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Vol. XXXIX No. 13

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Austrian Nazi Leader Turns
Out to Be a Con-
verted Jew

POLISH ANTI-JEWISH
RIOTS FLARE UP

Christian Survey Opposes In-
terference With Poland
On Jewish Question

BERLIN (WNS)—One of the
principal aims of Nazi propaganda
in the United States is the unifi-
cation of all German-Americans
for political purposes in anticipa-
lion of the "coming struggle with
Communism and Jews and for the
Americans' regeneration," accord-
ing to the National Socialist
Eerier, official party organ for the
city of Stuttgart, headquarters of
The Germans Domiciled Abroad."
The paper emphasizes that the
Nazis "desire to bring back Ger-
mans in the United States to the
racial unity and common fate of
all Germans. To this end the in-
tellectual and spiritgal reform of
Americans of German extraction
is necessary in accord with the
model furnished by the 'old home-
land. When we have attained this
goal we will then organize Ger-
man-Americans for spiritual re-
generation, economic support and
political schooling. German-Amer-
ican influence thus economically
strengthened and politically reac-
tivated shall then be thrown in
the balance under our leadership
for the coming struggle with Com
munism and Jews and for the
Americans' regeneration."
The German Jew who, in 1933,
succeeded in forcing Germany to
rescind anti-Semitic legislation in
German Upper Silesia through an
appeal to the League of Nations,
became a man without a country
when the ministry of the Interior
revealed that Franz Bernheim, in
whose name the petition was filed
with the League, had been de-
prived of his German citizenship.
Now a resident of Prague, Cze-
choslovakia, Bernheim's 1933 peti-
tion succeeded in snaring the Jews
of German Upper Silesia the fate
of their co-religionists in Ger-
many. Bernheim lost his citizen-
ship just a month after-expiretien
of the German-Polish convention
guaranteeing minority rights in

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Appeal For Boycott of
Nazi Dental Supplies

An appeal to "show their re-
sentment toward Ilitlerism" by
refusing to buy German-made
dental supplies, instruments and
equipment was addressed this
week to some 1,200 members of
the dental profession in Detroit
by the League for Human
Rights.
The letter states that Ameri-
can-made dental equipment and
that made in countries other
than Gengany were fully the
equal in price and quality, of
those manufactured in Nazi-
land, and urges Detroit dentists
to turn their patronage in direc-
tions other than German manu-
facturers.

MANIFESTO URGES
AID TO PALESTINE

National Proclamation In-
cludes Signatures of Rabbis
Hershman, Folkman

Rabbi A. M. Hershman of Con-
gregation Shaarey Zedek, Detroit,
and Rabbi. Jerome D. Folkman
of Grand Rapids, Mich., are
among the outstanding leaders
in the Orthodox, Conservative and
Reform rabbinate in the United
States who signed a manifesto
urging Jewish communities
throughout the country to dedi-
cate the High Holidays of Rosh
Ilashonah and Yom Kippur, which
will be observed on Sept. 6 and
7 and on Sept. 15 respectively,
to enlist wider support for the
salvation of European Jews and
their settlement in Palestine
through appeals in their syna-
gogues in behalf of the United
Palestine Appeal.
Referring to the situation
abroad the manifesto said that
for countless numbers of Jews in
European lands, the New Year
will mean but the "renewal of an-
other year of despair and disillu-
sion" without hope of improve.
ment in their condition. The ma-
jor hope that animates these Jews
and enablis them to survive mis-
ery and disaster is the possibility
of their settlement in Palestine,
the statement of the American

