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MOLLIE KAHN FUCHS, PROMINENT
DETROIT JEWISH WOMAN LEADER.
CALLED BY DEATH AT AGE OF 63

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Mrs. Mollie Kahn Fuchs, 'one Detroit, died after a lingering
of the leading Jewish women in illness Wednesday night at her
home, 26524 1.Iendrie Blvd., Hunt-
ington Woods, at the age of 63.
Funeral services were held at
2 p. m. Friday at her late resi-
dence, with Dr. Leo M. Franklin
officiating. Burial was in Wood-
mere Cemetery,
Mrs. Fuchs was born in Ger-
many and was brought to De-
troit at the age of 5. She is sur-
vived by her husband, Walter;
two daughters, Mrs. Sidney K.
Biegler and Mrs. Miriam Werner;
a son, Albert L. Fuchs; four
brothers, Albert and Louis Kahn
of Detroit, Julius Kahn of Cleve-
land and Felix Kahn of San
Francisco.
Mrs. Fuchs was known for her
interest in numerous - cultural,
civic and philanthropic projects.
She was highly cultured and an
able leader. She was the founder
and organizer of the Multi-Color
Co., and was a member of the
Sisterhood of Temple Beth El,
the. Women's City Club and the
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and You cannot imagine hs what
a state of indignation and excitement
we are. Please w rite at once: What
does Palestine ea)?"

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meet the battle again because

"WHAT SAYS THE YISHUV?"

Abraham clenches his fist, "and
not bother about Chaloimes! Let
them write White Papers in Lon-
don ; and yellow and green if
they will! Paper is patient! It
is written : 'Israel shall return !
Everything else is Chaloimes I"

Were a censor to examine all
letters to Jews in Palestine these
days he would, in 99 cases out
of a 100, find that question:
"And what does Palestine say?"
The Real Danger
Yes, what do we say? Let us
I
left
in the company of a
ask some people picked out at
young man who had not taken
random.
part in the discussion. He is
"Chaloimes"
i a tn ics authority on international pol-
Father Abraham is 76. His
spirit is still fresh and his eye
"Could the matter be viewed
clear, although he may be some- so simply as the old man sees
what unsteady on his legs. Three it," he began after we had
hours of parading with a demon- walked some distance in silence.
stration through the streets of "But he has no idea of the com-
Jerusalem have not proved too plications in modern political
much for him, for, on returning, events. Strange enough, he is
he sits down in his small garden quite right with regard to his
with a book in his hand.
instinctive prophecy. The White
"I too have protested, in my Paper is, to use his own expres-
own fashion," he remarks with sion, only "Chaloimes."
a cunning wink. "I recited the
"But this optimism is purely
Psalms."
unwarranted," I ventured, "Let
"But that is something you do us not minimize the fact that
every day, Father Abraham."
the new Palestine Policy is a
"True; but today 1 sought me real danger."
out all the passages dealing with
"It is. Though in another man-
Israel's triumphs over its ene- ner than most think. Some
mies. And my eye looks down time ago a new idea was intro-
upon my enemies who, with their duced into politics. One began
evil decrees, have again exalted speaking of the "nuisance value"
me."
of a political group or of a given
"Will the Psalms help us situation. These create no imme-
against the White Paper?" asks diate danger but are able notice-
a young man to whom it is evi- ably to hinder or disturb devel-
dent that Father Abraham does opment. That is where our op-
not appreciate the gravity of the position to the White Paper
situation. The old fellow throws comes in."
him a glance :
"How do you mean that?"
"I'll tell you something, young
"Like this : The White Paper
man. The White Paper is only policy cannot be carried out. No
'Chaloimes.' "
one views it with favor, neither
"Chaloimes" means "dreams." we, nor the Arabs, nor the seri-
But when Father Abraham utters ous student of political thought
the word, it signifies extremest in England. In spite of that they
nullity. "Chaloimes" is not argu- will try to carry it through. And
able. When Father Abraham that means that we shall have
dubs something "Chaloimes," the to invest a great deal of energy
matter is finished ; it's the end. in an unnecessary defensive con-
"But the White Paper destroys flict. Reciting the Psalms alone
all our hopes," another young will not help. We must not only
man breaks in.
say 'no !' But we must reply with
"Indeed ! It destroys your action as well. There will be
hopes, does it? Well, it doesn't a difficult political struggle which
destroy mine !" And he points to will demand tremendous energy.
the Bible : "B e h o I d, he that It is here that the real danger
keepeth Israel shall neither slum- lies: This struggle may deflect
ber nor sleep."
energies from our work of con-
coming next?"
struction. It will take a certain
"And what do you imagine is time, perhaps a long time, be-
"I imagine nothing. I am, fore the White Paper reduces
thank God, no politician. Nor itself to absurdity. Then, every-
prophet. But I have a very good thing will depend upon the posi-
memory. And I remember well tion in which we, at that mo-
what Palestine was like when I ment, find ourselves. We must
first came here 50 years ago. be much stronger than we are
Then they said it was madness today ; under no circumstances
to go to Palestine . . . nothing must we be budged, even the
could be done there under Turk- slightest. from our position. The
ish rule. But we went in spite White Paper is, in a certain
of all. We began to rebuild the sense, really Chaloimes ; it will
land. The Turks? Chaloimes! Pass like a bad dream, yet it
Then the War broke out . . . remains a great danger and we
Jemal Pasha. . . . And again the shall have to combat it. And
same dirge: 'Now all our hopes here too the old man was in-
are destroyed !' But two years stinctively right; we must work,
later our hopes were fulfilled. double and treble our efforts and
. . . The Balfour Declaration. . ." develop what we have in spite
"Also Chaloimes!" the first of all obstacles: we must safe-
young man breaks in hotly.
guard what we have and acquire
"No . . ." Father Abraham's more. We shall have to go the
eyes light up. "Even though vou limit. Pray God that Jewr y
might stick to that opinion. The abroad understand that ! They
Balfour Declaration states the are our reserves, and we shall
same as the Bible : 'Israel shall need them to the last man and
return.' And that is 'not Cha- to the last pound. Then and
loimes.'"
only then is there no fear that
"Yes. But something must be the White Paper will e n d u r e.
done to keep it from becoming The danger is that we, at the
Chaloimes
decisive moment following the
"We must work!" And father collapse of the present policy,

