DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle

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Butzel Is Elected
Beth El Men's Club
Vice-President of
Annual Father-Son
Community Fund Banquet on Tuesday

Abe Srere Elected a Member

of

the Board

The Detroit Community Fund
board of directors elected Mayor
Edward J. Jeffries honorary pres-
ident and Howard A. Coffin, pres-
ident of the Fund, at its annual
meeting in the Detroit Club
Thursday.
Fred M. Butzel, George R.
Cooke, B. A. Seymour and Har-
vey B. Wallace were named vice-
presidents of the fund. The De-
troit Trust Co. was re-elected
treasurer. During the year the
following new board members
have been elected: Hugh J.
Ferry, George W. Carter, Cooke,
Abe Srere and Harvey C. Frue-
hauf.

Tuesday evening, Feb. 27, at
6 p. m., the Men's Club of Tem-
ple Beth El will sponsor its an-
nual Father and Son banquet.
J. Fred Lawton, author of
U. of M. "Varsity", will enter-
tain with a fund of interesting
stories about well-known athletes.

WARSAW

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minority, descendants of Saxon
and Silesian weavers who settled
there in the middle of the last
century.

200 Executed in Warsaw

It was learned also that Nazi
authorities executed 100 Jews and
100 Poles in Warsaw to avenge
the murder of a Gestapo agent in
a Polish workers' quarter. Ges-
tapo agents invaded the scene of
the murder and beat everyone in
the street at the time, women and
children included. Private homes
and shops were demolished.
The 200 men executed were
rounded up by the Nazis and
executed without a trial of any
sort. The population was warned
that the murder of any Nazi offi-
cial in the future would be fol-
lowed by the execution of at least
100 Jews and 100 non-Jews.
The suicides of two prominent
Warsaw Jews were reported here.
Dr. Meisner, the famous neurolo-
gist, and Wertheim, local indus-
trialist, are the latest to have
taken their lives as the result
of the systematic Nazi brutality.

Jews Barred from Restaurants
in Bratislava; Forced to
Clean Streets

BELGRADE (WNS) — Jews
have been forbidden to enter
cafes and restaurants in Bratis-
lava because they provoke the
Slovaks," according to Slovak
newspapers arriving here.
Jews have been ordered to re-
port twice a week for street
cleaning duties, the papers dis-
closed. Slovak circles here attri-
bute this measure to the Hlinka
Guards, who are reported to be
pressing for harsher anti-Semitic
action to make way for their in-
creased participation in Slovak
commerce and industry.
It was reported also that in
Bratislava Parliamentary circles
there has been a tendency to delay
the complete elimination of Jews
from Slovakia's economic life in
order to impede German infiltra-
tion.

SAUL

H.

ROSE

Chief Black Cloud, chief of the
Chippewa Indians, will lead his
warriors and the squaws in tri-
bal dances and songs. "Papa as
a Boy" will reveal the past of
some of the Dads.
Fathers will pit their knowl-
edge and skill against their sons
in contests of all kinds. Prizes
will be awarded to the oldest
father, the oldest son, the young-
est father, the youngest son, the
father with the largest number
of sons present.
A tumbling act by the Boy
Scouts of Troop 76, hill-billy
songs by Mountain Red, popular
radio star, will complete the pro-
gram.
Reservations must be made not
later than Monday, Feb. 26, by
calling the office of Temple Beth
El at Madison 8530. Admission
is $1 per person to members of
the Men's Club and their sons;
$1.50 per person to non-members
of the club and their sons. Non-
members are urged to signify
their intention to join the club
when making reservations.
Any one interested in adopting
a fatherless boy for the evening
should communicate with the
Temple office.
The committee in charge of the
arrangements for the banquet is
headed by Saul H. Rose as chair-
man, with John Sills, Arthur
Goulson, Leon Wayburn, Robert
Mazer, Robert Grossman, Samuel
S. Willis and Nathaniel Gold-
stick as members.

British Explorer Reports Hitler New Center for Zebulun Society
Preparing to "Colonize"
HERZLIA. (Palcor Agency)—
America

VANCOUVER, B. C. (WNS)—
Rosita Forbes, British explorer
and writer, told newspapermen
here that Adolf Hitler last July
informed her that he had "Amer-
ica to colonize."
Miss Forbes quoted the Nazi
Fuehrer as saying: "You can
have your Africa and your camels
that you like so much. I don't
want Africa. I'll have America
to colonize."

