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Sabbath Scriptural Selections

Pentateuchal portion—Ex. 35:1-40:38; 12:1-20.

Prophetical portion—Ezezk. 45:16-46:18,
Rosh Chodesh Niece Readings of the Law
Tuesday

Num. 28:1-16.

Adar 26, 5699

March 17, 1939

Britain and Palestine

"The British plan will be callous prep-
aration for a period of murder and oppres-
sion, perhaps without parallel in recent
memory," is the editorial comment of the
New York Post on the new Palestine pro-
posals.
We believe this to be an exaggerated
opinion, in view of overwhelming proof
that the vast majority of the Arabs in Pal-
estine are opposed to terrorism and are in
favor of cooperation with Jews. The mere
fact that the neighboring Arab villagers
joined in a Chamisho Osor b'Shvat cele-
bration with the Jewish pioneers in Hanita
and that a mukhtar of the villages wel-
comed the Jewish colonists home with the
statement that Joshua ben Nun had won
Palestine for the Jews for all time, is of
sufficient signficance to show that there
will not be mass murder; that the Arabs
are longing for a return of prosperity and
peace to the land they share with the
Jews, and that they are tiring of destruc-
tion at the hands of vandals and murder-
ers who are inspired by the Grand Mufti's
followers.
But the New York Post makes an im-
portant point when it deplores the fact
that "the nations of the world have al-
lowed a situation to arise in which half a
million human beings have gambled their
lives and possessions on a specific pledge.
To maintain the status quo is the least
civilization can do."
In reality it is much more than this. It
is a question of giving a home for home-
less people, of honoring an historic affilia-
tion of Jews with their cradleland, of giv-
ing Jews a chance to live peacefully, to
create without hindrance, to live a normal
life.
Regardless of the restrictions imposed
'upon Jews in Palestine, Great Britain must
realize that her pledge will not be treated
like a scrap of paper; that Jews will not
yield to terrorism; that the Jewish people
will defy Britain if she should insist upon
creating another ghetto for Jews, this time
in Palestine. Dr. Stephen S. Wise has
stated upon his return from the London
conference that "the fight is not over and
I know that eventually we will win." It is
in this spirit that the Jews in Palestine
are carrying on, and it is in this spirit that
they must be given the encouragement of
their kinsmen throughout the world.

Underground Germany

During the past few weeks, especially
since the new awakening that has come
to the German people from the mirage of
Munich and the pogroms of November,
there are increasing indications that the
underground movement in opposition to
Nazism within Germany is growing by
leaps and bounds.
One does not have to read the literature
published by the democratic f or c es
throughout the world to realize that such
a reaction is growing. Factual literature,
newspaper reports, the frantic efforts of
Nazi chieftains to keep up the spirit of
the German people, all go to prove that
not all is well within Germany.
But perhaps the best proof of existing
resentment is to be found in one of the
most impressive books of our time, Nora
Waln's "Reaching for the Stars" which
has just come off the press of Little,
Brown and Co. of Boston. Although re-
strained, this volume is effective in its
presentation of facts, in its relation of ex-
periences, in its fairness inspired by a
genuine love for German art and culture,
for the German land and people.
Mrs. Wain writes dispassionately, and
her work is a devastating indictment of
the present German regime. Because she
never yields to hatred but consistently, in
true fashion of her Quaker family tradi-
tion, adheres to a viewpoint of pacifism
and love for the German people among
whom she lived for four years, Mrs. Wain
created an epic story which helps reveal
the true state of affairs within Germany,
and from which she passes on her convic-
tion that the Nazi dictatorship can not last
and will not last. Her "Reaching for the
Stars" shows that all is not well in Ger-
many; that there is grumbling and dis-
satisfaction:- that men and women, in the
privacy of their homes, are beginning to
speak in protest against the outrageous
barbarities practiced by the stormtroopers.
One of the incidents related in this book
deals with the murder of a man who dared
to oppose the Nazis at the March 1933
elections. We read: "On July 16, not quite
six months after Hitler became Vice-
Chancellor, a law was published forbid-
ding all parties except the National Social-
1st Party. Shortly afterwards this man
went for a walk one evening and did not
return. At Christmas the wife shot their
five-year-old son and herself 'while of un-
sound mind.' She had that morning re-
. marked
ceived a package—a cigar box
r' be-
with a swastika and the word 'traito ained
fore her husband's name. It cont
ashes. I was not yet used .to things like
find
that, and recovered consciousness to
my
on
narrator splashing-cold,

