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VOL. XL NO. 38
Refugee Discussion Ends SUMMON EDUCATED
WOMEN TO STAND
In Berlin; Await Rublee UP TO BE COUNTED
Compromise Plan Report
British and American Commission Will
Study British Guiana as a
Haven for Refugees
MEXICO'S JEWISH POPULATION
AROUSED OVER DISTURBANCES
Appeal Made at Hadassah
Gathering by Susan
Brandeis
CALL FOR DEFENSE OF
INSTITUTIONS IN U. S.
Lady Reading in
U. S.; Will Assist
Refugee Campaign
Raton, N. M., Vets
Send Hitler to H---
And Retain Swastika
Jewish Communal Leaders An
Urged to Mobilise for
Great Mercy Drive
RATON, N. M. — "T'hell
with Ilitler, we had the swas-
tika sign long before he did,"
the Military Order of Cooties
(ex - service men over 40) de-
cided here in a unanimous vote
to retain the ancient Indian
sign as their symbol. "We are
of the opinion the original
swastika will outlast the back-
ward model of Hitler and that
we will live to see the day when
no reverse swastika will be in
existence‘in Europe," a spokes-
man for the organization said.
Matter of the symbol was taken
up after the Swastika Fuel Co.
changed its name to the Raton
Coal Co., and the Swastika
hotel abandoned that name and
started a hunt for a new one.
Arriving in the United States
for her first visit to this country,
the Marchioness of Reading, chair-
man of the British section of the
Palestine Foundation Fund, de-
Strong Bloc Against Hitler
Will Avert War, Says
German Editor
Per Year, $3.00; Per Copy, 10 Cents
CONDUCT HEARINGS Jews Will Continue Under
TO SET BUDGET OF All Circumstances, British
1939 ALLIED DRIVE
Committee Sessions Sched-
uled to Conclude on
Sunday, Feb. 19
CONSIDER QUESTIONS
OF INCLUSION POLICY
Increased Goals for Overseas
Work Call for Review
of Allocations
Told at Palestine Parley
Chamberlain Urges Compromise on the
Basis of Justice; Lauds Restraint
of Palestine Jewry
WEIZMANN SAYS MILLIONS OF
JEWS PLACE HOPE IN BRITAIN
NEW YORK. (WNS)—The be-
Scheduled for completion on
Sunday, Feb. 19. the Detroit
lief that Jewish women in this
Service
Group budget committee
country must accelerate their ef-
hearings for the 1939 Allied Jew-
forts to defend American institu-
ish Campaign are now being con-
tions and assure the consolida-
ducted under the co-chairmanship
tion of gains in Palestine as the
of Mrs. Joseph II. Ehrlich and
best answer to calumnies spread
Julian II. Krolik.
by Fascist propaganda was voiced
Composed of Detroit Service
here by Mrs. Moses P. Epstein.
Group members, representing a
LONDON. (WNS-Palcor Agency) — In historic St.
national president of Hadassah
cross-section of the local Jewish
James Palace, where the Palestine Mandate was finally
BERLIN. — (WNS) — Negotiations between George during the first Eastern Confer-
community, the budget commit-
Mrs. Vixman to Speak; Dr. tee is considering the requests of approved by the League of Nations in July, 1922, Prime
Rublee, American chairman of the Inter-governmental ence of the Business and Pro-
fessional Women's Divisions of
Joachim Prinz Coming
local, national and overseas or- Minister Neville Chamberlain met with the representatives
Committee on Refugees, and the German Government, on the
organization. Pointing out
ganizations for participation in of the Jewish people throughout the world for the begin-
on Feb. 26
methods of evacuation of Jews from Germany, Were com- that lladassah "must assume its
the annual spring drive conducted ning of a series of discussions with Jews and Arabs out of
pleted after three weeks of conversations. Dr. Helmuth full share of responsibilities,"
by the Jewish Welfare Federa-
A rally of the Women's Divi-
*which is expected to emerge • fu-
Wohlthat, personal representative of Hermann Goering, Mrs. Epstein told 500 delegates
tion. The Detroit Service Group
sion of the American Jewish Con-
Palest ine.
Cure
peBal;ciitnisgh br
that
Palestine
was
the
bulwark
is the fund-raising arm, of the
and who had been named to con-e
LADY READING
gress
will
be
held
on
Tuesday,
i efly
Speaking
for the survival of Jewish talent.
