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The Detroit Jewish Chronicle and the Legal Chronicle, 1940-10-04

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Jr. Welfare Group
RURAL DEMOCRACY STRIDES
To Meet Tuesday
FORWARD IN PALESTINE

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An open meeting of the Junior
Welfare Group will be held at
Hotel Webster Hall on Tuesday,
Oct. 8, at 9 p. m.
The guest speaker will be Rab-
bi Max J. Wohlgelernter of Con-

A Zionist leader once said: agogue and surrounding fields oc-
"Create facts, facts and more cupying the highest hill and dom-
facts; that is worth a 'ton of inating the whole landscape. At
propaganda." Emek Henler, the Givat Haim, a large collective
great stretch of national land with over 500 souls, are Ruman-
between Haifa and Tel Aviv, ian, Czeck and Austrian settlers;
which is bordered on the west by at Elyashiv, Yemenites who speak
the sea and on the south by the Hebrew with an Arabic twang;
River Alexander — has under- at Kfar Yedidia, a Moshav—im-
stood the valueof the maxim, migrants from Germany; at Avi-
and by putting i it into practice, hail, ex-soldiers from England
has earned for itself a hand- and America; and one could pro-
some birthday present on the long the index.
occasion of its tenth anniver-
It should not be supposed that
after the years of initial pioneer-
sary.
The tract, which was acquired ing had passed — the marshes
ten years ago, as a J. N. F. drained, sand dunes checked by
project of Canadian Jewry, to- plantations, soil ameliorate first
day contains a score of settle- roads paved, first buildings erect-
ments and a population of 4,500 ed and irrigation introduced —
souls. Here almost every sec- that the communal difficulties
tion of the Yishub and almost were over, and that each settle-
every form of settlement is rep- ment could settle clown to live its
resented; it is a jigsaw of social quiet individual life. On the con-
forms and national origins found- trary, as the population grew,
ed on the solid basis of national as the earth gave forth increas-
soil. As one stands on the water ing produce, and as forms of life
tower of Givat Haim, towers became more integrated and vari-
and roofs of the cluster of Jew- ous, the need of coordination and
ish settlements spread out in cooperation became more and
MISS JEANETTE SHORE
every direction: the Kibbutz and more evident. Roads were needed
gregation
Beth Tefilo Emanuel.
the large for transport, because more pro-
the small Kvutza;
All young men and women,
Moshav, or cooperative smallhold- duce had to be marketed. As
ers village; the settlements of cattle and stock became more between the ages of 19 and 27,
the middle-class with their sur- numerous, pests had to be com- who are interested in joining a
rounding orange groves, and the bated. Anti-malarial work in the charitable organization with a
new Yeshiva village of the Poale surrounding remaining swamps social purpose, are invited to at-
HaMizrachi, with its domed Syn- became more imperative. The cal- tend,
needs of the settlers be- Th ere will be entertainment,
came broader; the need for cen- refreshments, and dancing.
For further information, call
t•alized control and the o•gani-
zation of security more evident. Jeanette Shore, Un. 1-0304.
Egg Roll — Fried Shrimps
Assistance was needed from the
and All Kinds of
Grow old along with me.
Government in several spheres.
GENUINE CHINESE FOOD
The best is yet to be.
Two
and
a
half
years
ago,
6 Course Dinners — 60c therefore, the villages of Emek
—Browning.
We Deliver Anywhere
Hepher came together and cre-
Remember this also, and be
Phone TERRACE 2-9292
ated a district council, or Vaad
Hagush, on an elective basis. well persuaded of its truth: the
Catering to Parties, Banquets, etc.
This began to levy taxation, and future is not in the hands of
to handle the various matters re- Fate, but in ours.—Jules Jusser-
ferred to above. It had no offi- and.
cial or legal recognition, but once
What is defeat? Nothing but
it was seen that the institution
3620 CASS AVE.
worked and fulfilled an important education. Nothing but the first
need, the inhabitants turned to step to something better.—Wen-
the District Commissioner, and dell Phillips.
requested that the Vaad should
Education has for its object
receive a „juridical basis, For
the formation of character. —
sonic time the Government did
not recognize the institution, but Herbert Spencer.
as there was none in the whole
ANNOUNCE
of Emek Hepher who opposed ter houses, drainage, sewers,
All . Flavors
the new institution, and as it baths, markets and places of en-
EXTRA RICH
