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Sabbath Scriptural Selections
Pentateuchal portion—Ex. 10 :1-13 :16.
Prophetical portion—Jcr. 46 :13-28.
January 27, 1939
Shvat 7, 5699
The Physicians' Statement
The statement issued by the Jewish
Physicians' Hospital Committee deserves
to be studied for further understanding of
the ambitions of those who are anxious to
see a Jewish hospital built in Detroit. This
statement is commendable not only for its
clarity but more especially for the modesty
of its claims and the readiness of the com-
mittee to cooperate in community efforts
that would lead to an understanding of
issues and causes. The committee does not
ask the impossible. It merely states that
over a period of several years it should
be possible to raise a`sum necessary for
the building of a Jewish hospital; that,
further, all available sums of money, in-
cluding the amounts pledged to this cause
by the Detroit physicians, should be pooled
in one fund to be used eventually for the
proposed hospital. If a Jewish hospital is
needed in Detroit, and we believe that it
is, then the recommendations of the Jew-
ish Physicians Hospital Committee are fair
and should be adopted.
A Newspaper's Personality
A newspaper, to have content that
vibrates and gives life to its readers, must
acquire "personality." A newspaper with-
out such personality is like an empty shell.
The golden period in American journal-
ism was in the days of Horace Greeley,
James Gordon Bennett, Charles A. Dana,
Joseph Pulitzer and others who injected
life in the columns of their newspapers
and who fought battles based on prin-
ciples.
Right now we are experiencing a return
to this type of personal journalism. The
rise and popularity of the columnists is
an indication of this new trend.
The return to the Jewish Morning Jour-
nal of Jacob Fishman, not as editor-in-
chief but merely as columnist, is proof of
the general trend of such development in
modern journalism. Mr. Fishman has for
years given tone to the Jewish Morning
Journal. He is again giving it life that
makes newspaper great.
A newspaper must have "personality."
It must fight for principles. It must `ap
lighten and educate its readers. Only then
does it become a vital and necessary force
in the community.
A "Present" for the "Fuehrer "
In his most recent feature article, re-
leased by Seven Arts Feature Syndicate,
William Zuckerman relates the following
incident:
One day, sborrtly after the Black Thursday,
the General Post Office of Vienna was in
uproar, Important and less important officials
were running to and fro; there was an air of
mystery and consternation about the plate.
For something unusual had happened; among
the big parcels sent by post was discovered •
huge packet addressed to "The Fuehrer and
Chancellor, Herr Adolf Hitler." The parcel
was crudely wrapped up; the handwriting
was biz and almost childish. Surely there
was something wrong about it. Was it • bomb,
sent by some Jew who wished to avenge his
own and his people's suffering on the Fueh-
reel The matter had to be investigated.
And so the packet was opened and in it
Was found the dead little body of an infant
of a few days old. tenderly wrapped in a
white shawl to which there was pinned a let-
ter in the same big childish handwriting. The
letter was also addressed to The Fuehrer
and Chancellor of Germany, Herr Adolf
Hitler" and read as follows:
"I, Elisabeth Snifter, Viennese, aged 12,
am sending you herewith my firstborn infant
which I have strangled with my own hands
as a present to you for your treatment of
myself and of my family. Signed Elisabeth
Snifter."
An investigation established that Elisabeth
Sultzer and her husband were a Jewish
couple who were uprooted and driven from
their home soon ■ f ter the Anschluss when
Nazi sadism against the Jew first raised its
head. The couple tried to cross the frontier
into Switzerland. The husband was shot be-
fore his wife' ■ e•es and the women was
placed in • concentration camp. She was preg-
nant and the shock of her husband's murder
and the brutalities in the concentration camp
deranged her mind; she was constantly brood-
i•g over the fate which had befallen her
little family and over the future of her child.
When it came. she strangled it with her own
hands and sent it as a "present" to the
"Fuehrer."
Poor Elisabeth! Her "present" never
reached the "Fuehrer"; she is still brooding
in a padded cell of an asylum for the insane.
And those who have committed this and thou-
sands of other similar crimes are great men.
high i n power, whose friendship is sought
and upon who.. appeasement depends the
peace of Europe and of the world.
