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NEWSPAPER PRINTED
DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1937
ANTI- SEMITISM IS FEDERATION CAMPAIGN PLANNING COMMITTEE
RISING IN BRITAIN,
CHURCHMAN WARNS OUTLINES NEW PROGRAM TO BE PURSUED IN
Polish Shechita Law Goes
Into Effect; Chaos Is
Widespread
LONDON (WNSI—A warning
that anti-Semitism in Great Brit-
ain is reaching disturbing propor-
tions and a plea to check it be-
fore it spreads were contained in
the New Year diocesan letter is-
sued by the Most Rev. Cosmo
Gordon Lang, archbishop of Can-
terbury, the supreme head of the
Church of England. "I am con-
cerned to notice some signs of
the growth of anti-Semitic senti-
ment in this country," he wrote.
"It is, I know, at present con-
fined to a few very irresponsible
persons. but unless it is checked
it may spread. I trust we may
be spared the shame of giving
any sort of encouragement to the
discreditable prejudice which has
led to cruel persecution in other
countries. and especially in Ger-
many, of a race to which our
Saviour in His human life be-
longed." This statement is be-
lieved to be the first step in an
organized movement by the
Church of England to combat
anti-Semitism in England. A
movement to this effect was
launched at a recent conference
of high church leaders at Shef-
field where a resolution urging
the Church of England to deal
with anti-Semitism was adopted.
Having doffed their uniforms
in accordance with the new pub-
lic order law forbidding the
wearing of political uniforms, Sir
Oswald Mosley's Fascist black-
shirts are preparing a test case
in the courts to determine the
right to wear black shirts and
ties under their coats without vio-
lating the law. Acting on the
advice of legal authorities who
hold that the law does not for-
bid black shirts under ordinary
coats, the Mosleyites are seeking
a formal legal interpretation of
the law. The police, upon whom
rests the enforcement of the law,
are eager for the test,
Accuses Jewish Refugees of
Breaking Boycott
NEW YORK (WNS)—A rack-
et involving a violation of the
anti-Nazi boycott by German-
Jewish refugees in the United
States is exposed by the Joint
Boycott Council in a warning to
Jewish manufacturers. The Coun-
cil points that refugees appeal to
Jewish manufacturers to help
them sell certain German goods
which they (the refugees) man-
aged to get out of Germany. The
manufacturers fall for this story
end thus contribute to the break-
ing of the boycott. Actually many
of these refugees are the Amer-
ican sales agents for German
firms and are imposing on Jewish
manufacturers, The Council re-
veals that some of these refu-
gees return to Germany regular-
ly to replenish their supply of
goods. It is also said that scores
of these refugees are dealing in
German leather goods and have
taken offices on Gold Street, New
York's leather center.
Shechita Law in Effect
WARSAW (WNS) — Another
means of livelihood for thousands
of Jewish families was cut off
when Poland's new anti-shechita
law went into effect with the be-
ginning of the new year. The
law limits the practice of ahechita
to a number of cattle and fowl
sufficient to meet the needs of
the Jewish population. The law's
details are so vague. however.
that chaos is expected to be wide-
spread until its workings are clar-
ified. In an effort to help Jews
who will suffer from the law the
Warsaw rabbinate hes permitted
the sale of non-kosher meat to
non-Jews in Jewish meat markets.
Fed through the generosity of
the Jews of Nslewky St., the
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SOLICITING FOR 1931 ALLIED JEWISH DRIVE
George M. Stutz Heads Committee; M. A. Mittleman and Irving
Blumberg Co-Chairmen of Trade Council ; Plan to Devote Longer
than Usual Campaign Period for Organization Work
George M. Stutz, newly selected
chairman of the campaign plan-
ning committee of the Detroit
Service Group of the Jewish Wel-
fare. Federation, this week an-
nounced that his committee is
considering a most important plan
for campaign work in connection
with the 1937 Allied Jewish Cam-
paign.
