16 DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle RED CROSS (Continued from Page 1) Polish sick benefit agencies (Krankenkasse). Shipments destined exclusively for the Jewish population are per- mitted in the following four dis- tricts: Warsaw, Radom, Cracow and Lublin. The International Red Cross does not yet know whether ship- ments destined for the civilian population in occupied Poland will be able to benefit from the exemptions from tariff charges and from the reduced freight rates. It is making active efforts for this purpose with the compe- tent authorities and will notify the contributors as soon as a reply is received. lective shipments weighing from 20 to 50 kgs., may be addressed to the International Red Cross at Geneva with the marking, "Give to prisoners of war." The latter are exempt from trans- po•t and tariff charges. The In- ternational Red Cross has re- quested the representative of the World Jewish Congress to in- fo•m the Red Cross of all ship- ments addressed to it by Jewish communities of different countries • destined for the civilian Jewish Population of Poland and the Jewish prisoners of war. During this interview, the rep- Marshall Lodge Sends Three resentative of the World Jewish Teams to Bnai Brith Congress discussed at length with Bowling Contest the representative of the Inter- national Red Cross the details of relief for the Jewish population Three teams totaling 15 men, in Poland. winners of the Detroit Louis Mar- shall Lodge Bowling, will entrain Most Urgent Needs At the same time the World Saturday night, Feb. 24, for Day- Jewish Congress made known ton, 0., where they will compete Sunday in the Bnai Brith Na- that the Red Cross, from its on tional Bowling Congress, it is headquarters in Geneva, has is- reported by Morton J. Bechek, sued a statement outlining the lodge moderator of athletics and most urgent needs of those living captain of Team No. 3. Teams in the occupied area. There are: No. 1 and No. 2 will be captained 1. Medicaments and sanitary by Julius Stross and Sol Rosen- material for hospital services. man, respectively. ,2. Warm clothing and blan- Seven hundred contestants are kets. 3. Food for free distribution to expected to comprise the total year in the largest na- certain categories of persons who entry this bowling competition yet have been deprived of resources tional sponsored by Bnai Brith, by the death or departure of the Bnai Brith National Bowl- head of the family (families of ing The Congress of 1941 will be held imprisoned Polish officials and in Detroit. officers). Soviet Poland Until now the International Muriel Draper to Address Red Cross has seen no possibility Town Hall in Fisher of bringing relief to the popula- Theater Feb. 28 tion of Soviet Poland, but it is occupying itself actively with Muriel Draper, whose salons this question and hopes that a favorable solution will be found. in Europe and America have been a rendezvous for such fam- Nazi Poland The International Red Cross ous people as Gertrude Stein, has seen the possibility of bring- Henry James, Eleanora Duse, ing, through the intermediation John Sargent and many others, of the German Red Cross, col- will be the Detroit Town Hall lective relief to the general pop- speaker in Fisher Theater next ulation, particularly children, or- Wednesday, Feb. 28, at 11 a. m. phans, war widows, pregnant wo- The woman whom Harper's Ba- zaar listed among the seven most men, etc. For the moment, there can only interesting women on the radio and "one of the most brilliant be collective shipments, individ- conversationalists in the English- ual shipments addressed to speci- speaking world" will talk on "The flee persons can not yet be de- Art of Conversation." livered in Poland. Mrs. Draper's autobiography, The distribution of collective "Music at Midnight," a best sel- relief will be effected on the spot ler of several years ago, covered under the care of the German her career in Italy, London and Red Cross, in conjunction with America, and excelled in the re- the local committees of the Po- porting of famous people whom lish Red Cross, as well as the she knew intimately. February Lotte Lehmann With McLEOD LAUDS Symphony on Feb. 29 JEWS' LOYALTY Last of the list of world-cele brated artists to appear this sea- son with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra will be Lotte Lehmann, soprano, star of the Metropoli- tan Opera. Mme. Lehmann will LOTTE LEHMANN be presented in an all-Wagner program Thursday night, Feb. 29, in Masonic Auditorium. Fran- co Ghione will conduct this con- cert. It was during the season of 1930-1931 that Mme. Lehmann first visited this country, as a member of the then brilliant Chi- cago Opera Company. In Janu- ary, 1932, she made her New York recital debut to a sold-out house. Two years later she made her