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DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 1937
Vol. XXXIX No. 4
VIGOROUS ZIONIST Builders of American Zionism
PROTEST AGAINST
PARTITION PLANS
Mass. Names an 11-Man
Body to Probe Nazism
BOSTON (WNS) —An 11-
man commission, comprising
eight members of the legisla-
ture and three persons So-
pointed by the governor, has
been set up to institute an in-
vestigation of Nazi, fascist and,
communist propaganda and ac-
tivities in Massachusetts, in
accordance with a bill passed
by the legislature. The com-
mission consists of Philip.
Sherman, Anthony Julian,
Jackson J. Holtz, Michael T.!
O'Brien and Edward D. Sirois,
representatives; Thomas
Burke, Sybil Holmes and Har-
ris S. Richardson, senators;
and Leo .1. Halloran and Rich-
ard J. Paul and James P. Rose,
the two last-named being past
state commanders of the Amer-
ican Legion.
Opposition to Be Organized
at Convention in New •
York June 27.29
ROYAL COMMISSION'S
REPORT IN 2 WEEKS
Italian Jewry Splits Forces
in Controversy Over
Zionism
NEW YORK — Any proposal
for partition or cantonization of
Palestine by the Royal Commis-
sion which is expected to issue
its report this month on the re-
cent Arab disturbances and the
administration of the League of
Nations Mandate, will be vigor-
ously protested by American
Jewry at the 40th annual conven-
tion of the Zionist Organization
of America which will convene
in New York City at the Hotel
Roosevelt, Sunday, June 27, it
was announced by Dr. Stephen
S. Wise, president. The sessions
of the convention will extend to
Tuesday evening, June 29, when
a mass meeting at Carnegie Hall
will climax the deliberations of
the convention.
Delegates are now, being elect-
ed to the convention of the Zion-
ist Organization of America by
960 Zionist districts throughout
the country.
The convention, which was
shifted to New York from Buffalo
with the news that the Royal
Commission would make public
its findings immediately before
the assembly of American Zion-
' ists, will also celebrate the com-
pletion of 40 years of Zionist ef-
. fort for the rebuilding of the
Jewish National Home in Pales-
, tine, Dr. Wise said.
To Survey Zionist Problems
In addition to delegates from
Zionist districts, the convention
will also be attended by repre-
sentatives of organizations af-
filiated with the Z. O. A. in the
movement for Palestine rebuild-
ing including Hadassah, the
Women's Zionist Organization of
America; Order Sons of Zion,
Young Judaea, Avukah, and
Masada.
The planning committee head-
ed by Louis Lipsky, American
member of the executive of the
Jewish Agency for Palestine, has
also provided for a survey of
world Zionist problems with re-
gard to the future of Jewish de-
velopment in Palestine on the oc-
casion of the 40th anniversary of
the founding of the World Zion-
ist Organization which Jews in
many parts of the world will ob-
serve at the 20th bienniel World
Zionist Congress opening in Zu-
rich, Switzerland, on Aug. 3.
ZIONIST CONGRESS
ELECTION SUNDAYi
Ballots to Be Cast at Three
Voting Places; Five
Parties on Ballot !
The Zionist Organization of Americ a will celebrate Its 40th
anal y at its annual convention June 27 to June 29 at Hotel
Roosevelt in New York City. This occasion will also mark the 40th
birthday of the founding of the World Zionist Organization by
Theodor Hersl. During four decades of American Zionism, eight
men have stood at the helm of the Zionist Organization. They are
(left to right) top row: The late Prof. Richard Gottheil, Dr. Steph-
en S. Wise, at present president of the Zionist Organization of!
America; Justice Louis D. Brandeis, leader of the organization
during the critical years of the World War; center rows Dr. Harry
Friedenwald of Baltimore, who! succeeded Prof. Gottheil; and
Judge Julian W. Mack, who followed Justics•Brandeis; bottom row:
Louis Lipsky, who was president after Judge Mack; Robert Scold,
chairman from 1930 to 1932, and Morris Rothenberg, whoa ad-
ministration preceded that of Rabbi Wise.
