TilEperRonl/EmsnffiRoNiciA
April 23, 1937
Asti
THE NEW TEL AVIV PORT
THE LEGAL CHRONICLE
MY CREDO
TYGEL WILL ADDRESS
MASS MEETING SUNDAY
CONCLUDED FROM EDITORIAL PAGE
COLUMBIA
Zelig Tygel, national executive
this port to be built almost over- eumbent upon me to take a director of the Federation of Polish
night. For months, the heavy spiritual stand, to declare my- Jews in America, will address a
of Jewish Labor in Palestine, a sledge hammer used in the con-
mass meeting Sunday, April 25, at
member of the great labor organi- struction of the port could be self for ideas and to define my 2 p. m., at the Bnai Moshe, Lawr-
zation, the Histadruth. To 600 heard all over Tel Aviv, day and attitude to what is happening ence and Dexter.
maritime workers in Tel Aviv add night. Night after night young
Mr. Tygel will give complete
the 1600 port workers of Haifa, all and old would gather at the port in the world about me. Inevit- data on the drive conducted for
ably such duties come into jeal- Polish relief last summer, includ-
members of the youngest union in
to
see
how
the
work
went
on.
Palestine, and incidentally of one
ous conflict with others arising
Jews Promise the Means
of Palestine's oldest professions,
Every day boats arrive and in ray inmost self, the duties of
though to Jews a dead one for
centuries. Today Jews who have leave this new Tel Aviv port. Dur- my solitude.
crossed seas too often as passen- ing the year, workers will have re-
Be that as it may, I know
A real business opportunity for a man
gers and as exiles, have met with ceived in salary the amount of that my anxiety is false and
who may not have much available cash,
a liberating force; they are on the 40,000 pounds, or $200,000. Boats
threshold of becoming sailors, fish- —motor boats, sail boats—used in idle. It is easy enough to say
but is in good health! Invest a small sum
erman and pilots, of earning a this port today are being built in that the imaginative writer has
annually in the purchase of a Great-West
livelihood on the sea as well as on Tel Aviv. But the Federation of nothing to do with politics, that
the
land and in the factories. Hav- Jewish Labor, the Histadruth, In- he can entirely dissociate him-
Life Endowment Policy and with the first
ing just come to America as an augurated activities in connection
cash payment you become, in effect, a
eyewitness of the Tel Aviv port, with the sea long before the Tel self from them and that he ac-
I want to communicate to you the Aviv port was started. For years tually derogates from his high
partner and share in the company's profits.
newest contribution to Jewish re- have we struggled with the British calling by paying any attention
government for the right of Jew-
habilitation in Palestine.
The company pays liberal dividends which
to political developments. That
The wholesome sense of rebuild- ish labor in the Jaffa and Haifa is nonsense. For firstly—as if
can be taken in cash, applied against
ports.
Through these efforts of the
ing a motherland led Jews to the
premiums or left with the Company to
field and farm, for no people can Histadruth, there were about 200 any imaginative writer would
exist without a firm tie to the Jewish workers employed at Halts interfere in politics today wan-
accumulate at compound interest.
soil. But one of the great gifts— docks and because these workers tonly or for his own pleasure.
if not the greatest with which were so successful in establishing As if it were not a matter of
It is a partnership that is safe, sure and
Palestine is abundantly endowed a spirit of friendship an cooper-
profitable and it provides a guaranteed
and which has not been put to ation with their Arab co-workers, the direst necessity, a despair-
it was not necessary to close this ing protest against the wicked
use until now—is the seal
estate for your own old age and for the
The return of Jews to the soil harbor during the Arab riots. To- aggressions carried out by pol-
of Palestine is considered by ma- day we have in the Haifa port itics upon his most sacred self,
protection of your dependents. Write for
ZELIG TYGEL
ny as one of the miracles of mod• over 1500 Jewish workers. In or-
payment of the first premium.
ern times. A nation which has, for der that there may be this num- upon spirituil freedom, upon ing a financial report. Ile will also
ber
of
Jewish
workers,
and
in
or-
mankind
itself.
