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Blames U. S. Jewry for
Relief Parley's Failure
LONDON.—(JTA) — Ameri-
can Jewry was blamed for the
failure of the recent London
conference for the relief of
German Jews to produce con-
His Resolution Seeks Protest crete results, aside from out-
ward expressions of solidarity,
by President Against
in an editorial in the London
Reich.
Jewish Chronicle, influential
Anglo-Jewish weekly.
CITES PRECEDENTS
While the Chronicle admits
IN HIS STATEMENT that the liason office decided
non by the conference to main-
Hope Expressed That Ger- tain contacts among various
Jewish organizations was never
many "Will Speedily
established because it was su-
Alter Policy."
perfluous, nevertheless the Ang-
o-Jewish weekly insists that the
WASHINGTON. — A resolue failure to establish a most es-
Lion requesting President Roose- sential council and an executive
velt to communicate to the Hitler was due to the failure of Amer-
government ''an unequivocal state- ican Jewish organizations to
ment of the profound feelings of nominate representatives for
ese bodies in view of the in-
surprise and pain experienced by
rnal dissension found among
the American
at the op- -
pressions of the Jews in Germany tfte American Jewish organiza-
was introduced in the Senate: 1Y tions.
Monday by Senator Tydings bf S. The Chronicle editorial
stresses the gravity of the pres-
Maryland.
The President is requested in ent Jewish situation and points
the resolution also to express the opt that English Jews have con-
"earnest hope of the people of tributed as much money for re-
the United States that the Ger- lief as the American Jews gave,
man Reich will speedily alter its despite the fact that there are
policy" toward the Jews and will 12 times as many Jews in the
restore their civil and political United Stares as in England.
American Jews were urged
rights.
Senator Tydings set out in the to unite by the Chronicle, other-
preamble to his resolution that the wise Anglo-Jewish activities for
United States Government had of- German Jews would be rendered
ten interceded in similar circum- most difficult, since uncoordin-
stances and in cases of Jewish per- ated distribution of relief made
secutions at least nine times be- impossible a Solution of the
tween 1840 and 1919. He de- thorny German Jewish problem.
clared that the traditional policy
of the United States for nearly
100 years had been to take official
cognizance of "such invasions of
human rights."
Text of the Resolution."
Senator Tyding's resolution fol-
lows:
"Whereas, the present govern-
ment of the German Reich has
deprived certain groups of ziti-
zents of many of their civil and
political rights and has imposed
upon them restrictions, pains and
penalties harsh and severe in na-
ture; and
"Whereas, among the groups so
discriminated against by said
government are 600,000 or more
Jewish citizens of the Reich; and
"Whereas, it is manifest that, as
regards the greatest number of
said Jewish citizens of the Reich,
the actual causes for the discrim-
inations against them are their
religious beliefs or professions and
their racial origin, neither of
which is a ground reasonabl al-
Jew. of World Concerned.
Community Chests Need New
Leadership, Delegates
Are Told.
ASSEMBLY IN FAVOR
OF SHORTER HOURS
Report Also Calls for Social
Insurance, Industrial
Planning.
CHICAGO—Delegates from Jew-
ish charitable groups in 30 cities
from coast to coast, heard a five-
year program of leadership in so-
cial planning proposed here Sun-
day by Ira M. Younker, a trustee
of the NewYork Federation for
the Support of Jewish Societies.
He charged that Jewish community
cheats were now "drifting aimless-
ly, avoiding controversial issues,"
and advocated a plan that would.
be a guide to all Jewish communi-
ties, "thinking in terms of prob-
lems, rather than agencies."
The program was presented at
the concluding session of the first
national assembly of Jewish feder-
ations and welfare funds at the
Standard Club. It came during dis-
cussion of a new program for or-
ganized Jewish philanthropy in
this country, revised and adapted
to meet the'changing needs of the
day.
--
Recommended Changes.
(CopYrighto ills, J.,
THE JEWS who have remain
in Germany, or at any ra
a great many of them, unless the
want to go mad, must close the
eyes to what is happening around
them. Though they have with those
very eyes seen hundreds of their
fellow Jews being killed, imprison,
ed, tortured, and humiliated in ulee
speakable ways, they must pet.
suede themselves that it was nee
so.
