DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and the Legal Chronicle
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ZIONISTS
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Committee represents all four
major Zionist organizations in
America and deals with emer-
gency problems that have arisen
in the last two years. But the
Zionist Organization has demanded
the dissolution of the Emergency
Committee, to be replaced by an
Inter-Party Committee. It is said
by those who oppose this change
that it is merely a pretext that
can serve no practical purpose ex-
cept to offer the opportunity for
a snub at a few men whom the
administration dislikes.
(4) To claims for control of
the various Palestine fund-raising
bodies, the opponents of the ad-
minist•ation point out that all
of them are now dominated by
the men who compose a majority
of the leadership of the Zionist
Organization of America. If the
administration declares that it
does not want these fund-raising
bodies to be autonomous and that
it wants to use them to inject
new life into the Zionist districts
so that they may have functions,
its opponents say: first, that to
speak of fund raising by Zionist
districts is chimerical when a
United Jewish Appeal is in exist-
ence; second, that there was not
sufficient passion for straightfor-
ward Zionist propaganda in Pales-
tine fund-raising campaigns in
America. This is said to have
been reflected in opposition by
the most important of the current
administration leaders to the in-
dependent United Palestine Ap-
peal campaign earlier in the year.
(5) The opponents of the pres-
ent administration view it more
with sorrow than with anger. They
like Mr. Kaufmann personally
and would prefer to do nothing to
offend him. They feel that the
spiritual atmosphere of the Zion-
ist movement has sunk because
in a period of crisis which has
brought to the fore such dynamic
personalities of eloquence and
power as Churchill and Roosevelt,
the Zionist Organization in Amer-
ica, called upon to bear a great
responsibility, has been meek and
tongue-tied and ineffectual. They
say of Mr. Kaufmann that how-
ever effective he may be as a busi-
ness man he has not done much
to transform the Organization; his
chief failing, it is declared, has
been his spiritual stammer.
(6) It is doubtful whether the
opponents of the present admin-
istration will come to Cincinnati
with any plans for "revolution"
or any candidates for success to
Mr. Kaufmann. They would like
to differentiate between (a) the
need for a more representative
President and (b) the fundamen-
tal policies that must be advo-
cated by the Zionist Organization.
They feel that on grounds of
anti-labor, anti-Weizmann and
anti-foreigners the whole tone of
the present administration must
be changed.
Many names have been heard
for the presidency. These include.
first, Dr. Abba Hillel Silver, who
is known to be adamant against
any offer, Rabbi James G. Heller
of Cincinnati, who is ruled out
because he is president of the
Central Conference of American
Rabbis, and Dr. Israel Goldstein,
president of the Jewish National
Fund. Others feels that one of
the chief difficulties of a Jewish
lay organization arises from rab-
binical leadership. Among the lay-
men prominently mentioned are
such men as Judge Morris Rothen-
berg, former president; Judge
Levinthal of Philadelphia; Simon
Shetzer of Detroit, and Charles
J. Rosenbloom of Pittsburgh. It is
felt that there are any number
of leaders who could take over
and give dignity and impressive
voice to the organization's needs
and demands.
Objective students of the Zion-
ist scene have little patience with
the clashing claims that have
personal origin. The internal bit-
terness among the leaders is re-
garded as the chief obstacle to
unity and effective support of
Palestine. The only consolation the
Zionists in America have is that
disunity behind the front seems
the badge in wartime.
....es-right 1941 by Independent J. ish
be impugned and Mr. Kaufmann's
personal efforts would be under-
appreciated unless he were of-
fered a second year as President.
(7) The administration has as
its key leaders men who are
equally bitter against Dr. Chaim
Weizmann, president of the World
Zionist Organization, and those
men in America who represent
his point of view, 'notably Louis
Lipsky. It believes that Dr. Weiz-
mann has not adequately and
vigorously pressed for "fundamen-
tal Zionism" in his relations with
the British government.
(8) The administration fears
and resents the intrusion into the
American scene of various per-
sonalities from Europe who have
now settled in the United States.
Because of their previous pres-
tige and personal capacities, these
men have had influential posts
assigned to them in various in-
stitutional setups outside the Zion-
ist Organization. The administra-
tion feels that Americans are best
equipped to deal with American
problems.
(9) The creatures of the or-
ganization have been removed
from its competence and author-
ity, the administration declares.
It believes that such bodies as the
Keren Hayesod, the Keren Kaye-
meth and the United Palestine
Appeal should not be separate en-
tities with autonomous boards but
should be directly under the ex-
clusive control of the Zionist Or-
ganization.