According to Mr. Stutz, many
deviations are being considered
and he believes that the new plan
when promulgated will not only
make an improvement in cam-
paign work, but will make activi-
ties in fund-raising much easier
it will be found that campaign
activity will not only be made
much easier but that it will be pos-
sible with a minimum of effort to
reach a much larger group of
contributors. Furthermore, I feel
that we shall be successful in two
prime efforts of our committee:
"1. To attract additional work-
ers and especially to interest ma-
ny of our young people in the
work of the various agencies In-
cluded in the Allied Jewish Cam-
paign; and 2. To sub-divide the
work of the campaigners as that
their activities will not be limited
merely to two months in the year
' GEORGE M. STUTZ
M. A. MITTLEMAN
SPEAKERS' BUREAU
OF SERVICE GROUP
Will Again Function Under
Chairmanship of Rabbi
Leon Fram
Plans are being formulated to
carry on the program of spreading
informatioin among Jewish organ-
izations in Detroit relative to the
proposed Jewish Community Coun-
cil as well as the various agencies
that are being supported by the
Jewish Welfare Federation of
than they have been heretofore.
Mr. Stutz announced that
among the members of his com-
mittee are some of the most ac-
tive leaders of previous campaigns,
as well as newly-drafted workers.
He has announced the appoint-
ment of M. A. Mittleman and
Irving Blumberg as co-chairmen
of the trade council which is to
consist of representative members
of various trades and professions.
"The plans that are now being
considered by our committee in-
clude not only methods of cam-
paining but also methods of or-
ganization," stated Mr. Stutz. "I
am confident that after we have
completed our preliminary work
Leo Sack, U. S. Minister
to Costa Rica, Resigns
SAN J O S E, Costa Rica
(WNS) — Leo R. Sack, since
1933 U. S. Minister to Costa
Rica, announced his resigna-
tion here in order to become
an executive of an American
corporation.
One of the crack Washing-
ton correspondents before his
appointment, Sack was credited
with the scoop which prompted
the U. S. Senate to investigate
the senatorial election scandals
in Illinois and Pennsylvania
which resulted in the dismissal
from the Senate of William S.
Vare and Frank L. Smith. He
was for many years on the staff
of the Scripps-Howard News-
paper Alliance. During the
World War he served as cap-
tain and major on the staff of
the chief of the American Air
Service,
Vice-Mayor of Tel Aviv
Makes Accusation at
Hearing of Commission
Mandate Convention Proclaimed in 1925
INSIST ON USE OF
ERETZ ISRAEL NAME
A Palcor cable from Jerusalem, Palestine Investigating the causes
under date of Dec. 16, states:
of the recent murderous attacks
by the Arabs, it is important that
the record should include the true
facts on the commitments by the
United States in favor of the inter-
national policy for the creation of
a Jewish National Home. Consent
of Congress in favor of Jewish
aspirations In Palestine has been
secured on two occasions:
1. Official action was first taken
in 1922 when both houses of the
Sixty-seventh Congress adopted a
Joint Resolution declaring that
"the United States of America
At this time, when the British favors the establishment
in Pales-
Royal Commission is in session in tine of a
Jewish national home."
This resolution was signed by
President Harding on Sept. 21,
1922.
2. A second and even more
effective step was taken through
the American-British Palestine
Mandate Convention of Dec. 3,
1924, which .was ratified by the
States Senate, signed by
Eminent Scholar and Lec- United
President Coolidge formally pro-
turer to Address the
claimed Dec. 5, 1925.
Shaarey Zedek
The Whole Romantic Story
The whole romantic story of this
Dr. Israel Efros of Buffalo, N. government's commitment to the
Y., one of the outstanding He- Palestine ideal and of the negotia-
brew scholars in America and a tions which led to the proclama-
Hebrew poet of note, will address tion of the American-British Pales-
the late Friday night services of tine Mandate Convention, Is con-
Congregation Shaarey Zedek on tained In a book, "Mandate for
Palestine," published by the De-
Jan. 15.
partment of State at Washington
Dr. Efros, who is a graduate
In 1927, This pamphlet is now
out of print, but the writer was
given one of the State Depart-
ment's working copies for several
days' use by Wallace Murray,
chief of the Division of Near East-
ern Affairs, The pamphlet was
prepared in this division of the
Department of State.
