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April 30, 1943

DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle

Annual Meeting of
Congress Women to
Be Held Wed., May 12

B'NAI B'RITH YOUTH HELPS KEEP ALLY WARM

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FRENCH

status will have to be found for
the Moslem population •
(Continued from Page 1)
"6. Finally, if those who today
alts meted out to nationals wl declare themselves in favor of
The annual meeting of the De-
a measure contrary to law, in the
have committed the crime of e to
troit Women's Division of the
5- name of expediency, give as their
pionage or treason. As a resu It reason the unequal treatment of
American Jewish Congress will be
of the abrogation of the Cr e _ the Arabs—an argument whose
held at the home of Mrs. Irving
mieux law, a whole category of validity we deny, because unequal
Dworman, Wednesday, May 12,
treatment is not remedied by an
citizens find themselves thus pe
at 1:45 p. m. Election of officers
alized for the sole reason o n- even greater injustice—still we
and annual reports outlining the
f feel that such an argument de-
year's activities both locally and
being Jewish—a sanction whic h serves to be discussed and re-
nationally in the educational, in-
fated.
is without precedent except unde A futed.
terfaith, legislative and defense
racist law.
" But if an attempt were made
activity fields will be presented.
"3. The normal way to rem e- to justify the abrogation of the
Plans for the shower for de-
dy the unequal treatment o f Cremieux law merely as a meas-
fense houses which will be held
which Algerian Arabs may b ure of appeasing the anti-Semitic
at the Jewish Community Center
complaining, is progressively t feelings developed by German
June 9, will be outlined at this
lead to French citizenship thos propaganda and by the servility
meeting. The defense houses in
of them who will have prove r,f the Vichy regime towards
New York City, which were for-
their sincere desire to become a Nazi Germany, such an argument
merly refugee houses, have since
part of the French community would deserve only to be branded
the outbreak of the war been oper-
In the face of the dangerous ex as unworthy of the cause for
ated by the Women's Division of
citations of German propaganda which the free peoples are fight-
the Congress as a hospice of serv-
it is not be depriving the Jew ' ing. A precedent of this kind
ice men of the United Nations.
of their rights that the Moslem would involve the greatest dang-
It is of interest to note that De-
population should be protected ers for the future reconstruction
fense Houses have been privileged
against this propaganda, but by of Europe and cannot be accept-
to dispense hospitality to in-
giving to the Arabs of Algeria ed by the human conscience. An-
numerable sailors of the English,
the assurance that the day the ti-Semitism is the vehicle of all
Free French and Dutch navies
French people is able to express Nazi poisons, and in no event
who have sent back many letters
its will, their legitimate claims must any concessions be made
from their home countries express-
will be firmly defended, provided to it."
ing thanks for the hospitality re-
they will have loyally cooperated
ceived. Defense Houses, of course,
are non-sectarian and accept men
towards victory over the enemy.
RABBI
regardless of race or creed. De-
4. The exceptional circum-
fense Houses have been fur-
stances created by the state of
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nished through the generosity of
war and by the troubled situa-
voluntary contributions. Mrs. Har-
tion in North Africa forbid the Eli Rosenblum Auxiliary No. 231
ry Dunitz is chairman of the
turning of any protest, even and a brief case by the depart
shower.
legitimate, into an occasion for
agitation in Algeria. If the Jews ment Daughters Chapter.
The presentation was colorfu
of Algeria, therefore abstain
SEGAL
from such agitation, this does and conducted in ritual form
not mean that they recognize the with the dedication and arrange
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invalidation of their rights. As runts consisting of the past and
for
Smith without any reproach a
the Frenchmen who are the
guests of the free nations, it be- present residents who as a corn
all, or of many a Schumacher wh 0
hooves them to assert the prin- mittee took charge of the pro
became Shoemaker or of to e
ciples of justice involved in a gram.
Metzgers who became Butcher s
question which concerns part of
What's reprehensible in a Je l
Ladies' Auxiliary Departmen t
changing his name when in other
the national territory, all the was instituted July 13, 1942.
while endeavoring to promote the
name-changing is respected as on
of the desirable processes b e
Tens of thousands of pounds of warm clothing for the union of all in the struggle
which an immigrant adjusts hi people of Russia are being collected by the teen age boys of against the enemy and evincing Temple Israel Sisterhood
ways to the practices of hi • Aleph Zadik Aleph, B'nai B'rith youth organization, which has every confidence in the United To Hold Victory Luncheon
adopted land.
made cooperation with Russian War Relief a major national war Nations.
At a meeting held at the
"5. It should also be stated
I f f
service project. These photos show AZA chapters in Clarksdale,
home of Mrs. Roy Sarason, pro-
HEN Weiskopf takes the Miss., Revere, Mass., and Baltimore, Md., with piles of clothing that if patriotic duty and con-
chairman for the Temple
name of Whitehead he i s they have turned into Russian War Relief in house to house cern about victory sometimes de- gram
Israel Sisterhood, final plans were
accepted as a citizen who is pa drives and through special events, admission to which was by mand the temporary acceptance
triotically deferential to the lan . the presentation of a piece of warm wearing apparel. In many of factual situations in which discussed and formulated for the
guage of his country. When Gold- cities the whole job of clothing collection was initiated by the certain rights are sacrificed, nev- annual Mother and Daughters
stein does something similar to B'nai B'rith youth.
ertheless, the abrogation of a law luncheon to be held on Sun-
his name he is scorned as one
of the Republic without the con- day, May 16 at 1 p. m. in the
sent of the French people is and auditorium of the Jewish Com-
traveling under an alias, a man
munity Center.
of sinister pUrpose.
Dr. Joseph Schwartz
J. D. C. pledged to guarantee remains by nature an act without
The luncheon will be in the
I know a Jewish gentleman
juridical value. We believe th at form
their
maintenance.
of a Victory Party and all
whom I shall call Simpson and Returni n g To is on
the
French
administration
in
Ai-
In this war, Tunisia will offe
mothers and daughters actively
who went recently to apply for a
r
geria
would
fulfill
a
duty
and
war job. In the interview that To Prepare Against Want the first proving ground of re _ honor itself by revoking as soon engaged in war work and Girl
followed the formal application,
habilitating an area which ha s as possible this unjust measure. Scouts are asked to co-operate
Dr. Joseph J. Schwartz, chair-
and come in uniform. Comic and
the personnel manager weazled,
actually been devastated an Moreover, as soon as France has entertaining movies will • be
man
of
the
European
Executive
"Simpson, eh? What's your real Council of the Joint Distribution
recovered her freedom, the pro- s
plundered
by
the
Germans,
Di
name?"
visional government of France hown during the afternoon and
Committee, announced at a press Schwartz said.
will h ave the moral obligation to R pecial souvenirs have been se-
"What's yours?" snapped Mr. conference
that the J. D. C. was
Simpson who knows something of fully prepared to march behind
"What will happen there may declare null and void the abro- lected for the daughters.
price per ticket will be
the ancestry of nomenclature and the victorious Allied armies
determine
the pattern of relief gation of the Cremiciux law—as- 77 The
in
cents, including the tax and
suming
is aware that surnames are like North Africa to relieve want and
that
this
will
not have
. efforts in other countries liber-
suits that men put on and take suffering among the civilian popu- ated by our forces," he pointed been done in the meantime. And reservations are being taken at
the Temple Israel office or at the
off in accordance with the cli- lations.
when
the
sovereignty
of the Hampton School on Saturdays
out. "To put it another way,
mate. Could the personnel man-
Tunisia will be a preview. It will French people is again able to and Sundays. No reservations
"As
Montgomery,
Patton
and
ager be sure that his own name
be a preview in which techniques assert itself, we have no doubt
had been in his family even for f Anderson tense for the final of- will be tested, methods improved, that the Jews of Algeria will have will be accepted after Sunday,
ensive against Rommel, we, whose
the brief time of 100 years?
their rights corroborated ,at the May 9, so everyone is asked to
procedures established."
Nor do I quarrel with the mo- a ask it is to follow in their wake
same
time as a fair and equitable co-operate and make their reser-
Dr.
Schwartz
also
discussed
the
vation as early as possible.
tives of a Goldstein who changes 0 rid help rehabilitate the sufferers

