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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and the Legal Chronicle

CAMPAIGN

(Continued from Page 1)

the mechanical trades, with
77%, or $107,331 of its quota
realized ; followed closely by
Division A, the mercantile group,
with 76% . The leaders of Divi-
sion C are Harry Frank, Harry
S. Grant and Samuel J. Rands,
and the chairmen of Division A
are Israel Himelhoch, Louis Rob-
inson and Max Osnos. The mer-
cantile group had the distinc-
tion of reporting the greatest
amount of money, a total of
$164,107.
Special honors also went to
the women's division, which
oversubscribed its quota of $95,-
000, in advance of the opening
of the general campaign, and
to the Junior Division which,
despite losses in workers and
in contributors because of the
War, nevertheless has reported
to date $14,23, which is 95%
of its quota.
The record of pledges re-
ported to date by divisions are :
Division A: $164,107-76%;
Division B: $42,570-54% ; Di-
vision C—$107,331-77% ; Divi-
sion D: $106,349-78% ; Divi-
sion E: $63,179-82% ; Division
F: $75,224-59% ; Division G:
$40,713 — 68% ; Division H,
Treasury Gifts : $17,373-45% ;
Division J, Juniors: $14,203—
95% ; Women's Division : $95,-
106-100% . Grand Total : $726,-
155-74% .

ACTIVITIES REVIEWED

In his address to the cam-
paign workers last Monday, Mr.
Hyman reviewed the far-flung
activities of the Joint Distribu-
tion Committee in countries all
over the world, describing how,
despite difficulties of war, the
relief and reconstruction activi-
ties continue in scores of coun-
tries, to some extent even tin
the Nazi-occupied lands, under
arrangements which do not in
any way aid enemy economy
and which do have the sanction
of the United States Govern-
ment.
Following his talk, Mr. Hyman
told the inside story of the
Steamship San Thome, a Portu-
guese vessel, which arrived in
Havana on May 5, bringing to
a happy ending a most difficult
situation :
"We are very happy," said
Mr. Hyman, "to be able to re-
port to you the successful solu-
tion of a problem which threat-
ened for some time to create a
most tragic situation. The 210
refugee passengers aboard the
Portuguese vessel San Thome
were yesterday permitted to de-
bark in Havana, thus averting
the threat that they might have
to return to Europe.
"On April 16th our represen-
tative in Havana informed us
that Cuba had issued a decree
forbidding the entrance of na-
tives or citizens of enemy or
enemy-occupied countries. On
was dropping anchor in Vera
Cruz with some 50 passengers

destined for Mexico, Cuba and
the United States. The SS San
Thome was one of the boats
for whose special sailing the
J.D.C. had arranged.
On inquiry to Havana as to
whther the decree would cover
the 257 Cuban visa-holders
aboard the San Thome, it was
stated that the decree made no
exception for those on the
water, even though they had
embarked before it was issued.
The boat remained in Vera Cruz
for a number of days because
of some difficulty with 34 Jew-
ish refugees destined for Mexico
who were members of the Inter-
national Brigade, which had
fought for the Spanish Loyal-
ists. Fortunately, the Mexican
Government agreed to admit
these refugees on the posting of
bonds by the Mexican central
Jewish committee, which we sub-
vention.

WORK INCESSANTLY

"For two weeks we worked
incessantly to effect the admis-
sion of the 257 refugees into
Cuba. We were very much con-
cerned lest ' premature news-
paper publicity jeopardize the
chances of the refugees' land-
ing, and we did everything we
could to prevent such publicity.
The good will and interest of
the Polish Embassy, the Czech
Embassy and the British Em-
bassy, as well as of important
officials of our own Government
were enlisted by us and the
President's Advisory Committee
on Political Refugees. Arch-
bishop Rummel, a member of
the President's Advisory Com-
mittee, took an active part in
communicating directly with the
President of Cuha and with
other high officials in Havana,
urging the admission of these
refugees on humanitarian
grounds.
"The San Thome arrived in
Havana on Sunday morning,
April 26. Some 47 refugees who
were not natives or citizens of
enemy or enemy-occupied coun-
tries were permitted to debark.
The remaining 210 stayed aboard
the boat, which for ten days
lay anchored in the harbor. Dur-
ing that period, our Havana
office was in continuous touch
with Cuban Government officials
and with interested public-spir-
ited persons. We were in daily
telephone commpnication with
Havana. The efforts of all were
finally successful ; at 11:45 p.
m. on May 5 we were advised
by telephone that the Cuban
Government had ordered the ad-
mission of all the refugees on
board the San Thome.
"We need not emphasize the
painful and undesirable reper-
cussions that would have ensued
had the decision been to return
these refugees to concentration
camps in Spain and Casablanca.
We are therefore most gratified
to be able to advise you that
through the sympathetic interest
and cooperation of the various
groups here and in Havana, it
was possible to avert a tragic
injustice to innocent people who,

May 22. 1942

SHEVUOTH FEAST OF WEEKS

By MYER BECKMAN

EXERCISES

(Continued from Page I

Editor's Note: Mr. Beckman is a graduate of the Jewish Theologi- and
Portnoy, Harold
sal Seminary of Tel:.
Hershel Sandberg, Elm o ,

