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SECTION ONE
DETROIT, MICHIGAN FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1941
VOL. 43, NO. 46
THIS PAPER PRINTED IN TWO SECTIONS •
10c Single Copy; $3.00 Per Year
Out of Besieged
Roosevelt Is Troops Led Tobruk
by
y Jewish Soldiers D stance Program Announced by
Mich. Jr. Chamber of Commerce
Challenged on
Jews'_ Position
Hundreds of Palestinians Are Active in the British
Offensive; Son of Ben Zvi, Chairman of
Vaad Leumi, Among the Heroes
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Statement Outlining Five-Point Plan Issued by State
LONDON. — When British the encircling lines of Axis
Chairman, Norman H. Birnkrant
troops broke out of besieged To- forces. Scores of Palestinians
Norman II. Birnkrant, chairman to ask their employers to administer
bruk this week, Jewish units were
engaged
the forward
areas around
the in desert
Verdun,
were in the vanguard—as Jew- handling supplies on long lines of the Michigan Junior Chamber of a payroll allotment plan for them.
ish units have been in the van- of communications to the men at Commerce National Defense Commit- II. PROMOTE BETTER mo.
RALE.
guard during the last year o f the front. Today, their work in tee, has issued a statement in which
transport to British troops has he outlines the program of the or-
Much can be done by Jaycees to-
desert warfare.
earned them new praise from
ganizttion
for
participation
in
na-
ward
promoting confidence and good-
Having
contributed
materially
their commanders and a high
SOMEWHERE-IN-EUROPE. .—
to British preparation for the reputation among all ranks.
tional defense. in his statement, Mr. will of the general public and men
(JPS)—The ultimate fate of the capture of Tobruk last January,
Birnkrant declares:
in the military service.
Jewish Heroism
Jews now expelled or to be ex- some of these soldiers had re-
To achieve a worthwhile Na-
"Tobruk
Truth,"
the
garrison
A. Distribution of printed auto-
pelled from Germany, Austria mained until the new offeffnsive
and the "Protectorate" (their permitted them to break through newspaper, also published a corn- tional Defense Program for the Mich- mobile stickers.
manding officer's appreciation of igan Junior Chamber of Commerce,
(1) Men in uniform are not
the Jewish soldiers serving there.
total number is about 250,000)
This unit has often fought under we cannot rely on flag waving or permitted to thumb rides, but may
cannot yet be foreseen because
gun-fire and aerial bombardment other emotional appeal. Concrete ac- accept them if offered.
we do not know yet where and
for 20 to 30 hours without rest tion must be taken along definite,
Suggested: Printed stickers similar
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how they will be housed: if in
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and has been proclaimed as a lines in order to attain ourpurpose. to the following:
model for coolness and ingenuity.
the Ghettos of Poland or in
One Jewish driver remained in 'lite men of the United States Junior
J.C.C. (Insignia)
special camps or barracks. It
no-man's land between Tobruk Chamber of Commerce, who are be-
may be that in the end their, •
M E N
and enemy forces throughout a tween the age group of 21 and 35
position will be the same as that
UNIFORM
IN
of the majority of the Polish
whole night because he did not are a potent medium, and toward
1 N I
H 0 P
want to abandon his truck. After
Jews under German domination :
WASHINGTON (JPS) — Basil making the necessary repairs, he whom the eyes of the nation arc
Sponsored by Detroit Junior
starvation by cold, hunger, filth,
ill treatment and epidemics, with O'Connor, former law partner brought the vehicle into the fort. looking for leadership, guidance and
Board of Commerce
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a minority of the younger and of President Roosevelt, , has been
constructive action.
Ben Zvi's Son in Service
These stickers can be purchased at
surviving. They will retained by the American Jew-
A f t e r considerable time and the nominal cost of approximately
Many of these drivers and
probably become incorporated in ish Committee, the Anti-Defama- mechanics have earned special thought, and with the valuable sug-
the system of slave
spe c - tion League of Bnai Brith, the praise for their skill
and cap-
re- gestions and advice from Hon. Mur- $3.60 per M.
repairing
(2) Distribution of stickers
cially elaborated for the Jews in Jewish Labor Committee and the sourcefulness in re
Eastern Europe. But during the American Jewish Congress to tuned enemy machines; some of ra y D. Van Wagoner, Governor of through personal distribution, Ki-
transition period the now ex-
amicus curiae in them have been recommended for the State of Michigan, Harold A. wanis and Rotary Clubs, theater en-
pelled German Jews will prob- submit a brief
the case of the Schnectady Union promotions and sent to a Cadet Furlong, Lieut. Colonel, Administra-
ably be even worse off than Publishing Co. against Congress- Training Corps from which six for of the Michigan Council of De- trances, gasoline stations, department'
the Jews already living in Po-
stores. etc.
have been graduated with dis-
land because they are "newcom- See ANTI-SEMITISM—Page 2
fence, Minor Hudson, of Washing-
unction.
