I2 DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle CONFERENCE (Continued from Page 11 Michigan Synagogue Conference as the co-ordinating agency of all religious activity. Mrs. J. S. Sperka, president of the Women's League for Sabbath Observance, delivered a lengthy report on the success of that or- ganization, which from a modest beginning two years ago has now reached a membership of 1250 in its two branches, and through whose untiring efforts, utilizing every available means of pub- licity and education through press, radio, pulpit and personal contact, has brought about the Sabbath closing of some 43 stores in Jewish neighborhoods, includ- ing the Jewish theater, as well as a constantly growing com- munity consciousness of the tra- ditional sanctity of the Sabbath and its profound importance in Jewish life. Field Rabbi Reports A highly encouraging report of the activities of the Circuit Rab- binate was rendered by Dr. S. S. Auerbach, field rabbi. Great strides have been made in the religious re-awakening and edu- cational progress of the Jewish communities scattered throughout the state, who have hitherto been totally neglected. It was pointed out, however, that Michigan Jew- ry has not at all fulfilled its obligations to match the great spiritual salvage program car- ried on by the Circuit Rabbinate. Michigan Synagogue Conference is still allowed to struggle with the sole burden of maintenance of this great project, which should be the deep concern and responsibility of every Jew re- siding in this state. The convention was climaxed with a spirited address on "Re- ligion in Post-War America" by Rabbi Morris Max of New York, in which the speaker called upon American Jewry to match the up- surge of religious sentiments in the army camps and battlefields by properly preparing the ground for religious life and religious educational opportunities for the time when the boys come back home. He warned against two grave dangers which must be averted, namely (1) that our homecoming sons and daughters do not mistake the improvised substitute army religion for true practical Judaism; (2) that their religious sentiments gained under fire of battle be not profaned by dismal disappointment in finding a low esteem of and utter in- difference to religious values at home. An extensive program to meet this serious situation must be embarked upon now, warned the speaker, before it is too late. A resolution was adopted to participate to the fullest extent in the post-war program outlined by the Union of Orthodox Jew- ish Congregations of America in cooperation with the Rabbinical Council of America. BNAI BRITH min I. Morris of Chicago, and dealt with the development of the farm volunteer project, "Camp Avodah," which was spon- sored by A. Z. A. (Bnai Brith Youth Organization), in cooper- ation with the Board of Jewish Education of Chicago and sup- ported by the State of Illinois and United States Government. Eighty Jewish boys participated last year in this patriotic effort in helping the farmers in the Des Plaines area. This year these farmers petitioned the govern- ment to provide for the operation of this camp. Over 100 Jewish boys are already participating in this project and are working every day on the farms in the area surrounding the camp. Harry A. Yudkoff Reports Harry A. Yudkoff, district membership director and second vice president, reported that 7,883 new members had been procured during the past year by 124 out of 130 lodges in the district. The large gain in mem- bership coupled with the fine record of conservation activities resulted in a net increase of 5,873 members for the year end- ing June 30, 1944. The War Emergency Meeting assumed a quota of $30,000 for the third national Bnai Brith War Fund Campaign; provided for a committee to investigate the feasibility of creating a Jew- ish University; approved an in- tensive membership campaign ; allocated $17,500 to the Anti- Defamation League, $15,400 for Hillel activities in this district; $13,500 for the A. Z. A. pro- program in District No. 6; $7,500 for the Cleveland Orphan Home; $2,500 for the National Jewish Hospital at Denver; $2,500 to the Leo N. Levi Hospital at Hot Springs; $21,000 to Bnai Brith Wider Scope with an additional contingent allocation of $4,000; and $2,650 to the Bureau on Jewish Employment problems; created a fund to be used for postwar special problems affect- ing returning service men who are members of Bnai Brith. Those who attended were ad- dressed by Maurice Bisgyer, sec- retary of the Supreme Lodge; Dr. A. L. Sachar, national di- rector of the Bnai Brith Hillel Foundation, and Max N. Kroloff, assistant national director of the Anti-Defamation League of Bnai Brith. Their talks dealt with Bnai Brith in the present and postwar world. Robert Lurie, national BB war service director, counselled the