I have experienced numerot
cases, how, the moment
Jews cross the German frontlet.
they become aware of that whic
they refused to see before—namely
that the German Jews are doomed;
that there are people in Germany
whose inflexible will it is to exte gt
minate them.
MALCOLM W. BINGAY
of Detroit, Catholic; Malcolm W.
Bingay, editorial director of the
Detroit Free Press, Protestant;
Dr. Leo M. Franklin, Jew; Mrs.
Frank Baker, of the Bahai faith.
Jan. 24 was chosen for this
event because the date marks to
a day the thirty-fifth anniversary
of Dr. Franklin's coming to De-
troit as rabbi of Temple Beth El.
Harry R. Solomon is in charge
of arrangements for this event.
Joe Magidsohn is president of the
Men's Temple Club.
PISGAH INSTALLS
OFFICERS MONDAY
Jacob Miller To Be the In-
stalling Officer; Plan
Musical Program.
Next Monday night, Pisgah
Lodge No. 34 of Sinai B'rith will
install newly-elected officers in the
lodge rooms in the Maccabee
building. Nathan D. Rosin, retir-
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Jacob Wassermann Passes
A Tribute to the Eminent Author.
By HARRY SALPETER
(Cogright. salt Jamb THeraolue AIM: 7. tee .)
The sense of shock and surprise
with which one accepts the fact
of his death is tempered ■ little
by the recognition that his best
work was probably done and that
he is secure in his reputation as
• great novelist and a marvelous
story-teller. In a sense, it was
fitting that his death should come
now, in the very season which
saw the publication In English of
his autobiography, "My Life as
German and as Jew." Publishing
enterprise rendered him a slighter
service, however, in making avail-
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rare)
The Purim Dinner.
Although announcement of the
annual Shaarey Zedek Purim din-
ner, on Monday, was made but a
week ,ago, reservations have al-
ready leen made by members for
50 places. This response was re-
ceived largely without solicitation
and is extremely gratifying to the
committee in charge.
A meeting of the general com-
mittee was held at the synagogue
last Monday evening. Mrs. David
S. Diamond, co-chairman of the
general committee, reported that
a special committee on arrange-
ments is being formed. Although
$15 has been set as the price per
couple, Mrs. Diamond stated that
individual reservations for single
people may be made at $7.50 per
plate.
An early edition of The Chron-
icle will contain a complete list
of the subscribers. In Ale mean-
time, new subscriptions may be
made at the office of the syna-
gogue or through any member of
the committee.
Judge Charles Rubiner is gen-
eral chairman of the subscription
dinner, which will be held on
March 14.
FRANKLIN TO DISCUSS
WASSERMANN'S WORKS
Herman Cohen, president of the
Jewish Children's Home of Detroi
in a statement to The Detre'
Jewish Chronicle, urges that Ge
man-Jewish children be placed i
American Jewish institutions, an
declares that the Detroit home ca
take care of 25 to 30 such chit
dren at an additional cost o
$5,000 a year.
Mr. Cohen's statement came i
reply to four questions address%
WELARE COUNCIL
TO MEET JAN. 25
2 Other Meetings Planned
by Service Group
Subsidiaries.
trurn to Laid Pap./
him by the editor of The De-
troit Jewish Chronicle, touching
upon the problem of the plight of
the German-Jewish children. His
complete statement, which em-
bodies the questions as well as the
answers, follows:
SAYS COSTLY MACHINE
IN EXISTENCE IN U. S.
Publications in Suburbs of
Big Cities Seek Converts
to Hitlerism,
, Frederick T. Birchall, head of
the New York Times European
Bureau, in a cable to his paper
under date of Jan. 7, reveals that
a costly propaganda machine ex-
ists In the United States for the
purpose of converting Americans
to Ilitlerism. Mr. Birchall's Ber-
lin cable reads:
"The confidence with which the
German government expects
American opinion to swing Ameri-
can officialdom to the German
viewpoint In the matter of German
debt manipulation and in deed In
all matters of controversy between
the two ' countries Is somewhat
puzzling to an outsider.
"It is in line with the con•
dent assertion of Dr. Paul Jos-
eph Goebbels, the Minister of
Propaganda, not long ago that
it was not Germany that would
change her attitude toward the
Jewish question, but Germany's
foreign critics who would change
theirs, and his further predic-
tion that the tide of Nazi-ism
which he saw rising beyond Ger-
m•ny's borders would soon
sweep over other countries, not
excepting the United Slates.
