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Detroit Jewish Chronicle

SECTION ONE

VOL. 43. NO. 24

Wide Acclaim
Greets Drive
Against Syria

Pillage of European
Jewry Consolidated
by Nazis

and The Legal Chronicle

Jew Beaten; Urges
EDELSTEIN'S DEATH BRINGS
Assailants' Release
WARNING AGAINST PREJUDICE

Council for Democracy Tells of Threat to American
Unity; Fomenting Group Discord Regarded
as Aid to Nazism

The death of Congressman M.
Michael Edelstein a few minutes
after he had replied to an anti-
Semitic address by Congressman
Rankin of Mississippi brought
warnings from many quarters
against the spread of bigotry.
An important statement was
made by C. D. Jackson, presi-
dent of the Council for Democ-
racy, who deplored the threat

to American unity in the rise of
prejudice. His statement, ad-
dressed to the New York Times,
reads:
It would be a mistake to

permit the dramatic and tragic
death of Representative Edel-
stein to overshadow the seri-
ousness of the situation to
which he referred in his last
speech.
Representative Rankin's ref-
erences to "a little group of

NEW YORK. — (JPS) —
Michael Kliger, 34-yea•-old un-
employed kosher butcher of this
city, pleaded for and obtained
the release of four men who
had beaten and injured him
when he objected to their at-
tacks on President Roosevelt
and Governor Lehman.
Magistrate Peter N. Horn
heard the case. After Kluger's
statement: "This is the great-
est country in the world. Why
should we fight each other?"
the judge said: "What this
man has done is the spirit of
America. I will suspend sen-
tence."

