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Detioit Jewish.Chronicle

SECTION ONE

VOL. 43, NO. AIR

and The Legal Chronicle,

DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 28, 1941

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Colorful Inter-American Conference D uti h tt'Lent:e Important Decision by Judge
Nazi sperformances
DeWitt Merriam Affecting
Sets Historic Precedent for Unity
Claims of Stockholders
of Jewries on American Continent HaVreibjh the

STATE OF MICHIGAN
GENEVA (JPS) — Frenchmen
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF WAYNE
and particularly Frenchwomen in
IN CHANCERY
Paris hate the Nazis and the Nazi
regime so much that they pur-
posely go out of their way to AMERICAN STATE BANK OF DETROIT,
A Michigan Banking Corporation, et al.,
patronize Jewish merchants and
Plaintiffs,
By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
shop in Jewish stores, the Ger-
No. 205,75,1
v.
man newspaper Pariser Zeitung
BALTIMORE, Md. — The Jewries of the Americas, confessed in a remarkable article CHARLES D, AARON, et al.,
Defendants.
long separated by conditions created by language, dis- on the attitude of the French
tance and political considerations, were brought together people toward the Jews in Paris.
OPINION
here for the first time during the past week-end, at the Reports from Paris substantiate
the German complaints.
Inter-American Jewish Conference convened by the
Counsel' has stated that there
Many Parisians even pay high-
The general and basic issues
American and World Jewish Congresses.
er prices to the Jews in order to in this case ha
n determined are approximately 1200 defend-
Hailed as an historic event, there were few of the support them and to express by the Sup
ourt in Amer- ants in this case. Many of them
their hatred for Nazism in this
delegates or guests who disputed
fashion, the paper declared, open- ican State Ban of Detroit vs. have entered no appearance.
the wide connotation thus given
ly admitting that the Nazi au- Aaron, 271 Mi gan, 147; Glass Others singly and in groups are
these sessions. There was in evi- Moyne - Denies
thorities are helpless to suppress vs. Locke, 286 ichigan, 628, and represented by counsel. The bill
dence the reflection of impres-
Army Pledge this spontaneous sympathy for Thompson v American State of complaint was filed early in
siveness that arises out of some-
the Jews at the present time.
thing extraordinary, and the as-
Bank, 256 Michigan 245. The bill 1932. Ample time has been allow-
sumption is that the sessions in Admits, However, the
As a solution to the "problem",
of
complaint sets forth in all ed for the argument of motions.
Baltimore repeated the events of
the Germans offer their usual
Idea Was Accepted cure—a
1896, when Dr. Theodor Herzl
ghetto for the Jews in required detail the action taken Regardless of the form of his
first convened the Jewries of the
Paris, similar to the one in War- by the Bank Commissioner and pleading, no defendant has been
in Principle
world for the first World Zionist
saw. In this way, the gazette the directors of the American denied the opportunity to present
Congress.
said, Jews and non-Jews would
LONDON (JPS-Palcor) — Ad- be segregated and sympathy for Bank for the purpose of placing testimony relating to or affecting
The union of the Jewries in mitting that the British govern- the Jews would be suppressed.
the bank in voluntary liquidation the question of his actual owner-
the Americas is now a fact—and ment had toward the end of 1940
on March 12, 1931; the confirma- ship of stock.
Reports
from
Paris
state
that.
a matter of historic record— assured Dr. Chaim Weizmann, as
and the colorful and significant the latter revealed at the be- the Union of French Cafe and tion thereof by the stockholders
The Guaranty State Bank was
sessions in Baltimore arose out ginning of this month, that it Restaurant Owners has decided of the bank at their meeting held
organized
and began business in
of a newly-achieved harmony accepted "in principle" the for- unanimously to remove the on March 27, 1931; the agreed
the
year
1927.
It had not -paid a
sign
"Jews
not
wanted,"
which
which overcame the obstacles of mation of a Jewish army to fight
plan for effectuating liquidation
dividend up to the time of con-
distance and language. alongside the British forces as the Germans had imposed upon
evidenced by the agreement and solidation with and merger into
Borrowing the traditions that do the armies of the other Allies,
See NAZIS—Page 16
were common to the League Coloniel Secretary Lord Moyne
bill of sale dated March 30th,
the American State Bank in
of Nations at Geneva, the ad- attempted to justify in the House
1931, and generally the proceed-
