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DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1944
VOL. 46, NO. 13
Dr. B. B. Glazer
Fifteen Dead and Injured
"White Paper Situation in
• Paper
To Speak on Coast- In Fight on White
Suspense," Says Dr. Goldstein To-Coast Network
ZOA Head Urges Rejection of View That
Palestine Solution Wait Till War's End
Police Lay Blame for Wave of Terrorist
Violence to the So-Called "Stern Gang"
First Message to
Be Delivered April 2
JERUSALEM (WNS). — The February, 1942. The special ob-
NEW YORK.—"It was my net Board was pointed to by many
heart of Jerusalem looked "like ject of the terrorists' present
For
the
second
time
since
his
British leaders of public opinion
London during the blitz" follow- fight is the White Paper, restrict-
impression from most of the in as an example to be followed by coming to Detroit, Dr. Glazer has ing the outbreaks by Jewish ter- ing Jewish immigration to Pal-
terviews in London that while no the British government. It was been honored with an invitation torists on Friday night. Sections estine.
pronouncement of a new policy taken for granted—he continued to be the speaker on the "Mes of Haifa and Tel Aviv also bore
Palestinians are aghast at the
the same aspect. Seven were boldness of the Jewish terrorists,
(replacing the White Paper) is —that the War Refugee Bciard
known to be (lead and 10 injured particularly in their operation at
likely to come forth in the near would
have, funds
as UNRRA
has gov-
ernment
at its disposal.
the Jerusalem police headquar-
as a result of the violence.
future, the admission of refu- Unfortunately, Hitler's occupa-
Police lead the wave of ter- tees, where the Jewish terrorists
gees who can get to Palestine tion of Hungary, Rumania and
!mist violence to the so-called disguised in police uniforms,
would receive consideration after Bulgaria portends a catastrophe
"Stern Gang," followers of Abra- gained access to the building
the remaining immigration cer- of hundreds of thousands of Jews
ham Stern, who advocated the through a ladder, killing the sen-
tificates provided for in the White and makes all the more urgent
use of force to further the Zion- for police officer, who offered re-
Paper will have been exhausted,"
ist cause. Stern was killed in sistance, and placed the bombs
declared Dr. Israel Goldstein,
See PAPER—Page 12
which subsequently wrecked the
president of the Zionist Organi
building and smashed plate glass
zation of America, at a press
atl. Community windows for a distance of hun-
luncheon held here shortly after
dreds of yards. Saturday morn-
his return from a five week's
hopclerks and laborers
ing,
visit to England.
were s busy c sweeping up glass
to
"The situation with regard
fragments and splinters all along
the White Paper is therefore held
Jaffa Road, the main thorough-
in suspense and will not deterio-
fare of Jerusalem.
rate against us. As for the defini-
The approaches to the Russian
tive solution of the Palestine
Compound,
in which the wrecked
J. I. Ellmann Named
problem, the consensus of opin-
police headquarters is located,
Declares Political
ion was that it will have to wait
was cordoned off, as the police
Alternate on Board
until the end of the European
Situation Unclear
searched for more unexploded
war," Dr. Israel Goldstein fur-
NEW YORK.—Formal organi- bombs.
DR. B. BENEDICT GLAZER
LONDON (Palcor). — "The
ther reported.
The bombing of the Haifa po-
zation of the National Community
During his stay in England, greatest condemnation of the acts sage of Israel" hour. This coast- Relations Advisory Council was lice headquarters took place at
the ZOA president conferred with of violence which are un-Jewish to-coast weekly program, spon-
sored by the United Jewish Lay- completed here yesterday after approximately the same time as
Dr. Chaim Weizmann and leader.:
the explosions in Jerusalem.