Anti•Semitic
Destiny Party
Will Disband

Revelation Made by
The Hour, Anti-
Fascist Weekly

NEW YORK. — (WNS) —
Though the rank and file mem-
bership of the violently anti-
Jewish American Destiny Party
has not yet been informed, the
international Jewish bankers"
dissolution of the pro-Nazi or-
brought
Mr.
Edelstein
—which
ganization is imminent, accord-
to his feet in protest—was
ing to The Hour, usually reliable
unfortunately not an isolated
anti-Fascist weekly.
Congressional expression of a
The Hour reported that Joseph
misguided and bigoted way of
McWilliams, Jew-baiting admirer
been
thinking. There have
of Hitler and self-made fuehrer
others before him, and they
of the American Destiny Party,
have said equally dangerous
has cancelled all future meetings
Enggass
and
Butzel
things.
of the pro-Nazi group at Astoria
There was, for example,
Again Head Board Casino, the party's meeting place
Senator Wheeler, who man-
in this city.
and Executive
aged to pick out a predomi-
Party Rivalries
nantly Jewish list of "interna-
h
e
anti-Fascist
publication
T
Abraham
Srere
was
re-elected
tional bankers" for attack in
a speech Feb. 28. There was unanimously as president of the attributed the dissolution of the
R e p r es entative Lambertson, Jewish Welfare Federation at a anti-Semitic party to petty rival-
who singled out a group of meeting of the Federation's board ries among its chieftains, dis-
Jews as the implied nucleus of governors, held last Tuesday agreement concerning the A. D.
P. attitude toward the American
of what he called "the war afternoon, June 10.
Reporting for the nominating First Committee, and the detri-
crowd." There was Senator
Rufus C. Holman, who on committee, which he served as mental publicity received as a
result of the exposure of the
March 4 paid tribute to Adolf chairman, Rabbi Leon Fram stated
criminal records of several patty
Hitler because "he broke the that the commit-
stormtroop chiefs.
tee
prevailed
control of these international-
"The main reason, however,
ists over the common people of upon Mr. Srere
appears to be McWilliams' inter-
Germany"; and it was clear to retain the
presidency, a n d
est in his own career," The Hour
that Mr. Holman meant 'Jews'
declared :
stated. "Ile feels that his talents
when he said "international-
are cramped within the party
"We
are
keen-
ists". And finally, there was
ly aware of the
confine, that he has grown too
Mr. Rankin himself, with his remarkable ad-
big for this petty fascist band.
gibe at "our international Jew- ministrative abil-
He had confided to a few inti-
ish bankers".
ity which Mr.
mites that he is scheduled for
Abe Srere
R e p r e sentative Edelstein's Srere has dis-
'far more important work.'
reply was truthful, but he did played in this im-
Versus Lindbergh
not say all there was to be portant office during these criti-
"He pointed out this in the pres-
said. For he simply pointed cal days. We are especially con-
out the facts—that there are scious of the fact that Mr. Srere ent national emergency there is
has won the confidence of the real opportunity for a capable
entire community despite its many and farsighted leader to rise to
See BIGOTRY—Page 13
differences on many subjects. We Fuehrership in this country. And •
therefore feel that his experience he wants to be in the race. He
and insight are indispensable to admits Lindbergh has won the
us at this difficult period in the affection of U. S. Fifth Column
life of our people."
elements but declares, with some
Others Elected
justification, that he is a better
The committee nominated for rabblerouser than the ex-Colonel.
By LOUIS LIPSKY
" 'Anyway', he says, 'this war
re-election Clarence H. Enggass,
chairman of the board, and Fred situation must be taken advan-
There is so much anxiety and M. Butzel, chairman of the execu- tage of. Blaming the war on the
grief in the world that "The tive Committee, and proposed Jews is the best weapon we've
Scandal of the Referendum of Henry Meyers for election as one ever had. And nobody can use
1941" will probably not cause a of the three vice-presidents, to-
ripple of excitement in American gether with Mrs. Henry Wineman it better than me. I'm known as
Jewry. There are other more im- and Nate S. Shapero for re-elec- the Jew-hatingest man in the
portant things to think about. tion to that office. Maurice Arons- land.' "
All eyes are turned to Syria, to son was renominated as treasurer.
Palestine, to England. More and The entire slate was unanimously Christian Front Sponsors Nazi
Film
more, war preparations occupy
the American mind and overcloud elected.
BOSTON. (JPS)—F urther
Serving with Rabbi Frani on
the mood of American Jews. Why the nominating committee were proof of open co-operation be-
get hot and bothered about the Irving W. Blumberg and Julian tween the Christian Front and
miscount of the vote on the "burn-
the Nazis was provided here
Krolik.
ing" question of national bud- H.
See ANTI-SEMITES—Page 13
geting by the Council of Welfare
See FEDERATION—Page 9
See WELFARE—Page 8
Funds? Why disturb the peace
See WAR—Page :2
with a controversy about this
miserable affair? After all, what
is involved is a petty misdemean-
or. It does not deserve to have
By DAVID DEUTSCH
indignation wasted on it.
By DR. JACOB BILLIKOPF
Editor's Note: The Detroit Jewish Chronicle is pleased to
By now, the incidents leading
Editor's Note: The New School for Social Research, popu- to the referendum are almost for- introduce this new feature which promises to become one of the
a
larly known as the University in Exile, has proven itself to be
gotten. A group of men in the most popular columns in English-Jewish journalism. Henceforth, it
valuable c ontribution to the intellectual life of America. In the council wanted to take authority will appear on the editorial page.
following article, Dr. Jacob Billikopf, distinguished communal and over the budgets of all the Wel-
selves are helping Libby out.
social worker discusses the background a:A importance of this fare Funds in the United States. TAKING A BOW
The lobbies will be buzzing for Men like Maurice Samuel, bril-
They
were
interested,
they
said,
unique organization.
in proper accounting, in a bal- weeks with gossip about the In- liant author of "The Great
A new chapter in American the past eight years, which have anced distribution, in order and dependent Jewish Press Service, Hatred", etc. etc., Dr. Joshua
educational history was written witnessed the intensification of system. Just at this time, when the newest and lustiest entry in Bloch, head of the Semitics Divi-
persecution of science and learn- the whole Jewish world seems to the Jewish journalistic field. sion of the New York Public
on April 20, 1941, when the New
ing by the Ilitler regime, the be crashing, no one able to fore- Managing editor of the outfit is Library, and Jacob Fishman, one
York State Department of Edu-
New School has grown up into
cation granted a permanent the leading center in America of see what the next day will bring, L i b b y Benedict, enterprising of the greatest newspapermen
charter to the New York School research in contemporary world they remembered the forgotten newspaper woman who has served in Yiddish journalism, w h o
cause of national budgeting. They leading New York newspapers created the Jewish Morning
for Social Research, authorizing
problems. It now has 26 faculty
its Graduate Faculty of Political members, 15 research assistants, wanted to do a good job for abroad and who has contributed Journal news service, still the
and Social Science to confer de- 500 graduate students. Three American Jews. They could ar- prolifically to journals in the best in the world, are reported
range the budgets and save the States. The late O'Brien honored among the brains enlisted behind
grees in its own name. That this
important pieces of research Jewish communities a lot of quite a number of her short the new organization.
represents
the
first
time
in
"ern
have been subsidized in the last trouble.
stories in his annual collection WAR AND THE JEWS
history that a permanent char-
year by the Rockefeller Founda-
But the idea did not meet with of the best. A novel of hers,
The professional ostriches are
ter has been granted to a gradu-
tion, an organization that never general favor. On the contrary, "The Refugees". was published worrying these days about Sans-
ate school composed largely of
grant
for
a
special
re-
it
raised
a
storm
all
over
the
a
makes
in England several years ago by uel Rosenman, New York Su-
foreign scholars was pointed out search
until it has assured itself country. It was hard to convince the Hogarth Press, owned and preme Court Justice, great friend
recently by Dr. Alvin Johnson,
that no other group in the coun- anybody that American Jewry was directed by Leonard Woolf and of the President, who was re-
its director.
try could do that work better. clamoring to have a small com-
The University in Exile, as Two other important researches mittee of philanthropists tell them the late Virginia Woolf. A num-
ber of the leading publicists and the
ported
to have
had a
hand in
writing
of FDR's
unlimited
this institution is popularly
are under sympathetic considera- how to distribute their money for novelists who have had no out- emergency speech. Anticipating
known, was founded in 1933 by
national and overseas purposes.
let in the English-Jewish press
Dr. Johnson, who had long been tion by the Foundation and will
See LOBBIES—Page 9
See REFERENDUM—Page 12 and who want to express them-
acutely interested in the prob-
See BILLIKOPF—Page 13
lem of refugee scholars. During