March 17, 1939

MEDerRonlarisnatRONICIE

ae. THE LEGAL CHRONICLE

SHEEAN TO SPEAK
HERE THIS SUNDAY

quietly, as she scolded me; 'You have got
to learn to steel yourself against shock.
This thing isn't going to end in Germany
—or in Europe.' "
Mrs. Waln tells incident after incident
of the manner in which Jews and liberals
were abused, humiliated, gotten out of the Noted Corespondent Was
Eye-Witness to Nazi
way; and also relates numerous experi-
Persecutions
ences of German resentment against such
practices. She tells the story of one woman
Bringing to Detroit the only
who was about to commit suicide when comprehensive eye-w i t n e s s ac-
she was ordered to leave the land she count of the frightful Jewish per-
learned to love as her native country, but secution that followed the Vom
Rath shooting, Vincent Sheean,
whose passport was taken from her. The world-famous
foreign correspond-
"family policeman" who had been cover- ent, will give a public lecture on
ing the beat for years was instrumental in "Europe After Munich" at 3:30
recovering her passport, while Mrs. Wain next Sunday afternoon at the De-
Institute of Arts. Sheean,
encouraged her during the last (lay of her troit
an uncompromising enemy of
legal stay in Germany. She left her fortune Nazism and Fascism, journeying
behind her and departed for Paris, where to all parts of Germany after the
her sister lived. Mrs. Wain thus concludes Vom Rath incident, making first-
observations of the Nazi at-
her story of this day's experience : "I felt in hand
on Jews. lie has personally
a horrible trance as I dressed for the opera. tocks
visited the concentration camps.
I was so slow that I did not slip into the
Sheean "covered" the Czecho-
seat beside my husband until after the bell slovakian crisis for the New York
had rung for the last act. 'Tosca' seemed Times. His transatlantic radio
broadcast from Prague, during
less tragic than present-day life."
which he gave the lie to many
It is no wonder that the three copies of of Hitler's claims, was a world-
her manuscript which she had mailed wide sensation. Sheean will tell
from Germany disappeared and that Mrs. why he believes "the shameful be-
of Czechoslovakia by her
Wain had to rewrite her book from her trayal
democratic allies is the greatest
notes after she had left Germany. An in- political disaster of the modern
cident like the following further illustrates world," and he will discuss Hit-
why Adolf Hitler, who permitted Mrs. ler's present and latest dismem-
of that unhappy little
Waln's earlier book "The House of Exile" berment that
trusted her allies too
to appear in German translation, would country
implicitly.
not tolerate a story like "Reaching for the
On his way home to America
Stars." The story deals with two boys, 16 two months ago Sheean visited
and 19, whom the author had befriended. the Barcelona front in Spain. lie
predicts a frightful massacre of
One day they were late for lunch. Otto, government
supporters. General
16, had his sleeve torn and the knuckles Franco, he charges, has black-
of his right hand were bloody. They were listed for death more than 2,000,-
induced to tell their story, which Mrs. 000 Spanish loyalists.
Sheean's career as foreign cor-
Waln relates as follows:
respondent has taken him all over

Busy about their own affairs, they had come
on Jew-baiting. Dresden is the Saxons town,
and they are Hamburgers, but the victim
being tormented was • woman—an old woman
—a German-Jewish woman with some spirit.
Her back was against a wall and she was
answering. She was not defending herself—
in no uncertain words she was defending the
honor of a Germany some people think dead.
A crowd had gathered. Taller than Saxons,
the boys could see over the crowd. The bait-
ing was being done by • boy in the Hitler
Youth uniform. Otto pushed in. and told him
to stop. He did not, so Otto warned him;
and when he continued Otto knocked the boy
down. A man then came at Otto.
"He had fine teeth. They are now in his
stomach," Otto informed me. .
Rudiger silenced him, and continued the
narration. A policeman had taken charge of
Otto. They had walked a long way; they had
presumed it led to jail. But in • quiet street
the policeman had suddenly released Otto.
He h•d shaken Otto's bloody hand and said:
"Congratulations. I envy your youth and
courage. Now be off—quickly."

