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July 23, 1943
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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle
Executive Committee of Jewish Conference
Allocates Seats to National Organizations
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Missouri Valley Workers Take War Bonds Instead of Checks
NEW YORK.—During a ses- to the convening of the Confer-
sion which commenced on July ence early in August.
14 and was concluded in the
late Post-Election Reactions
afternoon of July 15, the execu-
As was to be expected, the re-
tive committee for the organi-
VALLEY
zation of the Conference received sults of the elections to the Amer-
ican
Jewish
Conference
are
being
reports of the result of the elec-
IRON CO
I
tions, discussed arrangements fur energetically discussed in the Jew-
ish
press
throughout
the
country.
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the Conference, which is to con-
NCRIH fi ~ aAr7f1 ~
vene on Aug. 28 to Sept. 2, and The methods employed, the man-
allocated to national membership ner in which the elections were
organizations the 125 seats which conducted, the delegates chosen
and the issues facing the Confer-
were reserved for them,
ence are the subjects of numer-
It
was decided to appoint . an ous editorials and special articles.
organization committee which, in While the majority of the Yid-
consultation with a committee to dish and Anglo-Jewish press eval-
be composed of the represents- uates the elections as a signifi-
tives of various groupings as re- cant event in Jewish life and
fleeted in the results of the elec- lauds the effort to give expres-
tions, should prepare and recom- sion to the
will of the Jewish
mend to the Conference a plan of public, some publications allege
organization for the Conference that the elections were conducted
when it meets. The committee in many districts on a partisan
consists of Louis Lipsky, Allen
basis and have caused bitterness,
Stroock
43.
(alternate—Morris D. strife and disunity. The defeat
Waldman), Henry Monsky (alte•- of some distinguished local lead-
nate—Maurice Bisgyer), Herman el'S
who have for years headed
Shulman and Louis Segal.
community affairs has been as-
It was unanimously agreed that cribed in part to the operation
as soon as the Conference con- of cumulative voting and in part
venes the authority of the execu- to the operation of "pressure
tive committee is to be consid- groups," meaning well-organized
ered as concluded and any fur- Jewish political and social bodies
ther governing bodies shall be which obviously had at their dis-
Leavenworth, Kansas.—More than 200 of the 324 employees of the Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Corn
selected by the delegates at the posal adequate machinery.
pany put 100 per cent of a week's pay into War Bonds here as a practical demonstration of the extent to
Conference, in accordance with
which war workers are eager to respond to the Treasury Department's call for increased War Savings.
Some commentators go so far
Workers of the plant have been allotting 14 per cent of their gross payroll for Bonds since last Sep-
the principle governing the Amer- as to predict the failure and doom
tember, but the special one week 100 per cent drive was held to stress this theme:
lean Jewish Conference. of the Conference because of the
The report of the national elec- sharp division of views and the
"Will I be more Interested in my current personal comforts than in the lives of the boys who a se fighting
tion board, by Louis Lipsky, re- absence among the delegates of
that I might live?"
vealed that approximately 25,0
Long ago the shipyard employees earned the right to wear the coveted E button for efficiency in war
electors, chosen by organizatio0ns local leaders who have for years
production.
U S Treasury Department
0 rendered invaluable service. The
and groups representing more latter extreme view is not shared
than 1,500,000 members of more by the great majority of Jewish
than 6,000 local Jewish organi- periodicals, which emphasize that
zations, cast their ballots in the for the first time since the last Tag Day of JWEWD
Arabs and Jews Can Never Reach Understanding,
(elections of delegates. Of the 375 war an opportunity has been
giv- July 25 at Mt. Clemens
the
sen by the
Ielegars,
tes to e
Says Auni Abdul Bey Hadi, Arab Leader
en to the organized Jewry of
choelected,
374 bwere
elect
The Jewish Women's European
America and to all those who
remaining delegate still to be are
Welfare
organization
will
hold
a
JERUSALEM (WNS)—The in- against them."
willing to associate them-
chosen at an election in Worces-
tag day in Mt. Clemens this com- creasing tension between Jews
Jewish groups in Palestine did
ter, Mass., delayed because of lo-
solve post-war Jewish problems, ing Sunday, July 25, and a picnic and Arabs in Palestine as both not pay too much attention to
cal conditions.
at Palmer Park Section 5, Sun-
the Arab leader's outbursts and
The report on allocation of del- to take part in the election of day, August 8. The arrangements sides begin to marshall their ar-
the Hebrew press indicated that
representatives
who
will
be
soy
-
f
gates to the national members ip
committee is preparing for the guments for eventual presentation Jewish leaders feel that it was
ereign
in
adopting
historic
deci-
l
organizations was the subject o
sloes affecting the lives of mil- picnic home cooked meals, drinks, at the peace conference was re- unnecessary to engage in polemics
a lengthy discussion, as
flected this week in a violent with the Arabs since the ultimate
result lions of Jews. Nor do the majority games, prizes, etc.
