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March' 5, 1943

DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle

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STRICTLYCONFIDENTIAL • • •

Demand Restoration of
Jewish Rights in N. Africa

NEW YORK. (WNS) — The
F r en c h Jewish Representative
Committee, affiliated with the
World Jewish Congress and a
recognized representative body in
the United States of French
Jewry, issued a statement this
week demanding that "following
the precedent of that which was
accomplished without delay in
other territories liberated from
the hands of the enemy, their
rights be immediately and com-
pletely restored to the Jews of
North Africa."
The statement declared that
there are "innumerable examples
which prove that the people of
France reject every anti-Semitic
policy and make no distinction
among French citizens" and as-
serted that "existing political, so-
cial and economic situations in
North Africa offer no obstacles
to the return to the national tra-
ditions of France."
The signers of the statement
include the president of the
Committee, M. Henry Torres,
distinguished lawyer and former
member of the French Parlia-
ment; Baron Edouard de Roth-
schild, former Regent of the Bank
of France and Algiers; Marc
Chagall, internationally-known ar-
tist; Andre Spire, the well known
writer, and Pierre Dreyfus, Che-
valier of the Legion of Honor
and son of Alfred Dreyfus of the
renowned "Dreyfus Case".

by Phineas J. Boron

TIDBITS FROM EVERYWHERE of London, but the niece of the
late editor and historian . . ..
YOU SHOULD KNOW:
Father Coughlin will be heard Jewish historians of the future
over the air again ere long . . . will appreciate the work being
Arrangements have been com- done by Saul Hayes, director of
pleted for him to make a weekly the Canadian Jewish Congress,
broadcast to be carried by 165 who is keeping a complete file on
stations, located mostly in Mex- the 10,000 Canadian Jews in the
ico and South America . . . And, armed services of their country
strange though it may seem, and of others of the United Na-
Coughlin's hierarchic superiors tions . . . Hayes' records include
are said to view with great favor not merely the names, ranks, etc.,
this venture into "good neighbor- of those fighting Jews, but also
ly" activity . . . Silliest sugges- photographs, clippings, letters
tion we've heard in a long time and other documents wherever
proposes that after the war all these are, available . . .
Nazis be compelled to wear WE'RE TELLING YOU:
Launched at Baltimore last
sleevebands bearing the letter N
—in analogy to the J the Nazis week was the S. S. Louis D.
make Jews wear throughout oc- Brandeis, a 10,000-ton Liberty
cupied Euprope . . . Since when ship across whose prow the
are we supposed to adopt Hitler's champagne bottle was broken by
methods against any one, even Susan Brandeis Gilbert, daughter
his followers? . . . Dr. Preston of the late Supreme Court Jus-
Bradley, the Chicago clergyman tice . . . Other Liberty ships
who is unquestionably the most may shortly be named after
popular radio broadcaster in the Judah P. Benjamin, Secretary
Mid-western area, has come out of War to Jefferson Davis, and
in no uncertain terms against Haym Solomon, the Revolution-
the hush-hush volley of a certain ary patriot . . . The memory of
type of Jewish leadership . . . In bombardier Sergeant Meyer Lev-
a recent,broadcast he warned his in, you ought to know, will be
large audience that Hitlerism may kept alive by a bomber plane to
come to prevail even without be built with funds raised by the
Hitler unless domestic Fascism Amalgamated Clothing Workers'
Union, of which the Pacific
is fought openly . . .
hero's father is a member . . .
GRAPEVINE TENDRILS:
Germany's black market, The plane will be called the
through which well-to-do Nazis ,Kelly-Levin Bomber, and that BUY WAR BONDS!
can buy all the luxuries—and combination of Irish and Jewish,
even necessities—that are denied like the original combination of
