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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle

Pisgah Lodge Enrolls Largest Number of
New Members In District No. 6 Campaign

A membership bulletin just re-
leased by District Grand Lodge
No. 6, Bnai Brith in its cen-
tenial membership campaign dis-
closes that Pisgah Lodge No. 34,
Bnai Brith has brought in the
largest number of new members
at the half „way mark. The score
of new members and reinstate-
ments from July 1 to Dec. 14,
1942 totals 507 members mak-
ing the membership of the lodge
close to 1800. District Grand
Lodge No. 6, Bnai Brith, is com-
prised of lodges located in the
following states: Nebraska, Illi-
nois, Michigan, Iowa, Wisconsin,
Minnesota, North and South Da-
kota and the Canadian provinces
of Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatche-
wan and Western Ontario.
Celebrating its 85th anniver-
sary, Pisgah Lodge opened a
membership drive for Bnai
Brith's "100th" anniversary. At
the public initiation, held on
Nov. 22, a large number were
inducted into the lodge. The
district has given Pisgah Lodge
a quota of 850 new members at
its share to the Bnai Brith cen-
tennial membership campaign, ten
new members for each year of
its existence. Rudolph Meyer-
sohn, president of the lodge
states that the lodge has joined
in the district campaign and that
new members will be enlisted un-
til the close of the campaign on
June 30, 1943. Isadore Starr,
membership chairman of the
lodge has pledged that his com-
mittee 'will "go over the top"
and exceeds its quota. Any male
reader 21 years or older who
is desirous of affiliating with Bnai
Brith can secure an application
blank by calling the secretary's
office, CHerry 3372.
Pisgah Lodge founded on Nov.
24, 1957, is the second oldest
Jewish organization in Detroit and
has the largest membership of
local Jewish organizations.
Plans are now being formu-
lated to extend Pisgah's 85th
Anniversary Jubilee Year to the
close of the present administra-
tion in June, 1943. Meetings will
be held regularly the first and
third Monday night of each
month in the main auditorium
of the Jewish Community Cen-
ter. A program of meetings
will be announced next week
with the first meeting on Jan.
4, 1943.
Max Goldhoff, chairman of the
lodge's War Service Committee
announces the largest sale of
War Bonds and War Savings
Stamps in connection with the
current "Remember Pearl Ha•-
bor" drive. Bonds and stamps
are on sale at every meeting of
the lodge.
BNAI BRITH WAR
SERVICE RECORD
There are 10,250 members of
Bnai Brith and its two youth
agencies, the Aleph Zadik Aleph
and Hillel Foundations, in the
nation's armed forces, and of
these 29 have been killed in ac-

tion or in line of duty and 10
have been decorated or cited for
bravery, Harry Yudkoff, presi-
dent of the Greater Detroit Bnai
Brith Council announced in mak-
ing public a statistical report of
Bnai Brith's nationwide war serv-
ice record one year after Pearl

Third Term for Alex
Belkin of Odessa
Progressive Society

On Tuesday evening, Dec. 29,
1942, at the Bnai Moshe Audi-
torium, Dexter at Lawrence Ave.,
the Odessa Progressive Aid So-
ciety will induct Alexander Bel-

Harbor.
The report also showed that

20,184 Bnai Brith men and wo-
men and members of A. Z. A.
have donated blood to the Red
Cross; that $22,000,000 worth of
war bonds have been sold by
Bnai Brith groups through Bnai
Brith sponsored or initiated cam-
paigns and rallies; that $335,000
of Bnai Brith funds are invested

in war bonds; that 160 Torah
Scrolls for use in Jewish religi-
ous services at Army chapels
have been obtained, with 56 al-
ALEX BELKIN
ready dedicated; and that 47,-
100 members of Bnai Brith, its kin as President of the Organi-
youth and women affiliates are zation for a third consecutive

