bETRour twin' THE ONLY ANGLO-JEWISH All Jewish News All Jewish View: WITHOUT BIAS Are Major Responsibilities of Jewry 'Scores Injured When Black- shirts Threw Burning Torches in Homes FUND TO BE KEPT AS PERPETUAL MEMORIAL An Editorial Appeal in Behalf of Two of the Major Causes Included in Allied Jewish Campaign: United Palestine Appeal and J. D. C. JEWS ARRESTED FOR DEFENDING SELVES Special Committee Selected to Encourage Similar Gifts for Free Loans Forty-seven causes are included in the bud- get of the 1937 Allied Jewish Campaign. Local and national agencies will share with important Palestinian and European relief appeals the $385,000 quota that has been assigned to Detroit in this year's drive. The worn-out plea that "charity begins at home" may be used again by those who seek an excuse for not giving to this all-important fund. It may be used in spite of the fact that 45 per cent of the entire Allied Jewish Campaign quota is to be used for Detroit institutions. But the leaders of this community have recognized the responsibility we owe to our kinsmen in lands of oppression, and 43 per cent of the goal will there- fore be used for Palestine reconstruction work and for European relief. The responsibility to hundreds of thousands of Jews who will perish unless we help them is so great that we must give major consideration to their needs. The Hebrew Free Loan Associa- tion this week received a con- tribution of $5,000 from the estate of the late David W. Si- mons, to be known as the David W. Simons Memorial Loan Fund. The presentation of this sum was announced by Nathan Simons and Mrs. David W. Simons. In accepting this memorial loan, Da- vid S. Zemon, president of the Hebrew Free loan Association, lauded the vision of Mr. Simons' survivors in setting aside a fund for this purpose. Mr. Zemon pointed out that contributions of $5,000 or over are set aside as perpetual funds and that loans extended from such funds are specifically named on each note and check for loans. Mr. Zemon also stated that there is never any shrinkage in these perpetual memorial loan funds and that a separate checking account is kept is kept for each special fund. comes increasingly significant by virtue of the,. fact that it is the only country in the world wheat! doors remain wide open to the oppressed and the, down-trodden. The United Palestine Appeal corn: bines, therefore, the immediate necessity of pro; , viding for the refugees and the great epic ot. ! the rebuilding of the Jewish homeland. • The Joint Distribution Committee • Never was the need greater than this peat, for the $4,650,000 the American Jewish Joint:, Distribution Committee is asking as its 1937Y quota for work among distressed Jews overseas, In Germany the Jews are less and less able to. ? care for themselves as their assets shrink. Thei same holds true for the refugees, both Jewish and "non-Aryan," who have fled Germany. Iq Eastern Europe, conditions among Jews are worse even than they were during the war and post-way years. Organized in 1914 to aid the victims of the war, the Joint Distribution Committee has raised The United Palestine Appeal and spent nearly $100,000,000. Its chief task In the past three years there has run through now is to aid the Jews and "non-Aryans" in world developments like some unending thread Germany and in the refugee countries, plus mil- . the suffering and hardships of many Jews caught lions of others destitue and helpless before the up in the turmoil of a Europe seething with poli- savage attack of anti-Semites in Poland, Rumania tical and economic crisis. In times of great and other countries of Eastern Europe. stress the Jews appear to be singled out for a All who have helped the committee in the larger measure of punishment than any other past may take pride in the work it has done. It group in the community. While they have initiated the summer colony movement in Poland been victims of intolerance many times in the and Eastern Europe, taking sick and under- past, their present plight reflects a savage anti- nourished children from the garrets and cellars Semitism whose extreme bitterness must cause of the cities to sunlight and fresh air. uneasiness in the hearts of all men. It maintains free and co-operative loan in- But the Jews are an indestructible people. stitutions in Europe, thus enabling thousands of They have been chosen for suffering and unend- Jewish families to remain self-supporting. It has subventioned the training and trans- ing sorrow, but, it appears, that they have also been chosen for eternal endurance and survival. portation of thousands from Germany and East- For in the midst of their blackest hour of oppres- ern Europe to other portions of the globe iyhere sion they have found a haven as radiant and as they might start life anew. It is now helping to educate 60,000 children enobling as was the Land of Canaan in Biblical times. In the face of everwheiming adversity excluded from the public schools of Germany.