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Jewish Communal Leaders Will Consider' i PUBLIC
Nazis Hold Jewish Leaders for Ransom;
PLANNED
Overseas Needs, Changing Local Problems DETROIT JEWS To Ration Less Food for Jews; Ghetto
At General Assembly in Detroit, Jan. 27-29 Cou izainl LindpreCssoi gress And Judengasse Revived in Pressburg
Program
Dr. Chaim Weizmann, regarded
by many as the foremost Jew of
modern times, who holds the post
of president of the Jewish Agency
for Palestine, came to the United
States on the Atlantic Clipper,
which left from Lisbon, Portu-
gal, on Wednesday, and arrived
The Council of Jewish Federa-
at the Port Washington, L I., tions and Welfare Funds, com-
airport on the following day, it prising 177 federations, welfare
was announced by the United funds and community councils in
Palestine Appeal, to whose tui- 143 cities in the United States and
tional conference in Washington Canada, will hold its seventh an-
on Jan. 6 and 7, Dr. Weizmann nual General Assembly in De-
is coming as guest of honor. He troit on Jan. 27, 28 and 29, it
is accompanied by Mrs. Vera was announced by Sidney Hol-
Weizmann, distinguished commu- l ander of Baltimore, president of
nal worker and scientist in her t he Council.
own right Mrs. Weizmann, who
Delegates from local commu-
also has a doctor's degree, is nity agencies, Mr. Hollander said,
honorary president of the Wo- will discuss war-time require-
men's International Zionist Or- ments of refugee, overseas and
ganization in association with Via- Palestinian causes and consider
countess Samuel.
methods of organizing local com-
Dr. Weizmann's stay in the munities more effectively to pro-
United States, scheduled to last vide for changing local needs.
for several weeks, will be part
Special sessions, he declared,
of a mobilization of resources to will be devoted to consideration
speed the upbuilding of the Jew- of the prospects of co-ordinated
ish Homeland in Palestine to in- fund raising for overseas needs,
crease the capacity of the Holy present-day trends in local wel-
Land to absorb the thousands of fare programs, and problems of
refugees who are streaming from community organization for refu-
Nazi oppression in Europe.
gee assistance. The delegates, he
Dr. Weizmann, in addition to said, will seek to arrive at a con-
his post as president of the Jew- census which may serve as a
SIDNEY HOLLANDER
ish Agency for Palestine, is chair- guide for the work of local com-
the committee are: Irving Bett•
man of the board of governors of munities in 1940.
the Hebrew University of Jerusa-
man, St. Louis; Louis Caplan,
The Program Committee
lem, chairman of the Central Bu-
About 400 lay and professional Pittsburgh; Judge Phillip For-
reau for the Settlement of Ger- leaders of Jewish communal ac-
man, Trenton; A. Richard Frank,
man Jews in Palestine, director tivity from all sections of the
of the Daniel Sidi' Chemical Re- country, including delegates from Chicago; Harry Greenstein. Balti-
more,
Joseph Goldstein, Roches-
search Institute of the Jewish member agencies.of the Council
Agency for Palestine, and presi- and persons active in national and ter; William Holzman, Omaha;
Dr.
Louis
Levy, Memphis; Her-
dent of the Zionist Federation of overseas work, are expected to
Great Britain and Ireland.
attend. Prominent leaders in many bert Mallinson, Dallas; Kurt Pei.
ser,
Philadelphia;
aed David M.
fields will address the three-day
Leading Americans Join to
Watchmaker, Boston. Mrs. Henry
sessions.
Honor Dr. Weismann
Wineman
is
chairman
of the De-
The program for the assembly
The formation of a national
is being prepared by a committee troit arrangements committee.
reception committee for Dr. Weiz-
To Discuss Emergency
headed by Joseph P. Loeb of Los
mann was announced by Dr. Step-
Angeles. The other members of
The emergency situations
hen S. Wise, chairman of the Na:
tional Reception Committee, which
has been joined by noted Ameri-
can leaders in every walk of life,
including Jews and Christians,
The national reception commit-
tee is composed of leaders in com-
munal service, science, education,
government and covic affairs, in
all of which branches of .en-
deavor Dr. Weizmann has made
notable contributions.