"Such an attitude leads foreign
observers to wonder on what the
Nazi confidence is based.
"The answer is likelier to be
found in developments in the
United States and other countries,
news of which is to be seen from
time to time in the foreign press
but which is naturally lacking in
the rigidity controlled organs of
Nazi opinion, rather than here.
"The American uprising against
Heinz Spanknoebel, for instance.
and his swift eclipse under the
indictment tha' was not served
because of hl isappearance are
quite unknown to the German
masses, as Is the appearance in
New York with official credentials
'from the Stahlheim' of Captain
Georg Schmitt of the Rhineland
as Spanknoebel's successor.
- Spanknoebel is understood to be
safely back in Germany. That
statement can be made on good
American authority.
"What the German public does
read frequently is news of what
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"The matter of helping the
Jewish children of Germany who
have been thrown into the
throes of despondency by the
German persecution, is the prob-
lem of world Jewry and its solu-
tion the obligation of us all. I
therefore consider it a sincere
pleasure to comply with your
wishes and answer your ques-
tions in the light of my experi.
ease and personal reaction to
this problem.
"The help to be given them
can no longer be the subject of
discussion. The mode and de-
tails of how to afford this help
alone needs mature considera-
tion. In giving my answers to
your questions I shall guide my-
self by • form of catechism, list-
••.Ing yqur qu•stions and my an-
„vet.s the proper sequence.
"Question I. In view o f the
plight of the German•Jewish
children, do you think it would
be advisable to inaugurate a
movement for the housing of •
large number of these refugee
youngsters in American insti•
„lions such as the Jewish Chil-
dren's Home of Detroit?
"Answer I. If the German-
Jewish children have to be
placed away from their homes
and no provision can be made
for their placement in Germany,
where they could develop physi- Left - Wing Zionists Scored
tally, mentally and emotionally
by Mizrachi Hatzoir at
as free citizens, unhampered by
Annual Convention
any discrimination, they should
be placed in American institu•
thins where they would be freed
NEW YORK.— (JTA) — The
from every stigma of prejudice first meeting of the newly elected
and they could adapt themselves administrative committee of the
to the circumstances prevailing Mizrachi Organization of America,
and thoroughly blend into the presided over by Rabbi Wolf Gold,
environment. I do believe insti- president, decided to conduct an in-
tutions like the Jewish Chile tensive campaign for the Mizrachi
Home of Detroit are Palestine Fund, in accordance with
adaptable for such ■ purpose. the decision of the recent Mizrachi
A mo„ment with such an aim conference at Rochester.
II. L. Selig, well-known commun-
should be started immediately.
" Question 2. If such a move- al leader, is manager of the Miz-
ment were to be inaugurated, rachi Palestine Fund campaign,
Silverman Directs A. P. C.
how many children could be
Robert Silverman of Boston has
accommodated in t the Detroit
been appointed executive secretary
home?
"Answer 2. The Jewish Chil- and director in charge of the 1934
dren's Home of Detroit could fund campaign, the American Pal-
accommodate , between 25 and estine Campaign announced here.
Mr. Silverman has been in charge
30 of such German-Jewish chit.
dren, with facilitie s available at of all New England campaigns
since 1921, and has also served as
present.
director in various other sections of
"Question 3. Hew large a the country.
fund would that require, and
Plea of Hechalutz.
how, do you suppose, could s uch
The first annual convention of
■ sum be raised here for this Ilechalutz, organization composed
purpose?
of Jewish youths who desire to go
"Answer 3. Considering avail- to Palestine as Zionist pioneers,
able facilities in our home, and closed here after selecting an ex-
fixed charges which would not ecutive body of ten and adopting
increase through those addi- a number of resolutions. The con-
tional children if they do not vention was held at the Washington
present any special problem, an Irving High School Auditorium.
added mount of $5,000 to our
The convention went on record
yearly budget would cover all
as favoring a two-year training
their needs. This money should period for future Chalutzim, one
be secured either from the Rota- year of which is to be spent on •
gee Committee or through pub- farm , and one year in cultural
tic subscription.
training. The convention also ap-
pealed to American Jewish youth
th: QueetertoiietniitmeD
p
i
o on
would
dit to join the liechalutz organization
for building up Palestine.
diffic2idr.
to ceiveGerman-lew.
in
deb
view of their
speaking ■ foreign language, Left-Wing Zionists Scored.
