July 4, 1941

DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and the Legal Chronicle

16

DRALBERT EINSTEIN URGES AID
FOR HAIFA TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE

Gratzes, the Ettings and the precepts and thought by its
rules.
Franks.
Further north Samuel Jacobs In the
165 then,
years
have
(Continued from Pare 1)
since
the that
events
of Writes Harvey H. Goldman, Explaining His Interest in
Quebec was a leading ship - the
t
e
Revolution
have
formed
a
Important Palestine School
of Indian uprisings, too, and of
owner,
and thereby
a leader
in in
" a chain of human achieve-
the
transoceanic
trade
that link
final conquest of the Indian bound the colonies with the ments. First came the landing
tute, visiting representative of
H. Goldman, chairman
difficulty again freed the colon-
school in this country, was
of the first wanderers, then the of Harvey
the Detroit chapter of the He- the guest speaker. He outlined
ies for future action.
mother country. An Abrams, who establishment of relations with
the
Institute of Technology at
achievements of the institute,
There are 260 volumes in the lived in Niagara, and a Levy, the natives, then the gradual brew
Haifa, Palestine, this week made the pointed to its needs in Pales-
and
A m h e r s t collection, covering who lived i n Montreal, became
public
the
following
letter
he
re-
every phase of colonial rule. In partners and carried on impor- concentration
of remained
ownership
England alone
in until
con- ceived from Dr. Albert Einstein, tine and in the present war ef-
36 volumes Jews are mentioned, tant trade negotiations in the trol of the Eastern seaboard and author of the Theory of Relativity, fort.
Besides Mr. Goldman, other of-
and they are often talked about northeastern territories.
the territory immediately west now professor at Princeton Uni-
rn
of it.
at length. Their activity in co-
versity, urging a Detroit effort ficers of the Detroit chapter are:
Traders with Indians
Fred M. Butzel, honorary chair-
mercial, military and political
Now the time was ripe for in behalf of the institute:
man; Prof. Peter Altman, vice-
The basis provided by these the breaking away. But even
life is recorded.
"I was very glad to hear from chairman; Benjamin Wilk, treas-
It seems that even before the enterprising men cannot be over- then the chain did not break. Professor Samuel of your inter- urer; Karl B. Segall and Leon
Revolution Jews already had estimated. That they were men- For when the new Republic was est in the work of the American Kay, secretaries.
reached some political position timed so often in official records formed, the Government in Lon- Society for the Advancement of
in the more liberal colonies. of the period shows closely they don was stirred to new aware- the Hebrew Institute of Technol-
When you're next in New York
There is reference, for example, were bound to the expansion ness. Out of the failure to con- ogy in Haifa and your readiness
you
may get a peek at Elaine
to
take
a
leading
part
in
the
of
England.
Later,
quer
the
colonists
came
the
suc-
movements
to Abraham Gold, who was a
constable in Fairfield, Conn. during the Revolution, the unity cess in governing the countries effort to secure support for the Barrie as the hostess for a food
Other references show that so forged was put at the service that now form the British Com- Haifa Institute of Technology in establishment on the East Side.
John Barrymore's Ariel doesn't
Jews were active in military un- of the Colonial Army. Trade ex- monwealth. Without the lesson your city.
"In my considered opinion, this like being out of the limelight for
dertakings against both the In- perience gleaned from dealings of 1776 that structure would not
long.
dians and the French. One Ab- with the Indians was used to get exist u today, any more than our institution is of the greatest
portance for the settlement of the
raham was a soldier in Ken- n r o v i s i o n s for Washington's own United States.
tucky in 1759. He was taken troops, and earnings acquired
If there were no Jews on the refugees and for Palestine as a
prisoner by the Indians. A Lieu- during the colonial years were Mayflower, there were some on whole, for it is paving the way
tenant Joseph Levy is talked willingly devoted to credit for Columbus' ships—including Co- to the industrial development of
that country by training of prac-
about. Pennsylvania had Captain the Revolutionary armies. There lumbus himself. The Jews of tical engineers and foremen and
Elias Meyer, who was entrusted was no doubt and no dismay. 1776 reach backwards and for- by developing and recasting of in-
with many military missions of And when men like David Franks wards, from the first venture dustrial processes. This latter
consequence. An assignment that chose England for their cause, westward to our own fused hori- type of research work is particu-
had to do with the provisioning they did it with the same whole- zons. They belonged then, as we larly important in all those cases
of the army took him as far heartedness which marked those belong now, to roots.
which cannot be investigated by
west as Detroit, through danger- who clung to the dreams of the
individual industrial firms. I have
ous frontier territory. He was republicans. It is interesting to
been deeply interested in the in-
made a captain in 1762, after note, however, that Franks re-
stitute for a long time and I do
13 years as a lieutenant. An turned to Philadelphia after the
believe that, regrettably, it has
officer named Hyman is also end of the war and lived there
not found the support in America
mentioned. the rest of his life.
it deserves.
The central committee of which
"This key position must be pre-
This offering of the Jews to Jewish organizations of Cuba,
Yet it was as merchants, ship-
owners and purveyors that Jews the crucible which eventually known as Comite Central Dc served at all costs in order to
probably contributed most to the formed the new republic belongs Las Sociedades Hebreas de prevent the destruction of the
and the industrial
colonies. As merchants traveling side by side with the primary Cuba, has unanimously voted technological
tradition of the Jews in Pales-
fearlessly into the Indian lands offering of their inheritance. to affiliate itself with the World
they helped build up the British For, in a way which is remote Jewish Congress. The action of tine.
"Having following with deep
trade. Fur trading was the basis from our non-Biblical type of the organization, which is the interest the fortunes of the So-
of commerce at this period. It writing and thinking, it was the representative body of Cuban ciety during the past year, I am
meant negotiations with the In- Bible which poured spirit into Jewry, took place at its general now more hopeful than ever be-
dians, it meant braving unpene- the early settlers, into the writ- annual assembly. H. L. Beller fore that this new organization,
trated woodlands for greater op- ers of the Declaration of Inde- is the president of the Central with the help of its many friends
Portunity. One Jew lost his life pendence, into the hopes of the Committee.
throughout the country, will suc-
The Cuban Jewish community ceed in the realization of its
that way—Levy A. Levy, who disputants at th Constitutional
is
one
of
a
number
of
Central
was a partner of Joseph Simon, Congress, and into the very
aims."
one of the Pennsylvania pio- wording of the letters and the and South American countries
The Detroit chapter- of the
which
in
recent
weeks
have
be-
neers. Levy was killed during documents left by the Fathers come affiliated with the World Haifa Institute was formally THE CHOICE OF THOUSANDS
the Pontiac uprising in the mid- of the Republic. From Roger Jewish Congress. These include launched at a dinner at the Jew- i,WHO KNOW GOOD BEER
die of t'ie 18th century. Men Williams to George Washington, the Jewish communities of ish Community Center on Tues-
engaged in the fur and other from Thomas Paine to Thomas Costa Rica, Honduras, San day evening.
DETROIT BREWING CO., DETROIt
Prof. R. Samuel of the Insti-
frontier trades included Hyam Jefferson, the tone of the Bible Salvadore and Guatemala.
Levy, the dominated. They lived by its
Gershon
Meyers,

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