- i These facts give only the barest baling of they_have rebuilt Palestine and made. it once again a land flowing with milk and honey. It is the vast operations and tremendous value of this land, cradle of the world religions, that is the Joint Distribution Committee. Even in the Twentieth Century, bigotry con- once more the lodestar of Jewish destiny. Fleeing from strife, hundreds of thousands of Jews have tinues to raise its head. Little children in Ger- come to Palestine to build up a thriving Jewish many and Poland today eat bread made bitter community of 410,000 souls, to take up their by griefs they do not understand. They deserve ancient life as farmers, tilling the soil that gave your help. birth to mankind's noblest aspirations and tradi- • Our needy MUST have your help. Without tions. The United Palestine Appeal which has just your financial assistance and moral encourage- launched its campaign in this city is the channel ment, the lives of tens of thousands will be en- through which American Jews have been assist- dangered, and Jewish institutions will be de- ing in the rebuilding of Palestine. Through this stroyed. Your contribution to this year's Allied Jew- medium they have had a notable share in the reclamation of the soil, in the purchase of new ish Campaign must be more liberal than ever land, and the creation of new opportunities for before. The tragedy of our people is greater new settlers in Palestine. Palestine's pivotal than ever, and our response must, therefore, be position as a permanent home and a center of more spontaneous and more commensurate with refuge for the victims of persecution abroad be- the need of the hour. • The Provision in By-Laws Mr. Zemon declared that the following reference is made in the by-laws of the Hebrew Free Loan Association to such perpetual do- nations: "Any donation or bequest of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) or upwards to the loan fund of the association shall be treated as a perpetual loan fund in the name of the donor or testator. All loans made out of such funds shall be identified with the name of the donor or testator, by having the note of the borrower bear his or her name. If the donor or testator shall prescribe or otherwise desig- nate a preference for the maxi- mum sum of each individual to be made out of the fund bearing his or her name, such designation or preference shall be honored and carried out to the extent that the practical administration of the Association's affairs will permit At the end of each year a state- ment of the number and amount of The loans made out of each memorial fund shall be embodied in the president's annual report." Founded Palestine Loan Fund Prior to his death, David W. Simons served as honorary presi- dent of the organization, and dur- ing his life-time he was one of the large contributors to the cause. It is well known that this type of assistance—that of help- ing the recipient to improve his condition or meet an emergency through a loan—was in line with the late Mr. Simons' philosophy of philanthropy. Mr. and Mrs. Si- mons, a few years ago, established a free loan institution in Tiberias, Palestine. Mr. Zemon recently appointed a committee which is composed of Louis Stoll, chairman, Judge Harry B. Keidan, and Morris II. Blumberg, whose function it is to contact attorneys and trust companies. It is the aim of this committee Tel Aviv Will Name to acquaint persons in such influ- Street for De Haas ential positions as attorneys and heads of trust companies, with the TEL AVIV (WNS)—One of purposes of this organization and the streets of this all-Jewish its actual accomplishments--with city will be named after the the end in view that they may use With the publication of the new late Jacob de Haas, veteran their efforts in influencing, either Fresh Air Camp booklet, entitled directly or indirectly, their