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DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER I, 1940

VOL. 42, NO. 44

He Made History

Report Palestine
Alert Though Quiet

Leader Favors The Semi-Centennial of Benjamin F. Peixotto
Zion's Defense
By U. S. Jews

JERUSALEM (Palcor Agen-
cy) — With Italy invading
Greece, the Gestapo arresting
neers who laid the foundation hundreds of De Gaulle's sup-
for the American Jewish commu- porters in Syria and a German
nity—Daniel Levy Maduro Peix- military mission active on the
otto, whose father had been rab- Italian front of Egypt, the
bi of the Spanish Portuguese civil and military populations
Synagogue in New York—who of Palestine are keeping them-
became the first Jewish resident
thoroughly on the alert,
of Cleveland. For it was in 1836 selves
full well that the cen-
that Dr. Peixotto was invited to knowing
ter
of
the
arena may shift
become president of Cleveland's here at any war
time.
Willoughby Medical College, after
a notable career as a physician
in New York, where he had been
president of the New York Medi-
cal Society.

By BERNARD POSTAL

It was 1936, the 60th year of
American independence. The
Union, over whose destinies An-
drew Jackson was presiding, num-
bered 24 states. They had grown
B. Gurion Would Send to a nation of 15,000,000, includ-
100,000 Americans ing some 50,000 Jews, descend-
ants of the families, Seixas, Hays,
to Aid Palestine
Cardozo, Phillips, Franks, Gratz,
Moses, Lopez, Nathan and others
NEW YORK. (WNS)—David who had helped build the nation.
Ben Gurion, chairman of the The first great wave of European
Jerusalem executive of the Jew-
ish Agency for Palestine, sug
gested that 100,000 young Amer-
ican Jews be sent to Palestine
as soon as possible to help the
holy land in this critical hour.
Mr. Ben Gurion made his pro-
posal at a dinner in honor of the
recently arrived German novelist,
Lion Feuchtwanger, which mark-
ed the closing of the Jewish Pal-
estine Pavilion at the World's
Fair.
Mr. Feuchtwanger stated that
"after the war you shall see the
acme of a Jewish Palestine—a
state where Jews, regardless of
political and economic differences,
will feel at home." He pointed out
that "the war has created a psy-
chological situation apt to revive
the idea of Zion for many years
to conic."

A Child Prodigy

To Cleveland Peixotto took
with him a wife, five daughters, Midwest Section Meets
and two sons, the youngest of
in Indianapolis on
whom was just two. It was this
son, known to history as Benja-
Nov. 16-17
min Franklin Peixotto, who was
to be cast for a major part in 012
The second annual conference
saga of American Jewry. His was of the midwest section of the
an amazingly fruitful life, rich Jewish Welfare Board will be
in achievement and service. It is held this year in Indianapolis,
a career worth recalling today, Ind., at Hotel Claypool, on Sat-
just half a century after he
passed on.
Left fatherless when he was
nine, Benjamin Franklin Peixotto
educated himself while helping
to support his widowed mother.
Something of a child prodigy, he
exhibited a great talent for the
classic and modern languages and
for literature. A gifted speaker,
he made the law his career, pre-
paring for the bar in the office of
Stephen A. Douglas, the great
political adversary of Lincoln,
with whom he formed a close
personal friendship. From Doug-
las, Peixotto imbibed political
leanings toward the Democratic
party. During the Lincoln-Doug-
las debates of the 1850s, Peix-
otto contributd-political articles.
to the Cleveland Plain Dealer, of
which he later became an editor.

Return to Positives

"Millions of Jews have been
forced to face the problem of
their Judaism once more," the
famous novelist declared. "A
great number have solved it in
the negative sense, and have got-
ten rid of Judaism which they
considered burdensome.
• "But, on the other hand, mil-
lions of Jews have realized the
positive• - qualities of - Judaism.
Hundreds of thonsands have made
up their minds not to return to
the countries whence they have
been expelled, not even if gold-
en bridges were built to receive
them. These hundreds of thou-
sands desire to stay with their
own people. They have learned
where they belong. They want to
go to Palestine."

Denies Nazis Confiscated Funds

Major Gen. Robert C. Davis,
executive director of the New
York chapter of the American
Red Cross, denied that Nazi Ger-
many confiscated as much as one
cent's worth of Red Cross sup-
plies or funds sent to the be-
leaguered nations of Europe.
"It is most unfortunate," the
Red Cross official said, "that there
are so many unfair, unfounded
rumors being circulated that Red
Cross funds and supplies have
been confiscated by Germany and
gotten into the hands of others
than those for whom they were
intended. It is impossible to find
the source of such baseless gos-
sip . and to refute irresponsible
ones."

