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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and the Legal Chronicle

March 7, 1941

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Jewish Vocational
Service Registers
By Philip Slomovitz
The Unemployed

Little Theater Guild
Casts Its Play

The Little Theater Guild is pro-
pressing under its director, Flor-
ence Plotnick. The mystery corn-
ery, "One Mad Night," offers
tion. The slightest weakening of our forces will
Unemployed who have not al- many instances for character
The Need for a Hospital
spell our doom.
Unlike a decade ago, there is almost unanimous
There is Dorothy Thompson, and Willem Hen- ready registered at the Jewish portraits among the Guild mem-
approval of the proposals for the construction Brick VanLoon, and Ralph Ingersoll, and scores Vocational Service, are urged to bberh
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of a Jewish hospital in Detroit. The Mt. Sinai of others in this country, who s will stick to the do so at once.
Guild chose "One Mad
Hospital Association—the women's organization
Workers need jobs and em- Night"
for its i many opportuni-
last in consistent effort to battle for what is
Ni
—is hard at work advocating speedy action, and right. But there are too many others who should ployers need workers. The Jew- ties of offering clean entertain-
it has collected several thousands of dollars for be in the ranks of these fighters for democracy ish Vocational Service has been ment, comedy and mystery. There
set up to bring together job seek- are still a few parts open, and
this purpose. Dr. Morris Fishbein, nationally who are splitting the ranks.
prominent as an authority on medical needs, has
Let the abstainers take heed from Dorothy ers and job openings quickly and those interested are welcome to
spoken here on three occasions urging the build- Thompson who warned Wheeler and Thomas: efficiently.
The Jewish Vocational Service, come on Wednesday evenings, 7 -
ing of a hospital.
aned
inislsoIn nterm
"Joe McWilliams, who supports you today for
o to h d e roH wutchw
A careful perusal of the transcripts of ad- your half-rightness, will kill you tomorrow for at Woodward and Holbrook, can- Pdiatme," at
not make jobs where there are
dresses delivered here recently by Dr. Fishbein your other half-wrongness."
none, and therefore it cannot Hazelwood, in the auditorium.
and others who were present at the conferences
Proceeds from plays will go
Liberals who think they will escape the terror guarantee anyone a job. Never-
leads us to the following conclusions:
had better beware and study the facts of those theless, it has much wider con- towards Jewish charities.
Two of Detroit's most prominent doctors, who who were in their class in Germany. If ever tacts with employers than is pos-
were previously opposed to a Jewish hospital, the McWilliams crew should gain a little power sible for any individual workers,
favor the movement today on these grounds: they may be in a different compartment from and it helps him to find suitable
Call
Ten years ago there were not enough able Jewish the Jews. But they will be marked men. There work in the shortest possible. Rep-
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doctors to direct a hospital; today there is a are ghettos and concentration camps; we, as •esentatives of the Jewish Voca-
mature and very capable group among the Jew- Jews, may be forced into ghettos; but blind tional Service visit employers to
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ish doctors who could be entrusted with this task; liberals will not escape the concentration camps. explain the work of the service
furthermore, they believe that when they first
Therefore, the fight must be carried on cour- and in order to become familiar
opposed a Jewish hospital Jewish internes were ageously and with realization of the lessons of with their personnel needs. With
admitted to hospitals indiscriminately, but today the past. "Where there is no vision, a people first-hand accurate information
about job opportunities in the corn-
this is no longer true.
will pet .
There is much to be said on this score. The munity, the office can eliminate
Since the latter admission corroborates an ar-
gument given in favor of a hospital for many, bigots will not listen to reason. II Duce follows much of the guess work and waste
many years, it merely proves that the opponents the Hitler line and accuses the Jews of influent- motion from job hunting. This
were wrong a decade or two decades ago, and ing America. In France, where Jews have been does not mean that the job seek-
Leader
are now realizing the need of protecting the po- impoverished, where the fortunes of the firm ers should give up trying to find