Jewish National Fdnd's
Electioh on Wedneiday
Annual election of officers
of the Jewish National Fund
Council of Detroit will take
place on Wednesday evening,
June 23, at Congregation Bnai
Moshe. All Zionist groups in
Detroit affiliated with the coun-
cil are called upon to send
delegates to this meeting and
to participate in planning for
the coming year's work.
SCIENTISTS FIND
IMPORTANT CURES
Jewish Youth Said to Have
High Incidence of
Heart Disease
Hadassah Opposes Partition
The national board of Hades-
Bah, the Women's Zionist Organ-
ization of America, went on rec-
ord as "unalterably opposed to
any form of partition, crystal-
lization or cantonization of Pal-
estine or any measure to whittle
down the Mandate that gives
Jews the opportunity of creating
a Jewish National Home in Pales-
tine."
The members of the board met
in special session at the organi-
zation's headquarters, 1860
Broadway, to consider the 'crisis'
facing Palestine. Persistent rumors
'from many quarters that the
British Royal Commission, which
investigated Palestine after the
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HIRSCH BETRAYED
BY A PRETTY GIRL
His Parents Will Settle in
America; Nazis Won't
Give Up His Ashes
PRAGUE (W N S) — Helmuth
Hirsch, the 21-year-old American
Jew who was beheaded in Ger-
many. was lured -into the Reich
by a beautiful girl known as
Wally, who was an agent of Nazi
secret police, the Czech police
revealed after a preliminary in-
vestigation into the Hirsch ease.
Meanwhile Hirsch's parents have
received official word from Ber-
lin that their son's ashes will not
be turned over to them.
Mr. and Mrs. Siegfried Hirsch,
parents of lielmuth Hirsch. the
young American Jew who was
beheaded in Berlin last week on
charges of high treason growing
out of his alleged attempt to as-
sassinate high Nazi officials, are
planning to take up permanent
residence in the United States, of
which they are citizens. From
close friends of the Hirsch fam-
ily it was learned that Mr. Hirsch
tried to commit suicide an hour
after he was informed of his
son's death but members of the
family saved him.
The biennial election of dole:
gates to the World Zionist Con'.
cress, which will be open In ZIP
rich, Switzerland, on Aug. 3 fot
a period of two weeks, will be
held throughout the country this
Sunday, June 20, from 9 a. mi.
to 8 p. m.
In Detroit the following voting
booths have been installed: At
the Hebrew school on Philadelt
phia and Byron; at the Hebrew
school on Tuxedo and Holmur(
at the Jewish Community Center,
Woodward and Holbrook.
The election board of Detroit
which includes representatives of
all Zionist parties, consists of
the following: Joseph Haggai.
chairman; Mrs. A. Feldstein, gen-
eral secretary; Sol Lifsitz and
Miss Jeanette M. Steinberg, rep-
resenting the Zionist Organiza-
tion; Mrs. J. M. Neiman, Hades-
salt; Miss Sophie B. Schwartz,
Junior liadassah; Joseph Haggai
David Sheraga, 0. Goldberg-and
Morris Lachover, labor Zionist;
Daniel Temchin and I. Rosenthal,
Mizrachi.
The following tickets are rep•
resented on the ballot: Ticket NO.
1, Zionist Organization of Amer-
ica; Ticket No. 2, Zionist Lalma
parties; Ticket No. 3, Mizrachi
Orthodox Zionist Association;
Ticket No. 4, Zionist State Party;
Ticket No. 6, Hadassah Women's
Zionist Organization.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.—
(WNS)—A high incidence of
heart disease in young,Jews was
reported to the American Medi-
cal Association's convention by
Drs. R. Erie Glendy, Samuel A.
