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VOL. XXXVII No 49

DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1936

ROOSEVELT'S PLAN
A CALL
GETS SUPPORT OF
JEWS CHRISTIANS To the Jews of Detroit:

TO SERVICE

PALESTINE REPORT Campaign to Be Launched at Dinner
GIVES ASSURANCE
SITUATION QUIET At Hotel Statler on May 12; Select

,
Within the next I() days the united Jewish community of Detroit will be called
t di
Good Neighbor League Idea upon to k ma e lib a era
contr ut on for
or the
t e support o our ou t s an
ng local relief 1 Thomas Says Government
1 contribution
Is To Be Translated Into educational and recreational agencies; for the building fund for an adequate home
Will Not Be Moved by
Practical Action for the aged; for relief and reconstruction of sorely-stricken Jewry in European coun-
Threats or Riots
tries, and for the support of national health, educational and social service agencies.
JOHNSON RAPS BIGOTS
Basing our appeal on the pride we have always had in Detroit Jewry's liberality JEWISH WORK GOES ON
IN COMING CAMPAIGN and on the faith we retain that Jews will never permit a lack of liberality to work ad-
DESPITE DISTURBANCE
ditional hardships on Jewish institutions and communities, we now address ourselves
Condemns Anti-Semitic Is- once more to the Jews of this city with an urgent request that they should continue to Palestine Rebuilding Unin-
sue in Presidential
terrupted, U. S. Lead-
honor the tradition for kind-heartedness and that they should help us attain our goal
Election
ers Assured
in the current Allied Jewish Campaign without hindrances and with a nobility of
spirit which the present hour in our history demands.
JERUSALEM.
(WNS — Palcor
WASHINGTON, D. C. (WNS)
Never before in the history of our people were the demands for service as great Agency)—The situation through.
—President Roosevelt's idea on the
as
they
are
today.
Never
before
was
the
Detroit
Allied
Jewish
Campain
as
all-inclus-
out
the
country
is
generally quiet,
furtherance of better relations be-
according to an official communi-
tween neighbors will be translated ive as it is today.
que.
The
communique
also says
into practical action by the Good
There is hardly a cause of international, national and local importance that is not
Neighbor League. This announce- included in our campaign. By this time it is sufficiently well-known how all-embrac- that a group of Jews who broke
curfew in the Florentine quarter
ment was made officially by the
of Tel Aviv fired at a police pa-
officers of this new organizations, ing our campaign quota is.
which replied with shots, dis-
which at the same time made pub-
It is natural that emphasis should be placed on the special allotment of $100,000 trol
lic the basic principles of the for the Old Folks' Home building fund. It is cause for rejoicing to know that at last persing the group. There were
no casualties. A fire broke out
League and its board of directors.
The following declaration expres- we are to be in position to provide adequate and sanitary quarters for our old people. in the wood near Ben Shemen,
Words are inadequate in describing the needs that exist abroad, and for the alle- the statement continues, and sev-
ser; the aims and purposes of the
Good Neighbor League:
viation of which we aim to raise a large portion of the campaign quota. The horrors eral dunams of crops were burned.
"The Good Neighbor League is of Poland and Germany must move even the most hard-hearted to act in behalf of the A minor conflagration occurred in
the Manshiya quarter of Jaffa
a non-partisan association of those
who believe that the principle of Jewish sufferers in these countries and to help many of them reconstruct their lives in which was extinguished through
the joint efforts of Jaffa and Tel
Palestine.
the Good Neighbor is an expres-
firemen. There were no
sion of the American ideal and
So vastly important is the current drive that we hope that the campaign quota of Aviv
should be made a fundamental $323,550—of which $100,000 is to go for the building fund for the Jewish Old Folks' other incidents except for the
stoning of police by boys. The
policy of the American Govern-
ment. The Good Neighbor recog- Home a ul $223,550 for maintenance funds for 46 local, national and international police have been instructed to
nizes that human values come be- agencies —will be subscribed in less than the 10-day campaign period of May 12 to deal severely with such cases, the
fore property values; that the long 22 which has been selected for the drive. We even wish to hope that this quota will communique says, adding that
time prosperity of property re- be oversubscribed so that we may be in a position to assign larger quotas for the im- Arab shops are closed in prac-
tically at !towns.
quires the long-time well-being of
people; that the American answer portant agencies which look to us for help.
Tel Aviv Issues Denial
to the revolutionists is the removal
This is our plea to which you MUST respond promptly and liberally. We have
TEL AVIV. (WNS — Palcor
of those injustices which make faith that Detroit Jewry WILL respond promptly and liberally.
Agency)—The Tel Aviv munici-

