DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle

GIANT DEMONSTRATION OF UNITY
• IS DETROIT'S ANSWER TO HITLER

ON THE HOME FRONT

May 14, 1943

Philomathic Holds
Oratorical Contest

Speaking on "Our Hope As
Jews," Norman Wexler was elec t-
By BENJAMIN KAUFMAN
ed best speaker, in a program of
All Detroiters, regardless of being an American.
Congressional Medal of Honor
orations at the Philmnathic De-
race, color or religion, are in-
bating club Sunday, May 9. Other
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The program will be broadcast
speakers were: Warren Rovetch,
vited to attend the huge Ameri- nationally over Government time.
Notional Commander
who considered "White-Negro
cans All victory rally and parade It will be an event fit for the
Jewish War Veterans of the U. S.
Relations"; Sidney Zilber, who
which will be held at 2 p. ro, Arsenal of Democracy.
spoke on "Labor in Wartime, I I
Sunday, May 16, at the State
Let us all get together Sun-
and Herman Jacobson, who con-
Fair race track in observance of day, May 16, at the State Fair
As I travel the country, I find hardier, to the Isquith brothers, eluded the program with an ora-
the Government-sponsored I Am Grounds to show the world that
We are strongly united in spite of that Jews are quite familiar the Leroy Diamonds, the Jack iron "East vs. West."
An American Day.
The club heard as critic Isaac
The President of the United our racial and religious differ- with ancient biblical history, but Sugarmans, the Norman Segals,
Green, a student at the IJ niver-
States, Franklin D. Roosevelt has ences.
of added
proclaimed May 16 as I Am An
Let us tell the world that as know very little about the mill- the Morris Berensons, the Theo- sietlyt was
Mich (ed
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i to the
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American Day in honor of newly- loyal Americans we shall fight tary contribution of Jews to our dove Billens. The teacher simply beet
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the club in ceremonie r;
naturalized citizens and native- and produce until the last vestig- own country.
answered the child by saying shi p
Consequently, they are very that she didn't know why there preceding the program.
born Americans who have become es of Hitlenism are swept away.
Plans are proceeding for th e
21 years old. But we, in Detroit, Let us all show the world that disturbed when they are told weren't any Jews fighting fee
club's annual model meeting
shall give it an added significance. THE AMERICAN WAY IS THE there are few Jews at present America.
in the service, that those who are
Besides honoring new citizens, BEST.
If she had read the newspapers which will be held Thursday eve-
in are officers or are in easy on any day that week, she ning, May 27, in the Social Hall
we shall observe I Am An Ameri-
berths. If they only had a know!- would have detected Jewish at Shaarey Zedek. Chairman of
can Day as a vivid reminder of
edge of the facts, they would names from the lists of casual- the affair is Myron Rosenthal..
what this country is and stands Samuel Leib Named
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:now such statements are false. ties from all fronts, and she
for: "A cross-section of all free-
dom-loving peoples of the world Ch a i rman
tnd could stop the spread of would have read several stories ally broke his heart. Ile worrie
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much malicious misinformation.
who came here to establish and $10
citing extraordinary heroism of andgrieved and failed in health.
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000000 Bond Drive
to help build a new and powerful
The same thing is true when American soldiers who were Jews. He felt he had no further reason
nation which fitted their concep-
nasty doggerel or a vicious iDne of them, for instance, Ed- for existence and finally put an
The District Grand Lodge No. poem attacking the patriotism ward Goldberg, already a hero, end to himself.
tion of a land of free men."
An executive committee made 6 has set a goal of $10,000,000 of Jews comes to their atten- on his return to camp from a
What is the answer? Know!-
up of some of Detroit's most for its War Bond drive to corn- don. Not knowing the facts they furlough, took time off to save a
edge of of
the
facts
by and
Jews Gen
and
prominent civic, religious and memorate the 100th anniversary are at a loss to counteract them. man and child front a train- education
both
Jews
Severaltimes . recently,
public leaders is heading this pa-
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which they were in tiles is part of the answer. There
triotic event. They are Honorable
also heard the following: The danger of being killed by live is no longer any reason why
Frank A. Picard, Judge of United
daughter of i friend of mind steam escaping into their car- Americans should not know of
States Court; Cyrus Curtiss, Com-
goes to school in Atlanta. Her riage. He, too, might have been the glorious military record we
class was discussing the war. A killed by that steam.
mander Wayne County American
Jews of America have made.
non-Jewish girl got up and asked
Legion; Howard Martin, Wayne
And there are other stories With life and limb, with brain
County Council, Commander, Vet-
the teacher a question: "Why which do not get into the papers. and purse, we have put our-
erans of Foreign Wars; Thomas
aren't there any Jews fighting for Here's one. One of our corn- selves at the service of our coun-
W. Payne, Commander Spanish-
A merica in the armed forces?" rades of the Jewish War Veter- try, from 1654 to the present
American War Veterans; Pat