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relief and emigration activities of
his name. Goldstein, by changing f war and persecution, must also the J. D. C. on behalf of the refu-
be
prepared
for
an
offensive
his name, may be trying a bit a
want and destitution," Dr. gees and stricken Jewish popu-
of protective coloration in a s gainst
lations on the European continent.
chwartz said.
world in which Goldsteins have
He pointed out that the J. D. C.
been pushed around. Goldstein n Dr. Schwartz is returning with- was spending $80,000 monthly in
wants peace for himself and his E a few days to his post at the Spain to maintain many of the
family and hopes that as Gilday j uropean Headquarters of the 8,000 destitute Jewish refugees,
he may get it. The people who p . D. C. in Lisbon from where he most of whom escaped over the
to go immediately to North
push him around are the very A lans
frica to pave the way for the Pyrenees from France.
ones who revile him for seeking a rrival of two relief directors
In Switzerland, the cost of refu-
this protection from their malice. Is, •hich the J. D. C. is dispatching gee maintenance by the J. D. C.
No, I am not quarreling with t o that territory.
has risen to $60,000 monthly to
the motives of name-changing,
Committees set up by the J.D.C. maintain 9,000 Jewish refugees.
but I hope for a bright new a re already operating in French
Another difficult problem is that
world in which every Goldstein A lorocco and Algiers with funds posed by some hundreds of thou-
may safely keep on being Gold- s upplied under U. S. Treasury sands of Polish Jewish refugees
stein if he wants to and Gins- li tenses. In Algiers the commit- in Soviet Russia. For their aid,
berg stays Ginsberg without pre- to e has already succeeded in ob- the J. D. C. is shipping medical
judice. to
ining the release of all interned and other supplies through the
As for me, I guess I shall stay P olish Jewish refugees for incor- Polish embassy and food packages
Segal which, I have been told, p oration into the Polish and Brit- from Egypt and India.
is an abbreviation of the Hebrew is h armed forces. The Casablanca
Since Pearl Harbor the J. D. C.
Sogan Halovi, meaning chief of co mmittee obtained the release of has helped evacuate close to 10,000
the Levites, which suggests the re fugees in all labor camps, most men, women and children from
nice, lucrative job one of my of whom are working for the Europe, bringing them to havens
ancestors held in the ancient A merican occupation forces. Their n the Western Hemisphere and
temple. re leases were obtained after the Palestine. In all, Dr. Schwartz
pointed out, the record shows that
• the J. D. C. has aided more than
50 per cent of the approximately
540,000 Jews who fled from Ger-
many and the lands which suc-
cwsively came under German
domination since 1933.
"During my brief stay in the
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United States," he declared, "I
have found a great deal of en-
couragement. I return abroad
armed with the knowledge that
the men and women of our official
community in Washington, as well
as those of foreign legations, are
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