May 16, 1941
DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and the Legal Chronicle
I O
CAMPAIGN
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community in the world—Pales-
tine — is in danger and needs
help, military, physical, spiritual.
This little, poor pioneering coun-
try hes done more by the Jewish
people than the Jewish people
has done by it. Little Palestine
not only welcomed 300,000 new-
comers in the last eight years
but went to the government and
demanded that the doors be
opened wider and wider so that
more and more immigrants
should come in."
Comparing the sacrifices being
made by Jews in Palestine,
through self-taxation, in behalf
of the refugees, with what is
being given for relief and re-
construction work by American
Jews, Dr. Silver declared that
"what they are giving makes our
giving contemptible."
Pointing out that the Jews
were the first victims in this
war, that they have been in the
war eight years, being defeated
in 15 countries, suffering 5,000,-
000 casualties, Dr. Silver said
that the situation nevertheless is
not an altogether hopeless one.
He declared that the people with
the greatest material and spir-
itual resources will win, and that
the democracies, thank God, are
still in possession of this superior
strength. Stating that the power
of the democracies is increasing
day by day, he emphasized that
the spiritual resources are show-
ing an especially amazing gain.
Plea for Fighting People
"I am not speaking for a lost
cause, or for a people that is
liquidating." Dr. Silver said. "I
am appealing for a war chest
for a fighting people that is de-
t e r m i n e d to see this thing
through and to survive. We speak
not in the name of charity but
for a soldier people in a war
destined to end in victory."
Dr. Silver pointed out that
four years ago the nations were
warned that Jews are the first
victims, but that others are
doomed to suffer after them un-
less the destructive forces in the
w or Id are uprooted. Many
thought persecution of Jews was
an internal German affair.
"Now," he said, "they understand
that the first assault on the
Jews was the first attack on
civilization. Today Jews and non-
Jews are linked together in a
common cause against a common
foe. That is why we can speak
more freely today."
Henry Wineman's Remarks
Henry Wineman, chairman of
the 1941 Allied Jewish Cam-
paign, presided at the dinner.
In his opening remarks, he point-
ed out that this year's goal is
$205,000 more than was raised
last year.
Mr. Wineman stated that in
the opinion of the budget com-
mittee the goal of $940,000 is
well within the giving power of
the Jewish community.
Isidore Sobeloff, executive di-
rector of the Jewish Welfare
Federation, sponsor of the cam-
paign, the only other speaker at
the dinner, outlined the progress
of the drive, stating that 1,000
workers are enlisted in the men's
drive, 1,000 workers in the
women's drive and an additional
800 workers in the youth divi-
sion. He reported that as of
Sunday evening, a total of $412,-
820 in pledges had been reported
upon by the workers.
France is only an official mani- Germany on behalf of the J. D.
festation, unsupported by the C. and has surveyed the Jewish
great mass of French people who situation there at first hand. In
regard it as a German product, 1933, he helped local Jewish lead-
according to the first-hand re- ers in organizing a central com-
mittee, the Zentral Ausschuss, so
port of Dr. Schwartz.
Dr. Schwartz made two trips that German Jews could imme-
into the unoccupied zone of diately begin to care for the
France, spending nine weeks in countless thousands who were
all there, to supervise the exten- suddenly pauperized by proscrip-
sive relief operations of the J.D. tive decrees.
Minister of the Central Syna-
C. He visited the notorious in-
terment camps at St. Cyprien, gogue of New York City, Dr.
Gurs and Argeles. He plans to Wise is the son of the late Rabbi
remain in the United States about Isaac M. Wise, founder of Re-
six weeks in order to confer form Judaism in America.
with the officers of the J.D.C.
Guest from London
concerning the problem of res-
Lavy Bakstansky, general sec-
cue, relief and rehabilitation for retary of the Zionist Federation
Jewish victims of war and per- of Great Britain, who recently
secution overseas after which he arrived from England, will ad-
will return to Europe.
anti-Semitic
the
"Although
statutes and confiscations enact-
ed by the Vichy government are
beginning to take effect," Dr.
