:'ETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and the Legal Chronicle

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Detroit Jewish Chronicle

and THE LEGAL CHRONICLE

Published Weekly by Jewish Chronicle Publishing Co., Inc

JACOB H. SCHAKNE
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Sabbath Scriptural Selections

Pentateuchal Portion—Ex. 25:1-27:19.
Prophetical Portion—I Kings 5:26-6:13.

FEBRUARY 20, 1942

ADAR 3, 5702

The Allied Music Festival

The Allied Music Festival programs
arranged by the Detroit Symphony Or-
chestra should attract large audiences on
their merits alone. Outstanding artists in
the land will participate in the functions,
Feb. 24 to 28, and they should fill the
Masonic Temple auditorium every eve-
ning of the festival.
But there is a major reason for sup-
porting the event. It is the fact that the
festival is intended as a means of raising
$25,000 with which to meet the current
season's deficit of the Detroit Symphony
Orchestra.
All elements in the Detroit population
should come forward to support this pro-
ject. It is part of our community struc-
ture and it helps give soul and heart to
a great community.

The American Palestine Committee

The most significant achieveniont in
this country in behalf of Palestine, dur-
ing the past year, was the creation of
the American Palestine Committee, under
the chairmanship of U. S. Senator Robert
F. Wagner of New York. More than 700
outstanding American leaders — educat-
ors, journalists, radio broadcasters, men
in public life, governors, Senators, Con-
gressmen, judges, etc., etc.—are members
of this committee.
Not only Palestine, but the general
inter-faith good will movement benefits
through the efforts of this committee. It
creates interest among non-Jews in prac-
tical Jewish movements. It cements
friendships among non-Jews and Jews.
It establishes a sense of mutual respect
and co-operation among those who meet
for this purpose under this movement's
auspices.
An important step in the direction of
advancing the cause of this movement
was taken here last week when the Mich-
igan chapter of the American Palestine
Committee was organized under the
chairmanship of U. S. District Court
Judge Frank Picard. The courteous, en-
thusiastic and sincere concern shown the
project was most encouraging and indi-
cated that there is genuine sympathy
among Christians for the Jewish cause
in Palestine.
Emanuel Neumann, executive director
of the American Emergency Committee
for Zionist Affairs, was chiefly respons-
ible for the organization of the American
Palestine Committee. He proved his
statesmanship in his address before the
Michigan chapter of the American Pales-
tine Committee. The American Zionist
movement is to be congratulated on
possessing such able leadership in a dire
hour like the present.

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Preparing for the Drive

Budgetary hearings are being inaugur-
ated by the Detroit Service Group and
the Jewish Welfare Federation in prep-
aration of plans for setting the quota for
the 1942 Allied Jewish Campaign.
These hearings usually serve as the
advance order to the Jewish community
to be prepared for action in the fund-
raising efforts for relief and reconstruc-
tion efforts, for the local educational and
recreational activities, for national activi-
ties in behalf of health institutions, for
Palestine and refugee assistance.
Detroit Jews should begin to study the
problems involved in these appeals for
funds. They should become informed on
what is needed to provide the necessary
aid for less fortunate Jews, to contribute
the support urgently desired for educa-
tional purposes, to guarantee the con-
tinued existence of Jewish agencies.
Be prepared, is the call that needs to
be sounded at this time. And being pre-
pared for the major community effort we
will be able to achieve success in the
1942 Allied Jewish Campaign.

Palestine Certificates

Those who had doubts as to the effec-
tiveness of Jewish efforts in behalf of
Palestine during the war will find encour-
agement in the announcement that 1,250
certificates have been issued for new set-
tlers, this number to permit the admission
of a total of 3,000 Jews into Eretz Israel.
The British Colonial Office, in granting
these certificates, took into consideration
the need for agricultural and industrial
labor in Palestine. This fact indicates the
steady progress in the land and the ad-
vancement ,made by Jews in the upbuild-
ing of the homeland and in creating a
reservoir for war purposes in Zion. No
better argument is needed in favor of
increased support of the Palestinian ven-
ture.