serving in voluntary civilian de-
fense jobs.
Other figures stressed in the
report were: 1,227 Bnai Brith
members in 34 states serving in
Home Guard and State Militia
units; 650,000 servicemen en-
tertained by Bnai Brith at par-
ties, dances and shows; 29 com-
pany day rooms completely fur-
nished at Army camps and 147
others partly furnished or in
process of being furnished; 7
naval vessels being served by
providing their crews with recre-
ational and reading material and
on-shore hospitality; 350,000
books and games contributed to
the armed forces; 85,000 com-
fort kits distributed to men in
uniform; 5,250,000 pounds of
scrap metal and rubber collected
in salvage drives; 750,000 surgi-
cal dressings and 100,000 sewn
and knitted garments produced
for the Red Cross by Bnai Brith
women's production units; $135,-
000 contributed to the Red Cross

term.
Recently Alex Belkin was chos-
en as one of Detroit's representa-
tives to the delegation of the na-
tional convention for the Jewish
Workers' Federation in Palestine,
which was held in New York
City.
In the 31 years of its exist-
ence, the Odessa Progressive Aid
Society has participated in all
local and national activities that
were in accord with its principles.
Today it is helping to support
fifty some odd organizations of
worth.
The Odessa Progressive Aid
Society purchased bonds of a face
value of $129,000.00. Also pledged
$2,500 to the War Chest, gave
$1,500 to Russian War Relief,
and $1,000 to Chinese Was Re-
lief.

and other war relief agencies
by the Bnai Brith War Service
Fund, and individual Bnai Brith
units; 19 pieces of mobile equip-
ment given to the Red Cross.
The following lodges and aux-
iliaries comprising the Greater
Detroit Bnai Brith Council have
Janey closed the bedroom door
active War Service Committees, and locked it. Alone at last! She
Pisgah Lodge, Louis Marshall threw back her head and heaved
Lodge, Theodor Herzl Lodge, a deep sigh. Then she peeked out
East Side Lodge, Pisgah Auxil- of the corner of her eye at the
iary, Business and Professional mirror to see whether she really
Auxiliary, Theodor Herzl Aux- did look like Hedy LaMarr. Quite
iliary, East Side Auxiliary and a lot, she decided.
And now to business. She drew
Louis Marshall Auxiliary.
forth from the bottom of her to
bureau drawer the sheet of pink
Wilson Theater
writing-paper and the envelope
By popular demand Henry that she had been saving for this
Duffy is bringing back to De- day. She sat down at the table
troit for a limited engagement, by the window and dipped the
Edward Everett Horton in his pen into the bottle of green ink
that her sister
greatest comedy success "Spring-
Ruse was such
time for Henry" beginning Christ-
a pig about.
mas night at the Wilson Theatre.
She wrote, with
Mr. Horton will be supported
beautiful ara-
by the same excellent cast who
besques, "Dear
were with him when he played
Mr. Morgen-
here last spring to packed houses
thau," and held
for six weeks.
her head back
to admire this
effort of the best pupil in pen-
manship class.
"Here are my stamps for a
If You Are Interested In Quality Meat. Call at
bond. $18.75. I started last
Christmas when I got $3.00. Not
11632 Dexter Blvd.
counting 50 cents, I have earned
(Between Burlingame and Webb)
all the rest, working one or more
'days a week at a local grocery
store, and I'm quite proud to say
I worked hard to get it."
Janey stared out of the window
at Peterson's house and beyond
Kosher Meat f3 Poultry Market
at the big yard where the kids
were playing football. She held
her pen elegantly in air.
"Sitting here looking out the
window, I see a peaceful little
town, and I wonder how the world
SEASON'S GREETINGS
can be in such a turmoil and the
people of this world can have such
THE STATE LIFE
hate for their fellow men. So I'm
proud to send these stamps be-
INSURANCE COMPANY
cause I know I'm helping to make
the whole world peaceful again
OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA
'like our little town."
She signed her name with an
C. N. McCLURE, MICHIGAN MANAGER
important flourish, not forgetting
a conspicuous "Miss" in front of
2402 EATON TOWER — DETROIT
the "Janey." After she had
sealed the letter she went on star-
ing out of the window. It really
was awfully peaceful. Overhead
she heard a plane go humming by
through the sunny afternoon air.
Then the voice of her best
friend, Betty, called from out-
side—"Jan-ey!" In an instant
Janey was on her feet and tear-
ing downstairs and out. She was
not Hedy LaMarr nor a deep phil-
osopher any more, but exactly
twelve years old.

