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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle

Dr. S. S. Wise Issues Statement Objecting
To Articles of Cyrus S. Sulzberger on
Arab - Jewish Relations in Palestine

Jewish Deputy Demand
Full Rights for Jews
in Post-War Poland

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August 13, 1943

Poster Depicts Country's Anger

Editor's Note: The appended statement was sent to the New York
LONDON. (WNS)—Dr. Ignac
Times in behalf of the Emergency Committee in response Schwartzbart, Jewish deputy, tol
to the series of articles from Cairo during the past few days the Polish National Council thi
by Cyrus L. Sulzberger.
week in the course of a genera 1
d eb ate on the policies of the
August 3, 1943.
all enlistment is on a volun tary new
Polish Cabinet that "the
During the last three days, the basis and that there is no con- declarations
with regard to the
New York Times has published scription. It would seem, th ere- rights of national minorities in
fore, that the Times correspo nd -
a series of dispatches from Cairo
which were made by the
ent has over4emphasized the few Poland
in which Mr. Cyrus L. Sulzberger isolated
late Premier Sikorski and which
extremist
steps
w
describes mounting tension in
hich have now been endorsed by Pre-
Palestine and the possibilitty of were taken to promote recruit ing. flier Mikolajczyk must not remain
fl et
in Chino
These
coercive
measures
w
-7—Wrecicaf 13ooliffleTPlone
clashes between the Arab and
ere merely on paper but must be-
formally condemned by the J ew-
Jewish populations.
come a living force," and "de-
These articles relate that Jews ish Agency for Palestine and on spite all misunderstandings, it
March
7,
1943,
Dr.
Bernard
Jo
and Arabs are arming in antici-
Sc- will remain a historical fact that
pation of violence and convey the eph, secretary, formally addres sed of all national minorities of pre-
the
Palestine
Government
as
fol - war Poland, the Jews alone re-
impression that Jewish eagerness lows:
to assist in the prosecution of
mained faithful to the Polish Re-
"When
recently
a
number
of public.
the war is motivated by a desire
acts
of
terrorism
were
comn
to militarize the Jewish popula-
"I do not know how many of
tion in preparation for the threat- ted in connection with recruit mg the Polish Jews will survive the
they emphat ically con-
ened conflict with the Arabs.
present tragedy," Dr. Schwartz-
This is.,inisleading and grossly demned by the Jewish . public bart continued, "but there should
bodies.
Their
condemnation,
it
is
unfair. The objective observer
be no 'Jewish problem' in post-
who knows the temper of the gratifying to note, led to a dis- war Poland. P o 1 is h Jewry,
continuance
of
such
acts."
Jewish people in Palestine must
through its legitimate representa-
recognize that the goal in Jewish i Further evidence that the Jew- tives, should be included in the
sh
contribution
to
the
war
is
recruitment, mobilization and sac-
activities of the government in
rifice is the winning of the war. dictated solely by the will to rebuilding and in restoring Po-
That is dominant and unques- d victory and not by any ulterior land. The anxieties of the Polish
esign for self - militarization
tioned.
republic are our anxieties, too."
Like all the peoples of the f omes in the form of a statement
He also drew the attention of
corn
High
Commissioner
Sir
Har-
United Nations, the Jews of Pal- 0
Premier Mikolajczyk to the anti-
d
MacMichael,
who,
on
July
29,
estine are determined to estab- d
Semitic sentiments within the
lish a free world in which all e eclared that the increased agri- ranks of the Polish army.
ultural
production
of
the
Jewish
men will enjoy the Four Free- f
dome, and in which they, like e armers has been of "the great-
all other peoples, will have their st value in the war effort."
own Homeland. The people who s Of course the Jews are re- Rabbi Morton J. Cohen
were the first victims of Hitler's o olved upon the defense of their
land, whether the aggressor Accepts Chaplaincy
aggression are the people most b wn
determined to accomplish Hitler's J e Hitler or the Arabs. But if
defeat and the overthrow of force a ews are compelled to take up
Rabbi Morton J. Cohn of Tem-
and violence. They are dedicated hi rms in their own defense, the ple Beth El, Niagara Falls, N. Y.,
ame
will
not
rest
upon
them;
to victory and peace. it
son of Jacob Cohn of 2508 W.
To suggest other motives is p will be an inevitable course a Philadelphia Ave., has accepted a
eople
must
take
to
defend
them-
to cast a slur on the gallantry se
and idealism of the Jews of Pal- i m Ives from aggression. If a clash
estine. The record refutes the th ponds in Palestine, it is not
suggestion. All through the Arab th e Jews who are the aggressors;
riots of 1936 to 1939, in the ti ey are the victims of a con-
face of brutal provocation, the th nuing appeasement which now
reatens their destruction.
