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Sabbath Readinzs of the Torah.

Pentateuchal portion—Lev. 25:1-27:34.
Prophetical portion-1er. 16:19.17:14,

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May 8, 1931

lyar 21, 5691

Greetings to Detroit Free Presl.

The Detroit Jewish Chronicle joins the
journalistic fraternity in greeting the De-
troit Free Press on its centennary celebra-
tion. Having completed one hundred years
of useful service to the community, the
Free Press deserves the commendations of
all citizens. We extend to the Free Press
our good wishes for a continued useful
existence. •

The Challenge of the Allied Drive.

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The Allied Jewish Campaign, to be
launched at the dinner Sunday evening,
offers a challenge to the Jewish community
and will be a test not only on the question
of the strength of the unity that has been
cemented in this city, but also of the power
of the devotion which the Jews of this city
feel for the causes represented in the cam-
paign.

This is the best organized campaign in
the history of this community. Included
in the fund are the worthiest causes. Af-
filiated in the campaign organization are
all elements in the city. Will they succeed
in the important efforts confronting them?
These are serious and economically critical
times, and the success or failure of this
drive will determine the strength or weak-
ness of this community.

Mr. Morris D. Waldman, former execu-
tive director of the Jewish Welfare Feder-
ation of Detroit, now the executive secre-
tary of the American Jewish Cmomittee,
has well outlined the existing problem in a
statement to the Telegraphic Agency, in
which he stated among other things:
"There is no doubt that many former
generous contributors have suffered
heavy losses and the continuing stagnation
of business has reduced their income con-
siderably, and, in many cases, has produced
deficits instead of profits. On the other
hand, some still comfortably situated peo-
ple cry wolf when there is no wolf; they
hide behind the situation to avoid giving.
In spite of this, there is everywhere appar-
ent a determination on the part of the com-
munal leaders to do their utmost to prevent
the institutions they have helped to build
from being destroyed, or their work im-
paired. They have been obliged to scrutin-
ize their administration more carefully and
to exercise greater economy in expendi-
tures, but generally with solicitude as to the
importance of avoiding deterioration of ser-
vice.

"The present business conditions consti-
tute a challenge to the spirituality of the
Jewish people of this country. They are be-
ing subjected to a severe test. It was one
thing to give generously for philanthropy
out of bursting surpluses and phenomenally
increased incomes. It is another to give
while seeing visions of the poor house
around the corner. Will the Jews of Amer-
ica be swept by a panic of fear to abandon
their community obligations, and destroy
their reputation for philanthropy? Or in
the readjustment of their own standards of
living will they still incorporate items for
charity and education as necessary expend-
itures? Upon the answer to these questions
rests the prestige of the American Jew. I
am confident the answer will not be disap-
pointing."
Detroit's test will commence this Sunday
evening. We have confidence that the com-
munity will not fail in its responsibilities.
If our leaders share this confidence with us,
then the drive will be a tremendous com-
munal triumph.

A Sign of Indifference.

The suspension of the Jewish Tribune of
New York, announced last week by its edi-
tor and publisher, Moses D. Mosessohn, will
meet with the regrets of both its contem-
poraries and the groups in Jewry who were
aware of the influence exerted by this
worthy periodical.
The Jewish Tribune belonged to that
group of Anglo-Jewish weeklies which, by
virtue of their wholesome and consistent
editorial policies, earned the right to be
called periodicals with individuality and
with souls. The publication's founder,
Rabbi Nehemiah Mosessohn, was a leader
and a literary giant whose personality lived
in the columns of his paper and whose spir-
it dominated its policies even after his
death.
Although the publisher of the Jewish
Tribune states that suspension of publica-
tion is to be followed by reorganization and
eventual reappearance of the weekly, the

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step will be regretted because once the ap-
pearance of a newspaper is halted its ex-
istence is threatened and its foundation
shaken. It spells the breaking of one of the
most important rules in newspaperdom :
that of timeliness and of uninterfered with
regularity in circulation.