'

revolution. The Good Neighbor be-
lieves that in America and for the i
world a better life for himself de-
pends upon a better life for his
neighbor. Through the Good Neigh-
bor League the Good Neighbor
pledges himself to work for the
establishment of those convictions
in his own, his national and his
international n e i ghborhood ; to
stand ready to oppose those poli-
cies, movement and persons in
our country which threaten that
principle and to support those
which are now seeking to advance
it."
To Further Human Relations
The idea of the Good Neighbor
League has its source in an ad-
dress made by President Roosevelt
on Brotherhood Day last February.
It is dearly intended as an instru-
ment to further human relations
between the various racial and I:ell-
- Ong ...laments
of the 'United
States. That this organization does'
not intend to follow the routine
activities of existing good will
agencies is evident from the make-
up of its executive committee,
which includes Dr. Stanley High,
eminent writer and lecturer, who
is said to be the personal repre-
sentative of the President in this
organization; Mrs. Estelle M.
Sternberger, executive director of
World Peaceways; and Patrick H.
Callahan of Louisville. The co-
chairmen of the League are George
Foster Peabody and Miss Lillian
Wald. Among the 18 directors of
the League, in addition to the co-
chairmen and members of that ex-
ecutive committee, are Rabbi Mor-
ris S. Lazaron of Baltimore, and
Fannie Hurst, the author.
The member- of the board of di-
rectors are well known public
figures classified by public opinion
as liberals and noted for their rec-
ord in the furtherance of good will
in the economic, social and reli-
gious fields.

FRED M. BUTZEL

Chairman Pre-Campaign
HENRY WINEMAN
Vice-Chairmen Pre-Campaign
MAURICE ARONSSON
MAURICE J. CAPLAN
JOSEPH H. EHRLICH
CLARENCE H. ENGGASS
HARRY S. GRANT
ISRAEL HIMELHOCH
JULIAN H. KROLIK
NATE S. SHAPERO
JOSEPH M. WELT
Secretary Pro-Campaign
IRVING W. BLUMBERG

Chairman General Division
ABE SRERE

Vice-Chairmen General Division
LOUIS C. BLUMBERG
MARVIN B. GINGOLD
GUS D. NEWMAN
GEORGE M. STUTZ

Chairman Women's Division
MRS. S. R. GLOGOWER

Vice-Chairmen Women's Division
MRS. JOSEPH H. EHRLICH
MRS. HENRY WINEMAN
Treasurers
HARRY A. HYMAN
HERMAN RADNER

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pality categorically denied the of-
ficial communique issued by the
government that a group of Jews
had fired at the police and that
the police had retaliated. The
truth is, the municipality says,
that a false panic broke out in
connection with shots that were
presumably fired in a Tel Aviv
suburb. The police arrived and
fired into the air. And then the
panic subsided.

Co-Chairmen Advisory Council
HARRY R. SOLOMON
EDWIN A. WOLF

Thomas Said Government Will Not
Be Moved by Threats or Riots
LONDON. IWNS — Palcor
Agency)—The Palestine Govern-
ment will use all means to main-
tain law and order in Palestine.
It will not be deviated from its
policy by riots or threats of any
kind. These statements were
made in the House of Commons
by C3loiTill Secretary J. H. Thom-
as. Saying that full information
OR the disturbances is contained in
an official report issued by him,
Mr. Thomas said that unfortunate-
ly 16 Jews and 6 other had been
killed and 75 Jews and 72 others
had been injured during the dis-
turbances.
The discussion in the House of
Commons was started by H. Gra-
ham White, who asked about reg-
ulations governing the importation
of arms in Palestine. Mr. Thomas
replied that no firearms or am-
munitions could be imported with-
out a non-transferable permit
from the district commissioner,
who might in his discretion refuse
such permits. The penalty for
evasion of the law is a fine of
£100 or a maximum imprisonment
of one yeas. Colonel Josiah
Wedgwood asked if the colonial
secretary was aware that the wea-
pons saendd by hAe tiersmostly