COSTA RICA TRACT
BOUGHT TO SETTLE
J EWI S H REFUGEES

50,000 Acre Colony Secured
By Refugee Economic
Corporation

OUTLINE AMBITIOUS
COLONIZATION PLANS

Investigate Possibilities of
.Similar Colonies in
Latin America

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (WNS)
—A 60,000-acre tract of farm
land costing $50,000 has been pur-
chased here by the Refugee Eco-
nomic Corporation of New York
as the site of an agricultural colony
for German Jewish refugees. Plans
for developing the colony call for
an ambitious road-building pro-
gram, the cultivation of soya beans,
exploitation of mineral resources,
and large expenditures for ma-
chinery, buildings, tools and equip-
ment. The refugees who will be
settled on the tract, which is only
30 per cent cleared despite the fact
that the original grant for it dates
from the days of the Spanish Con-
quistadores, will be farmers or
peasants. It is understood that the
first settlers will number several
families. Additional details of the
project are not yet known but the
corporation sponsoring it is en-
gaged in investigating the possi-
bilities of similar colonies else-
where in Latin-America.
Nothing is known about any ar-
rangement with the Costa Rican
government for the admission of
the Jewish refugees, but it is ex-
pected no difficulties will be raised,
since the colonists will be settling
on their own land. When informed
of the plan, the German consul,
leader of the local Nazi party, said
they would do nothing to hinder it.
On the other hand, they pointed out
that the large German colony here,
acting on instructions from Berlin,
would have no dealings with the
Jewish settlers.

Envoy Says Venezuela Will Wel-
come German Jewish Farmers
and Scholars
ATLANTIC CITY (WNS)—The

South American republic of Vene-
zuela will welcome exiled Jewish
scholars and farmers from Ger-
rabbis. asserts,
many, it was announced. here by
The manifesto points out that Dr. Diogenes Escalante, Venezue-
Palestine has been a major cen- lan minister to the United States.
ter of immigration for Jews up- There are now 300• Jews in his
rooted from their present lands country, he said.

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DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1937

NAZIS SEEK UNITY
OF U. S. GERMANS
IN WAR ON JEWRY

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All Jewish View:
WITHOUT BIAS

Cleveland to Probe
Anti-Semitic Tie-up

CLEVELAND (WNS) — A
municipal investigation of the
activities of the Association of
Leagues, a united front group
of anti-Semitic, Nazi, Silver
Legion and anti-union agencies
headed by Susan Sterling, was
recommended to the city coun-
cil by Mayor Harold II. Burton.
following vigorous protests by
labor and civic organizations.
The local chapter of the Amer-
ican League Against War and
Fascism, which disclosed the ex-
istence of the Association of
Leagues, has called a mass
meeting of protest for Aug. 24
at Public Hall.

COUNCIL'S INITIAL
MEETING SEPT, 29

147 Organizations Already
Enrolled in Commun-
ity Project

The first meeting of the Jewish
Community Council of Detroit will
be held on Wednesday evening,
Sept. 29, at 8 o'clock, in the gym-
nasium of the Jewish Community
Center; Woodward and Holbrook, it
is announced by Simon Shetzer,
chairman of the provisional organi-
ation committee. Invitations and
credential cards will be mailed out
to the various delegates named by
the organizations,
To date, 147 organizations have
made application for admission to
the Council. This list includes
Jewish welfare groups, congrega-
tions and their affiliates, relief or-
ganizations and their affiliates,
Zionist groups and many others.
Every phase of Jewish life in De-
troit is represented in the Jewish
Community Council, a review of
the membership list reveals, giving
active voice to about three-quarters
of the Jewish population of the
city.
The date of the initial meeting
was selected because it is the first
open date following the holiday
season and carries out the provi-
sion of the council's constitution
that the first meeting must be held
in September. Mr. Shetzer voiced
the request that member organiza-
tions take note of the date chosen
by the Council and avoid making
conflicting meeting arrangements.
The present roster of the COINS,
cil includes the following organi-
zations:

American Jewish Colima., American
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BRITAIN EXPLAINS'World Zionist Executive Re-Elected,
OBLIGATIONS T0,1 n. 'km, : ...
U. S. ON MANDATE' Dr . " izil'a nn Retained as President ;