There is reason to believe that this is
not an isolated instance of outraged feel-
ing on the part of a German. Reports
reaching this country during the past
weeks indicate that there is a spirit of
dissatisfaction bordering on rebellion. Un-
fortunately it is not an organized move-
ment. It is feeling that is still suppressed
for fear of consequences that come with
Nazi revenge. It is a leaderless effort.
Because it has no leader and because
fear is still the dominant note in Germany,
it is possible that rebellion is an impossi-
bility for many years to come. But the
seed is there for an uprising. Therefore
all hope for the retention of a spirit of
decency in Germany must not be aban-
doned.
From Erika Mann's very significant and
The great Italian man of letters and states-
man, Count Carlo Sform, tells this story in
a Swiss newspaper:
"A cousin of mine spent last summer at
■ castle near Wurttemberg, and since she is
a member of the nobility and was a guest,
she was above suspicion; she was able to
visit the schools that interested her. This is
what she saw: During the morning recess, all
the children lined up at the door of the
canteen for • cup of milk and a piece of
bread. Whenever a little Jewish girl reached
her turn. the teacher in charge held up the
cup. and cried: 'Run •long, Jewess! Next,
pleaser And this was repeated daily. The little
Jewish children were never spared the neces•
lily of standing in line and reaching for the
cup they were given. The Christian
children had to witness this scene daily, to
learn how to treat a hungry Jewish child."
The mark of this treatment on the lives of
the Jewish children is frightful, of course;
but the results are terrible also for the "Ger-
m•n," the "Aryan" children—for while the
Jews are only tortured, they are corrupted,
deeply corrupted. Some of the strongest of
the "non-Ary•ns" may come through, and
leave childhood with toughened nerves. But
the "Aryans" are in peril, for their sense of
justice and humanity is being stolen front
them. And unless they meet other influences,
they will lose all sense of truth—the sense
which balances us and allows us to walk
through the world.
This is, indeed, the problem: the cor-
ruption of the minds of the Germans must
be prevented, if that is at all possible. A
volume like Erika Mann's touching
"School for Barbarians" helps to bring
the facts relative to the poisoning of the
minds of the children in Germany to the
English-speaking peoples—and this vol-
ume should be distributed in the hundreds
of thousands of copies as a powerful
weapon against Nazism. Insofar as Ger-
many is concerned, all hope is not lost as
long as so-called "Aryans" still display a
sense of justice by placing food on the
doorsteps of their Jewish neighbors dur-
ing the darkness of night, by showing
their sympathy by means of other ges-
tures, by their refusal to applaud when
they see burning synagogues. Of course,
the poisoning of the minds of the children
is proof of the totally discouraging state
of affairs in Germany. For the sake of
the children, it is to be hoped that Nazism
is nearing its end. For the sake of all
children everywhere, everything possible
should be done to help in the destruction
of the Nazi menace in Germany and to
prevent its spread anywhere else.
The Palestine Pavilion
than to continue residence in Ann
Arbor.
During Dr. Heller's adminis-
tration, the Michigan Hillel Foun-
dation outgrew its old quarters,
moved into its present building
at 1102 Oakland, acquired a mod-
ern chapel and the well-equipped
Weiss Memorial Library, contain.
ing a supplementary collection of
books for University courses.
Last year, under Dr. Heller's
direction, the Foundation collect-
ed the unprecedented sum of $2,-
500 for the national campaign
conducted annually by the Joint
Distribution Committee and Unit-
ed Palestine Appeal to aid Euro-
pean refugees.
Dr. Rabinowitz will assume his
new duties with a brilliant record
to his credit. Graduated from the
Universities of Illinois and Calif-
ornia, cum laude and Phi Beta
Kappa, he won a Hellman Prize
Scholarship and took his doctor-
ate in Semitics at Yale. He has
been director of youth education
for the Union of American He-
brew Congregations.
HINDUS TO SPEAK
AT TEMPLE FEB. 1
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isolated democracy a definitely
planned part of Germany's march
to the east . .. and the rich
wheat fields of the Russion
Ukraine? Probably no man in
America is better able to discuss
and answer these questions than
Maurice Hindus who, since 1923,
has made annual visits to Russia
and Central Europe.