►

Dr Charm' Weizmann, president
of the Jewish Agency for Pales-
this week cabled from Jerus- Awarded Honor for Distin-
Set Date for Opening of tine,
alem urging American Jewry to
guished Service to Jews
Campaign and for Mass

Protest Meeting

During 1935

At • conference of representa-
tives of local organizations held
Sunday afternoon at the B'nai
Moshe, a decision was reached to
start the drive for Polish-Jewish

The Gottheil Medal, awarded
annually by Zeta Beta Tau Fra-
ternity to the American who has
done the most for Jewry, will be
presented for the year 1935 to
James G. McDonald, former
League of Nations High Commis-
sioner for Refugees from Germany
and for many years chairman of
the board of the Foreign Policy
Association. The award is made by
reason of his extraordinary serv-
ice in caring for thousands of
Jewish refugees from Germany
whose misery he toiled unceasingly
to alleviate, and by reason of his
dramatic and scholarly letter of
resignation accurately analyzing!
the problem of the German Jew,
vividly portraying its agonizing
consequences and fearlessly point-
ing out the unnecessary but effec-
tive obstacles to a humane solu-
tion.
The award, though made by the
Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity, is the
result of the vote of ■ jury of
editors representing the Anglo-
Jewish press of the United States.
The presentation will take place at

NEW YORK. — An alloca-
tion of approximately $Li0,000
for Poland will be made from
this year's $3,500,000 campaign
quota of the American Jewish
Joint Distribution Committee,
it was announced by Joseph C.
Hyman, secretary, at 7 Han-
over St. This $700,000 is part
of the general budgetary allot-
ment of $1,115,000 for Eastern
Europe.

Gen. Johnson Raps Anti-Semitic
Literature in Presidential
Election
relief, as part of the national

'the same sources that flooded
the country with scurrilous anti-
Catholic literature during the pres-
idential campaign of 1928 in an ef-
fort to defeat Alfred E. Smith are
responsible for a similar flood of
anti-Semitic literature directed
against President Roosevelt, it was
charged by General Hugh S. John-
son in his syndicated daily column.
One piece of this literature was
described by General Johnson as a
six•pointed star in each angle of
which was the name of a prominent
Jew and under that the names of
less prominent Jews, with the as-
sertion that each group controlled
a principal function of the govern-
ment. The leaflet in question, Gen-

Vice-Chairmen of Campaign
SIDNEY J. ALLEN
MRS. AARON DeROY
ADOLPH FINSTERWALD
RABBI MOSES FISCHER
SAMUEL FRANK
DR. LEO M. FRANKLIN
DR. A. M. HERSHMAN
ALBERT KAHN
HARRY B. KEIDAN
MRS. ED. M. ROSENTHAL
SAMUEL SUMMERFIELD

EMERGENCY McDONALD TO GET
DRIVE FOR POLISH ASKS
FUND OF $150,000
GOTTHEI MEDAL
RELIEF.Olt MAT 24

J D C to Spend $700,000
For Relief iI. Poland

American Committee Appeal for
the Relief of Jews in Poland, on
May 24.
Henry M. Abramowitz has been
chosen as chairman of the drive,
with Harry Weinberg as co-chair-
man.
Mr. Weinberg, chairman of the
conference of organizations which
has been making plans for the pro-
test meeting and for the relief
drive, states that 54 organizations
have joined the movement to aid
Polish Jewry.
Recent reports reaching this

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Temple's Anniversary Celebration
Attracts Enthusiastic Audiences

