October I, 1943

Legal Chronicle
DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The

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With the aid of Victor Eman-
uel, Lubin succeeded in conven-
ing a historic meeting in Rome.
attended by representatives of
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forty governmenst. Thus the In-
ing a special examination. Like-
ternational Institute of Agricul-
ture came into being in the Ital-
wise, several Cuban educational
ian capital. There it continued
institutions have allowed refu-
to function usefully as a sort of
gees the use of their facilities
association of nations, until the
during the summer months.
Second World War. "Lubinism"
attracted many adherents. In
In Ciudad Trujillo, capital of
1896 fifty-five clergymen founded
the Dominican Republic, a num-
a Lubin Club in Philadelphia.
ber of Jewish newcomers have
M .ice mg
made permanent places for them- the
January
year. It note
was for
in
Davidson,
Gabriel
Griel
form of of a this
promissory
ead of the Jewish Agricultural
selves
in
the
artistic
and
corn-
mercial life of the country. Oth- $138,500 signed by Miss Margolis head
ors have been trained in the and Siegel in the name of the Society of America and himself
D. C., payable to local business- an authority on agricultural co-
p
manufacture of bast footwear, ' men who had made the sum avail- ' operation, eloquen t l y eitomizes
o ' or .ar able for relief purposes.
which is sold in neighboring
ng
Lubin in the Universal Jewish
islands.
In the 12 months since Rosh Eneycolpedia:
In Japanese-occupied Shanghai
"For the first time in the his-
the J. D. C. has two field repre- Hashonah of 1942, J. D. C. pro- tory of the world, the nations
sentatives, Miss Laura Margolis grams in these far-flung areas of
and Manuel Siegel, who have need have required allotments of were leagued for constructive
been supervising the assistance $8,000,000. J. D. C. leaders are economic and political effort. Lu-
many of the 22,000 Jewish making plans so that relief work bi m n's ideas went far beyond
to
those which the Institute had
refugees in the former Chinese in lands now occupied by the thus far embodied, but it has
capital. Their presence is in a enemy may begin without delay nevertheless fulfilled a vital need
sense
a symbol
both of
of J.
the D. devo-
as soon new
as United
Nations
tion to
their work
C. reclaim
territories
for forces
free in the field of agriculture, and
pointed the way to even more
overseas staff and of the pro- dom. American Jewry, whose effective methods of world coop-
grams being carried on in occu- agent the J. D. C. is, will have
no better cause for joy than that eration. The Institute, of which
pied
lands.
Long
before Pearl Harbor, by Rosh Hashonah of 1944, J.D.C. Lubin was head until his death
when war clouds were looming representatives will have returned (Rome, 1919) became the clear-
ing house for international sta-
in the Far East, J. D. C. leaders to their former bases of opera- tistics relating to farm prod-
in New York urged Miss Margolis tions in Warsaw, Berlin, Paris, ucts. On the twenty-fifth anni-
and Siegel to leave Shanghai and Marseilles, Bucharest and Buda- versary of its establishment, the
return home. Recognizing that pest to begin the great task of
the need of the refugees was of reconstruction which will restore seventy countries by then mem-
greater importance than their their European co-religionists to bens of the Institute sent dele-
nnom ic independence, dignity
a g t i o n a s t po i l gh ro i n m oarg eL utb oi n hb i y s m a m k -
own safety, they insisted on re- ec
maining. Occasional reports from and self-respect.
in Rome. The United States was
repatriated Americans returned
not represented. Lubin's gigantic
,
FOOD
on exchange ships, and messages
practical achievements were fos-
received through the Interna-
tered by the belief in the divine
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on
Page
14)
tional Red Cross indicate that
mission of Judaism, for he re-
they are well and, under great plan for an international agri- garded the Jew as God's chosen
handicaps, are carrying on valu- cultural agency was already ge•- vehicle
. f or the "righteous eco-
able relief work.
minating in his mind, giving him nomic development of the world."
In Occupied Lands
no rest. In the course of his
The mechanics of operating in agitation in behalf of that far-
occupied countries were worked reaching humanitarian ' project,
out by the J. D. C. during the Lubin visited no fewer than
first World War and have been thirty-seven heads and other rul-
applied during the present con- ers of states. It was Victor Em-
flict. Before the outbreak of hos-
III, King of Italy, who
tilities local aid groups and staff manuel
alone among heads of govern-
members in France, Italy, Po- ments, had the vision to recog-
land and other countries, as well nize the merits of the potentially
as Shanghai, were told that when far-reaching scheme proposed by
war came they could borrow lo-
cally on the J. D. C.'s promise the dauntless American Jew.

SHANGHAI

to repay when possible without
aiding the enemy. Escaped refu-
gees have brought word that this
system is in operation in Italy
and France. As a matter of fact.
in the latter country the J.D.C.
guarantee has made possible
child-care operations on a larger
scale than ever before.
But the most definite proof
that aid continues behind the
battle lines was presented to the
J D. C. office in New York in

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VICE PRESIDENT
WALLACE
ENVISIONS
FREE WORLD
IN
ROSH
HASHONAH
MESSAGE TO
AMERICAN
JEWRY

WASHINGTON (WNS)—Vice President Wallace ex-
pressed the hope in a Rosh Hashonah message to the Jews
of America that the approach of the Jewish High Holydays
would find the Jews in Germany and in the Nazi occupied
countries "more hopeful" than "they have been in years."
Following is the Vice President's message :

"I am sure that in spite of the terrible
ordeals suffered by the Jews in Germany and
in all of the occupied countries, they are more
hopeful as this Rosh . Hashonah approaches
than they have been in many years. All of us
must fight and pray until people everywhere
can again live in a free world."

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A Poignant Call: "Geulath Jerusalem!"

JERUSALEM *

Best Wishes

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for

A Happy and Prosperous

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New Year

S% HEBRON

"Gculath Jerusalem," a new land reclamation and development
program of the Jewish National Fund, graphically described above,
is a project which has captured the imagination and secured the
interest of wide circles in American Jewry during the past year.
Brought to this country by Rabbi Meyer Berlin as a member of
the Presidium of the Keren Kayemeth Lelsrael in Jerusalem, the
plan envisages the acquisition, as national property, of an area of
6,000 dunams of land in the Mountains of Judaea, on the historic
road from Jerusalem to Hebron, past the Tomb of Rachel.
This strip of land where Patriarch, Prophet and Seer of old
trod is to witness a new development which will provide additional
fixilities for the rescue of the remnants of European Jewry. Three
or four new agricultural settlements are to be established in this
area where a forest of 250,000 trees is also to be planted in
accordance with the plans of Machleketh Ha'Charedim, the Jewish
National Fund's Department on Contact with Religious Organiza-
tions. The new development will serve to strengthen, in many
respects, the Jewish position in Jerusalem where the Jews already
constitute a majority of the Holy City's population.

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32 Convenient Offices

THE DETROIT BANK

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Le Shono Tovo Tikosevu—A Happy New li',!ar

THOMAS C. MURPHY

Commercial and Savings Banking

Main Offit.e...Gris•old at State

Member of Federal Deposit last:ranee Corporation

WAYNE COUNTY

JUDGE OF PROBATE

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