4 September 5, f ,41 DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and the Legal Chronicle Detroit Jewish Chronicle and THE LEGAL CHRONICLE iblished Weekly by The Jewish Chronicle Publishing Co., Inc. JACOB H. SC.! :Ai:NZ President ;ntered as Second-class matter March 3, 1916, at the Post- Rce at Detroit, Mich.. under the Act of March 3, 1879 general Offices and Publication Bldg., 525 Woodward Ave. Telephone: Cadillac 1040 Cable Address: Chronicle subscription in Advance JACOB MARGOLIS PHILIP SLOMOVITZ MAURICE M. SAFI R 03.00 Per Year Publisher Editor Advertising Manager ro insure publication, all correspondence and news matter must reach this office by Tuesday evening of each week. Nhen mailing notices, kindly use one side of paper only. Ike Detroit Jewish Chronicle invites correspondence on sub- jects of interest to the Jewish people, but disclaims respon. sibility for an endorsement of views expressed by the writers. Sabbath Scriptural Selections Pentateuchal portion—Deut. 21:10-25:19. Prophetical portion—Is. 54:1-10. SEPTEMBER 5, 1941 ELUL 13, 5701 A Splendid Project mained far removed from the masses who should form the backbone of the, move- ment for national rebirth, and are lack- ing in the quality which calls for a leader's complete abandonment of al- most all else for the sake of the cause which will bring redemption to Israel. The last-minute withdrawal from the presidency of the incumbent, Edmund I. Kaufmann, may or may not aggravate the existing situation; but it should cer- tainly serve as a challenge to the Zionists of America to try to avoid chaos in the ranks, and instead to aim at achieving amity and a semblance of unity. A tragic hour usually brings the de- sired leadership to a people or a cause. This has not been the case in the Zionist crisis. Will better leadership emerge from the Cincinnati convention? Jews In the Army •••Heard in the Lobbieso*. By DAVID DEUTSCH NAPPING ON PURPOSE Once in a while a newspaper will "overlook" a story because it does not fit in with its policy. It took the New York Times, which has the biggest news bureau in Washington, a whole week to dis- cover that Justice Samuel I. Ro- senman, who has collaborated on the President's most important public addresses, was in the na- tion's capital trying to unscramble the defense omellette known as OPACS and OPAL The Times was napping on purpose because its publisher, Arthur Hays Sulz- berger, doesn't like to see Jews propelled into the spotlight of public life. Remember the fev- erish days before the President's speech which marked the begin- ning of the unlimited national emergency? • Well, Mr. Sulzberg- er was consulting with FDR at that time. But you could not find mention of that fact in his paper. And the solid, chunky Justice Rosenman, whom you could always find in the lobby of the Harmonie Club, has now become a man of mystery and his biography is as scarce as a swastika in Moscow. HANK CAN DISH IT OUT The story has been pretty well hushed up. But it should be told, because somewhere somebody wasn't giving Hank Greenberg, the baseball star turned soldier, a square deal . . . One of the non-commissioned officers at Fort Custer, Mich., had been provok- ing Hank for some time. Final- ly, after his repeated warnings had failed, Hank let go a h a y. maker and clipped the officer. F. P. A. BOWS OUT The genial, nostalgic F. P. A., whose column adorned Nuw York's leading newspapers for some 37 years, has bowed Out with his departure from the New York Post . . . In his Pepys column Mr. Adams used to re. cord his private life among the great literati and know-it-alls of his day. His petrol wagon will now disappear from print, but his doubtful baritone will carry on with "Information Please" at $750 per week . . . Talking about old-timers, Sophie Tucker (mama loves papa) and Georgie Jessel will make a comback on the Broadway stage in a musical called "High Kickers." A bulletin issued by the Bureau of Public Relations of the U. S. War De- partment declares that a tabulation of religious preferences of soldiers shows that 59 per cent are Protestants, 31 per cent are Catholic, 2 per cent Jewish and 8 per cent who did not indicate any de- nomination. This is the first time that religious preferences are listed by the United States Army. With the various denomina- MURPHY ARNSTEIN tional groups active among the men in The hero of the Burma Road, the service of this country—including the Daniel Arnstein, was once a taxi HIGH PRESSURE HIGH CLASS Jewish Welfare Board—it is perhaps not driver. But few know that he The news releases will tell to be professional athlete unexpected that certain percentages of used and played on Irish bowling you that the allotment commit- religiously affiliated men should become teams under the name of Mur- tee of the U.J.A. is supposed to known. It would be well, however, that phy. One day "Murphy" 's team divide the funds raised accord- ing to a scientific and objective care should be exercised so that there was playing a very important study. But what are those per- game with another Irish outfit. should not be established precedents cre- When his turn came, the team sonal notes and telegrams float- ating rules for listing the religious affili- captain's memory slipped and he ing around the country signed ation of men in the service. That would called out "Hey, Arnstein, you're by William Rosenwald and Jo- not be traditionally American, and it next." Balls and pins darkened nah 13. \Vise? Just a case of high pressure for the should be avoided. State and Church the air in the riot that followed. high-class But when the brawl was over National Refugee Service. Now must remain separate under any and all the opposing team had learned that's not cricket, even if Mr. R. circumstances. that "Murphy" was not an does have a nice air-conditioned A most interesting project has been launched by the Jewish National Fund Council of Detroit. Detroit Jews will be asked to join in inscribing their names on a Scroll which is to serve as this community's New Year message to the Yishuv in Palestine. It is a splendid idea which will serve to emphasize America's interest in Pal- estine. It will also bring to light in inter- esting fashion the fact that Palestine and America have the two freest Jewish com- munities in the world. The Jews of Detroit will be enabled, in the fashion suggested, • to