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Detroit Jewish Chronicle

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VOL. 44, No. 27

DETROIT. MICHIGAN, FRIDAY. JULY 3. 1942

Benjamin Kaufman to Be Guest of
Department of Michigan Veterans

Meyersohn Heads
Pisgah Delegation
To Convention

R u d o l ph Meyersohn, newly-
elected president of Pisgah
Lodge, Bnai Brith, heads the list
"United We Stand" Theme of Program at
. of delegates that will represent
the lodge at the District Grand
Shaarey Zedek Social Hall on July 11-12
Lodge convention to take place
On July 11. and 12, the De- new Ladies Auxiliary
on
July 5, 6 and 7, at the Hotel
of Pot
partment of Michigan will be 190, as well as the department
Stevens, Chicago, Ill.
host to national commander, Ben- for the Ladies Auxiliary will
Other delegates that will at-
jamin Kaufman of Trenton, N. take place.
tend, according to Phil Roth-
.1.; J. George Fredman, past na-
schild, publicity director, include:
tional commander and editor of National commander, Mr. Kauf- Sam Maza, past president; Aaron
the Jewish Veteran; the national man, and editor of the Jewish Droock, past president of Dis-
executive committee; and the Veteran, George Fredman, held troit Grand Lodge No. 6; Samuel
Fifth Region of the Jewish War a one-half hour session with W. Leib, chairman of the War-
Veterans of the United States. President Roosevelt at the White Service committee; Harry Yud-
House on June 16. The National
The national commander, Mr. Jewish War Veteran program in koff, member of the general com-
Kaufman, will preside over the the war effort was the main mittee of the District Grand
national ex e c u t i v e committee topic of discussion.
Lodge; Milton Weinstein, presi-
meeting. ; the Fifth Region con-
dent of Pisgah Bowling League;
Posts
135,
190,
225,
231
and
ference will be directed by the
Henry M. Abramovitz, William
Fifth Region national vice-com- their auxiliaries will be repre- Friedman, Herbert Eskin, Max
mander, Dr. Robert Rosen; the
Goldhoff, Ben F. Goldman, Her-
See KAUFMAN—Page 10
Michigan D e p a r t m ent activity
man Osnos, A. J. Piel, Aaron
will be directed by department
Rosenberg, Louis Rosenzweig,
commander, Dr. Perry P. Burn-
Louis Schostak, Morris Shatzen,
stifle.
Joseph L. Staub. Alternates are
M. Lynder, A. Osher, B. Osher,
A tour of the important plants
Nathan D. Rosin and Lewis L.
is planned for Saturday after-
Steinberg.
noon, July 11. The national com-
mander will be heard over Radio
Pisgah Lodge will be one of the
Stations WWJ and WXYZ in the
hugest lodges that will attend
evening.
with those from 8 middle west
Public Meeting
states and three Canadian prov-
inces.
At 9:30 p. m. a public meet-
ing will be held in the social hall
of the Congregation Shaarey
Zedek, Chicago Blvd. and Lawton
No Discrimination in
Ave. The theme of the program
will be "United We Stand." The
Relief in Russia
speakers will include the national
commander, Mr. Kaufman; past
LONDON. ( WNS) — Charges
national commander, J. George made last week by Jewish leaders
Fredman; honorary department in Moscow and Jerusalem that
of Michigan chaplain, Rabbi Leon Polish officials were discriminat-
Frain, of Temple Israel; regional ing against Jews in the distribu-
vice-commander, Dr. Rosen; Fred tion of American-financed relief
M. Butzel, honorary president of among the millions of Polish, refu-
the Detroit Jewish Community gees stranded in Soviet Russia
Council, and Rabbi A. M. Hersh- was denied this week by the Po-
Made Chairman of .
man, of Congregation Shaarey lish Government-in-exile.
Zedek. Dr. Burnstine will be in
An authorized statement car-
Weizmann Foundation
charge of the program. An open ried by the Polish Telegraphic
house affair at the Book Cadillac Agency stated that Polish relief
Abraham Cooper, president of
Hotel at 11 o'clock with enter- workers in Russia had been in- the Zionist Organization of De-
tainment, Chairman Benjamin E. structed to distribute the relief troit, president of the Union
Cowan in charge, will follow the supplies in accordance with the
speaking program.
needs and to treat all Polish citi-
All-day conferences of the zens alike.
Fifth Region will be held on Sun-
The official statement added
day, July 11, at the Book Cadil- that Polish Jews were adequately
lac. Hotel, and a public subscrip- represented in the regional relief
tion dinner will be held at the offices which have been set up
hotel at 12 noon.
by the exiled Polish Government
The national president, Mrs. in Siberia, Uzbekistan and other
Miriam Hoffman, of the Ladies areas in which Polish refugees
Auxiliary, is also expected to be
a guest. The institution of the
See BIAS—Page 10

