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CLIFTON AVENUE - CINCINNATI 20, OHIO

August 13, 1943

DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle

Good Jewish Neighborly Policy in Latin-America Registration Still Open OPA CHIE
Urged by M. N. Fisher on Return from Me xi
F PRENTISS M. BROWN SAYS
co At Farm Camp
There are tremendous hidden
PRICES
ARE
BEING ROLLED BACK
of our people in these land

5

s but
resources in the Latin-American
Registrations for the Farm
much more can and shoul
countries, which can be utilized done. A Pan-American Co d be Camp, the project sponsored by
for the Zionist movement, de- ence, to take place in nfer- the League of Detroit Jewish
South Youth, can still be made at the
clared Mendel N. Fisher, execu- America next summer, has been Jewish Community Center, Wood-
tive director of the Jewish Na- decided upon, following a s Cries ward at Holbrook.
tional Fund of America, after re- of parleys with the important per-
The "Victory Farmers" are
turning from a ten-day stay in sonalities with whom Mr. F isher front
the ranks of Jewish youth
conferred
during
his
visit.
Mexico City where he conferred
organizations and, while working
The
Jewish
National
Fund
with Natan Bitstrisky of Jerusa-
nearly a quarter o will on the farms and in canneries in
lem, representing. the head office
f a the neighborhood, will live at the
of the Keren Kayenieth LeIsrael mill ion pesos from its pre sent former Council Camp at Jeddo,
and with the leaders of Mexican campaign and plans for the Mich. Food and lodging is pro-
Jewry. There is a better under- launching of the Keren Hay esod vided for the workers at camp
standing of the Jewish position campaign in the next 60 days and informal recreation is plan-
in the entire Latin-American have already been completed. The ned for the non-working hours.
world and with the proper cooper- most encouraging aspect of the In this way both a vacation
ation and neighborly policy which u )resent Yishub in Mexico is the and a chance to help hasten vic-
the Zionists of America must ex- nity which marks our activi ties, tory is provided.
tend, we can win the most impor- b The greater consideration tha t is
Forty cents an hour, the pre-
tant personalities in these coup- f eing given to Youth activi ties vailing rate of pay in the dis-
or
the
establishment
of
a
sti
•
tries to support Zionist aspira- c
3
ong trict, will be paid to all workers.
• tions. A check for $20,000 (100,- c hair of Hebrew schools is i ndi-
The fee for using Council Camp
ative
of
the
spirit
that
domin
000 pesos) raised for Palestine o
ates is $15 a week. Anyone wishing
ur
friends
in
Mexico.
land redemption, was presented
to spend a shorter period of
to Mr. Fisher on the eve of his w "The policy of Jewish isola tion time at camp can make arrange-
departure for New York. There h hich has governed our off airs ments at the time of registration.
is a revival of Hebrew learning p as been ended. The neighbo rly Camp will be open until Labor
throughout these lands and one of R po introduced by Presid ent Day.
the most encouraging aspects is in oosevelt must also be exten ded
the tremendous sympathy which st the field of Jewish servic e
lid Mr. Fisher. "The Zion ih
Mexico is showing in support
Russia Honors Jewish
of leadership was greatly enhea
Left to right: George Cushin
the democratic Cause.
g, Ben Levinson, Prentiss M. Browr
en
Plans for intensifying Zionist m ed by the interest we h A ve Woman Who Shot Dow n
The Government's price r oil- than five cents per pound."
work were made during Mr. Fish- lo anifested in their welfare. Ti e Y
back program is showing "ste ady
In connection with community
er's visit, resulting in the estab- to ok up to the Jewry of the U ni- 60 Sixty Axis Planes
progress," Prentiss M. Bro wn, prices, Mr. Brown said: "We
lishment of a Jewish National th d States, the most powerful in
KUIBYSHEV. (WNS) — The OPA administrator, said in
Fund bureau. A program for po- co e world, and they feel that bo
hope that by this winter there
litical work which is to be ex- A ntinents — North and Sou „'T Soviet press last week featured talk over Station WJR.
a will be more than that to thank
t"
editorials
and
special
articles
tended to the Southern Continent gr merica — should work as o
us for. I would like to say a word
"Two per cent of the six per here about our new system of
was formulated. Personnel will of eat unit to rescue the millio a ne lauding the daring exploits of
