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Detroit Jewish Chronicle
and The Legal Chronicle
VOL 42 No. I
Say Coughlin
Group in N.Y.
Has Disbanded
"Trouble-Makers" Are
Warned by LaGuardia
Against Racial Bias
NEW YORK. (WNS) — The
"Christian Front," anti-Semitic
Coughlin organization which, to-
gether with German - American
Bund members, had demonstrated
in anti-Semite meetings in New
York City, is said to be almost
completely disbanded, representa-
tives of the Yiddish press, in-
vited to City Hall by Mayor La-
Guardia's secretaries Nathan
Frankel and Byrnes MacDonald,
were told.
Frankel and MacDonald, asked
by the Mayor to conduct an in-
vestigation of anti-Semitic activi-
ties in New York City, submitted
a report of their survey to mem-
bers of the Yiddish press. Ac-
cording to the report, the "Chris-
tian Front" was made up almost
entirely of followers of Father
Coughlin.
DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1940
A NEW DECADE BRINGS A NEW
DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE
Beginning with this issue, The Detroit Jewish
Chronicle is happy to bring to the Michigan Jewish
community a vastly improved periodical to serve
as the mouthpiece for the Jews of this state.
The new tabloid format in which The Chron-
icle will appear henceforth will make the paper
easier to handle. At the same time, the number of
pages has been increased to provide for the pub-
lishing .of a larger number of features.
With improvement in format and paper, The
Detroit Jewish Chronicle also introduces new type
faces to make reading of the paper easier. The use
of book stock adds to the comfort for the eyes and
emphasizes The Chronicle's significance as a home
newspaper.
These changes are consonant with The Chron-
icle's policy of rendering service to the Jewish
communities of Michigan. We invite the continued
cooperation of Michigan Jewry in our efforts to
make continued improvements in the make-up and
contents of the paper.
REVUSKY HERE
ON THURSDAY
Elect First Jew in 40
Years as President of
Dutch Journalists' Ass'n
"Any misguided troublemakers Authority on Palestine
who, under the guise of free
to Address Zionist
speech, slander or villify peaceful
Meeting
groups in this city will be prop-
erly dealt with by the authori-
ties," declared Mayor F. H. La-
Abraham Revusky, prominent
Guardia in a letter published in
journalist
and an outstanding au-
the current issue of the Voice,
organ of the Committee of Cath- thority on Palestine affairs, who
olics for Human Rights.
was formerly Minister of Jewish
The official stand of the ad- Affairs in the Ukraine, will be the
ministration was contained in a
letter replying to a request by
Dr. Emmanuel Chapman, secre-
tary of tho Catholic .ituatitta,
for the Mayor's "emphatic views
on current anti-Semitic disturb-
ances." Said the Mayor: "The
police will simultaneously recog-
nize 'both freedom of speech and
the right of racial and religious
minorities to be free from
abuse.'
"Alluding to police action
against anti-Semitic soapbox
speakers and news venders for
breach of the peace, the Mayor
revealed that in the past six
months the police have brought
up for arraignment 238 cases of
arrest or summons. Of these, 112
have resulted in convictions in
the Magistrates' Courts, carrying
sentences of fine or imprison-
ment. Additional cases are sched-
uled for trial. These cases have
ABRAHAM REVUSKY
served to bring to light, in at
least five instances, convictions guest speaker at a public meet-
for other crimes of some of the ing, of the Zionist Organization
active participants at such meet- of Detroit on Thursday evening,
ings. The Mayor's letter described Jan. 11, at the Jewish Commu-
the activities of anti-Semitic nity Center, Woodward and Hol-
groups, which he said consisted brook. The public is invited, ad-
'principally of street sales of mission being free.
magazines, street corner meetings Born in Palestine of Russian
and the picketing of radio sta- parents., in February, 189:., Mr.
tions.' "
Revusky went to Russia with his
"To guard against any possible parents at the age of 1 d and
breach of peace," the Mayor as- graduated from high scho.d. He
serted, "street corner meetings of studied engineering sciences at the
ROTERDAM. (WNS)—The
election of G. Polak Daniels
as president of the Dutch
Journalists Association marks
the first time in the 40 years
of its existence that a Jew has
been elevated to that position.
Daniels is well known as a
liberal journalist and parlia-
mentary correspondent of the
newspaper Het Vaterland.