.
tinue the negotiations after the
Feb. 14, at 2:15 p. m., at Hotel Jewish Welfare Federatiem
same
general
lines
-on
which
he
James
G.
McDonald,
chairman
of
dared
that
unless
the
nations
of
Consider Inclusion Policy
dismissal of Dr. Hjalmar Schacht,
had a few hours previously ad-
the President's Committee for the world that stand for free- Detroiter.
In addition to passing judgment
signed a secret document be-
Mrs.
A.
II.
Vixman
of
New
dressed
the
Arab
delegates,
the
quickly
Refugees,
disagreed
with
those
dom and democracy act
on the amounts to be allocated to
lieved to give German reactions
Premier said that it is the task
"who thought that Hitler's speech "the entire Jewish population of York, nationally prominent as an the individual agencies, the budget
to a program for mass emigration
of statesmanship, when faced with
was pacifistic," and thought the Germany will be wiped out." Lady organizer of women's activities committee Is weighing the broader
of German Jews. Mr. Rublee ex-
and of Youth educational causes,
situation which appeared to be
a
Reichstag
address
was
the
most
Reading
described
the
refugee
sit-
problem of inclusion policy for
pressed optimism and said he
threatening ever heard. Declaring uation in Europe as "tragic be- will be the guest speaker. Mrs. the Jewish Welfare Federation. First Address in Year's Se- a des-Hock between two peoples.
hoped for a "very great improve-
Vixman was former executive
Parlor
Meeting
to
Be
Ad-
to
achieve a compromise on the
Hitler
used
the
Jews
as
a
"shield
yond
all
words,"
stressing
the
ries to Be Delivered by basis
The question of policy, as to
ment in the situation." A German
of justice.
for the Nazi program," Mr. Mc- fact that both British and Amer- secretary of national Young Ju- which agencies, overseas, national
dressed by Local
spokesman said he felt certain
Dr. Morse at Art Institute
their daea and was active with national and local, shall be included in
Donald
said,
"Germany
appears
ican
Jewry
must
concentrate
Those who acknowledged the
that Germany would be found
Speakers
Hadassh.
at
the
height
of
her
power,
but
efforts
on
the
expansion
of
immi-
welcome
of the British govern-
"probably surprisingly generous"
Mrs. Nathan Spevakow, acting Federation and Welfare Fund
she might be near her downfall." gration and settlement in Pales-
Dr. Plinn F. Morse, pathologist ment to the Jewish delegation
grants is of primary concern to
in making its contribution toward
a chairman of the Women's Division communities throughout the coun-
The
Physical
and
Spiritual
Miss
Susan
Brandeis,
daughter
tine
as
a
means
of
providing
were
Dr.
Chaim
Weizmann, presi-
solving the problem if but a few
of Harper Ilospital, will launch
the Congress in Detroit, states
dent of the Jewish Agency for
important nations with land avail- Possibilities in Palestine" will be of the Supreme Court Associate permanent solution for the plight of
that the machinery for local ac- try as well as to Detroit leaders. the sixth annual series of Dr. Max Palestine; Isaac Ben Zvi, presi-
of
many
of
the
thousands
of
Justice,
who
presided
at
the
after-
"This question, always a prob-
able" accepted Rublee'* proposals the central theme for discussion
noon session, declared that edu- homeless and oppressed Jews in tivities will definitely be set in lem for budget committees, is Bailin Memorial Lectures at the dent of the Vaad Leumi; Dr. Ste-
for planned mass emigration. The by Detroit Zionists at a series of
motion at Tuesday's meeting at
cated women in this country must Germany and other lands.
particularly pointed now that Detroit Institute of Arts Lecture phen S. Wise, on behalf of Amer-
spokesman further declared that
which
officers
will
be
elected.