Anti-Jewish Bias
Denied by Polish
Exile Government

Abraham Cooper
Is Appointed To
Important Post

The Effect of War On
Inter-Faith Relations

Editor's Note: Ho w does th e war effect the relation between Jew
and Christian? Does evacuation. bombings and the other con-
ditions resulting from modern warfare intensify prejud i ce or
do these conditions inspire better understanding between the
faiths? The answers are evident in the following review of
inter-faith relations in England after two and a half years
of war.

difficulties were particularly for-
midable in the case of Jewish
mothers and children. Often the
country folk had never met Jew-
ish people before. Insofar as
Jewish observances made their
visitors different from themselves,
the Christian hosts felt unfriend-
ly towards their guests. People
who are different from the major-
ity are seldom popular.
Nevertheless, when the barriers,
built un from ignorance, were
destroyed by better acquaintance,
friendliness often ensued, especi-
ally for the children. Instances
are abundant of the best possible
relations existing between the Jew-
ish visitors and their Christian
hosts. These have been evolved
most frequently when Jews have
won respect through loyalty to
their faith, and when the Chris-
tians have shared the point of
view of a certain admirable foster
mother who said of the boy in
her charge: "I have never had
any trouble with him, except—
that he is a boy. I don't hold
with interfering. with his private
life, which is the business of his

See INTER-FAITH—Page 10

Ban Discriminatory Employment
Notices in All Detroit Schools

Superintendent Frank Cody Orders Cessation
of Such Practices Immediately

Discrimination in employment
is an American problem. It is
as much the concern of the so-
called majority group, as of
the minority groups against
whom discrimination is fre-
quently practiced.
The recognition of the gen-
eral character of this problem
is becoming increasingly wide-
spread. In our own city, recog-
nition of the problem by the
Detroit Public Schools has re-
sulted in an order instructing
the entire staff to ban all dis-
c r i m in atory employment an-

Welfare Leaders
From 6 States to
Meet in Cleveland

Theme, War Planning
For American Jewry

Members of the program com-
mittee of the East Central States
Region of the Council of Jewish
Federations and Welfare Funds,
met in Cleveland on Wednesday,
June 24, to make plans for the
East Central States Regional
Conference to be held in Cleve-
land on Oct. 10 and 11. Several
hundred welfare fund and feder-
ation leaders from six states: In-
iana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio,
Western Pennsylvania and West
Virginia, will be present.
The theme of the conference
will be: War Planning for the
American Jewish community. The
conference will open on Satur-
day night, Oct. 10, with a key-
note address presented by an out-
standing personality in Jewish
life. The speaker, in collaboration
with the Council of Jewish Fed-
erations and Welfare Funds, will

See FEDERATION—Page

10

nouncements from the school
system. It has also resulted in
the deletion of the question of
religious affiliation from em-
ployment registration cards used
in the Detroit Public Schools.
Below are the texts of the
letter from the Board of Edu-
cation advising the Jewish Com-
munity Council of Dr. Cody's
action in these matters, and
of the Executive Order which
was circulated throughout the
School Eystem:
Mr. Isaac Franck, Exec. Director,
Jewish Corn. Council of Detroit,
803 Washington Blvd. Bldg.,
Detroit, Michigan.
Dear Mr. Franck:
Superintendent Cody has re-
ferred to me your letter of June
9 and enclosure relating to the
subject of discrimination on ac-
count of color, nationality. race,
or religion.
The policy of the Detroit Pub-
lic Schools against such discrim-
ination is understood thoroughly
by most of us, but our group is
large and reminders may occa-
sionally be needed. Such a re-
minder was given during the
present semester but we are
glad to issue another, a copy of
which is attached. You will note
that this is addressed to the
entire school system, rather than
merely to the small counseling
group, and is being released
through official administrative
channels.
With reference to the men-
tion of religion on our registra-
tion card, referred to in the last
paragraph of your letter, the
form we are using was adapted
from a federal form which con-
tained the item. We have
blacked it out on the prorent
supply and will omit it from
future printings.
Thanking you for your in-
terest in our work, and with
best wishes, I am
Cordially,
(Signed)
Warren K. Layton,
Director.
Superintendent Cody has di-
rected that the following reg-