Will Consult Government )
Only If American Inter-
ests Are Affected

PARTITION OPPONENTS
ARE STUNNED BY NEWS

Senator Copeland Demands
. Intervention Against Pal-
estine Division

WASHINGTON, D. C. (WNS)
—Foes of the partition of Pales-
tine who had banked heavily on
the Anglo-American treaty of
1924, which provides that the
United States must be consulted
before any change is made in the
Mandate, were stunned when Sec-
retary of State Hull made public
an exchange of correspondence
between the State Department and
the British Foreign Office in which
the letter stated unequivocally
that the British government holds
that the United States must be
consulted only on changes in the
Mandate which may affect the
rights and interests of Americans
in Palestine.
In a note addressed to U. S.
Ambassador Robert Bingham on
July 7, Foreign Secretary Anthony
Eden made this very plain when
he answered a memorandum from
Mr. Bingham, who had asked for
a detailed explanation of the offi-
cial British attitude on Palestine
In connection with the Anglo-
American convention of 1924. In
his reply to this memorandum Mr.
Eden wrote as follows:

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fences memorandum No. MS of the
ath July, I have the honour to In-
form Sou that, In the view or rie,
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regard. Palmdlive are Glom. recited
, In Articles 2 to II of the Conien-
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C.niventIon thew olghb, taunt re-
main Intact Whatever changes may
be made la the mandate for Palmi-
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are limited to moanspecified In the
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Political Commission Will Be Chosen

Delegates to Future World Zionist Congresses to be Limited to 300;
Budget of $1,825,000 Adopted for Jewish Agency; Persecu-
tion of Zionists in Russia Condemned in Resolution

11 AMERICANS CHOSEN ON ACTIONS COMMITTEE;
MISS SZOLD'S NAME ELICITS MUCH APPLAUSE

British Government's Proposal to Change Immigration Laws Con-
demned by Congress; Three-Year Colonization Plan Outlined;
Nazi Attacks on Delegates Protested by Swiss

ZURICH (WNS-Palcor Agency)—The twentieth World Zion-
ist Congress closed its historic two-week session after voting to keep
in office the present Zionist Executive, which will be reinforced by
an advisory political commission whose composition and size will be
determined by the Actions Committee. Rushing to end its proceed-
ings because the Municipal Theater in which the sessions were held
is to be torn down, the Congress quickly disposed of numerous resolutions in two ses-

sions that were separated by only a half hour interval at noon. The adoption of a
budget for the Jewish Agency of £365,000, the passage of resolutions on coloniza-
tion, culture, labor, immigration, national funds, religion and similar topics, and the
voting of a resolution scoring the persecution of Zionists In Russia were among the
decisions crowded into the six-hour day.

Non-Jews Join in Contributing
To Fund for the Butzel Forest

Christian Neighbor Sends Gift; Warrendale Club Spon-
sors Ice Cream Social to Raise Fund; Other
Interesting Contributions

An unusual display of affection
for Fred M. Butzel on the part of
nos-Jews as well as Jews is evi-
denced in the responses that are
being made to the appeal for the
fund to plant a forest in I'alestine
in honor of his 60th birthday,
which he is to observe on Wednes-
day, Aug. 25,
Neighbors, friends, men and
women whom he guided in choos-
ing professions,—hundreds have

One of the resolutions which
aroused the widest personal re-
sponse was the one extending
sympathy to the Zionists in Rus-
sia. It war. introduced with a
forceful speech by Berl Locker,
Labor leader.