SYRACUSE, N. Y.—(JTA) -
mad the fact that this would nec-
• ssilata spacial instruction i n The twelfth annual convention of
the
Mizrachi Hatzoir, Orthodox
E•glish for the newcomers?
"Answer K. Fortunately we Zionist Youth Organization adopt-
ed
a
strongly worded resolution at-
ere so situated that the superin-
tiredeet in our horns• is • grade- tacking the tactics and stand of the
left-wing
Zionists at the last Zion-
ate of • Ceram" university and
, ji„,„;,t. k eow i eg the Gee... ist Congress. The convention also
decided not to participate in cot-
Jews and children from his per
toned contact wills them. The lections for the Keren Ilayesod,
difficulty arising from the for- Jewish Foundation Fund.
alg a language sad of special
Rabbi Wolf Gold, president of
Instruction in English for those the Mizrachi Organization of
use-
America,
was the principal speaker
children could he easily
MIZRACHI STARTS
OWN FUND DRIVE
WILLIAM
his committee will be held Thurs-
day, Jan. 25, at 8 p. m., at Tem-
pie Beth El. This will be a j oint
meeting with the committee on
aged and transients, of which Mar-
vin B. Gingold and Morris Stein-
berg are co-chairmen. Rabbi Leon
MELVILLE S. WELT
Fram will speak on "The Tradi-
tional and Historical Background
On Sunday morning, Dr. Leo M. of Jewish Philanthropy."
Franklin will speak on the topic
Two other meetings are tenta-
"Jacob Wassermann—as Novelist,
tively planned for the family wel-
as German and as Jew."
fare committee, a February meet-
Wassermann, undoubtedly one ing on the subject "The Develop-
of the outstanding figures in lit- ment of Jewish Family Welfare in
erary Germany and whose books, the United States," and a March
"The World's Illusion," "The meeting, dealing with "The De-
Mauritius Case," "I Am a German troit Set-Up," giving • picture of
and a Jew" and others, won for him
world-wide renown, died recently
in Vienna, where he was in exile
from his native Germany. Ile
was included among those whose
books were burned at the order
of Chancellor Hitler on May 10.
His place among the greatest of
the literati of our century is un-
disputed.
In his address, Dr. Franklin will
give an estimate of the man from
the standpoint of his literary gen-
ius, of his German patriotism and
of his Jewish loyalties.
The public is invited to the ser-
vices, which begin at 10:45 a. nt.
)
It is not Germany who is per-
secuting her Jews with such med-
ieval hatred, but only a section of
Germany—die National Socialists.
And it took even the leaders and
agitators of these people 14 years
of the most violent and unscrupu-
lous propaganda before they suc-
ceeded in stirring can their follow-
ers against the Jews. Do not
believe that the whole nation real-
ly stands behind the National So.
cialists—there are well - informed
politicians who esteem that barely
one-third of the population adheres
to Hitler—but this section of the
nation has sworn to root out the
Jews and is determined to achieve
its purpose. This specific point in
the Nazi program, the extermina-
Says Detroit Jewish Childr en's Home,' of Which He Is
President, Can Absorb 25 tb 30 German Children; States
It Would Require $5,, 1000 Addition to Budget.
Continues Addresses on Pal-
estine; Prompt Response
for Purim Dinner.
Jan. 12.
Telegraphic Agell57.
Herman Cohen rges Settlement
Of German C lildren in America
HERSHMAN SPEAKS
ON FRIDAY, JAN. 19
At the late Friday evening ser-
vices on Jan. 19, Dr. A. M. Hersh-
man will continue his series of
addresses on, his observations in
Palestine, and will speak on the
subject "Cultural and Educational
Activities in Palestine."
Rabbi Samuel Z. Fineberg is to
be the speaker this Friday evening,
American Directing Genius,
N. Y. Times Corres-
pondent Cables.
By LION F CHTWANGER
William Friedman, chairman of
the family welfare committee of
the Detroit Service' Group's new el
E. M. Bakerlformer presideiir of formed Welfare Council, ' +
the Jewish .Welfare Federation of nounces that the first meeting.of
Cleveland, presided at the program
making sessions. James G. Mc-
Donald, high commissioner for
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serves with which to counteMet
the agents of decay.