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Aaron B. Margolis

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ON THE HOME FRONT

By BENJAMIN KAUFMAN

Congressional Medal of Honor

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National Commander
Jewish War Veterans of the U. S.

On the Home Front

The Unhappy Soldier

Well, we made it.
Of course, I knew we would.
Still, when you come to think of
it, it wasn't quite so easy. The
Jewish War Veterans are no mil-
lionaires. Our organization is
composed of men who are making
on an average a bit less than the
American middle-class income.
Most of us probably make about
$2,500 a year, some of us quite
it hit less. Many are still dis-
abled and confined to hospitals.
But we went over the top with
a hundred and fifty thousand
dollars cash, raised by us to pre-
sent the United States govern-
ment with sonic airplanes.
There is not a man in the
Jewish War Veterans who d'd not
see active service in 1898 or in
1917-1918. And every one of us
has done his share to fulfill our
pledge to sell twenty-five million
dollars' worth of war bonds and
stamps the past year. So why did
we feel it was up to us to dig
down in our pockets and pull out
that much money for a gift of
planes to our government? Well,
here's the story .. .
I was sitting in the office of
the .Jewish War Veterans one
morning, chewing the rag with
some friends, when in walked one
of our members and he was good
and mad. "Heck," he said, "I'm
as good a man as I was in the
last war. All right, so I'm older.
But," —he drew a deep breath
and banged himself on the chest
—"What's the matter with me,
hey? I'm sound as a . . ."
"Well, what is the matter?" I
asked him. "They rejected me!
Those sons of guns down at the
Draft Board had the gall to say
I couldn't fight any more!"
"Take it easy, guy," I told him.
"Sit down. If you can't sling a
gun, sell war bonds."
'I'm selling war bonds—buying
'em, too. But where does that
compare to getting out and fight-
ing? It doesn't make sense, a big
healthy guy like me. I'm not
saying. I could fly a plane any
snore--''
I said, "calm down.
ou gave me an idea. We may
be too old to fight but we're not
too old to help other fellows
fight. Let's give the government
a plane."
He looked puzzled. "What do
you mean?"
"You're right. We won't ask
our men just to sell bonds or
Luy 'ern; that's not enough.
We'll get them to go out and
take money and make Uncle Sam
of a new bombing
l it plane."
ian
"Swell." Everybody looked
pleased. But my boy from the
Draft Board made a face. "One
plane? That's small-time stuff."
"Make it three."
"Three? That's not much—"
"Hold on feller." I said. "I
don't mean the kind the kids find
in their stockings. I mean the
real ones, the kind to bomb Ber-
lin and Tokyo. These babies are
at least fifty thousand bucks
apiece, and the War Veterans
aren't Rockefellers!"
There it was. And we made
it. We've already made two trips
to Washington each time with a
check for one plane in our hand.
The third one will be along soon.
By the way, one of the planes
has a name, "Star of David."
Yes, I guess all Jewish War Vet:
felt the way that fellow did
when he came from the draft