The list of members of the na-
tional reception committee in-
Morris Mohr, president of the
cludes Gov. Herbert H. ,Lehman
of New York, Senator Arthur Detroit branch of the Federation
Vandenberg of Michigan, Dr. of Polish Jews in America, this
Edgar DeWitt Jones of Detroit. week issued a statement in which
Dr. Weismann, Attorney G
I he outlines the plan to provide re-
lief for suffering Polish Jewry
Murphy to Broadcast Jan.
through this Federation. Mr.
6 and 7
Dr. Weizmann will be heard on Mohr's statement follows:
a broadcast of the Columbia
"The Federation of Polish Jews
Broadcasting System on Saturday, in America, in accordance with
Jan. 6, from 6:15 to 6:25 p. m.
its established aims and purposes
Dr. Weizmann's address will as laid down in its constitution,
emanate from Washington. The has concerned itself for three dec-
topic will be "Palestine as the ades with the welfare of Polish
Hope of the Refugees."
Jewry, morally, economically and
Another broadcast program in politically. In 1936, because of the
connection with the National Con- growing economic distress of Po-
ference of the United Palestine lish Jewry, which we felt was not
Appeal will be the address to the being adequately taken care of at
conference by Attorney General the time, the Federation decided
Frank Murphy on Sunday, Jan. to organize its direct relief work
7, from 4:15 to 4:30 p. m. His on a larger scale and established
MAX M. SILVERMAN
speech will be carried by the Na- the American Committee Appeal
Max M. Silverman was re-elect-
tional Broadcasting Company and for the Relief of Jews in Po-
the Mutual Broadcasting System. land. During the three years of ed president of the Jewish House
its existence, the American Com- of Shelter at the annual banquet
No Action on White Paper Dur- mittee Appeal has raised and meeting of the agency held Dee.
transmitted
approximately $300,- 20, at the Jewish Home for Aged.
ing His Absence, Wein.
000 for construction relief in Po- Dr. A. M. Hershman was re-elect-
mann Assured
land.
LONDON (WNS) — Prior to
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his departure for the United
"When the recent catastrophe
States on Dec. 29, Dr. Chaim befell the Jews of Poland as a re-
Weizmann was assured by gov- sult of the invasion of that coun-
ernment officials that no action try, the Federation applied for
regarding the Palestine White and obtained from the U. S. State
Paper would be taken during his Department an official permit to
Sidney Hollander of Baltimore, President of Council, Announces Plans
for the Sessions; Mrs. Wineman Heads the Detroit
Arrangements Committee
POLISH RELIEF
PLAN OUTLINED
Max M. Silverman
Is Re-Elected by
House of Shelter
Head of Local Federa-
tiini .Deicribesits
Activities
STRICTLY
CONFIDENTIAL
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DETROIT. MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1939
DR. WEIZMANN
ARRIVES FOR
CONFERENCE
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HEPETROIT LIMB- ifRONICLE
and
Lehman, Vandenberg
on National Recep-
tion Committee
Newspaper Printed
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First Volume of New Universal
Jewish Encyclopedia Published
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Tidbits from Everywhere
brought about by the war in the
field of refugee assistance, over-
seas aid and Palestinian recon-
struction, and the need for pre-
serving local welfare standards
in the midst of crisis, Sir. Hol-
lander declared, will make the de-
liberations of this Assembly and
the conclusions arrived at in Bal-
timore extremely significant for
the future of Jewish communal
activity in the United States and
Canada.
in the past seven years," he
said, "the Council has helped to
organize the resources of local
communities to meet effectively
local, regional, national and over-
seas Jewish nesds. It has helped
unorganized Jewish communities
take the first steps toward or-
ganization and provided assistance
and guidance to established fed-
erations, welfare funds and com-
munity councils in matters of or-
ganization, function and finance.