Mr. Hindus was born in a Rus-
sian village in 1891. At the age
of 14, his family migrated to
America. After attending Stuyve-
sant High School in New York
for two years, he went to work
on a farm, planning to become a
farmer. Ile applied for admis-
sion to the State Agricultural Col-
lege at Cornell University, but
was refused for lack of sufficient
credits.
He then sought and
gained admission to Colgate Uni-
versity, from which he graduated
with high honors. Hindus then
entered the Graduate School at
Harvard. There, in 1920, he wrote
his first book, "The Russian Peas-
ant and the Revolution." This
was followed in 1926 by "Broken
Earth," another book dealing with
the Russian peasant.
In 1931 he wrote "Red Bread"
in 1933 "The Great Offensive,"
in 1936 "Moscow Skies," and last
year "Green Worlds." His author.
itative picture of the Czechoslo-
vakian situation is now in the
hands of his publishers.
Mr. Hindus' lecture will be open
to the public, and tickets may
be purchased at 50c each at Grin-
nell's, Belcrest Hotel, Collins'
Cigar Store in the General Motors
Building, the Jewish Community
Center and Temple Beth El.
Mr. Hindus will be introduced
by Frank Cody, superintendent of
Schools. Arrangements for this
lecture, which will start at 8:30
P. 51., are under the direction of
Harry Markle, who will preside.
He is being assisted by Ephraim
R. Gomberg and Gabriel N. Alex-
ander.
PURELY COMMENTARY
By
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PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
Criterion for Timidity
The best story of the month was related at the
National Conference on Palestine held in Wash-
ington two weeks ago. Dr. Solomon Goldman,
president of the Zionist Organization of America,
related that he was told by a member of President
Roosevelt's Cabinet that the Capitol was flooded
with appeals from Jews against the appointment
of Prof. Felix Frankfurter to the United States
Supreme Court. Among those who were thrown
into a state of panic lest such an appointment
should lead to an increase in anti-Semitism wax
a prominent Chicago Jew. When his message ar-
rived in Washington this member of the Cabinet
wrote him a brief note: "Dear , You really
haven't money enough to be timid."
•
This Business of Getting Scared
Perhaps we get scared too easily. The Jews who
were prepared to sacrifice a cardinal right as citi-
zens when they pleaded against the appointment
of Felix Frankfurter are the most pathetic ex,
amples of panic-driven people. In an address under
the title The Challenge to the Christian Con-
science," delivered at the National Conference on
Palestine, Robert II. Jackson, Solicitor General of
the United States, made interesting comment on
this state of fright in America. Mr. Jackson said:
for this hate-spreading gentleman of the cloth
ouch propaganda is the best anti-Semitic seed.
Perhaps there is some hope of reasoning with such
men that the Bill of Rights does not guarantee
equal rights to Christians alone; that this sacred
document which guarantees the right of freedom
of worship to Catholics and to Protestants also
provides in its very first article that "Congress
shall make no law respecting an establishment of
religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof
. . . " But the Royal Oak rabble-rouser not only
assumes the right to inject religious hatred in his
discussions but also to label this land with a par-
tisan religious connotation the acceptance of which
would mean the nullification of the first sacred
principle of the Bill of Rights and the disfranchise-
ment of those who are not members of the Chris-
tian church. Only an enemy of Americanism can
so abuse the laws of this land. Only a hypocrite
can speak as he does in the name of Americanism.
•
The Self-Hating Jews
Unfortunately, the rabble-rousers know how to
appeal to the baser instincts of their followers
and even go to Jewish sources for defense of their
position. The self-hating Jew thus becomes a tool
in the hands of the anti-Semite.
Father Coughlin's Jan. 16 issue of Social Justice
reprints an excerpt from Maurice M. Feuerlicht's
Racial persecutions are invariably the prod-
article in the September, 1937, issue of Forum
uct of fear. In Europe, fear often rules both
Magazine. Feuerlicht'e original title for his article
individual and collective thinking. Existence
was "Where Jews Fail." Coughlin's paper reprints
is precarious. Each nation is doubtful of its
it under the title "Martyrs from Childhood." An
self-sufficiency. Real enemies are close at
editorial note in Social Justice explains that "We
hand; war is always imminent. In such an at•
quote Mr. Feuerlicht, because he is able to present
mosphere leaders easily conjure up fears and
the question fairly without automatically being
identify Jews with dreaded enemies.