The U. S. Army has one aw-
fully unhappy man in its ranks
today. The last I heard of him
he . was in the guardhouse. Here's
why.
This young soldier enlisted
about ten months ago. When there
was a call for volunteers for Of-
ficers' Training Corps, he was one
of sixteen that volunteered, and
one of three selected.
He put in eight months of vig-
orous training. He was specially
good in administrative work,
though he didn't like that part of
it much.
When the time came for the
men to be shipped out, this young
Jewish soldier—now a lieutenant
—found to his amazement that he
wasn't picked to go. He demand-
ed to know why. Well, he found
out; he had worked himself out
of it. He kas too useful as an ad-
ministrative officer.
When he heard this, he ex-
ploded.
"What's the idea," he demanded.
"Are you waiting till the war's
over to send me across? I want
to get into this thing! I gave up
niv practice and enlisted to get
into action, not to stay around a
camp! Do you fellows think I
want to he sitting at a desk while
the other fellows chase the
Nazis?"
It wasn't any use. When he saw
that he couldn't change their
minds, he lost his temper and let
loose with language unbecoming
an officer. He ended up in the
guardhouse.
They let him out after a while,
on his promise to stay where he
was put and not raise anymore
Cain about it. But every once in a
while after learning what his
buddies were doing, he forgot and
started telling them that if he
couldn't get into action abroad
before the war was over, he'd do
this or that. He landed in the
guardhouse again.
Well, there are lots of young
Jewish soldiers like that, raring
to go. There always have been—
from the days of Bar Kochba and
Judas the Maccabeean to the
present day of Sam Dreben and
Meyer Levin. Especially when the
fight is against tyranny and op-
pression.
But some of us older men. vet-
erans of the last war, have had to
learn that the "will" isn't every-
thing. We're not able to go into
action now the way we did in
'17. And we've found out that
there are other ways of serving.
That young Lieutenant and
many more Jews of the same
fighting calibre must realize that
this war needs many more kinds
of action than active fighting.
And when they're better fitted and
more useful on one of the other
jobs—that's their job.
needn't worry about ,
They
people saying "Jews don't fight.
Anyone who really wants to know
if they do or not, can find out the
truth. The Jewish War Veterans
publish authentic accounts which
anyone can easily get a copy of.
In every American War, •tea's
have fought and will. Those who
don't want the truth won't care
anyway. So let's do the thing
we're asked to do. That's the best
kind of service we can give.

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board. Our bodies may be too
old to fight, but our hearts are
fighting still and one way or
another, we'll find a way to do
our bit this time like we did

ill '17.

Any justice of the peace is au-
You've no doubt noted that the
thorized to perform a marriage proposed Austrian military unit

ceremony, but a member of the
United States Supreme Court
does not possess this authority.
. . . Justice Felix Frankfurter
had to tell this to his friend
Ruth Gordon, the Broadway and
Hollywaad star, when she asked
him to officiate at her marriage
to Private Gerson Kanin, formerly
one of Hollywood's top flight di-
rectors and now of the U. S.

Army . . . Laugh of the week
was enjoyed by the readers of a
New York daily which announced
that a jubilee concert in honor
Grown-ups and children alike of the 18th birthday of the emi-
should all help the "breadwin- nent pianist Moriz Rosenthal will
ner" of the family to budget for be held on December 18th, and
War Bonds. Let's all join a pay- added that the occasion will also
roll savings plan and "top that mark the 55th anniversary of
1070 by New Year's."
Mr. Rosenthal's New York de-
, U. S. 7 reap.,‘ bet 7rtment but
. . .

(Letter from an actual communication
in the files of the Treasury Departmcnt.i
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ieJir

December 25, 1942

sanctioned by the U. S. War De-
partment in answer to Otto of
Hapsburg's offer is encountering
stormy weather . . . And truly
Richard Schuller, Max Reinhardt ,
Wolfgang Krongold, Baron Louis
Rothschild, Bruno Walter :old
Walter Goldschmid should have
known better than to affix their
s - gnatures to the call of Otto's
"Military Committee for the I,ib
eration of Austria" . . . After
all, Otto hardly symbolizes the
kind of Austria the people of
that unhappy country are entitled
•
t,) after all this bloodshed • that
All of which reminds us
Stanley Walker, the famous edi-
tor, has came out with the ironic
suggestion that the proposed Jew -
ish Army should hate an Otto
(H. Kahn) Battalion.

