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CLIFTON AVENUE - CINCINNATI 20, OHIO
VOL. 44. No. 39
and The Legal Chronicle_
10c Single Copy; $3.00 Per Yea
DETROIT. MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1942
Jewish Theater Guild and Hebrew ( ittinanii:i fatune" Allied Jewish Campaign Joins War
Meeting is Called
Actors Union Reopen Negotiations
Chest of Metropolitan Detroit
Max Holtzman, Benjamin L. Laikin and Mark
Yuviller in New York to Make Agreement
The Jewish Theatre Guild of
Detroit has reopened negotiations
with the Hebrew Actors' Union
of New York City, primarily
through the efforts of prominent
Jewish leaders of that city. A
c omin'ttee designated by the exe-
cutive committee of the Jewish
Theatre Guild is now in New
York in a further attempt to
enter into an agreement which
will appeal to both groups, and
Which will permit the opening of
a higher type Jewish theatre in
Detroit this season. The commit-
tee consists of Max Holtzman,
vice-chairman of the executive
hoard, Benjamin L. Laikin, chair-
man of the budget committee and
Mark Yuviller, executive director.
Plans for the opening of a new
Jewish Theatre here received the
support of the Jewish community
and several hundred persons en-
listed as active supporters for the
first-communally owned theatre
in this country. The Hebrew Ac-
tors' Union which had expressed
its desire to cooperate, at the
last moment failed to accept
terms which would not compro-
mise the superior standards set
by the Detroit group, and all ef-
forts to reach an agreement have
thus far been futile. However, at
the last meeting of the executive
the sentiment was adopted not to
give up the idea for a community
owned Jewish theatre unless every
possible avenue of cooperation
had been attempted. The Detroit
Jewish community has responded
so splendidly and displayed its
earnest. desire for a higher type
theatre, that not to adopt such
policy would be inconsistent with
the desires of the Guild member-
ship. It is hoped that the interest
displayed by "outsiders" in New
York City will lead to an agree-
able solution and that this season
will witness the opening of the
theatre in this city.
The committee will report on
their negotiations with the He-
brew Actors' Union, the Hebrew
Writers' Union, Stage Producers,
Actors and Musicians at a gen-
eral meeting convened for Wed-
nesday, Sept. 30, at the Work-
men's Circle Educational Center,
1152 Linwood Ave. Invitations to
this meeting have been extended
to the general membership and
to friends of the Jewish Theatre
Guild movement here.
British MP Urges
Establishment of
Force of 20,000
Jewish Soldiers to Be
Integral Part of Army
Meeting to Be Held at
Community Center Oct. 4
The Jewish Community Coun-
cil is calling the delegates of its
190 constituent organizations to
the season's first conference of
delegates to be held Sunday,
Oct. 4, at 8:30 p. m., in the
auditorium of the Jewish Commu-
nity Center.
The Jewish Community Coun-
cil is the Jewish community's pol-
icy making and community rela-
tions agency and represents and
reflects the coordinated views of
the community. These policies are
decided in. it democratic manner
by the delegates of all 190 on-
ganizations and their elected offi-
cers and executive committee.
The views of every constituent
organization are an integral part
of the Council's deliberations on
matters of policy.
However, if any group is not
represented, their views cannot
be brought to bear in the forma-
tion of the community's policies.
Consequently, following the prece-
dent set at the conference of
delegates last June, attendance
will be taken at the meeting, and
the organizations will be notified
in the event they are not repre-
sented.
LONDON ( Palcor) — Estab-
lishment of a compact military
force of 20,000 Jewish soldiers
of Palestine as an integral part
of the British army would not
only materially contribute to an
Allied victory but would also con-
stitute a great moral solace to
Sec COUNCIL—Page 9
suffering Jewry, Colonel Victor
Cazalet, Conservative Member of
Parliment, declared at an impres-
sive Zionist reception held at the
Dorchester Hotel under the aus-
pices of the Keren Kayemeth
(Jewish National Fund) cam-
paign.
Asserting that sympathetic un-
derstanding of the Jewish prob-
lem is not enough, Col. Cazalet
called for effective action to lay
the foundation of the solution of
the Jewish question for all time.
Special Program to Be
The Jews worked wonders in
Palestine, setting up a model for
Given at Bnai Moshe
all mankind, he said, and today
that land is endangered and the
The Department of Michigan
,Tens are asking to be allowed Jewish War Veterans of the
to contribute to the defense of United States and the Depart-
their own home.
ment of the Ladies' Auxiliary
will officially initiate their pro-
See BRITISH—Page 10
gram to aid the Red Cross blood
bank campaign on Tuesday, Sept.