Members with their families and anti-Zionist statement issued by disposition of Palestine will be
of a desire to apply, as far as of periodicals share the view ex-
possible, the principle of parity pressed in some quarters that the friends are requested to be active Auni Abdul Bey Hadi, prominent decided by neither the Jews nor
in the allocation of seats to nay
in helping that the above men- nationalist leader, appearing in the Arabs but by the victorious
tional membership organizations. Conference should not be held tioned affairs be successful.
the entire Arab press.
Allied nations.
organizations at all on the ground that such
consequence,
In
Hadi, who was one of the Arab
The newspaper Haboker, com-
which were previously, tentative y a convocation would be untimely
Women's Aid for Service
leaders who fled the country in menting editorially, states: "Who
granted four seats will now ref - and harmful. As hundreds of at.-
1937 when the British sought to empowered Auni to speak on be-
ceive only three. A number od ticles and editorials have pointed Men Hold Luncheon
arrest him for complicity in the
new organizations were allocate h out, it is now that the Jews of
Women's Aid for Service Men riots of that time and who did half of not only Palestinian, but
the world are facing the most held a luncheon and card party
all Arabs? As far as we know,
seats to the Conference on t
basis of size of membership f atnh serious crisis that has confronted on Wednesday, July 14, at the not return until the British de- no Arab organization has empow-
them in their long history.
clared an amnesty for several of ered him to make any such state-
program of Jewish life. All o .
Women's Guild Metropolitan build-
The fact that almost 25,000 ing. Mrs. Hoffrichter, president the exiled nationalists, stated ments. But we aren't going to
125 seats reserved for nationa e l
membership organizations were electors, representing a multitude of the organization, gave a brief categorically that there can be scrutinize his credentials because
of Jewish organizations, political report of the accomplishments of no "understanding" between Jews the Hebrew press does not publish
allocated.
and Arabs until the former com- statements against the Arabs and
Rabbi Milton Steinberg report- cultural and social, participatej the past year.
pletely abandon their Zionist as- their leaders. We have our dis-
eel on the activities of the pre- in the balloting serves as the best
New members were enrolled and
liminary studies committee and evidence that the communities more are welcome. For details call pirations. His statement reads:
pute with the Palestine Govern-
"I have entirely disregarded ment in connection with post-war
whole-heartedly responded to the Tyler 6-4782 or Tyler 5-7871.
pos
gave an outline of the
the recently increased Zionist pro- reconstruction and are not in-
call issued by the committee for
facing
fac i
survey of the problems proposed
paganda. But Dr. Weizmann's terested in debating with
thor-
°r the organization of the Confer-
European Jewry. After a th
any
Dr. Nahum Goldmann has been and David Ben-Gurion's state- Arab
k( ence. Whatever bitterness was
ough analysis it was
who pretends to be a lead-
entrusted
with
the
political
work
ments
compel
me
to
say
what
I
er."
by the committee that the work caused by some election upsets of the World Zionist Executive
confident express the opinion
of the research staff cover the . was less noticeable in the larger at Washington . . . The play built am
An editorial in Haaretz de-
of
all
Arabs
in
Palestine
and
following seven distinct areas. Jewish centers where preliminary around Meyer W. Weisgal's tribu-
clared that "the statement by
elsewhere.
The
Arabs
have
de-
Rescue in territories under discussions and considerations of lations as the producer of "The
Auni Bey Abdul Hadi does not
cided to oppose Zionism with all
Axis domination; 2, relief in tran_ Problems
Eternal Road" is now nearing their strength. They do not want surprise us. He has returned to
Examination of the designation completion . . . Those who have
sitional period; 3, political and
Palestine after four year's ab-
social status; 4, economic recon- of electors sent in to the board read the outline say that it will any mutual understanding with sence, as he left, without learn-
Zionist
Jews
before
the
latter
ab-
struction; 5, migration and col- of elections by the local election be a smash hit and box office suc-
ing anything. Even four years of
onization; 6, Jewish rights to Pal- districts and regions clearly evi- cess . . . The London Yiddish solutely abandon their policy. The war which have driven the best
Zionists
must
fully
realize
that
estine; 7, Jewish representation denees that most of the elections stage hit "The Room on the
sons of humanity to seek a better
in the postwar world. were definitely conducted in the Corner". . . will be produced in the Arabs are defending their ex- and juster post-war world has
istence
in
Palestine
and
will
not
There will be another meeting spirit of unity, and that a fair this country soon, in English .. .
not affected him. We regret it.
of the executive committee prior opportunity was given to all Elizabeth Bergner, the great little make the slightest concession of We think, however, that the world
groups and shades of opinion in Reinhardt star, is ready for a their rights even if the power of will continue to seek a solution
American Jewry, and that all did Broadway comeback . . . She has the entire world is assembled to the Palestine problem."