classified as an anti-Semite or an inculcator of
But we in America are not easily scared
hatred against the Jewish people."
for long. We are isolated and not surrounded
This is not the first time, of course, that Social
by enemies. We are self-confident. We have
Justice
resorted to this type of "defense" of its
had a few temporary spasms of fear. We have
position. On an earlier occasion it quoted from
had alien and sedition laws, and the anti-
Samuel
Roth, hailed him as an authority—just as
Masonic and "Know-Nothing" movements and
it now rejoices in the fact that Feuerlicht is "the
the Ku Klux Klan. and periodic "Red" hunts.
son
of a Jewish rabbi"—and failed to tell its read-
But we always wind up by laughing at our-
ers that Roth had served several jail sentences for
selves and at each other for getting scared.
distributing indecent literature. Roth's and Feuer-
And as long as Americana keep their tradi-
licht's writings belong to the lowest type of litera-
tional courage, there will be no persecutions
ture not only because they malign an entire people
of minorities.
and
resort to falsehood to accomplish their pur-
It is equally as interesting to read that Mr.
Jckson's address concluded with a note of hope pose, but primarily because they are motivated by
a
sickening
attitude that is best known as self-hate.
and encouragement relative to existing conditions.
•
His concluding words were:
It seems only yesterday we thought man-
kind to be achieving a democratic society
which would respect the personality of every
individual and receive hint upon his worth
alone. To the Jewish people this world of hope
and opportunity and good will must seem for-
ever to have passed away. If they but keep
their spiritual integrity, there will yet be help.
As Kippling put it:
"Our world has passed away
In wantonness o'erthrown.
There is nothing left today
But steel and fire and stone!
"Though all we knew depart,
The old Commandments stand:—
'In courage keep your heart,
In strength lift up your hand.''
If we but keep our spiritual integrity! If we but
refuse to be timid and hold firm to our natural
rights!
The non-Jews are in position to be more objec-
tive and at times see the problem more clearly than
we do. We can afford to take their advice.
•
Worse Than Anti-Semitism
Social Justice rejoices that its newest "author-
ity" can not be classified as an anti-Semite, since
he is the son of a rabbi. But the point is that he
is much worse than an anti-Semite. One who hates
himself is possessed of a much sicker mind.
When Feuerlicht was first answered for his self-
degrading article by Ludwig Lewisohn, the eminent
Jewish critic and publicist admonished Jews to
"laugh without weeping." "One laughs at a gentle-
man named Feuerlicht," he stated ... "Feuerlicht
is harmless today in America. He is merely gro-
tesque in a free country. In countries not free he
becomes a terrific menace. Because his technique
is always the same: to attempt to save his skin
by imputing to his fellow-Jews vices which he does
not possess and thus to differentiate himself from
them." Coughlin does not quote from the answer
to Feuerlicht in the December. 1937, Forum Ma-
gazine, written by Dr. Louis I. Newman. In a
masterful presentation of the Jewish case, Rabbi
Newman said: "Jews 'fail' in Feuerlicht who mal-
prizes and maligns himself and his people, who 'be-
fouls his own nest'." This is the only type of "au-
thority" that the Social Justice editor is apparently
capable of selecting: one who befouls his own nest.
If it were otherwise, he would not ignore the an-
swer to the self-hating Jewish young man and
would not keep his readers in ignorance about the
other side of the question.
It is futile to argue with the maligners of our
people; but it is painful to know that self-hate
has found root in some Jewish hearts. It would be
easy to take Ludwig Lewisohn's advice, "Let us
laugh without weeping," if it were not for the
fact that a Jew's self-degradation has become a
weapon in the hands of an anti-Semite in a free
country.
Which all goes to prove the need for eternal
vigilance and rejection of timidity.
With the exception of Germany, the
leading nations of the world will be repre-
sented at the New York 1939 World's Fair
Is This a Christian Country?
with special exhibitions. The spirit of con-
There is so much to disturb us at the present
structive human relationships will be in
time that it is of extreme importance that we
evidence at this Fair, and the best that is
retain our balance, that Jews refuse to lose their
possessed by all peoples will be on display.
nerve, that our people should be prepared for the
The humanitarian ideals which motivate
,struggle for the retention of our rights as citizens.
