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41ST CONVENTION Movement Begun to Enroll 25,000 ROOSEVELT PICKS Most Important Mercy Drive in History
OF U. S. ZIONISTS Detroit Jews as Participants in COMMITTEE OF 11
HERE JULY 2 TO 5 Democratic Jewish Congress Vote TO AID REFUGEES Of Detroit Jewish Community Will Open
National Executive Selects Community Called Upon to Become Part of American M. C. Taylor Appointed to
Serve on Inter-Govern-
Detroit for Important
Jewish Congress Defense Movement; Election
mental Group
Sessions
Registrations Begun
WISE, BAERWALD AND
HANITA HEROES ISSUE
PROTEST PASSAGE OF MEASURE ADMITTING
BARUCH ARE SELECTED'
CALL TO WORLD JEWRY
FOREIGN GOODS WITHOUT NAMING ORIGIN
Effort
Called Tremendously
Curfew Is Ordered When
In a call addressed to the Jews American Jewish Congress," the
Useful and Humanitarian
Arabs Defy New Parti-
of Detroit, declaring that "every Detroit section of the Jewish Con-
Piece of Work
gress this week inaugurated a
tion Commission
Jew loyal to Jewish and American
ideals should become a part of movement to enroll 25,000 mem-
bers of the community as partici-
Lawrence W. Crohn, president the defense movement of the
pants in the national democratic
of the Zionist Organization of
elections to be held on Saturday
Detroit, this week announced that
night, June 25, all day Sunday,
the elst annual convention of the
June 26, and all day Monday,
Zionist Organization of America,
June 27.
will be held here from Saturday
The initial steps for the mobil-
evening, July 2, through Tuesday,
ization of Detroit's Jewish popula-
July 5.
tion
for the national election were
Mr. Crohn stated that the selec-
tion of Detroit as the convention Gets Commission from Presi- taken at the conference held
Thursday
evening, April 28, at the
city was made by the national ex-
dent Camas and Exequa-
Bnai Moshe. A stirring address
ecutive committee.
was delivered by David Wert-
tar from Roosevelt
A. local convention committee
heim, of New York, national sec-
is being selected to arrange pre-
retary of the Poale-Zeire Zion,
liminary details for the gathering,
The Government of Honduras who pointed to the existing need
which will be attended not only now has consular representation
by delegates from every part of for Michigan by the appointment for unity in Jewish ranks and
the United States but also by out- of Saul R. Levin as Honorary Con- who indicated that such unity can
be assured through the Jewish
standing world Zionist leaders.
sul at Detroit.
Congress.
A call for the national conven-
Mr.
Levin
has
just
received
Elections Committee
tion was issued this week by Mor-
through Julio Lozano, Honduran
Joseph Haggai is general chair-
ris Margulies, national secretary
of the Zionist Organization, who Minister in Washington, the Com- man of the popular elections com-
mission from President Tiburcio mittee..William B. Isenberg and
urged American Jewish communi-
Caries of Honduras and the ex- Samuel Lieberman are vice-chair-
ties to intensify membership ac-
equatar
from the Department of men. The secretaries are: Mrs.
tivities during the month of May
State, as signed by President Max Dushkin, Mrs. Albert Feld-
in order to assure adequate repre-
Roosevelt.
stein, Miss Reva Antick and Aaron
sentation.
For many years, Mr. Levin has Kutnick.
been interested in Latin America,
Plant Trees on Mother's Day
A. C. Lappin, Mrs. Schmarya
In honor of Mother's Day, the its people, cultures and commerce, Kleiman, William Hordes and Mi-
Jewish National Fund and its af- and in Spanish language activi- chael Teich are co-chairmen of the
filiated organizations — lladassah, ties in Detroit. lie is the founder educational committee and of the
the Zionist Organization, the labor of Circulo Espanol, a group con- distribution of registration certifi-
and Mizrachi groups—urge the ducting its meetings in the Span- cates. Henry Fenster is chairman
ish language, composed of Ameri- of the nominating committee.
planting of trees in Palestine.
