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and The Legal Chronicle

VOL. 43. NO. 12

DETROIT, MICHIGAN. FRIDAY. MARCH 21. 1941

Aviv Now Has
Nazi Reprisals Tel 200,000
Inhabitants
For Passage of
Lease-Lend Law

This Paper Printed in Two Sections

10 Cents Single Copy: $3.00 per Year

19.11 Campaign Chairman

Represents 40 Per Cent of
Palestine Jewry; 550
Residents in 1911

It

Henry Wineman
Chosen Allied
Drive Chairman

TEL AVIV (Palcor Agency)--
This all-Jewish city now has over
200,000 inhabitants, according to
His Acceptance Cheers
Jews Threatened; Re- municipality statistics issued here.
Forty per cent of Palestine's
Leaders of the
port 40,000 Will
Jewish population of well over
500,000 is therefore now concen-
Community
Be Expelled
trated in this metropolitan cen-
ter, whose phenomenal growth is
Henry Wineman has accepted
GENEVA.— (WNS) — Threats strikingly pointed by the follow-
the general chairmanship of the
of reprisals against Jews in Ger-
ing table:
1941 Allied Jewish Campaign, ac-
many and other Nazi-controlled
Population
Year
cording to an announcement by
countries were made by the high
550
1911
Abraham Srere, president of the
ranking Nazi officials following
3,604
1921
Jewish Welfare Federation, spon-
passage in the United States of
45,564
1931
sor of the annual drive.
the lease-lend bill, it was learned
over 200,000
1941
here.
In making the announcement,
Established in 1909 by a group
When President Roosevelt sign-
Mr. Srere said:
ed the bill which will make the of pioneers headed by the late
"The business of filling the
United States the arsenal of the Meier Dizengoff, who served as
communal
purse this year, so it
democracies he provoked a tor- its mayor for 26 years, the city
can shoulder the burden of corn-
•rent of abuse in Berlin and Rome known as the Hill of Spring,
munal obligation, is a stupendous
aimed at American Jews and the vas intended to serve merely as
project. It requires not only ex-
White House. The Nazi-controlled a convenient residential center
perience but genius in organiza-
press accused the President and for Jews engaged in business and
tion; the ability to think big,
American Jews of "whipping" commerce in the neighboring
plan minutely and build endur-
the bill through Congress.
Arab city of Jaffa. But its sand
ingly, plus personal leadership.
Linking the names of Bernard dunes soon gave way to modern
We are happy to annonuce that
Baruch, Prof. Felix Frankfurter structures and rapid industrial
we have found the right man for
and Benjamin V. Cohen with pas- development, with the result that
the job.
sage of the bill, Nazi officials the over 200,000 Jews who now
"Mr. Wineman has served both
charged that the bill was passed live here are engaged in a large
as president and chairman of the
to safeguard the interests of "in- variety of industrial and corn-
board of governors, of the Jew-
ternational Jewry". The Nazis de- mercial and professional pursuits.
ish Welfare Federation. Today,
dared that the Jews were corn- The dozen cinemas, many cafes
he is a member of the Federa-
pelting the American people to and splendidly developed sea-
tion's executive committee and is
win hack for them the positions shore supplement the music and
active on its board.
and influence which they had in art centers that now provide var-
pre-Hitler Europe. iegat«1 recreation for the popu-
A Family Tradition
Hinting at reprisals against lace.
"In undertaking the leadership
Jews in Nazi lands, the Boersen
Port Latest Achievement
of the 1941 community-wide fund-
Zeitung stated that this "Jewish
Perhaps the greatest of Tel
raising effort, Mr. Wineman is
action" today "burdens not only
continuing a family tradition.
Jewish immigration but also that Aviv's recent achievements was
j
"It was the Wineman survey,
portion of Jewry which is still the construction of the all-Jewish
conducted by the Bureau of So-
in Europe with heavy responsi• port, which rendered this city
bility. The Jew Frankfurter did the most important avenue of
—From a Portrait by Fritz Werner cial Research, in 1923, that de-
termined the needs of the local
them no service by getting around Palestine's peacetime export trade
HENRY
WINEMAN
Jewish community, resulting in
and undermining American neu- next to Haifa Port.
the establishment of the Jewish
Tel Aviv Port's contribution to
trality."
Welfare Federation.
the country's wartime effort has
also been considerable. Only two Dr. Wice of Omaha
"Through the years and today,
To Expel 40,000 Jews
(lays ago, it was announced that
Henry Wineman has been actively
At
Temple
Friday
BELGRADE.—(WNS) — The Jewish stevedores, especially a
identified with the group who guide
Nazi Government has completed
from this port, are now en
A number of guest preachers Will Confer on Chemi- that organization toward an ever-
plans
plans to expel 50,000 Jews front route for service in the African
widening scope of social service."
Germany, mostly from Frankfurt, ports captured
by General
ure
enera Si r have been invited to share the
Air. Wineman also serves as a
Dresden and Hamburg, within th:. Archibald P. Wavell's men during pulpit of Temple Beth El with
cal Research for the director
of the local . United Jew-
next 10 days, it was reported
ish Charities, Resettlement Serv-
Dr.
Leo
M.
Franklin
and
Rabbi
here. The expelled Jews will be the past several months.
British Admiralty
ice, Jewish Community Center and
Leon F
Geared for War Wk
or
sent to Nazi-occupied France.
the United Hebrew Schools. He
Among
those
in-
while
Indeed,
the
whole
city,
Dr.
Chaim
Weizmann,
president
is, too, a member of the board
News of the new expulsions
created as panic in Jewish circles not neglecting in any way its vited is one of
of
the
Jewish
Agency
for