Levine and Paul D. White in a
paper based on several years of
study of 100 cases of heart dis-
ease patients under 40 years of
age, and 300 cases of persons
over 80 suffering from the dis-
Withhold Ashes of Hirsch
ease who had been patients at the
BERLIN (WNS) — That the
cardiac clinic of the Massachu-
setts General Hospital in Boston. Nazi regime is hounding Helmuth
The report declared that in Hirsch, the 21-year-old American
coronary disease in the early Jew whom it beheaded on an al-
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REJECT PLAN FOR MEMORANDUM IN BEHALF OF OPPRESSED JEWS IN
LIBERALIZING OF POLAND TO BE FORWARDED TO U. S. GOVERNMENT
LAWS ON DIVORCE
Rabbinical Assembly Reef-
firms Its Stand in Desire
to Aid "Agunah"
CONCLAVE FORMULATES
PALESTINE PLATFORM
WYTHEVILLE, Va.—(NCJC)
—Virginia's highest tribunal up-
held the ancient orthodox Hebrew
law against the disinterment of
human bodies. The 'Opinion was
written by Justice Henry W. Holt
of the Virginia Supreme Court
of Appeals.
Two years ago children of the
late Benjamin Goldman brought
suit in the Chancery Court of
Richmond to restrain trustees of
Sir Moses Montefiori (Hebrew)
Cemetery from interfering with
the removal of 'Mr. Goldman's
body.
The children wished to move
the body of their father from the
orthodox Jewish cemetery to the
reformed Jewish cemetery so that
he could be re-buried by the side
of their mother. Trustees of the
Sir Moses Monteflori Cemetery
refused the request to move the
body on the grounds that it was
in violation of ancient Jewish
law.
In the civil suit . of Isaac H.
Goldman and others vs. Meyer
Mellen and others the children
sought a court order giving them
Permission to disinter the body
of their father. When the Chan-
cery Court of Richmond rendered
• verdict in favor of the Meyer
Mellen and others the children
appealed to the Virginia Supreme
Court of Appeals. The decree of
the lower court was affirmed by
the highest tribunal in this state
and the body of Benjamin Gold-
man will remain in the orthodox
Jewish cemetery in Richmond.
Va., and will not be moved to
the reformed Jewish cemetery.
Mrs. Goldman; at her own re-
quest, was buried in the reform
Hebrew cemetery.
BY DELEGATION REPRESENTING JEWISH CONGRESS
Five Detroiters to Be Included in National Body of Spokesmen; 75
Selected from New York and Balance to Be Chosen by
Conferences Throughout the United States
Jewish Homeland Called
"Inexhaustible Reservoir
JEWISH CONGRESS AND COMMUNITY COUNCIL
of Inspiration"
SPOKESMEN TO SELECT DETROIT DELEGATION
NEW YORK. — (NCJC) —
After endorsing the liberal re-
port of its Social Justice Com-
mission at its 37th annual con-
vention, the Rabbinical Assembly
of America rejected a plan that
would liberalize the Jewish di-
vorce law, and formulated a plat-
form on Palestine that would be
acceptable to all factions and in
harmony with American ideals.
Over 200 rabbis of Jewry's Con-
servative wing participated in
this conference which was pre-
sided over by Rabbi Eugene. Kohn
of St. Albans, Long Island, and
which elected Dr. Simon ,Green-
berg of Philadelphia as his suc-
cessor in the presidential chair.
The attempt to liberalize the
Jewish divorce law by the crea-
tion of a Jewish Enoch Arden
statute was led by Rabbi Louie
M. Epstein of Boston, who first
brought his plan to the attention
of the ,Conservative rabbinate at
its convention two years ago. But
when it became apparent that no
agreement could be obtained that
would be satisfactory to the more
orthodox of the Conservative
rabbinate as well as to the lib-
erals, it was Dr. Epstein himself
who led the fight to have the
matter referred back to the Corn-
mittee on Law rather than to
force it through on an unwilling
minority.
Aid for the "Agunah"
The assembly thus reaffirmed
its desire to aid the "agunah,"
the deserted wife who cannot get
Jewish divorce because she
has not her husband's assent, while
tabling the proposition that would
provide relief for her in the fu-
ture. With Jewish law demanding
that no divorce can be granted
Almost 1,250,000 Represented in
Zionist Congress
JERUSALEM (WNS—Palco•
Agency) t— The most representa-
tive Congress in the history of
political Zionism will be held this
August in Zurich, it was indicat-
ed in the figures made public of
the sale of Shekolim, entitling
the holders to elect delegates to
the 20th World Zionist Congress.