The 350 chapters of lladassah, cans and Latin Americans desir-
Rabbi J. S. Sperka will assist
ous
of encouraging the use of this committee in arrangements
the Women's Zionist Organization
of America, and the 210 units of Spanish and discussing and study- for radio appeals. The first radio
Junior lladassah have launched a ing Spain and Hispanic-America. address will be delivered in the
Prizes for proficiency in the interests of the popular elections
countrywide drive to celebrate
Mother's Day by selling gift bonds Spanish classes have been pre- on Saturday evening, May 7, at
sented
by Mr. Levin to students 8 p. m., by Mr. Hordes.
for the purchase at land in Pales-
tine and by planting trees there in Detroit High Schools and
Julius Lev, Leon Kay and Mr.
in connection with the Jewish Na- Wayne University, and he is re- Isenberg will be co-operating
tional Fund program of land ac- suming the contest this year, members of the arrangements
quisition and of reforestration of making it an annual event.
committee to plan the publicity.
the countryside.
Every Jew, 18 years of age
Mr. Levin is a member of the
Foreign Trade Club of Detroit and over, who has paid the reg-
Curfew Ordered When Arabs and of the American Association
istration fee of 10 cents, will
Defy New Partition Commission
of Teachers of Spanish. He states
be qualified to vote. Registra-
JERUSALEM. — (WNS-Palcor that the opportunities for com- tions, through the ale of these
Agency)—The Palestine govern- merce susd _teutiat—trayel bah...Am .certificates, -have...already corn.
ment suppressed witfi it -ffreiharnt the United States and Honduras
menced, and organisations a.
an incipient nation-wide strike are increasing, and points to the
well as individuals are called
against the Technical Commission benefits under the new Reciprocal
upon to join in the sacred task
on Partition which arrived on Trade Agreement with Honduras,
of unifying Jewry by assisting
April 27, imposing a curfew for whereby there was a substantial
in the sale of certificates and
22 hours of the day on the Arab increase in 1937 over the preced-
by enrolling the thousands of
town of Jenin. The curfew, to last ing year in American exports to
eligible Detroit Jews in this
for four days, was the answer to the southern country.
democratic effort. Registration
Assistant District Commissioner
Mr. Levin is legal counsellor to certificates are available at the
Walter Moffatt when the Arab the Mexican and Cuban consuls
office of the Jewish Congress
tradesmen refused to heed his in Detroit. Ile is in the law prac-
and the Zionist Organization,
order to re-open their shops, as- tice as a member of the firm of
1044 Penobscot Bldg., Cherry
serting that they intended to Levin, Levin and Dill, 1250 Pen- 6559.
strike against the commission. obscot Bldg., where the offices of
The call to Jews of Detroit in
Jenin citizens will be allowed on the Honduran Consulate will be behalf of the national popular elec-
the streets for only two hours a maintained.
tions is being distributed through
day, exclusively for the purpose
For years active in Jewish local organizations, and is also
of purchasing food between the movements, Mr. Levin is at pres- available at the Congress office.
hours of 8 and 10 a. ne The effort ant treasurer of the Jewish Corn-
Protest Anti-Boycott Bill
of Arab leaders to organize a gen- munity Center. lie is a member
The Jewish Congress confer-
protest
strike
had
little
suc-
ence
on April 28 unanimously
eral
of the board of directors of the
cess in Jaffa and Jerusalem, where United Hebrew Schools of Detroit adopted a resolution protesting
shopkeepers refuged to suspend and the Jewish Children's Home; against the adoption of Adminis-
activities. A few shops were is a member of the Masonic order tration Bill II. R. 8099, permitting
closed, however, in Haifa, Acre, and is a former president of the importation of broad classi-
Nazareth and Safed.
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Young Judaea of Detroit.
Questions as to when the Com-
mission would begin its active in-
LEVIN HONORARY
HONDURAN CONSUL
WASHINGTON. Myron C.
Taylor, former chairman of the
United States Steel Corporation,
was appointed by President Room-
volt to be the American member
of the inter- overnme
ntal
cam mat
n-
ate the
tee which wigll fac
gration of political refugees from
Austria and Germany. Ile con•
ferred with Sir. Roosevelt Friday
afternoon, April 29, and sailed at
noon on April 30 on the steamer
Conte di Savoie for Europe to
take up his duties.