Tidbits and News of Jew-
ish Personalities.

By DAVID SCHWARTZ

LA FOLLETTE'S JEWISH
SECRETARY

We have no Jews sitting in the
Senate of the United States today,
but we have perhaps the next best
thing to it—a few Jewish boys who
are secretaries to senators. I was
in the office of Senator La Follette
the other day.
Over at the desk sat a rather
handsome young fellow, swarthy
complexion, black eyes. His ap-
pearance tallied no little with de-
scription of Senator La Follette
himself, but he was not the sena-
tor. He was Maurice B, Pasch,
secretary to the senator,
Pasch comes from New Hol-
stein, Wisconsin—about 85 tales
north of Milwaukee.
La Follette, I believe, is the
youngest member in the United
States Senate. And Pasch is keep-
ing his end of it up—by being the
youngest secretary to any senator.
For Pasch is only 20—although he
looks five or six years older.

The Locust Again.

On the occasion of the arrival in this
country of Dr. Frederich Bodenheimer, pro-
fessor of entomology at the Hebrew Uni-
versity in Jerusalem, for a series of lectures
at the University of Minnesota, we called
the attention of our readers, in these col-
umns, to this noted scientist's conclusions
on the locust plague. According to Dr. Bo-
denheimer, the ova of locusts multiply in
arid sections and are destroyed in damp
climates. Ile explained the last locust
plague in Palestine as being the result of
the drought which existed there for many
months.

From among the numerous references to
the locusts in the Bible, we cull an interest-
ing one from Proverbs (30:27). The author
here speaks of four things "which are little
upon the earth, but they are exceedingly
wise," and of one of the four, the locust,
he says:

The locusts have no king,
Yet go they forth all of them by bands.

And these bands present one of the most
serious problems for the Jewish settlers
who are rebuilding the hearth of Israel. It
is a problem more serious in many respects
than the Arab problem, and it affects
Jew and Arab alike. Perhaps continued
study and research by Hebrew University
scholars will bring a solution to the prob-
lem. If the Hebrew University accom-
plishes just this and no more, it will have
earned the gratitude of the Near East and
will more than have justified its existence.

Practicality of Palestine's Romance.

The upbuilding of Palestine has com-
manded the attention of the Jewish peo-
ple from historical and from sentimental
points of view. The enterprise was at
times advocated for relief reasons, to aid
the legion of wanderers who were unable
to find refuge in the countries of their
births.
But so gigantic have been the accom-
plishments, and so encouraging are the
practical achievements, that the romance
of Palestine's reconstruction is also assum-
ing the proportion of a great commercial
triumph. Partial proof will be found in
the following table of figures just made
public in Jerusalem. These figures furnish
a comparison for the consumption of elec-
tricity during the years 1929 and 1930 in
the territories served by the Palestine Elec-
tric Corporation's stations at Tel Aviv and
Haifa. The comparative figures follow :

1929
1930
Consumers .
8,903
9,279
Lamps in Residences...-...
95,122
108,195
Street Lamps
1,076
1,239
Motors
1,261
1,658
High tension lines in kilo-
meters
73.5
173.6
Underground lines in kilo-
meters
119,2
370
Industry—kilowatts con-
sumed
2,214,903 3,253,250
Residence--kilowatts con-
Burned (Tel Aviv only) 652,389 1,122,193

The Jewish Telegraphic Agency report
making this comparison also adds this in-
formation:

The Jerusalem electric network is being
steadily enlarged. The Jewish sections, Kir-
jath Moshe, Beth Ilakerem, and Bajit Vegan,
have been included, and the current has been
extended northward to Ramallah. Wiring of
the "old city," within the walls, for electric
illumination, is scheduled to begin shortly.