Surely, the underground movement, and
the natural individual spontaneous opposi-
tion to Nazism in Germany can not be
dead and must be growing. in view of such
experiences.
Mrs. Waln has stated that her only pur-
pose in publishing her book "is that I have
a hope that this rending of the German
veil' will help us all out of this Nazi night-
mare." We believe that if books like
"Reaching for the Stars" are widely read
they will help people out of the Nazi
nightmare. Mrs. Wain has rendered a
great service to'the cause of decency with
•this splendid fictionized non-fiction.

Respected Judges

Europe and the world. He covered
the Riff War in Morocco, the
Rhineland Separ4ist War, the
Moscow Five-Year Plan, the be-
ginnings of the Revolution in
China.
One year ago Sheean again
plunged into the thick of things.
He visited the Spanish front, and
made a first-hand study of Nazi
activities in swallowed-up Aus-
tria. Ile was in Czechoslovakia
during the Sudetenland Crisis,
and studied the inner workings
of the Nazi regime during the
Vom Rath convulsion.
Sheean, who lives in Europe,
has not made an American lecture
tour for six years. This will be
his only Detroit appearance.

Sid Pollick Heads
Durfee Graduates

Sid Pollick, 14-year-old son of
Sir. and Mrs. Maurice W. Pollick
of 2740 Richton Ave., was recently
elected president of the Durfee
Intermediate School graduation
class.
The graduation class consists of
close to 1,000 students and in or-
der to be eligible for the office
of president it is necessary for
the student to attain an average
of not less than "B" in all his
di
Sid is also on the editorial staff
of the Durfee Review in the ca-
pacity of boys' athletic editor.

Contributions to the Jewish
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The Jewish Children's Home

PURELY COMMENTARY

By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ

Bible Outsells "Mein Kampf"

The Stackpole edition of Ilitler's "Mein Kampf"
deserves wide reading. There is no better way of
letting the public know Hitler's designs to under-
mine the peace of the entire world than by mak-
ing the true facts known.
While Hitler's creed thus becomes known to the
English-speaking world for the first time in an
unexpurgated edition of his book, it is encouraging
to learn that in Germany the Bible still leads the
fuehrrr's autobiography as a best seller. A report
from Berlin states that the Bible outsold "Mein
Kampf"—which has been made compulsory read-
ing—by about 200,000 yearly in the past six years
since the Nazis assumed absolute power in Ger-

There is still some hope left that the enslaved

German people will some day be emancipated.
naYe

Here's hoping it will be self-emancipation—and
very soon.

•

Should Spread of Bigotry Be Penalized?
One of the most serious issues facing America
today is the problem of how to deal with those
who spread racial and religious hatred. Liberals,
by virtue of their strict adherence to the principle
that freedom of assembly, freedom of speech and
freedom of the press must be maintained at all
costs, are on the spot.
The question, in its simplest form, is this:
Granted that freedom must be defended, is it
not a fact that right now it will help primarily
those who would rob others of similar freedom if
they were in power? For it is true that complete
and unabridged freedom helps the bigots. There-
fore there is justification for demanding that dras-
tic steps be taken to curtail the spread of religious
and racial hatred.
In principle, there is no reason for deviating
from adherence to the ideals of unabridged rights
as they affect public assemblies and the press. But
even in New York City, where Mayor LaGuardia
and Acting Mayor Morris strictly abided by this
rule in granting the American Nazis the right to
meet in Madison Square Garden, there has been
a change of heart. An order has since been issued
by LaGuardia to all owners of public halls to pro-
vide their own ushers for all public assemblies,
thus barring ushering by uniformed Nazis. This
is the first step in the right direction. Similar
steps should be taken throughout the country to
make it unlawful for private groups to be armed
and to wear uniforms. Furthermore, it is impera-
tive that legislation be sought to prevent incitation
to riot. Unless such steps are taken promptly,
there will be further incentive for Nazis and
Fascists to create trouble.
American Nazis have already provided proof
that "it can happen here." True Americanism de.
mends that they be stopped NOW.
This raises the additional question of whether
the spreaders of hate are to be penalized, and
what form such penalties should take. In the New
York Legislature there are now pending several
bills which would make the inciting of racial and
religious hatred a misdemeanor punishable by fine
or imprisonment, or both. The New York State
Council of Churches, which represents "federated
Protestantism," has taken a stand against such
legislation through its legislative committee of
four lawyers and six ministers, who hold the pro-
posed bills to be "too broad and dangerous" and
who believe that the measures have been "too
loosely drafted" and "might infringe personal lib-
erty."
This being the case, the responsibility becomes
all the greater for the liberal forces to find a
way out of the dilemma by drafting such legisla-
tion that will retain the spirit of the Bill of Rights
and the Constitution but will prevent capitalizing
upon it by subversive and destructive forces.
The Bill of Rights remains sacred. But it will
wat,atay„sacred if the privileges it grants will en-
able Nazi bandits in brown shirts to undermine
the peace of this land and to create hatred be-
tween racial and religious groups. The Bill of
Rights does not give complete freedom to scoun-
drels—whether they be in New York or Royal Oak
or Tompkins Corners—to lie and to incite to riot.
Proper legislation is necessary to check the new
wave of bigotry. At the game time, the made-in-
Germany Nazi brown shirt army should be out-
lawed in America. There is no room here for gang-
sters in disguise.
•

