I A merico! Apish Periodical etwter CI¢FTON AVENUE - CINCINNATI 20, OHIO April 16, 1943 0 • • *- • DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle CHURCHILL ASSERTS BRITAIN HAS DONE ALL POSSIBLE FOR REFUGEES LONDON. (Palcor)—As Amer- ican and British representatives were planning to go to Bermuda for a conference to discuss how the Jewish victims of the Nazi extermination policy could be rescued, Prime Minister Winston Churchill issued an official state- ment whose tenor was that every- thing possible has already been done by the British for the refu- gees and that "the resources of Great Britain have been strained to the utnwst" in doing so. Making'Im discriminations be- tween refugees, evacuees, inter- nees and prisoners-of-war, the Prime Minister asserted that 682,710 persons were being maintained "in British territory and Palestine, exclusive of the dominions". The Prime Minister added that this number did not .include "large numbers who are members of the Allied forces." In some quarters the Prime Minister's statement was taken as an index to the possibilities of action that have been indicated to British representatives sched- uled to attend the imminent Ber- muda conference. A slanted question by Samuel Beldpfield Hammersley, Conser- vative M. P., was used as the peg for the issuance of Mr. Churchill's statement, which was made available to the House of Commons in writing. Mr. Ham- mersley had asked: "In view of the generous help which the refu- gees have received from the United States and other coun- tries, will the Prime Minister state what help before and dur- ing the war was afforded to the refugees by Great Britain, India, the colonial and mandated ter- ritories." The statement of Mr. Church- ill, intended to show that every available facility has been ex- tended for the absorption of the refugees although figures with respect to those absorbed were indiscriminately i n t e r m i ngled, read: "At the outbreak of the war, from Germany and Austria in this the number of adult refugees country was approximately 55,- 000. A large number of these refugees were admitted without their parents. In addition, nearly 10,000 Czechoslovakian nationals found refuge in this country during the 12 months preceding the war. "Since the outbreak of the war, it is estimated that admis- sions of aliens as refugees from enemy and enemy-occupied coun- tries were as follows: 1940. about 35,000; 1941, more than 13,000: 1942, over 15,000. The total number of refugees admitted dur- ing the three years from 1940 through 1942 was more than • • Passover Greetings to All LASALLE TOOL GAUGE, INc. 2830 E. 7-Mile Road Twinbrook 2-1525 • • Pass o ver Greetings to All To Speed Victory in 1943 Buy More War Bonds! • Services for the first day of Passover will be held on Tues- day morning, April 20, at 10:30 o'clock, at Temple Beth El. Dr. Benedict Glazer will preach the Passover sermon. For this occa- sion Julius Chajes, director of music at the Temple, has ar- ranged new music in honor of the Passover season. Max Hell- man's responses, the 142nd Psalm by Chajes, the Hallelujah by Lewandowsky, and traditional re- sponses arranged by Herbert From will be among the compo- sitions to be heard. School Celebration A Seder conducted by the mem- bers of the Junior High School and one conducted by the •chil- dren of the Sunday morning school will be held on Saturday and Sunday, April 18 and 19. The children's Seder will be held in the Social Hall of the Temple, Rabbi Lymon conducting, with various members of the groups participating. It is in- tended to make these services as meaningful and significant as possible for the students of the Religious School. The teachers have taught the children the meaning of the cere- monials and the four questions, and the music teachers have pre- pared the children to sing the traditional Seder songs. In addition, the annual Con- gregational Seder will take place on Tuesday, April 20, at 6 p. m. The ritual will be conducted by Dr. B. Benedict Glazer and Rabbi Herschel Lymon, and the Seder meal is being prepared by the Temple Sisterhood. Special treats and entertainment have been planned for the children. Refugees in Palestine "Over 18.000 legal immigrants reached Palestine between April 1. 1939, and Sept. 30, 1942. The total number of Jewish im- migrants who entered during that period including illegal immi- grants was about 38,000. The great majority of these came from the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. "The quota for the Period end- ing September 30, 1942. provided a grant of 1,000 certificates. in- cluding 800 allocated to Polish Jewish refugee children in Per- sia. Actually, 858 children ac- companied by 369 edults reached Palestine from Persia during last February. "The immigration quota for the three-month period ending Dec. 31. 