The report showed that through-
out the world nearly 1,250,000
men and women have purchased
Shekolim since the last Zionist
Congress. One million of this
number were sold in 1937. The
number of Jews represented at
Zurich will be far in excess of
the total represented' at the last
Congress at Lucerne.
The Jewish community of Den-
mark will be entitled to a dele-
gate to the 20th World Zionist
Congress for the first time in
Zionist history, it is announced
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HIGH VA. COURT An Exodus --- From Darkness to Light
BACKS JEWISH LAW Residents of Old Folks' Home Moved to New Home for the Aged
Upholds the Ancient 'Ruling
, Against Disinterment
of Human Bodies
Amid Scenes of Happiness and Rejoicing
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CLERGYMEN AFFIRM
IDEAL OF LIBERTY
Italian Government Will Not
Persecute Jews, Dr.
Wise Announces
NEW YORK (WNS) — Over
50,000 of the nation's Protestant,
Catholic and Jewish clergymen
have signed a statement reaffirm-
ing the American principle of
civil and religious freedom which
was submitted to them last Jan-
uary by the National Conference
of Jews and Christians, it was
announced here by Dr. Everett
R. Clinchy, director of the Con-
ference. Made public simultan-
eously in several thousand Amer-
ican communities. the pronounce-
ment is designed to serve as a
backfire against the spread in
the United States of anti-Semi-
tic, anti-Catholic and anti-Pro-
testant propaganda and to en-
courage a determination on the
part of citizens everywhere to re-
Federation of Polish Jews Protests Atrocities at Convention; New
Pogroms Are Feared as Result of Unabated Agitation by
Anti-Semites Throughout Poland
Fear New Pogroms As
Judge Says Polish Jews
Hate Poland and Army
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Hebrew Schools'
Election Tuesday
EDITOR'S NOTE: Residents
of the Old Folks' Home, located
on Edmund Place, were moved
to their new quarters in the
Home for the Aged, Humphrey
and Petosky, Tuesday afternoon,
Following are a few observations
made by a represeetative of The
Detroit Jewish ChrOnicle on both
the old and new homes.
Tb. Ezod ■ s
Desolate. Bleak. What once
teemed with life and death, with
tears and prayers stands fore-
silken. The shades have been
drawn in the Old Folks Home,
and each room with its shabby
furniture and stained walls re-
mains merely a smybol of the
past. Walls! How much those walls
have heard and seen! No more
will they be silent witnesses. For
now they can listen only to the
echo of their memories. memories
ground in dust and age.
Hew 'I-Coal:sr •
"Boruch ha-Sham. God willed
HE AGED—ON PETOSKEY NEAR HUMPHREY AVE.
little balls and lodged in the
throats of the onlookers. ,
This was home. A hoe; for
each one. A. good home. Suddenly
a wave of emotion swept through
the crowd. A 93-year-old woman
caught the spirit and interpret-
ed it with the Kazatzke. She
danced with abandon. She danced
for joy. Others joined her. Then
another, probably 90, maybe 100.
sang with gusto "Der Rebbe
Geht." She too received assist-
ance. There was much talk and
joking.
Gradually the children and
their parents dispersed to various
quarters of the building, mainly
the bedrooms. (Women /deep on
the second door and men on the
first). Ramps connect the floors.
There are no steps to frighten
or tire these aged Israelites. They
felt their way along the ramps,
eager to inspect their bedrooms,
anxious to see the other rooms.