Dr. Weizmann's Son

Universal sympathy goes forth to Dr.
and Mrs. Chaim Weizmann, from all
democratically-minded groups, on the
loss in action of their son, Michael.
His father looked upon him as a very
promising and talented chemist who
would follow in his footsteps. Therefore
the personal loss was all the greater.
But it is a community loss because of the
great interest the world has in the name
Weizmann—a name that stands for con-
tributions which helped win the last war
and which, it is hoped, will serve to speed
victory for the Allies in the present con-
flict.
The hope of the friends of the Weiz-
manns is that Michael will yet be located.
In the meantime deep feelings of sym-
pathy are entertained by all of us.

February 20, 1942

.'.Heard in the Lobbies...

By DAVID DEUTSCH

HOLLYWOOD ON ITS OWN
The Los Angeles Jews, who
have frequently been accused of
hanging on to the coat-tails of
Hollywood, had a rude shock
the other day when a few of
the movie moguls told them that
hereafter they want more say
on how the money they give
for Jewish.. causes is sliced.
Funny, but one of the movie
producers who sponsors the best
films on democracy to come out
of filmland feels that where Jew-
ish funds are concerned, those
who give most should say most.
A dollar a vote, like. They used
to run elections that way in
some American states. The peo-
ple decided it was no good that
way. But Hollywood is modern
only in its overstuffed furniture.
. . . That other movie mogul
who spends more money on his
horses than on humans got ter-
ribly frightened the other day
about the spread of anti-Semi-
tism. And after a heart-break-
ing harangue on how much
American Jews should sacrifice
to secure their future, he pledged
a few thousand dollars or almost
a month's oat bill . . . The Con-
gressmen who have been pan-
ning Melvyn Douglas have sym-
pathizers in the Hollywood Jew-
ish colony. They've been calling
Douglas a "Red" for a long
time, just because he thought
democracy meant such things as
getting poor children's teeth
fixed, forcing the state to feed
paupers and letting every adult
vote without paying for the
privilege. Unlike so many of
our "best people" in Hollywood,
Douglas, who could easily claim
Christianity as his faith, always
took the trouble to point out
that his father was Jewish. his
mother Scotch Protestant. You'd
think some of the Hollywood
folks would come to Douglas'
defense. But out there it's devil
take the hindmost.

Jews in this land who hate
progress and liberalism as much
as the worst Roosevelt-hater . . .
Somebody reports Maverick, who
keeps no bridle on his tongue,
once said: "You Jews would get
your just desserts when Hitler
comes here." . . . But any man
who can be active on as many
decent fronts as Maverick will
need more than a random alle-
gation by an anti-liberal to
force him into the anti-Semitic
class.

