March 21, 1941
DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and the Legal Chronicle
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Detroit Jewish Chronicle
and THE LEGAL CHRONICLE
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Sabbath Scriptural Selections
Pentateuchal portion—Ex. 35:1-40:38; Num. 19
Prophetical selection—Ezek. 36:16-38.
MARCH 21, 1941
ish Congress, the Jewish National Work-
ers' Alliance, the Rabbinical Council of
America, the orthodox Rabbinate, and
others.
Again, in the words of President Roose-
velt uttered in his address last Saturday
night, what these movements ask of the
Council of Federations and Welfare
Funds, which approved of the budgeting
plan, is that it "sacrifice privilege" but
"not fundamental rights."
What the overwhelming opinion of
American Jewry's outstanding movements
asks of the Federations, and what the
spokesmen for these movements in De-
troit ask of the Jewish Welfare Federa-
tion of Detroit, is the defeat of the un-
democratic budgeting proposal. The Jew-
ish Welfare Federation of Detroit should
act in accordance with these sentiments.
ADAR 22, 5701
The Drive Is On
While major decisions are yet to be
reached as to the total budget and the
leadership for the 1941 Allied Jewish
Campaign, the drive may well be con-
sidered to be on at this time. During the
past two years, the formation of the
women's division in the drive has been a
signal to the community that the major
fund-raising effort is about to commence.
This is also true this year. The women's
work has commenced. This means that
the city-wide solicitations are to begin
within about six or seven weeks. It means
also that all members of the Jewish com-
munity of Detroit must prepare them-
selves for action in the coming drive.
The second, and by far the most im-
portant, signal that the great fund-raising
effort is challenging Detroit Jewry to ac-
tion is the announcement of the appoint-
ment of Henry Wineman as chairman of
the drive. A campaigner with a good back-
ground for leading successful Allied Jew-
ish Campaigns, Mr. Wineman's acceptance
of the chairmanship should serve to stimu-
late large activity in preparation for the
solicitations to commence soon.
Volunteer workers must be mobilized,
individual contributors must be prepared
to give more than they did last year,
organizations must participate in the
work. The drive is on, and Detroit Jews
must resolve to make it a success.
Young Judaea's Progress
Twenty years ago, Young Judaea was
a power in Detroit. At that time, close to
1,000 boys and girls were enrolled in the
local youth movement, and every impor-
tant undertaking in this city felt the in-
fluence of these junior Zionists. For a
time, the movement lagged here. But in
recent years it has been revived, and
today it makes another strong bid for
leadership as the community's leading
youth movement.
Young Judaea has a sound and most
practical program. It seeks to strengthen
the community's cultural needs, to be-
come a vital factor in the upbuilding of
Palestine, to be a contributor to the best
interests of true Americanism. The move-
ment deserves wholehearted support in
its undertakings, and it is to be hoped
that it will continue to grow from strength
to strength.
Federation's Responsibility
An interesting debate is coming to a
close. It is a debate involving democratic
action in our community as opposed to
centralization of power in the hands of
a handful of people undemocratically
chosen. In this debate on the question
of the proposed budgeting plan, the Jew-
ish communities, including Detroit's, are
doing the truly American thing by argu-
ing principles in the open. It is as Presi-
dent Roosevelt said in his historic address
.aA Saturday night, that America "talks
out its problems in the open."
The most important movements in
American Jewish life have spoken and
acted against the budgeting proposal. In-
cluded in the opposition are the Zionist
Organization of America, Hadassah, the
Bnai Brith, Mizrachi, the American Jew-
The Assorted Fascists
We call the attention of our readers
to the following editorial which appeared
in the Nation:
The drawn-out debates in Congress on the
Lease-Lend bill at times seemed to exemplify
Hitler's sneers at the hopeless inefficiency of
democratic processes. But now the bill has be-
come law, after minority opinion has been
given ample opportunity to express itself,
we have a chance to make up for lost time
by rallying around the President and making
it possible for him to use his new powers
swiftly and effectively. Senator Vandenberg
has given a good lead by pointing out that
even the emphatic two-to-one vote in the
Senate for the bill did not represent the
true extent of the desire to aid Britain, which
was shown more exactly by the fact that
f.0 out of 55 Senators supported either the
bill itself or the Taft substitute. We hope
Axis commentators will ponder these figures,
which should also serve as a warning to
Senator Wheeler and his fellow irreconcil-
ables who are threatening a raging, tearing
campaign throughout the country in opposi-
tion to the principles of the Lease-Lend Act.
For if the Republicans now gracefully accept
the fait accompli, these "crusaders" will have
to seek support among a motley assembly of
dubious elements—Coughlinites, assorted fas-
cists, Jew-baiters, and Communist fellow-
travelers. Anticipating the passage of the bill
the President is believed to have plans drawn
up for making it immediately effective. The
news that Britain lost 148,000 tons of ship-
ping in the week ending March 2 should act
as a spur. Hitler's spring Blitz has begun.
Let us speed the tools to counteract it.
In the issue in which this appeared,
there was a special article on "Wheeler's
Cliveden Set", indicating that Mrs.
Wheeler has been responsible for some
of Mr. Wheeler's attitudes and that the
former liberal Senator has actually thrown
in his lot with the fascist reactionaries.
The assorted Coughlinites and fascists, al-
though they have suffered one defeat
after another, appear intent upon remain-
ing in the same camp, and the regrettable
angle is that men like Wheeler should
suddenly have steered their paths in the
direction of this reactionary group.