1942, provided for 3.000 Jewish immigrants. including 1.000 orphaned children and 200 adults from former Vichy France. In addition. arrangements were made to admit Jewish children from Rumania and Hungary and it was decided to admit further children from these countries totalling 500. The government of Palestine agreed to admit from Bulgaria 4.000 Jewish children and 500 adults and the necessary negotiations for their release and transport are taking place through the protecting nower. "As announced be the Colon- ial Secretary on Feb. 3. the government is prepared, nrovided the necessary transport is avail- able. to continue to admit into Palestine .Tewish children with a proportion of accompanying adults to the limits of immigra- tion nermissible for the 0 ve-venr period ending March 31. 194.1, amounting to approximately 29.- 000. In addition. Palestine has nrovided temnorary refuge dur- ing the warefor some 4.000 pen- ile from Central Europe and Greece. "India has provided accommo- dations and, where necessary, support, for over 400,000 evac- uees of Indian origin and also has received large numbers of refugees of various nationalities from the Balkans and has under- taken to provide for 5,000 Po- lish adults and 5,000 more Po- lish children. known resulting from food sup- plies, accommodation restrictions occasioned by enemy action and the demands of the war effort. The resources of Great Britain have been strained to the utmost in maintaining her traditions of asylum and hospitality while sub- jected to intensive enemy attack forming not only the base for offensive operations. but an army camp to an extent beyond any- thing in her previous history." NATIONAL LEADERS SEE PASSOVER USHERING IN YEAR OF LIBERATION Asserting that the efforts which American Jewry carried in the past decade of Hitlerism for the survival of large numbers of Jews must, with this Passover, be sup- plemented with activities of libera- tion, William Rosenwald, Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver and Rabbi Jo- nah B. Wise, national chairmen of the United Jewish Appeal for Refugees, Overseas Needs and Palestine, issued a joint holiday message in which they stressed that the Jewish communities of the United States must be pre- pared to meet the greater oppor- tunities and responsibilities that will conic with liberation. 'For ten years we have cele- brated Passover with hearts made heavy with distress and sorrows of large numbers of our people. With each passing year, the spread of suffering and death more poig- nantly underlined the resemblance between the slavery and tribula- tions of the Children of Israel under the Pharaohs of ancient Egypt and the destruction of Jewish life under the Nazi re- githe. "While millions of our people are still subject to the peril of annihilation by the modern Pha- raoh, the recent victories of the United Nations forces have fled- nitely opened up the road to lib- eration for our people and for all other peoples who have been the prisoners of the Nazi oppressor. "We can now look with hope and confidence to the re-enactment in the immediate future of the final chapter of the story of Pass- over—to the destruction of the forces of Hitlerism and tyranny and to the deliverance from bond- age of the oppressed and the en- slaved. "This Passover is particularly significant to American Jewry be- cause it has had a major part in bringing about the survival and rescue of many thousands of vic- tims of Hitlerism through the or- ganizations constituting the United Jewish Appeal for Refugees, Over- seas Needs and Palestine. Through three well-organized programs— through the war relief and reha- bilitation activities of the Joint Distribution Committee, through the upbuilding and settlement of Palestine supported by the United Palestine Appeal, and through the assistance of refugees in the United States provided by the Na- tional Refugee Service—the Jew- ish communities of the United States (lid much to hold back tne waves of destruction which threat- ened to overwhelm all of Euro- pean Jewry. "On former Passovers we have stressed survival. Today we must enlarge our activities to include the new responsibilities that have already come and that will, come with the liberation of our people. The dangers to our people In many parts of the world have not been removed. But there is rea- son to rejoice in the fact that the free world is