debut at the Metropolitan as Sieglinde in Wagner's "Die Walkure." Mme. Lehmann is also dis- tinguished in the field of letters, having written two books of merit. The first was a novel called "Eternal Flight". Her second book, a recent publication, is called "Midway in My Song," an autobiography containing oper- atic reminiscences and descrip- tions of people she has met dur- ing the course of her eventful and colorful career. Offstage, Mme. Lehmann is known as a fun-loving person. Vivacity and a lively interest. in other people are her outstand- ing social graces. Swimming and horseback riding are her favorite out-of-door diversions. Swimming, especially, Mme. Lehmann con- efitpboos. a le blending of these neweol, into an American mode of le ef great Republic found in .- frat t in the quotation from Yiticus of the Old Testament and Hscrils- ed on the Liberty Bell: T. -elai throughout the 11,.•:1 to all the inhabitants t Rreof.' "It is not necessary this country that every man wo- man man think alike or vote alike. The glory of our Cos li. , ,. on e 'is ll that within the frainew,.k of this immortal document group, each religion and in- stitution can and should r a vital contributions to our deri- can traditions. "Troublesome times are upo n us. It is a time which ter. the metal of men's souls. From :xross the seas comes the challen to of totalitarianism. We want n,, territory. We covet nothing- that any other nation upon this earth possesses. America wants no war with anyone. But now, as in the past, if our rights are threatened, if our liberty is menaced, if our territory is coveted, and if a for- eign foe should attempt to set foot upon our land, America stands willing to defend her (lento- cratic doctrines against despot- In an address delivered at the installation banquet of the De- troit posts of the Jewish War Veterans of the United States, at the Masonic Temple, on Feb. 18, Congressman Clarence J. Mc- Leod lauded the part played by Jews in their response for serv- ice to this country. Recalling the great contribu- tions made by Jews, Congressman McLeod said: "In the forefront of those who made willing sacrifices in the World War were 250,000 Jews. They took their place in the ranks as good Americans and did as they were ordered. In many instances, the Jewish soldier went far beyond the scope of ordinary duty and sacrifice and his valor was recognized in extraordinary awards of merit. "This is amply attested to by the award of Congressional Me- dals of Honor to First Sgt. Syd- ney G. Gumpertz, Benjamin Kauf- man and William Sawelson. The fact that only 90 Americans re- ceived the Congressional Medal of Honor during the World War, of whom three were Jews, is con- ism. clusive proof that in circum- "Let the mind of the sober stances where gallantry was re- American people remain sober. quired 'above and beyond the Let it not inflame itself. Let it call of duty,' the Jewish soldier do justice to all and the surest course and the truest course to was there to answer the call. "In addition to this citation of disappoint those treacherous the highest honor to be awarded agents who mediate the debase- an American soldier, over 1100 ment of democracy is just to Jewish soldiers received citations leave them to themselves and see w they can do in their on for courage such as the Distin- what guished Service Cross, the Navy "It is a heartfelt comfort in Cross and the Distinguished Serv- ice Medal. Over 300 received the these times to know that such an Croix de Guerre and many others organization as the Jewish War received foreign decorations from Veterans is working hand in hand, shoulder to shoulder with all oth- the allied countries." Continuing to review the gifts er veterans organizations toward of Jewry to America, Rep. Mc- the defense of our institutions and the guardianship of the Bill Leod said: of Rights. The spirit of co-opera- "In the development of our tion and brotherhood manifested country, much labor from Eu- by the nation's veterans as they rope was needed. Peasants, work- again join hands in a common ers and artisans streamed into cause bodes but little good for this country by the thousands those subversive and un-Ameriean from all portions of the world. elements who seek to disrupt and They brought with them their destroy our traditions. cultures and the inherent desire "We as veterans should be the for liberty as essential ingred- first line of defense against auto- ients to be added to the, melting cratic, un-democratic and un-/)a- pot that was to produce the pres- ent-day American. Here the sta- cific nations who eye this rich land of our as a fertile plain upon which to sow their seeds of hate and intolerance. Let us not siders the ideal all-round exer- be drawn into that political void cise. 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