heading. The editorial is of sufficient importance
to be given wide circulation and we present it
herewith:
irlinniog largely to the artilities of the German-

American Build, the question of bon to get rid of
rhate armies without impairing anybody's rightsr
alert ering with legitimate organisations has come to
for a good deal of attention. lielnesealati‘e Tooth.
of California think• he law found a nay. ills bill,
'usling in the house, ou
cld require "chili,. mill..
organisations' to get a license from the President,
acting In his capacity of Coninmnder In Chief of the
Army and Sittyy, lite President mould be directed to
make public his action on each aPPIlodlon. The lb.
cense could not be prominent until confirmed by Con-
gress. It mould be resoluble at any time by act of Con-
gress. The secretary cif Mar could be authorised to
ascertain "the pnbposed or eyistiog purposes.
memlbership, n edlums of propagairla ellIO10)141 or to be
employed, present or proposed. sources of information"
and any other facts that seeed to him pertinent.
Licenses specillmlly notad not be issued to any group
. •.eh by its• crilten rules or constitutions Or by its
nd .ths ur teachings Inhollitell the denial to any
itir. or group or class of citizens of any protection.
Prniirge or I111111unIty guaranteed by the Constitution
Witt Inns of the Bolted slates on account of the owe,
color, ine religious o Iwillinll faith of Snell citizen,
group or class of citizens by use of force, siolence,
threats, intliaidalion or eettliOntle coercion." Some °b-
ib., ...p., . to the licensing requirement are made,
Including - any organisation expressly authorised by the
law of any State." Ttaxisioun penaltiesof a 0.000 550
ImPrin meat see twinkled
and the
Pres ..... ably the liven.could be a mere formalitY
for "any (et ..... Iteltool, society, fotternity, order, league,
lodge, brotherhood instil ate, Or any group of two or
more persons" ',hose purposes se re open and I.o.M.
The Ian could clamp ,bon when the MO... were in
doubt. Manifestly the rights of the Slat. are amid,
protected. They can authorise any sort of organisation
they nigh U., SO Ions as such an organisation does
not break existing }Wend lace.
Mr. Toorhis' MI ought to be taken uff the shelf
and disorowd. Maybe It is the best nay of achiesing
II. guided and limy.. It is not. It does break ground
I,, • new and unfortunately urgent field of legislation.

r

Today it is the Bund; tomorrow it may be a
Japanese outfit, and the day after an Italian Fas-
cist organization that will strike at the root of
civil liberties and that will preach doctrines of
race hatred on these shores. The sooner they are
checked the better. Congressman Voorhis' bill
should be given serious and immediate considera-
tion.
•

A Bouquet to "Dynamic America"

Orchids to "Dynamic America, The Nation's
Economic Forum," published in New York, for the
courage with which it has unmasked the Royal Oak
bigot. In its January issue this splendid magazine
carried a protest against Coughlin's activities
signed by prominent leaders from all parts of this
country, and a strong editorial denunciation of the
Coughlin campaign of bigotry. The February issue
had a splendid study of Coughlinism by Roy Whar-
ton under the title "Lies Pour Out of Royal Oak."
Coughlin is here referred to as "The Money Mad
Priest of Royal Oak," and his appeals for funds
for his hate-spreading Social Justice are analyzed
to show how "the poverty-stricken 'Shrine of the
Little Flower' shed its rags, having been trans-
formed by the voice of a microphone Midas into
a beautiful, prosperous church structure." The
March issue of Dynamic America carries a well-
written satire on the infamous forgeries, the Pro-
tocols of the Elders of Zion, under the title "Secret
Protocolas of the Philatelic Legion."
The article "Lies Pour Out of Royal Oak" car-
ries the following interesting footnote:

SCHNEOUR LECTURE
TUESDAY EVENING

Foremost Hebrew - Yiddish
Poet to Address Kvutzah
Ivrith and Hebrew Teachers

The reception in honor of Sal-
man Schneour, the foremost Ile-
brew-Yiddish poet and novelist,
will be given in the auditorium
of the Philadelphia-Byron School
on Tuesday evening, March 21, at
8:30 o'clock.
Selman Schneour, who is known
as the poet laureate of the He-
brew literature, will appear foe
the first time in Detroit. This is
the first opportunity afforded the
local Jewish public to see and hear
the distinguished poet and novel-
ist personally.
Selman Schneour tours the
country under the auspices of the
Jewish National Workers' Alliance.
The Tuesday night reception is
being arranged jointly by the'
Kvutzah, — the Hebrew Cultural
Group, and the Hebrew Teachers'
Organization of the United He-
brew Schools.
Recitations of some of Selman
Schneour's poems, as well as a
musicial program in which the
poet's songs will be featured, will
be included in this program.
The week of Schneour's appear-
ance is known at the Hebrew
Schools as the "Selman Schneour
Week." The biography of the au-
thor and many of his poems, es-
pecially those written for children,
will be studied by the intermediate
and high school classes of the
United Hebrew Schools.
The president of the Kvutzah
Ivrith is Herman D. Borah. The
president of the Teachers' Organi-
zation is Michael Michlin.
There will be a small admission
charge to cover the cost of the
lecture.
On Sunday evening, Schneour
will speak here under the auspices
of the Jewish National Workers'
Alliance.

Men Marvin, Om is described as a feature writer

On the Star ne Social Justice, published the first ParT
of int article in the Dec. In issue, rolled "The Story
of Ison Turom." In 1 ION article, typical of the material

this yi Hier and 51 her present in the Coughlin paper,
the recent German Spy Came is resealed as a frame-up
on the part of “icallienlial
leaders—for the sole
tartalm•t Germany and mug-
purpose ofcreating
early
tor, if piocibl•, an early
..... allc otlattre.'"'"ti - Man"
the Susi side., IS &WHP.
O,
Leon T.011,
11
%Int
by Man. no "a yeterun agent of the Soviet 1/1.PC"
who NOS planted by the Jens In the American Secret
Seri lee to play the rote of agent pray mato. That
this story lOts concocted oat of the nholrcloth In the
fertile imagination of Ben Marc., and that itnag not
gainst "certain influential Jets'
only an Indictment,
but included the American goseraineat 'twit as a rue.
to ILis "home - up." nes caused concern in the on-
torlal office of Social Justice. The story so,, published-
. fact Itsow featured. lloneyer, after "coca days of
reflection, It au diwoyered OW "The StOry or 1O011
Tarr. - in the words of Social Jus.• was .notac-
curate." Therefore, in a full page announcement, the
w col repadhstes
its
.1Tie ZrIlly 5ellitorial crew
l'Ire*‘17 on
found that their lying Inal caught up nith them and
decided to stay one Jump ahead of the law—for the
injured mai. hat a beautiful lac-suit in their laps
handed to them by Social Justice, the editor of the
Men Marvin anti Father Coughlin. The latter
gentlemen decided to put their tales behind their kind
leas and run.