BENJAMIN F. PEIXOTTO

immigrants, including the found-
ing fathers of Bnai Brith, was
still to conic. But already it was
an era of expansion when Amer-
ica was spreading westward.
Cleveland, today the country's
fifth largest city, had only just
been incorporated aQd had no
recoided JeWish'ielidents. - WWas
a kinsman of the Jewish pio-

—

Page 16

As political editor of the Plain
Dealer, Peixotto warmly support-
ed Douglas for the presidency in
1860. But when Lincoln was
elected, and war between the
states became inevitable, Peix-
otto was quick to offer his serv-
ices to Lincoln in helping to
mobilize patriotic sentiment and
stimulating recruiting in the Md-
dle West. His war efforts having
won him a recognized position
as a public figure, the Bnai Brith
lodge in Cleveland counted it a

Will Address Public
Meeting of Welfare
Federation

See LADY MARLEY—Page

See PEIXOTTO—Page

8

Lipsky Favors
Jewish Army

Points to Our Responsi-
bilities as Jews and
Americans

By LOUIS LIPSKY

President, Eastern Life Insurance Co.:
Former President, Zionist Organi-
zation of America

16

Voters Urged by Inter-Faith Body
To Shun Bigotry on Election Day

National Conference of Christians and Jews
Appeals for Action Based Only on
Political Convictions

NEW YORK (WNS) — A plea
to vote for candidates "only on
the basis of their political con-
victions and their Americanism"
and to "give no ear to whispers
or rumors which are intended to
discredit candidates because of
race or religion," was voiced here
by the New York Round Table
of the National Conference of
Christians and Jews. The state-
ment reads:
"The injection of racial or reli-
gious animosities into political dis-
cussions is a disservice to national
unity, and plays into the hands of
those internal enemies of Amer-
ican democracy who are seeking
to divide our people by spreading
p
malicious whisers
against racial
or religious ele ments.

P r o testant Clergymen
Condemn Anti-Semi-
tism as Un-Christian

GENEVA. (WNS)—Protestant
groups throughout Nazi-occupied
Holland have united in a protest
to Dr. Arthur Seyss - Inquart,
German Commissioner for the
Netherlands, against the intro-
duction of anti-Jewish decrees, it
was learned here. .
The fight against the anti-
Semitic measures was led by
Protestant clergymen who de-
nounced the anti-Jewish laws
from their pulpits and rallied
their congregations to protest to
the Nazi Commissioner.
The announcement read in the
Protestant churches stated that
the Nazi decree barring Jews
from government services was not
in accordance with Christianity.

Defiance of Nazism

As in Norway, where college
students defied Nazi officials by
tearing down anti-Jewish posters,
Nazi-sponsored anti-Semitism is
making little headway in the
Netherlands. Despite Nazi at-
tempts to provoke anti-Jewish
riots in Holland, no anti-Jewish
demonstrations have been re-
ported.
The anti-Jewish decree an-
nounced in Holland is similar to
decrees announced in other Nazi-
o c c u p i e d countries, including
France. This represents the first
time, however, that the clergymen
have urged their congregationi to
protest the anti-Jewish laws.

Supported Douglas

Lady Marley
Here Nov. 13

Lady Marley, lecturer and
writer, wife of Lord Marley, who
serves as chairman of the Coun-
cil of the House of Lords, in the
British Parliament, will be the
guest of the local Jewish commu-
nity on Wednesday evening, Nov.
13, according to an announcement
by Abraham Srere, president of
the Jewish Welfare Federation.
"The Jewish Welfare Federa-
tion, through the Detroit Service
Group, is arranging a special eve-
ning at the Jewish Community
Center," said Mr. Srere, "when
we shall have the opportunity of
meeting Lady Marley and hearing
Grynszpa n Defense Fund of her message on the current Euro-
$7,107 to Be Given to
pean scene."
French Refugees
Among the outstanding non-
The Journalists' Defense Fund, Jewish friends of the ORT, Lord
ganized to raise funds for the and Lady Marley have done much

See DEFENSE

Welfare Board
Plans Parley

Dutch Assail
Nazi Decree
Against Jews

"We urge the citizens of New
York to vote for candidates only
on the basis of their political con-
victions and their Americanism,
and to give no ear to whispers
or rumors which are intended to
discredit candidates because of
race or religion. More important
that all the political pronounce-
s ments in this campaign is the
necessity of sustaining 'one nation
indivisible, with liberty and jus-
tice for all,' upon which the peo-
ple can build when the campaign
is over. Partisanship must be
subordinated to Americanism and
from the coming elections the
country will emerge strong in its
unity and faith in democracy."

