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Detroit Jewish Chronicle

and The Legal Chronicle

"Social Justice" Invites Jewish
Leaders to Confer With Father
Coughlin on Saving Religion

Dr. Weinnann
Arrives In N. Y.

To Push Jewish Army
Plan; Sen. Johnson Urges
Its Formation

NEW YORK. (WNS) — Dr.
Chaim Weizmann, president of
the Jewish Agency for Palestine
American Fifth Column Jolted by Government and of the World Zionist Organi-
arrived here this week by
Action Against Paper; New York Press Lauds Ban zation,
Pan-American clipper for a se-
Against Allegedly Seditious Journal
ries of important conferences

"Social Justice," Father Cough-
lin's pro-Nazi and anti-Semitic
mouthpiece which was barred Bnai Brit!' Member
from the United States mails last Drive Ends Apr. 30
week by order of Postmaster-
General Walker, this week in-
Public Initiation May 3;
vited American Jewish leaders to
Wm.
Saltiel of Chicago
visit Royal Oak for a spiritual
To
Be
Guest Speaker
conference with the Jew-baiting
Detroit priest.
The city-wide Bnai Brith mem-
"Would it not be a strange bership drive which has been con-
event?" the Church - denounced ducted jointly by Pisgah Lodge
magazine asked its estimated No. 34, Louis Marshall Lodge No.
200,000 readers, if they all met 1203, Detroit Lodge No. 1374,
at the Shrine of the Little Flow- Theodor Herzl Lodge No. 13377
er, to discuss "ways and means and the East Side Lodge will
of preserving the light of reli- offiCally end on April 30.
Harry Yudkoff, co-chairman of
gion in a world of tempests
which is so bent upon extin- the city-wide drive, states that
the response to this drive is very
guishing the torch?"
gratifying to the membership
In the same issue "Social Jus- committees of each lodge. He fur-
tice" expressed appreciation for the• stated that every male Jew
Milton Mayer's article, "The of good character, 21 years or
Case Against the Jew," which older, is eligible for membership
appeared in the Saturday Eve- in Bnai Brith. Anyone who hasn't
ning Post, praising the author been approached and desires to
as "a gifted Jewish writer." Re- affiliate with Bnai Brith can do
ferring to the article, which pro- so by contacting any of the five
voked a storm of nation-wide lodges mentioned above before
condemnation, the anti-Semitic April 30.
publication said it "is more than
On Sunday evening, May 3, all
a composition of scintillating new members who joined Bnai
sentences."
Brith during this city-wide drive
"Its concluding portion is a will be initiated at a joint public
burning noonday sun which pene- initiation in the man auditorium
trates the sham of present-day of the Jewish Community Center.
By popular request, the com-
materialism as it makes clear
the everlasting truth of right-
See BNAI BRITH—Page 3
eousness," the Coughlin mouth-
piece added. "In other words,"
Mayer tells the Jews that they Pioneer Women to
can't assimilate or be assimi-
lated. It is significant that the Hold 8th National
Saturday Evening Post article
represents the emergence of the Convention in Detroit
Jewish question from the limited
The eighth national convention
sphere in which it has been
of the Pioneer Women's Organi-
held."
Ear 1 i e r, Father Coughlin zation will be held from June 10
blamed "Jews, Communists and through 14, at the Book-Cadillac
New Dealers" for Postmaster- Hotel, Detroit, according to an
General Walker's action in bar-
ring the magazine from the mails. announcement issued by the Na-
tional Executive Committee by
FIFTH COLUMN
the national secretariat, Miss
JOLTED BY ACTION
Sara Feder and Miss Dvora
WASHINGTON (WNS) — The Rothbard
American fifth column received
Due to the war it was decided
its most serious setback since to call the convention earlier than
Pearl Harbor when Postmaster- usual this time. The urgent need
General Walker, acting on in- of its sister organization in Pal-
formation given him by Attorney estine, the Working Women's
General Francis Biddle, ordered Council, for a larger budget to
the anti-United Nations and anti- cover its expanding program on
Semitic mouthpiece of Father behalf of women's training and
Coughlin, "Social Justice," barred children's services, has increased
the ever growing responsibilities
from the United States mails.
Government action against the of the Pioneer Women's Organi-

See COUGHLIN—Page 12

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Quota of $985,000 Is Set For
The 1942 Detroit Allied Jewish
Campaign to Be Opened on May 10