An
During her brief stay in this
he did not expect all the nations seven parlor meetings to be held "stand up and be counted." She
goals for over- Hall, the evening of Feb. 15, with ica, and Lord Reading on behalf
invitation is extended to Jewish greatly increased
represented in the Evian Commis- next Wednesday evening, Feb, 15. called on the delegates to "go country, Lady Readinv will visit women of Detroit to attend this seas and refugee work call for a paper on "The Diagnosis of of England.
the
major
cities
in
the
United
back
to
your
homes
and
form
a
a re-examination of allocations,"
Mon to agree to the proposals but Speakers who will lead the dis-
Hope in British Good Faith
rally.
stated Abe Srere, president of Fevers of Unexplained Origin."
he hoped that the plan, which is cussions and the homes where the vanguard of workers which will States to stimulate the widest pos-
Membership Drive
Emphasizing that it had always
help assure the continuation of sible support of the newly estab-
The series, In memory of the late
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understood to aim at opening up gatherings will be held follow:
The
membership
drive
of
the
been the aspiration of the Jewish
lished United Jewish Appeal for
Dr. Max Ballin, Chief of Staff and people to have peace in Palestine
vast areas in certain countries for The meeting at the home of Mr . democracy in this country and
Refugees and Overseas Needs, Detroit Chapter of the American
the
success
of
Zionism
in
Pales-
Jewish settlements, would find and Mrs. James I. Ellmann, 55
Chief of Surgery at Ilarper Hos- "compatible with the maintenance
which combines the Joint Distri- Jewish Congress will be inaugu- RABBI FRAM TO SPEAK
favor with at least a few govern- Connecticut Ave., will be ad tine." A plea to "think realisti-
cally about the growth of anti- bution Committee, the United Pal- rated with the public rally to be
ON MANN NEXT FRIDAY pital, who died in '1934, is spon- of fundamental rights," Dr. Weiz-
aunts. dressed by Mr. Ellmann; the
held
at
Central
High
School
at
Semitism in this country" was estine Appeal and the National
sored by North End Clinic as an mann told the Prime Minister that
Rublee has left for London gathering at the home of Mr. and made by Miss Pearl Bernstein, ad- and the National Coordinating 2:30 p. m., on Sunday, Feb. 26.
Ger- educational project, offering post- "it Is no exaggeration to say that
Dr. Joachim Prinz, who was Will Interpret the Works of
where he will report to the corn - Mrs. Joseph H. Ehrlich, 2455 Chi- ministrator of the New York Committee Fund in the 'great-
the hopes and prayers of millions
Greatest
Writer
many's
plete group of Evian representa- cago Blvd., will be addressed by
graduate work to members of the of Jews in the Diaspora are now
Board of Higher Education, and est nation-wide drive ever under- until two years ago a rabbi in
tives at a meeting to be held on Mrs. Ehrlich; Simon Shetzer will past vice-president of Junior Ha- taken in the United States,
Berlin and a leader of Jewish
medical
and
allied
professions
in
centered with unshakable confi-
"Thomas Mann, Ills Books and
February 13. Neither Rublee nor speak at the home of Mr. and dassah. Miss Bernstein stated that
youth in Germany, will be the
Wayne County.
ddence on British good_fitith:L.-.....
Heart of the Solution
German authorities would discuss Mrs. William B. Isenberg, 2235 "anti-Semitism must be fought as
net speaker at this public meet- His Mission" will be the subject
Lady Reading observed tho f
Each year the course is devoted
The delegates at the meeting,
details d the program. It is un- Edison Ave.; Rabbi Morris Adler
ing. Dr. Prinz is an orator of of Rabbi Leon Fram's sermon at
;
while
Palestine
alone
cannot
pro-
specialized
field.
The
which took place in the picture
to
study
in
a
Temple
Beth
El,
Woodward
and
derstood that the completed plan will lead the discussion at the the enemy of free peoples every vide the complete solution to the note and one of the best informed
1939 series of lectures, scheduled gallery of the Palace, were con-
sees no additional loan to Ger- home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur S. where." She named the Silver refugee problems it represents men on conditions in Europe to- Gladstone, Friday night, Feb. 17,
for consecutive Wednesday eve- stantly conscious of the sovereign-
at 8 o'clock.
Father Coughlin, the Ku
many and does not couple addi- Purdy, 631 Chicago Blvd.; the Shirts,
Klux Klan and other groups as "the heart of the solution." She day.
