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211th Year of Service to Our State and Nation
VOL. 45, NO. 30
Detroit and Jewish
Chronicle
The Legal Chronicle
DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1943
10c Single Copy: $3.00 Per Year
Prof. Solomon Michoels, Lt.-Col. Itzik Feffer Detroit Yeshivah Campaign
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To Speak at Masonic Temple on Sun., Aug. 1 Continues Through Summer
Fred M. Butzel Heads Reception Committee of More Than 100
Detroiters; Mayor Edw. J. Jeffries To Welcome Soviet Delegation
Beth Yehudah Convocation To Be Held Sept. 12
Will End Drive for 500 New Members
Professor Solomon Michoels, president of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee
of the U. S. S. R., and Itzik-Feffer, noted Soviet Jewish poet and Lieutenant-Colonel
(A -in the Red Army, in a long distance telephone interview from New York, stated that
they were both looking forward to their visit to Detroit this week. Professor Michoels
and Mr. Feffer, members of a Soviet Jewish delegation recently arrived from Ku-
bishev on a cultural mission to the United States, are coming here at the invitation
of the Detroit reception commit-
Rabbi Max J. Wohlgelernter,
president of Yeshivath Beth Ye-
hudah, announces that the board
of the local Hebrew Academy at
its July meeting decided to ex-
tend the campaign for 500 new
members to the opening of the
new school term in September.
Directors and friends of the in-
stitution will utilize the sum-
mer months for the solicitation
of annual contributions to sup-
port Detroit's own center of re-
ligious education. Final reports
will be submitted at a special
public convocation Sunday after-
noon, September 12, for which
elaborate preparations are now
being made.
One hundred new members and
contributors were secured thus
far, with a total amount in cash
and pledges of $2,000, according
to Samuel Hechtman, chairman of
the budget and finance commit-
tee. The following directors and
staff members participated: Ed-
ward Canvasser, Rabbi H. Carle-
bach, Isadore Cohen, Louis Dann,
Morris Dorn, Abraham Dubrin-
sky, Charles T. Gellinan, Isaac
Gendelman, Samuel Hechtman,
Jacob Lesser, Dr. Hugo Mandel-
baum, Samuel W. Platt, Louis
Please, Sam Seligson, Louis So-
Isidore Sosnick, Rabbi J. S.
Sperka, Rabbi Isaac Stollman,
Harry Stolsky, Meyer Terebelo,
Rabbi Samson R. Weiss, Moses
Weisswasser, Dr. Moses Wieser,
Rabbi Max J. Wohlgelernter.
tee headed by Fred M. Butzel, ed Detroit. We look forward with
Saturday, July 24.
George F. Addes, Rabbi Morris
affection to bringing greetings in Adler, Philip A. Adler, G. Alman,
The delegation will arrive early person from our people to the Hyman Altman, Maurice Arons-
Saturday morning by train from people of Detroit."
son, Anne Baker, Dr. Morton
Pittsburgh, on the first of tvco
t i,
visits to Detroit. They will be
Over 100 leaders of almost Barnett, Irving W. Blumberg
$30,000 Budget Accepted
officially welcomed by Mayor Ed- every phase of Detroit activity, Meyer Beckman, Maurice Borde- '
ward J. Jeffries in the City Hall representatives of civic and rei l- I
At the last session of the board
Mrs.
A.
H.
Brodie,
Leon
gious organizations, business men love,
of directors a budget of $30,000
at
1 a. m. and
be formally
introduced
to then
members
of the and women, artists, writers and Brooks, Mrs. Douglas Brown,
was voted for the current fiscal
reception committee at a luncheon leaders of trade unions are mem- Councilman Frank Cody, David
See CAMPAIGN—Page 12
in the delegates' honor at 1 p. m. bers of the Detroit reception corn- J. Cohen, Abraham Cooper, Fran-
at the Book-Cadillac Hotel.
mittee for the Soviet Jewish dele- cis B. Creamer, L. W. Crohn,
Although Professor Michoels gation. Among the many promi- Harry C. Davidson, Paul M. Deac,
and Mr. Feffer are making a na- nent figures are George F. Addes, Aaron Droock, Mrs. Dora B.