At this Assembly the Council's
member agencies will consider the
role of the organized local cons.
munity in meeting the new prob-
lems in fund raising, refugee aid
and local welfare activity."
In addition to Mr. Hollander,
the officers of the Council are:
William J. Shroder of Cincinnati,
chairman of the Board; Ira M.
Younker of New York; William
Rosenwald of Greenwich and
Henry Wineman of Detroit, vice-
presidents; Elias Slayer of Chi-
cago, secretary; and Dr. Solo-
mon Lowenstein of New York,
treasurer. H. L. Lurie is execu-
tire director and George W. Rain-
noff is associate executive direc-
tor.
BIRO-BIDJAN
PLAN ENDED
Ainbid jan Committee
Transteis Funds to
the ORT
The American Committee to
Settle Jews in Birobidjan (Am-
bidjan) decided to transfer all
its funds to the American ORT
Federation. This decision was
adopted by the membership of
Ambidjan several months ago.
Since then several conferences
have been held between the rep-
resentatives of the two organiza-
tions to complete all the neces-
sary arrangements.
During these conferences the
procedure of transferring all of
the funds of Ambidjan to the
American ORT in several install-
ments was agreed upon, and the
first installment was turned over
to the ORT at a special meeting
in the office of the chairman of
the ORT, Louis B. Houdin, on
Dec. 8. The other installments
will be turned over as soon as
all the necessary technical and
legal arrangements will be cons-
rileted.
At the meeting on Dec. 8, the
representatives of A mbidjan
stated that members of Ambidjan
have indicated that they were
ready to lend full support to the
sw-k of the ORT in its endeav-
ors to contribute towards the re.
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Detroit Jewry will express its
indignation against the outrages
in European lands at a public
rally planned jointly by the Jew-
is$ Community Council, the De-
troit Chapter of the American
Jewish Congress and their many
affiliated organizations.
Tentative plans for the meet.
ing are to hold it on Sunday
afternoon, Jan. 21, but changes
in date may have to be made
during the next few days, de-
pending upon the prominent na-
tional speakers who are being
invited to address the rally,
It is proposed to pattern this
meeting after the great gathering
held in New York two weeks
ago, when former President
Hoover, former Governor Alfred
Landon, Mayor LaGuardia and
others were the speakers.
Complete details regarding this
planned meeting will be made
known next week.
TEMPLE COLLEGE
OPENS 2ND TERM
Beth El College of Jewish
Studies will open its second se-
ries of courses Monday night,
Jan. 8. Each course consists of
10 successive Monday night ses-
sions. The hours are 8 to 9, and
9 to 10, making it possible for
any student to take one or two
courses. The registration fee is
$1 per course.
Rabbi Leon From will teach
"Current Jewish History." The
special theme of his course will
be "What This Second World
War Means to the Jew and What
May Jews Look for in the Peace
That Shall Follow the War?"
Na less than 400 young people
crowded the Brown Memorial
Chapel every Monday night dur-
ing the fall for Rabbi Fram's
class in "Current Events."
Nine other new courses are be-
ing offered. Dr. Isaac Rabinowitz
of the Bnai Brith Hillel Founds.
tion at Ann Arbor will give a
course on "The Jew in the Mid-
dle Ages." Dr. Leo M. Franklin
will teach "The Bible as Poetry."
Rabbi Eric Friedland will give
a course on "The Talmud as
Lore and Legend." Rabbi Elmer
Berger will lecture on "Modern
Jewish Writers in Yiddish, Ile.
brew and Other Languages."
Rabbi Bernard Zeiger will give
his fascinating course on "The
Religions of the Far East." The
complete list of new courses may
be obtained by communicating
with the Registrar, Slim Anna
Oxenhandler, at Temple Beth El,
Woodward and Gladstone.
