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July 21, 1944

CLIFTON AVENUE - CINCINNATI 20, OHIO

DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and Th. Luta' Chronicle

B'nai !Trig, Young Women As Citizens of Tomorrow

EDITOR'S NOTE :—Miss Martha Silverman is on the Secretarial
Staff of the Detroit Community Council and a student at
Wayne University. She received honorable mention for the
above article which she delivered at a recent convention of the
Bnai Brith Young Women held in Chicago.

By MARTHA SILVERMAN

It would be wonderful if I
could stand up here with confi-
dence and say that all our wishes
for the future will come true.
In a gathering this large there
must be hundreds of pleasant
dreams that are looking to the
future for fulfillment. And I
don't think any one of us Bnai
Brith young women ask too much
of life. Give us fun in our
teens, the sincerest kind of a
husband in our 20's, a child
growing up in our 30's, and the

Urges Jewish Tribunals
Try Germans Accused of
Anti-Jewish Atrocities

NEW YORK (WNS). — Dr.
Joseph Tenenbaum, new presi-
dent of the American Federa-
tion of Polish Jews, declared
here at a luncheon in his honor
that Germans accused of crimes
against the Jews of Europe
should be tried by tribunals of
the Jewish people where the al-
leged crimes were committed.
He also proposed reparations
from the German people for the
"suffering, humiliation, loss of
property, position and political
status suffered by the Jews," as
well as "restitution and recon-
struction of all Jewish communal
property destroyed or damaged
by the Germans in the form of
German labor, German services
and their equivalents."
Apropos the problem of the
re-acquisition of Jewish prop-
erty that goes through a chain
of expropriations and transfers
of title, Dr. Tenenbaum suggest-
ed the creation of a bank for
Liquidation of Jewish Property
Claims under the joint sponsor-
ship of the World Jewish Con-
gress and the Jewish Agency for
Palestine. Where legal owners
no longer could be found, all
Jewish property in occupied
countries would revert to the
"Jewish people as such" and
would be handled by the bank.
The American Federation of
Polish Jews would represent
Polish Jews within such a body.
Commenting on Polish-Jewish
relations in the United States,
Dr. Tenenbaum criticized the
failure of the recent convention
of Polish-American organizations
in Buffalo "to mention the hor-
rible slaughter of three million
Jews in Poland."
Dr. Tenenbaum placed the
federation on record as favoring
full understanding between Pol-
and and the Soviet Union as
the sine qua non of the very
existence of a free Poland."

right to pursue those interests
which add variety to our lives.
Of course, we don't expect life
to be a bed of roses. We prob-
ably wouldn't appreciate it if it
were. Unexpectedness, excite-
ment and anxiety coming in nor-
mal closes add just the right
touch to a satisfying existence.
But, with a war on now, the
future looks as if there is going
to be an overdose of unexpected-
ness, excitement and anxiety.
Yes — tomorrow looks pretty
dark. But, there's nothing gained
just sitting back and brooding
about it. We must do what we
can to make sure that there will
be a tomorrow in which we can
be proud citizens.
It seems reasonable to expect
that the postwar period will not
be too difficult if our prepara-
tion is less idealistic and more
down-to-earth. We know that the
last blast of a cannot will not be
the end of turmoil. For then a
new confusion begins, unless ser-
ious planning can go into effect
immediately! Unless such an ad-
justment has been clearly out-
lined and is adaptable to the
postwar situation on hand! Now
counteract the dangerous anti-

Mr. and Mrs. Abe Miller .
Present Ambulance In '
Memory of Son, David

At a quiet ceremony attended
by a small group of friends, Mr.
and Mrs. Abe Miller, 8433 Har-
per Ave., presented a fully-
equipped ambulance to the Unit-
ed States Army. The presenta-
tion took place on Tuesday, July
18, and was in memory of their
son, Tech. Sgt. Morris Miller,
who was an engineering grad-
uate of Wayne University. Sgt.
Miller landed in France in June
on the first day of the invasion.
Soon after landing he sacrificed
his life for his country as one of
our engineers in Normandy.
The Millers have one other
son, Hyman, who is in the Navy,
and so they tried to find some-
thing to take the place of Morris
in that great invasion. The am-
bulance was the answer. It was
accepted on behalf of the Army
by Lt. John Heinz, representing
Maj.-Gen. J. A. Clio, of the
Sixth Service Command. The
parents bought the ambulance
and they stood by and watched,
as did Hyman Miller, Seaman
Second-Class, on special furlough
from Fort Pierce.
A few friends of the family
who had known David for many
years eulogized hint as a civilian
as well as a member of our
armed forces.