,

ERITOR'S NOTE—The following
is one of a series of articles
being written by the eminent
Jewish leader for the MG, the
Jewish daily newspaper of New
York. The Chronicle has exclu-
sive rights to these articles out-
side of New York.

In the first World War Jews
fought on all fronts, but not as
Jews. There were two minor ex-
ceptions: Jews fought as Jews
in the Zion Mule Corps at Gali-
poli, and in the Jewish Legion
against the Turks in Palestine.
In every other instance Jews
fought as citizens of the state
they were part of; they wore
various uniforms and died under
various flags. They hoped that
by sharing in the common de-
fense they would be defending
their equal status as citizens. No
matter under what disabilities
they lived, as Jews they had to
subordinate their own interests
to the interests of their states.
They were loyal, they were pa-
triotic. They wanted to believe
that in the peace that was to

See L1PSKY—Page

9

Free France Repudiates Anti-
Jewish Laws

HENRY MEYERS

urday and Sunday, Nov. 16 and
17, according to an announce-
ment made by Henry Meyers of
Detroit, president of the midwest
section.
The midwest section of the
Jewish Welfare Board is one of
seven regional groups of the Na-
tional Jewish Welfare Board, the
parent organization for 324 Jew-
ish Community Centers, YMHA's
and YWHA's in the United
States and Canada. In addition
to serving as the parent body
for Community Centers and Y's,
the National Jewish Welfare
Board also serves the religious
and welfare needs of the Jewish
soldiers and sailors, it being the
only Jewish agency recognized by
the United States Government to
perform such services to men in
the army and navy in Citizens'
Military Training Camps, the
camps of the Civilian Conserva-
tion Corps and in Veterans' Hos-
pitals.
Serving as program chairman
for the 1940 conference is George

See PARLEY — Page

16

LONDON. (WNS)—While the
Marshal Petain regime moved to
tighten its anti-Jewish restric-
tions, yielding to Nazi Germany
on every point, the "free" French
Government of General Charles
de Gaulle repudiated the anti-
Jewish legislation announced in
Vichy.
Spokesmen for General de Gaulle
told interviewers that the free
French Government did not rec-
ognize its Vichy-sponsored anti-
Semitism in France and that the
anti-Jewish decrees would be re-
pealed when Nazism is defeated.

100,000 Jews Endangered as
Italy Invades Greece

BELGRADE. (WNS)—Jewish
leaders rallied Greece's 100,000
Jews to cooperate with the gov-
ernment in its efforts to turn
back the Italian invasion. The
Jewish population for the most
part small tradesmen, pledged full
cooperation to the government.
In addition to the normal Jew-
ish population, Greece has in re-
cent years seen an influx of
Jewish refugees from Fascist-
controlled Europe.

Hebrew Free Loan Ass'n Gets
$1,000 Gift from Simons Estate

Increases $5,000 Bequest; Special Fund Used
to Grant Loans Larger Than Allowed by
General Funds of Association

The Hebrew Free Loan Asso-
ciation announces a gift of $1,000
from the estate of the late David
W. Simons through Mrs. David
W. Simons and the trustees, Na-
than Simons and Seymour Simons.
This sum increases the original
$5,000 bequest from the estate,
and provides more extended serv-
ices for the David W. Simons
Memorial Loan Fund.
This special fund has for its
purpose the granting of loans
which are larger than any which
the general capital funds of the
organization could allow.
The Hebrew Free Loan Asso-
ciation has two such special funds,
the David W. Simons Memorial
Loan Fund and the Abram Kat-

kisky Fund. Both were derived
from bequests, and have served
a gratifying purpose. Through
them. a man can be set up in a
small business, or a business can
be saved; thus fulfilling one ideal
of the Hebrew Free Loan Asso-
ciation, which is to increase the
opportunities for self-help to the
small business man.
But it is not only in giving
large loans that the Hebrew Free
Loan Association is interested. On
the contrary, it is the man who
needs a small sum of money who
has the greatest difficulty in se-
curing it. And to him the Hebrew
Free Loan Association especially

See

SIMONS GIFT—Page 16

