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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and Th. Legal Chronicle
THE HOME FRONT
and keep it that it may forever
wave over a free people and for-
ever be the symbol of liberty and
justice for all."
By ARCHIE H. GREENBERG
Ruth B. Edelson Awarded
Federal Scholarship
National Commander, Jewish War
Veterans of United States
July 4, 1944: A Rededication for Liberty
On July 4, 1776, a newly
formed and yet, untried nation
declared to the whole world its
political independence from the
ties of the European nation that
had been its ruler. To effect that
s ingle purpose it might well have
been sufficient to have made the
simple statement that the political
authority of the mother nation
was no longer recognized and
that in accordance there was set
u p an independent political en-
tity. But the American colonists,
imbred to the very marrow of
their existence with a burning
sense of liberty and the natural,
God-given rights of human beings,
were not content with a bare
statement of severance. They
found this the occasion to give
utterance to those principles of
political and social life which
have since become the foundation
stones of free people everywhere.
Nor was their declaration con-
ceived in arrogance. Rather was
it the product of a deeply religi-
ous conviction that all things em-
anate from the Creator. The very
inscription upon the bell in Inde-
pendence Hall is taken from the
bible, "Proclaim Liberty through-
out all the land unto all the in-
habitants thereof."
Today, we are fighting a new
and greater war for liberty. The
entire essence of democracy, the
entire concept of religious free-
dom and the dignity of the indi-
vidual man has been challenged
by the racist-state theory of the
Nazis. We are fighting, to para-
phrase the great Abraham Lin-
coln, to see whether "a world
conceived in liberty can long en-
dure." It was thus appropriate
that when "D" day was an-
nounced, when the news of the
invasion of France came to pass,
that the mayor of Philadelphia
rang the Liberty Bell in Inde-
pendence Hall to "proclaim liber-
ty throughout all the land unto
all the inhabitants thereof."
Over five thousand and seven
hundred years ago the children
of Israel, through their leader
Moses, declared to a tyrannical
Pharoah the independence of the
Jews. Freed from slavery, they
received from God on Mount Si-
nai the fundamental laws that
must govern humanity if those
natural and inalienable rights to
life, liberty and the pursuit of
happiness are to be enjoyed.
The history of the Jew is re-
plete with incidents of persecu-
tions and deprivations of the lib-
erty and freedom we reproclaim
today. Enslavement and suffering
has been their lot. Small wonder
then that an America standing
firmly upon the foundation of
liberty in which it was conceived,
ever watchful of and jealously
guarding its freedom, should have
inspired its Jews with a love of
country, a fervor of patriotism
second to none.
The military record of the Jew
in America goes back to the days
even before the war for inde-
pendence. He has played his part
in every war to maintain a free
America. Although numbering but
three and one-quarter percent
of the entire population at the
time of the First World War,
there were a quarter of a million
Jews in service,—five and three-
quarters percent of the then total
Jewish population of America.
In the present conflict some
500,000 Jews are serving the
army and navy in France and in
Italy, in New Guinea and in
Africa, in Burma and in England.
The government issues no official
break-down of service men by
race or religion, but the man who
knows most about the religion of
the men in service, a Catholic
priest, Brig. Gen. William P.
Arnold, Chief of Chaplains, has
said, "It is believed that the
present strength of the army is
a sufficienly large cross-section
of American life in all its phases,
including religious preferences to
warrant the assumption that the
religious preference of soldiers in
the army are the same as in civil
life."
It is thus that we in America
on this Fourth of July—the one
hundred and sixty-eighth in our
history—rededicate ourselves to
the American ideal of democracy.
No man—be he Jew or Gentile—
black or white—can behold our
nation's flag without a silent
prayer,—"Oh God, preserve it,
Announcement has been made
that Ruth Bruson Edelson,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Martin
Bruson of 4211 Grand Ave. W..
has been awarded a Federal
Scholarship in Nursing Education
at Teacher's College, Columbia
University, for the summer ses-
sion. Mrs. Edelson received her
R. N. degree from the University
of Cincinnati School of Nursing
and Health, and her B. Sc. degree
from Wayne University. Mrs.