The radio rabble-rouser is today resorting to the
the preparations for this important event
most dastardly type of propaganda when he speaks
have inspired a group of friends of the
of this country as being "Christian America." Not
real Germany to arrange for an exhibit
even by innuendo but by outright attack he speaks
of the best works of the German people,
of mythical "anti-Christians" who are trying to
undermine this "Christian America," and for the
in defiance of the Nazi domination over
uninformed who make such an excellent audience
the unfortunate people in the Reich.
The Jewish people will be represented
at the World's Fair with the Jewish Pales-
Says Jewish Literary
tine Pavilion which is now under construc-
Effort Should Expose
tion. For us such participation in this im-
the Nazi Propagandists
portant American effort is of greater sig- Increased Activities to Be the Center's Dexter Blvd. Branch;
nificance than for any other group. We
Abraham A. Fleischman, member-
NEW YORK.— (Religious
Introduced in the New
ship secretary; Anna Rose llersh,
are challenged more often than any other
News Service.) One of the
Building
employment director; Samuel A.
people, and are especially faced with the
most important duties of pres-
Levy, men's health education di-
ent-day Jewish literary effort
absurd accusation that we are not a pro-
The new Jewish Community rector; Edith Muskin, women's
be the "exposure" of
ductive people. The Jewish Palestine Pa- Center, to be known as the Aaron health education director; Birdie should
the
"learned" Nazi propaganda
vilion will demonstrate the manner in DeRoy Memorial, plans for which Michelson, office manager; Nathan entering this country from
were announced last week, will Samaroff, Sadie Cooper, Sarah
which Jews in Palestine accomplished carry forward the recreational
Germany, declared Henry Hur-
Weinberg, Doris Sperling Markle
witz, editor of the Menorah
triumphs in the face of what appeared to and educational program under- of
the music department; Leon
Journal,
at a dinner held here
be insurmountable obstacles. Our pioneers taken by the Center organization Makielski and Jascha Schwartz- in celebration
of the 25th an-
settled on barren land and made it fruit- in Detroit.
mann of the Art School; Miriam
niversary of the publication.
The Center, as the local affiliate L. Berke and Ann Molodofsky of
ful. They drained the swamps and created
Mr. Hurwitz pointed out
the Jewish Welfare Board, is the puppetry and arts and crafts
that the infiltration of propa-
garden spots in forsaken areas. The dis- of
part of a movement comprising
ganda material has reached in-
play of these Jewish achievements will be 325 institutions distributed all departments.
to the schools and universities
The Center membership has av-
a great political accomplishment and will over the United States and Can- eraged 2,500, composed of children, of
America with the "aim of
tend to disprove the unfair charges made ada with a participating member- youth and adults for each year influencing tesshers, students
ship of some 370,000 young people
and editors," and should be
against us.
since its establishment in Decem-
and adults meeting in Jewish fel-
exposed by "publishing thor-
liberal policy of
At the same time, the construction of lowship to enjoy their leisure time ber, 1933. Its
ough examinations of the
has permitted many,
the Jewish Pavilion and the financing of and to participate in communal scholarships
books,
periodicals and pamph-
who otherwise would not be able
functions and projects, stimulated
lets sent over from Germany."
this important enterprise is a more difficult by
to afford the modest membership
the national agency, the Jew-
Dr. Irwin Edman, professor
task than that which faces any other peo- ish Welfare Board and its trus- dues to participate in its program
of philosophy at Columbia Uni-
to share in many activities.
ple. As Meyer W. Weisgal, managing di- tees, headed by Hon. Irving Leh- and
versity, in discussing the values
Included among these are the hun-
rector of the Pavilion, pointed out to a con- man, Associate Justice of the dreds who are referred, in the of American civilization, re-
ference of representatives of Jewish or- Court of Appeals of New York, course of the year, by the various ferred to the Protestant Chris-
brother of Governor Herbert
tian Century, the Catholic
Jewish or public social agencies
ganizations in Detroit, we do not have a and
H. Lehman of New York State.
Commonweal, and the Jewish
and who are known to the Center
national treasury and we do not have a
As a constituent society of the and are confidentially awarded
Menorah Journal as exemplify-
chancellor of the exchequor. Any impor- Jewish Welfare Federation, the memberships enabling them to con- ing the "characteristics of in-
tant national Jewish effort therefore de- Center shares in the total local tinue with their interests in club, telligence, liberalism and hu-
pends for its success upon the liberality program of Jewish welfare work class, gymnasium, or other activi- manity."
