may be summarized as suggesting that the Zionist Executive and its dependent institutions ( (Keren Ilayesod, Keren Kayemeth, etc.) are greatly over- staffed with idle officials who live in luxury and make no sacrifice for the common interest during the present distress. "Our staff in Jerusalem comprises 90 officials, of whom five receive £E.41 to £E.50, four LE. to £E.40, ' 16 £E.26to £E.35, 18 £E.19 to £E.25, 28 £E.12 to £E.18 and 19 £E.8 to tE.11. This scale of renumeration WAS fixed by a neutral commission which was set up in April, 1922, and whose recommendations in the matter of salaries were at once accepted by the executive. The scale is, moreover, to be examined by a new neutral com- mission appointed by tne executive in accordance with the decision of the last actions committee. Executive Not Overstaffed. "In regard to the suggestion that (Continued from page 5.) the staff of the executive is exces- sive, for the benefit of those living in train f :sa laSor un Hashonah the Diaspora who are not well ac- and Yon' Kippur. quainted with the scope of the duties In the storage room on the second of the executive, I would mention floor of an underselling store in the that this staff has to handle the work city of Fairmont, each Sunday at 11 of the following departments: Ag- L o'clock, n group of 10 or 12 children ricultural, colonization department, are taught Judaism. The room con- urban colonization department, fi- tains an ark with a Sefer Torah. Mr. nance department, auditing depart- widman, the proprietor, has been ment, political department, Vaad bbi for 11 years. Ile, too, is from Ilabriuth and general secretariat. altimore. The same afternoon I executive is responsible for tir f '! and a handful of other Jews who im- the the control of the disbursement of reseed me with their gentility and a congress budget of 5500,000 and , arm. They woUld he united and anyone acquainted with business orship together, but there's dispute methods will appreciate the volume 'nut things orthodox and things un- of bookeeping and accounting which 0 thodox. is involved, in order to avoid wastage Deep in the heart of West Virginia, and possible loss in connection with nor to the city of Clarksburg, there the expenditure of so vast a sum. a colony made up of men and women Apart from the actual work connect- ho, for the most part, once adorned with current expenditure, the tl w honor rolls of eminent academies. ed executive deals with a vast amount utture is in the atmosphere, but cons. of work independent of any mone- NORTHWOOD INN Between the Eleven and Twelve Mile Roads on the World's greatest highway, Woodward Avenue. Famous for its Fish, Frog, Steak and . 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NS hat brings them o these hidden places? Some at the a. 110 WOODMERE Cedar 1685-3483. l 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111101111111111110 j t DETROIT TOWEL SUPPLY CO. E. J. MORRIS, Manager, Furnishers of WASHINGTON, D. C.—(J. T. A.) —The United States Bureau of Im- migration corroborated the instruc- tions issued by the Norddeutscher Lloyd in a circular to its agents in Germany. The Bureau of Immigra- tion here stated to the correspondent of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that it requires steamship companies to ascertain the race of aliens. Un- der the laws and regulations, every steamship must keep and submit a list or manifest of all alien passen- gers, giving among other things the nationality, race and country of or- igin. For purposes of this record, the race of the Jewish people is desig. meted by the term "Hebrew," "Jew- ish" being avoided because the bu- reau interprets Jewish as referring to religion rather than race, and Ilebrew being considered a racial designation. Nationality refers solely to the po- litical allegiance, according to the bu- reau, which states that the law re- quires both the nationality and the race to be given, a clear distinction being maintained between the two for purposes of statistical record. It was pointed out, for example, that many races come from Canada, including Irish, Scotch, English, yet such aliens may all be of British nationality; that is, political allegiance. For Your Office, Store or Factory, Etc. BAKER STREET AT TWELFTH STREET Phone Lafayette 0156 When every one is wrong, then every one is right. !can speak with some knowledge of If you've .a god case, try to com- the subject, that the staff which we tudents balked at Jewish organize- employ is by no means excessive for promise; if you've a bad one, take i' ion. They feared separation would the work which it has to do and which into court. wan ostracism. However, generally, but for the exceptional devotion and he student body is in accord with the zeal of the staff would not be effec- rinciple of religious organization tively dealt with without a consider- nil, in time, doubtless, will institute able increase in personnel. I should distinctive and respectable founds- ion for such particularistic activities. add that many members of the staff remain extra hours in the office after