At the same time President
Roosevelt appointed an American
national committee to ca-operate
in the humanitarian undertaking.
This committee includes Protes•
tants, Catholics and Jews, busi-
ness men, financiers and persons
who have had years of experience
in refugee work.
.
11 Named on Committee
The members are:
James G. McDonald, former
chairman of the Foreign Policy
. s ;
ormf er High
Association and former
e age
C om i ng f rom Germany frou0
1933 to 1935, who will serve an
acting chairman of the commit-'
tee.
The Rev. Samuel M. Cavert,
general secretary of the Federal
Council of Churches in Amer-
ica, who will serve as secretary
Commissioner for
pro tem.
Hamilton Fish Armstrong,
Affairs.
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fessor of Public Law at Co.r
Iambi• University and member,
of the High Commission for .
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in 1934 an 1935.
many
Jay
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N. J., chairman
■ of James Mc•!
Cutcheon, and vice-president of
the Presbyterian Board of For:
eign Missions.
The Most Rev. Joseph. F,
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On Sunday Evening at Dinner at Statler
Alexander L. Easterman, One of Europe's Most Distinguished Correspondents, and Carl
J. Austrian, Prominent Leader in Philanthropic and Civic Movements in New York,
to Be the Guest Speakers; Music Study Club Choral to Present Program
WORLD FAMOUS JEWISH AND NON-JEWISH LEADERS TO ADDRESS
LUNCHEON REPORT MEETINGS OF WORKERS BEGINNING MONDAY
.
Emanuel Hertz, Miss Tony Sender, Judge William M. Lewis, Marvin Lowerdhal and
Dr. Abba Hillel Silver to Be Speakers During the First Week; Increases in Contri-
butions Reported in Early Solicitations; Urge Hearty Welcome for Volunteers
After several weeks of intensive preparations, Detroit Jewry is prepared to launch the
most important mercy drive in this community's history, when the 1938 Allied Jewish Cam-
paign officially opens at the dinner at Hotel Statler this Sunday evening, May 8.
More than 2,000 volunteer workers will assume the 10-day task of soliciting close to
18,000 prospective contributors for a quota of $390,700 which includes, in addition to the
local and national needs, appropriations for the Joint Distribution Committee and the Uni-
ted Palestine Appeal, the two major overseas agencies that provide relief for the needy and
colonization possibilities in Palestine.
Alexander L. Easterman, one of Europe's most distinguished writers and commenta-
tors, chief correspondent of the London Daily Herald; and Carl J. Austrian, noted New York lawyer and member '
of the board of directors of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, will be the principal speakers at the
opening dinner. Fred M. Butzel, general chairman of the campaign, will preside.
The Choral of the Music Study Club, under the direction of Charles Frederic Morse, will present a program
at the dinner. Mrs. Jacob H. Schakne, soprano, will sing the solo part "It Cannot Be a Strange Countree" by Charles
Ripper. Margaret Schuelling Hoexter, contralto, will sing solo part to Anton Rubinstein's "Seraphic Song". The ac-
contpanists will be Rosa Bassin Stein, pianist ; Sadye Cooper, violinist, and Ruth Krause Vannatter, 'cellist.
The Guest Speakers
Mr. Austrian is one of the most prominent lawyers in New York. In 1930 he was assigned by State Super-
intendent of Banks Joseph A. Broderick to conduct the legal liquidation of the Bank 4odfutohmetors
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loan which gave immediate relief
to the 110,000 who were affected
by the bank failure.
Born in Williamsport, Pa., Mr.
SPEAKERS AT WORKERS' RALLIES
FOR 1938 ALLIED JEWISH CAMPAIGN ;Ltriadio„,Wgs:
By PHINEAS J. BIRON
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, 113I. 9 A. R. IL)
bishop of New Orleans and ex-
ecutive secretary of the Ger- FRONT-LINE FLASHES
man Relief Committee in 1923
New York's police department
and 1924.
is quietly checking on all mom-
Basil Harris, vice-president of
hers of the German-American
the United States Lines, and
Bund to see how many of them
prominent Catholic layman.
