Detroit Jewish Chronicle

and Thelegal Chronicle,

VOL. 44. NO. 11

DETROIT. MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1942

Weizmanii Condemns "Struma"
Loss As "Unspeakable Outrage"

Resolution Adopted by British Zionist
Federation Asks for Changes in Personnel
of Palestine Administration

10c Single Copy; $3.00 Per Year

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Chairmen of Junior Division to
ear Isidore Sobeloff March 16

Jay Allen, Veteran
Correspondent, to
u
Speak at Rally

II
To Address Women's
Division of Allied Jewish
Campaign on March 16

Jay Allen, veteran foreign cor-
respondent who spent four
months in Nazi military prisons,
will tell of his experiences and
observations in an address here
on Monday afternoon, March 16,
in the Main Auditorium of Tem-
ple Beth El, Woodward at Glad-
stone, at a Women's Division
Rally of the Allied Jewish Cam-
paign.
Mr. Allen was taken into cus-
tody by the German police at
Montachanin in Occupied France

Speakers Committee of Campaign to
Hold First Meeting: Mesdames Adler
and Jackson Head Women Speakers

Isidore Sobeloff, executive di-
rector of the Jewish Welfare
'No Let Up In the Federation of Detroit, will ad-
Schlussel Elected
dress the first meeting of the
Demands on JeWs chairmen, secretaries and cap-
Mizrachi Leader
of the Junior Division of
for Fraternal Aid' tains
the 1942 Allied Jewish Cam-
Rabbi Wolf Gold to
paign, on Monday, March 16, in
So Says Fred M. Butzel the English Room of the Hotel
Address Meeting at
In Third of Statements Statler at 8:30 p. m.
According to Jacob L. Keidan,
Yeshivah, March 16
by Communal Leaders
chairman of the Junior Division,
In the third of a series of the purpose of this meeting will
Irving Schlussel, young De-
statements
by community leaders serve as an informal orientation
troit attorney, who has taken an
on
communal
responsibilities gathering to discuss the needs of
active part in Orthodox Jewish
Fred
M.
Butzel
declared that the 1942 Allied Jewish Cam-
communal activities, was elected
our
means
are
strong
enough to, paign. The Junior Division,
president of Detroit Mizrachi on
defend
our
special
sector
and which is launching an earlier
Thursday, March 5, at Lachar's,
campaign this year, is now in
help achieve general victory.
8939 12th St. Isidor Sosnick and
the process of recruiting work-
"With the acute distress re- ers for the various teams. Or-
Rabbi Abraham Danzig of Wyan-
sulting from war and aggression ganizational plans have been
dotte, were elected vice-presi-
and the continuing world-wide moving rapidly ahead to the
dents; Meyer Beckman, the for-
conflict," said Mr. Butzel, "there point where all divisions now
mer president, was elected treas-
will be no let-up in the demands have a full complement of cap-
urer and Sol Lumberg was re-
made upon local Jewish commu- tains. Plans have been made for
turned for his third year as ex-
nities for fraternal help, and a a large rally to be held March
ecutive-secretary. Jacob Levin,
growing American alliance with 29 in the auditorium of the
Isaac Rosenthal and Israel Lev-
the democratic forces that are Jewish Community Center, as
inson were elected honorary pres-
struggling against aggression. well as a pre-campaign meeting
idents.
Jewish contributors are respond- of all workers on April 6.
Rabbi Lazar Eichenstein of
ing generously to three appeals
New York, executive field secre-
The opening dinner of the
as well as to specific Jewish
tary of the Mizrachi Organization
Junior Division on April 12 will
causes.
New
social
needs
are
also
of America, conveyed a highly
Resolution Demands Change
arising from our American de- feature Marvin Lowenthal, au-
The conference, dominated by confidential message to Deteroit
fense program, and the Red thor, lecturer, and historian. Mr.
discussion of the Struma disaster, Mizrachi.
Cross, the USO and other ap- Lowenthal is best known for his
which brought death of 760 Rn-
Rabbi Isaac Stollman and
peals are meeting these needs. book "The Jews of Germany; a
manian refugees in the Black Isaac Rosenthal were appointed
Likewise, local Jewish communi- Story of Sixteen Centuries,
Sea outside Istanbul, adopted a as delegates to attend the din-
ties, apart from their participa- which has received the acclaim
JAY ALLEN
tion in community chests, have of outstanding critics and hosts
resolution exprest.a.the convic- ner to 1 given in honor of Jew-
tion of British ---, ■ .'!":!Yrtn.at "the ish i n9P—Entimitigte—stores arc by a Customs Guard who caught continuing and increasing responL of readers.