Three-Day Festivities of Beth El Addressed by Dr.
Franklin, Rabbi Fram, Rabbi Wolsey and
Congregational Leaders

The 85th anniversary celebra- ment. Ile showed that the foun-
tion of Temple Beth El was ob- ders of the congregation had
served by audiences that several, turned hither in their search for
times taxed the capacity of the spiritual and intellectual ree om.
They were not exiles and expatri-
Temple and its social hall.
Beginning with the Sabbath: ates as were the great multitudes
Eve service on Friday evening,' who came from Eastern Europe
April 24, and continuing through! in the early 80's in the wake of
are
the banquet on Sunday night,! the Russian pogroms, nor as ■
members of the Temple and their those Germans who are coming
friends listened with enthusiastic I here today as a result of the Hit-
attention to an exposition of the ler persecutions.
faith of the Jew as it is expressed; Said Dr. Franklin: "What the
in the activities of Beth El. Tr.-, Jew of those days wanted above
ditional Jewish music under the all was to be able to maintain his
direction of George Galvani was religious identity without apology
splendidly rendered by the Tem- , and without shamefacedness, but
ple choir and added much to the !at the same time to- be able to
lift his head in decent dignity and
beauty of the ritual service.
in proper pride as a citizen of
Sabbath Eve Service
The Sabbath Eve sermon was the republic to whose flag he had
Preached by Dr. Leo N. Franklin pledged allegiance."
under the title, "Beth El's Pursuit I Speaking of present day condi.
of an Ideal." He pointed out tions. Dr. Franklin said: "The
the fact that it has been from last quarter century and parties-
passed
the beginning of Beth El's history , lady the years that have brought
the unswerving ideal of the con- since the great war have
Mention to maintain Jewish I numerous and far-reaching chug.
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idealism in this American environ.

DR. CHAIM WEIZMANN

send $150,000 at once for special
requirements arising out of the
recent disturbed situation. This
is in addition to the $3,500,000
which the United Palestine Appeal
is seeking for the settlement in
Palestine of a maximum number
of the Jews of Germany, Poland
And other lands.

"LAND OF PROMISE"
HERE 2 MORE DAYS

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ances.

During his reply, Mr. Thomas
said that he welcomes the oppor-
tunity to emphasize that the gov-
ernment would maintain law and

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By LUDWIG LEWISOHN

This column Is copyright by lt• Seven Arts Feature Syndicate Re-
production in wholeor In pert strictiy forbidden. Any Infringement an
this copyright will be Prowcuted

The Reconstructionist, that al-
ways suggestive and often weighty
little journal which speaks for the
Judaic philosophy of Professor
M. Kaplan, is deeply exercised
over the fact that, according to a
Enthusiastic audiences witness- recent investigation, the clergy is
ed the presentation of the great ID general averse from social action
Palestine picture "The Land of I and has not received "the kind of
Promise" at Littman's theater, sociological training necessary to
qualify them to cope with prob.
12th and Seward, all this week.
This picture will remain at Litt- lems of economic justice" and is
man's until Sunday night and it therefore not "functioning." This
GI hoped that at least 10,000 peo- is of course a most perfunctory
ple will take advantage of the indication of the contents of the
opportunity of seeing this film be- editorial in the Reconstructionist
but it is • fair one. The reproach
fore it leaves Detroit.
against the ministry of all denomi-
Detroit reviewers have hailed nations contained in it is very
the film as a great artistic tn. familiar. Church and synagogue
umph just as it was similarly ac- consent to the injustices and in-
claimed by critics in New York. equalities of the status quo and
At the showing of the film on
Monday evening the community are not leaders or even followers
greeting was given by Jewish as in any kind of social action.
well as Christian leaders. Due
I find it profoundly discourag-
to the absence from the city of
Mayor Frank Couzena the address ing that the Reconstructionist
in behalf of the city of Detroit does not rise above this most vul-
was delivered by Colonel Hein- gar error. For all the errors of
rich Piekert, police commissioner our age this is perhaps the chief
of Detroit. Addresses were also and moat miserable, that action,
delivered by Judge Charles Hu- action a tout Mr is virtue. What
biner and James I. Ellmann, presi- exactly is social justice? What
dent of the Zionist Organization precisely is economic justice?
of Detroit. All the speakers, in- There is injustice here. There is
cluding Colonel Pickert, who spent also injustice In Russia. There is
a number of weeks in Palestine little but Injustice In the Fascist
six yearn ago, stressed the im- states. Rough and ready methods
of amelioration must be used.
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Enthusiastic Audiences Hail
Great Palestine Film
at Littrnan's

