MICHIGAN'S OLDEST ANGLO-JEWISH PUBLICATION

29th Year of Service to Jewry

Detroit Jewish Chronicle

and The Legal Chronicle

VOL, 46. NO. 31

10.

DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 1944

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Mass Demonstration Demands Immediate
Action to Rescue Jews of Nazi Europe

More Than 50,000 Join at Gathering Sponsored by American
Jewish Conference on Streets Around Madison Square Park

NEW YORK.—In a great outdoor demonstration, more than 60,000 citizens of
New York massed into the streets around Madison Square Park to demand that the
United States and the other United Nations "move swiftly" to rescue the Jews of
Axis-dominated Europe who can still be saved "and punish the guilty for their in-
human crimes."
The meeting was sponsored by the American Jewish Conference, its 63 affiliates

and eight cooperating organiza-
tions, and was attended by tens
of thousands of workmen who
stopped work at 4 p. m. and
marched to the assembly.
A message from President
Franklin D. Roosevelt, read ty
Dr. Stephen S. Wise, co-chair-
man of the Interim Committee of
the American Jewish Conference,
who presided, declared :
"Please express to those
gathered at the meeting to
protest the deportations and
cruelties visited upon the re-
maining Jewish community of
Europe my feelings of abhor-
rence of these desperate acts
of the enemy. I repeat to all
concerned my earlier warning
that those who participate in
these acts of savagery shall
not go unpunished."

Adopt Program

The assembly adopted an eight-
point program for action:
1. By means of warnings,
broadcasts and all other forms
of communication, the Hun-
garian Government and peo-
ple should be made to realize
that they will not be allowed
to escape full responsibility
for the crimes now being com-
-milted on their territory; and
that they themselves must make
every possible effort to halt
the death march and protect
the Jews under their control.
2. In the light of Admiral
Horthy's recent offer to the
International Red Cross to re-
lease all Jewish children under
10 who can obtain foreign
visas, as well as adults with
Palestine visas, we urge the
United Nations to adopt imme-
diately all measures leading to
the evacuation of these peo-
ple.
3. The protection of the
United States and the other
United Nations should be for-
mally and openly extended to
the helpless victims of Nazi
persecution within the occu-

pied territories.
4. A p p r o priate measures

should be taken to induce the
Axis government to equalize
the status of Jews in Nazi-
occupied territories, who are
deprived of freedom of move-
ment. with that of prisoners
of war, military or civilian, in
accordance with the Geneva
Convention of 1929.
5. Since Palestine is the
nearest country of refuge for
Jews in the Balkan countries,
its doors should be fully
opened to them by the Man-
datory power, and Turkey,
which is the most available
country of transit, should be
induced to open its frontiers.
6. The United States and
the other United
Nations
should declare that all terri-

ee MASS—Page 12

Clearance Program on Civic Protective
Activities Announced at Committee Meeting
NEW YORK.—The unanimous election of David
Sher of New York as chairman of the National Commun-
ity Relations Advisory Council to succeed Edgar J. Kauf-
mann of Pittsburgh and the announcement of a program
of clearance for national and local civic protective agen-
cies high-lighted the meeting of the Executive Committee.

Community Rela-
tions Advisory Council, which
formulates policies in civic pro-
tective work in the United States,
also announced that three new
communities—New Haven, New-
ark and Kansas City—have been
admitted to membership, thus
bringing the total membership
to 17 communities and five na-
Conferences Called
Adams and Bruce
Campaign Is Part
tional agencies — the American
To Consider Plans
To Share Program
Of National Effort
Jewish Committee, American Jew-
ish Congress, Bnai Brith, Jewish
JERUSALEM (Palcor) — A
The next Outdoor Concert of
On Friday, Aug. 11, the Jew- Labor Committee, and Hebrew
new strategy evolved by Pales- the Jewish Community Center ish War Veterans of the United War Veterans of U. S.

The National

Arab Professionals Community Center JWVand Auxiliary
Organizing for
Outdoor Concert Blood Donor Drive
Political Action
To Be Held Aug. 7 On Friday, Aug. 11