of the Palestine Yishuv. He also and only injure the great cause" men's Committee, brings a vital representatives
of 14 local cone- Three floors of the police head-
terviewed leading members of of Zionism was voiced by Dr. message to millions of Americans four relations councils and the
Chaim
Weizmann,
president
of
from
the
leading
rabbis
of
the
the British Cabinet, including
quarters of the ,Jaffa station were
Anthony Eden, Deputy Prime the Jewish Agency for Palestine, nation. Dr. Glazer will broadcast four leading national agencies in likewise wrecked, while the po-
speaking
today
at
the
annual
con-
each Sunday during the month this field had been in session
Minister Attlee, Colonial Secre-
tary Oliver Stanley, Labor Secre- ference of the Mizrachi, Ortho- of April and will be heard in De- since Saturday evening in a meet- lice found four sacks of galegnite
dox
Zionist
Organization,
at
the
troit from 9 to 9 :30 p. m. over ing marked by complete harmony stacked against the building,
tary Bevin, Home Secretary Mor-
rison, Mr. Amery and Sir Staf- Royal Hotel here. Aside from or- Station CKLW. The subjects of and a sincere purpose to develop which had not yet been exploded.
ganizational problems, the chief Dr. Glazer's broadcasts are:
ford Cripps.
In Tel Aviv, the terrorists
a coordinated approach to Jewish
2,
April
Sunday,
Dr. Goldstein reported that he interest of the 200 delegates and
"Mental civic protective problems.
shot it out with police of-
many
visitors
were
the
political
conveyed to the British leaders
Questions involved in combat- first
in "Why
a Sick Freedom
World"; Sunday,
April 9,
Must ting anti-Semitism, which have ficers, killing one officer and in-
the "well nigh unanimous feeling sessions and the speeches of Dr. Health
of American Jewry, strongly sup- Weizmann, Rabbi J. L. Fishman, Prevail"; Sunday, April 16, "Can caused divergence among Jew- juring two others. Later the Tel
ported by Christian opinion as Mizrachi member of the Jewish We Control Our Hatreds?" Sun- ish groups, were discussed with Aviv police station was bombed.
well, that the White Paper re- Agency Executive, and Rabbi day, April 23, "The Family in forthrightness and candor. In ev- A rigid curfew has been
strictions on Jewish immigration Joseph Hertz, chief rabbi of the War Time"; Sunday, April 30, cry instance conclusions were
- clamped down on the Jewish
"Is There Hope for a Better
and colonization in Palestine must British Empire.
reached by unanimous vote, i n
Rabbi Fishman, moving adop- World?"
be abrogated and that Palestine's
eluding
a
program
for
joint
plan-
quarters of Jerusalem, Haifa arid
establishment as a Jewish com- tion of the political resolution,
••• ning in dealing with some of the Tel Aviv, extending from 5 p. m.
stated:
"Religious
national
Jewry
(
monwealth, as soon as the Jews
major problems, establishment of to 5 a. m. The government has
become the majority, be envis- of Britain turns to the British
the National Community Relations announced that the death penalty
aged as a proper fulfillment of people with the request that they NOTICE
Advisory Council as an organized
the intent of the Balfour Dec- assist the Jewish people to re-
body and election of the first of- will be imposed on anyone found
turn to its land, recalling the
laration."
ficers and executive committee. possessing arms. It is believed
All
copy
must
be
in
not
Dr. Goldstein urged that the divine promise of Palestine as
To serve as its first chairman, that the curfew will not be lifted
attempt to hold up "the defini- the everlasting inheritance of the
later than Wednesday, 3 the Advisory Council elected Ed until after March 31, the day
tive solution of the Palestine Jewish people. Thanks to the Bal-
gar J. Kaufmann of Pittsburgh,
problem until the end of the four Declaration, the foundation
p. m. It must be written long active in the effort to bring when the White Paper barring
European war should not be pas- has been laid for the fulfillment
about coordination in community Jewish immigration becomes ef-
sively accepted, as other postwar of the promise and it must be
relations work. Jerome Roths- fective.
on
one
side
of
paper
only
commitments are being made now fulfilled with the establishment of
child, chairman of the Philadel-
The Jewish Agency, the Coun-
in spite of their delicate and a Jewish state." In his speech
phia Anti-Defamation
Council, cil of the Histadruth and other
_even controversial nature." He Rabbi Fishman appealed for and where possible should was elected secretary-treasurer
added that "it is my impression greater unity and "greater vigor
along with an executive commit- Jewish bodies have adopted strong
that the majority of the British of all sections of Jewry in Pal- be typewritten.