on the threshold of a gigantic effort to break the chains of bondage. Victory and liberation are definitely in sight. What has been accomplished thus far through the agencies of the United Jewish Appeal as the In- struments through which Amerl- can Jews have helped sustain the lives of large numbers of their people constitute a solid founda- tion on which we must go forward to greater achievements to re- habilitate the millions of Jews who have been subjected to the merciless attack of Nazism for ten long years. What has been achieved through rehabilitation and emi- gration overseas, what has been accomplished in the rebuilding of the Jewish homeland in Palestine and what has been done for the refugees in the United States are inspiring evidence of the fact that American Jews will not fail in the fulfillment of the greater obliga- tions and the greater responsibili- ties that lie ahead," VICTORY BOWLING CENTER For Your Convenience OPEN BOWLING At All Times For Reservations Call TRINITY 1•8350 Cor. DELAWARE at 12th is Direct Overland Route from Palestine to Persia TEL AVIV. (Palcor)—A plan for a direct omnibus route over- land from Palestine to Persia is reported by the Tel Aviv Haa- retz as now under consideration. The Soviet Intourist travel agen- cy in Teheran is deeply inter- ested in the proposaal. aT FREDSON'S KOSHER Restaurant and Dining Room UNEXCELLED P`OOD AIR CONDITIONED—OPEN 24 HOil itL Private Dining Room for PartkI 120 17 DEXTER BLVD. NOrthlawn 1716 41,1E UNITED DAIRIES Announce KOSHER MILK AND BUTTER The well-known Vaad Ha'rabo- nim of Detroit will supervise the bottling and distribution of United Dairies' Passover Milk and Butter, a duty they have undertaken for many years. for PASSOVER Despite the many new and perplexing problems which the war has brought to us, we have made arrangements again to provide our Jewish customers with Kosher milk and butter for Passover, which starts the night of Monday, April 19. It will be most helpful to us if you can let us know now what your Passover requirements will be. Place your order immediately with your United Dairies Milk- man, or telephone UNiversity 1-2800. Resources Strained INDUSTRIAL SHEET METAL WORKS 618 E. FOREST AVE. TE. 1-4950 • 63,000. This total includes about 20,000 seamen, but is exclusive of a very large number coming in as members of the Allied forces. If all the children together with their parents are allowed for, the total number of refugees who wo.e here at the beginning of the war or who have come since is approximately 150,000. "The sums spent for refugees through government grants from the national exchequer, between Oct. 1, 1939, and Dec. 31, 1942, amounted to £1,210,000, not in- cluding the expenditure incurred by the Ministry of Health for accommodation. From 1933 to the present (late, the contribu- tions in money and kind from private sources are estimated at not less than £9,500,000. "The latest figures for the colonial and mandated territories principally concerned are as fol- lows: In Jamaica, the additional population maintained is 3,058, including 558 refugees, 1,508 evacuees from Gibraltar and a number of prisoners-of-war and civilian internees; in Cyprus, the additional population maintained is 4,830, including 4,660 refu- gees from Greece; in the East African colonies the additional population, comprising prisoners- of-war and Polish refugees, is 90,964, nearly three times the normal white population. 21,000 Polish refugees have moved or are in the process of moving from Persia and are being dis- tributed among Uganda, Tan- ganyika, Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland. The camps between Kenya and Tanganyika accom- modated 3,000 Greek refugees in transit from the Greek mainland via Turkey and Egypt to the Bel- Iian Congo. Dr. B. Benedict Glazer To Preach Passover Sermon on April 20 1 1 • "The total number of refugees and exacuees additional to the population and of internees and nrisoners-of-war maintained in British territory and Palestine. exclusive of the dominions and the very large numbers who are members of the Allied forces, is 682,710. "It will be appreciated that a great part of the work on be- half of the refugees indicated i nthis statement is carried out by the government and local au- thorities and by private gener- osity under exceptional conditions. with difficulties that are well UNITED DAIRIES Caution! In ordering United Dairies Kosher Butter, keep in mind that you will be governed by the same rationing requirements which apply to your regular purchases of butter. The ration value of a pound of Kosher Butter will be eight points.