was seen to be eminently practi - tertainment; the licensing of bus-
cal and useful, it has been offs- finesses, the provision of parks
cially new
recognized
and embodied
Government
Ordinance and places of recreation, the
Per Pint
as
in a a Local Council. watching and conserving of lands,
Pt.
To ttn tt e e rn fittt
the execution of public works,
The innovation is a striking and the provision of educational
one. Up till recently, in Palestine, institutions. The Council is em-
Pure-Pak
local government has been con- powered, in order to do all these
fined to the towns—Jerusalem, things, to levy rates and taxes.
50 Depots to Serve You
Haifa, Tel Aviv, Tiberias and the Over and above these, the Coun-
CALL TB. 1-3131
others—or to the larger villiges cil may borrow money, and run
such as Rishon-le-Zion and Hed- public utilities.
The new Ordinance will also
Rosh Hashonah Greetings to All ! era. In both towns and villages
the right of voting has been on bring with it several added ad-
the basis of payment of a mini- vantages. It can now represent
Oxygen, Acetylene, Medical
mum of rates of the ownership the district more effectively to
Gases, Equipment
of property; moreover, the elec- the authorities, when needed. It
Plants:
toral area in most of the villages can negotiate loans for its
CHICAGO
BUFFALO is confined to the immediate area schemes of drainage and road
of the village, while the agricul- construction; it can create work
DETROIT
tu•al area belonging to the vii- for unemployed; and by progres-
lage is under a Moatza Kofrit sively improving its land it can
( (Rural Council) composed of create values on which capital
can be raised for further develop-
the owners of land.
All this is particularly
But the Council of Emek Heph- ment.
er is elected from the whole of necessary today, for the recent
1059-65 W. GRAND BLVD.
the area. It will exercise un- situation of the citrus industry,
divided jurisdiction over village and the heavy investments in
LAF. 1390-1-2
and land affairs alike. There is which the new settlements have
no property qualification for vot- had to engage, demand measures
ing, but all may vote who are which will improve the credit of
over twenty and have been in the area.
One of the notable features of
the district more than six months.
And anyone may be proposed the scheme is that, in practice,
as Councillor who is twenty-five all sections of the settlers, ir-
DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY or
will take respective of their type of set-
or over.
place every three years, and each tlement of origin (middle-class,
settlement will elect its own mem- Mizrachi, labor) work together
FIRST RACE
bers—one member for every hun- in amity and agreement in the
dred voters or for each village Council; further, the system of
with not less than seventy-five. elections at each village makes
Thus, it will be seen that there unnecessary voting by party list.
are here three innovations. First- And if we ask what enables this
ly, that there is a completely harmonious cooperation, we may
democratic constitution; second- reply—mutual tolerance of vary-
INCLUDING GRANDSTAND RESERVED SEAT
ly, that self-government is given ing economic forms, on a basis
to a complete rural area; thirdly, of "self-labor" and above all, of
that there is no division of au- publicly-owned land. Under such
thority between village and a system, property ownership
land. Naturally, the Council will ceases to be a decisive factor,
be subject to a measure of con- and all the 2,500 voters of Emek
trol from the District Commis- Hepher are on an equal footing.
sioner, but experience has shown The Emek Hepher Local Coun-
that in practice its work will be cil Ordinance is therefore an
relatively free, and supervision important step forward and an
applies chiefly to financial ques- important precedent. There are
tions. other regions in Palestine — for
What are the precise matters example the Jordan Valley and
8 RACES DAILY
which the Council will be able Emek Jezreel, whose character
to handle? Here we can only enables them to enjoy similar
mention the most outstanding: constitutions. In both unofficial
the construction of roads and Councils are already in opera-
their repairs; the fighting of tion. The future will probably
nests and malaria; the licensing see the establishment of similar
Woodward Buses to the Race Track. 10c
of animals; the control of slaugh- Local Councils also is those areas.

205
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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and the Legal Chronicle

October 4, 1940

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