sition of Jewish doctors. The head of one of the Lazard Freres and of the Rothschilds has been work for himself. Rather he should
leading local hospitals admitted to this commen- confiscated (shades of the Herzl and Nordau ex- make his own efforts to find a
tator 12 years ago, in an interview, that dis- periences!), they still speak of "Jewish capital- job, in addition to registering at
ists." Only a few days ago, the wealth of the the Jewish Vocational Service, and
crimination existed.
But the most important conclusion to be ar- Dreyfuses and Helbronners and the Spitzers and thus make certain that he will
rived at from the discussions recorded in the the Seligmanns was confiscated in France. know of all available openings.
These are the people who said Herzl was crazy, Parents of unemployed youth
transcript of the meetings addressed by Dr. Fish-
ts unpatriotic. The are urged to encourage their chil-
bein is to be found in the remarks of Isidore Nordau a visionary, Zionis
Sobeloff, the director of the Jewish Welfare Fed- t•uth is that Jews who are fighting for national dren to take advantage of this
eration. It is now entirely a question of finances, redemption are the best fighters for the retell- community service.
Employers can get the best help
and in spite of the contentions of Dr. Fishbein tion of the democratic way of life in lands
threatened
by
the
totalitarians.
The
unfortunate
easier
and quicker by calling the
and others we must guide ourselves by experi- rich who are now exiles from their homes, im- Jewish Vocational
Service at Mad-
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ence and we must recognize that unless very
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LEADER is not just a cleaner
liberal contributors will make a hospital possible, poverished, some in concentration camps, were ison M.
William
Weinberg
is
direc-
as blind as bats—as blind as those who today,
—LEADER is a specialist in
the entire idea will remain a dream.
in this country, still speak in terms of "waiting," for of the Jewish Vocational Serv-
cleaning Rugs, Carpets and
If a hospital is to be built in Detroit, then
ice.
Upholstered Furniture.
"appeasing," of "keeping quiet."
half a dozen wealthy families—and there are of To
these bats we are compelled to say again:
many in this class to choose from in this com-
LEADER
Dagmar Godowsky, daughter of
up!"
munity—must make the idea their hobby and "Wake
To all liberals, some of whom are today break- the famous pianist, and a well-
Carpet
Cleaning
Company
tee
he
large
sum
necessary
for
the
must guaranteee
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ing unity by playing a game of false pacifism known dancer in her own right,
construction of the building and for the financing at a time when we must fight for our lives, we is now engaged in writing a book.
of the deficits that are bound to be incurred.
Without very large contributions, the idea re- say:
"Speak up for democracy!"
mains a myth, in spite of the optimism of Dr.
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Fishbein.
Dr. Solomon Goldman's "Undefeated"
Of course, Dr. Fishbein was altogether wrong
when he made the statement that the hospital
Our good friend Dr. Solomon Goldman, former
is the very center of community efforts. It un- president of the Zionist Organization of America,
doubtedly is so for the doctor and the nurse with whom we differ a great deal today over
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and it ordinate matters in . Zionism, is without Zionist
interpreters of .
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ideology.
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the school, or the Yiddish shule, or the Zionis t
p 1 a t f o r m—depending on the individual who reviewed at length more than a year ago, proved 6.
chooses the center for his life's greatest love. it. Now we have additional proof in his "Un-
A hospital is needed—therefore we must find defeated", a collection of three of the outstand-
ing addresses delivered while he was president of
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the half dozen millionaires to pay for it.
the American Zionist Organization.
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Libertarians had better study history so that tragic days of moral c
they may realize that they must speak up for and Destiny", "Justice, Not Tolerance" and "We 0
Will Build" are the three essays incorporated
democracy every hour of the day, lest they lose in this splendid volume. They are a combination
the serious battle for survival of decency.
of eloquence, a brilliant style of writing, an
Our experiences with s the
reactionary