Radio Broadcasts
By Dr. Franklin
To Start Jan. 7
Dr. Leo Si. Franklin will corn-
mence his series of Message of
Israel radio broadcasts on Sun-
day evening, Jan. 7, with an ad.
dress on the subject "The Jew
Whom Nobody Knows." Rabbi
Franklin's address will be carried
by Station WXYZ at 8 o'clock
on four consecutive Sundays.
The service will be read by
Rabbi Jonah B. Wise of Central
Synagogue in New York City,
and the music will be rendered
by the choir of Central Syna-
gogue, under the direction of Laz-
ar Weiner. Frederick Lechner is
the baritone soloist.
Warm Response to Yeshivoth Drive
By PHINEAS J. BIRON
(Copresht 1t311. 8 A. F.
a
WE'RE TELLING YOU
Half-Way Mark Reached in. First Two Weeks of $10,000
Emergency Campaign
Jews in Nazi-Occupied Poland Harrassed for Slightest "Provocations";
Hitler Is Reported Planning New "Reservations:"
Mass Expulsions Predicted
PARIS (WNS)
Jewish leaders In Poland were being Amsted by Nazis who re-
leased them only after payment of stiplated,sums of money in foreign currency by the
local Jewish communities, it was learned here. Information about mistreatment of Jews
in various sections of Nazi Poland continued to pour in, official circles said. "Epidemics
of typhoid and pneumonia are said to be raging in Warsaw and Lublin, particularly
among the Jews as a result of overcrowding, lack of food and of adequate clothing for
—
Sprotection against.. the Intense
cold. Little medical aid is avail-
able and the Jews are excluded
from all public hospitals, They
are also forbidden to buy clothes,
boots or bread. No coal is sup-
plied them, with the result that
they are obliged to use furniture
they have left for firewood."
Official Polish circles also re-
ported that Nazis were confiscat.
Ing Jewish and Polish property
in Posen find otherparts of Po-
land which Hitler his annexed
By AL SEGAL
aoaGerman
r it w aprovinces.
s sa id .,LIi i daotse
i onn,
_
no Pole is permitted to trade any
The young sales p romotion l onger,
"Liquidation
man was very happy In 'his job.
the entire Polish commerce is
Ile was connected with one of the practically completed and every-
biggest corporations and even thing Is passing into German
to have a small job in it gave a hands."
fellow a certain prestige in town.
Hachsharah Dissolved
With something of respect peo-
The Nazis in Lodz efts subject-
pie said, "lie's working for the
ing
the
Jews to a 'war of nerves'
Winkle Corporation."
The young man was assistant by alternately telling them that
to the sales manager of the Win- they will not be sent to the Lub-
kle Corporation. When he was lin "reservation", since Lodz is
given the job Joe Garfunkel made now considered a province of Ger-
u p his mind to stick to a certain
leave Lodz
before
March them
1 when
resolution: He would work harder many,
and then
warning
to
than any one else in the depart- expulsion of Jews to Lublin will
be resumed. Searching and plun-
ment. lie had heard it said that
a Jew must be twice as good as dering of Jewish homes continues
...--..
in Lodz where the Borochov
any one else if he hoped to make
a success of himself. He would liechalutz colony, a hachsharah
DR. CYRUS ADLER
eintlreneidninbgy ) the
farm, has been dia.
be three times as good. The Win.
Gestapo.
PHILADELPHIA. ( W N S )- kle Corporation would thank its
The reports further disclose
Dr. Cyrus Adler, president of lucky stars that it thought to
put
him,
Joe
Garfunkel,
in
the
that
several
lenders
of the Jewish
the Jewish Theological Seminary
community in Lodz have been sent
of Americo and of Dropsie Col- sales department
to jail in Radagosz, where the
lege, has accepted the invitation
The starting time in the Win- Nazi authorities have announced
of President Roosevelt to join kle Corporation offices was .8:30 that their release can only be
in peace efforts by the world's and Joe Garfunkel would have secured on payment of foreign
religious leaders.
started at 8 or MO even, if it currency.