Here is a practical accomplishment
which is certain to arouse pride in the heart
of every Jew. The situation for the Jew
throughout the world is so tragic that it is
a relief to know that at least one land, and
the Jewish homeland at that, records pro-
gress in behalf of the Jew. From Zion
comes a ray of hope.

WAS SECRETARY
SECRETARY TO WISCON•
SIN GOVERNOR

Pasch for a time was assistant
secretary to Philip La Follette, the
governor of Wisconsin, but he
wanted to see Washington, so
Philip got in touch with Senator
Bob. It no happened that the sena-
tor's secretary didn't like Wash-
ington and wanted to be back to
Wisconsin so the exchange was
made—the senator's secretary go-
ing to Madison and Pasch taking
his place in Washington.
The La Palettes like Jews, says
Pasch. So many of Governor
Philip's advisers are Jews that
when Pasch decided to leave for
Washington the governor said to
him: "I guess you're right in go-
ing—if you don't, I'll have to
build a synagogue in Madison
soon."

WAGNER HAS A JEWISH BOY

Senator Wagner of New York,
am told, also has a Jewish secre-
tary. And so has Justice Brandeis.
Both Brandeis and Holmes make it
a point to select every year for
their secretary prize students of
the Harvard Law School.
And the former secretaries of
Holmes and Brandeis have formed
an organization among themselves.
Thus, if Jewish adulthood is
but slimly represented in Wash-
ington, Jewish youth is offering
some compensations. Besides
these secretaries, there are the
Jewish cadets at the United Staten
Naval Acamedy. There are, all
told, about a dozen of them.
The other day the entire bunch
were the guests of Major Peyser,
prominent capital Jew.

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WHEN TIME WAS HEAVY

Dr. Schapiro of the Library of
Congress in his younger yearn was
a professor in some Jerusalem
school, muchly attended by young
Arabs.
One day, after school—it must
have been raining or something—
the young Arabs gathered around
Dr. Schapiro while he sought to
entertain them by telling them
jokes, conundrums and what have
you.
The time dragged—the jokes
were exhausted—and it must have
been raining still—so to keep them
entertained, Dr. Schapiro told them
to take their seats on the floor, and
he would show them something.
"Everybody get paper and pencil,"
he said.

JUST A SIMPLE TRICK

So the young Arabs sat down,
every one with his paper and pen-
cil, and Dr. Schapiro began to call
out numbers: 552-689-976,322, and
so on and on and on. For over an
hour he called off numbers and
then he told the Arabs to look at
what they had written, and with-
out looking at any memorandum,
he repeated those same numbers,
The Arabs were amazed at no pro-
digious a memory. flow could a
man remember thousands of hete-
rogeneous numbers?
How did he do it? I guessed
at once, and so will you and you,
if you have any Hebraic back-
ground. For, as you know, every
letter in Hebrew is also a num-
ber. And if you know any parts
of the Bible, by heart, all you
have to do is to translate mentally
any portion of it into numbers.
And that is exactly what Dr.
Schapiro did. Ile knew the Book
of Isaiah by heart. lie knew the
first word is ''chazon." In num-
bers, that is 8-7-6-50. And so he
went through the sentence, chap-
ter and book.

GREATEST AMERICAN JEWESS

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Randfni,
luelatis
Charles 11. Joseph

BY-THE-WAY

The suspension of the Jewish Tribune
can be attributed to only one thing: to the
indifference on the part of Jews to the im-
portant agencies which go to make up a
community. Without its newspapers and
periodicals, the American Jewish commun-
ity is handicapped beyond description. The
case of the Jewish Tribune is another re-
buke of that spirit of indifference which
dominates American Jewish life. It is a
type of indifference which is felt in many
walks of life and which affects newspapers
in other cities. It is an indictment of which
the Jewish communities ought to feel
ashamed. It is a condition which demands
correction. Realty communities must not
permit that the most important organs of
the press should go out of existence.