Rumania Forbids Passage of
Jewish Refugees Headed
for Palestine

BUCHAREST (WNS) — Ac-
ceding to British pressure, the
Rumanian Government has for-
bidden the passage of Jewish
refugees headed for Palestine
through its territory, it was an-
nounced here.
The unexplained order by the
Interior Ministry two weeks ago
closing the offices of all Zionist
organizations was attributed to
the fact that the government held
the Zionist organization chiefly
responsible for encouraging Jew-
ish refugees to enter Palestine
illegally,
Mihail Ghelmegeanu, minister of
the interior, was reported to have
told Wilhelm Silverman, presi-
dent of the Zionist Organization
in Rumania, that the government
would permit the reopening of
• Zionist headquarters on the con-
dition that the organization re-
frain from aiding Jews without
certificates to reach Palestine.
Dr. Wilhelm Filderman, speak-
ing before the Congress of Jew-
ish Communities, assailed the ex-

The Zebulun Sea Scouts Society
is building a modern boat house,
at a cost of £200, on the coast
at Herzlia for its N au t i c al
School. The cornerstone was laid
on Nov. 24. The new premises
will be named for Mrs. Henrietta
Diamond, of Leeds, who has done
so much for the support of the
Palestine society.

elusion of the Jews from the Front
of National Rebirth, sole Ruman-
ian party, despite the fact that
other minority groups were in-
vited to membership in the Front.
Dr. Filderman criticized also the
Citizenship Revision Law which
has disenfranchised more than
225,000 Jews, including war vet-
erans, war widows and orphans.
He stressed the tragic plight of
Jews, who were thrown out of
their jobs after being deprived of
their citizenship.

Plan of 5 Gold Shirts to Over-
throw Mexican Government
Termed "Absurd"

MEXICO CITY (WNS) — The
five leaders of the violently anti-
Semitic Gold Shirt Legion who
were arrested here on suspecion
of plotting an armed revolution
were released on instructions from
President Lazaro Cardenas who
ruled that "no one shall be pros-
ecuted for subversive activities
unless they result in danger to
the national peace."
The Government and the press
were inclined to take the planned
revolution lightly, most afternoon
papers referring to it as a
"comic opera revolution."

COUGHLIN

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returned to his desk in the na-
tion's capital after a two-month
illness, and other members of
the House Committee Investi-
gating un-American Activities, in-
dicated reluctance to accept Fa-
ther Coughlin's offer to testify
before the committee.
While announcing that the ra-
dio priest had asked for an op-
portunity to testify before the
committee, Rep. Dies said that
he would recommend to the com-
mittee that "we go to the West
Coast and expose Hollywood
thoroughly, investigate consumer
organizations further and in-
vestigate Communists in the gov-
ernment."
The committee chairman said
that Father Coughlin's request
would have to be considered by
the entire committee because the
committee wished to avoid giv-
ing "merchants of hate" an op-
portunity to "spread racial and
religious hatred that they would
not otherwise have."
Mr. Dies said the Detroit
priest's appearance before the
committee involved a definition
of un-Americanism—whether the
committee should investigate only
those "organizations with a for-
eign tie-up" or include persons
who "preach racial, religious or
class hatred."
The Congressman took the
same stand with regard to the
Ku Klux Klan, declaring that he
did not know whether the pres-
ent-day Klan was within the
scope of the committee. He in-
sisted that he personally consid-
ered the preaching of class hatred
to be un-American but he would
not speak for the rest of the
committee.
Neutral observers expressed
surprise that Rep. Dies was turn-
ing his attention away from sup-
porters of William Dudley Pel-
ley, Coughlin and, other anti-
Semites and demanding an in-
vestigation of Hollywood in
which there would be "no pussy-
footing, nor backtracking, no
crawling."

submitted by Police Commissioner
Lewis J. Valentine covering the
rerplies to an official question-
naire of 16,903 policemen now
on duty. Six men refused to
answer the questionnaire and
1,405 members of the department
are on vacation or sick leive.
Mayor LaGuardia pointed out
that the majority of the police-
men who had joined the Chris-
tian Front did so in the belief
that it sought to further religion
and combat atheism. He assumed
full responsibility for the inquiry
into the police department's affil-
iation with the Front.
Recalling the recent Federal
arrests of 17 Christian Fronters
who were indicted by the Brook-
lyn Grand Jury, charged with
attempting to overthrow the
United States Government, the
Mayor said that some "master
mind or minds, not yet disclosed"
were encouraging these young
men to perform criminal acts."

