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DETROIT. MICHIGAN. FRIDAY. JANUARY 30, 1942

VOL. 44. NO. 5

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Charges Nazis
Spread Typhus
To Kill Jews

Appoint Dr. Glueck
N. V. Times Anti-Zionist Editorial
"Reprehensible"
Director of U.A.H.C.
Culled "Sabotage",

Non-Jews Join With Jews in Condemning Article; Dr. •
Samuel Harden Church, Pierre Van Paassen
and Ben Hecht Issue Statements

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Wertheim Asks
Maximum Unity
Of U. S. Jewry

NEW YORK. (HS) — Unre- aims of the United Nations," is
contained in the leading editorial
served criticism of the formation of the New York Times of Jan.
in Palestine of a Jewish Army, 22, which concludes that the only
A. J. Committeeman
referred to as "a Zion- way in which the wrongs done
Called New Anti-Semi- constantly
the
Jews
can
be
righted
is
through
Warns Against
ist army," on the grounds (a)
fulfillment of the Atlantic
tic Weapon by London that it "would provoke an Arab the
Disunity
Charter.
uprising" and (b) would lead to
NBC Spokesman
Referring to the introduction
the establishment of "a Zionist
NEW YORK. (JPS)—Calling
in the House of Representatives
for "maximum Jewish unity" at
NEW YORK. (JPS)—Charg- state as one of the official war of a resolution by Congressman
this time, Maurice Wertheim,
ing deliberate German murder,
Somers asking the United States
who was re-elected president of
John MacVane, NBC representa-
"to take such action as may be
the American Jewish Commit-
tive in London, declared in a Assembly of
necessary to permit the organi-
tee at its 35th annual meeting
broadcast heard here that Jews
zation of all-Jewish military units
Federations in Palestine," the Times acknowl-
held at the Hotel Astor here, told
from Hungary and other parts
his audience that Americans
of Eastern Europe are being
edges that the proposal has re-
must fight against disunity.
shipped to the Warsaw ghetto so To Open Sessions in ceived the endorsement "of some
members of the Government, and
that they may succumb to spotted
"If this war means any-
Chicago This Sat- a number of deeply sincere and
typhus.
thing," the American Jewish
well-meaning people."
MacVane asserted that Polish
Committee president said, "it
urday Night
circles in London said that the
means that the forces of tyr-
Cites "Practical" Reasons
Jews from these lands are re-
DR. NELSON GLUECK
anny and injustice engulfing
More than 400 leaders of Jew-
Saying that "it would be un-
placing those who die of typhus ish federations, welfare funds
so much of the world must be
CINCINNATI. (JPS) — Dr. destroyed, and destroyed for-
in the ghetto. The death rate in and community councils through- wise for the United States to at-
Nelson
Glueck,
one
of
the
na-
tempt
to
bring
pressure
to
bear
the enclosure is said to be 30 to out the United States will gather
ever; and that to all men alike
upon the British Governinent in tion's foremost archaeologists and —whether Gentile or Jew—
40 per cent higher than outside
professor
of
Bible
and
Biblical
this matter," the editorial points
the right to live in peace will
because of the lowered resist-
out that the British are opposed Archaeology at the Hebrew Union be given, according to the
ance of Polish Jews during the
College
here,
has
been
appointed
to the plan for creating separate
terms .,of that great charter
past two years of starvation.
Jewish military units. It refers the next executive director of the
Formerly the type of typhus now
to Arab sentiment and declares Union of American Hebrew Con- of liberties which was written
raging in the ghetto was fatal
"the unhappy record of the past gregations, succeeding the late as a boat rocked on the wa-
in one out of six cases.
is not in itself a sufficient reason Dr. Edward Israel, who died just ters of the Atlantic, by those
Posters smuggled out of Nazi-
for adding to the problems of the as he was entering on his duties. illustrious defenders of the
democratic way of life—Win-
controlled Poland indicate that
British Government now by at-
ston Churchill and Franklin D.
the Nazis are seeking to persuade
tempting to bring pressure to
Roosevelt."
bear on it to go against its bet- Form Hirschman
the Poles that the typhus epi-
demic is being spread by Jews
ter judgment."
Stressing that one-third of the
in the ghettos of Warsaw and
Memorial Fund 15,000,000 Jews in the world
In addition to this "practical"
other cities. One poster printed
live in the United States, he em-
reason, the editorial cites its
hi Polish carries the legend:
"theoretical" objections, saying Committee Organized 'phasitzed that American Jews
"Jews, Lice, Spotted Typhus".
must contribute toward a solu-
"the primary reason for the crea-
It is illustrated with a drawing
to Honor Clinic's
tion of the problems of Jews
tion of a separate Zionist army
of a hideously deformed face of
at this time would be, of course,
abroad.
First President
a Jew and a louse enlarged to
to establish a Zionist state as one
"The war and the tragedy
the same size. Billboards of this
of the official war aims of the
that have befallen Jews through-
Julian
H.
Krolik,
president
of
nature have been posted on the
United Nations. Grant that Pal-
the world
impose
upon
us
estine has been a place of refuge North End Clinic, announces the a out
walls surrounding- the crowded
mandate
to make
every
effort
for a large number of persecuted formation of a "Jesse F. Hirsch- for the maximum unity of action
ghettos to which hundreds of
people, and that when the war is man Memorial Fund" committee within the bounds of basic dif-
thousands of Jews in Nazi-Poland
over, there may be some from to raise funds for the creation
have been confined.
Axis territories who will prefer of a fitting memorial to Mr. ferences."
Discussing the obstacles in
HOLLANDAR
SIDNEY
to migrate to it or to other lands Hirschman, who passed away on
the path of Jewish unity, he
Japs Close Jewish Houses of
rather
than
face
the
unhappy
at the Drake Hotel in Chicago
Jan . 19 .
declared that "the obstacles,
Worship
this Saturday night to attend the memories associated with the
Mr. Hirschman, long active in
GENEVA. (JPS) — Cracking opening session of the ninth an- past. But the wisdom of the Zion- Jewish communal life, was the of course, lie in the deep rift
down on Jews in Japan, Nippon- nual General Assembly of the ist objective has been questioned first president of North End in American•Jewish life that
ese authorities have closed all Council of Jewish Federations by many people, including many Clinic serving from 1925 to 1935. has been caused by the con-
flitting ideologies of Zionism
who are themselves of Jewish
Jewish houses of worship as well and Welfare Funds.
and non- or a nti-Zionism (or
as all Jewish refugee organiza-
See H1RSCHMAN—Page 12
See TIMES—Page 7
as I prefer to call it, anti-
See
FEDERATIONS—Page
7
tions. Jews in Japan are treated
Nationalism) and the extrem-
as enemies and pro-Ally.
ism that has invaded areas of
Jewish Arbor Day Observance: Trees for Victory!
Jewish activity where, by ev-
Finnish Red Cross Refuses Blood
ery rational standard, it has
of Jewish Donors
no place. Frankly, the dispas-
sionate observer might well
GENEVA. (JPS) — The Fin-
find it a deplorable spectacle."
nish Red Cross has decided not
to accept blood of Jewish donors,
He also warned that anti-
the Italian radio announced. The
Semites have not "abandoned
Finnish rejection of Jewish blood
their seditious activities" and
for transfusion purposes was
that "we must continue our ef-
greeted by the Italians as the
forts, highlighting the character
"best proof that. Finland has be-
of anti-Semitism as a subversion
come a real Axis partner."
of American principles and a
sapping of the strength and in-
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fluence of our country."