forces
in recent
months
for impressive collection of facts. It is the type of
have been in
too either
numerous
blind to reality or indifferent work that never goes out of style, that is always
needed for clarification of our position as Jews,
us to rema
to grim tr uth.
and as an encouragement for Jews who become
The anti-Semitic outburst at the New York panicky in time of crisis or who begin to hate
ator Wheeler, themselves
meeting of isolationists, at which Senator
GET IN TOUCH WITH
John T. Flynn and Norman Thomas were the th Each of these essays was dealt with in these
speakers, leads us back to experiences 45 years
ago. In the Diaries of Theodor Herzl, just issued columns when the addresses were first delivered.
by Scopus Publishing Co., we read, under date But
viewed than
now,
retrospect,
they they
are more
significant
on in
the
days on which
were
of May 18, 1896, as follows:
spoken. It is easier today to appreciate the pro-
Nordau reports that he went to see Ed-
phetic vision of their author, his description of
mund Rothschild with Zadoc (Zadoc Kahn,
defeatist attempts to wean Jews away from Pales-
You Will Do Much Better
Chief Rabbi of Paris). The "audience'' lasted
tine towards substitute colonization projects.
63 minutes, during which Rothschild spoke
"Undefeated" is a definite contribution to Zion-
for 53 and Nordau, "with difficulty and
ist literature. It is needless to say that the
Zionist Organization of America is rendering an
rudeness," only ten.
Rothschild has absolutely no desire to hear
important service by publishing these addresses
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anything of the project; he doesn't think
in a single volume and thus giving them a posi-
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tion of permanence.
Sultan, and in any case does not want to
Dr. Goldman has dedicated "Undefeated" to
Wyandotte, Mich.
Mr. Justice Louis Dembitz Brandeis and has
giv e any assistance. He thinks what I am
2400 Biddle Avenue
doing is dangerous because I place Jewish
selected Verse 3 of Chapter 12 of the Book of
patriotism under suspicion, and harmful—
Daniel to describe the eminent former justice
of the United States Supreme Court. The Verse
to his Palestinian c olonies.
reads: "And the intelligent shall shine brilliantly
Accordingly we shall go beyond him to
like the brilliance of the expanse of the sky;
the day's agenda.
and they that bring many to righteousness shall
It is interesting after this to reLd the
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reports in today's Paris dispatches of
be like the stars, for ever and ever."
It is clear from this book that Dr. Goldman
street-demonstrations against the Jews and
would like the man he has chosen for honors in
particularly against the R o thschilds. In front
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this dedication, "shine brilliantly like the ex-
of th e same house in the Rue Lafitte where
my
friend
Nordau
panse . . ." if he would only devote himself to
Rothschild turned away
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Zionist philosophy and would abandon politics.
on Friday, the people cried out on Sunday:
In the former he has succeeded; in the latter
"Down with the Jews!"
(in the view of this Commentator), he has failed.
Take this historical note, contrast it with the
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outrageous occurrence in New York at the meet-
It will receive our careful considera-
ing of the America First Committee which saw
Ah, the Poetic Italian Generals!
a display of bigotry on the party of Joe Mc-
tion from inception to completion.
A recent Associated Press cable from Libya
Williams' National Destiny Party and Christian
Frontists, and then consider that there were contained the following:
General Argentino, captured four days ago
Jews on the America First Committ"e a short
a British motorboat crew after he had es-
by
repetition
of
historical
time ago, and you have a
caped from Bardia, ended a hunger strike
experiences.
yesterday with the cry:
In the days of Herzl, there were also men and
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"For all I care about this desert, you can
defense
ef-
But
women who defended the Jews.
am
a
poet."
have it! I myself
forts are not enough. We must have self-help,
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Ah, what glory, what poetry! But also, what
there must be a national effort to act, to redeem
ourselves, to emancipate our masses. Also, we reality!
They are more practical than their FUEHRER,
must have unified eflort on the part of all
libertarians in defense of the democratic posi- these Italian generals.

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