29. A special program is being
sponsored by the Veterans and
their auxiliaries to be held Tues-
By BERNARD A. ROSENBLATT
day, Sept. 29 at the social hall of
the Temple Bnai Moshe, Dexter
Editor's Note:—Palestine today is the most industrialized country Blvd., corner of Lawrence.
i n the Near East and a major source of suoplies for the armies
Unit No. I of the newly or-
in the Middle East. In addition, it is rapidly becoming a great
ganized U.S.O. Red Cross vaude-
cultural center and a place for Judaism to continue its develop- ville entertainment acts will be
ment as a living faith. Mr. Rosenblatt, chairman of the Keren feaured. Amongst the notable en-
Hayesod, discussing the development of Palestine over the tertainers will be: Barbara Schul-
Years. points out the significance of its role today.
ly, Shubert singing star of "Blos-
som Time" and "Student Prince,"
In the days of Augustus Caesar lacy that "little Palestine had al- Chitquita Gomez, Spanish dancer
at the beginning of the Chris- ready reached the maximum of and singe•; Raymond Battini, Na-
tian era—the Palestine population its economic absorptive capacity tional accordion prize winner;
was estimated at upwards of 3,- —which, of course, would tend
000,000, or more than double its to buttress the Passtield "White Evelyn Fraser, blues singer; Bet-
present combined population of Paper," with its policy of virtu- ty .Jane Miller, taps and acro-
Arabs and Jews. Furthermore, ally cutting off further immigra- batic dancer; "The Two Roses,"
the inhabitants of Palestine 2,000 tion. In 1931, soon after the well known dancers, Rose Marie
Years ago were dependent almost Simpson report, the Government Floyd and Rosemary Tuttle;
exclusively upon an agricultural census showed that a little over Helen Collins, concert pianist;
economy, without the benefit of 175,001 ,Jews were settled in Pal- "Chuck" Gilbert, imitator of fam-
the machine age, such as enabled estine. Anyone who had the ous dancing stars; and Buck
Britain to increase its population temerity at that time to prophesy Keene and his Music Masters.
five-fold in the century and a that within the next 10 years, Mickey Wolf, famous master of
half since the steam engine intro- despite three years of Arab "dis- ceremonies, will officiate in that
duced the industrial revolution. turbances" and two years of world capacity.
The production staff includes:
Leon in the domain of agricul- war, the Jewish population of
• Ire. the ancient Hebrew knew Palestine would reach the figure I ester Besnic, dance director;
"thing of the citrus culture, and of 584,000 (according to Govern- Mrs. Frank Collidge, musical di-
'lie famous Jaffa oranges, now ment figures) would have been rector; Mrs. Elderman Finnie,
Premier Palestine export, was dismissed as a visionary, seeking hooking director.
The Red Cross representatives
unknown as the mineral to stir up trouble between Jews
and Arabs. Yet any careful on this particular project are:
-, ealth of the Dead Sea.
Accordingly it is but natural economist drawing upon the ex- Mrs. William J. Scripps, Mrs.
Hr the .Jews to remain uncon- perien•e of the preceding dozen Lewis Columbo, Jr. and Mrs.
'need by the various reports years might have safely made Boyer Candler.
This caravan of well known
manating from the British Colo- such a scientific prediction.
mil Office, purported to prove
I first visited Palestine in the musical talent will appear at the
' , lot there is little room in Pal- summer of 1919, only a few War Veterans Assembly with the
- , tine for further immigration, weeks after the Peace Conference Red Cross U.S.O. ambulances and
nd that the economic' absorptive adjourned in Paris. The Jewish service wagons. This outstanding
dpacity of the country has -al- population then consisted of less function is open to the general
rst reached the point of satura- than 55.000, composed of a few public without charge, and one-
on. One must now read with struggling Jewish agricultural col- thousand men and women of the
. ingled feeling of sadness and
onies (including Petach Tik•ah, northwest section of Detroit are
'umor even the report of such Rishon-le-Zion and Rehoboth in expected to attend. The affair will
;0 expert as Sir John Hope Simp- the south and Chedora, Zichron start promptly at 8:30 p. ns.
M rs. Rose Cowan, president of
-on, who was sent out in 1930 Jacob and Rosh Pinah in the
I following the Arab riots in the north) while the bulk of the the Department of the Ladies'
preceding year) and who sagely
See VETERANS—Page 10
concluded with the familiar fal- See PALESTINE—Page 12
Palestine—Past and Present
Veterans to Aid In
Red Cross Blood
Bank Campaign
Decision Made By Joint Boards of Welfare
Federation and Detroit Service Group
The Detroit Symphony Orches-
tra will begin a series of 21
weekly broadcasts over WWJ
Sunday, Oct. 18.
The sponsor of the series is
Sam's Cut Rate, Inc. The pur-
pose is purely patriotic, for the
sale of War Bonds and Stamps.
Each program will be of an
hour's length, from 6 to 7 p. m.,
on 21 consecutive Sundays. They
will originate in the Scottish Rite
Cathedral in the Masonic Temple
with an audience in attendance.
Those wishing to attend may ob-
tain tickets without charge by ap-
plication to WW.I for all of the
concerts but the first. A specially
invited audience will be present
at the program of Sunday, Oct. 18.
On every program a speaker of
national prominence will speak
for the sale of bonds and stamps.