Suggested Slogan:
ers" to the starved and over-
S
h U.
U S.
Ch i
o of the
Hundreds of them (including ton, D. C ., Chairman
'Rent Your Spare Room to Defense
crowded. Ghettos; they don't
the son of I. Ben Zvi, chairman Junior Chamber of Commerce Na-
know the country and the Ian-
Workers'
of the Vaad Leumi of Palestine) tional Defense Committee, and J.
guage and must try to find some
THRIFTY!
have asked to be detailed to anti- Wayne Meadows, of Ann Arbor, III. BE
place where they can squeeze in.
aircraft defenses where they have
A. Conserve metals.
At least, part of them will
done excellent work with the Aus- Michigan, Asst. Chairman of the
B. Conserve scrap paper.
be
distributed
among
the
not
tralians. Such requests have not -MiChigan Junior Chamber of Com;
Jewish communities in the Po-
C. Encourage home gardens and
!tierce National Defense Committee,
Mayor Edward J. Jeffries and been 'usual.
lish Ghettos but will be sent
we
prepared
the
following
five-point
assistance
on farm program.
Saves His Unit
farther off to the east, prob- Governor Murray D. Van Wag-
ably to the town of Minsk— oner will be honorary chairmen of
One "suicide squad" sent to program for the State of Michigan IV. RE-ALLOCATION AND AD-
which, of course, lies in ruins. a dinner honoring Dr. and Mrs. the East African theater was J aycees ,
JUSTMENT.
We can easily imagine what that Leo M. Franklin on Wednesday composed mainly of men from
A. Organized plans for present
m
mans
for town speople w ith their evening, Dec. 17, in the ballroom the pioneer Company which I. STIMULATE SALE OF NA
and future le-employment of men
of
Hotel
Statler.
Albert
Kahn
is
women and children arriving
in France and from the TIONAL D E F E N S E BONDS
released from military service.
there without money, without the general chairman.
Second Pioneer Company whichAND STAMPS.
This dinner is being given on was in Egypt on its way to
food reserves, without bedding
B. Assist small business to con-
A. Organize local Defense Say-
and this while the Russian win- the occasion of Dr. Franklin's re- France at the time of the Bor-
vert
its facilities for defense work,
ter sets in. It is murder corn_ tirement from active ministry, to
ings Committee.
and aid them in securing defense
become
rabbi
emeritus,
after
al-
See
HEROES—Page
8
bined with torture.
B. Jaycees who are employers:
most -13 years as rabbi of Tem-
contracts.
Process of Expulsion
may inform their employees about
pie Beth El. It will be in the
C. Assist industry and people to
Therefore, it can be said that nature of a tribute to Dr. Frank-
Defense Savings Bonds and Stamps
revert
to' normal peace-time activity.
U.
the fate of these people—or at lin from civic leaders and minis-
either through personal contact or
least of part of them—is even ters of all denominations for the
through the distribution of Treasury V. CO-OPERATE WITH MICHI-
more dreadful than that of the magnificent part he has played
DE-
COUNCILS
OF
GAN
Polish Jews who after the Ger- in community affairs.
literature and can offer their cm-
TENSE.
man invasion were shut off in Reservat'ons for the dinner are
ployees a salary allotment plan where-
the Ghettos of Warsaw and other being cleated through the office
A. Join and encourage civil de-
by the employees are given an op-
towns. How the expulsion is done of Temple Beth El. Seating ar-
portunity to set aside part of their fense, health and sanitation pro-
has been described.
rangements, at tables' seating 10
salaries at each payroll period for grams.
First, the Jews of Berlin, each, will be made in the order in
B. Aid the Red Cross.
Breslau, Vienna and other places which reservations are received.
NEW YORK. (JPS) —"The de- the purchase of bonds..
receive a warning that they must Persons desiring to attend are re-
C.