Louis Kenedy, president of have permits to carry guns . . .
the National Council of Catholic
About 300 of them carry weapons,
Men.
but no far only three are known
Rabbi Stephen S. Wise.
to have permits ... Lady Astor is
Bernard M. Baruch.
one of the ringleaders of the pro-
Paul Bearwald, banker, who
Hitler bloc in England, but her
is chairman of the American
kinfolk here are violently anti-
Joint Distribution Committee
Nazi . . . Vincent Astor has, as
and treasurer of the American
we predicted some weeks ago,
Society of Jewish Farm Settle•
dropped the word "Viennese"
meets in Russia.
from the name of the Roof Gar-
In announcing the appoint-
ments, Sumner Welles, Acting
Secretary of State, said what was
to be undertaken was a tremen-
dously useful and humanitarian
piece of work. The national com-
mittee, he asserted, was as repre-
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den in his St. Regis hotel . . .
And his sister, Alice Muriel, makes
no bones about her antkilitler
feelings since she's married to
Raimund von lioffmannstahl, son
of the late Hugo von Hoffmann-
stab', the celebrated Austrian
to
CARL J. AUSTRIAN
im at V
I nil:
and
versity.
After serving in the
U. S. Army during the World War
he entered the practice of law and
was in charge of some of the most
important litigation in the •peat
15 years. lie is actively engaged
in philanthropic work and in ad-
dition to his chairmanship of the
1936
1936 New York City Joint Dis-
tribution Committee campaign is
of the Lawyers' Division
of the Federation for the Support
o Jewish Philanthropic Societies
of New York City, member of the
executive committee of the Amer-
ican Jewish Committee, trustees
of Mount Sinai Hospital and trus-
tees of Levanburg Cornet- House. '
Mr. Easterman, the second
guest speaker at the opening cam- ,
paign,dinner, is an outstanding '
authority on European and Mid- .
die Eastern affairs. There is
hardly a king, president, premier
or other notable in Europe whom
he has not Interviewed.
ALEXANDER L. EASTERMAN
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Noted Speakers at Luncheons
Daily luncheon report meetings,
to be held during the entire cam-
paign period at Hotel Statler, will
be addressed by outstanding lead-
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2 ROOSEVELTS AT
BNAI BRITH MEET
Prominent Leaders to Be
Honored Guests; Broad-
cast May 9
WASHINGTON. — Announce-
ment was made by Maurice Ills-
gyer, secretary of Bnai Brith, that
two members of the Roosevelt fam-
ily will play prominent parts in
Bnai Brith's approaching 15th gen-
eral convention here May 7 to 12.
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, first
lady of the land, will entertain
out-of-town women visitors to the
convention with a tea in the White
House on the afternoon of the last
day of the sessions, May 11. Her
son, James Roosevelt, will address
Einai Brith's convention banquet on
Monday night, May 9. On this oc-
casion he will also read a message
of the President of the United
States to Bnai Brith.
lion. William B. Bankhead,
speaker of the U. S. House of Rep-
resentatives, will be the principal
speaker at the convention banquet,
which will also be the scene of a
great testimonial to lion. Alfred
M. Cohen, president of Bnai Brith,
who will be eulogized in addresses
to be made by Judge I. ht. Golden,
of San Francisco, first vire-presi-
dent, and by Sidney G. Kusworm,
of Dayton, 0., treasurer of the
order.
In addition to the celebrities al-
ready named, the following will be
honored guests at the banquet:
Secretary of the Treasury and Mrs.
Henry Morgenthau, Jr.; Congress-
man and Mrs. Sol Bloom; Congress-
man and Mrs. Emanuel Celler;
Congressman and Mrs. John W.
McCormack; Congressman William
M. Citron; Congressman Samuel
Dickatein; Congressman John J.
O'Connor; Congressman William I.
Sirovich; and Congressman Leon
Sachs.