German Refugees
To Be Entertained

The Jewish War Veterans of
the United States, including all
posts, Detroit Post No. 135, and
Auxiliary, and Lawrence Jones
Post No. 190, and the Julius Ros-
enwald Post of the American Le-
gion, will hold a party arranged
for by Nathaniel Goldstick, As-
sistant Corporation Counsel of De-
troit, and the entertainment com-
mittee.
This affair is to be held at the
Knights of Pythias hall, 114
Erskine, at John lt, on Monday,
March 20, at 7:30 p. m.
Seveial prominent speakers will
give talks on "Americanism."
There will be movies, refreshments
and dancing.
W. Bea Wsldrip, State Depart-
ment Commander of the American
Legon, will be one of the speakers.
Frank Klett, State Department
Commander of the D.A.V., will
also speak. Eugene VanAntwerp,
national commander of the Vet-
erans of Foreign Wars, is ex-
pected to be among the guests.
The purpose of this gathering is
to acquaint the German refugees
with the various veterans' organ-
izations and the true principles
of real democracy. All interested
are urged to attend—especially all
war veterans.

It is not too late to record these facts now,
almost three months after the Coughlin-Marcin
crew ate crow and repudiated a lie. File this story
for reference. You will have occasion some day to
refer to it when some of the other lies, especially
those incorporated in the Marcin articles, are given
Orchids to Ernest L. Meyer of
a thorough airing.
the New York Post for coining
By the way, it would be interesting to know the name "Bunditti" for Fuehrer
who hides behind the moniker Ben Marcin.
Fritz Julius Kuhn's gang.

donations from the
"Hitting at Private Armies"
American Jewry has reason to be proud acknowledges
following: Mr. Left, Mrs. San:
That the problem created by the formation of
of the record that has been made by its Berger, Mr. Louis Wolnansky, "private
armies" of the Nazis in this country is
sons and daughters who have shared in Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Korner, in a very serious one is indicated in the editorial
honor
of
son's
Bar
Mitzvah.
that appeared in the New York Times under this
the conduct of community and govern-
ment affairs. While there has been em-
phasis on the great contributions made to
GRYNSZPAN TRIAL
this land by Jewish scholars, merchants
IS SET FOR MAY
and industrialists, particular reference has
been made in recent years to the gifts to
PARIS (WNS).—The trial
Annual Campaign Begun to Provide Necessities for Needy
America by men like Justices Brandeis
of Hershel Grynszpan is to
During Passover
take place in May at the Paris
and Cardozo. Recognition of their work
Assizes, it was announced here.
is an indication of appreciation of their Addresses by Joseph Baratz, Rabbi Berman, Joseph According
Under the chairmanship of it can expect no real let up in
to a report by the
Haggai and Morris Scheyer and Rich
greatness which elevated them above par-
Charles A. Smith, the annual the demands that will have to be
doctors appointed by the court
Musical Program
Mo'os Chitim campaign to pro- met this year.
ties and classes.
to examine his mental condi-
"Our friends have always re-
vide necessities for the needy
tion, Grynszpan was "respon-
In our own state, three judges have
during Passover began this week. sponded splendidly in the past
sible" at the time he shot Ernst
An event of lingual brilliance izations participated in the cam-
similarly distinguished themselves: Justice
To meet increasing demands, a and I know that they will do so
vom Rath, Germany Embassy,
marked the Palestine festival at pa i gn.
Henry M. Butzel of the Michigan Supreme The Art Institute on Sunday eve-