Schwartb declared, "it is my de-
cided impression, based on per-
sonal observation and discussion
with a great many informed peo-
ple in every walk of life, that
there is no anti-Semitism among
the French people. They regard
anti-Semitism as a German pro-
duct. They do not subscribe to
it."
Dr. Schwartz pointed out, how-
ever, that under constant official
pressure, more and more Jews
are being deprived of the means
of earning their livelihoods. It
will not be long before they are
an utterly pauperized minority,
he said.
Of the 60,000 refugees in-
terned in unoccupied France, Dr.
Schwartz reported, about 25,-
LAVY BAKSTANSKY
000 are Jewish. The largest part
of the remainder are Spaniards,
dress Campaign workers at the
he said.
Though the camp at St. Cyp- report luncheon. to be held on
rien is now closed, Dr. Schwartz Wednesday, May 21, at the Hotel
said, Gurs, Argeles and about 18 Statler, at 12:15 o'clock. As a
other camps are still in opera- joint secretary of the Council
for German Jewry in England
tion.
Dr. Schwartz emphasized that since its establishment in 1934,
children represent a great prob- Mr. Bakstansky was instrumental
in making possible the emigration
le min these camps.
Dr. Schwartz termed general of '100,000 Jews from Germany
conditions in France quite bad. to havens in Palestine and other
"There are stil lsome 3,000,000 parts of the world. He has been
refugees in the unoccupied zone," an outstanding leader in British
he said, "although large num- Jewry's effort to provide for the
bers of these will undoubtedly continued upbuilding of Pales-
return to their homes beginning tine and for the survival of Jews
May 15, in accordance with the.– throughout Europe during the
new regulations just promulgat- present war.
Mr. Bakstansky arrived from
ed. I believe, however, that a
substantial number will remain. war-torn London several weeks
Certainly none of the 175,000 ago, and is visiting leading com-
Jews in the unoccupied area are munities in the United States in
able to return. On the whole, behalf of the United Jewish Ap-
the worst conditions in Europe
prevail in Spain and Poland, al-
though conditions in France and
Belgium are rapidly deteriorat-
ing."
Reports Monday, Wednesday
peal. The United Jewish Appeal
for refugees and overseas needs
is the chief beneficiary of the
1941 Allied Jewish Campaign,
conducted this year for 55 local,
national and overseas causes.
Victory Luncheon
With 60 per cent of the $940,-
000 goal reported on Thursday,
it was hoped by Campaign lead-
ers that a victory luncheon could
be planned for Friday noon,
May 23. Details of the affair will
be announced to Campaign work-
ers within the next few clays.
Radio Programs
Speakers in behalf of the Al-
lied Jewish Campaign have been
heard daily for the past week
over radio station WJLB, through
the courtesy of Hyman Altman.
Rabbi Max J. Wohlgelernter
will broadcast in behalf of the
Campaign on Saturday evening,
May 17, at 9 o'clock, over the
Altman Jewish Hour on this sta-
tion.
Sunday, at 1 o'clock, the Cam-
paign speaker to be heard on
the Altman Jewish Hour will be
Simon Shetzer.
AMERICA CALLED BULWARK
OF HOPE FOR VICTIMS OF
WAR AND OPPRESSION IN
NATIONWIDE BROADCAST
The entire civilized world looks
to the United States to hold aloft
the banner of human compassion
and help preserve the hope of
the peoples who have borne the
brunt of the Nazi assault upon
democracy and freedom. This
was the theme of a nationwide
broadcast presented last Wednes-
day over Station WEAF and the
red network of the National
Broadcasting Company in which
Chief Rabbi I. H. Herzog of Pal-
estine, Pierre Van Paassen, the
author, Jascha Heifetz, the world-
renowned violinist, and Paul
Lukas and Raymond Massey, the
distinguished stars of the theater,
joined for the support of the
nationwide campaign of the
United Jewish Appeal for Refu-
gees, Overseas Needs and Pales-
tine.