steps to see that this form of
weapon is prohibited. Mr. Thomas
replied that no experience was
available on the use of knives.
Graham White then asked for a
statement relating to the disturb-

THE WORLD'S WINDOW

"RELIGION AND SOCIAL
JUSTICE"

Per Year, $3.00; Per Copy, 10 Cents

True. But would it not be well if
there were one small group of
men who, avoiding direct socio-
logical and economic tinkering, ad-
dressed themselves to more funda-
mental and more permanent issues,
to an inquiry into the nature of
man and into the quality of jus-
tice and led their congregants to
cultivate the utterly neglected, the
indispensable necessary virtues of
detachment, of contemplativeness,
of periodic disentaglement from
the hot eager theories and the
equally over-eager palliatives of
the market-place?
There is a kind of 'idolatry in
all this—idolatry of machines, in-
stitutions, contrivances. It has long
been known that even despotism
would work if men could find a
truly benevolent despot. It was
known long before the formulation
of Kant that there is nothing truly
good in the world except ■ good
will—a will toward good. Man the
I most perfectly devised institution
with men who have no goodness of
will and your end is no better than
your beginning. Who will teach
that? Who will help men to acquire
that goodness of will without which
all the techniques of social and
economic justice are only new
paths to old sins? A man came to
I me and said: "There will be a
Cconmunist uprising in Germany
and the blank-blank Nazis will get
their medie'ne." "And do you ex-
pect me to rejoice?" I asked.

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Personnel of Eight Trades Divisions

Machinery for Allied Jewish Campaign for $323,550 Nears Com-
pletion; Confidence Expressed that Quota will be
Reached Before May 22

PRE-CAMPAIGN AND GENERAL DIVISIONS MOBILIZE
HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEERS FOR SOLICITATIONS

Encouraging Reports Made by Local Organizations in Their Pre-
parations for Campaign; Rally to be Held at Temple
Beth El on Thursday Evening

With many hundreds of workers mobilized to solicit more
than 10,000 prospective contributors to the Allied Jewish Cam-
paign, arrangements have been completed officially, to open, the
drive at a dinner to be held at Hotel Statler on Tuesday evening,
May 12.
Fred M. Butzel, chairman of the drive; Henry Wineman,
chairman of the pre-campaign division; Abe Siere, chairman of
the general division, and other campaign officers, in addresses to

workers at rallies held this week expressed confidence that the vast Importance of the
46 causes included in the drive will result in the successful conclusion of the drive be-
fore the final date set for the campaign, on May 22. The campaign quota is $323,550,
of which $223,550 will go to support the maintenance funds of 46 local, national and
international agencies and $100,000 for the building fund for the Jewish Old Folks'
Home to be erected on Petoskey and Burlingame Ayes.
Kurt Peiser, executive director of the drive, announced on Wednesday that the
campaign machinery is nearing completion and that an enthusiastic army of workers

GIVE!

They
Need
Your
Help!

