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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and the Legal Chronicle
tonary 16, 1942
Mendel N. Fisher
place in Geneva, Switzerland.
To
Speak
Tuesday
Commentary • By Philip Slomovitz
Two Golden Book
Executive Director of J. N. F. to
J.N.F. Inscriptions
Address Detroit Ladies'
Army in Palestine may yet be a reality. When
Zionist Congress which also took
p urely
Introducing Baron Wedgwood
In an effort to strengthen the Labor Party in
tre House of Lords, Colonel Josiah Clement
Wedgwood, Member of Parliament, has been
levated to the peerage and will henceforth have
a seat among the Lords, with i the title Baron.
Unfortunately, his voice will be weakened by the
hange, the echo from the Commons always
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being louder than that of the Lords.
WC(1141V00(1'S name is famous throughout the
world. His family have been the noted producers
of the Wedgwood China which have acquired
worldwide popularity.
But Colonel Wedgwood's name (it is difficult
get away from the commonly known salutation
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ith which we have always addressed him) was
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best known, and is destined to retain its fame
and glory on this ground, because of the staunch
friendship of the eminent- Laborite for the Zion-
ist movement and the readiness with which he
always came to the defense of the Jewish position,
hether it was in Poland or Rumania or Palestine.
w
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that day comes, Colonel—now Baron—Wedgwood
will have had a great share in its realization.
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He Deserves High Honors
Auxiliary
To spur activities in behalf of
the 11th annual donor event of
the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Jew-
ish National Fund, a pep rally
will be held at the Rose Sittig
Cohen Building„ Waverly and
Lawton at 1:15 p. m. on Tues-
day, Jan. 20.
Mendel N. Fisher, national
executive director of the Jewish
National Fund of America, will
The Jewish National Fund
Council of Detroit this week se-
cured two Golden Book inscrip-
tions:
William A. London honored his
wife with an inscription in the
Golden Book of the Jewish Na-
tional Fund on the occasion of
their 25th wedding anniversary.
Rabbi Morris Adler secured a
Golden Book inscription in honor
of the Bar Mitzvah of Ruthven
Simons. The Bar Mitzvah was
thus honored by his grandmother,
Mrs. D. W. Simons.
Josiah C. Wedgwood has earned the highest
honors at the hands of the Jews. Among the living
Christian Statesmen, his name ranks with General
Jan Christian Smuts, Prime Minister of South
Africa, as the outstanding friend of the Zionist
cause.
Recognizing his great friendship, this Com-
mentator, as far back as August 1937, made this
recommendation: that just as the name of Gen-
eral Smuts is being used for high honors, with
the establishment at that time of the Palestine
colony of Kfar Jochpan, in Smuts' name, so
The Splendor of a Military Ball
should two other outstanding leaders be remem-
will amaze You! Save Feb. 14.
bered—one a Jew, the other a Christian: Di. . Ste-
phen S. Wise and Colonel Josiah C. Wedgwood.
New colonies were springing up at that time in
strategic points in the Land of Israel, and we
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urged that the names of Wise and Wedgwood
His Argument for a Jewish Army
be linked with two of them.
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Wedgwood was moved by the proposal. But
Only a month, ago, in the course of the House
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what he wrote your Commentator reflected an
of Commons discussion of the question of the
Ypsilanti, Mich.
unhappy
state
of
affairs
indicating
that
his
associ-
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formation of a Jewish Army, Colonel Wedgwood
ates did not take kindly to his staunch defense of
delivered a stirring address denouncing appeasers
the Jewish position. He wrote to this Commen-
in the East and making it known that he had
tator, under date of Sept. 4, 1937:
intended to introduce a motion expressing re-
"I should be highly honored and delighted
gret that the Zionist offer to provide Jewish
—but I doubt if the Administration would!"
troops to fight anywhere under the British flag
It was not the administration in London that
had been declined and that "inadequate steps
mattered, but the authorities in the Jewish Agen-
have been taken to provide self-defense for Pal-
cy; and they should long ago have honored his
estine similar to our Home Guards." Exigencies
name.