Appropriate Literature; Trained Speakers; A
Motion Picture, "The Promise," Are Being
Effectively Used in Present Drive

Plans are going forward for
the formal opening of the Allied
David I_ Herris to
Jewish Campaign on Sunday eve-
ning, May 10, in the ballroom of
Preside at Midi.
Hotel Statler, under the chair-
Synagogue Meeting manship of Fred M. Butzel.
In advance of the launching of
Dr. Isadore Goodman, As- the general drive, the pre-cam-
paign group has been holding a
sistant Chief Rabbi of
series of meetings, with Rabbi
Britain, Guest Speaker
Abba Ilillel Silver as the speaker
David I. Berris, prominent De- on April 15, and Mr. William Ro-
troit attorney, well known for senwald the guest at a meeting
his activity in Jewish communal last Tuesday evening, April 21.
affairs, especially in connection Early reports indicate a definite
upward trend in the level of giv-
with Young Israel and the Ye- ing. in keeping with the increased
shiva Beth Yehudah, will preside requirements this year. The goal
at the sessions of the annual for 1942 is $985,000, as compared
meeting of the Michigan Syna- with a total of $835,000 raised
gogue Conference which will be last year.
held in Congregation Beth Te-
The public relations committee,
filo Emanuel, Taylor and Wood- under
the chairmanship of Israel
row Wilson, on Sunday, May 3. H;melhoch, prepared appropriate
The guest speaker at the literature including direct-mail
gathering will be Rabbi Dr. Isa- pieces, posters, leaflets, and other
dore Goodman, assistant to the aids to workers and contributors,
Chief Rabbi of the British Em- toward a better understanding of
pire, who will review Jewish the campaign and the 55 causes
life in England during the mem- embraced in it.
orable air-battle for Britain. The
The speakers' bureau, under
convention being devoted to the the leadership of Rabbi Leon
CHAIM WEIZMANN
discussion of war-time problems Frani• has provided speakers to
of internal Jewish life, it is ex- date for more than 150 meetings.
with American Zionist leaders.
He was accompanied by Mrs. pected that the keynote of the A motion picture, "The Promise",
convention will be sounded by prepared for the United Jewish
Weizmann.
the distinguished visitor. This
The world Zionist leader told will be Rabbi Goodman's only Appeal by Film Associates, Inc.,
newsmen that one of the reasons talk on this subject in Detroit. also is being shown at meetings.
Arrangements for showings can
for his trip here was to further
be made by getting in touch with
plans for the creation of a Jewish
the speakers' bureau at campaign
Army in Palestine to fight with
headquarters, Randolph 9340,
See BERRIS—Page 11
the United Nations. Despite the
Room 1401, Hotel Statler.
fact that the British Government Russian War Relief
Mrs. Walter E. Heller, chair-
has formally rejected the Jewish
man of the Women's Division of
Agency's offer to establish a Jew- To Dedicate Center
the Jewish Welfare Fund of Chi-
ish military force in Palestine,
cago, will be the speaker at the
Dr. Weizmann indicated that the On Dexter Boulevard
report luncheon-meeting of the
See WEIZMANN—Page 12
Mrs. Bayre Levin to Pre- women's division of the Allied
Jewish Campaign next Friday,
side at Exercises on
May 1, at 12:15 p. m., at the
Wednesday, April 29
Jewish Community Center.
There also will be a report
A community center operated rally of the women's division on
by the Detroit Committee of Rus- Monday, April 27, at 12:15 p .m.,
sian War Relief, Inc., will be ded- at the Jewish Community Center.
icated April 29 at 8:30 p. m., at
10330 Dexter Blvd. Union labor WOMEN PASS
contributed its services toward HALFWAY MARK
the repair and decoration of the
The women's campaign, under
store building, offered rent free the chairmanship of Mrs. Hyman
Four Day Meeting To by the Massachusetts Mutual Life C. Broder, this week passed the
Company. Mrs. Bayre half way mark in prospects cov-
Be Held at Hotel Astor, Insurance
Levin will preside at the dedica-
with more than $61,000
New York, April 25-28 tion ceremony and will outline a ered,
rased toward the division's goal
program of community activity
A four-day convention mark- for the northwest section on be- of $95,000.
The men workers in the cam-
ing the 12th anniversary of the
half of RWR.
paign
are organized in eight ma-
Women's Division of the Ameri-
The first gift of new surgical jor divisions, each of which has
can Jewish Congress will be held instruments and supplies was been holding work sessions, trade
at Hotel Astor, New York City, presented to RWR through the by trade, and profession by pro-
April 25 to 28, inclusive.