"Mandate for Palestine" might
easily pass for a piece of Zionist
propaganda, as friendly is the rec-
ord of our government's approach
to the Zionist problem, and so com-
plete was the endorsement of Jew-
ish alms in Palestine. The intro-
duction gives, briefly and interest-
ingly, the complete story of Turk-
ish rule in Palestine, Jewish aspira-
tions since the.flnal destruction In
135 A. D., leading up to the
issuance of the Balfour Declara-
tion, and contains the text of the
League of Nations Mandate for
Palestine which contains the fol-
lowing important clauses:
weer... • .. O. 1110 Contratting
Royal Commission Ready to
Leave Country on
Jan. 12
Detroit through the Allied Jewish
Campaign. The work of disseminat-
ing this information will again be
carried on through the Speakers'
Bureau of the Detroit Service
Group. Announcement was made
this week of the re-appointment of
Rabbi Leon Fram as chairman of
the Speakers' Bureau. Bernard
Isaacs, James I. Ellmann and
Samuel Lieberman will he the
co-chairmen of this committee.
Rabbi Fram, in accepting his
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Pages From American Jewry's Past on View Starting
With Next Sunday at the Library of the Jew-
ish Theological Seminary
Warburg, Dr. Cyrus Adler, Dr. H.
Pereira Mendes and Sol M.
Stroock are also prominent in
these documents that link the past
history of the seminary with the
present.
A 23 page letter from Louis
Marshall to Julius Rosenwald. the
last known letter to have been
written by Mr. Marshall; the
original curriculum of the reor-
ganized seminary as submitted by
Dr. Schechter to the seminary's
board of directors; a contract of
purchase for the Baron de Guinz-
burg Library which was never
executed because of the World
War and the Russian Revolution;
the agreement by which Jacob
Schiff, Leonard Lewisohn and
Daniel Guggenheim created an en-
dowment fund for the reorganized
seminary on condition that it be
headed by Dr. Schechter, Dr. Ad-
ler and Mr. Marshall; the orig-
inal autographed manuscript of
one of the greatest Hebrew schol-
arly works completed in this
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OPPOSITE EDITORIAL/
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- The !lotion pro. has
Joined Is
vigorous condemnation of the Palestine
Government for omitting from a vollev•
lion of Palestine laws Just Issued the
BrItith-American mandate tonventIon
which was signed on Dec. 3. 111(, In
which the United States 'consents to
the edminIstration of Palestine by ills
Britannic Majesty' The editorlei criti•
clam also condemns the omission of •
law passed In Palestine in 1920 eatab•
11.1him Hebrew, And,. and English to
the three encl.l language• of the coun-
try. The omisidon of reference to the
treaty with America by which Great
Britain I. I' PC001138d as the mandatory
power over Palestine le regarded ea en
effort to minimize the relationship of
the United Slates to the administration
of the country."
DR. ISRAEL EFROS
TO SPEAK JAN. 16
BARATZ TO SPEAK
HERE ON THURSDAY
A social hour follows the late
Friday evening services at Con-
gregation Shaarey Zedek, and re-
freshments are served. The public
is invited.
IRWIN TO ADDRESS
Walter Laib
THE TEMPLE FORUM Mrs.
Program Chairman
Peiser Describes Record of
Achievements of the
Past Year
Kurt Peiser, executive director
of the Jewish Welfare Federation
of Detroit, this week announced
that the annual Federation Year
Book, which will include the
names of approximately 8,000
subscribers to the
Allied Jewish
Campaign, is off
the press and is
now in the mails.
Mr. Peiser an-
nounced that in
1 addition to the
list of subscribers.
the Year Book
will include a mass
of educational
material explain-
ing the 50 local,
national and over-
seas agencies
which are benefic-
iaries of the Fed-
eration campaigns.
K . Pedlar
Mr. Peiser made
the following statement regard-
ing the forthcoming Year Book:
"We present the 1936 Year
Book of the Jewish Welfare Fed-
eration of Detroit to our many
thousands of subscribers with a
sense of satisfaction that we have
succeeded in making contribu-
tions to Jewish community life
in Detroit during the past year.
"The record, which is incor-
porated in the pages of this book,
is intended to serve the purpose
of acquainting Detroit Jews with
the numerous causes which we
help to sunned. We are present-
ing an outline of the functions of
the various groups as well as their
achievements and their aims.