See BAN—Page 12

Theater Guild Membership
Campaign Gains Momentum

By LILY H. MONTAGU

The relation between Jews and
Christians is not one of steady
progress, or of definite deteriora-
tion. In some aspects of life, war
conditions have created antagon-
ism between members of the two
communities. War always inten-
sfies prejudice against the for-
eigner, and, by a most unfortun-
ate confusion of thought, the Jew
and the foreigner have been iden-
tified. Nevertheless, our young
people, who are to be found in
all the Services, are the best
promoters of good feeling between
Jews and Christians. If a man is
a good "chum," he makes friends
easily, whatever his origin or
faith; efficiency is recognized and
utilized by those responsible for
the organization of the forces,
and men and women of any faith
advance according to their merits.
It is generally agreed that the
evacuation scheme was fraught
with immense difficulties which
would probably have wrecked it,
had it not been that at the time
of its conception the need for its
e stablishment was so urgent, and
the basic intentions of its pro-
moters altogether admirable. The

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ABRAHAM COOPER

Investment Company, member of
the Board of Governors of the
Jewish Welfare Federation and
for many years an active com-
munal worker has been appoint-
ed the Detroit chairman for the
Chaim Weizniann Chemical Re-
search Foundation of Rehovath
Palestine.
The local committee has not
yet been appointed by Mr.
Cooper. He expects to make his
selections within a few weeks.
The Weizmann Foundation has
among its sponsors some of the
best known chemists and scien-
tists in the world.
The National officers of the
Foundation are the following:
Honorary Director of Re-
search, Dr. Chaim Weizmann;
president, Nate S. Shapero, De-
troit; chairman of the board,
Lewis J. Ruskin, Chicago.
Board of Trustees: Prof. Al-
bert Einstein, Princeton, N. J.;
Prof. E. Berl, Pittsburgh, Car-

See

COOPER—Page 9

Both Jewish and Anglo-Jew-
ish press have commended the
Detroit Jewish Community upon
the formation of a Jewish Thea-
ter Guild. The "Reconstruction-
ist Magazine," edited in New
York,- comments editorially : "De-
troit continues to show the way
. . . A Jewish Theater Guild can
develop into something really
exciting if it is directed prop-
erly. We hope that this one
will be so directed. May we
urge that standards be kept
high, that a carefully worked out
plan be publicized whether crea-
tive work for the theater will
be stimulated . . . A Guild can
do much to bring about a ren-
aissance of dramatic art in Jew-
ish life. We wish it well."
The "Jewish Morning Jour-
nal" makes laudatory note of
the fact that in view of the
communal character of the Thea-
ter Guild, and out of considera-
tion for an important sector of
its membership, a decision has
been reached not to give per-
formances on the Sabbath.
The Chicago Jewish "Cour-
ier" likewise greets this under-
taking with praise for the De-
troit Jewish community and its
devotion to Jewish values and
cultural possessions.
Detroit Jewry is evidencing
its approval by participating in
the present campaign to create

a fund of $25,000. This fund
will enable the functioning of
the theater at the very begin-
ning of the theatrical season in
the fall. Membership in the
Theater Guild, $1.00 per month,
entitles holders to reductions on
theater tickets, free admission
for children to special children
performances, and free admis-
sion to the literary evenings and
lectures which are to be ar-
ranged (luring the course of the
theatrical season. The member-
ship committee, now soliciting
3,000 members, has been encour-
aged by the response both in
affiliation and in sp'ecial dona-
tions. At the conclusion of the
campaign a list of contributors
will be published.

Women Active

Leading Detroit Jewish wo-
men are now active in organ-
izing' a Women's Division. It
is hoped that every Jewish wo-
man in Detroit, regardless of
her present affiliations, will be
enrolled in the ranks of this
communal-cultural activity, thus
extending the artistic benefits
available to her entire family.
This group will have under its
supervision %anyjetails con-
nected with tile staking of the
children's performances, includ-
ing suggestions for the repetoire.
Every large Jewish women's
organization is expected to be

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