Evidently Dr. Bodenheimer's conclusions
are now being accepted, for according to a
Jewish Telegraphic Agency cable from
Jerusalem, the government of Palestine,
foreseeing the danger of a new locust
plague, has urged the planters, in an official
communique, to make every effort with the
aid of smoke screens to prevent the settling
of swarms of locusts in view of a possible
invasion of this pest from southern Pales-
tine, where a drought is imminent. The
drought would drive the locusts to orange
grove zones and other irrigated areas, ac-
cording to the communique.

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HAVING

published Rabbi Stephen Wise's views on
Jewish nationalism and a Jewish race I am now
indebted to Rabbi David Philipson for his courteous
reply to my suggestion that he favor the readers of
this column with his views as to whether we are
Jews by race, nationality or religion. Here is what
Dr. Philipson has to say:

The question as to whether we are Jews by
race, nationality or religion has been debated
ad nauseam. As I have had occasion to state
frequently, I hold that we are Jews in religion
and Americans in nationality. As far as the
racial angle is concerned it has been abund-
antly proved by ethnologists that there is no
such thing as a pure Jewish race. Many strains
have entered into the physical Jewish makeup
during historical time. I repudiate, therefore,
the fiction of a Jewish race, but I recognize the
obligation of my Jewish birth. We Jews have
been born into a great heritage, a heritage of
the spirit; we are members of a world-wide re-
ligious community; we are a goy Kadosh, a
religious people; We are held together as Jews
not by political, national or racial ties, but by
religious bonds. I cannot concede that a man
is a JON who has repudiated the religion but is
a nationalist Jew only. For this reason 1 am
now, as I have always been, oppose.!, to the
Zionist movement. There are notoriously irre-
ligious and non-religious men who are in excel-
• lent standing as Zionists, in fact some such
are recognized leaders in this movement. An
atheistic Jew is to me a contradiction in terms.
To my mind we Jews are an historic spirit-
ual community moulded by historic spiritual
forces. If there is a Jewish solidarity, and
there is, it is a religious solidarity, not a racial
or a national. For this reason I net down as
my religious-national creed the following: Na-
tionally, I feel at one with my American
brother of whatever faith or non-faith; re-
ligiously, I am bound to my Jewish brother in
whatever part of the world he may be; with
racial discrimination I have no sympathy what-
ever, since I feel with the auncient Latin poet,
"nothing human is foreign to me."

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The following is Dr. Rubinow's statement:
My dear Mr. Joseph:

A somewhat belated clipping of your "Ran-
dom Thoughts" dating back to March 6 has
reached me this week in which appears the
following item'
"Dr. Teller wonders whether some Jewish or-
ganizations like the B'nai B'rith or the Ameri-
can Jewish Committee can its anything to 'help
make it possible for Jewish teachers to secure
positions not as "marranos" but as Jews?' I
don't know, doctor. The appearance of this
paragraph I know will immediately invite the
attention of the B'nai B'rith, but what that
body can do is problematical. I receive any
number of similar protests but thus far every
attempt to gain a free field for our Jewish
girls in the teaching profession, as well as in
office employment, has met with failure. Just
now, I believe, the American Jewish Congress
has the whole question of Jewish unemploy-
ment under consideration, but from my own
experience and observation I fear that little
of value will be accomplished. Good-will
movements seem to move slowly and in a
circle."
I am sorry that you should think, as this
item would seem to indicate, that the B'nai
B'rith is falling down in the field of discrimi-
nation against Jews in the field of employment.
In view of the influence of your column in
moulding public opinion I want to call your
attention to the fact that the problem of em-
ployment discrimination against Jews is not a
new or an easy one. Recently it has become
aggravated as is indicated in Mr. Heywood
Broun'a book, "Christians Only."
Last November, after prolonged negotiations
between the B'nai B'rith and important na-
tional Jewish agencies, we called together in
New York a conference on the subject which
decided to organize "The National Conference
on Jewish Employment." The election of
President Cohen as chairman of the conference
and myself as secretary, is sufficient to show our
interest in thin undertaking. The conference
has held two meetings since then and is now
concerned with the problem of organization.
The American Jewish Committee, the Ameri-
can Jewish Congress, the National Council of
Jewish Women, the Jewish Welfare Board, the
Independent Order B'rith Abraham, and the
United Hebrew Trades in addition to the B'nai
B'rith participate in this conference.
It is true that in a somewhat unsystematic
way several of the organizations mentioned
have given consideration to the problem, but
no one agency can claim any special concern
in this matter, which affects all of American
Jewry. Of course, there are as yet no practical
results because the problem is not one of recent
origin. It has developed during decades and
will not be settled in a day, but the conference
under the leadership of President Cohen is lay-
ing plans for a systematic attack upon the
problem. Unfortunately every piece of social
and communal work requires financing, and
financing of new undertakings is an extremely
difficult matter under present ecomonic con-
ditions. We are, however, making substantial
progress though for obvious reasons the con-
ference has definitely ruled that no publicity
be indulged in until there are some substan-
tial results to report. It is expected that by
the fall the financial basis for the work of
the conference will be definitely established.
There is no more important problem in
American Jewish life than this of discrimination
in the field of employment, and only through
the co-operation of all national agencies can a
substantial result be achieved.