"In addition, we are listing the
names of all contributors to Al-
lied Jewish Campaigns in order
that we may °resent to the com-
munity the Honor Roll of those
who do not shirk responsibility
and who are ever ready to be of
service and to be participants in
our important community efforts.
"It is our hope that the infor-
mation contained in this book
will Aciculate the existing inter-
est among those already active
By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
J E R U S A LEM (WNS-Palcor
Agency)—The sensational charge
that officials of the Palestine Gov-
ernment had deliberately blocked
efforts to further Arab-Jewish co-
I operation was laid before the
Royal Commission by Dov Hos,
vice-mayor of Tel Aviv, one of
several leaders of the Histadruth,
Jewish Federation of Labor, whose
series of indictments of the Gov-
ernment led to several of the
most controversial moments to
have occurred since the Commis-
sion !started its hearings. Berl
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Katznelson, editor of Dever, Gel-
OPPOSITE EDITORAL)
die Meyerson, formerly a Mil-
waukee school teacher and now
a member of the Histadruth Ex-
ecutive, and Levi Shkolnick, la-
bor expert, were the witnesses
who laid down , a withering bar-
rage of criticism that at several
moments impelled members of the
Royal Commission to a defense
of the Palestine Government.
Whether it was Katznelson, who
spoke in Hebrew, or the others
who testified firmly and fluently
in English, the Histadruth spokes-
men left no doubt that Jews firm-
ly wanted co-operation with the
Arabs but they resented the al-
leged attempt of Government to
reduce Jews to a "second-class
citizenship" by depriving them of
an equlity of rights with the
Arabs in such matters as public
works and land allocation. One
after another the members of the
Royal Commission sharply ques-
tioned the witnesses.
Commission to Leave Jan. 12
The Royal Commission is pre-
IRVING BLUMBERG
pared to leave the country on Jan.
12, it was learned. It is under-
stood, however, that the Commis-
sion would postpone its departure
for a few days if the Arab Higher
Committee changes its boycott at-
titude and decides to permit
--Arabs.tie testify before the Com-
Palestine Labor Leader to mission.
Jews in Palestine seeking em-
Address Public Meeting
ployment on Government works
have been regarded as "stepchil-
At Bnai Moshe
dren", Mr. Katznelson charged in
•
his capacity as spokesman for
The latest developments and ac- the group. Saying that the Federa-
tivities in Palestine will be pre- tion of Labor joined in subscrib-
sented and discussed at a public ing to the list of Jewish griev-
meeting to be held next Thursday ances submitted by the Jewish
evening, Jan. 14, at 8:30 o'clock, Agency for Palestine, the wit-
DR. ISRAEL EFROS
in the assembly hall of the Bnai ness listed additional grievances
Moshe Synagogue, Dexter and of the workers. Charging that anl of the Jewish Theological Semi-
Lawrence Aves., by Joseph Berate, inadequate number of Jews was nary of America and who held
a pulpit in Niagara Falls for !lev-
employed on railways, ports, police! ered years, is now professor of
and frontier controls, Mr. Katz- Hebrew at Buffalo University.
nelson asserted that fewer farms
An authority on Hebrew poetry,
would have been burnt in the Dr. Efros is also known for his
Valley of Esdraelon during the ability as a speaker. The topic of
recent disorders, there might not his address at Shaarey Zedek on
have been any strike at the Jaffa Jan. 15 will be "The Poets of the
port, and fewer "murderers of New Zion."
FEDERATION YEAR
BOOK IS ISSUED
RABBI LEON FRAM
Per Year, $3.00; Per Copy, 10 Cents
CHARGE PALESTINE I HOW UNITED STATES IS COMMITTED
LEAGUE RECEIVES
GOVERNMENT WITH TO RESTORATION OF JEWISH HOMELAND CONGRESS APPEAL
HINDERING UNITY
ON JEWISH RIGHTS
Houses of Congress in 1922 and in Palestine
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Seminary Exhibit Presents Panoramic
View of Fifty Years of Jewish Life
NEW YORK — Pages from the
history of American Jewry's past
will be on view starting this Sun-
day in the library of the Jewish
'theological Seminary with the
opening of the founder's exhibit
as a part of the Semi-Centennial
observance of the seminar Y.