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Important Statement Regarding
Proposals for Jewish Hospital
By DR. S. E. GOULD
President, Detroit Jewish Physicians Hospital Association
EDITOR'S NOTE: In view of the renewed efforts in behalf of
the movement for the construction of • Jewish hospital, we
are pleased to present the f ollowing important statement
which clarifies the attitude of the group that has bean creat•
Tuesday, June 22, has been set
ins sentiment for • hospital during the past year. In later
by the United Hebrew Schools for
the annual election meeting at
issues, The Detroit Jewish Chronicle will be pleased to pub-
which officers and board members
lish statements by other le•ders commenting on the hospital
whose terms expired will be elected.
situation in Detroit and the need for • Jewish hospital.
The meeting will be herd in the
auditorium of the Philadelphia-
Pisgah to Elect
Officers Monday
that I be spared death to live
this wonderful life." These words
shone from misty eyes and be-
came a mute thank you from the
new Home for the Aged resi-
dents as one after another tend-
erly fingered a new piece of fur-
niture, moved slowly down the
spacious corridors and sat within
the radius of the sun, drinking
from its beauty and warmth,
until it faded into the West. A
thank you, loud in its silence and
effective in its simplicity.
The women clutched their
head showls exitedly and the men
stroked their beards with sup-
pressed delight as they glanced
about them in the bright and airy
dining room and sipped a toast
to their remaining years. Slowly
they ate the cakes. breaking off
piece by piece--es if to stay the
moment a little longer. There
were a few tears. There were
muffled sobs and unrestrained
laughter. Sounds that twisted into
Five Detroiters On
National Delegation
The executive committee of the
WARSAW (WNS) — Charges
that Jews of Poland are mortal Detroit chapter of the American
Jewish
Congress met In special
enemies of the Polish state and
army, hurled at them by the session on Wednesday evening at
prosecution and judge during the the Jewish Community Center and,
trial of Jubka Leib Chaskielew- jointly with a delegation chosen by
icz, 26-year-old insane Jew, who the conference which considered
was sentenced to be hanged after the constitution for the Jewish
being found guilty of first de- Community Council, considered
gree murder for the slaying of plans of action on the present
Sergeant-Major Jan Bujak, of emergency in Poland. This joint
the 7th Uhlans, in Minsk•Mazow- session decided to comply with the
lecki on June 1, 1936, provoked call Issued by the emergency con-
grave alarm that renewed anti- ference of the American Jewish
Jewish violence might be expect- Congress held in New York on
ed. The Inflammatory nature of June 10 for the organization of a
delegation of 200 to pre-
the judge's verdict was regarded national
a memorandum of grievances
in Jewish circles as a sort of sent
and
protedt
the United States
"moral pogrom," which poured Government to
against the atrocities
oil on the raging flames of anti. in Poland. The
Detroit Jewish
Semitism. Refusal of Premier community was celled
upon through
Skladkowski to intervene after all the Detroit chapter of the Ameri-
Jewish members of parliament can Jewish Congress to select five
had called on him to protest the delegates to serve on this delega-
unprecedented incitation against tion. Wednesday's executive meet-
the Jews by a government official, ing left the selection of the De-
added to the mounting tension.
troit delegation to a committee of
Jewish fears grew out of the five, which is to work jointly with
allegations by the prosecution the committee of five from the
that "the murder of Bujak was conference en the Jewish Commu-
a premeditated act on the part nity Council.
of Polish Jewry as a whole," and
The committee representing the
the assertion by Judge Wladys- American Jewish Congress con-
law Poskiewicz, in sentencing sists of William Hordes, chairman,
Chaskielewicz, that "the final de- Mandell Bernstein, Mrs. David
cision of Chaskielewicz to commit Sheraga, A. C. Lappin and Mrs.
this criminal act was greatly, and Joseph.. Haggai, The committee
perhaps decisively, influenced by representing the Jewish 'Commu-
the hatred and enmity of a cer- nity Council conference consists of
tain part of the Jewish people Max Nusbaum, chairman, Harry
and press against the Polish state, Levine, Samuel Lieberman, Harry
its authorities and army, which Fenster and Frank Hoffman.
became still more aggressive.just
Action on Palestine
before the murder of Bujak."