clients "Come to Fresh Air Camp and Zionist publicist and leader. ac- cording to a decision by the when drawing up wills. Enjoy . . . ", the plans for the city council. Society's Functions 1937 season were announced this Situations frequently arise in week. which a client seeks guidance in "The keynote for the coming making bequests to community projects, and an attorney, who season will be a greater scope of both recreational and educational realizes the constructive nature of the work of the Hebrew Free activities," explained Irwin Shaw, who is returning to Fresh Air Loan Association, can be of in- estimable assistance in such in- Camp as director after a highly successful season in 1936. stances, both by satisfying the de- The former craft shelters have Rabbi S. Silber to Be Guest sire of his client to leave a worthy FRESH AIR CAMP PLANS ANNOUNCED I DINNER TO HONOR RABBI I. STOLLMAN I (PLEASE TURN TO LAST PA011 Spokesmen for Jewish Organizations Urge Kurt Peiser to Remain in Detroit Speaker at Banquet This Sunday A banquet in honor of Rabbi Isaac Stollman will be given at the Philadelphia-Byron Hall this Sunday evening, April 25. Testimonial Dinner Turns Into Demonstration for His Rabbi Stollman arrived in De- troit 12 years ago, after having Retention Here; Strive for Success of the Home Office Called Upon to Make an Immediate Investigation LONDON (WNS)—An imme- diate investigation is being de- mended of the home office by Jews and Christians alike to fix re- sponsibility for the Fascist demon- stration in Whitechapel and Ald- gate, heavily populated Jewish districts in London's East End, which turned into the nearest thing London has seen to a pogrom when the demonstrators tossed flaming torches into houses and shops and precipitated a riot which brought injury to scores of people, disor- ganized traffic for more than an hour and needed the riot squad to restore order. The trouble began when a crowd of about 100 blackshirts started a march into Whitechapel with the obvious intention of terrorizing-the Jewish residents. But no attention was paid to the Fascists until they suddenly began throwing their flaming torches into stores and houses. A near panic ensued. The Jews barricaded themselves in- doors and began pelting the march- ing blackshirts with sticks, dishes and throwing hot water at them and cold water at the flames. Six persons were arrested, all Jews, after the pence had dispersed the Fascists. Modify Ban on Meetings BERLIN (WNS)—The seeming- ly strict 60-day ban on all Jewish gatherings of more than four per- sons except those held for syna- gogue services has been modified so as to permit Zionist and cul- tural gatherings, as well as ath- letic functions. Big mass meetings and Jewish communal functions are prohibited in conformity with the decree which a Nazi spokes- man called a reprisal for recent at- tacks on Hitler by Mayor La- Guardia of New York and other anti-Nazi activities in America and elsewhere. Scores of relatives of anti-Nazi *tiles were deprjved.of their citi- zenship and property in a new out- burst of decrees, orders and pro- nouncements aimed alike at Jews in Germany and anti-Nazis abroad. Hitting out at direct and indirect (PLEASE TURN TO P,GE 3) Temple Men's Club Sponsors Services on Friday, May 7 Continuing the spirit of partici- pation which has become dominant in Temple Beth El, the Men's Temple Club has been given the privilege of conducting the Sab- bath Eve services at the Temple on Friday evening, May 7. Other organizations affiliated with the Temple that have had charge of Sabbath Eve services this season have been the Young People's Temple Club and the Temple Sisterhood, both of which organizations sponsored and con- ducted stimulating and inspiring services. Practically the entire service on May 7 will be conducted by mem- bers of the Men's Club, and the will also CINCINNATI, Ohio. —Maurice message of the evening be delivered by a layman. The fol - Bisgyer, executive director of the lowing will participate in the Jewish Community Center in service: Washington, D. C., for the past The opening prayer will be given 13 years ,has been appointed by Dr Leighton G. Steele. The secretary of Bnai Brith by Alfred I ritual 'will be conducted by Irving M. Cohen, president of the order, m H be irrag rnman and Ephraim R. it was announced here. Mr. His- I G0 I. harry C. Markle will gyer succeeds the late Dr. I. M. !deliver the sermon. The