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Statement by Milton M. Alexander

Milton M. Alexander, member of the administrative board of the
Wayne County Training School and supervisor of Wayne County, in
a statement addressed to Mr. DeRoy declares:

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"In sonic respects the Allied Jewish Campaign of 1931 is the most
important that has ever been sponsored by the Jewish community of
Detroit. Moreover, it has an importance that extends to the entire
public, and will be watched with particular interest by all who are
concerned with the social problems of this great industrial city.
"The coming drive will establish certain principles that have been
maintained by its sponsors to the effect that the economic depression
will not keep people from giving when they know that human lives
are at stake. If the Jewish forces prove successful all social workers
will he able to tackle their tasks with renewed confidence and
enthusiasm.

"Personally, I believe the Allied Jewish Campaign has aroused a
great amount of interest that is not limited to the Jewish public, but
that extends throughout the larger community. What is more,
believe it will be successful, and that the sum asked will be speedily
subscribed. Surely, it merits the endorsement and support of all
people of good will."

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A. Lewis Gordon's Statement.

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A Louis Gordon, president of Congregation Shaarey Zedek, in an
endorsement declares:

"The Jewish Welfare Federation this year, by including two of
our old institutions, the Jewish Old Folks' Home and the House of
Shelter, has truly become a federation in fact.

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"If it does nothing else and supports these institutions, the Federa-
tion deserves the contribution of every Jew in Detroit. The spirit of
giving means better Jews: better Jews mean better institutions for
Jews. Giving to the Federation has always helped our synagogue.
The good-will and feeling arising from the Allied Jewish Campaign
will manifest itself in every synagogue.

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"Shaarey Zedek has always been a strong adherent of the Jewish
Welfare Federation, and in every campaign you will find our members
giving whole-heartedly of their time and means.
"Charity is a sacred obligation for everyone, and as such, the cam-
paign cannot fail. With the will to succeed and a sacred task before
you, success is inevitable."

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Aesculapi•ns Endorse Drive.

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Ben Goldberg, president of Aesculapian Pharmaceutical Frater-
nity, made this statement:

AM IN receipt of the following communication
from Dr. I. 51. Rubinow, secretary of the B'nai
B'rith, which treats of such an important subject,
discrimination against Jews in the matter of em-
ployment, that I am presenting it in full for the
consideration of the readers of this column. I wish
to say in passing that if I gave the impression of
criticizing the B'nai B'rith for failing to do its duty
in the situation I am sorry, as that thought was
farthest from my mind.