An international broadcast has
been arranged for May 9 to in-
clude the address of Speaker
Bankhead and the introduction by
President Alfred M. Cohen.
The time of the broadcast in
Detroit is 9:30 p. re. on station
CKLW.
DETROITERS GO TO
SYNAGOGUE PARLEY
Zhou shalt not harden thb heart not
shut the hand from the need] brother..".
,
Large Delegation to Repre-
sent Congregation
Shaarey Zedek
MARVIN LOWEN THAL
RABBI ABBA HILLEL SILVER
is a normal impulse in all human beings to help their less fortunate
brethren.
The Jews have made provision for the community's dependent through-
out the ages and down to the present day.
Their traditional attitude toward their needy has won for the Jews a rep-
utation for taking care of their own—and of the stranger within their gates.
One of the principal contributions of the Jews to civilization is the Biblical
insistence on justice to the needy.
A tithe of all crops was assigned to the orphan and the widow and to all
dependent classes of society.
And in Ecclesiasticus, our forebears were taught and the lesson has come
'
down to all of us:
"Reject not the supplication of the afflicted
Neither turn away face from a poor man."
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MISS TONT SENDER
Today, the traducers of Israel in Cermany and Austria are waging a war of extermination
against us. For our brethren, there, and for the millions in Poland, Rumania and other lands
who plead for a chance to live, we must respond with a glad willingness more adequately
than ever before.
For our age. and homeless and unschooled in Detroit, for the proud hopeful program in
Palestine, for all of these—and for our own dignity, we must give not crumbs, but
substantial sums. The Allied Jewish Campaign has sounded the call. Every Jew worthy
of the name must answer!
JUDGE WILLIAM M. LEWIS
GROWTH OF CENTER
MOVEMENT IN U. S.
RABBI FRAM TO SPEAK
ON "HUNGARY" MAY 13
A large delegation will repre-
sent Detroit at the annual conven-
tion of the United Synagogue of
America and the Women's League
of the United Synagogue, in Chi-
cago, for a period of three days
commencing this Sunday, May 8.
The Detroit delegation, repre-
senting Congregation Shaarey
Zedek and its Sisterhood, affiliates
of the United Synagogue and the
Women's League, are Dr. A. M.
Hershman, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice
H. Zackheim, Mr. and Mrs. Rob-
ert Martell, Mr. and Mrs. Harry
M. Shulman, Hyman A. Keidan,
Jack Tobin, Cantor J. II. Sonen-
klar, Mr. and Sirs. Arthur S.
Purdy, Mr. and hire. Harry Z.
Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac
Shetzer, Judge and Sirs. Charles
Rubiner, E. II. Saulson, Samuel
Frank.
Dr. A. Si. Hershman, rabbi of
Shaarey Zedek, will preside at the
opening sessien of the convention
on Sunday morning, 2nd Maurice
Zackheim, president of Shaa-
rey Zedek, will preside at the Sun-
day luncheon program.
C ICAG 0. —(By Religions
News Service)—Problems of "Ju-
daism in a Democracy" and "Re-
ligion and the Contemporary
Scene" will be among the princi-
pal subjects of discussion at the
25th annual convention of the
United Synagogue of America and
the 20th annual convention of the
Women's League of the United
Synagogue which will convene
here simultaneously beginning
Sunday, May 8, at the Hotel Mor-
rison.
At a Sunday ;Dint session of the
two groups, a symposium will be
held on The Ideals That Unite
Us." The speakers will be Dr.
Shiner Matthews, dean merited
of the Chicago Helmsley Divinity
"Hungary" will be the subject
of the lecture to be given by
Progress Indicated in Re- Rabbi Leon Fram at the Sabbath
Eve services at Temple Beth El,
ports of National
Woodward and Gladstone, Friday
Welfare Board
night, May 13, at B o'clock. This
will be the seventh and last In the
NEW YORK, N. Y.—net the series of sermons which Rabbi
Jewish Community Center move- Fram has been delivering on the
ment Is essentially and PrimarY European countries that be visited School; Mrs. Saunel 8, 1•01.
last summer.
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