sum of $10,000 is asked this year, again this year and I want to im-
official.
according to the committee. It is press it upon you that the com-
Court, Judge Harry B. Keidan of the ning, on the occasion of the clos- An impressive appeal for the
also
announced that plans are to mittee would like to refrain from
Wayne County Circuit Court and Judge ing of the 16th Gewerkshaften Allied Jewish Campaign was
give
each needy family 50 cents having affairs such as dances,
made
by
Isidore
Sobeloff,
execu-
Charles Rubiner of the Common Pleas campaign in Detroit.
more this year than was allotted radio appeals and the thousand
of encouragement tive director of the Jewish Wel- LERNER TO SPEAK
Court. All of them have won wide acclaim in Sentiments
last
year,
in view of increased and one schemes that detract
the present Palestinian crisis fare Federation.
AT FEDERATION'S
from the dignity of this work.
and have received the plaudits of men and were expressed by Joseph Baraiz, The splendid musical program
costs.
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Contributions
to the Mo'os We are putting it up to you.
women in all parties. Judge Keidan on Palestine labor leader; Rabbi was featured by the appearance
Chitim fund may be sent to Send in your contribution and
of
Jan
Peerce,
tenor,
of
New
Morton
M.
Berman
of
Chicago;
several occasions led his entire ticket, and
(cosici.rogn most PAGE ONE)
Charles A. Smith, 1935 Glynn help ua by calling your friends
Haggai and Morris L. York. Other participants who
his triumphs have been tributes to his Joseph
attention to this worthy cause so
Court.
Scheyer, chairman of the drive, distinguished themselves were:
cies.
This
year
the
Fresh
Air
ability and integrity. It is encouraging, on who presided. Speakers were Emma Lazaroff Schaver, in a
In his appeal for contributions that they, too, can help to make
the Jewish Child Place- to this fund Mr. Smith said:
every Jewish home in Detroit re-
the eve of the forthcoming election, to unanimotis in declaring that Jews group of songs and in duets with Society.
Bureau, the Jewish Home
"The report as audited by the flect truly the spirit of Passover.
know that similar acclaim is being given will carry on the battle for justice Mr. Peerce; Halevy Choral So- ment
for
Aged
and
North
End
Clinic
"Let us all get into the spirit
Jewish
Welfare
Federation
for
in Palestine and that there will ciety. under direction of William
by spokesmen for all parties to Justice be
will hold their elections on this the year 1938, shows that we of our ancestors. When we sit
no let-down in the program of Gayman; Rebecca Katzman-Froh-
occasion.
Elections
to
member-
Butzel and to Judge Rubiner. Their im- building
down
to our Seder, let us all feel
spent
nearly,
$7,000
(an
all-time
the Jewish National man and Celia Plotnick, accom- I
partiality has caused them to be looked Home. panists. A sketch, "On Guard," ship on the board of governors high). Twenty-seven thousand that there are no needy in local
of
the
Jewish
Welfare
Federa-
Israel,
at least for the week of
pounds of matzos were distribut-
Mr. Scheyer announced that directed by Moshe Haar, was
upon as transcending party lines. We are
tion will be held also. A joint ed and over $4,000 was divided the Feast of Freedom.
confident that the voters of this state will close to $20,000 has been raised staged by the Young Jewish report covering Federation activi- among
"Give liberally and give speed-
1,377 families. The com-
reward their faithfulness to duty by re- in this drive and that 90 organ- Dramatic Group. • ties during the past year together mittee is reliably informed that ily."
with an exposition of the activl
electing them to their respective offices.