In accepting the call of the hadn't been that no one was al.
Less Food for Imo
President... Gr. .Adler...4.01erlared lowed to enter the offices until
Thr Schwarre - Korps, organ of
that he would convey the peace 8:3 fin the 'dol. 'Joe made up
for this frustration by staying Hitler's Elite Guards, discloses in
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a current issue that stamping of
beyond the quitting time.
When 5 o'clock came and the food cards held by Jews will
mean
that they will henceforth
work lie had in hand was not
finished he refused to notice that meet with difficulties not only in
getting
rationed foods but also
it was quitting time. Today's
work !mist be finished today and in obtaining cards, which no
Joe was not one to put anything longer will be delivered to Jews
off until tomorrow if it could be as hitherto.
The Schwarze Korps further de-
done just as well to day.
dared that the new Nazi system
As promotion man he was re- of
stamp i ng
quired to give out sales ideas and with letter "J" the
an any one
was ration cards held by "Aryan"
be wasresolved
to else.
have Joe
more
servant
maids over 40 who are
ideas th res
continually flashing ideas and employed by Jews will be made
An effort to relieve the suffer- promptly transcribing them to rife...five immediately. "Hence-
ing of Jews oppressed in the
pap er and having them cony eyed forth", the paper reports, "each
war-stricken areas of Europe, and to
Jew will have to appear person-
the sales
to prepare for the eventual res-
toration to them of their human had started out with the purpose "
of projecting one new idea a day Aryans. who are in the employ
and equal rights as citizens in
s (Under
,
atnh,e" Nuremberg
be dr g
o
but in a few weeks ideas were
of
race j ew la sw
lands in which they and their
.
falling over each other in his are no t perm Aryans"
itted to work as
ancestors have lived and served
and some days he hail as
for centuries, will be launched head,
many as three or four of them. servants to Jews.) "These ladies,"
on Sunday evening, Jan. 14, at
the Schwarze Korps declares,
There
was
a great day when five !
Hotel Astor in New York City,
iwhose number turns out to be
when the American Jewish Con- of Joe Garfunkel's ideas were not as small as some may think,
gress marks the 21st anniversary on the sales manager's desk. are protesting most severely and
Winkle for
oCrortphoeraltuinocnh peel: i cons
of its founding, according to in lowed
der the measure an insult.
The one
announcement made by Dr. Ste-
However, the fact that they, as
clod but for Joe ■
phen S. Wise, its president.
half-hour was 'Aryans', serve Jews, clean Jew-
The organization, which con- enough. The motto of the Winkle ish dirt and take Jewish money
vened for the first time in De- Corporation was The Only Roy- does not bother them at all."
cember of 1918, and which was al Road to Success Is Hard Jc*.vish circles here see in the
founded with the help of the Work." It was on big posters in introduction of specially marked
Hon. Louis D. Brandeis and the all the departments. Joe was sure food cards for Jews a Nazi at-
he was filling Horace Winkle's tempt to prevent Jews from buy-
Hon. Felix Frankfurter, will re- prescription for success. ing food at
any time.
dedicate itself that evening of
to
True,
after he had been in the German Jews are meeting with
the task of lifting the yoke
oppression from millions of Jews Winkle Corporation six months difficulties in certain parts of the
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for this undertaking will be work.
ed out in detail a fortnight later,
when more than 600 delegates(
from every section of the United
States will convene in session in
Exposing The Finagling* of the Radio Priest
Washington for this purpose.
