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December 19, 1941
J. D. C.
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"The officers of the Joint Dis-
tribution Committee have been in
continuous session since the dec-
laration of war. We have been
in telegraphic and telephonic
communication with most of our
offices abroad, including Shanghai,
effecting the necessary arrange-
ments for continuance of vitally
needed relief work and refugee
assistance.
"Over a year ago, anticipating
the possibility of an emergency
situation, such as we now face,
which would cut communications
between our office and overseas
committees, the J.D.C. made plans
to insure that the work of relief
Would not be abruptly and seri-
ously curtailed. At a recent ex-
ecutive committee meeting, an
appropriation of $1,500,000 was
confirmed to be utilized for this
purpose. This sum will be charged
to our 1942 receipts and consti-
tutes a first claim on collections
next year. Local Jewish commit-
tees overseas have been notified
that they may borrow from local
sources. with the assurance that
we will reimburse these loans
when feasible without aiding the
enemy. This procedure follows the
pattern set during the first World
War when the Joint Distributior
Committee operated in the face
of identical conditions.
"The Joint Distribution Com-
mittee has experienced and com-
petent local committee operating
in many sections of the war zone
We expect that the leaders of
these local organizations will car-
ry on the necessary work of as-
sistance with the devotion and
self-secrifice which they have ex-
hibited heretofore. Our 27 years
of experience will now come into
play. It is expected that, when
the first shock of the iryesent
situation wears off, conditics will
stabilize themselves sufficiently to
enable the local committees to
function effectively. Meanwhile, in
other areas, such as unoccupied
France. Portugal, Spain, Switzer-
bind. Turkey. North Africa and
elsewhere, the programs of the
Joint Distribution Committee are
continuing as heretofore.
"In Central and South America
where the J. D. C. has been
working in 18 countries, our pro-
gram will need to be very con-
siderably augmented.
"It need hardly be emphasized
that now. as in the past, all JDC
work will be carried on subiect
to the policies and regulations of
our government. In no way will
any funds be allowed to benefit
the enemy either directly or in-
directly. In addition. there are
large new responsibilities in areas
of Jewish need which the JDC
has now been called upon to meet,
particularly in Russia. The ter-
rible plight of a half-million Po-
lish Jews in Russian Siberia calls
for immediate American help. We
have worked out plans for the
inception of such a program, for
which we are ready to make an
initial grant of $100,000.
"Let me assure you that the
officers and staff of our commit-
tee, in constant conference with
our colleagues, and with import-
ant agencies like the Red Cross,
are dealing with these problems
as they develop from day to day.
As the American organization
principally responsible for Jew-
ish emergency relief and rehabili-
tation overseas, we confidently ex-
pect the support of Jewish com-
munities in the United States for
the tragic obligations we continue
to assume in behalf of the vic-
tims of war and persecution."
Distinguished Guests Ex-
netted at Pinchos Ra-
binowitz Bar Mitzvah
The Bar Mitzvah of Pinchos
Rabinowitz, son of Grand Rabbi
and Mrs. Joseph B. Rabinowitz,
will be observed Jan. 3. The Bar
Mitzvah is a student of Yeshiva
Beth Yehudah of Detroit. He is
well versed in Jewish history,
literature and he has made con-
siderable progress in the study
of the Talmud. His Droshes, on
the day of the confirmation, Sat-
urday, Jan. 3, at Congregation
Beth Shmuel, 1736 Blaine, and on
Sunday, Jan. 4, at the reception
and dinner, at the Fort Wayne
Hotel, Cass and Temple Ayes.,
will include a Pilpul on Hilchoth
Tefilin and will deal with portions
of the Talmud and other commen-
taries.
Among those attending the
events will be Grand Rabbi L.
Twersky, Ornastapoler Rabbi,
now in Chicago; Grand Rabbi M.
Shnaierson-Twersky, Tomashpoler
Keydenover Rabbi, of Brooklyn,
N. Y.; Grand Rabbi Jacob Rab-
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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and the Legal Chronicle
Maurice Samuel anad Rabbi M. Adler
Will Address Gewerkshaften Rally
Here on Sunday Afternoon, Jan. 4
Detroit's Palestine Pioneer
Campaign Campaign, known as
the Gewerkshaften, will com-
mence on Sunday, Jan. 4, at 1:30
p. m., in the auditorium of the
Workmen's Circle Educational
Center, 11529 Linwood Ave., at a
conference of representatives of
Detroit Jewish organizations.
The initial announcement of
the conference, issued this week
by Morris L. Schaver, Detroit
RABBI MORRIS ADLER
chairman of the drive, and A. H.
Kuschinski, the director, states
that among the speakers at the
conference will be the noted au-
thor, novelist and lecturer,
Maurice Samuel, and Rabbi Mor-
ris Adler of Congregation Sha-
arey Zedek.
Cantor Robert S. Tulman of
Temple Israel will appear in a
group of songs.
In an appeal issued to all local
organizations to send their rep-
resentatives to the Jan. 4 confer-
ence, Messrs. Schaver and Kus-
chinski state:
"The war in Europe becomes
more dreadful from day to day.
Jewish settlements with a thous-
and years of history behind them
are being destroyed over night.
The entire world of European
Jewry is going up in flames. The
lives of tens of thousands of our
Jewish brethren are being snuffed
out daily through inhuman per-
secutions, famine nad epidemics.
The horrors and sufferings are
indescribable.
"Through all the darkness and
all the sorrow which is our Jew-
ish world today, there beams but
one bright light of hope: the
Jewish Y i s h u v in Palestine.
There, our brave pioneers are
building and creation, and giv-
ing of their strength and their
very lives in the fight against
Nazism. The glorious labor of
creation is not slackened for one
moment. New settlements are
springing up, new fields are be-
ing plowed, new industries are
being developed, and daily new
immigrans come to the shores of
Palestine.