March, 1930, on the bas!s of sur-
dresses at these sessions were of Lords the subsequent decision
ings taken up to the time of
The not to accept the proposal "un-
,....presented _Ari-lingually.
render and exchange of itPte' Share
M1,000,000
Goal
the commencement of this suit.
main speeches delivered in der present conditions."
of Guaranty for one and a quar-
The facts above referred to were ter
English and in Yiddish were
shares of the American. After
The necessity for sending equip- For the Histadrut
translated into Spanish, and in
also stated in the brief for plain- the
ment to Russia and the inability
date of merger, the American
most instances the texts of the
to iron out "various points" were Demands for Palestine tiffs filed in the Aaron case and declared and paid to its stock-
rchiresses were distributed to the reasons presented by the Co-
were commented on at length by
the delegates in the languages
holders four dividends. The Guar-
Made by Labor
lonial Secretary for the refusal
the Supreme Court in its decision.
they spoke.
anty stockholders claim that they
by the British government to ac-
Committee
The Supreme Court, therefore,
But while the languages were cept and to foster the Jewish
were induced to make this ex-
mixed, the idea behind the con- Agency's offer of 50,000 young
was fully advised of the facts
change
through the fraudulent
NEW YORK ( (JPS) — That upon which this action is based
ference remained intact. The Jewish men to fight for Britain
delegates felt throughout the ses- on any fronts to which they British labor stands firmly by the and has held that it was prop- acts and false representations of
sions and repeated their senti- might be sent, as long as they pledges made to the Jewish peo-
the officers of the American. That
ments through their spokesmen were permitted to retain their ple in the Balfour Declaration erly instituted. It has also con- these stockholders were deceived
that the major needs of the Jew- identity and to make their con- was the message received by strued the agreement of March
ish people today are to provide tribution to the war effort as cable at the annual conference of 30, 1931, between the American can be assumed. It is evident that
their own officers did not make or
the National Labor Committee 'for
solution for the sufferings cre- Jews.
Palestine from J. S. Middleton, and the Peoples State Bank as an cause to be made as thorough an
ated by the war and to strive
secretary of the British Labor instrument giving the latter bank
towards the realization of the
Backs Jewish Party. Identifying the cause of legal authority to proceed as examination of the affairs and
age-old hope of rebuilding Pales- Australian Premier
Homeland
Zion with the "cause of all peo- liquidating agent for the Amer- condition of the American Bank
tine as the Jewish National Home.
CANBERRA, Australia (JPS- ple seeking full freedom," the
as should have been made before
The Inter-American Confer-
ican in the disposition of its as-
ence was given status at the out- Palcor)—With Australian sold- British Labor leader declared that
a transaction was concluded which
set by two factors: the presence iers once again, as in the last the Jewish military and civilian sets and liabilities for the pur- involved the surrender and dis-
of delegates from 18 Latin war, sending back reports of the contribution to the struggle for poses therein stated. '
posal of all of their interests in
American republics, in addition welcome they have received at democracy "entitles and ensures
In Glass vs. Locke, decision the Guaranty. The Bank Com-
to the delegations from the Uni- the hands of the Jewish commu- the establishment of their own
ted States and Canada, and the nity in Palestine, Prime Minister home in their ancestral home- dated December 21, 1938, the Su-, missioner had made an official
preme Court held that the actual report and had criticized the
endorsement of its aims given John Curtin told a Jewish dele- land."
A message from Dr. Chaim or beneficial owner of the stock
by the appearance and speech of gation here that he had the ut-
bookkeeping entries of both banks
Under Secretary of State Sum- most sympathy for the upbuild- Weizmann, president of the Jew- as distinguised from the record
ner Welles, at the public session ing of the Jewish homeland in ish Agency for Palestine, pointed holder should be held to be the before the merger was consum-
on Sunday afternoon. Palestine and was greatly im- out that American Jewish labor
mated. The trade was made one
had can play an honorable part in person obligated under the pro-
Mr. Welles was emphatic in pressed by the progress that
year before the American ceased
