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VOL. 45, NO. 35
Detroit and Jewish
Chronicle
The Legal Chronicle
Roosevelt Urged to Discuss
Palestine with Churchill
DE1ROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1943
Cong. Celler Charges State Department
With Unfriendliness to Jewish Claims
Mrs. Moses Epstein
Hadassah Guest
Speaker Sept. 14
Mrs. Morris Adler to
Preside at Meeting
10c Single Copy; $3.0 ar Yes,
Temple Building Drive
Hailed by Community
War Bonds To Be Purchased With Funds
Until Construction of Building Begins
WASHING TON. . (WNS)— Roosevelt and Prime Minister
Congressman Emmanuel Celler, Churchill "to take substantive ac-
Both press and public greeted held at the home of Mrs. Danto
New York who charged last tion now to save European Jewry „ Mrs. Moses P. Epstein, a for_ the announcement of Temple Is-
week
that
the
American
-*ate
after
a
on
Monday,
the women offered
..:4
year of inaction whicn "wr president of National Hadas- niers
Department and the British
dliness and
good with
wishes.
-Mate has doubled the toll of Jewish sah and national chairman of frien building
project
great ' Un- their services to the board of
sign Office were planning to is victims" and that their failure the Youth Commission of Hadas- der the chairmanship of Ellis M. trustees in whatever phase of the
sue a joint statement barring all to act now would be to "doom
Thal, assisted by Mxwell H. Em- work they will be needed. The
discussions of the Palestine goes- the remaining Jews of Europe to , sa h, will b e th e gues t speake r at mar, the plans are proceeding
president. Morris Garvett, on be-
tion,
announced
this week
that complete
destruction
and to die-
had
forwarded
a letter
. a luncheon
meeting
of Detroit very promisingly. On Sept. 1 the half of the board of trustees and
to
ma
c
the
hope
of
Chapter
of
Hadassah
to
be
held
land
will
be
paid
for
and
all
the
civilianpeoples
President Roosevelt urging hi
the Building Campaign commit-
to discuss with Prim e
nt everywhere that this is a war for at the Book Cadillac Hotel on other funds in the building trust tee accepted the offer of the wo-
fund
will
be
invested
in
War
Winston Churchill, at the
Quebec human
or creed
or color."
Minister
freedom
regardless of race Tuesday, Sept. 14, at 12:30 p. m_ Bonds to be left so until such men and their special project, he
Quebec
Conference, the postwar status
Mrs. Morris Adler, newly-elect. time as the world is again at said rNe v p ilo l rt bemaen en tionug ncf eo dr I t a h te e r.cam-
Simultaneously, the American
of Palestine.
Jewish Congress released a re- ed president, will preside at the peace and the government says paign solicitors was called by
Congressman Celler also assert- port, based on information re- meeting, which will mark the that materials may be used for Mr. Thal for Monday evening,
ed that "unless steps are taken to ceived from trustworthy sources, intensification of the joint Youth Tem le building purposes.
provide a just solution to the that the Jewish popul
Aug. 30.
ation in Aliyah Mrs.
and Honor
Rol
RalphDavidson
Davl drive and
of . Mrs. Samuel B. Danto, presi- Sisterhood S ocial
question" he would ask for a Nazi Europe today is actually less
which
Hour.
dent of the Sisterhood, addressed
Congressional investigation of the than 2 000,000 and not 4,000
to the women of the
iste
H. L. Jackson are e joint herself
While the Sisterhood
of Temple
rrn ,,,
activities of all those in the State 000 as ,,-
had been heretofore be- c Mrs.
. hairman, which will be concluded
enlisting
sting their enthusi - Israel has heretofore sponsored
Department, and elsewhere, "who lieved•
--vie
'
•
in October. Mrs. Frank Wetsman asm, thei r sense of responsibility the Social Hour which follows the
have contributed their bit to the
In making public the report, and Mrs. Ben Mossman are co- and their help in making the Service on Friday 'evenings, with
betrayal of Palestine."
Tl a "Temple the coming of the new season, it
Temple
"There are those in our State Dr. Wise, president of the A. chairmen of the Minyanim corn- building of the
mittee
through
which
groups
of
family"
job.
At
a
special
meeting was announced following a meet-
Department," Congressman Celler
See CELLER—Page 12
10 women, by contributing a min- of the board of the Sisterhood, ing of the board of directors,
wrote to the President, "who
— imum of $2 per month for
would encourage violation by
held at the home of Mrs. Samuel
a
year ' • I • the rescue of
Britain of her solemn obligations,
B. Danto, its president, the Sister-
which violations would prevent
Hadassah, through the Jewish!' 41 L;
hood will sponsor the hour. finan-
Agency, is charged with the sole
the trek of Jews to Palestine
cially as well as socially,
r I
•
•
responsibility of Youth Aliyah in
there to establish a Lord-given
Men's Club
:\
America.
homeland. Justice precludes your
.