the rest of Europe's people, is Colin Kelly and Meyer Levin, will of victory will enable him to re-
strictly a family affair, the oper- soon be putting the Japs in their plenish his supply of these short-
ators of that black market being place . . . Don't be confused, lived gadgets . .
Nazi soldiers who have managed incidentally, if you continue ABOUT PEOPLE:
Our deepest sympathy to E. D.
to bring home loot from the oc- reading about heroic exploits by
cupied countries . Could it be one Sergeant Meyer Levin in Swann, one of the head execu-
possible that the J. H. Carp the air, but over Europe . . . For tives of the Cone, Belding ad-
whom the Gestapo just appointed there's a Sergeant Meyer Levin— vertising agency, whose wife, the
chieftain of all cultural activities no relation to the hero we have singer Tamara, was one of the
in the Netherlands is identical lost—who has already received passenger lost in the recent clip-
with the famous Spinoza scholar the Order of the Purple Heart per crash at Lisbon . . . Swan,
—who, we believe, is non-aryan? for gallantry in action in a Fly- •one of the most brilliant men in
ing Fortress in the European war his profession, is deeply interest-
READER'S GUIDE:
ed in the furtherance of Chris-
Reviewers will have a hard theatre .. .
tian-Jewish relations . . . Now it
time classifying Maurice Sam- THIS AND THAT:
uel's new book, "The World of
Harry Hershfield writes in to can be told that it was a pa-
Sholom Aleichem" . . . It's nei- advise us that our recent com- triotic desire to conserve gaso-
ther anthology nor biography, plaint about the radio program line that brought on Paul Muni's
but a• most individualistic vol- "Can You Top This?" featuring recent attack of sciatica . . .
ume, written with typical Sam- too many Jewish jokes no longer Living eight miles from the near-
uelesque brilliance, revealing a is justified, as the program has est railroad station, and faced
world heretofore unknown to now been revamped . . . We with the necessity of coming
practically all American readers listened in the other night, and into town every weekday to play
. . . We hope ex-Ambassador are glad to report that Harry his part in "Counsellor-at-Law,"
Joseph E. Davies doesn't mind has done a swell job, and the commuter Muni decided to use,
our pointing out a minor error program is not only completely instead of his car, a small motor-
we just caught in his "Mission delightful but lots funnier than driven scooter that burns much
to Moscow," which we have just before . . . Cincinnatians will less gas . . . And was -the
reread in the new 1943 Pocket have the opportunity this week- Long Island breezes playing on
Book edition . . . We herewith end to hear a performance, by the player's exposed extermities
inform Mr. Davies that Mrs. their own Symphony Orchestra, that caused the sciatica . . .
Maxim Litvinov is not the sister of a tone poem, entitled "The From Hollywood comes the news
of his old friend Sir Sidney Low Last Knight," composed by Mrs. that songstress Dinah Shore's
Meyer (bandleader) Davis . . . latest escort is Captain Marvin
Charlie Spivak, the trumpeter Schachter, a Marine who saw ac-
and bandleader, has just signed tion in Guadalcanal . . . And
a contract to record with RCA Pearl Harbor reports that the
Victor, and is proud indeed of Navy's Artie Shaw, who used to
that distinction . . . But he's belong to the tribe of bandlead-
prouder still of his son, 7-year- ers, is now stationed there .. .
old Joel, who recently devised a
melody which has been published
under the title "Hop, Skip and
Jump," and for which the young-
ster is now receiving royalty
checks ....Harry Adler hoard
of spare harmonicas—which he
can't replace, since somehow or
other satisfactory instruments all
come from Germany—has been
deposited in a bank vault, and
he's hoping and praying that the
spares will last him till the day

FACTS ABOUT AMERICAN JEWRY

By MARTIN SILVER

EDITOR'S NOTE: The highlights of a recent survey on trends in
Jewish population conducted by the Conference on Jewish
Relations.