Rabbi Fram will interpret espe- nings, at 8:30 o'clock, at the Art ty of Great Britain as they looked
tional German exports with large- speaker at the home of Mr. and "sponsors of red-baiting cam- pointed out that during the past
Distribute Literature
Institute Lecture Hall, will deal upon all the walls covered with
scale emigration of Germany's Mrs. J. S. Sauls, 2044 Taylor paigns, and other limitations upon five years Palestine has taken in
A committee under the chair- cially the novel which earned for
with infection.
full size portraits of the English
700,000 Jews. The memorandum Ave., will be Bernard Isaacs; democratic liberties," and cau- more than 30 per cent of all the manship of Abraham J. I.achover Mann the Nobel Prize for 1929,
In addition to Dr. Morse, Dr. icings.
was based on the realization that Lgurence W. Crohn will speak at tioned that their activities would
is at present active in behalf of "The Magic Mountain," his re-
(T•UN TO RDITORIAL
cent
four-volume
novel
"Joseph
Lewis
Pollock,
professor
of
nerv-
Before the meeting officially
Germany was determined to force the home of Mr. and Mrs. Sol stifle the rights of every minority
the Congress distributing valuable
the emigration of all Jews in Ger- Q. Kesler, 1217 Burlingame Ave.; group in the country if they were
Pamphlets presenting facts regard- and His Brethren," and his two ous and mental diseases, North. opened, Mr. Chamberlain entered
books
on
Nazi
Germany
which
western University Medical the room where the delegates were
many within a reasonable time Dr. David H. Fauman will speak not stopped. Resolutions adopted
ing the status of Jewry through-
are the world's best sellers. "The School, Chicago; Dr. Gordon B. assembled and cordially greeted
and on the assumption that "no at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
out the world. A number of these
by the delegates pledged a con-
further world tragedy" would oc- Ralph Weissman, 1470 W. Boston tinuation of youth work in the
pamphlets have been placed on Coming Victory of Democracy" Myers, professor of internal medi. Dr. Weizmann who then intro-
the shelves of public libraries to and "This Peace," the latter re- one, Wayne University, Detroit, duced all the delegates, mention-
cur to further exasperate German Blvd.
United States and supported the
ferring to the Peace of Munich. and Dr. Daniel Silverman, associ- mg the name of the country
authority. Reliable sources indi-
counteract Nazi propaganda.
Membership Drive
civil and religious liberties of all
This lecture will be delivered ate professor of gastro enterology, which they represented. After the
pamphlet "Father Cough-
cated that "further world trag-
With 300 new members already minorities and groups in the
Tidbits froth Everywhere lin: The
edy" meant such incidents as the enrolled, Aaron Silberblatt and United States as exemplified in the
His 'Facts' and Arguments," by Rabbi Fram in response to Tulane University, New Orleans, proceedings were concluded the
numerous
requests. The fact that have accepted North End Clinic's Prime Minister chatted with a
one of the most effective bro-
shooting last November of Ernst Charles Lapides, co-chairmen of
By PHINEAS J. BIROS
Constitution.
chures issued to show how facts Thomas Mann is to come in per- invitation to conduct the course. number of the delegates, includ-
vom Roth, secretary in the Ger- the membership drive, announce
Friedrich Stampfer, former
son
to
Detroit
to lecture in the
"Obviously, the topic of infec- ing Dr. Stephen S. Wise, Ben Zvi,
have been distorted in the radio
man Embassy in Paris.
that the drive continues and that editor-in-chief of the German
(•ol.)'r■ght is:19. S. A. C, s
priest's addresses. is now avail- Misonic Auditorium on March 11 Lion cannot be covered in a series Rabbi Moshe Blau and Prof. Weil-
they will not stop until the 1,000 daily Vorwaerts in Berlin, de-
on "The Problem of Freedom" of four lectures," stated Dr. Lau- Halle of Paris.
able
from
the
Congress
an
well
mark
is
reached.
as
Haven
Study Guiana ■
clared in an interview here that GALGENHUMOR
has aroused a great deal of curios- rence F. Seger, chairman of the
The photographers who stormed
RS the Jewish Community Coun-
Those desiring to enlist as mem- "an anti-Hitler coalition on the
NEW YORK. — (WNS) —
From Leonard Lyons we cull
ity about Mann and his writings.
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the delegates as they left swarmed
British and American members of bers are urged to communicate largest possible basis," was nec- the story of the conversation be- cil.
particularly around Mrs. Rose
a commission of inquiry left for with either Mr. Silberblatt or Mr. essary to avoid a war. Mr. Stamp- tween Hitler and Chamberlain
Jacobs, the only woman delegate,
British Guiana this week to study Lapides, or to call the Zionist ter said that "according to con- after the Munich pact ... It seems
who is an American member of
the possibility of settling German office, Cherry 6559.
fidential reports which were re- that Hitler wanted a memento of
the Jewish Agency Executive.
refugees there, according to an
Pavilion Campaign
ceived from Germany, distrust of the occasion, and suggested that
anouncement made by James G.
