etroit Jewish Chronicle and The Legal Chronicle, VOL. 44. NO. 9 DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1942 Detroit Allied Jewish Campaign Will Have Eight Major Trade and Professional Divisions Plan Outlined by Irving W. Blumberg and Maurice W. Enggass of Detroit Service Group; Mrs. Hyman C. Broder Heads Women's Division; Junior Bureau Is Headed by Jacob L. Keidan Eight major divisions will comprise the organization of the trades and profes- sional structure of the forthcoming 1942 Allied Jewish Campaign of the Jewish Wel- fare Federation, as outlined by Irving W. Blumberg and Maurice H. Enggass, presi- dent and chairman of the board, respectively, of the Detroit Service Group. The Mercantile Division, to be known as Division A, will have Julian H. 1 f: K rolik as adviser and will in- clude the following trade groups: .Jewelers, radios, shoes, retail dry goods, wholesale dry goods, furniture, upholstery and inter- ior decorators; household appli- ances, cartages and office equip- ment; luggage and loans, de- partment store employees, wo- men's apparel, including milli- nery and furs, men's apparel and chain stores. Services, or Division B, Will have Louis C. Blumberg and A. J. Blumenau as advisers, and will include the following trades and professions: Cleaning and dyeing plants, merchant tailors and independent tailors, linen supplies, laundries, insurance, loan c o m pa n i es, investments, bank employees and stock brok- ers, and public employees. The Mechanical Trades, or Division C, will have as their adviser Gus D. Newman and Ben Kramer, and will include auto sales, parking lots, auto accessories, filling stations, gar- ages and auto service ; auto parts, metals and metal dealers, scrap iron, steel, machinery and auto m a nu f a c turing ; bottles, bags and barrels, waste mate- rial and waste paper, and tex- tiles. The Building Trades, or Divi- sion D, • will have Milton M. Maddin and Ben B. Fenton as advisers, and will include : Real estate, painters and decorators, architects and engineers, car- penters and contractors, plumb- ers and plumbers' supplies, building supplies, masonry, plas- tering and contractors, store fix- tures and janitor supplies, elec- tricians and electrical supplies; coal and ice, property manage- ment, hotels and clubs, hard- ware. Food Products, or Division E, will have Irving W. Blumberg, Harry Cohen and Max Schayo- witz as advisers, and will include: Bakeries, beverages, groceries, See CAMPAIGN—Page 12 t Niebuhr Assails "The Liberals" Christian Leader Sees Zionism as Postwar Solution NEW YORK. (JPS)—Assert- ing that the liberal world has failed to aid the Jews because it has not understood the Jew- ish problem, Prof. Reinhold Nie- buhr of the Union Theological Seminary urges "a more gen- erous acceptance of the Zionist program" as basic for the post- war solution of the Jewish plight, in the first two articles to ap- pear in The Nation entitled "Jews After the War". The famous Christian liberal leader denies that with "the overthrow of Nazism" Jews will "be able to obtain the automatic restoration of their rights," add- ing that "it must be remembered that the plight of the Jews was intolerable in those parts of Eu- rope which represented a deca- dent feudalism long before Hit- ler made their lot impossible in what was once the democratic world." Assailing "the liberals" among Jews as well as among Christians for refusing to face the Jewish issue squarely, Dr. Niebuhr de- clares (1) "that the Jews are really a nationality and not merely a cultural group," and "that any program for the ( 2 ) See NEIBUHR—Page 12 Stefan Zweig, Wife End Their Lives In Brazil Leaves Note Saying He Had No Strength To Go On RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil.— Stefa n Zweig, noted Austrian- born author who became a man without a country because of the spread of nazism in Europe, and his wife, Elizabeth, commit- ted suicide Feb. 23. They took poison at their home near Pe- tropolis, Brazilian Summer cap- ital. The author left a letter ex- plaining the suicide pact, ad- dressed to Claudio de Souza, president of the P.E.N. Club of Brazil. The letter said : "Before I depart from life by my own free will, I want to do my last duty, which it to thank this marvelous country- Brazil—which so hospitably re- ceived me. Each day I spent here I loved this country more, and in on other could I have had such hopes of reconstruct- ing my life. • "After I saw the country of my own language fall, and my spiritual land—Europe—destroy- ing itself, and as I reach the age of 60 it would require im- mense strength to reconstruct my life, and my energy is ex- hausted by long years of pere- grination as one without a coun- ; try. "Therefore, I believe it is r time to end a life that was deli- ; cated only to spiritual work, con- 10c Single Copy; S3.00 Per Yeas Srere Issues Pre•Campaign Statement "Ample Funds for all Essentials," He Declares As plans for the 1942 Allied Jewish Campaign moved for- ward at an accelerated pace, Abraham Srere, president of the Jewish Welfare Federation, is- sued a pre-campaign statement to the contributing public, in which he said that our future depends on the recognition that we are engaged in a struggle that is world-wide. "As citizens of a country at war," declared Mr. Srere, "we must weigh all communal efforts in the scales of national inter- est. Fund-raising plans by Jew- ish communities in 1942 need to consider the primary place which the conduct of war must take in our individual and com- munal planning, in the use of our time and manpower and in the expenditure of our wealth. Every social project, whether it be an established activity or a new service will have to measure its right to support in terms of whether it promotes the well- being of the country. There will be ample funds for essentials ; the task of placing our com- munal activities high upon the list of social priorities rests with us. These highlights need to be considered : 1. Certain classes in our pop- ulation will earn less than in See ZWEIG.