Tracing the birth and growth of
the seminary, the exhibit will pre-
sent sidelights on the lives of the
most notable Jewish figures of the
oast century. Among those repre-
sented in the exhibit, either by
Personal letters or autographed
documents, are such well known
and illustrious personages in Jew-
ish history as Louis Marshall. Dr.
Solomon Schechter. Jacob Schiff.
Dr. Sabato Morais, Judge Mayer
Sulzberger, Leonard Lewisohn,
Louis S. Brush, Israel Unterberg,
Dr. Alexander Kohut, Adolphus S.
Solomon& Julius Rosenwald. Rabbi
Hyman J. Enelow, Joseph Blum-
enthal, Dr. Israel Friedlaender,
Dr. Joseph Mayer Ascher, Marx
and Moses Ottinger and Mrs. Na-
than J. Miller. The names of such
living personages as Felix M.
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BREAKING OF BOYCOTT
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Canterbury Statement Is Be-
lieved First Church Step
to Fight Prejudice
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All Jewish News
All Jewish View:
WITHOUT BIAS
Famed Journalist to Speak
on "Why Does America
Lead in Crime"
JOSEPH BARATZ
one of the most respected person-
alities in the workers' movement,
who arrived from Palestine about
six weeks ago.
As delegate to the last Zionist
Congress, as a member of the ex-
ecutive committee of the !listed-
ruth, and as an authority on col-
lective colonisation, Mr. Berets is
able to present a comprehensive
picture of the present situation,
including a discussion of the Royal
Commission and the Arab-Jewish
problem.
Essentially a man of simple
tastes, his homely, yet foreceful
presentation of vital information
has endeared him to and earned
the respect of audiences, both
young and old, the world ever. He
has been a part of the cooperative
movement in Palestine for over
30 years, and was one of the
founders of Dagania, one of the
oldest and most successful of the
colonies.
The local committee of the
Gewerkschaften campaign, under
whose auspices the meeting is be-
ing held, will also present a 45-
minute motion picture, recently
made in Palestine by the !listed-
ruth.
Since admission is tree, every
one is urged to attend. There will
be no solicitation of funds.
"Answer to Prayer,"
Dr. Franklin'i Topic
Dr. Leo M. Franklin has chosen
as the subject of his Sabbath Eve
address on Friday evening, Jan.
15, "The Answer to Prayer." In
this address he will discuss the
Jewish concept of prayer and wor-
ship.
Services will begin as usual at
8 o'clock and will be followed by a
social hour.
Will Irwin, whose syndicated
stories on American criminals and
racketeers have appeared in Liber-
ty Magazine and in newspapers
throughout the country, will ad-
dress the Temple Forum on Tues-
day night, Jan.
12, on the sub-
ject,"Why Does
America Lead
in Crime?"
Mr. Irwin will
analyze the fac-
tors in the
American scene
which make it
possible for vi-
olent crime and
highly profit-
able rackets to
Will Irwin
flou rish here
more exuberantly than in any
other country, and will offer his
solution for the American crime
problem.
Mr. Irwin is a journalist and
author of international reputation.
of Service Group
Mrs. Joseph II. Ehrlich, presi-
dent of the Detroit Service Group,
this week announced the appoint-
ment of Mrs. Walter Leib as chair-
man of the program committee for
the coming year.
Mrs. Laib, the personnel of
whose committee will be announced
next week, will have charge of ar-
ranging the programs of forth-
coming Service Group events. This
committee will be charged with the
particular task of arranging the
program for the joint celebration
of the 10th anniversary of the
Service Group and the Jewish Wel-
fare Federation of Detroit.
Select Committee
To Co-Operate in
Forming Council
Further progress in plans for
the formation of a Jewish Com-
munity Council was made on Sun-
day morning when the committee
of 21 met and selected the follow-
ing to serve as a special committee
to co-operate in the formation of
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a councik Irving Adler, Henry
Abramowitz , Maxwell Black,
Charles Drickcr, Isaac Finkelstein,
Joseph Peven, Joseph Bernstein, 1.
Sosnick, Mrs. J. Harvith, Samuel
Lieberman. Ex-officio members of
this committee are Kurt Peiser
The Jewish Community Center's and William I. Boxerman. Myron
annual meeting will be held on Keys presided at the meeting.