Do Jews tend to congregate in
certain neighborhoods? Are the
proportions of foreign and na-
tive-born among them different
from those in the rest of the
community? Do their children
receive more or less formal edu-
cation than those of non-Jews?
Does the family size decline with
the increasing proportion of na-
tive-born parents?
Is there a difference in the
ages at marriage, of professional,
business, or skilled persons in the
Jewish group? Are there as many
old persons among the Jews as
among the non-Jews. What is the
significance of the changing pro-
portions in the various age groups
for social welfare programs or on
the ability of the group to be
self-supporting?
What are the facts about the
proportions of skilled laborers,
big business men, bankers, and
domestics among them? Do sons
tend to follow in their fathers
footsteps? Of those who go into
professions, is there an even
choice for medicine, law, engi-
neering, architecture, or is there
a concentration in the one or two
professions in which capital is not
the deciding factor in sucess?
Until a few years ago such
questions had perforce to be
answered on the basis of random
guesses or inadequate statistics.
It was impossible to say anything
definite about the nature and
structure of Jewish communities
in the leading cities of this
country.
Impressed with the need for
more accurate information, the
Conference on Jewish Relations
organized a project for the sci-
entific study of local Jewish
Populations along the lines of the
United States Census. A group of
experienced statisticians and so-
ciologists undertook to conduct
detailed surveys of the following
ten typical communities:
Buffalo, Chicago, Detroit, Min-
neapolis, New London, Norwich,
Passaic, Pittsburgh, San Francis-
co and Trenton.
The project was directed by
Dr. Sophia M. Robison, who has
taught at Hunter College and
elsewhere prior to her associa-
tion with the Office of Civilian
Defense in Washington. The re-
sults are now made available in
the Conference's new volume,
Jewish Population Studies*, pub-
lished this week. The highlights
include the following:
The Jewish population of the
cities studied is on the decline.
There are relatively fewer chil-
dren between the ages of five and
fourteen than in the population
as a whole.
There is a marked trend to-
ward smaller families. The larg-
est are those of semi-skilled
workers, and the smallest those
of professional men.

The Foreign-born tend to have
larger families than the home-
born.
Two-thirds of the Jews in the
smaller communities are native-
born, while even in such large
cities as Chicago and San Fran-
cisco less than half are of for-
eign birth.
Proportionately more foreign.
born Jews become naturalized

than non-Jews.
Jews tend to concentrate in
certain sections of cities.
Most of the gainfully employed

Jews are engaged in retail trade,
but the proportion of Jewish
manual workers tends to increase
with the greater industrialization
of a community.
*Jewish Population Studies.
Edited by Sophia Robison, with
the assistance of Joshua Starr.
New York Conference on Jewish
Relations (1841 Broadway) 1943.
Cloth: $3.50.
For more technically-minded
persons the volume has added in-
terest because it discusses meth-
ods of arriving at these facts
which an official census does not
reveal. The methods vary as wide-
ly as counts of children absent
from school on Yom-Kippur,
death certificates itemized as per-
taining to Jews, unemployment
schedules in a sample survey,
canvass of a master list made up
of names from the roster of all
manner of organizations, supple-
mented in a variety of ways.
A concluding chapter compares
the results and evaluates the
methods. Conclusions based on
the similarities and differences
between the Jews and non-Jews
in these cities point to some in-
teresting considerations which
Jewish communities face in post-
war adjustments to a world- in
which small business may have to
give way.
The value of the inquiry is
self-evident. Not only will it help
to dissipate prevalent misconcep-
tions and prejudices, but it will
also lay a solid foundation for
the work of local organizations
and vocational guadance agencies.
It is hoped, indeed, that it may
constitute the first step toward
a real census of American Jewry.

INFANTS SERVICE GROUP

A board meeting of the Infants
Service Group was held Monday
evening, March 1, at the home of
Mrs. Abe Young. Mrs. Yetta
Wolfe and Mrs. Helen Fox were
chosen as co-chairmen of the
club's spring affair, which will
be announced shortly. Mrs. Fay
Wagner was appointed chairman
for the Red Cross drive, and all
members soliciting will be under
her jurisdiction.
The club wishen to thank Mrs.
Max Reitman for a donation to
their "Happy Day" fund.

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paign of the United Jewish Appeal for Refugees.
Overseas Needs and Palestine k to enable as
many refugees as possible in all parts of the
world . to make their fullest contribution to the
war effort of the United Nations. Typical of thou.
sands of skilled refugees aided by the Joint Di..
tribution Committee, is this diamond clutter (chose
left) training a worker in Cuba in cutting dia.
nionds for American war factories. In Palestine
the United Palestine Appeal has established 400
new plants producing war goods including light
tanks (above right) and converted the Jewish
homeland into an important United Nations base.
Here in the United States t h e National Refugee
Service has been retraining thousands of new-
-- co-1^", to enable them to fill vital jobs in war
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