be provided from the United be Jews for whom homes m u s, Miss Lillie Litvak, lieutenant in cent increase in prices since S ep _ dollars and cents pricing. As you
the Russian Air Force, who shot tember, 1942, already has be ea know, when price control first
States in connection with the Jew- con provided in Palestine at t he
Il e down 60 German planes in a
elusion of the war."
rolled back," he said, "and t h e went into effect, every store had
ish National Fund bureau that is
OPA has plans now that will r
to be set up, and arrangements ing 'I addressed a number of mee t- single aerial operation.
its own price ceilings, determined
Miss Litvak, who had been bed- back the remaining four per ce oil
n t from a certain base rate. This
have also been made to make ing s and met all the groups du r-
ridden
for
several
months
as
a
in
the
immediate
future."
available a Director for Zionist It's my short visit in Mexic 0
meant a highly complicated sys-
He also revealed that a sta te- tern,
work who will also aid in the gre a fabulous country with . result of injuries she received
both for the seller and the
a
while
shooting
down
five
German
propaganda and educational ef- mo at future for our people. Tb e planes in ai air fight over Kursk, merit would be issued early t hi s buyer, and because no two stores
week
by
the
OPA
and
oth
st
interesting
meeting
w
forts which are now being made wit
„. necessarily had the same ceil-
in Mexico.
h the Zionist Organizatio as was recently ordered to lead a Washington agencies on "t he ings, it was almost impossible for
Me xican Jewry is not thinkin a• bombing mission against an im- gasoline situation."
Reporting that there is a thriv- on'
the consumer to know whether
g
German military objec-
Brown said the forthcoming a n _ or
ing Jewish community of over of . y of the present( the majorit portant
not he was paying more than
tive.
While
proceeding
towards
nouncement
would
be
made
joir
i
15,000 Jews in Mexico with splen- res Jews is mindful of their grea t the objective her plane was sud-
t_ ceiling prices. We made a check
ly
by
the
OPA,
the
Petroleu
m
did human material and a fine nat ponsibility to their less-fortu
in May which showed that the
Zionist organization which repre- the e fellow-Jews who have bee - denly attacked by a Nazi forma- Administration for War, and ti ie selling prices of food averaged
n
tion.
Fighting
single
handed,
and
sents more than 90% of the Jew- The victims of the Nazi terro with great courage, Miss Litvak War Production Board. He di s _ 5 per cent above the top legal
closed that commercial and i a
ish people living in Mexico, Mr. the y are deeply concerned wit r•
h shot down 60 Nazi planes.
dustrial users of sugar are bein _ ones. We could tell from that,
Fisher said that it is the will of desi plight of millions of Jews an d
that if we cut out these over-
The Soviet press last week also granted 10 per cent increases i g
n charges, we could actually reduce
this community to cooperate with that re to help them. They kno w carried
reports
that
Michael
their
sugar
ration
allowance
the Jews of the United States The the only solution is Zionism • Tcherniovski, a General in the
s, the cost of living by about 2
which, he said, "will result i n per cent."
and with their neighbors in Latin esta it Paramount concern is th e Red
Army,
had
been
decorated
more
soft
drinks,
candy
an
d
and South America in furthering a blishment, after the war, o
Brown was in Detroit en route
commonwealth in Pal f with the "Lenin Medal" for meri- baked goods for civilian co n _ to St. Ignace, his home, for a
the Zionist Cause. There are be. esti( ewish
.7*
' e. I have not met any Jew - torious service on the front. Gen- sumption."
tween 600,000 to 700,000 Jews ish
- era] Tcherniovski, who helped de-
He predicted that OPA an vacation, and when he arrived in
living in these lands who can be speak appeasers in Mexico. They fend Leningrad, was born in Kiev
nouncements
to be made short) - Detroit he was met by Ben Levin
a
ffluent
Yiddish,
are
na
of tremendous aid to the Cause. tiona
- in the year 1900. His father was would establish lower ceilin y son and George Cushing, who per.
Ily-conscious,
and
respond
to
The President of the Mexican ever
an orthodox Jew and, until tne prices on fresh fruits and vege g suaded him to be interviewed on
government is in sympathy with ing. y appeal for Palestine rebuild- outbreak
of the first world war, tables.
WJR because they felt that De
Zionist aspirations and it is vit- r.ity The leaders of the commu- he received a traditional Jewish
"In the first 46 months o f tioiters were not sufficiently ac