The Conference Room
Another call has been issued to Hitler has increased since the an- Chamberlain give him his famed
McDonald, chairman of the Presi- the Jewish community to partici- nexation of Austria and Sudeten- umbrella . . . Whereupon Cham-
Four tables in the form of a
dent's Advisory Committee on pate in the distribution of mem- land for two reasons. First, berlain expressed his regret that
rectangle served to seat the dele-
Political Refugees. Two areas, an- bership certificates for the Pal- through the Munich agreement this was one favor he couldn't
gates. The top table was occupied
proximately 42,000 square miles estine Pavilion. The significance the German people learned how grant ... "You see," he explain•
by the government side, Prime
in area, will be studied by the of this undertaking as a political close they were to war, and they ed, "the umbrella is mine" . . •
Minister Chamberlain, Foreign
commission. American members step in behalf of Palestine's re- don't want war. Second, the anti- And while we're at it we might
Secretary Viscount Halifax, Col-
of the survey group are: Dr. Ed- construction is emphasized by Jewish riots opened even the eyes tell you the tale Walter Win•
onial Secretary Malcolm Mac-
ward C. Ernst, assistant director Abraham Cooper and James I. of those who refused to believe chell relays concerning the little
Donald, Foreign Undersecretary
of the Pan-American. Sanitary
in 'atrocity stories.'"
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German boy who gleefully report-
of State for the Foreign Office;
of
France
appeared
in
the
Le
Malin
of
Paris
in
an
interview
with
the
Chief
Rabbi
Some weeks ago,
Bureau; Dr. Joseph A. Rosen, col-
ed to his teacher that 10 kittens.
which he cap d the view that France had already reached the saturation point in absorbing the Marquess of Dufferin and Ava,
onization expert of the American
all Nazis, had been born at his
German Jewish refugees. It drew the following reply from the Co-ordinating Committee of Jewish the Undersecretary of State for
Jewish Joint Distribution Com-
house. . . A week later, when
Youth in Strasbourg, France, which has been specially translated for the Zionist Review of the Colonies, Sir Arthur C. C.
mittee; Col. Howard U. Nicholas,
the principal visited the class, the
London to whom The Detroit Jewish Chronicle is indebted for its text. This statement is • reply Parkinson, Permanent Undersec-
engineer; Emile, C. Bataille, col-
teacher called on little Hans to
not merely to the French Chief Rabbi, but to all Jews who refuse to identify themselves with retary of the Colonial Office.
onization expert; Desmond Hol-
repeat his report . . . "We have
At the opposite table sat the
the general world Jewish problem.
On
the
Occasion
of
His
130th
Birthday
drige, secretary; and Dr. Anthony
a cat at our house," he dutifully
members of the Jewish Agency
Donevan, sanitary engineer of the
intoned, "who gave birth to ten
Executive.
Dr. Chaim Weizmann,
Pan-American Sanitary Bureau.
Silence, M. the Chief Rabbi, we live in the Palace of the King. If David Ben Gurion, Prof. Selig
By BEATRICE K. BEAUMASCH
they are all Demo. Co-ordinating Committee of Jew - 1
■
kittens, and
Dr. D. W. Duthie, agricultural
would certainly have preferred; you persist in maintaining silence Brodetsky, Mrs Rose Jacobs,
cratsr' ... When the teacher re
611 Youth, Strasbourg.
chemist in the Department of
a terror-stricken impotent silence in spite of the gravity of the pres- Moshe Shertok, Dr. Nahum Gold-
EDITOR'S NOTE—In celebration of the 130th birthday of Abraham covered from the shock she re. M. the Chief Rabbi,
Agriculture of British Guiana, is
you
The graves have hardly closed in the face of so much savage ent situation, then safety and de- mann and Dr. M. L. Perlzweig.
Lincoln, 16th President of the United States, it is interesting proached Haenschen: "But
the British member.
told
ma
they
were
all
Nazis"
..