WISECRACKERS
There's a society being formed
for protection against the Joe
Miller jokes of Baltimorean Sid-
ney Hollander, who riles all his
dignified associates by refusing
to conduct meetings of the Coun-
cil of Federations soberly. Read-
ers' Digest is looking for credit
for the gag Hollander pulled
recently in introducing speakers
at a national conference by em-
phasizing that a speech need not
be "eternal to be immortal."
They say Dr. Maurice Ilexter
of New York is plenty sore at
certain people because he got
such a drubbing at the recent
Council of Federations annual
conference. With a little imag-
ination, one might have seen
the sober-sided social worker
running from the hotel, dressed
only in a barrel, his shirt and
all having been lost in a dis-
astrous battle of words, all be-
cause he used the word priority
in describing how American
funds should be divided up.
Friend and foe alike piled it on
him. Reminded some of the
famous scene in "Blue Angel,"
when Emil Jannings stood up
on the stage and got laughs by
breaking eggs on his bald head.
Stephen Wise has the famous
gag about the bewildered, naive
rabbi who, on first meeting with
his potential board of directors,
said he had often seen rabbis
passing on behemoth but this
MAVERICK ON JEWS
was
the first time he had seen
In Washington there are two
passing on a rabbi.
opinions on Maury Maverick, behemoth
who's in the news again as head BEHIND THE NEWS
of the bureau of governmental
Margaret Bourke-White, fhe
requirements in the War Pro-
four-star camera artist, is a
duction Board. Some say this niece. of Lazarus White, the fam-
blustering, bullet-headed Texan ous American-Jewish engineer
is an anti-Semite, but others say
that's ridiculous because he has and architect.
In her new book, "Marion
a Jewish secretary . . . Seems
Maverick was pretty sore when Alive," Vicki Baum gives the
he lost his contest for re-elec- German Jews a pretty thorough
tion as Mayor of San Antonio. going over. She ought to know;
Charged that the 1,000 votes she was one of them herself.
Henry Monsky, Bnai Brith's
by which he lost were those of
Jews—which they may have president, has a new cause for
been, since in his part of the pride in his son, who has been
country many Jews, like many commissioned Lieutenant Hubert
Catholics, think Maverick a Bol- Monsky of the United States
shevik. Yes, it's true, there are Army Air Corps.

Prize Brotherhood Posters

A Splendid Defense Job

In cooperation with Dr. Frank Cody,
superintendent of Detroit schools, Mr.
Bernard Isaacs, the superintendent of the
United Hebrew Schools, has prepared a
manual for the protection of children who
may be in the Hebrew schools during
war-time emergencies. This manual is a
digest of bulletins prepared by the com-
mittee for coordinating school defense
activities as well as the material pre-
pared by the Jewish Education Commit-
tee of New York. The manual has been
issued to all responsible heads of Hebrew
and Yiddish schools in Detroit by the
Jewish Welfare Federation of Detroit. It
An Educational Report
is a splendid piece of work for which
The report submitted by Rabbi Morris both Mr. Isaacs and the Federation
Adler and Bernard Isaacs, members of should receive the commendations of the
the education committee of the Jewish community.
Children's Bureau, is of more than pass-
ing interest. It shows that the children The Dorothy Thompson Incident
who have been placed in• care of the
The scene of the biting of Dorothy
community are receiving the prescribed'
Jewish education and that the personnel Thompson's finger by a Nazi woman was
in charge of their welfare makes every perfect. It was in the famous Cafe Roy-
effort to assure their receiving such an ale. Isidore Cashier, Yiddish actor, Harry
education. It is well that such facts be Hershfield, noted comedian, and other
known, in order that the community may luminaries were there. The Nazis did not
appreciate the sincerity with which the get off so easily. Dorothy and her friends
social and educational problems facing proved that they can mete out good
punches. It was a prelude to Victory.
the youngsters are treated.

On the occasion of Brotherhood Week, under the auspices of
the Detroit Round Table of Catholics, Protestants and Jews, a
poster contest was conducted in the Detroit Public Schools, through
the cooperation of Dr. Frank Cody, superintendent of schools, and
Miss Mabel Arbuckle, supervisor of the art department of the
local schools.
The contest was conducted by the women's committee of the
Detroit Round Table, members of which are: Mrs. Andrew Kurth,
Protestant; Mrs. Maurice Klein, Jewish; Miss Isabel Wesdock,
Catholic.
First prizes were awarded Connie Klimek of Burroughs Inter-
mediate School; Jerome Duluk, MacKenzie Iligh School; Walter
lensing, Cass Technical High School.
The 52 posters submitted in the contest are on display at the
J. L. Hudson Co.
In the above photograph, left to right, are: Miss Arbuckle,
Mrs. Klein; Mrs. Harry L. Winston, one of the judges and a mem-
ber of the Detroit Round Table; Frank D. Robinson, of the staff
of the Detroit Institute of Arts; Mrs. Kurth, Miss Weadock.