Further,
it
is
centuries, been away from the
describe the conditions of the Jews
soil; prohibited from owning land der that they may earn that mini- in a political form that the in Poland, as reported by agents
and become a typical urban peo- mum wage necessary for a Jewish question of man's destiny pre- of the Federation in that country.
ple, has sent thousands and then worker in the country, the Histad-
Admission is free and individu-
tens of thousands of its youth to ruth invested over 2,000 pounds sents itself today. With a als and organizations who partici-
i
n
machinery,
improving
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no
earlier
generation
their homeland to work on the
pated in the relief drive last sum-
the
fields. And this youth has not only the methods of work so that
ever knew it has become a mat- mer are urged to attend.
Detroit, Michigan
performed the labor willingly, re- Jewish workers did not have to ter of life and death.
Daily Pickups and Deliveries at No Extra Cost
Miring it imperative for the re. labor under such primitive meth-
Jeremiah T. Mahoney to Help the
REPRESENTING
building of the country—but has ods as are generally employed in
If, however, I speak of these
Campaign for Destitute
expressed so much love for the the government port.
civic and political questions as
Jews in Poland
TI
Over a year ago, the Histadruth having become matters of life
NEW YORK. — Jeremiah T.
soil and so much joy in its work
that many still find their devotion organized a cooperative of men
Mahoney, president of the Amateur
with lighters in the Haifa port; and death, I mean by that that Athletic Union of the United
almost inexplicable.
recently, the same organization every man, and especially the States, and leader of the anti-Nazi
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For many years the possibilities created a cooperative of fisher- writer, must realize that they Olympic forces which fought
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of the return of the Jewish people men. In both of our cooperatives, involve his spiritual welfare— against American participation in
to Palestine has been conceived. thousands of pounds were invest- let us not shirk the religious the 1936 Olympic Games, has ac-
cepted to act as the New York City
But many wondered if an urban ed.
When the Tel Aviv port was word—the salvation of his soul. chairman of the current $1,000,000
people would be successful in re-
deeming swamp and desert land. started, the Jewish population of I . am convinced that the writer campaign of the American Com- 2
How quickly could Jewish city- Palestine had to provide the means who refuses to take a stand in mittee Appeal for the Jews in
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dwellers introduce modern meth- with which to build it. Histadruth these vital questions of political Poland.
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ods of agriculture and modern members and Histadruth institu-
faith,
who
refuses
to
face
the
was
made
public
tions
were
among
those
who
have
acceptance
ney's
machinery into its farms, they
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populate the country because of shares sold for the Tel Aviv port litical form, and is a traitor to Astor on April 15, by Benjamin
Winter, national chairman of the
up to date. Realizing now the full
success in agriculture?
man's spirit, is a lost man. He American committee, who agreed
The Zionist organization and importance of all work connected
cannot
but
come
to
grief,
for
to serve again in that capacity
with
the
Bea
in
the
ports
and
on
the Histadruth, the Federation of
Jewish Labor, have both spent ships, realizing that the 3Iediter- he must not only forfeit his during the coming year.
A total of $14,000 was pledged
boundary
of
Pal-
a
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ranean
is
not
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money and energy in the training
poetic gift, his "talent," and
TOWN AT . .
of pioneers for years, even before estine but that the sea is rather cease to produce lasting work. at the meeting by the group of
prominent
business
and
profession-
they came into the country, in or- the bridge which joins our small
al
leaders
who
responded
to
Mr.
Even
his
earlier
work,
which
country
to
the
wide
world,
and
der to adapt them to agriculture.