"The Jewish soldiers of Pales-
tine, w h o have been fighting
alongside of their English and
Australian comrades, have dem-
onstrated an heroic valor which
has won the admiration of all
Allied military commanders in the
Near East. And continually, un-
der the very shadow of war, the
Histadrut h a s been planning,
preparing and building in antici-
pation of the vast flow of immi-
gration to Palestine which is
sure to follow the end of the
war."
Mrs. Danzig to Address
Young Women's Miz-
rachi on Monday
AT YOUR GROCER'S
The Young Women's Mizrachi
will hold their annual Chanukah
party and dessert luncheon on
Monday, Dec. 22, at 1 p. m., at
the home of Mrs. Harry Clark,
1894 Parkside. Mrs. Abraham
Danzig of Wyandotte will speak
on the significance of Chonukah.
5 VARIETIES
Barley and
Mushroom
Vegetable
Green Pea
ic7t- go
Lime Bean
IN MEMORIAM
In loving memory of our dear
sons and brother, Louis and Al-
bert Liberson, who passed away
eight years ago, Dec. 22, 1933.
Sadly missed by his parents
and brother.
Regulations Concerning Alien
Enemies Is Issued by Roosevelt
The President of the United
States has issued a proclamation
concerning the conduct to be ob-
served by alien enemies. The
proclamation reads as follows:
"All alien enemies a r e en-
joined to preserve the peace to-
wards the United States and to
refrain from crime against the
public safety, and from violating
the laws of the United States and
of the states and territories
thereof; and to refrain from ac-
tual hostility or giving informa-
tion, aid or comfort to the ene-
mies of the United States or in-
terfering by word or deed with
the defense of the United States
or the political processes and
public opinions thereof; and to
comply strictly with the regula-
tions which are hereby or which
may be from time to time promul-
gated by the President."
The following are the regulations
concerning this proclamation:
1. All persons who are natives,
citizens, denizens, or subjects of
Germany, Italy and Japan, 14
years of age or over are classi-
fied as alien enemies. Persons
possessing first papers are re-
garded as aliens.
2. No alien enemy shall have
or use certain definite articles
including short wave radio re-
ceiving sets, cameras, or firearms.
3. Alien enemies are prohibited
from traveling by air, except by
permission of the Attorney Gen-
eral or the Secretary of War.
4. Alien enemies deemed dan-
gerous to the public peace or
safety of the United States are
subject to immediate apprehen-
sion.
5. No alien enemy shall change
his place of abode or occupation
or otherwise travel or move from
place to place without full com-
pliance with regulations which
may be made by the Attorney
General (until such regulations
have been issued it is deemed ad-
visable to regard this provision
as prohibiting aleins from chang-
ing their residence and occupa-
tion or travelling).
6. No alien enemy shall be a
inowitz, Monastrischer Rabbi, of
Philadelphia ; Grand Rabbi Isaac
Rabinowitz, Monastrischer Rabbi,
of Brooklyn, N. Y. • Grand Rabbi
Jacob Twersky of Milwaukee,
Wis.; Grand Rabbi A. Sefard,
Kinever Rabbi, of Bronx, N. Y.;
Rabbi Adler of Los Angeles, and
other dignitaries.
Those invited are requested to
make reservations as soon as con-
venient and not later than Dec.
26 by calalaing Madison 7938.
member or an officer or affiliate
with any organization, group, or
assembly designated by the at-
torney general nor shall any alien
enemy attend any meeting of such
groups or possess or distribute
any of their literature (it is ex
pected that the list of the organi-
zations will be made •available
shortly).
There is no cause for alarm.
Attorney General Biddle stated :
"So long as the aliens in this
country conduct themselves in ac-
cordance with law, they need fear
no interference by the Depart-
ment of Justice or by any other
agency of the Federal Govern-
ment. They may be assured, in-
deed, that every effort will be
made to protect them from any
discrimination or abuse.
"I Would If I Could," Musi-
cal Comedy, Sunday
at Littman's
This week-end only two per-
formances will be played at Litt-
man's People's Theater. Sunday
matinee and night, Dec. 21, a
farce comedy of present Jewish
life, with music called "I Would
If I Could" (in Yiddish, "M'Ken
Leben Nor Men Lost Nit") will
be staged, featuring Lily Liliana,
Leon Liebgold, Abraham Lax,
Ethel Dorf and Misha Fishzon in
the leading parts.
On Thursday night, Dec. 25,
Littman's will stage a new play,
"The Three Daughters," by A.
Bloom, with the entire star cast.
For New Year's Eve, a mid-
night performance will be given
at Littman's, including a musical
revue, "Tantzt Yidelech Tantzt,"
and other musical specialties.
A Happy and Joyous Chanukah to All
QUEEN QUALITY LAUNDRY
28 Years of Quality Service
SINCERE CHANUKAH GREETINGS
On this occasion permit us to extend sincere Greetings
to our many Jewish customers and friends.
We hope to merit your patronage in
the future as we have in
the past . . .
PYRAMID OF QUALITY
Central High Elementary
Evening School Will
Open Jan. 5
The elementary division of
Central High Evening School will
open for registration on Monday,
Jan. 5. This work covers all the
elementary grades from 1 through
8. There are also courses listed
as follows : Citizenship, English
for foreigners, special emphasis
on speech, special class for edu-
cated refugees.
Any person whose education
has been interrupted, especially
those who have come to the
United States within the last few
years, will find it advisable and
worth while to investigate these
offerings.
Enrollments can be made in
Room 105 the week of January 5
from 6'30 to 9:00. All phases of
this work are free.
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