Executive Heads

The Congress acted upon the
recommendation of the Perma-
nent Ausschuss (Steering Com-
mittee) in agreeing to retain the
present Zionist Executive, with
already been enlisted in the move- extended powers for deputy mem-
bers of the executive, such as
meat to honor him.
Moshe Shapiro, leader of the
Oise of the most interesting
I'oale Mlzrachi, and at present
proofs of the esteem in which
the deputy director of the immi-
he is held came during the week
gration department of the Jewish
when
Mee. Philip 5101110,h; Agency, and Ellahu Dobkin, of
the Labor Party, also associated
of the functioning
with the immigration department.
tree planting committee of the
The Zionist Executive consists of
Jewish National Fund Council,
Dr. Chaim Weizmann, president,
under whose auspices the But-
eel Forest Is to he planted in
Prof. Selig Brodetsky, Isaac
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Jewish Leaders Throughout the Country Join in Honoring Fred M. Butzel
On His 60th Birthday, Which He Will Observe Wednesday, August 25

Governor Murphy, Governor Lehman, Senator Vandenberg, Mayor
Couzens, William Norton, Percival Dodge, Judges Simons,
Rubiner, Bushnell, Chandler, Potter, Command, North, Bren-
nan, Jayne, Keidan and Moynihan join in felicitating Fred M.
Butzel.
Governor Lehman's Vandenberg Calls
Gov. Murphy Calls
Greeting to Butzel Him One of State's
Him "One of Our
Leading Citizens
Finest Citizens" Through the editor of The De-

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troit Jewish Chronicle, Governor
In a letter to the editor of The Herbert H. Lehman of New York
Detroit Jewish Chronicle, Gov. sent the following greeting to Fred
Frank Murphy pays the following M. Butzel:
My Deer Mr. Bated,
tribute to Fred M. Butzel:
I understand that on Aug.
I am delighted to participate in
25, you will celebrate your
the tribute to Fred Butzel. No one
60th
birthday. May I offer
citizen of our time and locality has
you my heartiest congratula-
done more to enrich communal life
tions
and
good wishes.
among us than Fred Butzel, He Is
I feel it • great privilege
one of our very finest citizens and
to have had the opportunity
as a man and as a lawyer, he ex-
of working with you so close-
emplifies the finest attributes of
ly in many religious and
good citizenship.
civic undertakings. I know
It is safe to say that few men or
of your fine public spirit and
women of Michigan have made a
of the splendid service which
greater contribution to civic and
charitable activities than Fred
you have rendered to your
Butzel, His unselfish efforts in the
community and to those of
public good have been remarkable
our Faith throughout the
and outstanding. It has been my
Country. I hope that you will
good fortune to know him for many
be spared for many more
years, and my respect and admira-
years of health, happiness
tion for him have deepened as I
and service.
have come to realize how much he
has done for the people of his city
and his state.
It will be a pleasure to have you
quote me in this regard, and cer-
tainly you and The Detroit Jewish
Chronicle are to be congratulated
to your thoughtfulness in arrang-
By JUDGE CHAS. C. SIMONS
ing to publish these messages.

As a Young Man He
Was Already "The
Elder Statesman"

It seems 'incredible that Fred
is about to become 60 years old.
But then he breaks all the rules.
As a young man he was "the
elder statesman," guiding the
In a message addressed to the group in all of its communal ac-
editor of The Detroit Jewish tivities with sage advice and ma-
Chronicle, Mayor Frank Couzens tured judgment. And now we
nays the following honors to Mr. find him heading campaigns and
Butzel:
drives with all the fire and ardor
I sincerely appreciate the offer of youth—reversing the ancient
which you have afforded me, maxim "old men for counsel and
through the columns of your young men for war." His place
miner to express publicly my high in the community is unique.
nersonal regard for Mr. Fred M. There has never been another like
Butzel, and to extend to him him—probably never will be one
hearty felicitations on the occa- again. Zionist and patriot. tradi-
sion of his sixtieth birthday an- tionalist and reformer, eager for
niversary which he will celebrate progress but holding fast to
proved varieties—and yet one
on August 25.
Mr. Butzel's leadership In the never senses any inconsistency in
social and civic life of our com- him. Perhaps it is because his
munity is known to all Detroit, wisdom Is too profound to Permit
and I believe that he is nation- him to lightly reject all of the
ally recognized as one of the out- accumulated experience of man-
standing Jewish leaders in the kind, and his perception too keen
country.
to permit him to accept that which
I am indeed happy to join his is false and unsound merely be-
11 3, friends in offering my sin- cause it is new. My wife and I add
eere good wishes and birthday our congratulations to those of
treetiags, the rest of the world.