Wised
With
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participate.
Examination of the returns
shows that every shade of opinion
and every organized group will
be represented in the Conference.
The circumstance that some local
leaders may be absent in no way
supports the allegation that the
Conference when assembled will
not represent the entire American
Jewry as far as it finds expression
in organized Jewish bodies.
That delegates belonging to
various parties or groups will
unite on the basis of a definite
program does not necessarily
mean that the deliberations of
the Conference will be conducted
on strict party lines, or that more
strife and friction will be the
result. To judge by the various
statements issued by the members
of the executive committee, rep-
resenting different and even op-
posing views, it is the wish of
everybody concerned to conduct
the Conference in a spirit of fair
play and the free exchange of
views, with unity as the ultimate
goal.
It should not be overlooked
that the election machinery was
set up in record time, and repre-
sents the first attempt in 25
years to introduce a democratic
principle in the conduct of Jew-
ish affairs. While shortcomings
were inevitable, the results are,
to a great degree, gratifying and
the experience gained will no
doubt serve to improve the pro-
selected a revival of 'The Second
Mrs. Carroll" as her vehicle . .
Have you heard "Hitler's Funeral
March," the song hit which is
sweeping the country? . . . The
Nazis' military ditties have chang-
ed, by the way .. Only a short
time ago Hitler's warriors sang:
"Today Europe—Tomorrow the
World". . . Now they're moanin'
low: "We Stand Fast Against
Invasion". . . You will hear a
great deal about Frederick Joseph
Scheu's book "British Labor and
the Beveridge Plan," just out .. .
Scheu was born in Vienna 38
years ago, and is the grandson of
the author of republican Austria's
national anthem . . . One very re-
liable source reports that Charles
Boyer, the great romantic screen
star, belongs to the race that Hit-
ler has sworn to exterminate .. .
Boyer is trying to produce a pic-
ture on the Life of Clemenceau
. . . Which reminds us to report
that a certain group is seriously
exploring the possibilities for a
film with Theodor Herzl as the
main figure . . .
cedure when the next opportunity
arises.
When the full list of the elect-
ed delegates and their organiza-
tional affiliations, as well as the
number of groups that have par-
ticipated in their elections are
made public, many of the objec-
tions raised will appear to be
baseless and unfounded.
RABBINICAL COUNCIL OF AMERICA
TO CONVENE IN CHICAGO, JULY 24-27
Graduates of the Hebrew Theo- more will preside as chairman.
logical College of Chicago and of Those who will appear on the
the Rabbi Isaac Elchonan Yeshi- panel are Rabbi W. Drazin of
vah of New York will convene in Savannah, Ga., Rabbi Uri Miller
Chicago, July 24-27, at the eighth of New Orleans, Rabbi Jacob
annual convention of the Rabbini- Agus of Dayton and Rabbi Na-
cal Council of America. than Barack of Phoenix, Ariz.
Opening with religious services
Rabbi Meyer Berlin, president
in the synagogue of the Hebrew of the World Mizrachi Organiza-
Theological College on Saturday tion, will address the convention,
morning, which will be followed
by a Torah discussion in the Col- as will Rabbi Saul Silber, presi-
lege Library that afternoon, the dent of the Hebrew Theological
College, and Rabbi Samuel Bel-
convention will convene at Hotel Kin, president of the Yeshivah
LaSalle on Sunday for the bal- College.
ance of its meetings. On Sunday morning the He-
Rabbi Isadore Goodman of brew Theological College
will
Memphis, and Rabbi Chaim Reg- dedicate a service flag honoring
ensberg of Chicago will deliver its graduates and former students
sermons at the Saturday morn- who are now serving as chaplains
ing services. Rabbi Irving Miller with the armed forces.
of Racine, Wis., will serve as Rabbi E. Louis Cardon of
chazan. Chairman of the Saturday Springfield, Ill., is chairman of
afternoon discussion group will the convention. Officers of the
be Rabbi Mordecai A. Stern of Rabbinical Council of America
Richmond Hill, Long Island. Par- are: President, Rabbi Joseph H.
ticipating in the program will
be Lookstein of New York; vice pres-
Rabbi C. Korb and Rabbi D. Lif- idents, Rabbi Manuel Laderman
shitz of Chicago, and Rabbi Dr. of Denver, chairman of the west-
Joseph Ber Soloveitchik, chief ern region;
Rabbi Israel Tabak
rabbi of Boston and Rosh Mesifta of Baltimore, chairman of
the
of Yeshivah College of New York. southeastern region; Rabbi Albert
Highlighting the discussions N. Mandelbaum of the Bronx,
will be a panel on postwar prob- New York, and Chaplain Isaiah
lems
be held Sunday evening. Rackofsky, who is now attending
Rabbi to Israel
Tabak
of Balti- the Chaplain's School at Harvard.