Per Year, $3.00; Per Copy, 10 Cents
BIRCHALL REVEALS
CHICAGO SESSIONS FEUCHTWANGER WARNS AGAINST
URGE 6-YEAR-PLAN
WEAKNESS IN THE NAZI BATTLE NAZIS BUILDING UP
PROPAGANDA HERE
IN JEWISH CHARITY
Save the Children from German Hell; Says
TEMPLE GOOD-WILL
DINNER ON JAN. 24
and
It is hard to believe that Jacob
Wassermann is dead. Because his
wprk had the vitality of that which
is done in a man's prime, andnot
when his finest energies have teen
s pent. I saw him but few years
ago and he did not then look like
a man who would soon be 60, the
age at which he passed away. I To
be sure, these have been 'lam
which would rapidly age neat
German and Austrian Jews, but
one always thought of Wailer-
mann u possessing spiritual ire-
THE LEGAL CHRONICLE
A similar emphasis on federation
leadership was the keynote of the
report of the committee on fin-
ances and governmental welfare
policies, around which the discus-
sion centered,
Radical departures in curren
methods of child-care, family w
fare and Jewish education w
Event To Mark Thirty-Fifa(' recommended by the committee) of
Frank L. Sulzberger, ''Vice.
Anniversary o(Dr. Frank- which
president of the Jewish Charities
,lin's Detroit Ministry,
of Chicago, and Dr. Ben M. Selek-
man, executive director of the As-
Thtxtmual felloutzhip dinner of sociated Jewish Philanthropies of
the M is Club of Temple Beth El Boston, were 'co-chairmen.
will be
in the -social hall of
Roosevelt Reforms Studied.
the Ten la
la at 6:30 p. m. on Wed-
referins under the Roose-
nesday, an. 24.
velt administration and increased
Speakers on this occasion will government appropriations for re-
be: Frederick Siedenburg, S. J., lief and welfare work occupied the
executive dean of the University delegates' attention as they set
about drafting a philanthropic and
cokis„Fitrprogram.
Louis E. Kirstein, president of
the Boston Philanthropies and for-
mer chairman of the Industrial
Advisory Board of the NRA and
mo ern
Pr ' S a;
-NU
aa ci T
izens
44211gfa i th"1
"Whereas, the United States
has, on numerous occasions inter-
ceded on behalf of oppressed min-
orities in other lands, especially
when their oppression proceeded
from or was linked with religious
intolerance; and
"Whereas, on at least nine his-
toric occasions, beginning in the
year 1840, and continuing down
to the year 1919, such interces-
sions have been made by the
United States on behalf of Jewish
citizens of States other than the
United States, oppressed or perse-
cuted by their own governments
or peoples; and
"Whereas, this honorable record
of the United States has been the
subject of painstaking research on
the part of Mr. Max J. Koller of
New York, who has published its
results in a pamphlet entitled 'The
United States and German Jewish
Persecutions,' in which pamphlet,
on pages 34 to 42 inclusive there
appears a full account of each of
these intercessions, showing that
for nearly 100 years the tradition-
al policy of the United States has
been to take official and diplomatic
cognizance of such invasions of
human rights; and
"Whereas, by express treaty the
German Reich stands pledged to
the United States to accord its
'nationals who belong to racial,
religious or linguistic minorities
• •• the same treatment of se-
curity in law and in fact as the
other nationals (see Kohler, 'The
United States and German Jewish
Persecutions," supra, pages 42
to 48 inclusive), now therefore, be
it
"Resolved, that the President is
requested to communicate to the
government of the German Reich
an unequivocal statement of the
profound feelings of surprise and
pain experienced by the people of
the United States upon learning
of the discriminations and op-
pressions imposed by the Reich
upon its Jewish citizens, and be it
further
"Resolved, that the President in
such communication is requested
to express the earnest hope of the
people of the United States that
IN MICHIGAN
DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1934
VOL. XXXV. NO. 33
SENATOR TYDINGS
ASKS ROOSEVELT'S
APPEAL FOR JEWS
NEWSPAPER PRINTED I
what the Jewish Welfare Federa-
tion is doing in the family welfare
field.
The family welfare committee
consists of Mrs. Milton M. Alex-
ems.