I have heard of Rebecca Graetz,
who was the heroine of Scott's
Ivanhoe. I have heard of Re-
becca Franks of Philadelphia, who
was probably the queen of the
Tory belles during the Revolution.
I have heard of the gifted Emma
Lazarus.
But if you were to ask me today
what Jewess in America wrought
the most pronounced effect on
Cordially yours,
American life, I would mention
I. M. RUBINOW, Secretary,
the name of Ernestine Rose. And
a week ago I had never even WELL, we are
going to see those dear old ladies,
heard of her. And as far as I the Daughters of American Revolution, put
know, she has been completely the Y. M. C. A. on the blacklist one of these days
ignored by American Jewish his- when they wake up to discover what fearful and
torians. menacing ideas those awful Christian associations
And yet, as Daniel Webster said are harboring. The economics commission of the
of
Massachusetts: "There she National Council of Christian Associations advo-
stands."
cates political action through the Socialist party or
TAUGHT SUSAN ANTHONY a new party with • Socialist program. The council
Ernestine Rose was a Polish Is the joint body through which the Young Wo-
Jewess. Her father was a rabbi men's Christian Association and the Young Men's
Christian Association work nationally. I wonder
and was very, very pious. Always
fasting, which Ernestine didn't what all the smug reactionaries will have to say
like. She left home. Married a when they discover NOT ALIENS but the 100 per
man named Rose in England and cent white American Protestants advocating such
came to America. That was a "red" program?
around 1830.
She and Frances Wright became " JIMMIE" WALKER got off on the wrong foot
the first two champions of woman
when he foolishly attempted to win his case by
suffrage.
It was largely from belittling Rabbi Stephen Wise, quoting a string of
Ernestine Rose that Susan B. An- miserable epithets. Mayor Walker probably intends
thony was inspired to her suffrage to get out of politica and go into the movies, other-
labors. wise he would have shown himself a better sports-
It was Ernestine Rose who first man and a smarter politician. One is inclined to
agree with Dr. Holmes's statement that the mayor
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COMMUNAL LEADERS
ENDORSE CAMPAIGN

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"Your efforts to relive
distress amongst our co-reliioni, oth
at hone and abroad, are in keeping with the finest traditions
stsofb our
people.

"I feel sure that Detroit Jewry, understanding the worthiness of
this campaign, and the splendid efforts of you and your co-workers,
will respond in a way that will gladden the hearts of all who answer
your appeal."

League of Women's Groups' Endorsement.

Mrs. Amy W. Robinson, president of the League of Jewish Wo-
men's Organizations, made the following statement:
"It is with keen and anxious interest that the League of Jewish
Women's Organizations is following the progress of the Allied Jewish
Campaign.

The League has no identified itself with our local Jewish relief
problems the past winter that it knows how the well-being of hun-
dreds of our fellow citizens and co-religionists is dependent on the
success of the coming campaign.
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"When the 3,800 women comprising the League some months ago
had their attention drawn to the suffering from hunger and want,
they went on record that they were desirous of rendering whatever
service they could to alleviate that distress.
"Accordingly plans were evolved and perfected to co-ordinate our
Jewish relief-giving agencies in what is known as the United Jewish
Clearing Bureau housed at 8679 Twelfth street.
"It was entirely through the co-operation and financial aid of the
Jewish Federation that it has become possible for us to make a weekly
allowance to the Jewish Emergency Relief for the aid of their clients;
to help them purchase quantities of food and Passover supplies; and
also to make up the monthly deficit of the Jewish Social Service
Bureau so they might support and tide over the crisis many families
who had never before been forced to receive aid.
"The League, therefore, we might say, has a vital interest in the
campaign and feels sure that with the host of loyal supporters, and
the worthiness of the causes included, there can be no other out-
come to this drive but success."

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Statement by Rabbi Leon Fram.