Winter's call in behalf of the
We look upon each new settlement more specifically to the Jewish was not conceived under the 3,500,000 Jews in Poland facing
not only as a possibility of live- world, we know that we must have burden of such guilt, which was starvation and destitution.
lihood for the group which is al- boats of our own. We must train once good, will cease to be so
9696 GRAND RIVER
ready there, but as a source of our people for work on the sea
Near Lirernois
possibilities for new immigration an we have trained them, this ma- and fall to dust under the eyes 10th Anniversary Banquet
—the one thing uppermost in our ny years, for work on the soil— of men. That is my belief.
AUTHORIZED
of Yeshiva Beth Yehuda
one
more
step
towards
the
In-
minds whenever we consider any
We can no longer contrast
Auxiliary on May 9
new enterprise in the country. dependence of our people.
For this purpose, the Histadruth metaphysics and socialism, re-
How proud have we been in the
DEALER
The Ladies Auxiliary of Ye-
last few years of every attempt, has organized a new company garding the latter as irreli-
no matter how small, of new in- called "Nachshon", and as the gious, unholy, materialistic, a shiva Beth Yehuda invites the
Irv. Schreiber SALES — SERVICE — PARTS
public
to
attend
the
banquet
cele-
Nachshon
in
the
legend
was
the
dustry in the country! Industry,
mere seeking for the felicity
Gera Mgr.
HOGARTH 9698
as well as agriculture was to an- first to jump into the Red Sea and - of the ant-heap. Even in a brating its 10th anniversary to
be given on Sunday, May 9, at
swer not only the need of employ- so paved the way for his people,
ment for people in the country. so has the Histadruth again taken world so contrary to God, so 7 p. m., at the Beth David Syna-
which in turn means new immi- upon itself the initiative for a bereft of all reason as ours is gogue, Fourteenth and Elmhurst
grants, but provides what is the new and most important under- today we may no longer oppose Sts. The speaker of the evening
essence of Palestine itself: the taking in Jewish life. This Nach- the metaphysical, inward, re- will be Rabbi Schmaruhi T.
Swirsky, a graduate of the Beth
creation of an independent status shon company has already made
large investments in the Tel Aviv ligious world to the desire for Medrosh El Toire at Chicago, Ill.
for the Jewish people.
For
information or tickets call
port,
and
shall
continue
-to
do
so
better things, or regard it as
For centuries we have been in
a position which has forced us to in the future; supply means in the superior or even sole wor- Mrs. A. Katz, To. 6-4230.
the
construction
of
•
large
and
be dependent upon the creations
thy one. Political and social
of others. For this reason so much modern Jewish sea enterprise. But
love is showered on everything it will also have as its objective man is part of man. Human-
to
buy
ships,
train
people,
develop
ity stands astride two worlds,
produced through the labors
of Jewish workers. But we were fisheries in the country and make the inner and the outer, and
of
the
sea
and
its
possibilities
an
estranged not only from the soil,
there are good reasons for it
but also from the sea, in spite of important factor in the upbuild-
if it is above all the creative
the fact that the Jews—probably ing of our country.
The Histadruth has, in Pales- artist who refuses to be discour-
more than any other people, have
made use of the sea in their con- tine, sold shares in the Nachshon aged in his struggle to human-
stant wanderings. But we have al- Company to the amount of 20,000 ize and spiritualize the outer
ways been immigrants on the sea, pounds, 15,000 pounds of which
never the crew. We have not man- were invested in the Tel Aviv port. world by the jibe that such in-
ned the ships which carried our And now the Histadruth, through terests are inferior and merely
people over many waters to all the Nachshon Company, asks materialistic. Materialism — a
American Jewry to back an addi-
corners of the earth.
