10 DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle September I I. 1142 Mexico - Our 123,000 Neighbors By DR. LOUIS FINKELSTEIN or professional men in Europe, remarkable results. About one EDITOR'S NOTE: No longer refugees from the Past but rather have cultivated the fields, reared third of the refugee popul: homes, built roads and estab- or sonic 4,000 people, are immigrants to the future, 123.000 Jews are building new life and future in Latin America. Describing their resettle- fished a modern community in fully employed. What is SAM AARON, Prop. ment and their contributions, Dr. Finkelstein asserts that much a region which had known only they have started some 801 CLEANERS and DYERS of the post-war Jewish future may be influenced by what is the primitive Indian. terprises, many of which arc V Sometimes, special aid was re- to the country. Articles now accomplished for Jewish immigrants in Latin America. Bch 8934 Linwood TYler 4-7760 had formerly been imp, quired. The J.D.C. made a grant From the Rio Grande to Cape tions are that our immediate in- of $22,500 to supplement funds See NEIGHBORS—Pa ge Horn, across the pampas, hills terests are involved, that much raised by the Brazilian refugee and cities of Central and South of the Jewish future which is aid committee to enable 5,000 NEW YEAR'S GREETINGS America, there are 123,000 new of such poignant hopefullness refugees in that country to pay neighbors o f ours—men, women this New Year, depends, after an government fees and taxes so and children who have escaped Allied triumph, upon what we that they might change their from war and persecution in the are now able to accomplish in status from that of "visitors" Old World to freedom and op- Latin America for the Jewish to "residents" with the advan- ROSH HASIIONAII GREETING • portunity in the ew World. immigrants there. tage of the right to work and It is important for us, as well The events of the past few earn a living. Detroit's Finest as for them, that we be good years have taught realism-- What have been the outstand- Artist, Drafting, and Sign Supplies and interested neighbors. Why sometimes bitter — to us as ing effects of relief work in 10 is the welfare of these people Americans and as Jews. They republics and three elonoies up Temporary Location so important to us? Have we have taught us that anti-Semi- and down Central and South 7317 WOODWARD special considerations to bear :n tism is a peril not only to the America? TRINITY 1-0150 mind other than mere good Jew, but to all civilization. In Chile, where the Jewish neighborliness? Free Parking in Rear of Store Anti-Semitism is an instrument population of 13,000 was doub- The answers to these ques- used by ambitious and unscrupu- led within a few years by the Ions men to direct the hostility arrival of refugees, the process of the populace toward a special of speedy adjustment has had group, while they carry out foul plots to overthrow democratic 24 HOUR SERVICE governments, and enslave free peoples. In the Americas, anti- Semitism has furthermore be- L'Shono Tovo Tikosevu! BARBECUE and come the instrument of Nazi penetration. The Nazis and Fas- VIENNA ROLLS cists have long cast covetous MAY THE NEW YEAR be one of great advance, eyes on Latin America, and have witnessing decisive victories of good will over evil, Our Specialty used anti-Semitic propaganda and nobility over meanness, wisdom over ignorance, falsehoods to foster suspicion not only of Jews, but of the tolerance over bigotry, of justice and law United States, in the countries 2181 Watson TE. 1.7870 over injustice and disrespect. May the to the south of us. The pres- 2737 RIVERSIDE DR. ence of large groups of impover- New Year bring to every Jewish ished refugees would undoubt- TRENTON 0100 heart fulfillment of its de- edly have played into the hands of these anti-Semitic and anti- sire and to every home Trenton. Mich. American agitators. —Happiness. Realizing this danger and all its implications, the Joint Dis- NEW YEAR'S GREETINGS tribution Committee has entered NEW YEAR'S GREETINGS upon a policy which combines the virtues of high idealism and practical statesmanship. As early as 1935, the Joint Distribution Committee recog- 100 ROOMS WITH nized the capacity of Latin PRIVATE BATHS American countries to absorb In the Grill Room We Serve refugees fleeing from . Nazism. 