BRILLIANT PROGRAM FEATURES
FESTIVAL OF GEWERKSHAFTEN

APPEAL FOR MO'OS CHITIM

'

"Only Ten Jews"

A nasty situation has arisen in connec-
tion with the complaint of 10 Jewish em-
ployes who charge that they were dis-
missed from the Old Age Assistance Bu-
reau because of religious and racial preju-
dice.
The new director of the bureau has
stated that "we dismissed 100 employes
over the state as a whole, and only 10
were Jews." There were 12 Jews among
91 employed in the Detroit office of
the bureau and of the 17 dismissed 10
were Jews.
"Only 10 were Jews," we are told—and
the public is expected to swallow this
statement as a genuine excuse in the face
of such wholesale dismissal of Jews.
There is an implication in the statement
of "only 10 Jews" as if Jews are or were
in that office out of proportion to the en-
tire force. The statement smacks of haste
and lack of forethought. It is a lame ex-
cuse—since there is no need for such apol-
ogies if the original reasons for their dis-
missals were just.
The issue should be aired freely and
openly, since there is a principle at stake.
Either merit and devotion to duty are the
guiding principles under the civil sen-ice
provisions, else the American principle of

AUDIENCE OF 5,000 ADDRESSED HERE BY
DR. THOMAS MANN

ties of the agencies represented
and a report on United Jewish
Charities and the Detroit Service
Group affairs will be presented by
Abe Srere, Federation president.
Invitations have been extended
to all members of the Jewish Wel-
Declaring that striving for so- judgment would be to the disad- fare Federation. Contributions to
annual Allied Jewish Campaigns
cial democracy is the order of vantage of Fascism.
constitute memberships in the
Asked to comment on the
the day and that responsibility
Federation.
devolves upon this country to claim. of the Nazis: that their re-
strive for the perpetuation of gime will last a thousand years,
YOUTH CONFERENCE
democratic ideals, Thomas Mann, Miss Mann, speaking for her
FOR ALLIED DRIVE
the world's outstanding man of father, said that while he could
letters, last Saturday evening not act as prophet he would ven-
(CONCLUDED FROM LAOS ONE)
addressed a capacity audience of ture the guess that Nazism will
5,000 at the Masonic Auditorium not last as long as it has already. vision 10: Joshua Horwitz, Edwin
Rabbi Leon Fram, who presid- Wolf.
under the auspices of the League
ed, made a strong plea in favor of
The division "generals" are now
for Human Rights.
the
boycott of German-made contacting their captains who in
Pleading for a militant de-
mocracy, Dr. Mann stated that goods and services as a weapon turn are organizing their respec-
tive teams and the near future
democracy must not give en- against the spread of Nazism.
will find the entire "army" ready
couragement to destructive forces
like the Bend and that self- Gift to Scholarship Fund of for action. In selecting its "gen-
erals," the Junior Service chose
a
preservation demands
strong
Hebrew Schools in Mem- not only from its own outstanding
stand against permitting those
ory
of
Morris
Kaufman
leaders but from other active Jew-
who would destroy freedom from
ish youth in the Detroit commun-
gaining ground.
The United Hebrew Schools ity who have exhibited marked
Declaring that Fascism is not
the bulwark against Communism, gratefully .acknowledge the re- executive a b i l i t y. These new
Dr. Mann said that Fascism ceipt of a contribution to the leaders are now paired with ex-
learned its technique from Com- scholarship fund from Mrs. M. perienced workers in order that
munism and that both were alike Kaufman and children of E. they may gain the necessary ex-
in that they were dictatorships. Philadelphia Ave., in memory of perience for future campaigns and
During the question and answer their husband and father, Morris thereby strengthen the en t i r e
period, when his daughter, Erika Kaufman, who passed away Sat- Junior Section structure.
Mann, replied to queries from the urday, Starch 4.
Elisabeth Bergner, whom many
audience, the further explanation
Eddie Cantor is expecting a consider the greatest actress of
was given that while Fascism and
Communism are technically alike, granddaughter in the late sum- our time, is seriously it in Lon-
don.
on ■ question of morality the mer, we hear,

the community resources. A
telegram of greetings was read
from Abraham Srere, president of
the Federation.
(CONCLUDED FROM FAGS ONE)
Dr. David Kliger submitted the
boys and girls during the year report of the nominating com-
mittee
which consisted, in addi-
and lauded the co-operation of
the North End Clinic and the tion to himself, of Robert Mar-
will and Harvey Goldman.
Mendelson Fund.

CHILDREN'S HOME
PICKS DIRECTORS

The medical-dental ataff of the
Children's Home consists of the
following:
Dr. Sidney Beigler, who heads
the surgical department; Dr. Saul
Barnett, who conducts the eye,
ear, nose, and throat work; Dr.
Leo Orecklin, who is the derma-
tologist; Dr. John Freedman,
roentgenologist; Dr. Lenord Sid-
low, Dr. Harry Topcik and Dr.
Peter Bernstein, who comprise
the dental staff; Dr. Daniel Stie-
fel, the orthopedist; Dr. David
Kliger and Dr. Harry Metzger,
who comprise the pediatric de-
partment; Dr. David Levy, who is
the chief consultant of the staff.
Louis, Newmark, superintendent
of the home, stated in his report
that the home had reached a stage
of being a well organized social
agency working as part of a plan
for unifying the community's
child care program. He lauded
the president, Herman Cohen, for
his devotion to the home.
Isidore Sobeloff. executive di-
rector of the Jewish Welfare Fed-
eration, addressed the meeting
and
the Children's
_ lauded
•
•
- home
• ••
for its co-opera t ion i n building

The Youth and
Jewish Survival

Dr. Leo M. Franklin to Lead

YPTC Discussion Sunday on

This Subject at Temple

"What• can young people con-
tribute to the survival of the
Jew?"
This topic will be the central
theme of discussion by the Young
People's Club of Temple Beth El
at 3 p. m. this Sunday, March 19.
in the meeting room on the third
floor of Temple Beth El.
This general discussion meeting
will be conducted by Dr. Leo M.
Franklin.
Members are urged to bring
their friends to this meeting.

Of the six woman judges of
New York City, three are non-
Aryans . . . They are Jeanette
G. Brill, Anna Moskowitz
Kross
_
an d Justine Wise Yeller.
and