Wednesday, Jan. 13, at 8:30 p. rn.,
in the Center gymnasium.
Judge Charles Rubiner, pr•ni-
dent of the Center's board of di-
rectors, will give the annual re-
port of the year's activities. fol-
lowed by Herman Jacobs, execu-
tive director of the Center, who
The annual meeting of the
will interpret the year's activities. House of Shelter will be held at
A musical program will be 2:30 p. m. on Sunday, Jan. 10,
presented by the Jewish American at the House of Shelter Building,
Youth Chorus under the direction 1622 Taylor Ave.
of Mendy Shain, and Miss Sadie
In addition to election of offic-
will be accompanied by Rosa Bas- ers, annual reports will be sub-
sin Stein.
mitted by Max Silverman, presi-
As part of the business meeting dent of the House of Shelter; Mrs.
the nominations committee will Hyman Altman, president of the
present the following names for Ladies' Auxiliary; the other offic-
re-election to the Center's board of ers and committee chairmen.
directors: David .1. Cohen, Mrs.
Members of and contributor, s..
Abraham Cooper, Mrs. Leon House of Shelter are invited to at-
tend this meeting.
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Annual Meeting of
Center Wednesday
House of Shelter
To Elect Officers
At Meeting Sunday
Tonere weed that the Stimulatory
should be responsible for putting Into
effect the declendlonoriginally made
on Nov.
Noe. 5, 1017, by the Government
Ills Brillanit Majoly, and adapted
y the other Allied posers, in favor
of the establiehment In Pslestins of
a notional home for the Jewish
people . .
Mberene retognition has thereby
been given to the historicalnom...
lion of the Jest.), people with rAm-
re
tine WWI to the grounds forrun.).
Ming their nailovial home l a that
country
Article
The Mandelory shall be re...p•made
for piscine the country ander welt
political, ailminiolrathe and Heatable
conditions MI VIM Neure the trash-
linhnteet of the Jewi sh national
L
home
.
Article 4
An •ppropriale Jewish agency shall
be recognised with the odininIstrallon
of Palestine In each economic, siorlat
sad oI her matter. 84 11., affect the
totabilshment of the Jewish national
110111f MINI the !Mere t. of the Jewish
mpulation in Poletline, and, subject
eles/o to the control of the elminis.
trailer., In amid end take part, in
the development of the country.
The 71onlet OmsnlvatIon, en long as
Its organisation end odueltutIon are
In the opinion of the Man,4rnry APPI. 0.•
pr... dell be recognised ao each
n ienry.
It shall take steps In INIWI•
seltetion with Ills Iklionie Majesty'.
g.ernment to nese. the eseopenatInn
of ell Jew. eho are willing to aesIst
In the establishment of the Jeeloh
Netlonat Home.
Article (I
The edministralloe 4.5 Pnlesth.,
wI ite ensuring that the rights and
...Rion of other ...Ilona of the pope.
latIom ere mil pm/milted. shall Asti&
late Jewish immigrating under NO-
RIA. omilitione and shall encourage
In co-openition with the dovish
Agency referred to In Article 4 rime
settlement by Jews on caw Wel, in-
cluding Stole land.and wrawt• len&
not required for piddle partners.
Arthle 01
English. Arable, Helm, shidl be
IM official lamp/ogee of relentirus
Any statement or Instriptione In
Arable on stamps or monev In Pales-
tine shall be monied In lithroe call
any statement or InseriplIono
In
Hebrew •hall be repealed In Arable.
Memorandum Made Public
In New York and
Geneva
NAME TWO PRINCIPLES
TO PROTECT MINORITY
Germany Blamed for Vio-
lent Anti-Semitic Agi.
tation
The executive committee of the
World Jewish Congress on Jan. 1
made public simultaneously in
New York and Geneva, Switzer-
land, the text of ■ memorandum
submitted to the League of Na-
tions, asking for the extension of
minority rights guarantees to be
made applicable to all nations
members of the League today, and
to all nations seeking membership
In the future. The memorandum
seeks action by the League to re-
establish the Juridical position of
the Jews which has been °com-
promised by anti-Semitic agita-
tion."