CONFIDENTIAL •
• STRICTLY
Tidbits from Everywhere
By PHINEAS J. BIRON
To Jean Gabin, star of the
French film "Pepe le Moko"
which is wowing Broadway these
days, is attributed the story about
the Paris restaurant whose
French patrons walked out when-
ever a group of Nazi officers en-
tered . . Army officials pro-
tested that this was contrary to
the traditional French politeness,
which would demand that the
Frenchmen remain present for at
least 15 minutes after the Nazis'
arrivals . . . So thereafter, on
the appearance of Nazi diners,
the French patrons would place
their watches on the table and
leave after exactly 15 minutes
had passed.
is known as one of France's most
rabid anti-Semites . . To be
entirely fair, however, one must
allow that at times a spark of
humanity is perceptible in Vichy
. . . We're thinking in particular
of Marcel Markus, now a Major
in the French army, who was
promoted to this rank after the
Hitler armistice . . . This because
of Major Markus' extraordinary
valor during the Blitzkrieg • .
Major Markus has made no secret
of his Jewishness—and there is
abroad a suspicion that it is for
his own sake that his superiors
have sent him to a North African
post, where it will be harder for
the Nazis to lay their hands on
him.
• IN THE AIR
• LIVE AND LEARN
• WEEKLY GIGGLE
There are a jot of things we
about Bnai
Brith's history in Chicago, where
the order's convention will be
held next week-end, and we hast-
en to pass on our newly ac-
quired information . . . Bnai
Brith's association with Chicago
dates from 1851, the year when
the Bnai-Brith-sponsored Hebrew
Agricultural Society started a
short-lived Jewish farm colony at
Schaumberg, in Cook County . .
The first Bnai Brith Lodge in
the Windy City was chartered
in 1857 . . . It's still active under
its original name, Ramah Lodge
. . The powerful Jewish Chari.
ties of Chicago is an outgrowth
of the United Hebrew Relief As-
sociation, brought into being un-
der Bnai Brith leadership in 1859
. . . During the Civil War, Ra-
mah Lodge recruited a Jewish
company for the 82nd Illinois
Infantry . . . The first identifica-
tion of a member of the Julius
Rosenwald family with Jewish
affairs in Chicago was with a
Bnai Brith function . . . Lessing
Rosenwald, an uncle of the fa-
mous philanthropist, represented
• FOREIGN AFFAIRS
the Sprinfield, Ill. Lodge at the
The grapevine reports that exercise marking the establish-
Hitler is quite annoyed over the ment of Bnai Brith District 6 in
Luftwaffe's failure to subdue Chicago way back in 1868.
England, and over his Fifth Col- • WHO'S WHO?
unm's failure to stop passage of
H. R. 1776 . . . Radio commenta-
There's a film agency in Mon-
tor H. V. Kaltenborn insists that treal that boasts a Charlie Chap-
the war will end in a British lin of its own . . Ile's a Jewish
victory—but that it'll take two boy from Toronto, whose name is
more years , . . which can't be Charles S. Chaplin ... Ile claims
much of a consolation to the Jews no kinship with the famous Char-
in Lublin .. . Are you following lie, however . . . And, to make
William L. Shirer's revelations of matters more confusing, the fa-
life in Naziland, in the Atlantic mous Charlie plans to make his
Monthly? . . . When in Rome, next picture—which will concern
quips Broadway, do as the Ger- refugees in New York—the occa-
mans do . . . Paul Marion, sion for the film debut of his
Vichy's new Propaganda Minister, elder son, Charles Chaplin, Jr.
Did you know that the Knights
of Judea, Inc., have organized a
Flying School and a Jewish En-
gineering Corps for the training
of young Jews who are not elig-
ible for training under the au-
spices of the Civil Aeronautics
Authority? . . . If you're inter-
ested, write to the organization
at General Post Office Box No.
547, New York City . . . The
Knights of Judea aren't taking
students interested in commercial
aviation, however . . . Their idea
is to provide trained pilots for
Uncle Sam's defense program or,
in the case of men not subject
to the draft, for volunteers serv-
ice in the Royal Air Force, which
at their request will then send
these volunteers to defend Pales-
tine . . Incidentally, there's a
California Flying Club in Los
Angeles which is trying to pro-
mote interest in aviation among
Jewish youth . . . And a com-
mittee of American aviators who
will raise funds for the families
of R. A. F. heroes killed in ac-
tion will be headed by Roger
Wolfe Kahn.
never knew till now
,
.
z Challenge to Israel
Liberty—Undiscouraged
One of the most eloquent declara-
tions of faith in liberty came more than
half a century ago from one of the great-
est American writers. In the preface to
his 1872 edition of "Leaves of Grass",
Walt Whitman had the following:
"Liberty is poorly served by men
whose good intent is quelled from
one failure or two failures or any
number of failures, or from the
casual indifference or ingratitude of
the people, or from the sharp snow
of the tushes of power, or the bring-
ing to bear soldiers and cannon or
any penal statutes. Liberty relies
upon itself, invites no one, promises
nothing, sits in calmness and light,
is positive and composed, and knows
no discouragement."
Free men must make this assertion
their slogan in an hour of need, when
some people begin to lose their faith and
to despair. "Liberty . . . knows no dis-
couragement" are words to be engraved
wherever there is a threat from forces of
tyranny. Liberty, "positive and com-
posed," will gain nothing from those who
are upset by a failure or two. But those
who have faith--and therefore also pos-
sess confidence and courage—will make
liberty function.
C.ourtesy of The Synagogue
Union of American Hebrew Congregations
Bernard Segal