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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle

PREPARING FOR LIBERATION AND RESCUE

June 23 1944

CAPITOL LETTER

By CHARLES BENSON

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Ai the Allied armies descended Refugee Relatives' Registration
upon the coasts of Europe to which has, as its aim to reestab- Above is a group of HIAS staff
crack Hitler's Atlantic Wall, lish contact between the liberated members engaged in studying
smash his fortress of iniquity Jews of Europe and their rela- closely and assorting the ques-
tionnaires which may, in a con-
and liberate the peoples of an tives and friends in the United
number of cases, result
enslaved continent, hope and work States and other Western hemi- siderable
in bringing hope, relief and re-
sphere
lands.
for the rescue of the surviving
habilitation through emigration
remnants of European Jewry as-
D-Day was observed at HIAS to many of the survivors. The
sumed a new aspect. An essential headquarters, 425 Lafayette St., above reproduction of the ques-
phase of the gigantic task of New York City, by accelerating tionnaire filled out by Bruno
rescue and rehabilitation is the activity for the assorting, classi-
Haumann of Takotna Park, Mary-
program of the Hebrew Shelter- fying and indexing the question- land, seeking information about
ing & Immigrant Aid Society naires that have been completed Siegfried Maier whose last known
(HIAS), American Jewry's prin- and filed for transmission to the
was Camp Les Milks,
cipal instrumentality in the field HIAS-ICA Emigration Associa- address
France, is typical of many in-
of emigrant and immigrant aid. tion headquarters in Europe which quirks. Note the remark that
Scores of thousands of Ameri- will undertake the search as soon
can relatives and friends have as the military situation permits. "there may be other relatives
but we presume them to be dead".
in recent months responded to
the call of HIAS by filling out
questionnaires containing indis- Musk Study Club
Pres. Roosevelt Lauds
pensable data for ascertaining,
if possible, the whereabouts of Elects Officers for Year Negro Music Festival
their surviving kin in the lands
The Music Study Club, under
which are
are soon to be liberated the guidance of Mrs. I. Mendel-
President Franklin D. Roose
from the Nazi yoke. The service, sohn, held its last meeting of the velt, in commenting on the 5t1
season
modelled after a similar program
Thursday night, June 15. Annual American Negro Must
which was carried out successfully Officers were elected for next Festival, said:
by the organization at the close season. They are: Roger Nathan,
"The place of music in or,
of World War I, is known as President; Raymond Kurtzman, national culture and its contrib -
vice president; Barbara Wein- tion to our war elart in all tir, .
berg, recording secretary; Eileen of national emergency is 14.
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Reznik, corresponding secretary; known to the American peon i
and Eleanor Lipkin, treasurer. and the world. Equally reco
Additional Capital?
The club also planned its pro- nized are the generous gifts
We Loan on Machinery—Equipment-
Chattel Mortgages-- Contractrer—Notee
gram for next year. To make the American Negro which have
Prompt, Confidential Service
the season an interesting and enriched our musical tradition."
successful one there will be guest "The presentation of the Fifth
Commercial
speakers and soloists, aside from Annual American Negro Music
the lectures and performances Festival in three cities this year
Acceptance Corp.
given by the members. The club should do more than create a
Henry Jassy, Pres.
membership is open to young mu- better understanding between our
614 Fox Bldg.
CO. 6472 sicians between the ages of 15 own racial groups. It should also
F to 20. accentuate the irreconcilable dif-
ferences between the American
-. people and those who would de-
trey culture everywhere."
The yearly festivals which have
become community institutions
with national significance serve
a dual purpose. They bring Negro
and white artists before many
persons who otherwise could not
CHIROPODIST, FOOT ORTHOPEDICS,
afford to hear them, and they
provide a stimulus for interracial
PHYSIOTHERAPY
goodwill and Unity.
This year's presentations of
WISHES TO ANNOUNCE THE OPENING OF
the festival will be held in Chi-
cago on the evening of July 8
HIS NEW OFFICE LOCATION
at the White Sox ball park, 35th
and Shields Ave; St. Louis on
the evening of July 10 at the
1 BLOCK NORTH OF FENKELL
Sportsman's ball park, Gd. Blvd.
and Dodier St., and Detroit on
the evening of July 12 at Briggs
FOR APPOINTMENT PHONE UN. 4.2533
Stadium, Trumbull and Michigan.
Tickets are on sale at Grin-
ME MBER WAYNE COUNTY CH IROPODY SOCIETY
nell's, 1515 Woodward Ave.
AND NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHIROPODISTS

ploys—in contrast to his
usual decisiveness—that that mon
Washington.
wa;
all that was coming to th e en.
There is no expectation he .e tire country.
that any very great number o f
The newspapers called his ae•
refugees will . be admitted to th e don in setting up a refugee shei.
a
United States for temporary h _ ter at Fort Ontario praiseworthy
yen. But it is thought that man —but insufficient. And so he was
more than the announced 1,00 0 labelled by numerous persons
may be permitted to enter.
who had stumped for breaking
Informed observers point ou t down immigration and visa re.
that public opinion created roo m strictions so that these
clan-
for the 1,000 in "crowded" Ame r _ ger of extermination could in find
ica—and it is fully expected tha t refuge here until after the war.
public opinion will create row Congress was hard to put asleep,
for more.
In the
t hteh gHouse, least, t o
i bills u rg.
The War Refugee Board, aidedn
Pres iden t
establish
substantially by the newspapers, "free ports" continued b to
to w
"plugged" in the right channels l ike v‘ v a n tse
for the United States to set an
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' Pointed out that by his
example by opening our doors to emphasis upon the military or.
the homeless. Public sentiment gency of the project—the Presi•
backed the idea and eventually dent stressed in his newspaper
Congress awoke to the vote-get- conferences and his message to
ting power of the idea. Novem- Congress that the military situa•
ber's election means that Jane Lion in the Mediterranean war-
Doe's word is law—for a healthy ranted the establishment of
the
change.
camp—the President showed that
Finally with rumor prevalent he sought to head off adverse
in the capital, President Roose- reaction. His vagueness, it was
velt was approached by the news- thought, might be swayed with
paper people who hike up to sufficient decisiveness on the part
the White House twice weekly of the public.
for his press conferences. Was
the President considering the es-
tablishment of "free ports" as
temporary havens. A reporter Ezra to Install Officers at
from a New York daily wanted Wilshire Wed., June 28
to know at a Tuesday conference.
The installation of officers of
The President said he did not
like the name "free ports" and the Ezra American Federation
he said he did not see why ha- for Polish Jews will be held
vens necessarily had to be limited Wednesday, June 28, at 8:30
p. m., in the Wilshire Hotel.
to the United States.
A report will be submitted by
That caused considerable con-
fusion. One newspaper even the delegates who attended the
quoted the President as being convention June 17, 18 and 19
opposed to the idea of establish- at the Pennsylvania Hotel, New
ing "free ports". Proponents of York.
The guest star for the evening
the idea were suspicious of an
answer that left room for many will be Mickey Wolf, well known
different interpretations. Secre- entertainer for the USO and dis-
tary of the Treasurer Henry abled servicemen.
Morgenthau and John W. Pehle,
executive director, paid a visit
to President Roosevelt; at the
TRAVERSE CITY NOTES
conference on Friday, the Presi-
dent was challenged to be more
Final examinations at the Bethel
explicit.
Religious School were held Wed-
It was then that he revealed nesday, June 14, by Dr, Selig
that the project of using an army S. Auerbach, circuit rabbi for
camp, which was not needed by Northern Michigan. All students
the War Department, to house passed; Helen Lazarus passed
with honors.
refugees was being "studied".
Religious School will be eon•
One week later the President
took the initiative and announced tinued throughout the summer.
to assembled reporters that he During the months of July and
was setting up an "emergency August, classes will be conducted
refugee shelter" at Fort On- weekly, instead of bi-weekly,
tario, near Oswego, N. Y., for
1,000 refugees, to be brought to
the United States as soon as
possible.
Asked about whether the figure get this medicated powder. Contains in•
referred to the total amount to gredients often recommende41 by many
be housed at Fort Ontario, the specialists for simple rashes, diaper rash
and chafing. Mexsana soothes and forms
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of protection on tender skin.
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