and on behalf of the Federation ties.
of the Jewish people. In spite of the many conducts
exclusively the communal
Since the facilities will permit
demands for funds now being made in programs of leisure-time activity, the
participation of additional
Jewish communities, the success of the recreation, adult education and thousands
among the adult men Philomathic Elects Officers
Jewish Palestine Pavilion must be assured, employment
and women of the Jewish com-
The present institution was or- munity, it is further contemplat-
Last Sunday the Philomathic
and we join with the spokesmen for the ganized in December, 1933, result-
that the program will appro- Debating Club officers were elect-
various interested groups in urging Detroit ing from the merger of the pre- ed
priately provide for them in edu- ed as follows: Dick Cramer, speak-
vious Young Women's Hebrew As- cational and cultural pursuits,
Jews to cooperate in this effort.
er; Sol Schwartz, clerk; Harry
sedation and the Jewish Centers
chiefly in the fields of lectures; Jacobs, assistant clerk; Norman
It is in order to repeat the earliest state- Association.
These were earlier lei-
concerts; classes; study groups; Leeman, sergeant-at-arms; Mor-
ment that the Pavilion at the World's Fair sure
parent education groups; well pro- ris Green and Samuel Hertzberg,
is an important political symbol for our founded by the Detroit Section of duced
plays, experimental and members of the board.
people. Its effectiveness will be an instru- the National Council of Jewish classic; a cinema guild, showing
about 20 years ago. Both,
the best of American and foreign
ment for enlisting sympathy and support Women
in turn, may be traced back to the
for Jewish aspirations in Palestine. Fur- old H annah Schloss Memoria l films; and numerous other new in the metropolitan area of De-
troit.
thermore, it will help remove misunder- which name is still carried on one ventures in programming.
It is expected, furthermore, that
Recomrnendations on problems
standings regarding Jewry in general and of the halls of the present Jewish much
interest will attach, for of construction, equipment and
Center building.
Palestine patricular. All Jews must, there- Community
adult
organizations.
to
the
fact
program
for the new structure
The Jewish Community Center
fore, join in an effort to secure the neces- of Detroit has been noted for its that facilities will be available at are being reviewed and studied by
the
Center
for
entertaining,
in
the
committees of the board of direct-
sary funds for this venture. All that our emphasis on leadership in its club
form of dinners, luncheons, ban- ors and friends of the Center
people are asked to do is to purchase the programs. Conspicuous among quets,
balls, dances, proms, for under the auspices of the general
these
has
been
the
annual
Leader-
membership certificates which will admit ship Institute, an example of the groups ranging in size from small building committee, consisting of
them to a special section of the Palestine methods used whereby members I numbers to several hundred. Meet- Saul Saulson, chairman, Mrs. Jo-
Pavilion. It is asking very little for an im- and leaders are enabled to share ing rooms of all sizes will be seph 14. Welt, Benjamin Wilk, El-
available for gatherings and meet- lis M. Thal and Jesse F. Hirsch-
portant demonstration of the constructive in the thinking and planning of I ; ings
of communal organizations, man. Mr. Saulson also serves as
the total Center program.
genius of the Jewish people.
'lodges, societies, landsmanschaf- vice-president of the Center board
EXPANSION PLANS OF JEWISH CENTER
Palestine's Liberality
In a period of 30 months, the Jews of
Palestine contributed $3,675,000 towards
the development and security of the Jew-
ish settlements. There are approximately
450,000 Jews in Palestine. Study these fig-
ures, compare them with the gifts we make
in this country and draw your own con-
clusions relative to the healthy develop-
ment of the Jewish National Homeland.