Group Takes
Over the Day

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Lipsky Heads CorPo-
ration; Margulies
the Manager

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NEW YORK. (JPS)—One of
the most influential Yiddish daily
newspapers in the United States,
The Day, was purchased by a
corporation headed by Louis Lip-
sky, famous Zionist leader, and
other prominent Jews, it was re-
vealed here.
The paper had been run by the
writers and other employees after
the sons of David Shapiro, late
owner who died a short time ago,
decided to drop out of the news-
paper business. The new corpora-
tion bought the paper from the
staff, who had kept The Day go-
ing after the Shapiros sold out.
Morris Margulies, former sec-
retary of the Zionist Organiza-
tion of America, was named man-
ager and vice-president.
Dr. Samuel Margoshes remains
editor-in-chief, a post he has held
for 20 years.
According to the announcement
by the new trusteeship, profits
accruing from the new set-up will
be used for Jewish public pur-
Poses.

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'They shall not build and an-
other inhabit; they shall not plant
and another eat. For AS THE
DAYS OF A TREE ARE THE
DVS OF MY PEOPLE!"—This
prophecy of Isaiah (LTV, 22).
uttered in an age of war and
aggression, is the keynote for
Jewish Arbor Day, Feb. 2, which
will be observed in Palestine and
in the Jewish communities in the
free parts of the world. The 15th
day of the Hebrew calendar month
Shvat (Chamisho Osor b'Shvat)
is traditionally known as Trees'
New Year, for on this day Spring
begins in the Land of Israel and
the tree planting season opens.
The occas ion is marked by pro-

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cessions in the public squares and
youth pilgrimages to the settle-
ments where saplings are planted
into the soil so that the much-
needed pines, cypress, eucalyptus
and olive trees may grow to ex-
tend the livable area of Jewish
Palestine, to provide shelter and
to strengthen a vital sector of the
anti-Axis front. The above shows
a Palestine youth procession held
on the occasion of Arbor Day a
year ago, with the marchers
carrying a banner upon which a
Biblical reference to the planting
of trees is emblazoned. Note (in-
set, left-hand corner) the little
girl who gives the V sign to the
tree planters.

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Council Hails
J.W.V. Efforts

Project of Veterans Is
Endorsed By James
I. Ellmann

The current projects of the
Michigan Department of the Jew-
ish War Veterans of the United
States and especially the annual
patriotic and military ball, sched-
uled for Feb. 14, received the
The principal instrument in the endorsement of the Jewish Com-
reforestation of Palestine has been munity Council of Detroit.
the Jewish National Fund which
In a letter to Nathan M.
is now celebrating its 40th anni- Lerner, Michigan Department
versary and has planted more than commander, James I. Ellmann,
3,300,000 trees in the Jewish president of the Jewish Commu-
Homeland. This year the Fund is nity Council, expresses satisfac-
engaged, with the aid of Ameri- tion over the fact that part of
can contributions, in a "Trees for the proceeds from the ball will
Victory" planting progam. The be used to purchase pursuit
festival, during which friends and
well-wishers of the Jewish Home- planes as a gift from the Jewish
land contribute to the Jewish veterans to the United States
National Fund for the planting of Government. Mr. Ellmann's letter
trees (cost, $1.50 per tree) will follows:
be observed in community centers, Dear Mr. Lerner:
1 was very happy to learn
Hebrew Schools, Zionist organiza-
tions and youth groups in De- about your plans for the An-
troit as a part of a nation-wide
See VETERANS—Page 12
Arbor Day program.