West Virginia is now a fruitful memory. I wonder what might have closing tinie, while others regularly (Formerly of Charlolt• a Smith) take office work to their homes at POI if New York and Cincinnati and THE NEW NESTLE CIRCULINE, taltimore had not given up to West night. No overtime salaries or allow- PERMANENT WAVING, MARCEL 'irginia a few here and a few there. ances are paid. "There remains the question of WAVING, SHAMPOOING, HAIRDRESS- What might have been if the gold and ING, MANICURING, MASSAGE I he even more precious golden sun of contribution of the staff to the com- 1 alifornia had not lured nien and mon welfare, both generally and with Parker Method Scalp Treatments. .omen from the city dinosaurs. What reference to the present crisis. I TOILET ARTICLES f the oil anti cattle had not summoned would first mention that not only does HAIR DYEING hem to Texas? And what if the im- the whole staff pay Maasor to the Ke- ren Hayesod, but that whenever there mense stretches of land in Kansas and HAIR GOODS ebraska had not inveigled many is a collection of any national pur- ore? What if the glorious vistas of pose as, for example, inscribing a 206 CAPITOL THEATRE BLDG. Visconsin and Minnesota had not name in the Golden Book of the Jew- 1550 BROADWAY ailed? And what if the sparkling ish National Fund, the first address Cadillac 4449 sal of West Virginia had not subtly to be visited by the collectors is that of the officials and such appeals in- rawn a few hundreds from the mon- ter centers of population? Even variably meet with a generous re- more, what if the congregation hatt sponse. On the occasion of the re- not sprung forth to absorb, to blend, cent collection by the Boazoth Poalei to harmonize. to unify, to give beauty, Jerusalem for the unemployed, un- Passover Greetings. strength, dignity, power, happiness to married officials of the Palestine I the pioneers that they might find Zionist Executive all gave 12 days' within the fold the memories, the tra- salary and married officials gave nine ditions and the bonds to snake them as days' salary. Finally, it is with re- they were—metropolitan in dress, in gret that I have to record that the speech, in thought and in action. Of officials have received no salaries for all peoples, the Jew is a tensely social the last three months and have loy- individual. Ile could not. unless he ally accepted this suspension of what be an exceedingly extraordinary per- had become due to them. It is a de- sonality, live to himself alone. He plorable thing that the executive has must have a social center, be it B'nai been obliged hue to hold up the B'rith lodge, synagogue or temple. salaries earned by the officials by 5855 TRUMBULL AVE. And the congregation is a natural continuous and steady work under symbol and satisfaction of this uni- conditions of great pressure, and versal need. "And Jacob came to Sha- were it not for the devotion of the lem, a city of Shechem, which is in the officials and their desire to share the r Nortlaway 0062. land of Canaan, when he came from distress of their comrades in the field Padanarani; and pitched his tent be- of labor, such suspension of salaries fore the city. And he bought a parcel would have produced demoralization '— of a field, where he had spread his which has happily been entirely ab- tent, at the hand of the children of sent. Instead of attacking and criti- Hamm-, Shechem'a father, for 100 cizing the officials, Jewish labor in pieces of money. And he erected Palestine and supporters of Zionist Season's Greetings. there an altar, and called it Elelohe- funds everywhere should appreciate Israel. the work they are doing and the sac- "And Moms gent them to spy out rifice they have made. Jewish public the land of Canaan and said unto ought to have helped the executive them, Get you up this way, southward. to create a civil service of expert of- and go up into the mountain; and see ficials devoted to the national aspira- the land, what it is; and the people tions and honored by the public for that dwelleth therein. whether they their labors. It would also be more be strong or weak. few or many; and appropriate for the critics to adopt I what the land is that they dwell in, the custom prevailing in enlightened it be good or had; and what countries: namely, not to attack offi- ! whether cities they be that they dwell in, cials directly, but direct criticism, if whether in tents, or in strong holds; there be any, to the elected executive 213 HAMMOND BLDG. and what the land is, whether it be responsible to the higheat national fat or lean, whether there he wood body." therein, or not. And be ye of good Randolph 0673. courage, and bring of the fruit of the Virtue would not go so far did not land." vanity bear her company. ■ CHARLOTTE'S HAIR SHOPPE Holiday Greetings to My Jewish Friends. J. P. Wickham Quick, Reliable, Economical Plumbing and Heating. Six trucks equipped for repair work. We bring the home, 2015 MICHIGAN AVENUE Glendale 3668 Night Calls Cedar 3989-W 7 Talbot Lumber and Coal Company. J. E. 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