MENDEL N. FISHER
of state prevented the making of this motion. But
Now—a new administration is in power; a
Colonel Wedgwood nevertheless delivered an im-
WINDOW SHADES
government whose Prime Minister rates as a be the guest speaker. There will
passioned address in which he spoke frankly of
friend of Zionism. This government has seen fit be a question and answer period
MADE TO ORDER
the Jewish position and made certain demands in
to elevate Colonel Wedgwood to the peerage. following his address.
their behalf. It was not a valedictory address,
Cleaned
and Repaired
This is the time, therefore, NOW, to renew
The donor event will be held
since similar speeches will henceforth be heard
proposals
that
the
Wedgwood
name
be
honored
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on March 11. Mrs. William
from him in the House of Lords. He is a con-
Inlaid and Battleship
sistent fighter for justice, and he has never quit, by the Jewish people whose advocate he has been, Klafer is chairman of reserva-
without fee, for more than a generation.
tions and can be reached at
even under government fire-,
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This is the time to show him the appreciation To. 6-5537.
Proof of his mettle will be found in the late
that is overdue him. He wrote to us: "Anyway
Commencing his career in the
VENETIAN BLINDS
November address he delivered in the House of
my sentiments remain the same." So do ours.
of journalism, he was a
Commons. Then, he said among other things:
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Therefore we renew our proposal of Aug. 27, field of of the editorial staffs of
1937, and we move now that two new colonies member
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we gave the Jews an o pportunity of forming
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themselves into a fighting force—that we
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fighters for a Jewish Palestine—Colonel Josiah C. extensively to other newspapers.
should be committed in gratitude or in honor
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Wedgwood, now Baron Wedgwood, member of For 10 years he was a member
at a peace conference and that that com-
the House of Lords, of Great Britain; and Dr. of the editorial staff of the Jew-
mittal might be inconvenient. But we are
Stephen S. Wise, Rabbi in Israel, chief among ish Telegraphic Agency.
committed in the same way to the Free
the pleaders for justice for his own people, whose
Called to New York in 1935
French, Belgians, Dutch, Norwegians and to
home is in New York but whose place of honor to serve as the national field
all those free forces who will have fought
is among all the Jewish communities in the director of the Zionist Organiza-
by our side, when the peace conference
tion of America, he was later
world.
comes along. What they have fought for will
named to the post of national
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be considered. So we are already committed
director of the Palestine Land Re-
over and over again to the Jews. We were
Add to Your Anecdotal Collections
demption Campaign which was
committed to them in the last war, and this
Belgian Information Center's "News From Bel- conducted under the leadership
war does not increase our c ommittments.
gium" brings an excellent addition to the collec- of Dr. Israel Goldstein, president
When terms come to be c onsidered, who shall
tion of war humor. The report relates to a well- of the Jewish National Fund of
say 'how far even the most honorable powers
known
Jewish optician in Liege who was ordered America, and Maurice Levin of
will be able to achieve all that it has fought
by
Nazi
decree to indicate that his was a Jewish Hearns Department Store who
for?
firm. In the middle of his shop window he hung a served as national chairman of
"But there is the reluctance of the War
sign reading: "Jewish Concern," which was fol- the committee. Later he was
Office to use troops who/ would be unpopular
Apartment Hotel
lowed by the words, "As you have all known for unanimously elected as the execu-
—unpopular not only tb Hitler, but to many
tive director of the Jewish Na-
think
we
should
use
the
Jews,
a
long
time."
other people. I
Collingwood at Third
"News From Belgium" also relates another tional Fund of America.
Africans, Indians and other colored people
Mr. Fisher has been in Europe
good
anecdote
that
is
current
today
in
Nazi-
against the Herrenvolk. I do not think it
1 to 4 room suites,
occupied Belgium. Mussolini was inspecting an several times. He has also visited
should be the exclusive privilege of a British-
Palestine where he made a first-
furnished or unfurnished,
aviation
field
in
'Italy.
He
called
in
his
best
pilots
er to die in the defense of liberty. I do not
hand study of conditions. He was
Hotel service optional,
and gave them orders to bomb London. "My also the secretary of the Amer-
think there should be any hesitation to em-
dining room, garage in
brave
aviators,"
he
told
them,
"do
your
duty
nation
anywhere
against
or
ican delegation to the First World
ploy any race
connection.
and come back safe and sound." When they left Jewish Congress that took place
the Nazis. This war is more their war than
On
their
"mission,"
Mussolini
sat
down
to
await
our war, and why should we not say so? ...