attitude of the Palestine Admin- closed on Shabboth, which will him trying to cross the demar- sibilities for national Jewish pro-
Mr. Lowenthal will speak in
istration in the Struma and other be held March 15, at the Jewish cation line into "Free" France, grams and for specific local Jew- behalf of the United Jewish Ap-
incidents relating to Jewish refu- Center. Rabbi Wolf Gold, chair- after nine days in Paris without ish needs.
peal, American Jewry's single
gees was inimical to the best man of World Mizrachi, will be authorization. He had just re-
"At
this
time,
economic
condi-
fund-raising instrument to pro-
the principal speaker at the din- turned to France after six months
interests of the Allied cause."
in this country are reflect- vide for the relief and rehabili-
The resolution called unon the ner. A check for $25 will be pre- spent in French Morocco and tions
ing the intense development of tation of victims of war and op-
Colonial Secretary, Viscount sented in the name of Detroit other parts of Northern Africa. production for war purposes pression in European lands, for
He was held for two and a
Cranborne, "to make such radi- Mizrachi.
which involves a diversion of the upbuilding and defense of
cal changes in the personnel of
On Monday, March 16, at 8:30 half months before trial in the consumers' income and of pro- the Jewish Homeland in P•l-
the Palestine Administration and p. m., Rabbi Wolf Gold will he ancient prison of Chalon and ductive efforts from normal ac- estine and for the integration of
in the Colonial Office in London the principal speaker at an open investigated and questioned as tivities to defense production and refugees in the United States.
as will effect such fundamental forUm meeting sponsored by the a possible spy of both Winston financing. The amount of income On Sunday, March 8, the Jun-
alterations in the policy regard- Detroit Mizrachi at the Yeshivah Churchill and Stalin before being
Group Collection
to individuals for per- for Service
ing Jewish immigration as to pre- Beth Yehudah Bldg., Dexter sentenced to serve another four available
sonal
and
social
use
during
1941
Committee,
at
its final brunch-
Blvd. at Cortland. The meeting months simply for illegal cross- probably increased sufficiently so
See WEIZMANN—Page 9
See
JR.
DIVISION—Page
16
ing
of
the
line
between
occupied
will also be addressed by Rabbi
that larger amounts of income
Lazar Eichenstein. The public is and unoccupied France.
were
available
in
spite
of
in-
In Vichy, before his arrest,
invited. Rabbi Gold, who has been
he had been given spe- creased taxation. Continued di-
W. J. Cameron to a world traveler and observer, however,
version of raw materials from No Change In
has recently completed a trip cial facilities, talked with Wey- the production of consumers'
through South America and is gand and Petain, and had been goods to defense needs may off- Britain's Policy
Speak at Legion
keenly familiar with the condi- allowed to roam through French set some of the gains in national
Conference Here tion and circumstances of the possessions in Northern Africa income.
For Palestine
Jew and Judaism there and with unmolested.
"Policies to guide the fund-
Three
weeks
before
his
release
conditions, and has ob-
National Defense and political
Colonial Secretary
raising of the local community
served the renaissance of the on July 20, Allen was trans-
Legion in Present
Is Fully Satisfied
12
See
BUTZEL—Page
See ALLEN—Page 16
See SCHLUSSEL—Page 13

LONDON (JPS-Palcor)—Speak-
ing to a great meeting at Con-
way Hall, silenced by the deep
emotion with which he was
weighing his words, Dr. Chaim
Weizmann, president of the Jew-
ish Agency, condemned the Brit-
ish officials responsible for the
• death of 760 lives on the Struma
as guilty of an "unspeakable out-
rage."
He charged that there were
those in the Palestine Adminis-
tration who might wish to "break
the spirit" of the Yishuv and
"thereby diminish their war ef-
fort," but, he declared, "this will
never happen if our detractors
have these sinister intentions. We
will go on in Palestine and else-
where giving all we can in men
and effort and contribute to the
final victory in which we believe."
Dr. Weizmann, obviously care-
worn as he appeared before the
specially convened gathering of
the British Zionist Federation,
spoke in bitter terms that he has
not used since, last year, he de-
nounced the British Government
for its failure to carry through
its promise to him for the estab-
lishment of a Jewish army.