tional 30,000 shares at $5.50 each. childish bugbear of a word—
600 Jewish Longshoremen
In Palestine. too, Jews had A small share, surely, in bringing and false into the bargain. It
come by the sea. Thousands have the Jews back to the sea as work- is a false idealism to disregard
reached the shores of Palestine by ers. Little do American Jews know what is humanly decent in the
boat. Products to the value of how important, economically and name of the inner world. Ma-
millions of pounds annually are politically, they can be in the
being imported and exported by solution of the Jewish problem terialism can be much more
Jews, by way of the sea. But un- through the upbuilding of Pales- spiritual, much more Idealistic
til very recently we have, in some tine. American Jews are fortunate and much more religious than
mysterious way, overlooked the in being members of the largest any attitude of sentimental
potentialities this very sea holds Jewish community in the world pride toward the material. For
for our future development. Until under a democratic government
last year Palestine had two ports, with more or less economic secur- materialism in no way means to
at Jaffa and Haifa; mainly serv- ity—But this fortunate position be lost, to be dissolved in the
ing the Jewish community in the also places great responsibility material. It means the resolve
country, these ports offered few upon American Jews.
We firmly believe that Ameri- to penetrate it with the human
opportunities for Jewish workers. can
will consider it a privi- mind. And the resolve which is
In the years of larger Jewish im- lege Jews
to participate in the growth incumbent on us all is not to
migration, 1932 to 1936, the num-
of American shipping, in upbuild-
ber of ships that came into the ing a Jewish port. By doing so hide our heads in the sand of
Jaffa port was doubled. In 1932, they will practically increase the metaphysical things from the
221,000 tons of goods were un- boundaries of their home country
urgent demands of the mater-
loaded in the Jaffa port. In 1935, and
Jews of the entire world ial, of social and collective life,
403,000 tons. Although Jewish into bring
closer contact. Finally, their
YOUR MONEY GOES FARTHER IN A GENERAL MOTORS CAR
export and import constituted 70 subscription will give to Zionism but to join those who have re-
per cent of the goods that were a most important economic factor. solved to give the earth a mean-
handled in this port, yet not one
The sea in Palestine just as
single Jewish longshoreman or land, awaits a liberating force. We ing—a human meaning.
AYES you like to amble when you
pace? It's Buick again - hen's a car.
porter could find employment on Jews have been torn from the sea
travel. Maybe you like to cover
burctor patterned after airplane practice
these docks! Three times have more than from the soil—there-
If you begin to see Galveston on
ground and get there now.
Jews been stoned and killed in fore the sea is even more alien to the front page, credit It to Roselle
that thriftily gets the most out of gas-
Jaffa which lived of its harbor as than the soil. For hundreds of H. Werlin, crack female reporter,
from valve-port to tail-pipe, this car's en.
Either way, this summer it'll be good to
activities, supplied mostly by Jews years we have been land dwellers. who's just been named official pub-
arriving in Palestine. and receiv- We have crossed the seas as pas- lic relations counsel for the Texes
gincered to give you more pv-er from
you can take the lead if you want it
know
ing their goods through Jaffa port sengers, not as crew, even as we city.
-and that's the certain knowledge that's
each unit of fuel!
And twice we went back to the have eaten the fruits of the soil
yours if you travel in this bell-
murderous city as soon as those as consumer. not as producers. The youth of Palestine. particu-
Who's out front for style? Your
who stoned and murdered us were But we have heeded the call of larly those living on the coast,
wether Buick cart
own excited eye tells you - its
willing to take us back.
the soil in Palestine, and, though both in cities and villages, will
When the riots broke out again city-bred, we have become plough-
Buick again. And when it comes
Who's out front for power this
on water what the farmer
in 1936 and authorities closed the men, gardeners, fruit and vege- find
to stand-out value, you've only
year? It's Buick again-put there
finds In the earth: a source of life
Jaffa port, the Jewish community table growers, bee-keePers, and and sustenance. Beginning with
by its great-powered valve-in.
got to match this great eight with
in Palestine decided that in this poultry and cattle raisers. Is it water sports and ending in salt
field. too, we must declare our in- not then possible for us, though manufacture, we will create a new
head straight-eight engine, ablest
the others to see why Buick's
dependence. Exactly one month land-bred, to become sailors, fish- type of Jew, who will complement
engine of its size anywhere in
handsome nose is the place to
after the riots flared in Jaffa, ermen, boatmen, bargemen. oars- and add color to the type we cre-
put your money I
the world.