Kaddish Rubinow. I will be recited by Rabbi Franklin. Born in Brooklyn 40 years ago, The closing prayer and benedic- Mr. Binger received his B. A. tion will be given by Dr. Nathan Mr. TURN TO PAGE 3) Schlafer. BISGYER IS NAMED BNAI BRITH SEC'Y IN UNITY LIES OUR STRENGTH Mr. Peiser Points to Jewish Community Council as Important Co-Ordinating Force for Detroit Jewry Allied Campaign A testimonial dinner held under the auspices of the Yiddish speak- ing organizations of Detroit last Sunday evening at the Philadel- phia-Byron Hall was transformed into a demonstration demanding that Mr. Peiser should remain in Detroit This demonstration was the re- sult of repeated requests made to Mr. Peiser as well as to the Jewish Welfare Federation that he stay here to carry on the work of solidi- fying the Jewish community in De- troit The gathering also turned into an enthusiastic rally in behalf of the Allied Jewish Campaign when the speakers who greeted Mr. Fel- ler and Mr. Peiser himself called upon the various groups to do their utmost to make the Allied Jewish Campaign a complete success. The program opened with an ad- chairman dress by Hyman Altman, ittee, of the testimonial comm who landed Mr. Peiser's efforts since he came to Detroit five peace Joseph Bernstein was introduced as toastmaster and he described the enperienees of the Jewish commu- nity in the past when a rift ex- laced among the various elements. Mr. Bernstein pointed out that since the advent of Hitlerism, Jews have come to realize that even baptismal waters could not save them from being and remaining Jews. Urea Peiser to Remain Mr. Bernstein lauded Mr. Pei- ser as the engineer who erected the bridge between the various ele- ments in the Jewish community. He endorsed the sentiments of Mr. Altman that Mr. Peiser ought to remain in Detroit. Referring to the recent observ- ance of the 10th anniversary of the Jewish Welfare Federation, Mr. Bernstein pointed out that the two previous directors of the Federa- tion never mingled with the masses of the Jews and were not even known by them, but that Mr. Pei- ser became a part of the commu- nity and endeared himself to the Yiddish speaking groups as well as to the other elements which formed the community. Pointing out that it was under Mr. Peltier a direction that the Horne fot the Aged was constructed (PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 5) By KURT PEISER Executive Director, Jewish Welfare Federation ■ and Allied Jewish Campaign RABBI ISAAC STOLLMAN been principal in one of the Euro- pean Yeshivas. Shortly after his arrival, his ability as a keen Eta- dent of Rabbinic literature and Talmud and as a brilliant public speaker was acclaimed by the en- tire Jewish community. Himself ()PLEASE TURN TO LAST PAGE) 4, Per Year, $3.00; Per Copy, 10 Cents DEMAND PROBE OF Allied Jewish Campaign Will Officially FASCIST RIOT IN LONDON EAST END Open at Dinner at Hotel Statler, May 2; Memorial Loan Fund Estab- lished by David W. Si- mons' Survivors (PLEASE TURN TG LAST PAGE) TELEPHONE CADILLAC 1-040 DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1937 HEBREW FREE LOAN GETS A $5,000 FUND Palestine's Reconstruction and Relief IN SIMONS' MEMORY For Sufferers in European Countries • IN MICHIGAN THE LEGAL CHRONICLE and Vol. XXXVIII No. 48 NEWSPAPER PRINTED In unity lies our strength. If we are united, we shall be made happier in the thought that we are all working together amicably for a common cause that helps relieve suffering in Jewish ranks. By being united, we guarantee success for our major fund-raising effort in behalf of these causes—the Allied Jew- ish Campaign. One of the beneficiaries of the Allied Jewish Campaign is the Jewish Community Council which is to be organized In Detroit soon after the conference of representatives of local organizations, called for this Sunday afternoon at the Jewish Community Center. The Jewish Community Council aspires to become the central body of representatives of all elements in Detroit Jewry. I am confident that this Council will become the channel for the expression of all points of view in our com- munity, and will serve as the medium for united action In behalf of all Important Jewish efforts. . We are on the road to unity through the Jewish Com- munity Council—and the Allied Jewish Campaign makes such unified efforts possible. These two agencies—the Jewish Com- munity Council and the Allied Jewish Campaign—will, with- out