The music will be of the standard
repertory, with commentary by
Russel McLauchin, music critic of
the Detroit News.
Time-clearance for the Detroit
Symphony's programs involved a
patriotic concessions by the Na-
tional Council of Catholic Men,
from Oct. 26 to Nov. 12, for
support of next year's programs.
Decision to join the War Chest
was made by the boards of gov-
ernors of the Jewish Welfare
Federation and the Detroit Serv-
ice Group, following a conference
by committees representing Fed-
eration and the War Chest board.
Budgeting of Jewish agencies
will continue to rest in the hands
of the Jewish community and
budget hearings for 1943-44 al-
locations will be held, as usual,
in the spring.
The only item formerly in the
Allied Jewish Campaign, not to
be included in the War Chest,
is the Defense Fund, set aside
annually for local and national
civic-protective work and admin-
istered by the American Jewish
Committee and the Anti-Defama
tion League, through the Joint
Defense Appeal, the American
Jewish Congress, the Jewish La-
bor Committee and the Defense
Fund of the Jewish Community
Council. The Jewish Welfare
Federation is prepared to retain
responsibility, outside of the War
Chest, for meeting the special
allocations to the defense agen-
cies and will confer with these
agencies, with a view to determ-
ining a mutually acceptable
fund-raising plan. (The regular,
yea•-round budget of the local
Community Council will continue
in the Allied Jewish Campaign,
as a part of the War Chest).
With the exception of the De-
fense Fund, all agencies and serv-
ices previously in the Allied Jew-
ish Campaign will continue their
Allied Jewish Campaign affilia-
tion, through the new War Chest
—United Jewish Appeal, HIAS,
Oa and the others, all of them,
local, regional, national and over-
seas.
The goal of the War Chest is
See SYMPHONY—Page 10
See WAR CHEST—Page 10
The Detroit Allied Jewish Cam-
paign will be a participant in the
War Chest of Metropolitan De-
troit.
Instead of a separate Allied
Jewish Campaign in May, as in
past years, the Jewish drive will
be among the constituent groups,
along with the Community Fund.
U.S.O., war relief agencies and
other services, which will partici-
pate in the War Chest appeal
Sam's Cut Bate
Sponsors of War
Symphony Concerts
First Program to be on
Air Over WWJ, Oct. 18
Clarifying Democracy
By LUDWIG LEWISOHN
EDITOR'S NOTE:—A penetrating analysis of the individual's rela-
tionship to society by one of America's foremost writers, the
following article is presented here through special arrangements
with the Jewish Mirror.
Long and learned books are
being written to defend democracy
and to prove that the democratic
way of life is good and should
prevail. One scholar seeks to
prove that the democratic life is
life according to the reason and
that the various forms of tyranny
represent the unenlightened will.
All those who write in this vein
analyze the various extant theo-
ries of the state from Plato to
Hegel and from Hegel to Earl
Marx. Ominously, they assume,
however subtle and sub-conscious-
ly, that there must be a State,
absolutionist and unitary; the
names of Rosseau and John
Stewart Mill and Henry David
Thoreau are rarely and faintly
mentioned in these discussions.
Even a reasonably well educated
citizen may well ask in the face
of these intricate discussions: Ain
I to risk the lives of my sons
for the preservation of one kind
of absolutionist state which will
grant margins of liberty against
a type of absolutionist state (Fas-
cist or Communist) which will
grant none? Only, unluckily, he
does not formulate his question.
Were he to do so, he might some
fine day in justifiable rage liter-
ally stamp under his heel all
these portentous sophistries and
say: The war must be fought
and the war must be won because
unless, with due and decent re-
gard to the equal right and secur-
ity of my neighbors, I can do as
I damned please, life is simply
not worth living! Does he say
it? Or has even the educated
American citizen, Jew or Ch•is-
become so confused and in-
timidated that part of his con-
sciousness is enemy territory.
There, in that terrifying fact,
lurks the danger even within the
victory which we are sure to
win.
Let us begin at the beginning.
It is the Sixth Commandment:
Thou shalt not kill. There we
have for such a creature as man
in such a universe as this one
absolute command which repre-
sents an absoluteness of value.
That value is wholly uncondi-
tioned since its maintenance is the
condition of all else. The dead
cannot praise God nor beget chil-
dren nor form societies. At the
beginning of all discussions stands
the supreme promise of the sac-
redness of life. And even a
drunken and bedevilled and cor-
rupted Nazi knows in his very
heart of hearts that this does not
mean the sacredness of the life of
the absolutist State or the nation.
It means his life. For any so-
ciety is composed of individuals
and to say that society suffers
or that the state suffers or that
the nation suffers is only one of
those confused and wooly uses
of words which the science of
somantics has recently sought to
analyze. It is individuals who
suffer from wounds and hunger
and humiliation and terror.
We may call the sum of these
individual sufferings the suffering
of a group. It remains no more
tian,
See DEMOCRACY—Page 3