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DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1940

VOL. 42, No. 17

Permit Land
Transfers in
Closed Zones

This Paper Printed in

The Fate of Your People
Is in Your Hands!

Allied Jewish Campaign Leaders Call Upon
Detroit Jews to Help Bring Relief
Effort to Success

TO OUR FELLOW JEWS:
In 1940 we are charged with a responsibility
which does not have its equal in all of Jewish
history.
"FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND Jews face
JERUSALEM. (Palcor Agen-
death, unless we send them sufficient help," stated
Morris Troper, European director of the J. D. C.,
ey )—A, general order by High
Commissioner Sir Harold Mac-
when interviewed upon his arrival in this country
Michael permitting the sale to
several weeks ago,—and we can help most of them
Jews of certain lands within the
provided we are alive to our duty in the present
zone declared prohibited to them
crisis.
in the text of the government's
Those of us who are playing a part in the
proclamation of land restrictions
tasks
to be achieved through the Allied Jewish
issued on Feb. 28 is published
Campaign are merely the servants of the commu-
in the official Palestine Gazette.
This new order is believed to
nity. As such we come to you NOW, before it is
have been motivated by the fact
too late, to request that you remember the sacred
that the areas involved are con-
duties incumbent upon us.
tiguous to territories already
We must provide for the hundreds of thou-
settled by the Yishuv.
sands of refugees who managed to escape from the
The Jewish areas listed below
in which the order will permit
European inferno and who are now awaiting an
land transfers all fall under the
opportunity, in lands where they have been given
category of Zone A, which was
refuge, to carry on until sanity is restored in the
designated in the regulations as
the zone in which "the transfer
world.
We owe an obligation, through the National
of land to a person other than
a Palestinian Arab will be pro-
Refugee Service, to help make the thousands of
hibited save in exceptional cases
refugees in this country self-sustaining and a con-
for which special provision is
structive human element in America.
made in the regulations." The
Through the Joint Distribution Committee we
special provision referred to is
that of the concluding paragraph,
must provide the means for barest existence to the
which explains that "the High
millions who can be helped and who will be helped
Commissioner is empowered at
provided you give your due share to the Allied
his discretion to sanction re-
trospectively any transfer of land
Jewish Campaign.
in Zone A or B which would be
With the aid of the United Palestine Appeal
unlawful under the terms of the
we
can
provide for the settlement of tens of thou-
regulations, provided that the ap-
sands of Jews in Palestine.
plication for the registration of
In addition, our own community must carry
such transfer was lodged in the
Land Registry prior to the date
on its normal welfare, educational and recreational
of their publication . . . "
activities.
The areas designated in the
Life must go on—and if it is to go on properly
order include the land adjacent
Detroit
Jewry must be more liberal than ever—
to Naharia, Hanita, Yessod Ham-
even more liberal than last year when we set a
aala, Kfar Hahoresh, Nahalal, the
Beisan subdistrict, various parts
new record for giving.
of the Haifa subdistrict, Hartuv,
The Allied Jewish Campaign is on! It MUST
Kiriath Anavim, Motza, Ataroth,
succeed.
Mikveh Israel, Ben Shemen, Kfar
YOU must help us succeed.
Uria and the vicinity of Petach
Welcome the volunteer solicitors courteously!
Tikvah.
Give MORE than you gave last year! Your con-
Tel Aviv Municipality Authorized
tribution must be consistent with the increase in
to Borrow £250,000
quota over last year. THE FATE OF AN ENTIRE
The Gazette also authorizes
PEOPLE IS IN YOUR HANDS.
the Tel Aviv Municipality to

Palestine High Com-
missioner Order
Allows Sales

Allied Jewish Campaign
Will Open Officially at
Banquet Monday, May 6

Dr. Abba Hillel Silver to Be Guest Speaker;
Dinner to Open General Solicitations
for $925,000'Quota

Dr. Abba Hillel Silver, rabbi of The Temple of
Cleveland, national chairman of the United Palestine
Appeal and co-chairman of the United Jewish Appeal,
will be the guest speaker at the dinner on Monday
evening, May 6, which will mark the official opening of
general solicitations for the Allied Jewish Campaign.
Recognized as one of the most brilliant speakers in

Guest Speaker at
Campaign Dinner

DR. ABBA HILLEL SILVER

Refugee Youth
Group Is Formed

Foundation to Settle
Children in Amer-
ican Homes

America, Dr. Silver ranks among
the outstanding Jewish leaders
in the world. A lifelong Zionist,
he has attended World Zionist
Congresses and has inspired au-
diences in important centers
throughout this country and Eu-
rope.
Brilliant Scholar
A brilliant scholar, Dr. Silver
is the author of several important
books as well as a large number
of pamphlets. During the World
War, Dr. Silver was decoratea
by the French government for
service rendered the Allied cause.
Dr. Silver serves on the boards
of many national organizations.
He was a member of the Actions
Committee of the World Zionist
Organization and served on the
board of the Jewish Publication
Society, in addition to holding
office on the board of governors
of his alma mater—Hebrew
Union College of Cincinnati.

Heads Cleveland Drive
Not only is Dr. Silver ad-
dressing scores of communities
throughout the country in behalf
of the United Jewish Appeal, but
he is, at the same time, serving
as chairman of the Cleveland
Jewish Welfare Fund Campaign,
which opens officially on May 5.
It was because Dr. Silver has
the responsibility of presiding at
the opening meeting of his Cleve-
land drive the night before that
Detroit Allied Jewish Campaign
leaders decided to hold the De-
troit opening campaign dinner on
Monday evening, May 6, thus en-
abling the workers in the Detroit
drive to have the privilege of
hearing Dr. Silver and the bene-
fit of the inspirational message
he will bring them.