-:-Page 9 1941, but many of these will be JOSEPH GOLAN , in a position to draw on 1941 BNAI.BRITII reserves. The annual donor event of the dent of the Jewish National Fund of America. MEMBERS' DRIVE 2. Those engaged directly or Ladies' Auxiliary of the Jewish indirectly in defense work must Joseph Golan, brilliant 10- National Fund, whch will be held be selected for intensive pre-cam- year-old violin prodigy, who has IN FULL SWING at 1:30 p. m. on Wednesday, already won national acclaim, Five Local Lodges of Bnai Brith paign approach, as individuals March 11, at the Masonic Tem- will be featured on this program. and as privately-held corpora- Conducting Individual ple, will feature an outstanding tions, for the increased sums that Although still in knee pants, Campaigns musical program, in addition to Joseph Golan has to his credit must be raised. the address by the guest speak- The City-Wide Bnai Brith 3. Agency programs on any See PRODIGY—Page 9 er, Dr. Israel Goldstein, presi- Membership Drive which is be- level—local, national or overseas ing conducted by Pisgah Lodge —are not being taken for grant- No. 34, Louis Marshall Lodge ed. Budget committees are re- No. 1203, Detroit Lodge No. viewing requests for allocations, 1374, Theodor Herzl Lodge No. with a view to overhauling the 13777 and East Side Lodge is entire Welfare Fund structure, now in full swing. Harry Yud- koff, a member of District Grand See SRERF—Page 10 The greatest Jewish community project of the Lodge No. 6, Bnai Brith, and co- chairman of the local drive year, the Detroit Allied Jewish Campaign, will get states, "each lodge is conducting its organizational phases under way on Monday, its own individual campaign, al- March 2, with the opening of campaign headquar- though the workers in the cam- ters at Hotel Statler, Room 1401, Telephone Ran- paign will accept applications dolph 9300. Campaign workers of past years and from candidates for any lodge, with whch they want to affiliate. prospective workers are invited to get in touch Every male Jew of good char- with the office by telephone, or by stopping in at acter, 21 years of age or older headquarters any day of the week except Saturday. is eligible for membership in Bnai Brith." Plans for an ambitious drive by all lodges has been completed William Gropper, Pablo Picas- at a series of meetings held by so, Camille Jacob Pisarro and the membership committees of Amedio Modigliani are among the respective lodges during the the 21 contemporary Jeikish ar- past week. This drive will offi- tists whose works will be hung Many Out-of-Town Rabbis to Participate cially conclude on April 1. at the Jewish Community Cen- in Local Drive Bnai Brith, the oldest and ter, Woodward at Holbrook, largest American Jewish service from March 1 through March 15, An all-out drive for the sup- organization, whch has been in port of the Rabbi Isaac Elchan- existence for almost 100 years, to celebrate the 21st anniversary an Theological Seminary and offers the opportunity to be of of the Center's Art Department. Yeshiva College of New York, service to every male Jew. The exhibition will also include the foremost institution of high- Through i t s Anti-Defamation the works of Ben Benn, Aaron er Jewish learning in America, League, Hillel Foundations, A.Z. Bohrod, Henry Botkin, Marc was launched this week with the A. (Bnai Brith Youth Organiza- Chagall, Lyonel Feininger, David arrival in Detroit of a number tions) , Vocational Service Bur- Friedenthal, Todros Geller, Sam- of noted personalities. The drive eau and philanthropic agencies, uel Halpert, Dahlov Ipcar, Mor- was formally opened by Prof. it provides a medium of defense, ris Karfiol, William Auerbach- Moses Legis Isaacs, dean of the education and service. Follow- Levy, Jules Pascin, William College, and former professor of ing a conference in Washington Schwartz and Max Weber. The chemistry at Colombia, known with Government officials, Maur- sculpture of Chaim Gross, Wil- to local residents as a brother ice Bisgyer, Secretary of Su- liam Zorach and Detroit's Sam- of Dr. Raphael Isaacs, formerly preme Lodge sent a communica- uel Cashwan will also be shown. of Ann Arbor, and of the late tion to the lodges that they Arranged by the Center's Art Dr. Nathan Isaacs of Harvard. should not curtail of suspend Appreciation Committee, headed The work will be continued by its normal services. by Mrs. Walter Laib, the exhi- Rabbi Abraham Bender, who will Harry Yudkoff, a member of bition marks the coming of age remain in Detroit for a longer the general committee of District of the Jewish Community Cen- period. Grand Lodge No. 6, and Edmund ter's Art Department, according A number of alumni of the Saperston, president of Detroit to Mrs. Samuel R. Glogower, Yeshiva from other communities Lodge, are co-chairmen of the Center president. The exhibition have volunteered to assist in the local drive, and Rudolph Meyer- also recognizes the servics of drive. On Saturday, Feb. 28, sohn has been appointed public- Mrs. David B. Werbe, under pulpits in various Detroit syna- ity director for this five lodge whose devoted leadership, for See ARTISTS—Page 10 Dr. MOSES L. ISAACS campaign. See ISAACS—Page 10 10-Year-Old Violin Prodigy to Appear at JNF Event March H Allied Jewish Campaign Opens 1942 Offices at Hotel Statler Jewish Artists Will Exhibit Paintings.' To Be Hung at Center From March 1 to 15 Dean Moses L. Isaacs Opens Campaign for Yeshiva College