July

26, 1940
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may not be strong enough, A nd
that is something which, under
all circumstances, must be pre-
vented."

A Great Difference

On the day of demonstration
I visited an old lady who had
come from Germany only two
weeks earlier. I knew what she
had passed through during th e
last years. One of her sons had
not left the concentration camp
al ive.
events I said to her, "that
here are not having
too discouraging an effect upon
you. You came to Palestine for
rest and freedom and you find
only conflict. It must be difficult
for you."
She reflected a moment. --
"Perhaps," she said, "I should
find it more difficult if 1 were
not to think of a phrase I on ce
heard from an old woman settler
here. I was visiting my daughter
here in 1934. Many Jews from
Germany were then entering the
country, and one young woman
was complaining : she said that
if she had been forced by Hitler
to flee she would take care not
to fall into the Mufti's territory.
Here the old woman settler re-
plied: 'I'll tell you, my child.
They're persecuting Jews all over
the world, while in Eretz Israel iy
they're fighting Jews . . . that
is a very great difference . "
"I have," the old lady con.
tinued gently, "seen the Nazi
demonstrations in November last,
I have seen defenseless men
herded together like cattle. And
today I saw the Yishuv demon-
stration here in Jerusalem. I
thank God that he has preserved
me."

The People's Land

Yesterday I met G. . . • who
lives in one of the large kvutzoth
in the Emek. He seldom comes
to Jerusalem and it is long since
I had seen him last. He is a
happy fellow.
"Well, what do your people
say to the White Paper?" I
asked.
"Everybody in Jerusalem asks
the same question," he replied,
visibly irritated. "They say very
little; there isn't much to say.
After three years of unrest, dur-
ing which great claims were made
on our energy, vigilance and
nerves, a time has conic when
we must intensify our energy
and efforts. The fight against
the White Paper will be hard
and long. We know that a great
part of it will fall upon us, the
agricultural settlements. We have
foreseen that and made our prep-
arations accordingly."
"And how do you mean to
combat the White Paper?"
"We see it like this: The
Yishuv's fight against the White
Paper lies essentially in the
loosening of existing relations
with Government by permitting
the least possible revenue to flow
into its coffers. In practice that
means a drastic replacement of
imports by our own products.
Hence, we shall have to raise
our production to the highest
possible limit and that means
more work, more vigilance and
much less sleep.
"But we shall do it! We know
too well the danger awaiting us
particular should the White
Paper policy be implemented
ven ir
even
in
"Danger for
partic-
n:Iiid-
ular?"
"Perhaps not for the ie n
Pales-
u al settlements, but for Pales-
Pre-
tine agriculture in
cisely those two t g )o ei n neti s 'al. wi h 'i r cel;
Government insists on enforcing
are the most difficult for us: Re-
striction of land sales and limita-
tion of immigration. We need
land and we need people. And
we shall fight our utmost to ob-
tain both. Nothing has roused
an echo within us as that dictum
by our leading authorities that
for them there is no illegal immi-
gration but an illegal restriction
of Jewish immigration. That is
an attitude which in practice we
have always recognized. . • ."
"And the fight for land?"
"What we can do is this: we
must see to it that not an inch
of land in
i n stne
hi hands
hd and is le ft
f
wherever
u unsettled injew
or u
it may happen to be. And we
must buy up whatever is offered
us. Nothing will hinder us set-
tling, building or making our
land fruitful. Not even the Gov-
ernment! The Jewish National
Fund land—our land—we sha ll
defend with all the means at our
disnosal !"
"And how do you believe it
will all end?"
"We believe that it is funda-
mentally a question of time. The
White Paner policy is impossible ,
but it will last till the atmos-
phere clears. Meanwhile it well::
for us: struggle and endurance.

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