Formation of a Non-Sectarian
Foundation for Refugee Children
which will place in American
homes children arriving here un-
der existing quota laws from war-
torn areas of Europe was an-
borrow £250,000 sterling from
GUS D. NEWMAN,
nounced by Clarence E. Pickett,
SIDNEY
J.
ALLEN,
the government for the payment
NATE S. SHAPERO,
Great Relief Effort
president, and Owen R. Lovejoy,
IRVING W. BLUMBERG,
of current debts and the financ-
SIMON SHETZER.
executive
director,
of
the
new
The
opening
campaign dinner
ing of essential public works.
ABE SRERE,
FRED M. BUTZEL,
Foundation. Honorary vice press- on May 6 will inaugurate the
MRS.
ABE
SRERE,
At the end of March Tel Aviv
MRS. JOSEPH H. EHRLICH,
dents are: Mrs. Eleanor Roose- greatest Jewish relief effort in
RABBI ISAAC STOLLMAN,
Municipality received from the
velt, Governor Herbert H. Leh- the history of Detroit. Having
CLARENCE ENGGASS,
GEORGE M. STUTZ,
Palestine government £63,500 as
man, Bishop Bernard James exceeded all previous quotas last
RABBI MOSES FISCHER,
MRS. JOSEPH M. WELT,
Instalment on the loan made by
Sheil, Hon. George Rublee, Pro- year by more than $200,000,
DR. LEO M. FRANKLIN,
HENRY WINEMAN,
the Palestine government for re-
lessor Albert Einstein, Arch- Detroit Jews are now asked, in
DR. A. M. HERSHMAN,
payment of its consolidated in-
bishop John Joseph Cantwell of the face of terrible calamities
debtedness, bringing total gov-
Los Angeles, President Robert confronting Jewry, to subscribe
ernment payments to that date
M. Hutchins, Mrs. Dorothy Con- $925,000 for 55 causes, among
to £100,000. At that time is was
field Fisher, Most Reverent Hen- which are the leading recon-
announced that a further £100,-
ry St. George Tucker, Presiding struction and relief agencies—the
000 was to be received for car-
Bishop of the Episcopal Church Joint Distribution Committee, the
rying out public works and
in America; Rabbi Henry Cohen United Palestine Appeal, the
£50,000 to complete commitments
of Galveston, Texas, President National Refugee Service—in ad-
for sewage and drainage projects.
Frank Porter Graham of the Uni- dition to national agencies and
Haifa Municipality also is ex-
Detroit Jewish Chronicle to par- versity of North Carolina, Homer the local educational, recrea-
Members of the 1940 con-
pected to receive £50,000 on loan
ticipate in an es say contest on Folks, chairman of the recent tional and welfare agencies which
from the Palestine government firmation class of Temple Beth "What Con firmati on Means to White House Conference on are affiliated with the Jewish
for the construction of a town El and of the 1940 consecration M " and "What Consecration
See CAMPAIGN—Page 16
hall.
class of Congregation Shaarey Means to Me."
See CHILDREN—Page 16
A
10-volume
set
of
the
new
Zedek have been invited by The
S ee PALESTINE—Page 2
Universal Jewish E ncy clopedia
valued at $100, will be the first
prize in this contest. Three other
•
l
prizes wi l be awarded the run-
ners-up.
Judges in this contest will be
selected next week.
Belgium Bans Sale of Anti-Semitic
RabbisFralin,
nk A. M.
L
Attack on Morgenthau Launched
Mayor Ellenstein Assumes Charge of Depart- H ershman, Leon Frans and Mor-
ris Adler have offered their co-
by Nazis
ment of Public Safety: 30 Policemen
operation in sponsoring this con-
test, the rules for which will also
Are Involved
AMSTERDAM. (WNS) — The crowded with Jewish refugees
rk e made public next week. The widespread
hysteria which seized volunteering to enlist. The Bel-
_ NEWARK, N. J. (W N S)— the Christian Front in New Yo berate. t will close before the the 50,000 Jewish refugees from gium government is registering
Mayor charge
Meyer of
C. the
Ellenstein
as- to States
overthrow
by force has
the been
United
sumed
Department
Government,
con- dates set for confirmation and Nazi Germany in Belgium and all refugees but so far has re-
of Public Safety following re- ducting an investigation of the consecration, and the winning Holland upon first reports that jected the offers of the refugees
of the Christian Front here. Officials of essays will be published in The Hitler had marked the low coun- to serve in the army.
ports that 30 mem b ers
The government of Holland has
tries for military occupation has
Newark Police Department are the FBI, however, refused to dis- Detroit presentJewish
disappeared and has been re- authorized a committee of Jew-
Ernest Hawkilis, head of the the world lends itself to a wide placed by a quiet determination ish refugees to compile a list of
rn
e of applicability by serious-
Christian Front. The police de-
,
to help the governments of these all those refugees who wish to
partment immediately announced refused
Christian
Front in New
Jersey rang
to comment
on reports
minded boys and girls, and the two countries resist Nazi inva- volunteer for military service.
Steps have been taken in both
an investigation.
t the Fed- that members of the police de- contest sponsored by The Chron sion.
learne
th a
It was
Bureau
of d Investigation,
partment were enrolled in his or- isle is aimed at encouraging seri-
Army recruiting stations in
oral Bureau
See NAZIS—Page 8
Brussels and in this capital are
See CHRONICLE—Page 9
which
17 uncovered the conspiracy See CHRISTIAN FRONT—Pg. 12
of 17 members and supporters of

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Newark Police Investigated on
Charge of Christian Front Link

Jewish Refugees Volunteer for
Service in Belgium and Holland

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