Charles L. Goldstein, president
.
re-solicitation, which was con-
inaction, pity demandsyour inter-
of the Men's Club, announced at
ducted throughoUt the summer
cession. Humanity dictates your
the service which he conducted
months, has broughtgoodly
words of caution to Prime Min-
at Temple Israel last Friday
The program committee of the response, but much work is still
inter Churchill now visiting g w
you."
Welcome Planned for night, that under the auspices of
American Jewish Conference in- to be done to bring the drive to
the Temple Israel Men's Club,
a successful conclusion and to
Zionist officials here who were vital Emma Scheyer, noted De- double
Conference
Delegates services will be conducted at Self- * --
asked to comment on Congress- troll singer, to open the Confer -
last year's quota. Workers
ridge Field next Friday evening,
man Caller's letter to the Presi-
are urged to bring reports of James I. Ellmann, president of Sept. 3. Mr. Goldstein will read
(lent said that they had not yet pledges received to this meeting. the Jewish Community Council, the service and he
will be assisted
received a copy of the letter and
Cooperation and active participa- announces the complete person- in its rendition by Robert
S.
Tul-
could not, therefore, make any tion in the war effort and the net of the community relations man, Cantor, and Karl W. Haas,
statement either on the letter or
admission of the many children committee of the Jewish Commu- organist, both of Temple Israel.
on the charge that certain State
'f,hrough Youth Aliyah have in- pity Council. Rabbi Leon , Tram
▪
Department officials were encour-
creased the scope of Hadassah and Harry Yudkoff, chairman and Friday Evening5erviccs_
aging Great Britain to close Pal-
At the same time, on Friday
activity and have made a larger co-chairman respectively of this
estine to Jewish immigration.
budget necessary to carry on Ha- committee, were in consultation evening, Sept. 3, the services of
They also refused to either deny
dassah's traditional projects sup- with James I. Ellin:inn in mak- Temple Israel will be held in No.
ported through the Honor Roll, ing
or confirm the report that a joint
14 o f the Boulev ard Bldg., 3076
th e selecti ons .
British-American statement on
which include Hadassah Roth-
The p arsons appointed are: , East Grand Boulevard and will
Palestine had been drafted and
and,
schild University Hospital, the Rabbi Leon From, chairman; be conducted by Reuben Levine.
or, that its publication had el an d
Nurses' Training School. Child Harry Yudkoff, co-chairman; Mrs. Mrs. David Goldberg (Bella Rit-
the
indefinitely postponed or
Welfare, school luncheons and Max Adler, Rabbi Morris Adler, ten) will be in charge of
totally abandoned.
Jewish National Fund.
Jacob Albert, Louis Bass, Joseph
Simultaneously,
Reservations for t he
authoritative
luncheon, Bernstein, Fred M. Butzel, Law-
See BUILDING—Page 9
$1.50, which
well informed circles familiar
optional, are be- rtnce W. Crohn, Aaron Droock,
with the political situation in the
ing taken through the new Hai Rabbi Moses Fischer, Mrs. Ellis
Middle East are said to believe
dassah office, 9144 Linwood Ave., Fisher, William Friedma,
n Morris
corner Clairmount, Tyler
that (luring their discussion of
7-8216. Garvett, Meyer Gimbel, Dr. B. NOTICE
Middle Eastern problems at Que-
Benedict Glazer, Maxwell Gold-
bec, Secretary of State Corded
man, Fred Gottfurcht, Bernard
it.
Hull and Anthony Eden, British
All copy must be in not
Isaacs, Herman Jacobs, Mrs. Tony
Foreign Secretary, might reach an
Lebovitz,
Nathan
M.
Lerner,
Mrs.
accord on the future of Palestine
later than Wednesday, 3
Bayre Levin, Mrs. Henry Meyers,
as a Jewish Homeland.
Robert
Nathans,
Miss
Anna
Ox.
p.m. It must be written
—
)
enhandler, Herman Pekarsky,
JEWISH CONGRESS WANTS
EMMA SCHEVER
Mrs. Ann Prussian, Louis Robin- on one side of paper only
JEWS SAVED NOW
son, David I. Rosin, Judge Charles
Detroit Women's Divisio n of Rubiner, Dr. A. W. Sanders, Mrs.
once with the singing of the Star
and where possible should
NEW YORK. (WNS) — The Spangled Banner and Hatikvali the American Jewish Congress S. Schaflander, Louis H. Schos-
be typewritten,
American Jewish Congress an- on Sunday afternoon, Aug. 29, will meet at Congregation Shaa- tak, Miss Mary Silverman, Mrs,
flounced this week that it had at 3 o'clock, at the Waldorf- ray Zedek, corner Lawton and
forwarded a plea to President Astoria Hotel, New York City. Chicago Blvd., on Wednesday,
See COMMITTEE—Page 9
s.
Sept. 8, at 1:45 p. m., for the
d
opening meeting of the season.