war service committee in the consideration of its program. Officers Elected The following officers were elected for the 1944-45 fiscal year: President, Isaac Wagner, Chicago, Ill.; first vice president, Harry Yudkoff, Detroit; second vice president, Louis Pickus, Waukegan, Ill.; treasurer, Gott- fried D. Bernstein, Chicago. ARMY (Continued from Page 1) duty in Libya, but is eager to serve on the battlefront. He pro- (Continued from Page 1) posed that the regiment be, per- which normally consumes three haps, expanded into a division. Quotes Facts days. In replying to both proposals, The District War Service Com- mittee, of which Charles H. the Undersecretary quoted facts Louer of Chicago is chairman, and figures which, he claimed, reported that $28,790.50 had bore out his contention that a been contributed by 128 lodges Jewish army is "impractical" at in the 1943-44 National Bnai this time. He said that the same Brith War Fund Campaign; that objections, and reasons for them, over $9,000.00 in war bonds apply to Lord Melchett's request were sold just preceding the that the Palestine regiment be Fourth War Loan; that 10,000 expanded into a Jewish division pints of blood were donated to for active operations against the the Red Cross blood banks of enemy. It would take months to Chicago, Detroit, Milwaukee, St. effect the proposal and would in- Paul and Minneapolis; and four terfere with other operations, he outstanding hospital projects had said, adding: "Whether the or- been undertaken, Schick General ganization of a smaller, specific- Hospital by lodges in Iowa Coun- ally Jewish formation, brigade cil, Gardiner Hospital by South or brigade group, would be prac- Side Lodge, Chicago, McIntyre ticable, I cannot say today, but Hospital by North Shore and the possibility is being given the Austin Lodges in Chicago, and most careful consideration." Lord Vaughn General Hospital by Strabolgi, in withdrawing his mo- Adolf Kraus Lodge in Chicago— tion for the present, minimized the total amount raised being one of Lord Croft's objections which was that the Jews, re- approximately $150,000. cruited from many lands, would President Reports Harry A. Frankel in his presi- not have a common language for dent's message pointed out that military commands. Most Jews this district had initiated the understand Yiddish, Lord Stra- home-owning program of the bolgi said. Bnai Brith Hillel Foundations when the first one was purchased ROME at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. There are now 14 (Continued from Page 1) such Hillel homes already in op- eration or funds available for us 2,500,000 lire. Their chief act building immediately after the of looting was to seize all the victory. He also reported that precious manuscript and book: the membership of the district in the library of the Italian Rab- had reached the all-time high of binical College. They visited my 36,715 of whom 4313 are in mili- house seeking valuable silver and tary service. brocades from the synagogue, but One of the most interesting I had hidden them too well. reports was presented by Benja- "Foa accuses me of having de- serted my community, but let me tell you what happened elsewhere in Italy. The rabbis of Modena and Florence stayed with their flocks and were deported. The rabbi of Genoa did the same, and one day the German Elite Guard came to his office. They beat him until he was covered with blood. Then they dragged him to a telephone and made him call the leaders of the commu- nity, asking them to come to the temple immediately with all their families. They came in good faith, three generations of them. When all had entered the temple the Germans surrounded it, herd- ed the people into trucks and deported all of them, including the rabbi. "I am an old, sick man. I could die for my community, but suppose they had taken me and beaten me and burned the soles of my feet? How do I know what I would have done? "Foa will be taken care of by your Colonel Poletti, who is a grand man with an extraordinary intelligence and sense of realism. I have told him that our commu- nity is destroyed completely and must be reconstructed from the bottom up. Colonel Poletti under- stood." July 14, 1944 stop it is to contact the Council office. The incident is investigated, proper action is taken and a re- port is given as soon as possible. ZIONISTS (Continued from Page 1) cil discussed major problems af- fecting the Zionist movement and the postwar status of Palestine while the afternoon session, which was open to the public, commemorated the 40th anniver- sary of the death of Dr. Theodor Herzl, founder of modern Zion- ism. The council adopted a resolu- tion calling for the passage of the New Palestine Resolution now pending in Congress. Dr. Nahum Goldmann of the World Zionist Executive declared that immigration into Palestine after