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23 1944

June 23, 1944

Jewish Community Council Protests

Use of Schools by America First Party

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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE. and The legal Chronicle

Dr. Leon Rottenberg
Promoted to Captain

Rabbi Leon Fram and Harry Washington. The things that are
Iudkoff, chairman and co-chair-
Mr. and Mrs. Hyman Rotten-
m an respectively of the Commu• soltleheitinigits ( i ' i n ; 17)1 o fidbt L. K. Smith':
t v o ile ti build-
v l e, berg of 2466 Highland Ave. re-
nity Relations Committee of the ings 1101 3'
re-
(ICI 111 ~ 71y
"ctheschso
ISSUE DATC
jewish Community Council, an- gal concept of sedition. How- ceived word of the promotion of
11.00 Ok.Sti.ves
nounced this week that the Jew- ever, the Board of Education is their son, Dr. Leon Rottenberg,
ish Community Council has par- not charged with the responsi-
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ticipated in the protest against bility of discovering whether or
the use of public school build- not a person is guilty of sedition
u.
logs by Gerald L. K. Smith's in the legal sense; but it does
America First Party.
have attl the eth. eoso p l o ni s ) i o bi i l
I i l itiyigt.
no to t
Representatives of the Commu- 1
,.0 do not
nity Council have appeared at the heeinne platforms for utterance
pu blic hearings which have been of a generally seditious character. s
WAR SAVINGS 'CI
conducted during the past three
" At Smith's June 1 meeting in
BOND SERIES .11/
The
weeks.
hearings were called Northern High School, the senti
by the Board of Education fol- meats expressed were such that
Ma VA
lowing the receipt of a protest, his followers
would be discour-
by a group of civic organizations aged from purchasin
g
war bonds.
%chic)] charged that Smiths use This, strictly speaking,
may not
of school buildings for his meet- be sedition, but does the Board
Workmen's Circle Service Apprentice Seama
ings was against the public in- of Education wish to have De-
n
terest and in violation of rules troit's school buildings used for
Club Picnic at Lola Park Malamud Leaves for Bess
USNR
established by the Board of Edu- the expression of such senti-
The Workmen's Circle Service
cation for the use of such facili- ments? This question gains in
Apprentice Seaman Bess Mala-
ties.
Club, an organization dedicated mud of 234
cogency when it is realized that
1 / 4 LaBelle Ave. is
Representatives of the Jewish young
evening school students
to further the morale and hap- leaving for the U. S. N. R. on
CoMmunity Council were heard generally wander into Smith's
piness of 250 men and women in June 28. One June 16 a group of
at the hearings and a letter was meetings after their classes,
later sent by Isaac Franck, ex-
the service, is sponsoring an all- Miss Malamud's friends gathered
"3. Gerald L. K. Smith main-
ecutive director of the Jewish tains that he has not been guilty
day picnic on Sunday, June 25, at the home of Miss Alva Ron,
Community Council, to Dr. War- of fomenting religious nail racial
at
Lola Valley Park, located on 2975 Richton, to wish her fare-
ten E. BOW, Superintendent of prejudice. A careful examination
Fenkell, three-quarters of a mile well. Those present were Reva
DR.
LEON
ROTTENBERG
Schools, and all members of the of his speeches and of 'The Cross
Board of Education. The text of and the Flag' discloses
past Telegraph Rd. The Puritan- Malamud, Fritz Chaett, Mrs. Mol-
unmis- front First Lieutenant to the
the letter follows:
Fenkell bus goes right to the lie Moss, Magda Szekely, Rex
takable
appeals
to
racial
and
rank
of
"Dear Dr. Bow:
captain.
religious prejudice by indirection
park. Come and bring the entire Ehrinpries, Esther Newman, and
"I write to you on behalf of and
Captain Rottenberg is serving family for a day of fun. the hostess, Alva Ron. Miss Mala-
through innuendo. Does the wit,
the 208 organizations affiliated Board of Education wish to per -with
-
the U. S. Army Medical
Refreshments and a complete mud has been very active in the
with the Jewish Community Coun- mit this type of appeal to take
dl o
Corps and sistationed at Station program of entertainment will Business and Professional Group
f
Detroit.
This
letter
is
with
place
in
school
buildings?
Does
Hospital,
Portland,
Ore.
He
ha,
reference to Gerald L.
be provided. All proceeds will be of Hadassah, a "gallant" in the
it wish its recordto tobanish sh
use
ool buildings.
show u tat been in active service for 19 used to send packages to our bond drive, and secretary in the
K. Smith's it took no tel
men and women in uniform. Highland Park
"On Tuesday, June 6, I ap- agitation from school buildings? niontb.
Schools.
pealed before the Board of Edo- Does it wish to permit this kind
A
uraduate
of
Detroit
College
cation on behalf of the Commu- of agitation to have the air of of Medicine, class of 1938, he
nit•• Council's constituent organi- respectability which is given to interned at Receiving Hospital
zations, and joined in a protest it by the use of school buildings? in Detroit and in Port Huron.
against use of school buildings "4. While Mr. Smith rebuild- He was married
by Gerald L. K. Smith's America es his meetings in school build- to the former Ad
seven years ago
First Party. We want to reiterato ings under the
S
eine licks.
name
of
'America
They
have
a
two-year-old
our position on this matter, and First Party,' his applications are David.
ear- old son,
prefer to make our statement in filed under the name of 'Fedora- His brother, Pvt. Coleman Rot-
writing in order that there be no don of Americanization o
room for mis interpretatio
f Mich:- tenberg who will be 20 on June
'«o not believe that a of
service
gf duplicity