Accepts President's
ON MAKING
Invitation to Serve
GOOD
The Cause of Peace
One of the Reasons Why
Jews Fail to Get
Employment
1ST BIRTHDAY
OF CONGRESS
Will Be Marked by Ef-
fort to Relieve Euro-
pean Suffering
THE COUGHLIN RACKET
Murphy Among Sponsors
Finest piece of Indirection we
A total of $4,591.40 was bis A. M. Hershman and Morris
Comprehensive Work, First of Its Kind in 40 Years, Is have seen in a long time comes
The Jan. 14 function, which
pledged during the first 10 days Adler, Isaac Shetzer, president, will take the form of
By JOHN L SPIVAK
Produced by World's Outstanding Jewish
a dinner,
from the pen of an American cor- of they
emergencydrive for war- and Morris H. Blumberg, vice- will project the issues now con-
respondent in a European coun- torn Yeshivoth, launched here on president, was formed to have
and Christian Scholars
EDITOR'S
NOTE
:
This is the second of two article s revealing behind-
fronting the Jewish people and
try, who writes: "There is plenty
BROOKLYN, N. Y.—Governor
Herbert 11. Lehman of New York
hails the Universal Jewish En-
cyclopedia, the first volume of
which was published Friday, as
"a vehicle of authoritative infor-
mation concerning Judaism and
the Jewish people," according to
on announcement issued here by
Rabbi Isaac Landman, editor of
the 10-volume work in English,
and director of the Academy for
Adult Jewish Education. The
Governor's message also charac-
terizes the*Universal Jewish En-
cyclopedia as "a potent instru-
ment to allay the passions of big-
otry and prejudice which are
rampant today in many parts of
the world." In preparation for
more than a decade, the rest of
the volumes will appear at short
intervals.
The preface, recounting the
motives and methods of Christian-
Jewish collaboration during more
than a decade of preparatory ef-
fort, avers that the Universal
Jewish Encyclopedia "might well
serve as a bridge between Old
World scholarship and New World
enlightenment . . . as a vehicle
capable of quickening the reli-
gious and cultural impulse, and
of strengthening the forces of a
beleagured Democracy every-
where."
Hailed by Dr. Adler
Dr. Cyrus Adler, president of
the Jewish Theological Seminary,
whom President Roosevelt has
just enlisted as spokesman of
American Jewry, jointly with
Pope Pius and Dr. George Butt.
of coal here and the peon e are
happy and loyal to the regime;
almost as much coal and loyalty
and happiness as in the Harlan,
Ky., coal fields" . .. That's tell.
ing the censor where to get off.
Winchell has a new definition
of dictatorship, reading: "A place
where public opinion can't even
be expressed privately."
Neal O'Hara points out that
when Hitler clamors for more
living apace for the Germans he
forgets to explain why Goering's
vast estates and hunting lodges,
which
could accommodate tens
From "Aaron" to "Alulai"
Volume I of the Universal of thousands of people, are ver-
boten
territory for the German
Jewish Encyclopedia embraces all
masses.
of the letter "A" with subjects
Herbert
Kline and Pete Slayer
ranging from "Aaron" to "Azu-
lai". This volume contzins 852 have brought back from Europe
a
splendid
film they shot in Eng-
subjects, with a total of 12,000
articles sceduled for the whole land, Poland and Danzig . . . It
will
be
coined
"Lights Out in
set More than 400 Illustrations,
including maps and charts, as Europe" and is ■ most human
story
of
pre-war
days and of the
well as color reproductions corn.
piete the contents of Volume I. first days of the Nazi blitzkrieg
in
Poland.
Among the major artiziev ir,
Did you notice that the Jewish
Volume I of the Universal Jew.
ish Encyclopedia are comprehen- "White Book" published by the
sive and authentic surveys of World Jewish Congress revealed
such subjects as America, Anti- that the Nazis had planned large-
Semitism, Assimilation, Aryan- scale pogroms throughout Ger-
ism, Archeology, Asia, Africa, many after the attempt on Hit-
Australia, Animals, Jews as Ar- ler's life, but cancelled them be-
tists, Artisans, Athletics, Astron- cause of pressure brought to bear
omera, Aviators and as Men of by the Soviet Ambassador at Ber-
Letters.