Additional distinctive Center
projects include the Summer Home
Camp, now known as Camp Habo-
nim; club work, with emphasis on
group work methods; the 1 Art
School; the Music School; the Em-
ployment Department; and the
Mothers' Clubs. •
The Center iv administered by
a staff of professional workers
and others equipped for their re-
spective tasks headed by Herman
Jacobs, executive director, assisted
by Sarah H. Seimin, social direct-
or; Mary Caplan, mothers' clubs
director; Nathan Bean, director of
ten, vereinen, professional groups,
I young people's societies, youth
;clubs, children's hobby groups; in
short, for every kind of society
found within the Jewish com-
munity.
The architect for the Aaron De-
Roy Memorial, Charles N. Agree,
describes the new building as sim-
ple, but dignified in character,
with an emphasis on utility. Mr.
Agree has designed the Whittier
Hotel. the Belcrest Hotel, the Wil-
shire Hotel, and many leading es-
tablishments, stores and theatres
GUNTHER TO SPEAK
TWICE ON SUNDAY
has failed. We do not want any
God but Germany itself."
Of Hitler's righthand men Gun-
ther asserts:
"Dr. Joseph Paul Goebbels,
scarcely five feet five inches in
height, is reckless and vindictive.
He has made Germany a cultural
prison, a country in a mental
strait jacket, a Nazi vacuum for
65,000,000 Germans."
Goering, according to Gunther,
was for some years a drug addict.
lie is carnivorous, brusque, im-
pulsive, cruel. His ruthlessness is
unthinking, spasmodic, hot-blood-
ed. In one year, under Goering,
the number sentenced to imprison-
ment was 250,308, 212 men and
women were beheaded, 184 persons
"shot while attempting to escape,"
13,000 deprived of citizenship, 49,.
000 sent to concentration camps.
Since Goering came to power more
than 12,000 have been forcibly
sterilized.
John Gunther's "Inside Europe,"
which has sold more than 300,000
copies in twelve countries, has re-
cently been brought to date and
reissued. Hitler has barred it in
Nazi Germany; all dictator coun-
tries have followed suit. Gunth-
er's liberalism has been a thorn
in the side of the press censors
of more than one country.
Gunther spent 12 years in Eur-
ope and the Near East as corre-
spondent for the Chicago Daily
News. At various times he has
had charge of the Daily News'
bureau in Rome, Berlin, l'aris,
Scandinavia, Moscow, and London.
From 1930 to 1935 he was corre-
spondent in Vienna and the Bal-
kans. His work has taken him to
every country in Europe but Port-
ugal and to every country in Asia
but Afghanistan and Tibet. Ile
covered the Druse War in Syria,
the evacuation of the Rhineland,
the Reichstag Fire Trial, the revo-
lution in Spain, two Austrian civil
wars, conferences in Geneva, riots
in Palestine, upsets in the Balkans
and the Sino-Japanese War.
For information about the two
lectures call the World Adventure
Series at the Detroit Institute of
Arts—Temple 2-7676.
On Monday evening, Father
Hubbard, the famed "Glacier
Priest," will show his motion pic-
tures at the Art Isntitute and
will speak on "The Cliff Dwell-
ers of the Far North."
HAYIM GREENBERG
TO SPEAK FEB. 2
ICoNcLUDED FROM PAGE ONE)
where he had attended a meeting
of this committee.
In order to defray the expenses
of Dr. Greenberg'a visit to Detroit
a nominal charge of 35c will be
made. Advance tickets are avail-
able at the Zionist headquarters,
1044 Penobscot Bldg., and at the
home of Mrs. A. W. Sanders,
12342 Broadstreet Blvd., Hogarth
0967. This lecture is being spon-
sored by the Detroit Coupcil of
the League for Labor Palestine;
and is the only address in English
that will be delivered by him. He
will deliver a Yiddish talk under
the auspices of the Poale Zion-
Zerei Zion on Saturday evening
at the Bnai Moshe Synagogue.
SERIOUS RIFT DIVIDES ARABS
ON EVE OF CONFERENCE WITH
BRITISH OFFICIALS IN LONDON
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eision in the light of an examin-
ation of the problem and of the
discussions in London, Mr. Butler
declared. Then the government
would announce its own policy.
ed by
Co-Operation S
Arabs, Jews and Britisher*
'tidal
JERUSALEM (WNS—Palcor
Agency)—In the first meeting
of the kind to take place in this
country since it has been wracked
by the disturbances of the last
two and a half years, the Rotary
Club of Jaffa and Tel Aviv held
a meeting in which Arab notables,
Britishers and Jews participated.