Semitic attitude, Bnai Brith
offers to non-Jews its high ideals
and progress in its humanitarian
programs as evidence of Jewish
merit. T h e Anti - Defamation
League of Bnai Brith continues
to accomplish its excellent aims
so that you and I may live free
of discrimination tomorrow. Jew-
ish men and women, attending
universities where Bnai Brith
Hillel Foundations foster coop-
eration between Jew and non-
Jew, leave their alma maters pre-
pared to face the world informed
and eager citizens poised for
the leadership that will be theirs.
Every Jewish community has its
Bnai Brith girls and AZA boys
alert and aware of the part they
must play as citizens of tomor-
row. And what shall we do as
citizens of tomorrow? We shall
be carrying on the Bnai Brith
program of education, elevation
and security of the Jew!
Another outstanding symbol of
Bnai Brith's humanitarianism to-
day is its highly significant role
in the American Jewish Confer-
ence. Our hearts cannot help
but go out to the unfortunate
Jews in Europe who have been
and still are suffering degrada-
tion, torture and extermination.
When the American Jewish Con-
ference was attempting to get
is the time for our scholars,
socialogists, economists, states-
men, businessmen and laymen to
start using their brains. Now—
while our military strategists and
the fighting men of the army,
the navy, the marines and the
air corps are trying to defeat the
axis with armament—now, all
the brains and common-sense,
concentration and cooperation
left in the allied nations must be
preparing a postwar world that
will insure peace with justice!
Bnai Brith has always been
busy thinking and planning for
the future. However, in addition
to evolving the best plans for
the postwar world in general,
Bnai Brith has directed a great
portion of its concentration to
the future of Jewish youth. It
is obvious to Bnai Brith that
America would be a more unified
union if anti-Semitism were to
disappear completely. In order to
the voices of American Jews
united in their opinions on relief
and rescue of European Jewry,
Bnai Brith was right in there
pitching. In fact, we provided
the Conference with its chair-
man, Henry Monsky. I had the
pleasure of listening to Henry
Monsky when he was the guest
of honor at the centennial cele-
bration for Bnai Brith in De-
troit. At that time I was a
comparatively new member of
Bnai Brith. Well, when Mr.
Monsky stepped to the platform,
But, I
everyone applauded.
didn't. I thought to myself:
"I've never heard the man

U.J.A. HELPS LIBERATED JEWS FIND NEW HOME IN PALESTINBi

speak, so why should I applaud?
When he's through, I'll see if
he's worthy of it." I realize now
that was a very cocky attitude
to take, but I guess when you're
young, you're cocky! Well, that
man was inspiring! He spoke
with such clarity, logic and un-
selfishness about the role of the
American Jew in the world to-
day, that I was just as proud as
I could be that the ideals Bnai
Brith stands for and that he out-
lined are my ideals, too. Ideals
that call for service to humanity
throughout the years as the
needs for such activity arise.
Ideals that compel us to become
inspired me to set a higher stand-
better Jews and thereby better
citizens. Mr. Monsky's message
and for myself. Oh, I always
knew it was up to the individual
Jew to be the good-will ambas-
sador of his people, but as a
member of Bnai Brith I now feel
we should take that job even
more seriously. And by our at-
tempting to carry out in the
future the broad humanitarian
principles of Bnai Brith and its
leaders, I am sure we shall be
the right kind of citizens for
tomorrow!
So now is the time to shape
our characters. Our success as
citizens in the postwar world de-
pends to a great extent on the
preparation and guidance we re-
ceive today. We are the indi-
viduals who will suffer or enjoy
the after effects of World War
II—you and I and all those
young men who are fighting this
very minute for the right to live
decently according to their high
standards. I wonder what kind of
a world our servicemen want?
Very possibly they are looking
forward to an America where
opportunities are plentiful and
we girls are just the way they
left us. Certainly we Bnai Brith
young women are unable to ar-
range the economic status of