the struggle for Jewish rights by visions of Section 48 of the Mich- to function as a bank. Stock in
See ARMY—Page 8
See CONFERENCE—Page 13
uniting behind Zionist demands igan Banking Act.
the Guaranty carrying personal
in Palestine.
The decision, therefore, of this liability of the holder was
The complete support of the
ex-
JEWISH HOSPITAL IN DETROIT
American Federation of Labor court must conform to the deci- changed for stock in the Ameri-
for the further upbuilding of the sion of the Supreme Court above can also carrying personal lia-
ENDORSED BY JACOB BILLIKOPF Jewish
National Home was referred to.
bility. The delay in taking action
pledged
by
William Green, presi.
burgh
Hospital
Campaign
I
No assessment is required to to rescind and
The movement for the erection
dent, and by Senator James M.
annul this ex-
remarked
that
the
term
'hos-
of a Jewish hospital in Detroit,
establish liability of the stock- change
of New York.
prevents this court from
{gating back to the efforts made pital' or 'orphanage' or 'day Mead
A declaration presented by Ba- holders under Section 48. This accepting the contention of
a generation ago by a group of nursery' has no sacrosanct ruch Zuckerman, Labor Zionist
pioneers in this cause, has had meaning as far as I am con- leader, urged that "no change in harsh provision, since repealed, is the former Guaranty stock-
the support of outstanding lead- cerned: it a ssumes sacredness the status of Palestine is to be expressly declarative of the holders
as a sufficient de-
and significance only when
ers in and out of Detroit.
effected without adequate Jewish double liability attached to stock
Seventeen years ago, the Jew- there is an actual need for that participation in making such ownership. It has no relation to fense at this time. It is apparent
ish hospital movement was en- kind of an institution. Thus, changes. The final status of Pal- the proceedings provided in Sec- that the Guaranty stockholders
dorsed by Dr. Jacob Billikopf, in Kansas City, I refused to estine must be that of a Jewish
were not aware of the conditions
then executive director of the give any e ncouragement to the state of such magnitude as shall tion 14 for assessment on and existing in the American Bank
building
of
a
Jewish
hospital
Federation of Jewish Charities
enable the immigration of mil- sale of the stock. It is assumed at the time the exchange was
of Philadelphia. Dr. Billikopf, because, in my judgment, there lions of Jews."
and I have no doubt that in the
made. However, our Supreme
son-in-law of the late Louis Mar- is no need for it there. I re-
Reporting
a
total
of
$477,000
case
of nearly all of these de- Court has repeatedly ruled
that
shall, who ranks to this day as fused to !peak in Providence raised during the past year in
fendants their stock has been ac-
be-
one of the outstanding social in behalf of the orphanage, chil-
Section
48
was
enacted
for
the
the Gewerkshaften campaign to quired in good faith and that
workers in America, wrote on cause I felt that a few
aid the Histadruth (Jewish Fed-
sole benefit and protection of the
Oct. 30, 1924, to Morris D. Wald- dren could have been placed eration of Labor) in Palestine, they have been placed in their
man, then director of the United in private homes at an infinite. the National Labor Committee present unforunate position wholly depositors and creditors. Even
Jewish Charities of Detroit, prior ly smaller expense. I am not adopted a quota of $1,000,000
less fortunate than stockholders
to the formation of the Jewish sure that I c ould have gotten for its campaign in the ensuing without fault on their part.
are the depositors and creditors
enthusiasm
had
I
been
much
While
the
repeal
of
Section
48
up
Welfare Federation of Detroit,
asked to speak in the recent year. Joseph Schlossberg was has come too late to afford them who as such not only have no
as follows:
voice in transactions which in.
one million dollar campaign in elected national chairman; Jos-
"You asked me specifically
Los Angeles for an orphanage. eph Breslaw, Sarah Feder, Louis relief, they should be given in volve the use or misuse of their
what I think of a Jewish hos-
But I did speak with a great Hollander, Alexander Kahn, Saul full measure the benefits of any property, but they do• not have
pital in Detroit. I am for it,
deal of fervor in Newark, N. Metz, David Pinski, Alex Rose, equitable construction of the law
strong. In a speech I delivered
Louis Segal and David Wertheim,
which can be applied.
last Wednesday night at the
See OPINION—Page 1, Ste. 2
co-chairmen.
See HOSPITAL—Page 12

Preservation of Liberties Pledged by the Under
Secretary of State Welles; Sessions
Conducted in Three Languages

opening dinner of the Pitts-