Know and assist your local
C. Jaycees who are employ ees:
give up their houses or flats. quested to call Irving Katz, ex- fense and development of the
Then, one day, the Gestapo ar- ecutive secretary, Madison 8530, Jewish National Home in Pales_•may encourage their fellow employees See DEFENSE—Pg. 1, Sec. I
or Adolph Demmer at Hotel Stat- tine is just as much the obliga-
See DEMOCRACIES—Page 12 let'.
tion of the United States as of
—
the British government. After
Hitlerism will have been defeated,
the Balfour Declaration must gain
added significance and not less,"
His Opinions Serve as a Guide to Every Form of
Senator Claude Pepper of Flor- Delegates to Inter-American Conference to Address the
Congress. Meeting Wednesday at the
ids, a member of the U. S. Sen-
Modern Thought
ate Foreign Relations Committee,
Shaarey Zedek
The late Justice Louis D. Bran- on bankers and business, arith- told 1,500 delegates at a "Land
Dr.
Moises
Goldmann
of Bue- all delegates from Latin Amer.
leis rose above routine legal metic and education, conservation for Victory" conference.
Senator Pepper's address high- nos Aires, Argentine, who was ican countries who were pre.-
decisions. In his private letters, and production,
•
labor
and
lib-
lawyers and newspapers, lighted the sessions of the con- one of the most prominent fig- ent at the Baltimore sessions.
in his conversations, in his his- philosophy
losophy
'
and taxation, racial Terence convoked by the Jewish ures at the Inter-American Jew- The guests will be entertained
tonic opinions, no matter how dry freedom and human limitations. National Fund to mark the ob- ish Conference hell in Balti- at luncheon Wednesday by the
their formal contents, he set
servance of the -10th anniversary more, Md., Nov. 23-25, upon call Women's Division of the Con-
See BRANDEIS—Page 8
forth codes of law as well as
year of the Keren Kayemeth's of the American and World gress.
codes for ethical living.
riand purchase and reclamation Jewish Congresses, will be guest
Rabbi A. M. Hershman will
His biographer, Alfred Lief,
work in Palestine. Dr. Israel speaker at a joint meeting of preside at Wednesday's meeting,
has compiled the most important
Goldstein, president of the Jew- the Detroit Chapter of the Amer- at which reports will be sub-
!sh National Fund, wh o presided, ican Jewish Congress and the mated by Detroit's delegates to
Brandeis utterances in a book
published by Little, Brown &
Dr. Abba Mild Silver, national Detroit Women's Division of the the Inter-American Conference.
chairman of the United Palestine
Co., of Boston, under the intrig-
Wednesday's meeting will in.
Appeal, in an address which he American y Jewish
sting title "The Brandeis Guide
Dec. 10, on
in augurate the membership drive
evening, Congress,
was which
unable to
deliver
Wednesda
to the Modern World." For those
but
was
read personally
to the ses-
the Shaarey Zedek social hall of the Detroit Chapter of the
who have called him a modern .
Rabbi Joshua S. Sperka, chair- American Jewish Congress, under
sion, Dr. Stephen S. Wise, Judge man of the Detroit Congress the chairmanship of Harry M ut-
prophet, this collection of brief
Louis E. Levinthal, president of
.
essays, ranging from a few words
of chapter, announcing the meeting, men.
Organization
the
Zionist
to a few paragraphs, is impres-
stated that Dr. Goldmann, who is
>
America,
and
other
leaders
of
sive proof of the correctness of
the Zionist movement, while giv- an eminent physician, is a native Delegates Welcomed by Vice-
their verdict.
President Wallace
ing renewed expression to the of Argentine, his family having
The versatility of the :great
WASHINGTON, D. C. — Vice-
determination of the Jewish peo- settled there more than 60 years
jurist is indicated in the alpha-
President Wallace received a
pie in Palestine and elsewhere to ago.
betical listing of contents, as well
Next Wednesday's meeting is delegation of 39 representatives
cooperate
with
Great
Britain
and
as the alphabetical grouping of
the Allies for the defeat of the open to the public. There will be to the Inter-American Jewish
subjects in this Lief volume.
Axis powers, criticized British general discussion following Dr. C o n f e r e n c e, representing 18
From America and American
countries on the American con-
policy in Palestine as a continu- Goldmann's address.
Ideals to Woman Suffrage, his
An invitation to attend this
views include every range of hu-
See CONGRESS—Page 9
meeting has en extended to
See PALESTINE—Page 16
man thought. There are views LATE JUSTICE BRANDEIS
European Analyst De-
mands Action by
Democracies
Want Part in
Sweeney Case
Congressman's Libel
Suit Draws Wide
Attention
I
Dinner Will Honor
Dr. and Mrs. Franklin
Wednesday, Dec. 17
S. Share in
Zion Building
Senator Pepper Tells
J. N. F. of Our
Obligations
Brandeis' Ethical Codes
;ld
•• •
fi
I
IOKE
ACC•
Co.
Dr. Moises Goldmann, Argentinian
Leader, to Speak Here on Dec. 10