•
over the pitiful remains of our barbarism and in the face of the liverance will be granted else-
once again to note the foresight and wisdom which made him
The two side tables provided
While the commision is in the
"That was a week •go," the young- martyred brothers; our ears are lukewarm response of French pub- where to the Jews, but you and
America's beloved Emancipator.
for four rows of delegates headed
British possession a study will be
ster pointed out ''Now their still ringing with the cries of the lie opinion. And public opinion, yours shall perish!" And the frail
by
Dr. Wise, Ben Zvi, Chief Rabbi
made of the suitability and prac-
eyes are open."
tortured victims; the homes of the apparently, has not needed your woman replied nobly, "I shall
(PLEASE TURN TO LAST PAGE)
Life was different, back in the postism. We must repulse them
ticability of large-scale coloniza-
Jews of Germany, without excep- solemn sanction to remain silent. speak for you; and if it is my fate
or
they
will
subjugate
us."
ABOUT PEOPLE
tion for refugees of European days of America's Great Emanci-
But our youth, in whose name to perish, then I shall die!"
tion, have been laid waste; smoke
pator—or at least that is the way On the Fear for Disintegration
( PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 5 )
The young Jews we represent,
Pierre van Paesen's new book.
from the ruined synagogues rises we are now addressing ourselves
of Democracy
we, living in "an unparalleled per-
"Days of Our Years." which we accusingly into the sky; an impor- to you, had the right to expect numbering some 600 youths and
It was keen foresight and wis-
iod of history" are prone to think.
t old you months ago would prove tant and distinguished section of strong words and a virile attitude, girls, feel it their duty to tell you
We may even add with convic- dom which prompted the follow-
■ best seller, has already reached our community is sacrificed for that is a truly Jewish statement that they are determined to follow
tion that our problems today by ing delightfully paradoxical dec- the 100,000 mark ... The au-
Esther's example, not yours!
the sole crime of being Jews, a' and attitude, from its leaders.
far surpass those which, in their laration made at a time when de- thor received warning letters
Naturally we fully appreciate
It is not our concern to recall
"crime" in which we all share.
solving, captured the imagination mocracy was young and its ene- front Italian and German Fascists
And our youth, struck down! to you, the Chief Rabbi. that at the fact that the political situation
and energy of the major minds mies few: "Our progress in de- threatening him with retribution
imposes
the greatest restraint on Detroit Committee to In-
amidst its creative work, over-I many periods Jewish and general
of yesterday. Their thought was generacy appears to be pretty for exposing their beloved fueh•
whelmed by shame, infamy, and i history have given their judgment, our utterances. We ourselves have
cloathed in serenity; their lives, rapid. As a nation we began by rep.
dude Spokesmen for All
dishonor, everywhere thrust back and have always utterly con- never overstepped the bounds of
Congregation Bnai David in security.
declaring that 'all men are cre-
Zionist Groups
The Broadway premiere of Ste- on its own spiritual and material demned the attitude which the in- that restraint. It is you who have
Yet
actually
the
fundamental
ated
free
and
equal.'
We
now
Testimonial for Rabbi on
life, anxiously awaits the words terview shows you to have adopt- apparently felt called upon to
problems of society were not un- practically read it: 'all men are fan Zweig's "Jeremiah" took
break a dignified silence which
place last week, under the RIO- and deeds of its leaders. Our youth ed.
His 5th Anniversary
like our own today. We may be a created equal, except Negroes.
In accordance with the procla-
In the 15th Century the Jews the whole world have understood
is ready for all sacrifices for the
bit startled to learn that phrase- When Know Nothings (an early sires of the Theater Guild—but
the first performance of the Eng- sake of Judaism, without counting of Rome regretted "that they and respected. By these "platonic" mation of the executive of the
Congregation Bnai David will ology used by Abraham Lincoln Ku Klux Klan-Ed.) get control lish version in America was given the cost, without weighing the con- were not able to offer the slight- hopes with which, according to the World Zionist Organization, call-
almost a century ago has a ring —'all men are created equal ex-
est contribution to a solution of interview, your statement was so
honor its spiritual guide, Rabbi almost identical to that which is cept Negroes, foreigners and two years ago in Cincinnati by stu- sequences, eager as only the young the problem of Sephardi refugees iberally besprinkled, you have suc- ing upon each individual Jew and
can be to sacrifice themselves.
Joshua S. Sperka. at a testimonial current today.
Catholics.' When it comes to this dents of the Hebrew Union Col-
Jewess, 18 years of age and over,
You, the Chief Rabbi of the from Spain," as Italy "could not ceeded in rendering more difficult
I shall prefer emigrating to some lege.
dinner on Sunday evening, Feb.