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in Geneva, Switzerland. In 1939,
the news of their activities. Soon he saw them he was a delegate to the World
"T eref ore, while one of the reasons for
coming
and
he
began
to
check
up
on
the
20
planes
not paving a Jewish army is that the sup-
that had been dispatched to go over London. But
plies are not available, there is a lso reluc-
as he counted—"17, 18, 19, 20,"—he espied an-
tance on the part of the War Office to have
other and kept on counting, "21". Bewildered, he
a Jewish unit fighting. The Jews are put into
asked for an explanation, which, as the com-
the Pioneer forces but \ are not taken into
manding officer gave it, was: "But it's perfectly
the Army to fight. This"has to be changed,
normal. The 21st is a British who chases our
You'll enjoy our
not only in the interests of our people—for
Our
Cocktails
planes."
we shall want every man who can fight—but
unusually delicious
Delicious
It is in order, at this point, to relate a per-
and
in order to change the mentality of these
food served in an
Delicatessen
fectly good story that has its origin also in
Fancy
people themselves, and make them feel that
Delivered
atmosphere of quiet
Belgium, on the streets of Brussels. It is about
Drinks
the y are men and that they are wanted . . •
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a
man
who
approached
a
news
vendor
and
asked
pportunity
Mixed
dignity.
Bring
the
o
I think there is a magnificent
Anywhere—
for
a
copy
of
"National
Socialist".
"No
more
by
whole family this
provided, through the medium of a brother-
Anytime
National Socialist," he was 'Wormed. Half an
Experts
hood in arms, for getting real solidarity
Sunday.
hour
later,
the
man
returned
with
the
same
re-
between ourselves—and the Jewish people,
quest, only to receive the same answer. He re-
as with the Russians."
peated his order several tiros. Whereupon the
Colonel Wedgwood was even more magnificent nawspaper salesman became angry and inquired
in condemnation of the appeasers who seek to why his customer does not realize that if there
are no more sales of "National Socialist" it is
deny Jewish claims because they would flatter the
Egyptians and the Arabs and the Iraqians. He final. Whereupon the potential customer said:
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was blunt in pointing to the possibility of stabs "Please, excuse me. But those words sound so
in the back unless the British position is strength- good I can't resist the temptation of hearing
ened—with the aid of Jews and the other them over and over again."
One more, a riddle this time. It is being asked:
avowed friends in the Middle East, and he warned:
What is the difference between Hitler and the
We are sacrificing the respect of our friends
zinc! Allies in America and Russia. We are losing sun? And the answer is: The sun goes down in
the enthusiastic co-operation of Jews throughout the west.
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the world whom we shall need in battle. Our good
name is also being lost. If we have to retire
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through Palestine to the Canal, we leave 500,000
unarmed Jews—unarmed not by their will, but ny
The wide popularity acquired by Nancy Brown's
ours—to be massacred by Hitler's murderers. We
shall blot indelibly the whole of British history." Experience Column in the Detroit News makes the
It was a soul-stirring plea which ended with announcement of its founder's retirement news of
the words: "If we are entitled to form a Home real One
importance
in Detroit. in connection with
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fact is overlooked
Guard here, we are bound to allow a Home Guard
Nancy Brown's column: that its creation was the
It will receive our careful considera-
in Palestine." nffitions have changed. The United result of the faith in the Experience Column by
tion from inception to completion.
Of course, in the war, the African campaign the former managing editor of the News, and the
States is no
present editorial director of the Free Press,
Is a succe for the democracies and Palestine is Malcolm
W. Bingay.
safer from that side. But Palestine remains un-
The staff of the News, of which this com-
safe from the Spanish-Portuguese points on the
mentator was a member at that time, disap-
map, from the possibility of an Axis seizure of proved of the creation of such a column in 1919.
Dakar, from the viewpoint of temporary set-
But Mr. Bingay, who presided over the discus-
backs in the Far East. So that the Jewis claims
sions, felt differently. He thought it was all right.
to an army have not diminished, but e in- The public rijEtions of the 22 years during
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creased. And if the right appeal is mad to our which the colu functioned vindicated Mr. Bin-
Government in Washington, especially while gay. Its continued popularity proves his judg-
Prime Minister Winston Churchill is in close col-
ment to have been sound.
laboration with President Roosevelt, a Jewish
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