Rabbi Leon Frain, in a statement of endorsement, declares, in
part:

"Somewhere in his beautiful novel, 'Children of the Ghetto,' Israel
Zangwill makes the statement: 'No Jew is ever so poor but he can
still give some aid to a neighbor poorer than himself."
"This is an exact and profound truth about Jewish life. The very
poorest of Jews have always been among the givers of Zedakah,
which is the Hebrew word for 'social service.' Especially is this
observation of Zangwill'a applicable to the Allied Jewish Campaign
of 1931. It will be a campaign of poor people giving to neighbors
poorer still.

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"Many people will this spring give charity for the first time in
their lives. When in previous years they gave of their prosperity
surpluses, it wasn't really giving. Prosperity-giving involves no sac-
rifice. It is something like tipping. But when people give this spring,
they will no longer be giving what they can afford to throw away,
they will be giving of themselves. They will feel the sacrifice of
every dollar they give. In other words, they will be genuinely giving
for the first time.

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"The giving of food and clothing relief will become less and less
necessary in a rich country like ours, once we have learned the lesson
of this depression and begun to plan as skillfully for distribution as
we have been planning for production. When physical poverty
passes, as pass it must, then our organized communities will be work-
ing for greater ends than those of mere relief, for ends such as cul-
ture, education, recreation; for ends such as the reconstruction of
Jewish life in backward countries like Poland and Rumania; and for
ideals such as the building of a Jewish homeland in Palestine.
"Challenged by the ancint Jewish tradition of community respon-
sibility, we shall each of us e r{
e above his own personal setbacks and
disappointments, and joining hands and spirits, we shall make our-
selves equal to this heroic occasion of keeping the body and soul of
our community together."

Herman Marks's Statement.

Herman Marks, president of the Phoenix Club, made this state-
ment:

In Palestine and through Eastern and part of Central Europe
great numbers of Jewish people have been subjected to conditions
that are inconceivable to us in America. Families that have been
established for generations and had built up in the midst of alien and
hostile surroundings a life that had been at least bearable have been
uprooted, killed, maimed or sent wandering because of persistent
persecutions or sudden upheavals. Even in Detroit I understand that
at the present time there are over 1,000 Jewish families in dire need
and suffering utter deprivation.

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"My heartiest good wishes are extended to you for the full suc-
cess of this campaign in which I ant sure every communally minded

Statement by Melville S. Welt.

S. Welt, president of Temple Beth El, issued the follow-
ing Melville
statement:

"As president of Temple Beth El, I wish to urge the members of
the Jewish community of Detroit to give as much as is within their
power to the drive for funds which begins on May 10.
"A considerable amount of the funds that will be raised will be
used for emergency relief here in Detroit. As we all know, the strain
on our private and public agencies in Detroit, during the past year,
has been so great that the work cannot go on unless additional private
funds are subscribed.

"Besides the emergency relief, there are many other causes
included in the drive which should command the support and encour-
agement of our citizens.
"I surely
trust that this great drive, beginning on May 10, will be
over-subscr."
ibed

Statement by Y. P. S.
of Shaarey Zedek.
The
Young People's Society of Congregation Shaarey Zedek,
through its president, Samuel S. Willis, made this statement:
"Because of its noble purpose, its distinguished leaders, the per-
fection of its organization, and the certainty of its ultimate success,
the Young People's Society of Congregation Shaarey Zedek believes
wholeheartedly in the Allied Jewish Campaign and offers every re-
source at its command in support of the drive. We shall consider it a
privilege to be called upon either individually or as a group to assist
in reaching the goal."

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Menorah Society Statement.

Herman
M. Chesluk, president of the Menorah Society, writes
about
the campaign:

"The Menorah Society is greatly concerned about the success of
the Allied Jewish Campaign, which embraces all phases of Jewish
welfare wherever members of our people reside. We appeal to all
those who have the welfare of their brethren
at heart to give gener-
ously of their time and money, to devote themselves
wholeheartedly
to the campaign, in order that it be successful."

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