LaGuardia's Warning
HABER SPEAKS
HERE JAN. 16
Will Address Budget
Committee of Allied
Campaign
The work and budgetary needs
of the National Refugee Service
will be discussed by William Ha-
ber, executive director of the
agency, at the second general
meeting of the 1940 Allied Jew-
ish Campaign Budget Committee,
to be held on Jan. 16, at the
Jewish Community Center. The
Budget Committee is composed
of a cross-section of Detroit
Jewry. It has been appointed by
the Detroit Service Group, the
fund-raising arm of the Jewish
Welfare Federation, to conduct
the hearings and weigh the re-
quests of the various local, na-
tional and overseas organizations
petitioning for inclusion in the
1940 Jewish drive, to be conduct-
ed by the Federation next spring.
Mrs. Joseph H. Ehrlich is serving
as chairman.
Designed to carry on the ac-
tivities of the National Coordi-
nating Committee for Refugees
and certain of its affiliates, the
National Refugee Service was
organized in June, 1939. It is a
See COUGHLIN, Page 16
See REVUSKY, Page 12
functioning agency with services
available to refugee immigrants
from Greater Germany, Hungary,
Italy and other countries of refu-
gee emigration. It attempts to
the need of the refugee for
United Jewish Appeal Sends Gift to Catholics, meet
emergency assistance and, at the
Protestants from Funds Raised in 1939
same time, to carry out a basic
program of adjustment for the
From funds raised in 1939 to location of the funds • Jr Jewish refugee to his new social, cul-
meet the needs of its Jewish re- agencies felt a pottioi, of them
See HABER, Page 12
lief and reconstruction agencies, should be reserved for distribu-
the United Jewish Appeal for tion through Christian agencies
Refugees and Overseas Needs to help victims of persecution RABBI FRAM TO BEGIN
announced the allocation of the without regard to race or reli- SERMONS ON PLANNING
sum of $250,000 for assistance to gion.
FORTHCOMING PEACE
Christian refugees, half to be LAUD POPE'S OPPOSITION
made available to Pope Pius XII TO DOCTRINE OF RACIALISM Beth El College to Reopen Next
for aid to Catholics and the other
The fund of 125,100 which is
Monday Night
half to be contributed to Prot- to aid Catholic refugois is to be
estant agencies through Dr. Presented to Pope Pius XII
In view of President Roose-
George A. Buttrick, president of through Bishop Betrtrd J. Sheil velt's action in sending a special
the Federal Council of the of Chicago, as a memorial to the ambassador to the Pope and ap-
Churches of Christ in America. late Pope Pius X
pointing representatives of Juda-
Pointing out that the problem
The Jewish pe )le will never ism and Protestantism to advise
of the refugees is by no means forget "the mag i cont struggle him in his efforts towards peace,
a Jewish one but that it includes he made to com i t the ungodly Rabbi Leon Fram announces that
members of all faiths, Rabbi Abba doctrine of racial' le which strikes he will begin a series of sermons
Hillel Silver and Rabbi Jonah B. at the very roots 4ftt o religious dealing with the aims, the prin-
Wise, national chairmen of the faith of civilized Peh," the Jew- ciples, and the terms of the
United Jewish Appeal, declared
See REFUG
, Page 13
See FRAM, Page 16
that those responsible for the al-
Aid Christian Refugee Fttnd
10 Cents Single Copy; $3.00 per Year
Predict Record Exodus of
Jews front Reich; 500,000
Leave Poland for Russia
Refugee Colonization of Alaska Is Urged as
Necessity for Growth of United
States Territory
PARIS. (WNS)—Central .1(‘wish relief organizations
here predicted the largest Jewish exodus from the Reich
and Nazi-occupied territories during 1910 that has been
experienced by Jews since the creation of the Nazi re-
gime. The prediction, based on year-end reports from
various relief committees in central and eastern Europe,
is predicated on the belief that
FEDERATIONS'
PARLEY PLANS
Arrangements Being
Facilitated by Local
Committee
Under the chairmanship of
Mrs. Henry Wineman, a Detroit
assembly committee has been or-
ganized to make local arrange-
ments which will facilitate the
program of the seventh annual
general assembly of the Council
of Jewish Federations and Wel-
fare Funds, to be held in Detroit,
on Jan. 27, 28 and 29. Mrs. Jo-
seph H. Ehrlich, Mrs. Albert
Kahn and Mrs. Joseph M, Welt
are serving as vice-chairmen of
the committee.
Headquarters for the national
conference will
be at Hotel Stat-
ler, and all hotel
arrangements
will be made by
Mrs. Meyer L.
Prenti s, with
Mrs. Maurice J.
Caplen assisting.
her.