President Requested to Inter-
cede with Nazi Government
for Polish Relief

WASHINGTON. (WNS)—Sen-
ator Arthur H. Vandenberg of
Michigan, one of the leaders of
the isolationist bloc in Congress,
has requested President Roose-
velt to instruct Undersecretary
of State Sumner Welles, who
sailed for a fact-finding tour of
Europe last week, to seek the
permission of the Nazi govern-
ment to permit American repre-
sentatives to supervise the ex-
penditures of relief funds raised
in this country for the aid of
Nazi-occupied Poland.
Senator Vanderberg, who has
frequently expressed indignation
at the persecution of Jews but
steadfastly opposes any relaxa-
tion of United States immigra-
tion laws in favor of refugees,
told the President that he had
received preliminary assurances
from the German Embassy here
that such an arrangement might
be effected.
In a letter to the President, the
Senator stated that the collec-
tion of funds by the Polish
American Relief Committee
"cannot hope to get fully into
stride until there is complete as-
surance that these Polish relief
contributions reach their intend-
ed destination and are adequately
disbursed in keeping with our
American expectations."
Numerous complaints have
been received here that Nazi au-
thorities in Poland are diverting
American-raised relief funds to
their own use and are discrimin-
ating in the distribution of re-
lief between Pole and Jew. Simi-
lar complaints prompted the
American Red Cross to send its
own representative, James T.
Nicholson, to Poland to super-
vise distribution of Red Cross
supplies. Nazi authorities permit-
ted Nicholson to enter Cracow on
an "inspection" visit only.

February 2 1940

A Testimonial

I n Which Optometrist LIppitt
Registers a "Complaint"
to The Chronicle

Editor, Detroit Jewish Chronicle:
Having by this time rek.eived
so many compliments and con-
gratulations on the spa ling,
new, short, white dress with
which you have clothed The
Chronicle, I believe that
can
now stand a few words
the
other side.
As you no doubt know. my
profession is to examine eyes
and fit them with glasses. Th e
old style of The Chronicle with
its blurred type and drab-I. .ki ng
paper used to be rather dilicult
for some people to read. They
would therefore come to my of-
fice to have their eyes xani-
ined and fitted with the 1 , oper
glasses. But since you br tight
out the new style of The
icle with its snow-white paper
and so conspicuous black print,
it is no effort for people to read
it even though their eyes are not
so good; and the result of it is
that I am losing a lot of busi-
ness.
Don't you think I have reason
to register a complaint? Of
course, I don't intend to sue The
Chronicle for a loss of business,
but I want you to know my po-
sition in this matter. However,
since my complaint will not
change the style of the new
Chronicle, I humbly bow to the
opinion of all your readers by
adding my congratulations and
best wishes to that great forward
step that The Chronicle has as-
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Jr. Service Group
Will Meet Sunday