Pointed Remarks by the Es.
ecutiv• Director of the
Allied Jewish Campaign

By KURT PEISER

XACTLY TEN DAYS remain
for the opening of the com-
munity's ten-day period of judg-
ment. On May 12, hundreds of
our volunteers will visit thousands
of prospective contributors to the
Allied Jewish Campaign, and will
test them on the strength of their
loyalty to their people.
• •
Not for a single moment have
I lost confidence in the gener-
osity of Detroit Jewry. I KNOW
that our people will not fail in
this crucial hour in our history.
There/ore all our efforts are be-
ing put forth to make the drive
more than a success; to make of
it a demonstration of community
unity, of determination to signal
to Jews throughout the world
our intentions to stand back of
them in their hour of need.
• • •
It would be a marvelous expres-
sion of loyalty if we could raise
our entire quota in half the al-
lotted time and could have the
word go around the world—among
t h e hundreds of communities
whose people and institutions are
to share in the funds we are about
to raise—that Detroit Jews have
joined the battle against bigotry
and suffering by giving spontan-
eously of their means!
• • •
It CAN be done, and I have
an intuitous feeling that we
shall do it. And I know that
every Detroit Jew will help us.
• • •
And why not? The funds we are
to raise will help relieve suffering
in Germany and in Poland. They
will help settle refugees in Pales-
tine. They will finance health,
educational and recreational, as
well as some relief agencies, in
this country and overseas.
• • •
For years our people have
needed a new home for our aged.
SOON, THEY SHALL HAVE
IT. This is among the great ob-
jectives of our campaign. Were
this our only cause, it would be
sufficient reason for a complete
subscription of our campaign
quota. But it is, after all, only
a partial reason. It is the Allied
Jewish Campaign that will make
possible, the continued function-
ing of the forty-six different
agencies. Practically every int-
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OPPOSITE EDITORIAL)

Sunday Services
to Continue at
Temple Beth El

Although the season of Sab-
bath Eve services at Temple Beth
El culminated in the magnificent
anniversary service which was
held last Friday night, the Sun-
day morning services will con-
tinue without interruption until
May 31 on which occasion a class
of 108 boys and girls will he cen-
firmed in the faith of their fa-
thers.
The sermon next Sunday morn-
ing, Slay 3, will be preached by
Dr. Leo M. Franklin under the
title, "The Human Side of the
Ministry," described by Dr. Frank-
lin as a post-anniversary sermon.
The music will be furnished by
the Temple choir under the direc-
tion of George Galvani.

JEWS IN 28 LANDS
APPROVE CONGRESS

List Names of Organizations
Supporting World Jew-
ish Movement •

NEW YORK (WNS) — The
names of the organizations in 28
countries that are supporting the
World Jewish Congress movement
were made public here by the com-
mittee of Jewish delegations
through its president, Dr. Stephen
S. Wise, who also announced that
election of delegates to the World
Congress will be held in Europe
on July 5. Dr. Wise also reported

HEAD OF ENGLISH
CHURCH AGAIN HITS
NAZI PERSECUTION

LONDON (WNS)—Another
vigorous denunciation of Nazi
persecution of the Jews was
made by the Archbishop of
Canterbury, head of the
Church of England, in a pub-
lic appeal for funds to aid the
non-Jewish refugees of the
Nazi regime.

that preparations are already un-
der way for electing 1,000 dele-
gates to the national conference in
Washington on June 13 and 14
where the American delegates to
the World Jewish Congress will be
selected.
Organizations backing the World
Congress are: Algeria, Algerian
Jewish Community; Argentina,
Association of the Jewish Commu-
nity; Australia, World Jewish
Congress Committee of Sydney;
Austria, all Zionist parties of the
Volksbund; Belgium, Committee
for the Defense of Jewish Rights
and the Committee for Economic
Action; Bulgaria, Central Coasts-
toire of Bulgarian Jews; Canada,
Canadian Jewish Congress; Czech-
oslovakia, the Jewish Party; Den-
mark, the Jewish Community;
Danzig, Union of Synagogues;
England, United Jewry Fellow-
ship, Federation of Synagogues,
Jewish Representative Council,
Federation of Jewish Relief Or-
ganizations, International Student
Service and almost 60 per cent of
the Board of Deputies of British