19707 JOHN R. Wine and Liquor, Domestic It sent representatives there to and Imported, and Food of stimulate the organization of TOwnsend 9-4200 Italian and American Dishes committees, made up of local Jews, which would look after 2203 CASS AVE. the newcomers and help them RA. 6268 become adjusted as quickly as Opp. Riviera Theater possible. Four years later, the effort proved justified when thou- TYLER 5-0753 HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL! sands poured into Latin Amer- ica from Europe following the pogroms in Germany and the 5703 - HAPPY NEw YEAR - 1942 fall of Austria and Czechoslo- Etsol Synthetic Products vakia under Nazi domination. Mere emergency relief, while SEASON'S GREETINGS Le Shono Tovo Tikosevu Mfgrs. of in many cases an immediate Velvet Nut Products Solvent Cleaning Compounds necessity, should not be an end ROBINS ti BRODE CO. in itself, with Latin America one Wholesale Distributors of the few areas in the world offering a permanent haven for 970 E. Vernor Highway Men's Hosiery—Underwear dispossessed Jews, it was indis- 6335 LYNDON AVE. Work Clothing—Knit Goods 974 SHERMAN AVE. pensable to launch a simultan- eous program of reconstructive CAdillac 7134 170 W. JEFFERSON assistance as well. 6 Trunk Lines to Serve You CHerry 4475 Upon their arrival and dur- Season's Greetings! ing the period of their first ad- justment, needy refugees were L'Shono Tovo Tikosevu! accordingly provided with food, clothing and medical aid. Medi- HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL! NEW YEAR'S GREETINGS cal aid proved to he a rehabili- tative measure also, for many of the immigrants could not at GENERAL CARTAGE first endure the semi-tropical cli- mate in certain parts of Latin Factory Work a Specialty Producers of America and required medical Bottles and Jars attention to make ultimate ad- "GREAT LAKES BRAND" 1464 E. FERRY justment possible. Quality Sausages and 2563 BELLEVUE AVE. TR. 2-2212 At the same time, funds were Luncheon Meats 2903 BEAUBIEN advanced for the building of 2113 CARPENTER AVE. IV. 2057 nurseries for children and homes CAdillac 5581 for the aged. Parents, sons. TO. 8-5389 TO. 8.6788 WAR BONDS--- rlauzhters could seek work or learn a trade while their de- pendents were cared for. A sne- cial representative to Latin ROSH HASHONAII GREETINGS America helped launch credit New Year's Greetings and Best Wishes to All cooneratives to supply loan cap- ital for immigrant enterprises. It also allotted funds for lan- guage courses and vocational re- training facilities. "A Complete Line of Building Supplies" One of the most important 2835 BAGLEY AVE. MEIrose 1220 rehabilitative measures taken in 14250 CLOVERDALE HOgarth 2600 certain sections was the resettle- 28 Years of Qwt:itv Service ment of refugees from the larg- er. more competitive urban cen- ters in provincial areas where skilled workers and technicians I.e Shono Tovo Tikosevu—A Happy New Year! of all kinds were in demand. Best Wishes for the New Year Resettlement sometimes took the form of colonization project. In Bolivia, for instance, an agri- cultural training farm, approp•i- FINE FOODS ately named Buena Tierra (Good Your Hosts—NATHAN FR1DSON - MAX MITTLER Earth). has been established REAL ESTATE Formerly of the Manhattan Restaurant high in the Andes Mountains. At Buena Tierra Jewish pioneers, 1616 Union Guardian Bldg. CHerry 4040 12647 DEXTER BLVD.. corner LESLIE v•ho a few short years ago were NORTHLAWN 9213 merchants, white collar workers A Happy New Year AARON TAILORS 0 ( Lewis Artist Supply Co. EAGLE BAKING CO., INC. L'Shono Tovo Tikosevu! 0. C. HOWEY Marine Contractors Mr. and Mrs. Nate Goldman WINDSOR HOTEL GOLDMAN E. E. ANDERSON LUMBER CO. FURNITURE CO. 9241 GRAND RIVER Wolf Sanitary Wiping Cloth Co. Anchor Steel 8 M. JACOB 8 SONS Great Lakes Sausage Co. C. t4 H. NIELSEN CARTAGE CO. Conveyor Co. BUY Standard Building Products Co. C. A. Pfaffenberger, Inc. QUEEN QUALITY LAUNDRY EMPIRE GRILL