doubt, soon become the major and dominating factors, in Jewish life In Detroit: the first as the moral and spiritual weapon; the second as the medium for acquiring the means with which to carry on our educational and philanthropic activities. Rabbi James G. Heller to Be the Speaker Hundreds of Workers to Solicit Detroit Jewish Community for Quota of $385,000 for 47 Local, National and Overseas Causes, Including Palestine and European Relief a PRE-CAMPAIGN SOLICITATIONS NOW IN PROGRESS AMONG SEVERAL HUNDRED LARGER CONTRIBUTORS Daily Rallies of Workers Evidence an Enthusiastic Response to Important Fund-Raising Effort; Daily Appeals in Behalf of Drive to be Broadcast Over All Radio Stations The 1937 Allied Jewish Campaign for a quota of $385,000 will officially open on Sunday evening, May 2, at Hotel Statler at a dinner which will be addressed by Rabbi James G. Heller of Cincinnati. Henry Wineman is chairman of the drive. The campaign will be conducted from May 2 to 15 in behalf of 47 causes which include local relief, educational and recreational . agencies; national hospital's and educational institutions and overseas relief causes. The chief overseas causes included in the campaign are the United Palestine Appeal which includes Keren Hayesod, Jewish National Fund and Alizrachi—the chief agencies for Palestine's reconstruction—and the Joint Distribution Committee, which provides re- lief for impoverished and persecuted Jews in Poland, Rumania and other countries of oppression. Rabbi Heller, who will be the principal speaker at the dinner, is one of the most Conference on Sunday to Plan Formation of Community Council •brilliant pulpit orators in the country. Coming from one of the pioneer Zionist families of Amer- ica, Dr. Heller has carried on the tradition of service to the Zionist MSC Born on Jan. 4, 1892, in New Orleans, La., he was educated in the schools of New Orleans and Representatives of Organizations to Convene at Jewish under the tutelage of his father, Center to Consider Proposed Constitution; Dr. Max Heller, a Reform rabbi Simon Shetzer Explains Project who was a pioneer Zionist in spite The Jewish organizations of De- troit will gather this Sunday af- ternoon, April 25, in the Jewish Community Center, for considera- tion of the proposed constitution of the Jewish Community Council. The formulation of the final plans will mark the climax of almost three years of agitation and dis- cussion by Jewish communal lead- MAURICE CAPLAN CALLED BY DEATH Prominent • Leader, Sports- man Had Been III for Several Months Maurice J. Caplan, for years one of the most prominent lead- era in Allied Jewish Campaigns and the Jewish Welfare Federa- tion, and an active worker in era for a representative body that is to be broad enough to include every element and shade of opinion. It is anticipated that out of the heated debate which will most likely take place at the conference, there will emerge a plan of organi- zation that will meet the particular needs of the local population. In- terest in the projected council was considerably heightened last week by the strongly favorable state- ments of Henry Wineman, chair- man of the board of governors of the Jewish • Welfare Federation, and of Kurt Peiser, executive di- rector of the Jewish Welfare Fed- eration. At the testimonial dinner tendered to him last Sunday by the Yiddish groups, Mr. Peiser de- clared in vigorous language that the establishment of a council "to advance and promote the cultural, social, educational, and philan- thropic interests of Detroit Jewry" is an absolute necessity "if we are to preserve the cultural identity of the Jewish group, and thereby make a more wholesome and sub- stantial contribution to the totality of Jewish life." Democratic Procedure Daily Campaign Appeals Over All Radio Stations Appeals in behalf of the Al- lied Jewish Campaign will be heard daily over practically every Detroit radio station be- ginning with this Saturday. Through the kindness of By- man Altman, Station WMBC has donated a daily 15-minute period for the campaign, The following radio addres- ses are announced for this week: Dr. Leo M. Franklin with Temple Choir, WJR, Saturday, April 24, 5 to 6:15 p. m. A. J. Lachover, WMBC, Sa- turday, April 24, 1 0:30 p..m. Mrs. David S. Diamond, CKLW, Sunday, April 25, 4 p. m. A. C. Lappin, WIRE, Sunday, April 25, 6:45 p. m. Joseph Haggai, WMBC, Mon- day, April 26, 3.30 