JERUSALEM. — (WNS) —
The offensive against Syria by
the British and Free French
troops was greeted with great
enthusiasm by Palestine's Jewish
and Arab populations.
Jews and Arabs joined in
voicing a hope that the Allied
drive against Syria and Lebanon
would eliminate for all time the
danger of an Axis domination
of the Near East. Arab circles
were particularly impressed with
the joint declaration by the Brit-
ish Government and General
Georges Catreux, commanding
ATLANTIC CITY (WNS) — A
officer of the Free French troops, plea for mutual understanding be-
pledging complete independence tween national and overseas wel-
to the peoples of the French— fare agencies on the one hand and
local Jewish communities through-
mandated territories.
out the country on the other hand
Spur Defense
by William J. Shroder
The latest development in the was made
Middle East crisis spurred Pal-
estine's defense program. It was
officially announced that 700
Palestine Jews had enlisted in
the British forces (luring May,
bringing the number of Pales-
tine youths serving with the
British to approximately 11,000.
About 600 of the new recruits
were assigned to Jewish infan-
try units, the others joining the
Jewish transport unit.
Jewish leaders stressed that
50,000 other Palestine Jews were
anxious to join in the defense
of the country but were unable
to do so because of Britain's re-
fusal to accept their services.
Sephardic Chief Rabbi Ben-
Zion Usiel, speaking to 500 Jew-
ish soldiers and officers at cere-
monies marking the presentation
of a Torah scroll to Jewish
troops in the Middle East, urged
Palestine's Jewish youth to join
ISRAEL S. CHIPKIN
the fighting forces.
of Cincinnati, chairman of the
The Great Synagogue in Tel Board of the Council of Jewish
Aviv was jammed for the cere- Federations and Welfare Funds,
monies, which ended with the at the 1941 National Conference
singing of "Hatikvah" and "God of Jewish Social Welfare.
Save the King." Captains Rabi-
Israel S. Chipkin of New York,
novitz and Ravitz, chaplains as- associate director of the Jewish
signed to the Jewish units, of- Education Committee, was elected
fered prayers for Jewish soldiers president of the National Con-
killed in action or taken prison- ference, succeeding Dr. Maurice
er since the beginning of the Taylor of Pittsburgh. Other offi-
war.
cers elected included: Louis Kraft
of New York and Joseph E. Beck
of Philadelphia, vice-presidents;
Consolidate Pillaging as War
Harold Silver of Detroit, treas-
Moves East
LONDON.—(JPS)—As the ac- urer; Marcel Kovarsky, of New
tive war enters the Mediter- York, secretary.
Isidore Sobeloff, director of the
ranean phase, the Nazis are put-
ting all possible pressure on the Jewish Welfare Federation of De-

THE UNIVERSITY IN EXILE

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DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 1941

Chipkin Heads
Social Workers
Harold Silver of De-
troit Is Chosen
Treasurer

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Srere Re-Elected
Federation Head

The Scandal of
The Referendum

HEARD IN THE LOBBIES