The American Jewish Congress
Newspapers Confiscated
executive
meeting went on record
Fifteen Polish psychiatrists had
testified that Chaskielewicz was pledging support to. any action
that
will
be
taken by the Jewish
insane, while the condemned man,
who received the news of his Agency for Palestine on the ex-
pected
report
of the Royal Com-
doom with an outburst of loud
laughter, told the court that his mission.
The officers of the Detroit chap-
insanity was traceable to tortures
Bujak had inflicted upon him ter of the American Jewish Con-
while he was in the army. Bujak'( gress were authorized by resolu-
murder precipitated a pogrom in tion to call an emergency confer-
Minsk-Mazewiecki. The prosecu- ence of all Detroit Jewish organi-
tion, however, argued that Chask- zations whenever such an emerg-
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Byron Hebrew School, and mem-
bers of the schools have been in-
vited to attend this meeting and
participate in the election.
. Detailed reports have been pre-
pared by the president, superin-
tendent, secretary and chairmen of
all committees.
The nominating committee con-
sists of the following: Julius
Braun, chairman, Louis Robinson,
Judge Charles Rubiner, Aaron Sil-
berblatt and Louis Stoll.
THE NEW HOME FOR T
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At the next meeting of Pisgah
Lodge of Bnai Brith, which will
be held at the Maccabees Bldg.
next Mdnday evening, June 21,
final nominations, election and
installation of officers for the
ensuing year will take place.
On former occasions these
events were held at separate
meetings and the elected officers'
terms were limited to six months.
But because of • recent change
in the by-laws of the constitu-
tional grand lodge, all duly elect-
ed officers will hold office for the
full term of one year.
Aaron Droock, regional direc-
tor and former president of Pis-
gah Lodge, will present the gavel
to the newly elected president
and will install the officers. Fol-
lowing the installation, refresh-
ments will be served.
Plans are progressing for the
annual moonlight event to be
held on Sunday evening. July
26, on the Steamer Ste. Claire.
This moonlight is sponsored joint-
ly by Pisgah Lodge, Louis Mar-
shall Lodge and the Women's
Auxiliary No. 122 of Bnai Brith.
Jewish Congress Asks U. S.
To Intercede With Poland
To Halt Anti-Semitism
NEW YORK (WNS)—Election
of a national delegation of 200
to preeare and present person-
ally to the government of the
United, States at the earliest op-
portunity a memorandum cover-
ing the record of oppression of
the Polish government in respect
to its Jewish population, and con-
veying the dcop concern of Amer-
ican Jewry over the plight of
their brethren in Poland, was
authorized by 1,500 delegates at-
tending the emergency conference
on Poland convened by the Amer-
ican Jewish Congress. The con-
ference. , which elected 76 dele-
gates from New York to this na-
tional delegation, appeal to the
United States, In Its role of the
good neighbor "to convey to the
Polish government its condemna-
tion of the oppressive acts and
policies of the Polish government
as a violation of the ordinary
standards of civilized behavior, as
a breach of faith with the Ameri-
can people and government, and
as an obstacle to the promotion of
good neighborly relations." The
conference also asked the United
States to request Its ambassador
to Poland "Immediately to initiate
his own survey of present condi-
tions in Poland, Insofar as they
relate to the violation of under-
standings and covenants respect-
Wig the- treatment of minority
groups."
These decisions were reached
after the assembled representa-
tives of 836 organizations had
heard a large number of Jewish
and non-Jewish speakers assail
the Polish government for its
toleration of anti-Semitic violence
and had listened to M. Maldwin
Fertig read a bill of grievances
reciting in detail the complaints
against the Polish government,
Thirty-nine members of the
ted States Congress and twc
ernments sent messages warning
Poland that its action with re-
spect to its Jewish population is
abhorrent to the conscience of
mankind and that by continuing
such action Poland will read it-
self out of the circle of civilized
nations. Dr. Stephen S. Wise,
president of the Congress, read
a statement signed by 86 promi-
nent Christian leaders in which
they condemned the Polish gov-
ernment for its victimization of
the Jews and appealed to the
Polish authorities to keep faith
with the civilized world to which
Poland owes its reconstitution as
an independent state.