The laugh of the week is pro.
A crystallization of all authori-
tative views of such moot ques- vided by one George Trauler's
tions as Agunah, Authority, revelation that Ilitleea school
Atonement, Autopsy, etc., are mates in Braunau regarded the
presented at length in Volume I future Fuehrer as a Jew . .
rick, in the cause of world
peace, looks upon the Universal
Jewish Encyclopedia as "a meas-
ure of Jewish self-defense." It is
the first comprehensive work of
its kind, in English, to be pub-
lished in nearly 40 years.
The board of editors of the
new encyclopedia is composed of
the country 'is outstanding schol-
ars • The executive and literary
editor is Louis Rittenberg, Amer-
ican editor of the London Jewish
Chrcnicle and former editor of
the American Hebrew.
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Dec. 16. Local leaders of the charge of campaign activities
campaign, which is conducted na- among Shaarey Zedek members.
tionally by the Union of Ortho-
dox Rabbis of the United States
One thousand men and women
and Canada, indicated that by gathered at C
Beth
•
e secondweek
t e Tefilo Emanuel Sunday afternoon
half-way mark will be reached
to honor the memory of five out-
in the $10,000 quota set for
standing figures in the rabbinical
Detroit.
At a meeting held Monday world who met their death dur-
ing the recent war activities in
morning at Congregation Shaa-
Poland. Rabbi Eliezer Silver of
rey Zedek, arrangements were
Cincinnati, head of the Agudas
made for soliciting Shaarey Zed- Horabbonim (national body of
ek members who are regular the
American orthodov rabbin-
contributors to the various Po-
ate) and chairman of the Emer-
lish Yeshivoth now exiled in
gency Committee for War-Torn
Vilna and neighboring communi-
Yeshivoth, eulogized the martyrs:
ties.
Rabbi Boruch Ber Leibovitz,
Shaarey Zedek Committee
dean of Kaminetzer Yeshivah,
Rabbi L. Potashnik, associate who died following his escape to
of Rabbi E. Silver of Cincinnati, Vilno; Rabbi Shimen Shkop, head
who is spending a week in De- of the Yeshivah in Grodno, who
troit in the interest of the drive, succumbed there prior to the
addressed the meeting. He point- departure of his students; Rabbi
ed out that the students and Hirsh Leib Fromer • leader of the
faculties of between 15 and 18 world-famous Yeshivoth Chach-
academies are now interned as mei Lublin (founded by the late
refugees in Vilna and other com- Stever Shapiro, member of the
munities of the Polish territory Polish Parliament), who was tor-
which was annexed by Lithuania. tured to detth by Nazi perse-
The National Emergency Drive tutors during the escape; Rabbi
aims to create a fund of $250,000 Mendel Morgenstern of Wen-
for the purpose of (1) providing grow, who was killed on Yom
food and shelter for close to Kippur when he refused to dese-
3,000 members of the student crate the Holy Day, and his
bodies and personnel of the ex. father, Rabbi Itzhock Zelig, So-
iled Yeshivoth, (2) re-establish- kolower Rebbe, who died of heart
ing the schools temporarily wher- attack anon hearing the report
ever possible, and (3) finding of the killing of his son.
permanent homes for the re•
Cantors Abraham Singer of
nowned Roshei Yeshivoth (Deans) Congregation Bnai David, David
and their students in Palestine, Kotzman of Congregation Bnal
the United States and other cen- Moshe, and Rev. .B. Moldawsky
ters of immigration.
of Congregation Shaer Hashoma-
A committee, headed by Rab- yim, participated in the program.
lay the groundwork for the con-
vention which is to follow, "The
task,, to which the American Jew-
ish Congress will dedicate itself,"
Dr. Wise declared, "have won
the widest support from the
American community." This is
reflected in the Committee of
Sponsors for the Anniversary
Dinner, which includes three
members of the President's Cab-
inet: Hon. Harry L. llopkina,
Secretary of Commerce; lion.