the war could not be con- sidered in terms of a long drawn out process, but rather in terms of a transfer of hundreds of thousands within a period of one to three years. "Only by this method," he said, "can we meet the problem of postwar European Jewry and the rapid establishment of a EDEN Jewish majority in Palestine which is the requisite for the (Continued from Page 1) creation of the Jewish common- Hungary which, until its occupa- wealth." tion by the Nazis, housed the largest Jewish population in Eu- rope with the exception of Rus- siao. On D-Day the Brussels ra- dio announced that if the Allies advanced the Germans would wipe out every Jew. As a cover for their crimes, German official spokesmen have announced that Jews are regarded as "belliger- ents". * • * ANKARA (WNS).—The Hun- garian Minister of the Interior last week issued an order to tha police that all Jews marked for expulsion must be deported to Poland within 2 days, according to reports reaching here from Budapest. In his instructions to the po- lice, the Hungarian Minister of the Interior ridiculed the recent warning by the United States and Great Britain that all Hun- garians participating in crimes against Jews would be duly pun- ished as criminals when the war is over. He called the warning "typical Anglo-American bluff". In a report disclosing that 120 Jews were killed and 350 in- jured during last week's Allied air-raid on Budapest, the Hun- garian Telegraphic Agency boast- ed that the "Allied bombing of Jewish homes disproves the wide- spread belief that Anglo-Ameri- can raids on Budapest are made in retribution for the anti-Jewish measures in Hungary." The agen- cy also reported that the Buda- pest police had intensified its drive to round up all Jews who evaded being placed in the ghetto. Many Christians are reported to have been arrested in Budapest for furnishing Jews with spuri- ous "Aryan" documents which en- abled them to remain in the city after June 24 deadline, when all Jews were to have been removed to the ghetto. In Transylvania close to 1,000 Hungarians will soon go on trial for "accepting" Jewish property with intent to defeat the anti-Jewish laws. The special correspondent of the London Manchester Guard- ian here last week cabled to his newspaper that "the Hungarians are surpassing their German mas- ters in cruelty in annihilating the Jews." The correspondent quoted "reliable sources" to the effect that more than 400,000 Hungarian Jews have already been "liquidated" and that the remainder are either being sent to labor camps or to death camps in Poland, to which they are be- ing transported in sealed trucks. Tunisian Court Voids Sales of Property Made Under Vichy L aws ALGIERS (WNS). A j ew who was compelled to sell hi, property because of anti-Jewi laws solely has a legal right have the transfer declared vot en the ground that it was nud e under compulsion and duress, it was ruled here e this week by the Court of Appeals in Tunisia. The decision is expected is have ta ting a far-reaching ret NINC,ohrikn g of effect in facilitating the Judi. cial Committee in Algiers, which has been preoccupying itself with the problem of restoring to the Jews the property they sold under compulsion when thy Vichy anti. Jewish laws were in effect here. Under this ruling lower courts would have the right to set aside all sales that were made under compulsion. Under the ruling, however, each case would have to be passed upon individually by a court of law instead of by the Judicial Committee. It is ex. pected, however, that the ruling will lead to a minimum of litiga. tion, since the courts of law will be bound to take judicial notice of the fact that transfers of Jewish property under the Vichy regime were made under legal and moral compulsion. ity Counts Wherever uct ity Coons ,uctlit Counts - ''''''-'41 /Counts unts bunts unts unts unts unts oupts prve Who Served her ierved Where ;eryecl Where rd Where )erve •:INher iery Served Counts Counts y Counts lity Counts lily Counts uality Counts uualliitcY aunts Quality Counts Qublity Counts Quality Counts ucility Counts Quality Counts When ordering draft or bottled beer, say- COMMUNITY (Continued from Page 1) policy henceforth will be un- equivocal in its rejection of any advertisements which carry dis- criminatory language in them. We know that in instituting a policy of this sort, you will be making an important contribution to better inter-group relations in Detroit." The Community Council has on previous occasions dealt with similar instances of discrimination with gratifying success. When anyone experiences such situa- tions, the proper and effective thing to do to uncover the source of the practice and get action to s S STROH'S NI MOM UMW( CO., DITItOir, oolO41014 Served Wherever Quality Counts Served Wherever Quality Counts iSeryed Whereies Quatitv .Count'