Shevuoth, Feast of Weeks, is
linked with Passover. Without a
Feast of Weeks, there could be
no Passover. Feast of Weeks
stands for the liberation of the
soul; and Passover stand for
the liberation of the body. There
could be no real liberation of
the body without a liberation of
the soul as well.
Liberty embraces three kinds
of freedoms : First, freedom from
enslavement of the body; sec-
ond, freedom of conscience or
expression through speech and
press, and third, freedom to
practice and observe our reli-
gion which stands for justice and
righteousness.
Our conception of democracy,
that democracy for which we
are now fighting and seeking to
preserve, is set forth in our Bill
of Rights which guarantees prop-
erty rights, personal and reli-
gious rights. We all cherish and
appreciate the freedom and
rights under our democratic
form of government, but that
freedom or right which is most
important to us, the right to
practice and observe our reli-
gion is the most neglected of
all.

All the freedom we now have
is meaningless and empty unless
the right to practice and observe
our religion is actually taken
advantage of and not merely
deemed a right which we have
the liberty to ignore. The lib-
erty guaranteed us under our
Constitution and Bill of Rights
carries with it also the obliga-
tion of restraint—moral and
physical restraint. Unless we
practice that restraint and lead
clean moral lives, our freedom
becomes meaningless. The Tal-
mud very pithily says: "No one
is a free man unless he studies
the Torah," meaning thereby
that in order to be truly free
you must be moral and practice
the law of justice and righteous-
ness. Our Torah is our law of
morals and of ethics and if you
study and observe the teachings
our Torah then you are truly a
free man, because it teaches re-
straint and gives us the will to
overcome passion, evil and wrong
doing. And, as the poet wrote
and we repeat in our daily pray-
ers: "Happy is the man who
hearkeneth thy Commandments,
and lays thy Law and Words in
his heart."

biner, Marvin Weiss, and H , r is
Zelonka. The instructor is I
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Parkside Branch: hSid en(‘ \y e s kInve idr:
ler, president ; Delia
vice-president ; David Lev, sec-
r etary; ; David Levine, tro. firer.
Graduates : Barbara Bross, Dan.
iel Gilbert, David Levine, ∎ avid
Levy, Morris Silver, Sidney s w id-
ler, Delphine Weisner, and p earl
Weisner. The instructor i, Mi-
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Feigenson Brothers, the I dius
Rosenwald Auxiliary of the
American Legion, Unit No. '218,
and the Kvutzah Ivrith,

Rabbi Sperka's
Shevuoth Sermons

On Shevuoth, Friday and Sat-
Rabbi Sperka will poa ch
at the Bnai David Synagogoo as
follows : Friday he will In oach
on "The Torah" ; Saturday, the
secand (lay of Shevuoth, "In-
spiration". Yiskor services will
be chanted Saturday at Io:30
with Cantor Singer officiating.

urday,

Children of Shaarey Zedek Shaw Family
School to Participate in
Mrs. B. Remenick, president
Shevuoth Service
of the Bessie Shaw Family Club,

In accordance with the annual
custom, students of the Shaarey
Zedek religious school, who arm
also members of the Junior Con-
gregation, will discuss the Ten
Commandments during the She-
vuoth services in the main syq r
agogue May 22. The followin
will participate : First Command-
ment, Lester Becher; SecoN1
Commandment, Sylvia Schwartz(
Third Commandment, Lila Hertz-
berg; F o u r t h Commandment,
Shirley Dunitz ; Fifth Command-
ment, Fred Barnett; Sixth Corn:
mandment, Rita Schaefer; Sev-
enth Commandment, Bernice Ad-
ler ; Eighth Commandment, Lane
Sidder ; N i n t h Commandment,
Esther Sklar; Tenth Command-
ment, Daniel Gilbert.

announces that a Mother and
Daughter dinner will be held
Monday, May 25, 6:30 p. m.
at the Wilshire Hotel.
The Shaw Family Club thanks
Mrs. B. Redblatt for taking an
active part in the successful
card party. Twenty-five dollars
was given to the Russian War
Relief.

Ladies Aux. 135 Delegates
Attended Conference

The following members of the
Detroit Ladies Aux. No. 135
Jewish War Veterans of the
U. S. attended the 5th regional
conference held at the Congress
Hotel, Chicago, May 16-17.
Mrs. May Ginsburg, president;
Mrs. Rose Cowan, Nat. Trustee ;
in good faith, had embarked for Mrs. Ann Elias, Mrs. Beatrice
freedom in the Western Hemi- Madison and Mrs. Lillian Feld-
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THE WHITE HOUSE

WASHINGTON

May 14,

1942

My deer Rabbi Wise:

In these dye when inhumanity end cruelty
are taking toll of so many innocent victims throughout
the world, it is more than ever necessary for us to
uphold the ideal of helpfulness to others. Organ-
izations such as the United Jewish Appeal are giving
concrete evidence of the determination of free men
that persecution, homelessness, and racial discrim-
ination shall be banished.

Through the support which is extended to
this organization and to other similar organizations,
we can reinforce the humaniterirm front as a vital
sector in our war effort. It is my sincere hope that
the campaign of the United Jewish Appeal will meet
with an enthusiastic response from all generous-
hearted people.

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1942 United Jewish Appeal,
342 Madison Avenue,
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