Mrs. Douglas
I. Brown is to be
in charge of the
exhibit room,
where the litera- Mrs. Wineman
t u r e, campaign appeals, forms
and techniques utilized by federa-
tions throughout the United
States and Canada, plus graphic
charts and picturizations of the
social services supported by these
federations, will be displayed.
Mrs. Max Frank will be in charge
of the registration of all delegates
to the assembly.
A motor squad, for the trans-
portation of delegates, will be di-
rected by Mrs, H. J. L. Frank and
Mrs. Abe Srere; and Miss Emma
Butzel heads the hospitality com-
mittee.
At the initial meeting of the
Detroit assembly committee, called
by Mrs. Wineman last week, ten-
tative plans were formulated. Sub-
committees will be invited to serve
with those in charge of the var-
ious activities under its aegis,
and hostesses will be appointed to
welcome the guests.
the Nazis will permit emigration
and continue to stimulate it by
One means or another.
The focal point of the emigra-
tion will be centered in Nazi
Poland where approximately
1,250,000 Jews remain. Only
185,000 Jews are left in the old
Reich of the more than half mil-
lion at the time of Chancellor
Hitler's accession, and little more
than that in former Czecho-Slo-
vakia and Austria together.
Approximately 500,000 Jews
entered Soviet-controlled terri-
tory from that section of Poland
held by the Nazis, it was dis-
closed officially in Moscow by So-
viet authorities. According to the
report the number of Jews in the
Soviet increased from 2,600,000
to nearly 3,100,000 during the
oast three months.
Registration Will Not Affect
"Loycl" Refugees in
Lithuania
WILNO (WNS) — Registration
of refugees in Wilno, recently or-
dered by Lithuanian authorities,
will have no effect on "loyal" refu-
gees who will be permitted to re-
main in Wilno, the Yiddish news-
paper Vilner Tagblatt said. The
Lithuar '
Coma i2,31.%icr
further assured Jewish leaders in
Wilno that alarm over the objec-
tives of the registration is un-
founded.
The Tagblatt also reported the
arrest of Dr. Joshua Gottlieb,
former Polish deputy and Warsaw
Jewish leader, by the Soviet au-
thorities in Pinsk, to which he had
escaped after the fall of the Po-
lish capital.
The Lithuanian Red Cross an-
nounced that it had registered
21,506 refugees in the Wilno dis-
trict, including 7,437 Jews.
Chile Admits 600 Refugees
VALPARAISO, Chile (WNS)-
Six hundred German Jewish refu-
gees who came here aboard the
Italian steamer Augustus, were
allowed to debark on condition
they devote themselves to agricul-
ture. The refugees immediately
left by train for various sections
of the country.
Vatican Aid for Converted Jews
Revealed in "Yellow Book"
NEW YORK (WNS) — The
Vatican has been quietly and un-
obtrusively helping converted Jews
LOCAL LEADERS PLAN
in countries where they are being
EDUCATION SESSION
Within the framework of the persecuted, a Rome dispatch to
general assembly of the Council the New York Times disclosed.
of Jewish Federations and Wel- Details of a secretly printed "Yel-
See FEDERATIONS, Page 9
See EXODUS, Page 13
Human Drama—In Anguish
The Epic Story of a Refugee and an Americas'
Mormon Family Who Tried to Save Him
The great drama of the refu-
gee reaches its climax in the epic
story of a Mormon who gave evi-
dence of the deep-rooted devotion
of Americans to the cause of de-
cency, and their determination to
strive for what is right when they
recognize a sacred cause.
Stories of attempts on the part
of Americans—Christians as well
as Jews—to save refugees and to
try to find havens of refuge for
the persecuted in European coun-
tries, are too numerous to be told
at one sitting. But one story mer-
its telling and retelling, even at
the expense of repetition.
It is the story of Miss Gloria
Simmons, her father, Almo Beals
Simmons, the treasurer of Provo
City, Utah; their family and a
youth from Bratisburg, Czechoslo-
vakia. Part of this story has al-
ready been told to Americans in
Every Week Magazine. But Ow
complete story is now available in
book form, in a tale appropriately
labeled "I Write in Anguish,'"
which is in the main the exchange
of correspondence between the
Czech-Jewish boy, Johann Ber-
man, the author of the book; Mr.
Simmons, the young lady who
started the drama, Miss Gloria
Simmons, and other characters
who were drawn into the plot—
among them being American Con-
sular officials, former President
Edouard Benes of Czechoslovakia
and others.
The plot grew out of a f
Gloria began to write to
pean boys and girls who
English, in order to est'
See DRAMA.