The speakers, who stressed the
need for racial co-operation if
peace is to return to Palestine, in-
cluded the Arab Mayor of Jaffa.
Dov llos, the Jewish Deputy
Mayor of Tel Aviv, and Judge P.
E. F. Cressall, the British Presi-
dent of the District Court of
Palestine.
Fraternal Organization Purchases
Palestine Land
NEW YORK (WNS) — The
Independent Order of Brith Abra-
ham, largest Jewish fraternity in
the world, has purchased a 1,500
acre tract in Palestine which will
be offered as a haven to refugees
from political persecution in Eu-
rope, according to Samuel Gold-
stein, assistant District Attorney
and grand master of the order.
The land, in Emek Huleh Colony,
will be divided to accommodate
about 2,500 families or emigrees,
and will be opened to settlers as
soon as the order concludes ar-
rangements with the Intergovern-
mental Commission on Refugees.
The land was bought for $25,000
of which $15,000 has already been
paid.
Briscoe to Ask Roosevelt Aid in
Palestine Settlement
NEW YORK (WNS)—Robert
Briscoe, only Jewish deputy of the
Dail Eireann and a leader of the
New Zionist Organization. left for
Washington where he hopes to see
President Roosevelt and Secretary
of State Hull for support of his
plan to transfer one million Jews
to Palestine in two years. In an
interview before leaving for Wash-
ington, Mr. Briscoe admitted that
although the transfer of 1,000,-
000 Jews could be accomplished in
two years, "their settlement is an-
other question." The million, he
said, would include the 600,000 in
Nazi Germany, and the remainder
from Poland, Hungary, Rumania
and other parts of Eastern Eu-
rope. Ile stated that he would
ask Mr. Roosevelt to use his in-
fluence with the British Govern-
ment to "recognize the mandate to
cover all of Palestine, including
Transjordan, and to open the gates
of Palestine for the admittance of
one million people in two years."
Cabinet Selects Committee
LONDON (WNS) — Preparing
for conferences on Palestine as
a critical stage approaches, the
British cabinet decided to appoint
a committee composed among oth-
ers, of representatives of the Co-
lonial, Foreign Affairs, War, Air
and Navy Ministries, to conclude
a study of Palestine problems.
This committee will draw up a
report which will constitute final
instructions to the British delega-
tion. Colonial Secretary Malcolm
MacDonald had described for the
cabinet the present Palestine sits
cation and the conference outlook.
The Colonial Secretary had con-
ferred earlier with Prime Minis-
ter Neville Chamberlain on the
Palestine question.
DESIGNATE MISCHA ELMAN "MUSICAL
AMBASSADOR" TO SOUTH AMERICA
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chestra here prior to the opening
of the concert tour in New York
and intensive ever taken by any Saturday.
and chairman of the house com- artist in the interest of charity,
mittee.
Mr. Elman admitted having re-
will end about May 6. Two weeks
The board of directors is head- later, Mr. Elman will sail for ceived a letter threatening him if
he did not abandon the tour,
ed by Henry Meyers, president; South America.
which calls for concerts in 25
Mrs. Samuel R. Glogower, first
cities of this country and Can-
vice-president; Saul Saulson, sec-
Elmo Ignores Threat
ond vice-president; Mrs. Joseph
PHILADELPHIA —Despite
a ada. He said he had turned the
M. Welt, secretary; Saul R. Levin, threat against his life, Mischa El- letter over to New York Police
treasurer.. In addition to the offi- man, the violinist, rehearsed two for investigation, but refused to
cers, the executive committee in- hours with the Philadelphia Or- discuss the matter further.
cludes Judge Charles Rubiner, chestra and prepared to go
"The work to which the funds
former president of the Jewish' through with his plan for a na- from the tour are dedicated."be
Community Center; Mrs. Louis tion-wide series of concerts for declared. "affirms the basic Amer-
James Rosenberg and Gus P. the benefit of German-Jewish ref- ican spirit of tolerance, human-
Newman.
ugees He appeared with the or- ity and generosity."