Rabbi Morris Adler of Congrega-
tion Shaarey Zedek, who is to
be one of the delegates elected
Seven months have passed since elected. Then followed the desig-
by the Detroit community to the
American Jewish Conference, will 32 national Jewish organizations nation of 125 delegates by nation-
JERUSALEM. (Paucor) — Re- leader himself with the un -r un - be the guest speaker.
k His topic met in Pitturgh in January to al
liable sources reveal that prior to fling racket. Bearing ev g si ,,,n
will be "The Congress Pro gram formulat
ever
e a sb
common program of pl membership organizations, com-
the opening of the militar y court
''' for World Jewry". Rabbi Adler
action
- • in
, . relation to the status plating the total of 500 delegates.
trial here with
of two
British
soldiers
of the barefaced
nature of the is particularly qualified to speak or Jews in the post-war world, Conference
not without the
its
charged
illegal
The task was
of summoning
possession
"frame-up"
was the "recognition"
•. subject, having been in- and the implementation of the difficulties, some of a technical
and sale of arms, (luring which by one of the defendants of the terested in the Congress move- rights 'of the Jewish people with character. There was no pattern
unsubstantiated
charged
were
David of
ben-
Gurion ment
since
its inception. Rabbi regard to Palestine. The result of
hurled
at the Jewish
Agency
by picture
among of
a group
photographs
Adler
head
headed the sl ate of (fele- that meet* was the decision to to to be
follow;
existing rules,
machinery
the defending counsel, prominent submitted to him so that he co
used. no
Election
tech-
gates
in Buffalo
in the
election
foreign correspondents stationed identify the persons he had could
met of
delegates
for the
World
Jew- convene an elected representative
assembly of American Jewry to niques of operation, the organiza-
at Cairo
specially
as an arms-running
gang in a ish Congress in 1936. Rabbi Ad- deliberate on these problems and to
be of
planned
and Brought
to
come were
to Palestine
and invited
were Haifa
cafe.
tion
the Conference
itself into
had
informed that "interesting things Frame-up Charged
ler is a member of the execu- to take the necessary steps for execution. Now, on the eve of the
would be happening". At the
tive committee of the Detroit the implementation of the decis- Conference, it can be said with
The "frame-up"
charge
may
of the American Jewish ions adopted.
trial itself, Major Richard Verdin, placed
directly against
the
Pal- be Chapter
Congress.
saisfaction that the task has
Rabbi Adler is an au-
counsel, transformed the pro- estine Government itself, si nce
Nearly three months were ta- actcomplish
b
ed. Th ere and
thority
on
adult
education,
hay-
ken
up
in
the
drafting
-of
election
been shortcomings
may errors;
have
ceedings into an attack on the the C. I. D. (Criminal Investiga- ing recently completed a book
among various group and the
it -. was necessary to change the clear that the C. I D.'s coaching
setting up of machinery for the dissatisfied with the methods and
policy
affecting
Jewish
rights
in
of
the
self-confessed
criminal
Adler
is
widely
interested
he country.
results of the elections. There
in
of the American Jew- few
There are
soldiers to link Ben Gurion with communal activities, and as cc- convocation
ish Conference. An official, nation-
who, for * thi
s or other tea-
, While other news dispatches the gun-running was a deliber- chairman
* *
were
being
freely released,
Palcor ately concocted scheme to be- committee of
of the
the inter-relations
Jewish Commu- wide Call was issued to the Jew- sons, remain outside of the Con-
Agency
dispatches
on the trial
ish communities of the country on faience. But it cannot be denied
were held up. The charge
by smirch his reputation. A Jewish nity Council, has participated April 27, requesting that preps- that the bulk of American Jewry
,
i
Agency
official
said:
"This,
to-
widely
in
inter-faith
activities,
rations
be made f
avd ben Gurion, chairman of
shades of opin tons
the elections
nether with the entire perform- M rs. Irving Dworman, Mrs. Max
of delegates. Asa result of the and organizations, are , groupings
Jewish frameup"
Agency Executive,
was deliberately
designed Dushkin, Mrs. Samuel Green and heartening response from all ed and will find adequate voice
a "crude
against the of
to ance,
undermine
and defame
the Mrs. Abe Katzman, vice presi- quarters, the election machinery
Jewish Agency in which others Jewish Agency. It is a.
continua-
than Major Verdin partici pated, tion of the fixed policy
of the dents of the local chapter, will was set into motion with unpre- and expression at the Conference.
is better understood in the light anti-Semitic group in this coon- outline plans for the coming cedented speed, with the result
The agenda of the Conference
year. Mrs. Morris Weing
of fact that an attempt was
arten, that by the end of July, 375 re
as formulated in the official Call,
newly-electe d
made to link the veteran Jewish
See ARMS—Page 12
in, will pre- resentatives from communities all limited the deliberations of the
side at the meeting.
president,
over the United States had been
• •mma Scheyer to
Sing at Opening of
Jewish Conference P
wis
Council Relations
Committee Named
,
Rabbi Adler to Be
Congress Women
Speaker Sept. 8
Charges Tip-off to Correspondents
On Palestine Illegal Arms Trial
Jewish 'Conference Review and Preview
See CONFERENCE—Pa ge 12