On Evils of Despotism
Jews in France. have undertaken admit any fresh immigrants." any hope of succour; with a stroke to subscribe to a shekel as a token
Latest
advices
from
HollySvood
pre-
country
where
they
make
no
"The principles of Jefferson are
the task of giving an answer, and They even tried, though in vain, of the pen you have closed the of solidarity with the aims and ob-
tence of loving liberty—to Russia, are that the Warner Brothers will
26.
the
For the
past definitions
five years Congre- and axioms of free for instance, where despostism vary the usual formula by pre- this is what Jewish youth, pro- to prevent the refugees from tray- gates of the colonial Empire to jects of the Basle program, the
country.
those unfortunates who had placed
society," said the 16th President
foundly disillusioned by its lead- cling through the
various Zionist groups of this
gation Bnai David, Elmhurst at of the United States. "And vet can be taken pure. and without facing their Nazi spy picture with ers or so-called leaders, has heard,
During the French Revolution all their holies in you.
Fourteenth, one of the largest Or-
the notice that "This picture de-
the base alloy of hypocrisy."
Moreover, we are fully aware of country have united to form a
(so
regularly
does
history
repeat
they
are
denied
and
evaded
with
thodox Synagogues in Detroit. has no small show of success. One
liberately refers to certain in- as though in a dream:
On the Safeguards of Liberty
Central Shekel Board which has
the
difficulties
of
agriculture
in
The spiritual leader of French itself!) the Sephardim of France,
made steady progress in its sere- daringly
True, his problem was estab- dividuals who are alive today."
considering themselves no doubt France; the labor shortage is taken upon itself the task of se-
calls them 'glittering gen-
Walter Wenger may be whiz Jewry is stated to have declared , the only Jews worthy of the privi- keenly felt throughout our colonial curing one million shekel payers
ices to the community at large eralities'; another blandly calls lishing equal rights for the Negro
and Detroit Jewry in particular. them 'self-evident lies.' And minority. Vision taught him, in the movie game. but in the or that he cannot bring "the slightest
contribution to the clarification of I lege, refused to admit the Ash- Empire' as well as in many de- in the United States was prob-
The name "shekel"
Much of this progress is due to others insidiously argue that they however, that it is but a short corps during the war he wrecked that question," a question which kenazim of Alsace as citizens of nartments in the Mother Country.
the devoted. untiring, consistent apply to the superior races.' step from one kind of onoression Si, many planes while trying to
We fear indeed that you have ably applied originally to the ail-
he condescends at least to describe the Republic.
of each
and pesrevering work of Rabbi These expressions, differing in to another, and that although his learn to fly that the authorities
Is there not a prophetic ring in done a grave disservice to the real ver coin which the head
as
"agonizing."
Sperka, its spiritual leader during form. are identical in object and immediate consideration was a finally switched him to other dut-
had to pay is a tax some
Coming from a spokesman whose the objurgations addressed by interests of France. How true it family
major one in itself, its deeper ies
this
period.
Nfordechai to Esther at the time is that only in being a true Jew 1,000 years age while the Israelites
age, the supplanting of the
Though
only 34 effect
years of —
We hope that the Dueeenberz statements, considered in any
significance Ivy in the implication
can one give real service to one's were marching through the desert
Rabbi Sperka has already estab- principle of free government and if what might follow in its wake. dr used by film star Sally Eater light, carry great weight, this ex of Haman's persecution of the
on their way to Palestine from
restoring
those
classifications,
of
Jews. "Banish the hope," he cried, country!
lished himself as an important ele-
"If the safeguards of liberty are —to whom the Cleveland JewiM cathedra pronouncement recom- "still cherished in the depths of
It is an honor for Judaism that Egypt. When the World Zion-
caste
and
legitimacy.
They
would
mends
to
the
French
Jews,
to
the
ment in the life of his community delight a convocation of crowned broken down as is not attempt- commun ity lays claim — sea
ist Organization was constituted
it
has
devoted
centuries
of
its
ex-
your
heart
that
you
alone
emonirst
in- Jewish youth of France, inactivity
ago, it adopted the term
by not only his connection with heads plotting against the people. ed," declared Abraham Lincoln. bought from a refugee . .
nd silence raised to the level of the Jews shall escape the fate istence to • fierce struggle against 42 years r, E141(1kIAL P.m
(TURN
Bnai David but with various They are the vanguard, the min- "which they have made things of cidentally, Sally's four-year-ol I a
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overhangs
us
because
you
:which
a policy.
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