p. m. Mrs. S. Kleiman, WMBC, Tuesday, April 27, 3:30 p. m. Morris Scheyer, WMBC, Wednesday, April 28, 5:00 p. m . Herman Jacobs, WJBK, Wednssday, April 28, 8:30 P. In. Mrs. Morris H. Blumberg, WMBC, Thursday, April 29, 3:30 p. m. Mrs. A. Srere, WMBC, Fri- day, April 30, 3:30 p. en. Rabbi Joshua 9. Specks, WMBC, Saturday, May I. 10:30 p. rn. After the conference of organi- zations has been held, the commit- tee which drafted the constitution will reconvene, and, in the light of the suggestions offered by the dele- gates of organizations, will make those changes In the document which are favored by a majority of the organizations. The complete constitution, in its permanent form, will then be resubmitted to the in- dividual organizations for ratifica- tion. By this democratic procedure every segmeni, of the Jewish com- munity will have been given an of the early animosity of his opportunity to participate actively school of Jewish thought to the in shaping the council. movement for Palestine's recon- William I. Boxerman, secretary struction In the early days of of the Jewish Community Council, Zionism. Dr. James G. Heller re- spoke last Sunday afternoon over ceived his A. B. from Tulane Uni- Altman's Jewish radio hour, from .versity in 1912; his M. A. from Station WMBC. He dwelt upon the University of Cincinnati in the democratic character of the 1914, and was ordained rabbi by MAURICE J. CAPLAN proposed organization and Its all- Hebrew Union College in 1916. the Community Fund, died in the inclusive nature. The last in a Ile then continued his studies in (PLEASE TURN TO LAST PAGE) (PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 51 henry Ford Hospital on Sunday at the age of 47 after a pro- longed illness. Mr. Caplan was president of the Metropolitan Motion Picture Company and was a former mem- ber of the State Athletic Beard of The Story of David Cron Control. He was for years one of the most active figures in By BERNARD POSTAL Michigan athletic circles. Mr. Caplan headed several Al- (001, 551tht. 1137, Seven Arts recur. Syndlca)•) lied Jewish Campaign divisions during the drives conducted in the In these exciting times when know the technique of wooing past 10 years. He had presided at • number of campaign gather- organized labor is on the march labor's vote before election and are ings and was considered one of to hard-earned victories so-called equally adept at forgetting all the best campaigners in Michi- "friends of labor" in legislative about labor after election. The gan. Besides being active in the bodies, municipal, State and Fed- politician with enough gumption to Detroit Service Group, Mr. Cap- eral, are a dime a dozen. They stand by labor in • crisis, even when it means political suicide for Ian was formerly a member of him, is rare. But in Canada labor the Board of the Jewish Welfare has found him in David Croll, the Federation. man who permitted himself to be Suffered Heart Attack ousted as minister of labor and Funeral cervices were held public welfare of the Province of Tuesday morning in the auditor- Ontario rather than fall the thou- ium of Temple Beth El with Rabbi sands of working mcsi and women Leo M. Franklin officiating. Bur- who have come to look on him as ial was in Woodmere Cemetery. their protector and champion. Pallbearers for Mr. Caplan were For nearly a fortnight the press Richard Cohn, Meyer Prentis, of Canada and the United States Henderson Rite he y, Abraham has been screaming headlines about Srere, Nato S. Shapero, Max the strike of auteinobile workers Smitt, Dr. Mark Van Baaien and at the General Motors plant at Maurice Aronsson. Oshawa. Mitchell Hepburn, Liberal Dr. Franklin and Rabbi Leon prime minister of Ontario, has Fram officiated at the services at called out the mountiee to break the cemetery. the strike. He has refused to per- A fitting tribute was paid Mr. mit organisers of the Committee Caplan by Rabbi Leo 3d. Frank- of Industrial Organization to enter lin at the funeral services which Canada. His attitude has been were attended by him innumer- unmistakably anti-union and anti- able friends who filled to capac- labor. A minister of labor in Hep- ity the auditorium of the TempeL burn's cabinet Croft was on the "He was a clean sport," said Dr. spot. A close political ally of Hep- Franklin, "and he carried those burn, the Jewish minister had to CPUUJII TWIN TO PAGE 5) DAVID A. CRO/A. Mum TL`R51 TO PAGE al He Marches with Labor