tee consisting of Joseph M. Pros• resolutions condemning the acts
War Cabinet are under a sense estine," incidentally criticizing
Lauer, president of the American of the Jewish terrorists, declar-
of obligation to fulfill the pledge Agudus Israel, ultra-Orthodox or-
Jewish
Committee; Dr. Stephen S. ing that by their deeds they arc
given to the Jewish people by ganization, "which does nothing
Wise, president of the American playing in the hands of the one
the Balfour Declaration and in- for the Holy Land, contenting it-
Jewish Congress; Henry Monsky,
corporated into the very charter self with flinging mud at the
president of Bnai Brith; Adolph mies of the Jews.
of the Palestine Mandate." builders the Jewish home."
The Jewish press also carried
Held, chairman of the Jewish
Calling for intensified effort to He also strongly denounced "re-
Labor Committee; Sidney
,, j. editorials condemning the terror-
phoninr Hol-
abrogate all provisions of the cent terrorist happenings".
hinder, P-Rin,^-,•
Dr. Weizmann, speaking in
White Paper, the speaker said
Habe r
that "if the war will end with a Yiddish. dealt with the political
Fag; .
victory of the United Nations situation "which is still unclari-
.
Se-
S
The annual congrega tio
and a defeat for the Jewish peo- fled, owing to the military posi-
alluded to the revived (ler of Temple Beth El will 1,
ple, it will be indeed a blot on tion•. He
on
Zionism
"which
count
civilization. Unless Palestine wili attacks
held on Saturday evening, Apr .
be opened wide for Jewish immi- the number of years the Jews
gration it will mean a major de- possessed Palestine but ignore the 8, at 6 o'clock, in the social hal
fact that only the Jews while in The meal will be served by
feat for the Jewish people."
Dr. Goldstein further reported possession of Palestine contrib- professional caterer, while th
that President Roosevelt's ap-
Seder ritual will be conducted h
See WEIZMANN—Page 12
pointment of the War Refugee
Dr. B. Benedict Glazer and th
Seder music will be under the d
rection of Julius Chajes, mus
director, and Jason Tickton, o
ganist.
The guest soloist at the congr
In an effort to bring to the end of its seventh year as the
attention of Detroit Jewry the democratically organized central gational Seder will
be chief
the form'
syn
of the
work being clone by the Jewish Jewish body in the city. During choir director Frankfort
erman
Community Council, the •internal these years the Community Coun- . . 'II G
relations committee of the Coun- cil has served as the represents- Manfred E. Kuttner, who is pre
cil has proclaimed the month of tive assembly of Detroit Jewry, ently serving in the
armed fore
country and stat i 0ned
res- of our val
ng
Sc h00 l
April to be Jewish Community encompassing and giving f e vi
raini
xp rtu-
Council Month, and is launching sion to the interests o
the orn,
Na Mich.e
T
M ember s o f t
Dearb
community-wide program of ally all Jewish organizations in co ngregation arged
to inv
ur
a
the city. At the present time the
interpretation
this
week-end,
In a statement announcing the Council numbers among its mem- service men and women as th.
observance of Community Coun- tiers 200 affiliated organizations, guests or bring regation:
them as R
I
cil Month, James I. Ellmann, each of which is represented pro- guestsio of for
the the
congcongregati
president, and Dr. B. Benedict portionately in the delegate
ervatns
o
Seder are body
now being
accepted
Glazer and Joseph Bernstein, co- which exercises final authority,
office and mus t
Temple er
chairmen of the internal rela- and selects the officers and made
ex- thele lat
than Wed nesd
tions committee, recall that the
April 5.
See
APRIL—Page
12
Council is now approaching the
Dr. C. Weizmann
Condemns Terror
At Mizrachi Meet
N
Relations Advisory
Council Organized
Beth El to Conduct
Congregational
Sedc,- ..:-sPt., April 8
Month of April to Be Devoted
To Jewish Community Council
A