MAYOR COUZENS'
GREETING

By ARTHUR H. VANDENBERG
United States Senator from
Michigan

I cherish Fred M. Butzel as one
of the outstanding citizens of
Michigan who in character and
service richly deserves the re-
spect and affection of his fellow
citizens. I esteem him most
highly and wish him continued
success in life.

Helped Balance
Detroit Social
Service Program

By PERCIVAL DODGE
Managing Director, Detroit
Community Fund

It is indeed an honor and a
pleasure to have the opportunity
to express my appreciation for the
leadership Fred M. Butzel has
riven to social work in Detroit.
For many years he was the Presi-
dent of the Council of Social
Agencies and he has been a Mem-
ber of the Board of Directors of
the Community Fund since 1932.
In the latter capacity he has
helped immeasurably in interpret-
ing social work to the people of
Detroit, and he, with other lead-
ing citizens, raise each year the
necessary funds for the mainte•
nance of our social agencies,—
Jewish, Catholic and Protestant.
But far more important to my
way of thinking has been his con-
tribution through the Council of
Social Agencies. It has been
through his sympathetic under-
standing and wise leadership that
we have been able to distribute
the money available for private
social work on an intelligent and
effective basis. He has been one
of a limited number of laymen
who have seen a vision of a
closely co-ordinated group of pri-
vate agencies sled the total picture
of social work, both public and
private. It has been largely
through his personal influence
that we have made great strides
in Detroit in bringing about a
total and well balanced program
of social work for the city as a
whole.

Dr. Cyrus Adler, Alfred M. Cohen, Rabbis Hershman, Franklin,
Fred M. Butzel—Detroit
Fram, Fischer, Sperka and Stollman; Morris D. Waldman, Ja-
cob
Billikopf, Lawrence W. Crohn, James I. Ellmann, Theodore
Jewry's Guide and Leader
Levin, Clarence H. Enggass, Dr. Bernard Heller, Isadore Le-

By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ

It is difficult to refrain from using superlatives when
speaking in praise of Fred M. Butzel.
lie is the unchallenged leader of the Detroit Jewish
community—a position he has attained through unselfish
devotion to causes for the betterment of his fellow men.

_ vin, Simon Shetzer, Mrs. Joseph H. Ehrlich, Abe Srere, Kurt
Peiser, Mrs. Maurice Landau and William Friedman Honor
Butzel for his Great Contributions to the American Jewish
Community.
He Differs Amiably A Philanthropist
His Services Have
In Broadest Sense Endeared Him to
By DR. CYRUS ADLER
President, American Jewish
Community at Large
Committee
By ALFRED M. COHEN

President, Brt{ Brith

I bad no idea that my young
friend, Mr. Fred H. Butzel, was ap-
proaching the sixtieth anniversary
of his birth.
Mr. Butzel has been engaged in
so many good works, both local to
Detroit, and national, that I would
not undertake to enumerate them.
What has always struck one about
him was the frank and charming
way in which he met all those with
whom he came in counsel. Ile has a
broad approach and does not en-
gage in dogmatic statements. He
know, how to differ amiably—not
that I can recall that I ever had
any differences with him.
I earnestly hope and pray that
he may be granted many years of
life and health in which to carry
on his beneficent labors for the
Jewish community of Detroit and
of the United States, and for all
the public causes of our beloved
country in which he has so fruit-
fully engaged.