The United Jewish Appeal is
the unified fund-raising instru-
ment for the Joint Distribution
Committee, which provides for
relief and rehabilitation of Jew-
ish war victims overseas; the
United Palestine Appeal, which
promotes the upbuilding and de-
fense of the Jewish homeland in
Palestine; and the National Refu-
gee Service, which assists refu-
gees in the United States to be-
come productive American citi-
zens.
The United Jewish Appeal re-
ceives its support from the Jew-
ish community of Detroit through
the Allied Jewish Campaign.
This broadcast was heard in
Detroit before midnight, and was
also broadcast earlier in the eve-
ning, by transcription, to a meet-
ing of Allied Jewish Campaign
workers at the Statler.
Speaking as the representative
of the Jewish population of 550,-
000 in Palestine, Rabbi Herzog
said that the Jews in Palestine
were prepared to fight the
menace of Hitlerism to their
homeland and to uphold the prin-
ciples of justice and freedom
which the prophets of Israel
preached thousands of years
ago, and the principles on which
American democracy is based.
Mr. Van Paassen declared that
if the Christian world had spoken
in unequivocal language when
Hitler began his assaults on the
Jews, the world might not today
be at the mercy of the Hitler
war machine. "Today we realize
that the barbaric onslaught
against the Jews by Hitler eight
years ago was the first skirmish,
the preliminary move in this ad-
vance toward conquest of the
world," he said.
Mr. Massey, who is widely
known for his portrayal of the
title role in "Abe Lincoln in
Illinois", and is currently star-
ring in the revival of "The Doc-
tor's Dilemma", praised the hu-
manitarian work of the United
Jewish Appeal agencies. He de-
clared that "no group, no people
can be abandoned in this critical
hour without serious injury to
humanity as a whole."
Wide Refugee Aid Program
Carried on in U. S.
The National Refugee Service,
whose funds are raised through
the United Jewish Appeal for
Refugees, Overseas Needs and
Palestine, spent a total of
$1,035,238 in the four-month
period from January to April
1941, for cash relief, resettle-
ment, job placement, retraining
and other services for refugees
in the United States. The report
of the expenditures of the Na-
tional Refugee Service during
the four months of the current
year indicated that an average
of 3,000 cases a month, involv-
ing 7,821 individuals, received
direct financial assistance amount-
ing to $559,324.
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Luncheon report meetings are
scheduled during 'the coming
weeks at the Hotel Statler for
Monday, May 19, and Wednes-
day, May 21, at 12:15 noon.
Dr. Jonah B. Wise who, to-
gether with Dr. Abba Hillel Sil-
ver, serves as a national chair-
man of the United Jewish Ap-
peal, will be guest of honor at
the Monday meeting.
A vice-chairman of the Joint
Distribution Committee, one of
the three constituent agencies of
the United Jewish Appeal, Dr.
Tuesday's Luncheon
At Tuesday's luncheon report
meeting, at the Statler, an ad-
dress was delivered by Baron
Ernest Popper de Podhragy,
former manager of Emperor
Franz Josepf's Austrian Estate,
industrialist and business con-
sultant.
The Baron, who was released
last year from the Dachau con-
centration camp and arrived in
the United States four weeks
ago after a stay in England, de-
scribed the plight of refugees,
told of efforts to relieve their
misery and appealed for the
funds to rehabilitate them.
Clarence H. Enggass presided
at Tuesday's meeting, at which
it was reported that $471,303
or a little more than 50 per cent
of the quota, was raised.
Thursday's Meeting
Thursday's report meeting was
addressed by Dr. Joseph J.
Schwartz, European vice-chairman
of the Joint Distribution Com-
mittee, who returned from Lis-
bon after a year's relief work
abroad.
Anti-Semitism in unoccupied
Something
DR. JONAH B. WISE
Wise has helped raise millions
of dollars for reconstructive aid
in Central and Eastern Europe.
During the summer of 1938, at
the call of President Roosevelt,
he attended the Inter-governmen-
tal Refugee Conference, which
was held at Evian-les Bains,
France, where he presented an
exhaustive memorandum on the
refugee situation, outlining the
work of the J. D. C.
Dr. Wise has personally visited
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