tionwide tour of major cities Mrs. A. H. Brodie, Rev. Francis Ehrlich, Jack Ellstein, Charles C.
which will allow them to visit B. Creamer., Aaron Droock, Mrs. Feinberg, Rabbi Leon Fram, Mrs.
li h ' James I. Ell _ H. J. L. Frank, Rabbi Leo M.
these cities only once, Detroit Dora B. Ehrc,
means so much to them that they mann, Rabbi Leo M. Franklin, Franklin, Isaac Finkelstein, Dan
are returning for a second visit Mrs. Samuel R. Glogower, Dr. B. Fishman, William Friedman.
on Sunday, Aug. 1, the reception Benedict Glazer, Rev. Charles
Nat Ganley, Morris Garvett,
committee announced. Climaxin g Hill, Israel Himelhoch, Mayor Ed- Fred A. Ginsburg, Mrs. Charles
Co-Chairman Enggass
the delegation's second visit, a ward J. Jeffries, Leon Kay, Mrs. Gitlin, Mrs. Martha Gleicher, Mrs.
giant public reception will be Bayre Levin, Frank X. Martel, Samuel R. Glogower, Dr, B. Bene-
Announces New List
held for them at the Masonic Mrs. Willard Pope, C. Pat Quinn, diet Glazer, Henri Goldberg, H.
Temple, Sunday evening, Aug. 1, Judge ky, Frank A. Picard , George Rabbi
S.
Grant,
Mrs.
Hannah
Harvith,
Maurice A. Enggass, co-chair-
at 7 p. m., under the auspi ces P irins
Abraham Srere , R. J.
A. M. Hershman, Rev.
man of the collection committee
Thomas and Donald M. D. Thur- Charles Hill, Israel Himelhoch,
of the Detroit reception commit- bar'
William B. Isenberg, Mrs. H. L.
tee. Accompanying the delegation
of the Detroit Service Group,
Action Is Taken by
on their second visit will be the
The delegates' first stay here Jackson, Herman Jacobs, Mayor
announces the enrollment of the
fr om Saturday, July Edward J. Jffrie
American Consul-General of the will extend
s, Benjami E.
e
following additional workers in
24, through Monday, July 26, Jaffee, Judge Ira W. Jayne n
Board
of
Elections
U. S. S. R., Eugene Kisselev.
, Ed-
the drive for the collection of
interview during which time they expect to ward Kahn, Harry E. Kaplan,
During the telephone inter
The national board of elections Allied Jewish Campaign accounts:
Professor Michoels stated:o
T visit several of the war plants Joseph Katz, Leon Kay, Isaac
the people of Russia, Detroit "- is and USO activity centers, and Kessler, M. J. Kogan, Harry of the American Jewish Confer-
Division A—Mercantile
the American Stalingrad."
meet personally many of the in_ Kaminer, Abe Kasle, S. L. Key- ence on Tuesday notified Abraham
Special
assignments—Max Os-
Srere,
chairman
of
the
Detroit
Declared Mr. Feffer: "Detroit dividual community leaders. The well, Jacob Keller Louis LaMed,
and its people are near to our delegation will leave for Cleve- Samuel W. Leib, Mrs. Bayre Lev- election committee for the Con- nos, Maurice A. Enggass, Israel
hearts. Its fame as the Arsenal land Monday evening, July 26, in, Samuel M. Levin, Bill LeVine, ference, that Fred M. Butzel has Himelhoch.
of Democracy has been demon- and return to Detroit for their Louis Levine, S. J. Lieberman. been certified as a delegate to
Jewelry—fred F. Simmons,
strated concretely to us in the public reception at the Masonic Samuel Lifshitz, Isaac Litwak, the conference and that Detroit Samuel Gerson.
heat of battle when the vital Temple, Sunday, Aug. 1.
Shoes--Nathan Hack.
Frank Markson, Frank X. Martel, has been granted 10 instead of
products of war made by the Reception Committee
Frank Merskey, Henry Meyers, nine delegates.
Furniture—Louis Robinson.