Jews in Palestine exercised the
In reply to the Japanese execution of captured American filen
maximum amount of self-restraint ge The Times correspondent sug-
the Treasury Department has issued the poster pictured above, giv.
and disciplined patience. Since m sts that the United Nations
ing America's answer to the atrocity. It shows clearly how Japar
ust deal with the situation firm-
that time, their efficiency, cour-
misjudged her opponent in hoping to intimidate the American nation
age and self-sacrifice in the con- ly
Th if violence is to be avoided.
e
U. S. 1reasuty Detwtmeni
need
for
decisive
action
has
duct of the war have won re- Ion
peated commendation. be g been apparent, but it must
In the Libyan campaign, Gen- m i unequivocal and uncompro-
eral Sir Archibald Wavell said (lis sing. The tenor of the Times
REFUGEE-RELATIVES REGISTRATION FOR
they "performed fine work . . . oth patches is suggestive of an-
er
course—some
new
engage-
their morale is excellent and they me
POST-WAR EMIGRATION AID IS BEGUN
are eager to help in the over- ap nt which might perpetuate past
throw of the dictators". Their f u t peasements and jeopardize the
The registration of persons in by welfare agencies throughout
bravery in Greece brought a trib- i n ure of the Jewish Homeland
the
United States and in the the country; and by the branches
Palestine.
ute from Sir Henry Maitland
other countries of the Western of its overseas agency, the HIAS-
We
fear
that
the
Times
corre-
Wilson and later he wrote that
Hemisphere who have lost con- ICA Emigration Association in
he "much appreciated the assist- s r 00 ndent has presented an exag-
tact with their kin abroad, whose the Central and South American
gerated
picture
of
the
situation
last residence was in one of the countries.
ance rendered by the Jews" in
and has unwittingly transmitted
Syria.
Nazi dominated lands, has been
The data which will thus be
undertaken by the Hebrew Shelt- gathered,
The most recent declaration the propaganda of those very ele-
Mr. Asofsky explained,
ering and Immigrant Aid Society, will be classified and made avail-
came from the British Informa- ments who are interested in fo-
tion Service, which in a bulletin menting trouble and who hope,
it was announced by Isaac I. able to the European offices of the
issued on July 16, 1943, pointed by intimidation, to force abridg- CHAPLAIN MORTON COHN Asofsky, its executive director. refugee
aid organization with a
out that out of a total Jewish ment of Jewish rights in Pal-
The organization has been active
population in Palestine of about estine. If there is to be any Chaplaincy in the United States in the field of immigrant and view to reestablishing contact be-
tween the surviving refugees and
500,000, 30,000 are in the armed action by the United Nations Naval Reserve, with the rank of refugee aid service since 1884.
deportees and their American
forces, i. e., six per cent, or the with respect to Palestine, it muse Lieutenant (j.g.) He reported for
Mr. Asofsky stated that the relatives. The facts
that will be
equivalent of an enlistment of look to the fulfillment of the his- active duty on July 31 at the program which has been designed
8,000,000 in the United States. toric promise made to the Jewish Naval Chaplain Training School, as an aid to post-war social serv- ascertained by means of this Re-
fugee-Relatives Registration Pro-
The statement refers further to people—the establishment of a Williamsburg, Va.
ice and emigration aid work aims gram will make possible the
" t h e remarkable contribution Homeland in Palestine. There can
Chaplain Cohn was born in De- at ascertaining the whereabouts bringing of
and succor to
they (the Jews of Palestine) are be no retreat.
troit on January 12, 1910, and of refugees and deportees who will the victims as relief
soon as conditions
now making to winning the war."
have
survived
their
experiences
received
his
early
education
in
the
The American Emergency
in a given theatre of operations
It must be remembered that
local schools. After one year of in the Ghettos, slave labor camps will permit and pave the way for
Committee for Zionist attend
and
concentration
camps
in
Ger-
ante
at
the
College
of
the
Affairs,
a possible reunion after the ces-
City of Detroit (Wayne Univer- many, in the Axis satellite coun- sation of hostilities.
Stephen S. Wise,
tries
and
in
the
occupied
lands
Chairman. city) he enrolled in the Hebrew
"A program of a similar char-
Union College, Cincinnati, Ohio, of Europe. The registration in acter undertaken by the Hebrew
and at the University of Cincin- which many American families Sheltering and Immigrant Aid
nati. He was graduated from the manifested keen interest will be Society during World War I
latter institution in 1931, and was carried on by the branches of the served to reestablish contact be-
Junior Red Cross
ordained as Rabbi in 1 34, after Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant
hundreds of thousands of