I confess that my answers
are not properly detailed and 1
de not pretend 10 has. solved
ander, Sidney L. Alexander, ells
the problem of the refugee Jew.
Harry Alvin, Mrs. Emil Amber's, ish children
■ Il its ramifica-
Louis C. Blumberg, Mrs. H. C.
tions. I hope, however, that
Broder, John L. Brown, Mrs.
through your kind interest in the
Maurice J. Caplan, Jacob Clay- matter the question may be
man, David J. Cohen, ?firs Ralph
breogist before the public to re.
Davidson,
Sidney M. Fechheimer,
Samuel
Frank,
J. „ire the proper attention in an
Mrs. Sey m our
Free- Impartial
Frank, Mrs. Alexand„ T
man, Mrs. Harry Goldberg, John
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by
experience are mere qualified
than I am.”
at the dinner-dance which climax-
ed the convention. Rabbi Gold
roundly scored the Poale Zion and
the Histadruth, central Palestine
labor organization, as the oppon-
ents of the Mizrachl ideal. •
"After 30 years of Mizrachi Le.
tivities," said Rabbi Gold, "we are
being today dominated by the radi-
cal elements in Zionism. Conditions
in the holy Land today are grow-
ing from bad to worse. Ereta Is-
rael is being converted into an ex-
perimental station of all sorts of
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Anti-Nazi Embargo
Upheld by Menuhin
NEW YORK.—IJTA) — The
musical embargo on Germany
which has been in force several
months on account of the Nazi
ban on Jewish artists was up-
held by Yehudi Menuhin, violin-
ist, who refused to play in
Germany.
Returning on the S.S. Rex
front abroad, the young man
who startled the world several
years ago when as a child prod-
igy he played the world's mu-
sical masterpieces on his violin,
said that William Furtwangler,
head of the German Bureau of
Music and Art, cabled repeated
requests that he appear in Ber-
lin.
Menuhin refused to play, he
said, because he cannot recon-
cile his liberal views with the
treatment accorded to Jews in
Germany.
The text of several of the
cablegrams Menuhin received
from Furtwangler read:
"I want you to help mend
the broken threads which have
severed Germany and the rest
of the civilized world music-
ally."
Another read:
"I ask you to help time divorce
art front politics, even if the
politicians don't always make it
easy for me to do this."
MARRIAGE DEBATE
AT TEMPLE FORUM
Feat-
ured by Schmallhauaen
and Schoolman.
Resumption of Series
"Can Marriage and the Family
Survive the Machine Age?" will
be ithe subject of the debate with
which the Temple Forum will re-
open next Tuesday night, Jan. 16,
at 8:30.
Dr. Samuel Schmallhausen, who
will argue the negative, became na-
DR. SAMUEL SCHMALLHAUSEN
tionally famous a few years ago
when he wrote the book entitled
"Why We Misbehave," which im-
mediately became a best-seller.
The book expressed advanced mod-
DR. EDWARD N. SCHOOLMAN
ern views with regard to sex, fam-
ily and the status of woman in
American society.
Dr. Edward N. Schoolman, who
will argue the affirmative, is an
eminent Chicago psychiatrist and
a lecturer on the spychology of
domestic relations. There will be
no decision as to the winner of
the debate, but Rabbi Leon Fram
will act as referee.
Question Period To Follow.
After the debaters have given
their formal addresses and have
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PLANS ANNOUNCED
FOR FEDERATION'S
ANNUAL MEETING
Yearly Event To Take Place
on Sunday Afternoon,
Feb. 11.
DINNER OF SERVICE
GROUP WILL FOLLOW
Two - Act Musical Perfor-
mance To Be Staged
in the Evening.
— •
The annual meeting of the Jew-
ish Welfare Federation will be
held Sunday, Feb. 11, at 4 p.
in the General Motors Building,
Rooni 3-103. Plans for the meet-
ing have been altered this year,
so that only the business meeting
of the Federation itself will be
conducted at this time. Meetings
of the other agencies in the Fed-
eration will be held Monday, Feb.
12, and Tuesday, Feb. 13, as that
more ample programs, illustrative
of the work of the various agen-
cies, can be presented.
Ilenry Wineman, chairman of
the board, will preside at the an-
nual meeting of the Federation,
and Clarence H. Enggass, presi-
dent, will present his report on the
activities of the past 12 months.