This
action
came
after
a
group
workers of this American Stalin-
Dry goods—Julian H. Krolik,
The complete list of the Detroit Sam Miller, S. Milgrom.
of Detroit leaders had pointed I sane Shetzer.
grad have arrived in boxes stamp- reception committee follows:
out
to
the
national
elections
See MISSION—Page 12
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____ _____ ___ board that Michigan, with a Jew- n Women's apparel—Morton Ash-
er, Bert Silverman.
ish population of 110,000, was
Men's apparel—Harry S. Cohn.
RABBI WISE GREETS SOVIET JEWISH DELEGATES
entitled to 11 delegates instead
0
of 10, and that Fred M. Butzel
See WORKERS—Page 12
was one of the 10 highest vote- r
getters in the local election.
Action taken by the national
board followed the appeal that NOTICE
was made by the following De-
troit organizations and their
presidents:
All copy must be in not
Temple Israel. Morris Garvett;
later
than Wednesday, 3
Temple Beth El, Joseph Welt;
Hadassah, Mrs. Morris Adler;
p.m. It must be written
Congregation Shaarey Zedek,
Morris Blumberg; Council of Jew- on one side of paper only
ish Women, Mrs. Leonard Wei-
ner; United Hebrew Schools, Ru- and where possible should
dolph Zwieback; American Jew-
be typewritten.
ish Congress, Leon Kay; Jewish
Community Center, Mrs. Samuel
Glegowcr.
Workers Enroll
For Collection of
Campaign Funds
Fred M. Butzel Is
Named Delegate to
Jewish Conference
MUSSOLINI AND ANTI-SEMITISM
Rabbi Stephen S. Wise (right) as he greeted Itzik Feffer
famed Soviet Jewish poet,
( left)'
and Professor Solomon Michoels (center), chairman of the Jewish
Anti-Fascist
Committee of the
U. S. S. R., at the huge Polo Grounds reception in New York,'July 8. 47,00
New Yorkers
attended
the meeting, at which distinguished speakers and artists, includin g Sholem 0 Asch,
James N.
Ros-
enberg, Mrs. David de Sole Pool, Maurice Schwartz, Dr. Nachum Gol
dmann,
Eddie
Cantor
and
Paul
R obeson welcomed the Soviet delegates. Professor Michoels and Mr. Feffer are to appear shortly
In Pittsburgh, Detroit, Cleveland, Chicago and Philadelphia, in a tour to promote friendship between
the peoples of the United States and the U. S. S. R.
Editor's Note—Each passing day brings Mussolini closer to his
inevitable end. The following article, prepared for the Uni-
versal Jewish Encyclopedia, discusses the Italian dictator's
conversion to Hitler's wild anti-Semitic program.
Duce and dictator of Italy, b.
Predappio, Italy, 1883. Son of a shifted ground and advocated
blacksmith who had been a dis- Italy's intervention on the side
ciple of Bakunin, Mussolini from of Great Britain and France just
his childhood inclined to revolu- as vehemently, as he had com-
tionary socialism. He was forced batted it before. He was there-
to leave Italy for Switzerland fore excluded from the Socialist
(1902) because of his violent an- Party, whose members were com-
tagonism to monarchy and Cath- pleteiy surprised by his change
olicism. During his Swiss exile, and reproached him for having
Mussolini was supported by so- betrayed those who redeemed him
cialists of various countries who from moral and physical misery.
were likewise refugees. Many of Mussolini, however, had in his
them, including Angelica Bala- pocket a contract enabling hint
banoff, were Jews, and Mussolini to found his own newspaper, the
formed intimate friendships with interventionist Popolo d'Italia,
which thereafter remained his
them.
Returning to Italy, Mussolini property. At the end of the war,
became editor-in-chief of Avanti, Mussolini founded the Fascist
the leading newspaper of the Party to combat socialism and de-
Italian Socialist Party. He con- mocracy, and in 1922 he became
tinued to represent the extreme dictator of Italy.
a stages of his ca-
left wing of the party, and was
In the erly
veer as Fa scist leader Mussolini
violently opposed to Italy'
con-
quest of Libya in 1912. After the had e assistance of several
outbreak of the first World War Jews. His trusted lieutenant was
(1914) Mussolini thundered Aldo Finzi, a gallant airman who
against all belligerentgovern- cooperated with Gabriele d'An-
ments. Suddenly, however, he
See MUSSOLINI—P age 12