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Emergency Is Theme

1

The Department of Michigan
of the American Legion will hold
an all-day conference on March
14, at the Fort Shelby Hotel.
Local, state and national repre-
sentatives will be on the speak-
ing program. William J. Cam-
eron of the Ford Motor Co. will
speak on "Civilian Morale" at
9:30 a. m. Kenneth Burns, state
chairman of the Scrap Collection
Committee; Frank M. Isbey,
chairman of the Defense Saving
Staff of Michigan; Department
Commander Herman Luhrs; Her-
bert E. McDonald, director, Na-
tional Defense Committee, will
also be among the speakers. A
special luncheon will be held at
12:30 and the theme of the con-
ference will be "National De-
fense and the Place of the
American Legion in the Present
Emergency."
The Julius Rosenwald Post No.
218 of the American Legion is
actively participating in the le-
gionnaires' national, state and
local program. The post com-
mander and past commanders will
soon start an active program to
assist the Michigan Defense Sav-
ing Staff of which Frank M. Is-
bey is chairman. On March 25.
the Rosenwald Post will sponsor
a special program commemorat-
ing the 11th anniversary of the
Post, and the 23rd anniversary
of the American Legion. On

See CAMERON—Page 12

Commons Is Told

Central States Region of Jr. Hadassah
Re-Elects Goldie Shapiro As President

LONDON (JPS—Palcor)—The
insistence by the Manchester
Guardian that either the policy
of the Palestine Administration
or its personnel be changed
Conference Greeted by Mrs. Roosevelt, Senators Brown and Vandenberg, forthwith found echo in the
Governor Van Wagoner, Congressman Dingell and Mayor Edw. J. Jeffries House of Commons, whose mem-
bers were, however, told by Har-
cussion and questions from the old MacMillan, undersecretary of
The annual conference of the tion, program, membership, re-
state for the colonies, that Col-
Central States Region of Jr. Ha- gion news and Young Judaea, floor.
The "Chicken Promenade" was onial Secretary Viscount Cran-
dasi - .ah was held in Detroit, the session was opened to dis-
the occasion for the presentation borne is "fully satisfied that the
March 7 and 8, at Hotel Statler.
of skits and songs by the various Palestine government is faith-
At the pre-conference Oneg
units. The Toledo unit was fully carrying out the policy ap-
Shabat, greetings were extended
awarded first prize.
proved by Parliament" and that
by Marion Apple, chairman;
At Sunday morning sessions, he has "entire confidence in the
Helen Waldstein, president of
reports and discussions continued High Commissioner and in the
the Detroit unit, and Estelle
on fund-raising Jewish National members of his administration."
Stern, president of the Young
Fund, Senior-Junior relations,
Samuel Sydney Silverman, La-
Judaeans Leaders Council.
and the report of the regional borite, had started the discussion
The Detroit unit presented a
president.
in which other members also
play, "Cavalcade of Women in
Edith Bukspan of New York, subsequently expressed their dis-
Jewish History," followed by
national Jr. Hadassah vice presi- satisfaction with the Palestine
Palesi.inian songs and dances.
dent, was guest speaker at the Administration's attitude and RC-
Rabbi Jacob L. Nathan of Con-
luncheon, which was opened tions by asking whether the Col-
gregation Bnai Moshe formally
with a prayer by Anne Baker. onial Office was satisfied with
opened the conference Saturday
Greetings were presented by th e policy now being pursued by
night with the presentation of
Morris Lipnik, president of Avu- the Palestine Administration and
the invocation. A message of
kah; Yehuda Salter, president of it s personnel and whether it
welcome and encouragement was
the Zionist Youth Council, and would "consider drastic changes
read from Mayor Edward J.
Sarah Levine of Hashomer Hat- in both with a view to pursuing
Jeffries, Jr. The delegates and
zair. ' the policy best calculated to serve
guests were welcomed by Anne
Under the direction of Bea- Allied interests, in view of the
Baker, conference chairman, and
trice Waldman, the choral group approach of warlike actions in
Lillian Greenberg, Ann Milstein,
of the Columbus unit presented the Near East."
president of the Business and
Not satisfied with MacMillan's
Hebrew songs.
Professional Division, and Mrs.
Miss Bukspan in her address affirmation of faith, Silverman
Max Frank, president of Sr. Ha-
dassah, also brought greetings.
See GUARDIAN—Page 12
See CONVENTION—Page 16
GOLDIE SHAPIRO
Following reports on organiza-