ally necessary now to capture for stein which include Mr. Idel Ep- education. He joined the Red
the Zionist Cause, important ganiz. , president of the Zionist or- Army during the civil war in ; World War I, prices in the Unite d quainted with the work whic1
ates rose 44 per cent," he said
ation, Elias Sourasky, influ-
statesmen in the other Latin-
entia 1 leader and banker, who de- Russia and took an active part ,., 'July was the 46th month since • the OPA was doing.
American countries.
in the campaign conducted by the ' 3 eptembe•, 1939, and the overall
Natan Bitstritsky of Jerusa- sP
ite his large affairs never miss- Red partisans in the Far East. e2 ost of living has gone up only
lem has already done a valuable
7 per cent.
piece of work in the mobilization es a single meeting on behalf of
Zionism, Mr. Teodor Resnikof the energetic leader of the Jew- h "The record on food prices
ish National Fund, Mr. Arturo p asn't been too good, but those
Wolfovich, the dynamic leader of to rites are getting a lot of at-
ntion from the Office of Price
the Keren Hayesod, Mr. Heshl
Rabinovich, whose main concern th dministration. By this winter,
is Hebrew education, represent a e effect of the rollback will be
lot more evident than it is
the highest type of Jewish lead- no w."
ership.
Talk about being in bond-
Most encouraging, is the fact "S Mr. Brown stressed that:
age! I felt as if I were walk-
that the leadership is in the hands ba ince June 15 OPA has cut
ing around in chains. Purges
of younger men with a fine Jew- po ck the prices for several hn-
only helped me temporarily.
rtant
foods,
and
while
the
ish background, who understand ho
Then I learned the cause
usewife
is
benefitting
from
the Youth and know their needs. th
of my constipation. It was
They have the will to build for be ese savings now, they will not
lack
of "bulk" in my diet.
tomorrow. During my visit they liv fully reflected in the cost-of-
So I took a friend's advice
ing
index
until
September.
purchased a substantial plot of wh
and began eating xxxxoco's
ALL-BRAN. It sure is a grand-
ground for the building of a be en the August 15 data will
large Tarbuth Zionist school. do ready. Four substantial reduc-
tasting cereal—and did just
what he said it would do. It
With the splendid aid and guid- sin ns move been placed in effect
got at the cause of my con-
once Mr. Bitstrisky is providing of ce June 15. They include a cut
10
per
cent
in
the
price
of
all
stipation
and corrected It!
them, there is a renaissance of me ats; a
If your trouble Is like
Hebrew learning in the entire cab bage ; 50 per cent cut on
25 per cent on lettuce,
community. and
mine, why don't you try •
20 per cent on fresh fish.
ALL-BRAN? Just eat
Latin-America needs an influx Tog ether
it regu-
these
reductions
have
larly, drink plenty of water
of teachers from the United low ered the cost of living by
and—"Join
the
Regulars"!
States. They have asked that we abo
one and a half per cent.
Made by Kellogg's In Bate
send them ten to fifteen teachers Tak ut
cabbage, for example, which
tie Creek.
qualified to become leaders in the has e been
high as 15 cents a
various countries. This seems to Pou ad, can as
now, even when it is
be their greatest need. They also out of season, sell for no more
want American-Jewish leaders to
visit them from time to time, not
MICHIGAN RESORTS
only to raise funds, but to edu-
cate them and to bring them a
message of encouragement and of
FOR A DELIGHTFUL VACATION
hope. They are hungry for more
knowledge. It is necessary to
translate Hebrew classics and the
Zionist literature into Spanish,
which is of course the medium of
' expression of the greatest number
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of people living in these coun-
for
Hay Fever
tries. There are no Homes for
Sufferers
the Aged in Mexico, the tradition
of the community being that old
parents must be taken care of,
of Northern Michigan
not by the community, but by
their children. Similarly, there are
no "charity" campaigns, for who-
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ever be in need must be rehabili-
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]]lister!
Every extra bond you buy through Mexican Jewry has much to learn
Plan
will
the
Payroll
Savings
Plill
help
me
get
back
to
it.
"Figure
out yonrcelf "
from us; however, there is much
that American Jewry may learn
On Grand Traverse Bay
from our Southern neighbor.
For Information and Reservations,
Omena, Michigan
Qin UN. I-1171,
Daily 10 to 5

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