Frank Murphy, Attorney Gen-
eral, and lion. Henry A. Wallace,
Secretary of Agriculture; 23
Senators; 24 Congressmen; 14
Governors, the mayor of the City
of New York; the heads of both
factions of American labor; the
president of the American Bar
Association; the president of Co-
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Dr. A. M. Hershman
to Discuss Major
Jewish Agencies
At the late Friday evening
services at Congregation Shaarey
Zedek on Jan. 6, Dr. A. M. Ilersh-
man will speak on the work of the
Joint Distribution Committee, the
American and World Jewish Con-
gresses and the World Zionist
Organization.
Rabbi Hershman's topic is sug-
gested by the forthcoming Na-
tional Conference on Palestine, to
be held at Washington, D. C., on
Jan. 6 and 7, with Dr. Chaim
Weizmann as guest speaker.
the-scene facts ■
about Charle s E. Coughlin. Information dis-
closed by the one-ma n investigation of Silver Charle s
by John
Spivak is presented in part by Seven Arts Feature Syndicate
through special arrangements with New Ma , currently pub-
lishing the entire series of Spivak's documented exposures.
The Dearborn Independent own•
ed by Henry Ford and edited by
William .1. Cameron, published the
"Protocols of the Elders of Zion,"
which had been repeatedly ex-
posed as a forgery. This anti•
Semitic propaganda, disseminated
by one of America's richest men,
aocked and horrified all relic
pious and racial groups. Ford was
ed to German-American Bund.
While Kuhn was on the Ford
payroll he traveled abound the
United States organizing various
branches of the Nazi organize-
Con.
Shortly after Fritz Kuhn went
to work at the Ford plant William
J. Cameron, under whose editor-
ship the "Protocols" were pub-
denounced and his automobiles lished, organized the Anglo-Saxon
boycotted until the effect was pro- Federation, with headquarters in
Tlny efned
bhoeycoFtotrd an 3d1otthoer Chie
no and Detroit. Cameron
Co. nd
l t this t
t
wries
editorials for "Destiny",
denunciations against him Ford its official magazine which is anti•
finally issued ■
public
apology
Catholic
as well as anti-Semitic.
to the Jews and sold the Dearborn
This Federation promptly put an
Independent. unscrupulous collection of anti-
After this public apology Ford Semitic speakers before groups
made W. J. Cameron his private and started to disseminate the
"Protocols." To name just a few
secretary.
isaermnflp
e skiketdheop"Rby
evethreend
Lo"e J o e J e f -
In 1933, when Hitlergot con-
Angeles
trol over Germany he sent swarms police, charged with sex pery
of propaganda agents to the Uni- *ion;; Peter Armstrong, alias Peter
ted States, one of their chief ac- Afanasieff, alias Prince Peter
tivities being the dissemination of Kushubue, who did
a little time
racial and religious hatred. This f or
forging a U. S. Treasury
was developed to a high point of check; Jimmy Nielson, ex-convict
efficiency by the German-American from
Minneapolis; the "Rever end"
Bund, formerly the Friends of Dawson McCullough, picked up p in
New Germany. The leader of the Sandusky, in
(vier
for walk
n
in g off
B und was M Kuhn, recently with
.
er fox furs w hich
sentenced to prison as a common didn't belong t o him.
thief. Kuhn worked as a chemist
When public opinion was again
at the Ford plant and was
the
at Cameron's
activities
local fuehrer of the Friends of
the aroused
Anglo-Saxon
Federation
New Germany until be was dessig-
bead-
mar
e
stn
were
roved
to
the
remi-
nated national fuehrer in 1936. -
-
In that year the name was dung-