The memorandum was submit-
ted directly to the president and
the members G: the committee for
the study of the application of
the principles of the Covenant of
the League of Nations. Its text
was made public in this country
by Dr. Stephen S. Wise who is
chairman of the executive com-
mittee of the World Jewish Con.
gress.
The memorandum was directed
to the rising anti-Semitism
throughout the world, the respon-
sibility for which is placed
squarely on the shoulders of Nazi
Germany.
Moral Disarmament
Speaking in the name of the
millions of Jews whom the World
Jewish Congress represents, the
memorandum calls upon the
League committee to make as its
first task the "moral disarmament"
of the world. Pointing out that
the purpose of the committee is
primarily to reinforce the means
for safeguarding peace, the memo-
randum calls attention to the fact
that one of the most serious
causes of international disorder
at the present time is the fast
"that the life of nations UP
stantly and profoundly" ITS f
by the race doctrine and by the
implaccable fight carried on by a
great and highly organized state
not only against the Jews of its
own country but against the mil-
lions of Jewish citizens of other
countries."
Moral disarmament is a pre-
liminary condition to the pacifica-
tion of the world. says the World
Jewish Congress. "Therefore,"
says the memorandum, "the fana-
tical agitation maintained all over
the world against one race pas-
sionately attached to peace and to
the purpose of international or-
ganization must be denounced as
incompatible with the task as-
signed to the League of Nations
and with the application of its
principles. Equality between Melt,
between nations and between
men is a principle which, as the
deliberations which preceded the
creation of the League of Nations
proved, is at ths basis of the whole ,
ideology and the action of the
League of Nations?'
Urge Pledge on Jewish Rivhts
T h e memorandum anticinste:
the possibilitiy that the Vit. I
Reich will he readmitted to th •
League of Nations and demands
that a condition of its readmis-
sion should be • ..ledge to observe
the rights of its Jewish citizens
whom it has reduced to minority
status without any protection or
rights.
The memorandum recalls that
the World Jewish Congress, which
was established last summer In
Geneva, in the direct successor to
the Committee of Jewish Delega-
tions and that the latter was re-
sponsible for the incorporation
of the minority rights guarantees
In the present international trea-
ties and under the League of Na-
tions.
The mens rendem states that at
State Documents
Correspondence referring to ero- present "the situation of the Jews
11.1.0040
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Annual Federation Meeting on Jan. 27
Will be Addressed by William Norton
Education and Recreation, Non-Local Agencies and Fam-
ily Welfare Committees Sponsor Programs
on Jan. 10, 13 and 20
Kurt Peiser, executive director
of the Jewish Welfare Feder,-
tion of Detroit, on Wednesday!
announced that the annual meet-
ing of the Federation, which will
be held at the Jewish Community ;
Center on Wednesday evening,
Jan. 27, at 8 o'clock sharp,
will be addressed by Wil-
liam Norton, executive vice-presi-
dent and secretary of the Chil-
dren's Fund of Michigan.
Mr. Norton is the former ex-
ecutive director of the Detroit
Community Fund. He is a mem-
ber of the State Welfare Relief
Commission and • member of the
Governor's Welfare Commission.
The topic of Mr. Norton's die-
cuasion will be "Is the Present
Excessive Relief Load Perma-
nent?"
Clarence II. Enron. president
of the Federation. will present its
annual report at the meeting which
will be presided over by llenry
Wineman, chairman of the board
of governors of the Federation. It
will be supplemented by • series
of reports to be given by the
Federation's affiliated agencies.
Henry Meyers is ...airman of the
committee in charge of arrange-
ments of this annual meeting.
Serving on the committee with
hint are: Mrs. Albtrt Kahn, Abe
Srere, George Stutz. Rabbi Leon
F r • m , Clarence Enggass, and
Henry Wineman.
Agcncies to Report
Meyers announces that
agencies which have their own
memberships bay. been called
upon to hold their independent
meetings prior to the Federation
meeting and to submit br!ef re-
ports of their activities on Jan.
27. Agencies which do not have
their own memberships will con-
duct their annual meetings in con-
Inaction with the Federation's an-
nual meeting and will elect
directors.
The agencies which hare thefs
own memberships and which hav-
either already held their annual
meeting or will held them during
Sir.
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