Jews began work on the Tel Aviv men, metee, pilots, captains?
ated through agriculture. We
port, and today, only nine months
The conquest of the soil by an must remember that Palestine en-
Who's
out
front
for
steady
rest.
Who's out front? You will be
after the government gave per- urban people was the first great compasses both land and Bea.
mission to build the port, 600 men adventure of our movement in
ful going? It's Buick again-with
this summer if you step in to
American Jews will respond to
are employed as longshoremen, Palestine. The second adventure this new phase of Zionist activity
its
close-to-the-pavement
bal•
see us now and get a first-hand
porters, stevedores, etc. Today the still awaits us—the conquest of as they have responded to land
ante, its built-in "road sense"
eyeful of this great car. It's
money that is paid to the Jewish the sea.
colonization, health work, cooper-
workers in the Tel Aviv port cre-
and stability, its swaylesa even•keeled
smart to get your order in early - then
The Mediterranean is the nat- atives and many needs of the Fed-
$2,000 a month from the proceeds ates new possibilities for agricul- ural bridge which joins our small eration of Jewish Labor in the
sailing even on the sharp turns.
you'll surely be out front behind a
Lights From Shadowland of the sales. The proceeds gradu- tural building and industry in the
country to the wide world. The sea past. Their imagination will be
Buick wheel when the first warm day,
(CONCLUDED from EDITORIAL FACE) ally fell off, but now, a decade and country—that Is, possibilities for is an organic, economic and polit- captured by the opportunity of
Who's out front for thrift with thrilling
Jewish immigration.
COMM
ical part of Palestine. And it is creating seafaring positions for
Al Sheen is still get- new
a
half
later,
11
ref
Only
one
who
suffers
because
of
A.&
yet almost onpossessed. The force Jewish labor. For American Jews.
..... 1.11.06.4.11.11, 11. • 6.• • • •• • •
developed into "Mr. Gallagher and ting royalties from his song.
Jewish dependence can realise the
drove us from the city to the work of Nachshon, the mari-
Mr. Sheen." The song completely
In 1924, 20th Century-Fox gave joy which Palestinian Jews feel which
the farm is now driving us from time enterprise of the Histadruth,
motion
a
overshadowed the act, and in 1923 Al Sheen his first part in
when we see boats anchored in land to the sea. It open, new and will have a meaning which implies
Ziegfeld booked the comedians for picture, casting him in "Music in the waters of Tel Aviv, when we boundless horizons. Our pioneer the welfare of the whole Jewish
the Air." This was the role he
the "Follies," and all they did was created
in the show's stage pro- see those hundreds of young men movement at home and abroad, people, the further healthy growth
sing that song. Sheen and his part-
in New York. He has been who have had no training, either our growing youth, both students of Palestine. and the investment
ner remained with the show for 67 duction
since that year. Among in the building of a port or in the and workers will find in the sea a in the future of our Jewish youth.
weeks, establishing an unprece- in Alma
loading or unloading of boats. work wide scope for adventure. Groups
Thiel, then, is my message to
the pictures in which you recently there with joy and great efficien- of sea pioneers will be organized you from the Histadruth, the Fed-
dented record.
Al
Sheen
were "Sweet Mueic,"
The ebeet music and record sale saw
in
all
coastal
cities
outside
of
Pal-
cy.
It
is
only
the
determination
eration
of Jewish Labor in Pal-
Mies Glory," "Trareling
of the song began to reach utound- "Page
Saleslady," "San Francisco" and of our youth to live an indepen- estine. The best of our youth will estine, and from Nachshon, its
;V Proportions and for two years
dent national life that has enabled study navigation and sea-faring. newly created maritime branch.
(CONCLUDED from EDITORIAL PACE)
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