Smith's America First Party is in view of the fact that its rules Camp Gruber, Oklahoma. He is
a graduate
of Central
an infringement on free speech. for the use of school buildings School
and attended
Wayne High
Uni-
There is an old and hallowed require that the users be 're- varsity for one year.
American tradition that if any- sponsible organizations'. It is our
Their mother is president of
one wishes to address an audi- understanding that of the three
Ladies
Yeshivoth
Yehu-
ence, he may 'hire a hall'. We do individuals whose names appear
doh. of
Their
father Beth
is a former
not suggest that Mr. Smith ought as the incorporators and directors president and vice president of
not-to have the right to hire a of the Federation of Americani- Congregation Bnai David, on
hall. of
However, giving him the zation in Michigan, one is dead, whose board ho now serves,
use
tax-supported
school and one is no longer connected JB:ItDvhirs.hyeRhe
oudt(uitithilictbicoin.g arteceyiveesii
buildings, at a fee substantially with it.
lower than the fees • for private
l i i vah tih s
"5. One of the rules of the
auditoria, is in effect a public Board prohibits collections at
subsidy for an activity which is, meetings in school buildings ex-
to say the least, highly dubious cept for defraying the immediate
in character.
cost, of the meeting itself. Gerald Mrs. Leon M.
Zechman
"2. Mr. Smith has not been L. K. Smith has violated this rule
either indicted or convicted of consistently, by making high- Installed as Head of
sedition in its strict legal sig- pressure commercialized appeal,:
nificance. But his magazine, 'The for large cash contributions and Denver NHJC League
Cross and the Flag,' has been large pledges in support of his
cited by the Department of Jus- dubious, quasi-political program.
Mrs. Leon M. Zechman, newly-
tice as one of the publications "6. Another rule states that elected president of the Detroit
which inspired seditious thinking the sale of printed matter b e League of the National Home for
of the sort that was being dis- forbidden on public school prom- Jewish Children at Denver, was
seminated by those accused of ises in connection with any meet- installed in her office in the tires-
sedition in the present trial in ing. Smith has consistently cir- once of the new and outgoing
cumvented this rule by telling officers and board members at
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• • his audiences that they do not a luncheon held at Huyler's on
need to buy his literature, but Wednesday, June 21. The officers •
•
may take it and 'leave a con- elected to serve with Mrs. Zech-
•
tribution if they wish'.
LA
are Mrs. Sidney Wallace
•
"These briefly are some of of the and Airs. Robert S. Draws, vice
• items we wish to call to the presidents; Mrs. Nathan Kanter-
Window Shade Co. • . Board's attention. They appear to man, recording secretary; Mrs.
• us to contain more than su ,.,-
rd Sol Brock, financial secretary;
WINDOW SHADES
• cient grounds for the Board',; Mrs. Louis Davidson, treasurer,
MADE TO ORDER . denial of the use of school build- and Mrs. Samuel L. Goldman,
• lugs to Mr. Smith and his Ante:- corresponding secretary.
Cleaned and Repaired
. • ice First Party. We wish to state
Airs. Monte Weston, retiring
• unequivocally and emphatically president, in presenting the gavel
LINOLEUM
• that our protest against Smith's to Mrs. Zechman, reviewed the
Inlaid and Battleship
: ' use of school buildings is based accomplishments of her year in
• on the above facts, and on no office, the successful culmination
Rugs and Furniture
• other consideration whatsoever." fd tith e e fa l l fund-raisg
in
ject
VENETIAN BLINDS .
aon
si multaneous card pro par-
Drapery Hardware
HEBREW SCHOOLS
ties through the efficiency of its
•
The United Hebrew Schools respective ch a irmen, Mrs. Louis
Get Our Prices and Sava
acknowledg e with thanks the re- Davidson and Airs. Jose B.
Free, Estimates Furid ► bed
• •cipt of a contribution by Mr. Slatkin, with the cooperation of
. 8625 LINWOOD
•
1 entire membership and the
and Mrs. Saul Capin, in sacred the
•
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and cherished memory of the generous response of the public;
• Yahrzeit of their dearly beloved the splendid record made by the
'°(H:ift.13:164100.1 :1-04 !***01:8:Httottet father, Joseph Finley.
organization in the sale of war
bonds and stamps, under the
chairmanship of Mrs. Charles
Agree and Mrs. Sam Gordon;
the contribution of more than a
thousand sandwiches served in
one day at the downtown USO
bN
under the direction of Mrs. Louis
ALL LAIIIIIE' SUITS, COATS, GABARDINES
Davidson and Airs. Saul Levi
and the unstinted cooperation of
AND TWILLS PLAIDS ARE INCLUDED.
the Detroit League with Mrs.
Carl Schiller, war efforts board
Clothes For The Whole Family.
chairman of the League of Jew-
Make Crawford's Your Place to Shop.
ish Women's Organizations. Aftri.lse•
Weston further em
important national role that the
National Home for Jewish Chil-
35 CAMPUS
dren at Denver has assumed in
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rehahil hating underprivileged
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children who are suffering from
asthma and other respiratory dis-
" n'E
HAVE FAITH—BUY WAR BONDS"
eases, in addition to continuing
the care of children who have
been exposed to tuberculosis.

SALLE

Congregation
SHAAREY ZEDEK

Has Faith that the power
of the United Nations will
overcome all the powers
of darkness.

The Congregation has
Faith that the members
will purchase all the
Bonds they can during
the 5th War Bond Drive.

THE NOOSE

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