An unusual feature of the meet-
ing this year will be the presenta-
tion of • paper on "Personnel
Practices of Jewish Agencies,"
written by a, committee chosen by
the Council of Federation Staffs.
This committee consists of Eman-
uel A. Berlatsky, chairman, Miss
Lillian Anderson, Mrs. Edith B.
Bercovich, Max Gordon, Miss Es-
ther R. Prussian, Harold Silver,
Mrs. Joseph II. Ehrlich, Fred M.
Butzel and Abe Srere. Members
of the committee represent the
family welfare, child care, health,
recreational, educational and fis-
cal fields of social work.
The Get-Together Dinner.
The Detroit Service Group din-
ner and get-together will be held
immediately following the annual
meeting of the Federation. Dinner
will be served at 6 promptly in
the auditorium of the General Mo-
tors Building on the main floor.
All members of Detroit's Jewish
community are urged to attend
the annual meeting, the dinner,
and the Service Group show.
Mr. Wineman, as chairman of
the board of governors of the
Federation, and Aaron DeRoy,
president of the Detroit Service
Group,- will preside et- the-annual -
dinner. One minute reports will
be presented by the following com-
mittee chairmen: Maurice J. Cap-
lan, campaign planning; Nate S.
Shapero, public relations; James
I. D. Straus, program• and Ilarry
It. Solomon, collection.
'
Israel
Ilimeihoch and Mrs. Henry Wine-
man, co-chairmen of the Welfare
Council, will also report briefly on
the plans and progress of that new
activity. Kurt Peiser, executive
secretary of the Federation, will
also participate in the dinner pro-
gram.
Dinner will be served promptly
at 6 o'clock and will be $1.25 a
plate. Mrs. Edward A. Atlas is
chairman of arrangements.
The Musical Performance.
After dinner the same auditor-
ium will be the setting for "Black
Magic," a two-act musical perfor-
mance presented by the Detroit
Service Group.
"The most enthusiastic group of
singers and dancers that ever at-
tended a rehearsal has been pres-
ent at every rehearsal for this Ser-
vice Group show," says James L
D. Straus, chairman of the pro-
gram committee. "Mrs. Henry
Levitt, who is directing and coach-
ing the performance, is making
every rehearsal count to such good
effect that we can assure Service
Group members who attend the
get-together that the performance
will have a professional finish."
David M. Welling hag written
the script for the first act. The
second act represents the com-
bined writing of Mr. Welling,
Ralph Folz and Sylvan S. Groaner.
Cecil Birnkrant is teaching and
training the tap-dancing chorus.
and Jules Klein is assisting with
the music by furnishing the ser-
vices of Jack Allen, pianist, and
Harris Guy, one of the original
Golden Jubilee singers and ar-
ranger for Ziegfeld, to arrange the
music.
Mrs. Sidney J. Allen has charge
of the music for the production.
Mrs. Perry burnstine and Mrs.
Max Broad will have charge of
the wardrobe and costumes. Ralph
Slayer is chairman of the proper-
ties committee.
Specialty numbers in vocal se-
lections, novelties and solo dances
are now being planned.
THE WEEK IN REVIEW 1
By MILTON BROWN
(Cog/right. Mt Jeviag Telegraphk Array, 2.)
GERMANY:
There was little auspicious in
the opening of the New Year for
the Jews in Germany. Few indi-
cations were given that the cam-
paign of Jewish extermination
would be lessened. On the con-
trary, prominent Nazis, much as
Wilhelm Frick, who is the Reich-
minister of the Interior and one
of Hitler's close associates, called
for redoubled enforcement of the
Aryan clause during 1934 and
stressed the Importance of the
Jewish aspeTta of the Nazi pro-
gems Julius Streicher, anti-
Semitic leader and publisher,
called for complete extermination
of the Jews.
On the other hand, Minister of
Labor Franz Seldte, who has come
to share somewhat the apprehen-
sion of. Minister of Economics
Schmitt that the drive on Jews in
commerce • n d Industry was
fraught with danger in the Ger-
man economic structure, In asso-
ciation with the ministries of
propaganda and economics. or-
dered all Nail labor corandurs to
discontinue dismissal of Jewish
employes from Industrial enter-
prises. Nazi cells in industrial
concerns were also orderrd to curb
their activities.
The almost customary quota of
harassing decrees making the life
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