(10) The administration believes
that the influence of men like Mr.
Lipsky has been bad both admin-
istratively and politically and,
therefore, believes that Mr. Kauf-
mann and his associates should
remain in control of the organiza-
tion.
The Opposition View
There is no uniform "anti-Ad-
ministration" point of view, since
the criticism of the Washington
headquarters comes from various
directions and from individuals
with varying backgrounds. But a
summation of these different opin-
ions would show the following:
(1) Mr. Kaufmann was elected
as a business-man president who
would use his wide prestige to
increase Zionist membership enor-
mously and his economic knowl-
edge to strengthen the Zionist fin-
ancial setup. It is asserted that
once Mr. Kaufmann took the office
he gave comparatively little time
to hi responsibilities, with the re-
sult that membership has shown
little if any increase. The many
"non-Zionists" whom Mr. Kauf-
mann promised to bring under his
wing are asserted to be conspicu-
ous by their absence. It is said
of Mr. Kaufmann that he is a man
of fine sympathies and warm con-
geniality but that his Zionist
background is limited. It is even
declared that on many occasions
during the past year he urged
soft-pedalling of Zionist demands
for a "Jewish State," saying that
this was unimportant.
(2) Although no candidates are
being pushed forward to take Mr.
Kaufmann's place, it is being said
by opponents of the present Zion-
ist administration in Washington
that there must be a repudiation
of its policies on basic rather
than on personal grounds. These
policies, it is said, are summed
up in (a) opposition to the labor
administration of the Jewish
Agency Executive, which repre-
sents the overwhelming majority
of the Jews of Palestine, and in
(b) a type of xenophobia that is
no less vulgar than that of the
"Know-Nothing-Party" of the last
century. It is charged that the
present administration is currying
contempt for foreign Zionists of
distinguished background merely
because they speak with an accent
or come from a foreign country.
It is asserted that the attitude
of some of the leaders of the
administration to Zionists from
abroad has been as contemptuous
and as suspicious as that of Fas-
Inc
Press Serx
cist-minded members of the State
Department who claim that they
are weeding out "fifth columnists"
from among prospective refugees. Says Americanism means Right
of "All" to Speak Freely
(3) It is declared that in the
present emergency which fa_-s
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.
the world Zionist movement, with
Great Britain provocatively silent (JPS) — "Freedom of speech
as to its intentions toward the means freedom alike to isolation-
Jewish National Home after the ists and interventionists, to
war, it is imperative for Ameri- peacemongers and warmongers,
can Zionists to unite their forces or right and left," James N.
and not to nurture feuds of 20 Rosenberg. attorney and member
years ago. In this cannection, it is of the American Jewish Commit-
declared that the Zionist Organ- tee, declared in a panel discus-
ization has been hostile to the sion at the opening session of
Emergency Committee for Zionist the five-day Williamstown Insti-
Affairs solely because of the pres- tute of Human Relations devoted
ence in a praesidium of four of to the theme "The World We
Louis Lipsky. The Emergency Want to Live In."
World Softball
Championships at
U. of D. Sept. 10-14
The 1941 world softball cham-
pionship tournament, featured by
the annual "Pageant of Ameri-
can Youth" will be played at
U. of D. Stadium Sept. 10-14
inclusive, with teams from vir-
tually every state in the Union,
Puerto Rico and Canada com-
peting for the Pepsi Cola award
which is emblematic of world
supremacy.
At least 100 teams, each a
August 2
champion in its own right, will
come here to bid for the men's
and girls' title and to participate
in the highlighting "Pageant of
American Youth" program which
will open the title play at U. of
0. Stadium Sept. 10 at 8 p. m.
The "Pageant" will consist of
a parade of states to a map of
the United States laid out on
the U. of D. gridiron. Interspers-
ing the parade will be Selfridge
Field pilots, the Navy band, the
Fort Wayne Color Guard, drum
majorettes, drum and bugle
corps and scores of other units.
1941
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velia(rly
of
arnes
Luncheon Sept. 9
C. MRol.lys. Soegf alpe.nk:exriliacroyi,) met
Aug. 26 and made plans f. , r the
coming bridge-mah jong luncheon
which will be held Sept. :I, at
the Bnai Moshe, Dexter am; Law.
rence, at 12:30. The final arrange.
men's were made by the •ha;men,
Mrs. Schweitzer and Mrs. Moss.
For further information cal: Mrs.
Greenfield, Townsend 6-589 Mrs.
V. Freedman, president, now re.
sides at 2385 Cortland.
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