Speakers included Dr. Harry F.
Ward, president of the American
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ZION'S PARTITION
PLAN IS DROPPED
Jewish and Arab Opposition
Is Believed to Be the
During the past year, the Jew- ated, having for its main pur-
Cause
ish physicians of Detroit have pose at present, the stimulation
consolidated their own ranks in of interest in the building of a
Joseph M. Levy, correspondent
the movement for a Jewish hos- Jewish hospital in Detroit. The
of the New York Times in Jeru-
pital. They have studied the ex- work of this association has had salem, on Monday cabled his paper
periences of many other commu- the advice and support of many stating that bc:ause of strong op-
nities where Jewish hospitals are leading and influential citizens position by both Arabs and Jews
in operation and have accumu- of Detroit; of similar oncaniza-
plan to partition Palestine has
lated certain data on the need lions previously formed foe a the
for, and the cost of building and like purpose; and the united sup- been definitely abandoned, accord-
ing
to Emil Abdullah ibn Hussein
maintaining a first-class hospital, port or approval of all the Jew-
of Trans-Jordan, who has just re-
and on the value of such a hos- ish physicians of the city.
turned
from London, where he was
At present, efforts are being
pital to the community. This
close touch with authorities on
study revealed many of the pit- directed to interest responsible in
falls of imperfectly organized ef- Jewish leaders, so that the move- the Palestine problem.
It now transpires that Emil Ab-
forts in the building or opera- ment may be undertaken in the
tion of Jewish hospitals, particu- near future. It is expected that dullah personally strongly opposed
larly of the smaller Institutions. within the next three to six the partition plan. Also, according
and the great value to the com- months, the various groups in the to Abduliah, except for the fact
munity of many of the better community will have been solidi- that a partition is no longer under
Jewish hospitals resulting from fied, with the common purpose consideration no one knows what
their communal and scientific con- of establishing a Jewish hospital the British Royal Commission will
in Detroit, and that a future recommend.
tributions.
In a conversation that Emil Ab-
However, it must be distinctly course of action with practical
emphasized that before embark- plans for the building and main- dullah had with William G. A.
ing upon a movement for a Jew- taining of • first class hospital Ormsby-Gore, British Colonial Sec-
ish hospital, desirable results are will be ready. At that time. all retary, the latter said that every-
only to be attained by an un- interested individuals and groups thing published in the press con-
derstanding of first. the needs will be invited to participate un- cerning the commission's recom-
for such a hospital in the par- der responsible non-medical lead- mendations was unfornded. The
ticular community or locality; ership, and each group will be British Government, it was said,
second. the ability of the Jewish assigned the work it is best qual- is entirely ignorant of what the
community to build and maintain ified to do. Until that time. how- recommendations will be and has
a proper hospital. respecting the ever, any direct action or bid not itself decided what It will do
demands and obligations of other for public support on the Part when the report is submitted. Mr.
communal problems and respon- of any organization regardless of Ormsby-Gore was definite on one
sibilities: third, the necessity of Its philanthropic intentions, may point—that the Arab-Jewish ques-
having all Interested individuals possibly disrupt these plans and tion in Palestine must be solved
and organizations submerge their alienate other individuals in the soon, once and for all.
Mr. Levy writes that he is un-
own personalities and interests community who are likewise sin-
in the common welfare of the en- cere in their efforts for a Jew- able to say whether Emil Abdul-
lab was sent by the British Govern-
tire community; and fourth. the ish hospital in Detroit.
While we are determined not ment on a mission to Turkey, but
vital importance of any movement
for a Jewish' hospital being in- to rest until a hospital Is built, one thing Is certain—he is moist
we advise patience in the forma- enthusiastic about his country's
itiated under proper auspices.
With these principles in mind, tion of the proper organization friendship with Turkey. Be visited
the Detroit Jewish Hospital As- that should be made responsible Turkey en route home from Lon-
don.
sociation was recently Monier- for this task.