Most Human Person

By MORRIS D. WALDMAN
Secretary. American Jewish
Committee

You ask me to give you a brief
statement about Fred Butzel. He
doesn't need it. He is known
throughout the breadth and length
of the land—with affection and ad-
miration.
He is a unique figure in the Jew-
ish community of America: who is
there who comes closer to observing
the Christian Scriptual injunction
—"Sell that thou halt, and give
to the poor"? And with his pocket-
book have gone his whole heart and
entire energies—also a keen inde-
pendent and original mind, refresh-
ing and delightful in a world of
Having gained marked honors in his own community, mediocrities
and stereotypes. Dur-
it is natural that he should be recognized nationally, and ing the 30 or more years of privi-
that his name should be linked with the outstanding lead- leged friendship with him—though
sometimes at logg?"-heads—I have
ers in American Jewry.
regarded him as the most human
As the greetings from Jews and non-Jews appearing in person
I have ever known. with lust
this issue indicate, his interests are wide and varied. He enough human failings to keep biro
devotes himself as unstintingly to the cause of the Ford one of ns. Heil. Fred. long life
and good health to you!
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I wish to congratulate Mr. Fred
Butzel on reaching his sixtieth
year, and likewise to congratulate
the City of Detroit on his citizen-
ship therein. His service for De-
troit has been long continued and
of inestimable value.
But Fred M. Butzel has not lim-
ited his concern for his fellowmen
to the community in which he has
lived all his life. From coast to
coast his name Is known as that of
• philanthropist In the broadest
sense of that term. A distinguished
and busy lawyer, he has always
found time to alleviate the woes of
his fellow earthly pilgrims. He
has carved for himself a deep niche
in the hearts and minds of multi-
tudes who know his worth and love
him for what untiringly he has done
in behalf of the weak, the sick, and
the under-privileged, regardless of
faith, color or nationality.
It is encouraging to learn that
Detroit will celebrate this good
man's natal day while he is blessed
with health and vigor. My fervent
prayer is that he may be long
spared to reap the fruit of his
planting.

Multitudes Have
Been Touched by
His Wisdom

By THEODORE LEVIN

By the multitudes in Detroit and
throughout the nation who have
been touched by his wisdom and his
generous heart, the 60th birthday
of Fred Butzel will be acclaimed
with gratitude.
He has coneistently worked with
devotion, with courage, and with
an outpouring of his genius in the
advancement of every cultural and
spiritual cause. In thousands of
he art, is the fervent prayer that
he may be spared for many years
to come.

By DR. A. M. HERSHMAN

It is in perfect accord with the

fitness of things that Detroit Jew-
ry should take note of the sixtieth
birthday of Mr. Fred M. Butzel.
Mr. Butzel occupies a p"sition of
pre-eminence among the Jews of
this community. By reason of his
large-heartedness, his happy fa-
culty of entering understandingly
and sympathetically into the prob-
lems and need, of all types of Jews,
his deferential bearing toward those
whose views run counter to his—
by reason of these and other su-
perb qualities, he is warmly en-
shrined in our hearts.
There are many in the city who
are beholden to this lovable man
for the position they have &thieved.
Ile has been their counselor, their
guide and their devoted friend.
Well may we apply to him the
words of Job: "I was a father to
the needy, and the cause of him
that I knew not I searched out."
His services in so many and va-
ried spheres of endeavor, his out-
standing qualities of mind and
heart have endeared hint to the
community at lama. They have
won for him national renown.
I heartily join the host of his
friends and admirers in wishing
him many, many years of continued
service and awfulness,

Few Have Rendered
Greater Service

By JACOB BILLIKOPF
Executive Director, Natieee.1 Com-
mittee for Aid t• g•fugees

Few men in American Jewish
life have rendered treater service
to his own community and Jewry
at large than my very dear friend,
Fred M. Butzel.
On the petit/lion of his sixtieth
birthday I should like, In the words
of the ancient poet. to express the
hype that "he way be late going to
Heaven!"

Additional greetings to Mr. Butzel will be foulest
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