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has been enrolled to conduct the
most important fund-raising effort
In the history of the Jewish com-
munity of Detroit.
Personnel of Trades Teams
The selection of the personnel
for eight trades teams of the gen-
eral division is announced by the
division's chairman, Abe Srere,
and his associate chairmen, Louis
C. Blumberg, Marvin B. Gingold,
Gus D. Newman and George M.
Stutz. The set-up follows:
DIVISION A
Division A, in charge of solici-
tations of mercantile establish-
ments, is headed by M. A. Mittel-
man who will be assisted by the
following captains:
Team 1, jewelers, Meyer Rosen-
baum; team 2, shoes, Nathan
Hack, David 'Lleberieltz; team 3,
dry goods, C, S. Selker and Sam-
uel Schwartz; team 4, furniture,
Louis Robinson; team 5, depart-
ment stores, James Wineman,
L. Katz and Irving Kaufman;
team 6, women's apparel, Bert
Silverman and Louis Mass; team
7, men's furnishings, Nathan IL
Scholnick and John P. Heaven-
rich; team 8, hardware, William
I. Serwer. The secretary of this
division is N. E. Wiliams.

DIVISION B & D

Combined Divisions B and D
will cover the financial and build-
ing trades. The co-chairmen of
this division are: Charles N.
Agree, A. J. Blumenau, Ben B.
Fenton and Max M. Silverman.
David Levin is secretary of this
division, the captains of which
are: Chester L. Schwartz, Barney
Smith, David Katz, Sidney Kalt,
I. M. Lewis, Chas. K. Harris and
Nathan Kuletaky.
DIVISION C
Division C, which is to cover
the mechanical trades, is headed
by Abe Kasle and Ben Kramer as
co-chairmen, with Anna Rose
Hersh as division secretary. The
following are the division's cap-
tains:
Team 1, auto dealers and park-
ing lots, Jac(:. W. .Allta; team 2,
auto accessories andsaueb workers,
Harry E. Citrin; team 3. metals,
Morris W. Zack; team 3b, scrap
iron and metal dealers, Maurice A.
Schlafer; team 3c, steel, Harry
Barnett and Abs Kasle; team 4,
machinery, Harvey A. Goldman;
team 5, bottle, bags and barrels,
Sam Jacob; team 6, gas and oil,
J. A. Citrin and Fred Epstein.
DIVISION E
Food products merchants will
he solicited by Division E of which
Harry Cohen, Beenard Isaacs and
Samuel Sternberg are co-chair-
men. Nettle Cohen is secretary

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Christians and Jews to Read Prayer
For Persecuted and Refugees May 2, 3

Churches 0.-1 Synagogues Will Ask Help for Victims of
Hatred; Prayer Issued Jointly by Refugee
Relief Committee

NEW YORK (NCJC)—A pray-
er for the persecuted peoples and
refugees of the world, "the victims
of arbitrary injustice and racial
p ride , of godlessness, malice and
h atred" will be said in synagogues
Saturday and In churches Sunday.
The prayer has been issued
jointly by the committee for the
Relief and Liberation of Victims
of Persecution in Europe, Mat-
thew Woll, chairman; the Amer-
ican Christian Committee for Ger-
man Refugees, Dr. S. Parkes Cad-
man, chairman; and the New
York Board of Jewish Ministers,
Dr. Samuel J. Levinson, president.
"Because of the immediate crisis
in the refugee problem caused by
the exodus of more than 80,000
people from Germany," says the
Joint statement of these commit-
tees, "we ask the heartfelt pray-
era of every man and woman who
believes that persecution is a gin
against God, before whom there
see no recta, races or creeds, but
a universal brotherhood of all
men."

Dr. Samuel McCrea Covert, gen-
eral secretary of the Federal
Council of the Churches of Christ
in America, expressed the hope
that there would be a widespread
response throughout the denomina-
tions associated with the Federal
Council to this appeal for prayer.
lie said: "The persecution to which
many thousands of people today
are subjected by reason of eruct
governmental policies makes ape-
cisl appeal to the Christian church-
es which are committed by their
Gospel to champion justice forILIl
and to show practical sympathy
with those who suffer. The plight
of the refugees from Germany to-
day evokes an especially keen em-
pathy. The fact that these refugees
Include many Christians as well as
Jews gives the churches a direct
interest in the prs.blern and it is
to be hoped that ministers of all
denominations throughout the na-
tion will join in this eoncer,, of
prayer on May $ for these who
are victims of permeation today."