greet their kinsmen in Palestine in a most novel way on the New Year. They will reaffirm their faith in the Jewish National Home and at the same time will provide some means with which to enlarge land purchases in Zion. This project should meet with whole- A Plane for Palestine hearted support from Detroit Jews, and it would be well that several thousand An important ceremony will take place names should be inscribed on the Scroll this Sunday noon at Hartung Aviation which is to be sent to Palestine as our Field. New Year greeting. The plane purchased by the Michigan Linen Supply Board of Trade for pres- entation to Palestine, in the program for The Zionist Convention the defense of the land and for the train- A pitiful state of affairs exists in the ing of Jewish pilots, as a mark of tribute ranks of Jewish leadership. to Harry Schumer, will be brought here Analyses of the claims of two factions by two Jewish pilots who have completed in the Zionist movement reveal appalling their course of studies at the Hechalutz factors. The presentation of these conflict- Training School, Cream Ridge, N. J. The ing views, as presented in last week's formal presentation of the plane will be issue of The Detroit Jewish Chronicle, made at that time. ought to provide much food for thought. It would be worthy of the occasion that There are innuendos regarding the back- a large audience should witness the pres- ground of some Zionists. Native Ameri- entation ceremonies. A devoted labor can Zionists are said to be looking with Zionist will be honored and Palestine will distrust upon foreign-born Jews. Old- be provided with means of expanding its timers are being shelved. A feud is on defense work and its aviation industry. among the children of Israel who have Detroit Jews should take pride in the re- the good fortune to share the glory of sults of a well-motivated effort to do American citizenship. The house is on fire, both. but Jews are splitting ranks and are adopting the worst methods of settling Jewish Radio Programs disputes. Usually, when there is internecine It is charged that there is unfair con- strife, fault can be found on both sides. trol of nationally broadcast religious Jew- It is possible that this is also true in the ish programs, and that there is a tight internal Zionist battle. But this must be grip on the control of such programs by said : if the administration in power seeks the anti-Zionist elements. Also, it is to eliminate the so-called "old-timers" charged that Rabbi Jonah B. Wise of and refuses to take them into confidence New York is the one-man dictator of such or to share with them responsibilities for programs, that he has full control of the conducting the movement for Palestine's NBC and CBS Jewish programs, that he redemption, then it is guilty of inexcus- has complete say over the type of address able error in time of national crisis. In that is to be delivered during the "Mes- time of need, all groups are called to sage of Israel" hour, that he selects the action, and partisanship must disappear. rabbis delivering these messages and that In Zionist politics it appears as if this he is also the consultant for the CBS principle is hard to put into practice. "Church of the Air" series of programs. The analysts who have dissected the Therefore, the suggestion is made that ills affecting contending factions in Zion- the radio broadcasting systems should be ism have mentioned names of prospective informed that Rabbi Wise represents only candidates for the presidency of the Zion- one factor in American Jewish life, and ist Organization of America. Among the that others, primarily the Zionist group names mentioned are those of men who which is numerically the largest in Amer- have decorated convention platforms, ican Jewry, should have an opportunity have delivered a few speeches, have pre- to outline their cause before the large sented "fronts". But the actual contribu- radio audiences. Perhaps Rabbi Wise will tions to the Zionist movement of some of take the lead in urging the expansion of the men have been limited to "graceful authority in deciding on the type of radio gestures". Their achievements for Zion- programs that should be broadcast by ism in their own communities have been Jews in this country, and in sharing re- marked by the type of "sportsmanship" sponsibility for such broadcasts with Zion- which brings them to occasional meetings ists and others. We certainly urge that and finds them willing spokesmen for the he should do that and thus eliminate the national movement they had embraced charges leveled against one-man control in all seriousness, but in reality they re- of Jewish programs. "Irishman" to be dealt with office in which he dines and wines the Men from the pro- lightly or rashly. vinces. NO MIRACLES TODAY DOROTHY THOMPSON'S Secretary of the Navy Knox YIDDISH doesn't believe in meaningless On East Broadway some pious pleasantries. He is going to tell the Jews of America in a special Jews who read the Jewish Align- New Year message that it's no ing Journal religiously are shak- use waiting for miracles to save ing their heads in admiration civilization, even though the and wonder at the fine Yiddish Jews were once saved by the which Dorothy Thompson is miracle of the Red Sea. writing these days in their pa- Did you know that Hitler has per . . . One devout patriarch, been settling a number of strikes stroking his beard, was heard lately? It should be put on the saying: "Isn't she a wonderful record that the C.I.O. Newspa- goye. Think of it! She likes the per Guild quickly called off its Jews so much, she has even six-month strike against the Day learned to write Yiddish to prove because the Nazis marched on her friendship!" ... Miss Thomp- Russia and the signal was flashed son's syndicated column appears to patch up all inter-labor strife regularly in the Jewish Journal. all along the line. So it is a big They're making a play of that victory for the Jewish Writers' muck-raking book about Holly- Union, for the Guild had made wood, "What Makes Sammy up its mind to blast the Peretz Run." That ought to make Father Verein smack out of its place of Coughlin and Senator "Windrip" supremacy in the Yiddish field. Wheeler very happy. Ain't the united front wonder- (Copyright 1911 by Independent JeWISII ful? Press SPINIVe, I Ile.) VICHY'S "NEW ORDER" \ by BRESSLER