Pales-
of
directors of the Detroit Com-
and resulted in long lines of Ger_ normal peacetime pursuits — as the younger men
tine and of the World Zionist munity Fund.
man Jews outside the consulates witness the inauguration at the in the rabbinate
Organization, who has been en-
On National Boards
p
-- Rabbi David H.
gaged in important war work in
of foreign countries, particular ly end of October of apermanent
Recognized nationally for his
the United States, pleading for industrial exhibition sponsored by \Vice of Temple
a special chemical laboratory at
the British Admiralty in Eng- communal leadership, Mr. Wine-
visas. A number of fortunate the Palestine Manufacturers' As- Is r a e 1, Omaha,
land during the past seven man is a member of the boards
Jews who obtained visas left Ber- sociation and the opening last Neb., the pulpit
Dr. Franklin oc-
See CAMPAIGN—Page 20
See •rEL AVIV—Page 17
See WEIZMANN—Page 16
curried when he
See NAZIS—Page . 3
was first ordain-
ed rabbi, 48
Zionists Observe 50th Anniversary of Blacksone years ago.
Memorial To U. S. Government for Palestine Rabbi W i c e,
is an elo-
Rabbi Wice
Memorial Was Presented to President Harrison and
Union of American Hebrew Congregations and Affiliated
quest speaker,
Secretary of State Blaine by Rev. Blackstone,
Organizations to Meet Here the End of April
will occupy the pulpit on Fri-
day evening, March 28, and the
Protestant Minister, on March 5, 1891
What promises to be by far the dent with the meeting of the
topic of his sermon will be "I
WASHINGTON, D. C. — Zion- lowlands, Scandinavia and the Shall Not Die But Live—One Re- most outstanding Jewish gather- Union itself will be the conven-
ists throughout the country are Balkans with a view to conven- action to the Madness of the ing to come to Detroit will be the tions of its affiliated organizations,
observing the 50th anniversary ing "at an early date, to an ill- Hour." The public is invited to 37th Biennial Council of the the National Federations of Tem-
of the presentation of what is ternational conference to con- these Sabbath Eve services which Union of American Hebrew Con- ple Sisterhoods, the National Fed-
known as the Blackstone memo- skier the conditions of the Is- begin at 8 o'clock and are fol- gregations, which is to convene eration of Temple Brotherhoods
here at the end of April. Coinci- and the National Federation of
rial to U. S. President Benjamin raelites and their claims to Pal- lowed by a social hour.
Temple Youth.
Harrison and Secretary of State estine as their ancient home, and
James G. Blaine for the restora- to promote, in all other just and
Preceding the opening of the
tion of Palestine to the Jewish proper ways, the alleviation of Congress Hits
Council by one (lay, the National
their suffering condition." In his
Federation of Temple Youth will
people.
The memorial was presented petition Rev. Blackstone writes
gather for its convocation. A
Midget
On March 5, 1891, by Rev. Wil- that after carefully studying the
youth service will be held in Tem-
ham E. .Blackstone, a Protestant conditions of the Jews in Pales-
ple Beth El on Sabbath morning,
April 26, when one of the out-
minister of Oak Park, Ill., who tine and in Europe and in Amer- Federation Urged to
in 1889 visited the Holy Land ica, "he believes the project of
standing younger men in the
Oppose
Budgeting
following a study of conditions restoring the autonomy of Palos-
American rabbinate will deliver
of Jews in Europe at that time. tine to them to be both feasible
Proposal
the sermon and representatives
Among the signatories on the and politic."
of the youth group will conduct
the ritual service.
The Detroit Section of the
petition were leaders in all walks
"The land of Palestine—he
of American life, including some wrote—is capable of remarkable American Jewish Congress, at a
On Friday night, April 25, pre-
of the foremost American states- development, both agriculturally meeting of representatives of or-
ceding the convention, there will
men, publicists, legislative lead- and commercially. Its geographi- ganizations affiliated with it, as
be held a pre-convention service
ers, city and state officials as cal situation as the half way well as individual members, held
at the Temple, to which a rabbi
well as many prominent Ameri- house between Europe and Asia, on Wednesday evening, at Con-
of national reputation has been
can newspaper editors and pub- is unequalled." He also advises gregation Bnai Moshe, went on
invited to deliver the sermon, in
fishers. the heads of the American Gov- record in opposition to the pro-
which the keynote of the conven-
The memorial petitions Presi- ernment that sympathy for the posal of the Council of Federa-
tion will be struck.
dent Harrison and Secretary restoration of the Jewish people tions and Welfare Funds for the
More than 20 committees have
Blaine as the heads of the U. S. to Palestine "already prevails, to setting up of an adv•sory commit-
been at work for months in pre-
Government, "to use their good a large extent, in Great Britain, tee on budgeting. This decision
paration for these meetings which
offices and influence" with the and it seems to appeal to all is in adherence with the action
will bring to Detroit more than
ruling monarchs of Russia, Great classes of Christians as a mag- taken by the American Jewish
1500 of the outstanding men and
Britain, Germany, Austria-Hun- nificent humanitarian movement." Congress nationally, as well as
women of American Jewry. Many
gary, Turkey, Italy, Spain, France
See BUDGETING—Page 11
MELVILLE S. WELT
See BLACKSTONE—Page 11
See U. A. H. C.—Page 11
and nine other countries in the

Dr. Weizmann
Comes to U. S.

Preparations Under Way for
Reform Synagogues' Conclave

who

Plans