Plans Program Aug. 17
having specialized in e fields of Aid Society in New York, Boston, tween
American and European Jews. It
Water Camel
history and religious education.
Baltimore, Philadelphia, Wash- led,
in many cases, to the tem-
A program featuring the Jun
From 1934 to March, 1938, he ington, San Francisco and Seattle; porary relief of families who west'
Thirst is one enemy of armies for Red Cross is to be presented served as Regional Director of
in dire need and to their eventual
and navies that may be frustrated
Tuesday, Aug. 17, at 10:30 a. in. the Union of American Hebrew
immigration to other parts of the
by a generous supply of water. Ty-
Congregations, with his head-
BAY
CITY
NOTES
phus, another dreaded plague is an- in the WWJ Studio Auditorium quarters in Texas. In March, 1938
world and reunion with those of
he accepted a call to serve as ju-
A /C Samuel M. Rotberg, son their kin who had their welfare
other enemy that must be subdued G30 W. Lafayette.
A skit entitled "We Serve" is nior Rabbi at Congregation Chil- of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Rotberg at heart," the announcement
in Africa, in the jungle islands of
to be given by the junior mem- dren of Israel, Memphis, Tenn., of 219 North Sheridan St., has pointed out.
the Pacific.
bers. It will outline the many where he remained until he was entered the advanced navigation
services in which they participate, elected Rabbi of Temple Beth El, school at Salem Field, Monroe,
especially those given to civilians Niagara Falls, N. Y. in Septem- La. Cadet Rotberg attended Cen-
SALE—APARTMENT PROPERTY
and government hospitals, dis- ber,
1910.
tral High School and the Uni-
aster victims and foreign refu-
Chaplain Cohn has been grant- versity of Michigan, and before
gees, and soldiers on the battle ed a leave of absence for the e ntering the service was employed
field.
duration by his congregation, and by the City Auto Wrecking Co.
Dr. Warren E. Bow, superin- expects to return to his pulpit at
Is working against}au. Time l
tendent of the Detroit Public the termination of the war. He ( Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Levine and essence If you take advantage a the
or
Schools and chairman of the De- has been an active leader in civic laughter of Dayton, O., are the your market. Pay you to muster
troit Junior Red Cross, will talk and communal affairs, and is L g uests of their mother, Mrs. Ella & nat ural vision & wiurnire. Peet , -
Figures from Mr. Bedford.
evine.
on the Junior Red Cross.
widely known as a preacher and
('ASS PARK 2nd.
As guest, Eldon W. Mason, lecturer. He is president of the
Massive 3 story
aids.
aids. Easy split small units. Wi-
director of the Midwestern Area Niagara Falls Zidnist District h Mrs. A. B. Roman has returned
leaving
City.
Sacrifice
817,500
of the American Junior Red and is a member of the Rotary " ome after spending two weeks terms $5000.
— •
ith
relatives
in
Buffalo.
Cross,
will
be
the
main
speaker.
■ •
Club. In his community he is one
GRAND RIVER. 10 apts. 1 stores,
So the "Lister Bag," more often His subject will be "American of the founders and leaders of the
Mrs. I. Korn of Manton, Micii , 5 tine
land. always rented. Sold once
90
j
. 00 0. Estate says $25.000 terms
called the "water camel," or just Junior Red Cross Today". Mr. Committee on Fellowship and ack Korn of Cadillac and Miss
$5,000:
L
camel," is used. The "Lister Bag" Mason's speech promises to be Unity, a group which fosters
w ois Lipp of Brookline, Mass.,
DETROIT'S FINEST. 20 apt. all 3
is a khaki colored canvas bag hav- outstanding since he, as director, inter-racial and inter-religious
F ere guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. rms. full tiled loathe.. showers.
Sto-
ing a capacity of about 30 gallons. has come in contact with the understanding and goodwill.
.
Anthony
during
the
past
week.
ker. Built 1929 coot 1110.000. Leav -
log
It will require many War Bonds many activities of the Junior
i'ity take 165,000. Terms. Earns
After
the
completion
of
his
in-
lo provide enough "camels" for our Red Cross.
12% net on entire price.
Mr. and Mrs. Sol Young and
This is the last in a series of doctrination course and assign- d aughter of Cadillac spent Sun-
Ighting forces at home and abroad.
ment
to
a
base
or
station,
Chap-
da
NO. WOODWARD. 50 apts. all 3
mug
Yours tool "Back the attack with programs entitled "The Red Cross lain Cohn will be joined by his Ja y with Mr. and Mrs. Morris
( rIgInal rent $50,000. O.P.A.
Ire.
in
Review,"
which
has
acquainted
dictate",
$21;,000 rent. Original Trust
War Bonds."
U. S. Treasury Department the public with the many activi- wife, the former Sally Abraham
appraisal 8240.000. Estate liqui-
Al
Rotberg
left
on
Saturday
dation
$135,000.
Terms 850,000.
of
this
city,
and
their
two
chil-
fo
ties of the American Red
Cross. siren , Jane and Morton, Jr.
r Battle Creek to be inducted

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