Palestinian Delegation
Not Invited to Attend
Arab Leaders Conference

America so that it will please
our men returning home. We
shall have to leave that job to
those better trained in such prob-
lems than we are. And just as
we do not expect to find the boys
as they were when they left us,
so will they find that we too
have not remained unchanged.
They will see that we have ad-
justed our personalities to the
serious situation on hand, and
become wiser young women from
the experience. We have realized
that we are obligated to take
advantage now of whatever facil-
ity open to us to become in-
formed and stable citizens of
tomorrow.
No—we Bnai Brith young
women are not sitting back and
meekly waiting for the peace to
come, and we are not allowing
our minds to dwell on our per-
sonal sacrifices and interests in
this war. There are too many
constructive things to be done.
We give generously of our time
and interest to USO parties, At
these parties we talk with men
who have not seen action and
those who have already witnessed
the horrors of war. We are pre-
pared, therefore, to expect en-
thusiastic boys to return disil-
lusioned men. Because we under-
stand the reason for the change
in their personalities and atti-
tudes, we shall be better able to
help them adjust to the normal
pace of living. Then, too, we are
helping the government sell
bonds! We are donating our
blood to the wounded heroes
through the Red Cross! We are
knitting sweaters and afghans
for servicemen! We are meeting
with so many girls bi-monthly to
exchange ideas and receive news
of more work for us to do! We
are using our imaginations to
arrange fund raising and mem-
bership affairs to support our
philanthropies throughout t h e
United States! We are writing
enthusiastic letters that tell our
boys that the young women of
Bnai Brith are still around! We
are preparing to carry on the
work of Bnai Brith and to be-
come the leaders of the Jewish
communities tomorrow. So, al-
though we cannot be certain just
what trials loom ahead of us, at
least we young women, thanks
to Bnai Brith, are becoming cap-
able and courageous citizens that
all Jewry and America will be
proud of.

CAIRO (WNS). — Mustapha
Nahas Pasha, Egypt's Prime
Minister, declared that invita-
tions had been sent the Govern-
ments of Iraq, Syria, Lebanon,
Transjordan, Saudi Arabia and
Yemen, inviting them to send
delegates to a preliminary gen-
eral Arab meeting that probably
will take place during August.
Sale—Apartment Property
During the coming session
Arab leaders would attempt to I
adopt a plan for a larger Arab
congress to be called later in
the year. The Prime Minister
said no mention was made by
Nahas Pasha of delegates repre-
senting the Palestinian Arabs,
Sky may be the limit. Take no
thus leading observers here to chances, ',rick every dollar into
conclude that it has been decided sound Beal Estate at present cheap
prices. Cheap rents. Benefit by
to proceed without representa- Detroit's
magic. Industries. Mr.
tion from that area.
Bedford will furnish all Facts and

APARTMENT
CEILING PRICES

Figures:
60 Apts. 3 to 4 rooms. East Side
select high rent center, Cheap
O.P.A. rents $28,000. Sold once
$350,000. Entire price $180,000 with
a future. Terms. $55,000 easy 45-
terms.
IS Apts. Attractive tan bk East
side. New stoves. Wide 70 ft. lot.
Rent $8,200. Original value 800,000.
Leaving city take 545,000. Terms
$20,000 to deed and mtg.
It Apts. All 3 rooms good East
New stoves. New tankless hot
water. New stoker. Nets after taxes
all expense $3,500. Original $60,000
value. Real value $30,000. half cash
to deed & mtg.
40% net. on $30,000 down pay-
ment. Big 72 apt. 3 rooms down-
town. Deal once for $350,000. Liqui-
date partners only $110,000.
$07,000 Cush to deed 4 4
mtg.
No, Woodward. Big marble the
lobby. Elevator. 3 to 4 rooms. Rent
$34,000. Cost to build $ 3 0 0 ,0 00 .
NVonder value $165,000. Buy now
for the future.

Special Department
for Jewish Affairs
in Italian Government

ROME (WNS). — The special
Department for Jewish Affairs,
established here last week by the
Italian cabinet, is expected to
facilitate the restitution of all
rights and property to the Jews
in the liberated area of Italy.
The new body will cooperate
with the Allied Military Govern-
ment in meeting all problems
arising from the recission of the
anti-Jewish laws.
Two leading Italian Jews, Dr.
Anton Zolli, Chief Rabbi of
Rome, and M. Robertani, one of
Rome's outstanding lawyers, have
been invited to render aid and
assistance to the new depart-
ment.

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