Detroit Women to
Take Part in Jewish
Congress Conclave

See CENTER—Page 12

See WOMEN—Page 3

See CAMPAIGN—Page 10

Post Denies Anti-Semitism
Regrets Misunderstanding

.5,000 Refugees Escape from
Europe Since Pearl Harbor

The gangplank is still up for
refugees seeking to escape from
Europe with some 1,200 persons
to be evacuated by the Joint
Distribution Committee between
now and May 15, it was disclosed
this week by Joseph C. Hyman,
executive vice-chairman of the
.1. D. C., in a message to De-
troit campaign officers of the
Allied Jewish Campaign. Announ-
cing the sailing of two Portu-
guese vessels for the Western
Hemisphere within the next
month, Mr. Hyman said that
this would bring to close to
5.000 the number of refugees
emigrated from Europe since
Pearl Harbor with J. D. C. help.
The J. D. C., which receives
its funds from the campaign col-
lections of the United Jewish
Appeal for Refugees, Overseas
Needs and Palestine, has pro-
vided transportation for a con-
tinuous stream of refugees from
the Old to the New World
throughout' the perjod since
America's entry into the war,
Mr...Hyman pointed out. Citing

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DETROIT. MICHIGAN. FRIDAY, APRIL 24. 1942

VOL. 44, NO. 17

the favorable factors which had
enabled the J. D. C. to rescue
men, women and children from
Europe, he declared:
"When America entered the
war, the J. D. C. geared its serv-
ices overseas and here to meet
the new emergency. For a long
time it had conducted a high-
speed rescue operation for thou-
sands of refugees in Europe and
and Africa holding visas for the
United States or Latin American
countries. It arranged for trans-
portation by buying up bulk or
total space on neutral boats,
which insured sailing at specific
times and averted the threat of
expiring visas."
The J. D. C.'s risk lies in the
fact that it pays in advance for
space which may have to remain
empty if any one of a thousand
untoward circumstances prevents
passengers from embarking," he
said. "But unless it took those
risks there would be no assur-
ance that boats would cross the

A discussion of various prob-
lems concerning American and
world Jewry, from which will
develop a program of activity
to deal with these problems im-
mediately and in connection
with a post war reconstruction
program will be presented.
Mrs. Irma Lindheim will ad-
dress an Oneg Shabbat at the
Free Synagogue on Saturday,
April 25. A reception to the del-
egates will be held at Rodelph

See REFUGEES—PaPge 10

See CONGRESS—Page 10

MRS. STEPHEN

WISE

"Naturally we deeply regret
PHILADELPHIA. (W N S)—
The Saturday Evening Post pur- this misunderstanding," the edi-
chased advertising space in lead- torial continued. "The Post never
ing newspapers throughout the has been, is not now and never
country this week to disclaim any will be anti-Semitic in belief or
anti-Semitic bias and to express expression. It is not anti any
its "regret" at the "misunder- group. We have always been as
standing" caused by Milton May- quick to publish material setting
er's article, "The Case Against forth a noteworthy accomplish-
ment of Jews as of Gentiles. We
the Jew".
The magazine admitted in a have done so because we have al-
special editorial, written by its ways believed that a good Amer-
new editor, Ben Hibbs, which will ican is a good American regard-
appear in the May 16 issue of less of race or creed. That this
is still our policy will be demon-
the Post, that it had received sev- strated during the months to come
eral thousand letters from both by material some of which is al-
Jews and Gentiles "who sincerely ready in the process of being
believe the article was intended
as an attack on the Jewish peo- written.
"This editorial is being pub-
ple."
lished not only to clear away a
The editorial explained that the misunderstanding, but because the
former Post editor, who pur- new editor of the Post feels so
chased the articles on the Jews deeply, so completely, that the
in the United States, had hoped only real cause in these anxious
through the series to "afford an war days is the cause of Amer-
intelligent basis for the discussion ica—the cause of freedom. We
of a question which, through the Americans are a cohesive people
malice and stupidity of Axis who get along with one another
leaders, has caused untold grief
See POST—Page 12
in many parts of the world."