Edelson is at present Nursing
Arts instructor at Evangelical
Deaconess Hospital School of
Nursing on E. Jefferson Ave., and
will return to this position in
the fall.
Rumanian Blames Jews
For Allied Aerial Attacks
ANKARA (WNS).—An official
Rumanian broadcast over the Bu-
charest radio last week stated
that the Allied aerial attacks on
Rumanian cities, particularly the
Ploesti oil fields, are the result
of "pro-Allied Jewish activities".
The announcer said that the Ru-
manian government will take the
necessary precautions by driving
all Jews from the larger cities
to specially constructed ghettos.
In the meantime it was re-
ported here that the Chief of
Police of Bucharest has ordered
the transfer of all Jews to a
ghetto in a town on the out-
skirts of the city.
Gemiluth Chassodim
Paul Boatin of Ford UAVY
To Hold Patriotic Rally Local Is Candidate
On Thursday, July 6
For State Representative
Congregation Gemiluth Chasso-
dim (Congregation Mutual Aid),
organized by immigrants from
central Europe, will hold a pa-
triotic rally on the occasion of
the Fifth War Loan drive, on
Thursday, July 6, 8:30 p. m., at
the auditorium of the Jewish
Community Center. Leading per-
sonalities of the Detroit Jewish
community will participate in the
program. The audience will be
addressed by the Honorable Er-
nest• A. O'Brien. Judge of the
U. S. District Court. Fred Butzel
and David I. Berris will bring
greetings.
The Congregation Gemiluth
Chassodim will be presented on
that evening with the American
and Jewish flags by the Jewish
War Veterans.
An excellent musical program
has been prepared by Karl Haas,
well known pianist and lecturer,
and Emily Mutter-Adams of the
Detroit Symphony Orchestra.
Walter Berlow will be the
chairman of the evening.
This evening has been arrang-
ed as a climax of the war, loan
drive in which 50 Gallants of
the new immigrants take an ac-
tive part.
The general public is cordially
invited to attend this important
rally which will give expression to
the devotion of the immigrants
to their now home country.
Proceeds will go to the Ameri-
can Red Cross. Admission 50
cents plus tax. Tickets at Lud-
wig Haas, 13200 LaSalle, Town-
send 7-1209, and Jewish Com-
munity Center.
Paul Boatin, director of Politi-
cal Action in Ford Local 600,
UAW-CIO, in announcing his can-
didacy as State Representative
from the First District (entire
City of Detroit), stated hat his
City of Detroit), stated that his
termined by the needs of the
people of Michigan. Boatin said
further that constantly changing
conditions make it impossible to
foresee all situations that may
arise, but that at the present
time he is offering a program of
legislation which he believes will
aid the vast majority of citizens
in our state:
1. Expansion of Unemployment
Compensation Laws:
2. Expansion of Workmen's
Compensation Laws;
3. Expansion of mental hy-
giene program;
4. Fair Employment Practices
Act for Michigan;
5. 18-year old vote law;
6. Laws making it possible
better to prevent and cope with
juvenile delinquency;
-
7. State maintenance of till
roads;
8. Streamlined tax program;
9. Living annual wage for all
workers.
Boatin is endorsed by the Po-
litical Action Committee, CIO,
and by many local unions.
"As political action director
of the world's largest trade union
local," Boatin stated, "I feel
that this training and experience
qualify me truly to represent the
people of our city in Lansing."
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WILLIAM
GUTMAN
STATE SENATOR
DEMOCRAT
5TH DISTRICT, WARDS 8 - 10 - 12 - 14
CAPABLE, SINCERE, FAIR, HONEST
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On the Board of Directors of the East Side Merchants
Association, member of Pisgah Lodge B'nai B'rith,
President and Sec. of Gutman Bros. Department Stores.
PRIMARIES JULY 11, 1944
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