"Should the United States Open
Its Doors to Political Refugees?"
will be the question discussed at
the monthly meeting of the De-
troit Junior Service Group, Sun-
day, Feb. 25, at 2:30 p. m., in
Doubts Coughlin "Mixed" with
the auditorium of the Jewish
Subversive Elements
Community Center.
Representative Noah M. Mason
The discussion will take the
of Illinois said that he didn't
form of a Town Hall meeting.
"think that Father Coughlin has
Joseph Zwerdling, former assist-
been mixed in with subversive
ant Attorney General of Michi-
elements. I doh't agree with what
gan, and recently associated with
he says, however." "This state-
the United States Department of
ment of his supporting the Chris-
Justice; Miss Dorothea Levy, em-
tian Front," Rep. Mason said,
ployed in personnel work; and
"begins to look as though he
Louis J. Gordon, member of the
might be getting mixed in, but
board of directors of the Junior
he's entitled to his own opinion."
Service Group, will introduce the
Another committee member,
question from varied viewpoints.
Rep. John J. Dempsey of New
Isaac Franck, educational direc-
Mexico said he opposed allowing
tor of the Jewish Community
the committee to be used as a
Center, will serve as moderator
"sounding board by any advocate
during the audience participa-
of class hatred." "One, then an-
tion in the discussion.
other, will come and we'll stir up
All young people between the
more class hatred," he said.
ages of 16 and 30 are invited to
Rep. Dies charged that mimeo-
attend the meetings of the De-
graphed copies of his investi- Rev. Willia m C. Kernan Assails troit Junior Service group which
Coughlin and Christian Front
gators' reports were in the hands
NEW YORK. (WNS)—Charg- meets on the fourth Sunday of
of leading Hollywood producers.
every month at the Jewish Com-
In a recent article in Liberty ing that present-day anti-Semi- munity Center.
Magazine, Dies pointed out that tism was a smokescreen for an
a great many of the producers attack on American democracy,
Rev. William C. Kernan of the
were Jews.
Newark Episcopal Diocese, ad- A. Z. A. to Sponsor
dressing a meeting of the Free
William Pelley Announces He
Oratorical Contest
Speech Forum in the Hotel Edi-
Will Disband Silver Shirt
son
here,
bitterly
assailed
the
Legion
Under the auspices of the
WASHINGTON. (WNS)—Wil- activities of Fatther Coughlin
Bnai Brith Louis Marshall Lodge,
liam Dudley Pelley, leader of and the Christian Front.
The meeting, called to pro- Detroit members of the A. Z. A.
the anti-Semitic Silver Shirt Le-
test
against the activities of will have a chance to win awards
gion, who is being held here at
Coughlin
and the Christian in the oratorical contest which
the request of North Carolina
authorities pending extradition Front, coincided with the publi- the lodge is sponsoring for the
proceedings early next month, cation by the Free Speech 11 chapters in the Detroit and
announced through his weekly Forum of Father Kernan's book, Windsor Council.
"Judaism and American
publication, Liberation, that he "The Ghost of Royal Oak—a
is the topic for t
is disbanding the Legion so that Christian Answer to Coughlin- mocracy"
contestants. In order to be I
the Dies Committee can concen- ism."
entrants must first subs t
Urging a tolerance based not
trate on exposing "New Dealism".
their orations in writing to I
on
toleration
of
other
groups
Pelley, who was acquring a
trait's A.Z.A. cultural direct ,
reputation as "the little man who but on respect for their equal Max Chomsky, by March 6, t
rights,
Father
Kernan
stated
that
wasn't there" while agents of the
A.Z.A. headquarters, 416 Mu
FBI and the Dies Committee events in Germany and Russia phy Bldg. The time limit of ti
were looking for him last year, had shown that it was impossible speeches will be 10 minutes an
showed up in Washington re- to withdraw the rights of any one not to exceed 1,200 words
cently to "clear" Rep. Martin group without threatening the length. Preliminaries are sell('
Dies of charges that the Con- rights of all."
Other speakers included Dr. uled for the week of March 1
gressman was acting in collusion
Henry
Smith Leiner, secretary according to Chomsky and t
with the Silver Shirt chieftain.
of
the
Federal Council of finals will be held before t!
Pelley is wanted in North
Churches
of Christ; Elizabeth M. open meeting of the Louis Ma -
Carolina for violation of his
shall lodge on Tuesday evenin..
parole conditions as the result Riley, secretary of the Free March 19.
of a conviction a few years ago Speech Forum, and Prof. Horace
Louis Marshall Lodge w , 1
M. Kallen.
in a stock fraud case.
award a trophy to the winnie
orator, while Sam Leib, p •
Only 27 Policemen Members of
Brochah Goldstein Auxili- president of Pisgah Lodge, -a
Christian Front, Mayor
iary of J.C.R.S. to Have present his Sam W. Leib 01 -
Reports
tion key. Jack Rouman, exec!-
NEW YORK. (WNS) — Ex-
Donor Event April 17
tive secretary of A.Z.A. her
pressing satisfaction that the
now holds the award.
Police Department membership in
Plans are now being made for
the Christian Front was negli- the donor luncheon to be given
Erich Leinsdorf, Metropolitan
gible, Mayor Fiorello H. La- by the Brochah Goldstein Auxili- Opera conductor, has solved the
Guardio announced that only 27 ary of the Jewish Consumptive vexing problem of how to ci.t
police officers retain membership Relief Society on April 17. The down on taxicab expenses . . •
in the anti-Semitic Christian chairman is Mrs. Morris Goebel. He's planning to give his car to
Front of the 407 who applied Proceeds are to be sent to Den- an unemployed cab driver, who
for and received it.
ver for consumptive patients would then provide him with he'
The Mayor based his announce- sent by the J. C. R. S. from De- tax rides for the rest of the
ment on a preliminary report troit.
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