Possibly your own child came ans had suffered injuries in the time. This record has all been
Quinn, Wayne County CIO; Frank
home from school and told you first World War front which he simply and briefly told in a book
X. Martel, president Wayne Coun-
the same story. had never entirely recovered. He compiled by the Jewish War
This teacher didn't tell the was a prosperous physician, with
ty AFL; Rev. Monsignor Joseph
Veterans and called "Jews in
Ciarrocchi, Italian-American Civ-
children that there are hundreds a fine growing family, yet when American Wars." It seems to me
ilian Defense Council; Dean Kirk
of thousands of American Jews this war broke, he felt lie must that such a book should be given
O'Farrell, St, Paul's Episcopal
in all branches of the armed get in again to do his bit. He en- the widest possible criculation.
Cathedral; Mrs. Robert H. Peter-
forces of the United States to- listed and was commissioned a Then perhaps you could give the
son, regent Ponchartrain chapter
(lay, tales
or that
every
day brings captain. At one of the Army's proper answer to these scurrilous
new
of th
e
of the Daughters of the Ameri-
heroism of these periodical check-ups, he was poems and Nazi-inspired propa-
can Revolution; Florence Cassidy,
Jewish lads in the air, on the sea found physically unfit to continue Banda, and maybe we wouldn't
Nationality Division Secretary,
and on the battle-field, from in the service, and received an find teachers giving that kind of
Council of Social Agencies; Fred
Meyer Levin, the gallant born- honorable discharge. But it liter- answer to pupils.
M. Butzel, chairman Council of
Social Agencies; Dr. W. T. Osow-
ski, president Michigan Slav Con-
gress; John Panchuk, president
Ukrainian Federation; Most Rev.
S. S. Woznicki, auxiliary bishop
of Detroit, Warren E. Bow, su-
perintendent of Detroit public
schools; Paul M. Deac, president
SAMUEL W. LEIB
Americans All organization; Louis
Starfield Cohane, civic leader; of Bnai Brith. Samuel W. Leib,
Chester A. Kozdroj, president president of the Michigan Bnai
Polish Central Citizens committee. Brith Council, has been named as
The parade will procede this chairman for the drive in Mich-
great rally at 2 p. m., Sunday, igan. Leib will be in charge of
May 16, at Six Mile and Wood- the 20 lodges throughout the state
ward and will march north on who have a quota of over two
Woodward to State Fair Ave. million dollars to raise in this
and up to the rally grounds at drive.
the race track.
Mr. Leib, who is now serving
If we are to judge by the many his second term as president of
thousands of military, naval, vet- the Michigan Bnai Brith Coun-
erans, civic, religious and other cil, is former president of the
patriotic groups that have pledged Pisgah No. 34 Lodge in Detroit.
to participate, the parade alone Leib, who is an attorney, is very
will be a sight to see.
active in civic and philanthropic
With a fully-equipped battalion activities and is also chairman of
of 700 military police and a bat- War Price and Rationing Board
talion of WAACS leading, the No. 3382-2.
parade will include about 25
According to Leib the follow-
bands and drum and bugle corps, ing Detroit lodges have been
Red Cross units, men and women given quotas and chairmen
air raid wardens, labor and color- named: Pisgah Lodge, $850:000,
fully attired nationality groups. Max Goldhoff, chairman; Detroit
Further color will be provided Lodge, $200,000; Roy Fisher, Ir.,
by the many banners, spreads chairman; Louis Marshall Lodge,
and floats entered by the partici- $125,000, William Chatman, chair-
pating organizations.
man; East Side Lodge, $75,000,
At the rally, thousands of par- George Katz, chairman; Theodor
ticipants will hear addresses by Herzl Lodge, $57,000, Harry
local and nationally-known figures, Paskocitz, chairman.
stars of the entertainment world,
two 500-voice choruses and an
orchestra
Because of the war, bond sales Bnai Brith Council
will be spurred to reach the total
of $300,000 for the purchase of To Hold Semi-Annual
a flying fortress to carry the
symbolic name: "AMERICANS Meet at Lansing May 23
ALL. DETROIT." This will be a
Samuel W. Leib, president of
tangible proof of our loyalty and the Michigan Bnai Brith Council,
appreciation of the advantage of will preside at the opening ses-
AMERICA'S 180,000
sion of the semi-annual meeting
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MEN AND WOMEN OF MEDICINE
to take place Sunday, May 23, at
the Congregation Shaarey Zedek
are serving humanity faithfully
in Lansing, Michigan.
wherever
the need may b e . Th ey 4 ,114 HAN
When • the meeting opens at
11 a. in., 20 lodges from the
give their best with our troops and (.0",
State of Michigan will each be
are doing double duty at home.
represented by six delegates to
Window Shade Co. represent their respective lodge.
According to President Leib, the
WINDOW SHADES
question of opening a regional
MADE TO ORDER
office of the anti-defamation
League in Michigan will he one
Cleaned and Repaired
of the important matters of the
LINOLEUM
meeting to be discussed. Three
Inlaid and Battleship
men from the A. D. L. office in
Chicago will lead the panel dis-
Rugs and Furniture
cussion at the meeting.
VENETIAN BLINDS
Rabbi Jerome Folkman of
Grand Rapids, president of Dis-
Drapery Hardware
trict Grand Lodge No. 6 will be
ctt Our Prices and save
present at the all-day conference.
free Estimates Furnlehrd
Due to war-time conditions the
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usual banquet will not be held.
An election of officers will
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By PAUL M. DEAC
State Program Chairm•n, I Am An American Day

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