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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and the Legal Chronicle
Mardi 27, 1
ARMY
its solution in the Middle E ast, not only suffered the greatest
with good will and cooperate on, hardships, but also did some of the
hundreds of thousands of bro ken hardest and most effective fighting
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and discouraged human bei ngs in this war, there is serious dan-
Jewish populations could be ad- could be filled with fresh h ope ger that the peace-makers, in their
justed, as the basis for coopera- and given a new purpose of It fe. eagerness to appease the various
tion between the 10,000,000 in-
But the Middle East will be claimants to post-war recognition,
habitants of the Near East and the next important battlefied in will ignore the plight of the
the Middle East territories, the this war. Hitler needs the oil of millions of homeless Jews who are
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British government had dodged Mosul. He wants Egypt and P al- wandering over the face of the
the issue so consistently, that the estine and intends to go fr om earth, as it was ignored in the W e go everywhere—no money
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Arab peoples are in danger of there to Iraq and Iran and In- eight-point program and in every
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falling to the Axis by default.
dia. Britain's defeat in Libya h as official statement thus far made
season
made
Egypt
hesitate
to
join
t
he by the Allied countries on their
Last fall, Sir Norman Angell
urged the British government to Allies wholeheartedly and Pal es- aims in this War.
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tine
is
in
grave
danger.
pursue a policy of frankness with
The
American
Committee
for
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Who could defend it with gre at-
the Arabs and to impress upon
at Jewish army, located at 535
er
courage
and
fight
for
it
wi
th
them the right of the Jews to
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a homeland." The British, said more zeal than the Jews? Th ey 5th Ave., New York City, under
Sir Norman, have been trying to know what a German victory in the chairmanship of Pierre van
appease the Arabs at the cost of Palestine would mean. They kn ow Paassen, is certain that the Jewish
things they promised to the Jews. that the horrors that Poland h as army will become a reality within
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Such methods are not conducive had to endure would pall in to six month. The committee for a
insignificance
before
the
fate
th
to trust and confidence.
waits for the Jews of Palestine at Jewish army—I quote from its
if official declaration—"believes that
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Hitler is victorious there. Th at
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this can be realized through the
is one reason why I support t
Internationalist
men and women who are world he full mobilization of public opinion,
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Ili; especially in the United States,
I am not a Zionist, I am an ing for a Jewish army.
urging the democratic nations to
internationalist. I have always
But it is not the only reaso grant to the Jews the right and
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fought against nationalism. But The enemies of the Jews accuse a.
d
I recognize the tremendous im- them of cowardice. It has bee opportunity to take part in the
Prescription s Our Specialty
portance of Palestine as a haven said again and again that th a world wide struggle to defeat Hit-
Upholstering t
e
ler
and
the
Axis
powers.
After
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for the 7,000,000 homeless Jews Jew is physically unfit to defend
of Europe. In Palestine millions his own honor and unwilling to the successful conclusion of this
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of Jews could find a new exist- sacrifice his life for a great cause. six months campaign, the British
ence. Until the many thousands These slanders were disproven in government, and other govern-
of young Jewish intellectuals who the first as well as the second ments concerned, will not be in
any position to avoid approval
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changed this gigantic sand dune World War. The Jewish citizen of
a Jewish army." -
in
this
and
in
every
other
coun-
from
a
medieval
farming
com-
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It
is known that the Roosevelt
tryy
has
fulfilled
his
duty
to
the
munity into a modern agricul-
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REFINISHING
tural state and established its in- utmost, but his detractors are still administration favors their plan.
Leading
members
of
both
branches
unconvinced.
dustries until today it is almost
of Congress-6 senators, 27 mem-
self-sufficient, Palestine was a des-
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bers of the House of Representa-
olate, forgotten corner of the • Significant Statistics
According to a recent statement tives, 46 military and naval au-
world. It still has room and work
of
George
Hall,
British
under-
TYler 6-9679
thorities — are members of the
for twice as many people as are
living there today. A large part secretary for Colonies, there are American Committee for a Jewish
L. LEVINE V SON
of the Jewish problem could find 1,575 Jews from Palestine in the army and it should not be diffi-
Royal Air Force. The Jewish cult to get Lend-Lease Funds for
Telegraph Rd. at Jas. Couzens
fighting •forces in Palestine num- such a purpose.
RE dford 0104
ber approximately 9,000 including
1 ,505 missing or prisoners. In the
first World War there were more
han 1,500,000 Jews among the
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t otal 65,000,000 men under arms.
he Jewish population in the 16
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ountries who participated in the
fi rst World War was only one
Man u factu rers
er cent of the total population
0 f these countries, yet the Jews
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onstituted over two per cent of
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t he mobilized forces. There were
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he 42,000,000 mobilized by the
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1 2 Allied nations; that makes
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2 1/2 per cent while the Jewish
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p opulation in these countries was
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0 nly one per cent of the total
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opulation. Figures for the United
S tates show that 250,000 Jews (4.5
p er cent) out of a total of 4,-
3 35,000 Americans mobilized for
se rvice in the first World War,
al though the Jewish population in
th is country was Blighty more than
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th ree per cent of the total.
In the first World War these
Herman J. Agins
Nathan Kaplan
Je ws fought under the banners of
th eir respective countries, the
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eq uals of their countrymen. Today,
Israel M. Malek
w e have a different situation.
Abraham Schmidt
Je wish leaders declare that there
ar e 250,000 Jews in the Middle
ast who would volunteer to fight
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in a Jewish army in the Allied
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ca use. A Jewish army would give
th ousands, perhaps tens of thou-
H. B. CLARK
sa nds of Jews from occupied coun-
C. H. CARPENTER
tr ies and in such neutral countries
GENERAL
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as Switzerland, Sweden, Portugal,
So uth and Central America a
ch ance to fight for the cause of
fr eedom.
Upon this important occasion
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we express our felicitations to
the entire community. May
you all be blessed with an
abundance of good health, hap-
piness, comfort and security
"A
Joyous Passover
• A Guarantee for Post War
Settlement
Last, but not least, a Jewish
ar my is the Jews' guarantee that
his problems will be considered at
th e end of this war. World Jewry
fee Is that its chance of getting
a hearing in the coming peace
ne gotiations will be in direct ratio
to its recognizable and clearly
de finable contribution to the con-
du ct of the war. Freedom is not
a gift. Freedom is not given to
tho se who suffer the most, but to
tho se who fight the hardest. Un-
les s the world can be shown, clear-
ly and unmistakably, that the Jews
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