tine Arab politicians for the pur
pose of mobilizing the Arab in-
telligentsia to support Pan-Arab
political demands, became evi-
dent in the calling of a series
of conferences of professionals
from all Arab countries.
The grand strategist behind
these conferences is believed to
be Aouni Abdul Iladi, head of
the Istaklal Arab Independence
Party and barred from Palestine
for his role in the 1936-39 riots,
who expressed his unqualified ad-
miration for Adolf Hitler in an
interview in 1937.
A conference of Arab medical
men from all Arab countries held
in Beirut, Lebanon, last week os- -
sensibly for the discussion of
professional problems, was the
first conclave in this series. A
thousand delegates were present,
among them 100 from Palestine.
The Palestinian Arab doctors
only remotely referred to prob-
lems concerning their professions
and dwelt, both in their speeches
and in the subsequent discussions,
on political questions.
In Damascus, Syria, a confer-
ence of Arab lawyers from all
Arab countries will convene next
week. The Arab press estimates
that 800 delegates are scheduled
to attend.
Aouni Abdul Hadi is discuss-
ing with Arab leaders in Syria
and Egypt plans for the conven-
ing of another three conferences,
of eng::::Trs, judges and mer-
chants respectively.
The purpose of these profes-
sional assemblies, it is reported
in circles close to Aouni Abdul
Hadi, is to "inculcate the dele-
gates with the need for mutual
cooperation between the Arab
states and to prepare the ground
for the great Pan-Arab Congress
which is to come as a conse-
quence of the Alexandria con-
ference. "

Palestine On Agenda

In the village of Sofar in Le-
banon last week, the Premiers
and Foreign Ministers of Syria,
Lebanon and Iraq held discus-
sions regarding matters which
they will seek to pose to the

See ARAB—Page 12

Life of Jews in Liberated Romania
Described by Moscow Writer

MOSCOW (WNS) — An eye -
witness account of Jewish life
In the liberated area of Romania
was given this week by a Russian
c orrespondent who recently visit-
ed Botosani.
he said, is typical of
the Botosani,
ma ny small
Romanian cities
with predominant Jewish popula-
tions. The Jewish community
there maintains
a ccommodating a primary school
1,200 pupils, two
high schools, a Talmud Torah, a
free communal kitchen, an or-
lhanage hnusing 163 children
Wh ose parents died in Trans-

David Sher Heads National
Community Advisory Council

will feature two outstanding ar-
tists on Aug. 7, at 8:45 p.
in the outdoor court.
Emily Mutter Adams, violinist,
will appear. She is a member
of the Detroit Symphony Orches-
tra and has an outstanding repu-
tation. When she was 12 years
old she appeared in the May
Festival at Ann Arbor. She came
to the attention of the late Dr.
Frederick Stock, and has studied
with such outstanding teachers
as Jacques Gordon, Michael Press,
Sevciek, and Ilya Skolnick.
Marshall Bruce, soloist, will
share the program and will be
accompanied by Margaret Mar.-
neback. Mr. Bruce is a graduate
of the University of Detroit, and
a student of Dr. Harry W. Seitz.
He has appeared with the Detroit
Symphony Choir, Ford Sunday
Evening Hour Choir, and has
been presented in concert before
many Detroit groups and organi-
zations. Recently he sang in the
"Gypsy Baron," produced by De-
troit Friends of Opera.
The public is invited to these
concerts free of charge.

JewsPromisedFull
Rights by Polish
Liberation Comm.

MOSCOW (WNS) — A pledge
of "democratic freedom and
equality" to all citizens of Po-
land, irrespective of race, creed
or national origin, and a promise
that "Jews will be guaranteed
the restoration of all rights
through the existence of legal
and actual equality," were the
highlights of a manifesto broad-
cast here this week by the new
Polish Committee of National
Liberation whose headquarters
are at Chelm, liberated Poland.
The manifesto stated that the
new committee will restore : all
looted and confiscated property
to its rightful owners and that
the German massacres in the
ghettos will be avenged after the
war.
Dr. Emil Sommerstein, a prom-
inent Zionist and one of the
Jewish members of the pre-war
Poland Sejm, has been designated
by the new Polish Committee of
National Liberation as the head
of its War Reparation Depart-
ment. Dr. Sommerstein, who at
one time was slated to receive a
seat in the Polish Council in
London, was arrested by the
Russians when they occupied
eastern Poland in 1939. He was
released in 1941 when the Soviet

nistria, a hospital, a dispensary
and three homes for the aged.
Most of the children in the
orphanage have no living rela-
tives in Europe. Their only sur-
viving relatives are in the United
States, Canada, Palestine, Eng-
land and South America. The
experiences and hardships the
children went through are such
that even death does not frighten
them. When the correspondent
inquired from a six-year-old by Government amnestied all Poles
the whereabouts of his parents in Russia under an agreement
between Premier Stalin and the
late Polish Premier Sikorski.
See ROMANIA—Page 3

States and their Auxiliary are
having another Blood Donor
Drive at the Red Cross Blood
Donor Service, 450 West Fort
St.. Detroit.
This is the third time that the
members of the Jewish War Vet-
erans and the Ladies' Auxiliary
have participated in this activity.
On previous occasions the drive
for blood donors has met with
remarkable success due mainly
to the fact that the members of
this patriotic organization rea-
lize the urgent need for blood
plasma, having served in the
Armed Forces of the United
States during the present and
past World Wars.
This effort is part of the Na-
tional drive which is being put
on by the Jewish War Veterans
and Auxiliary in the ninny cities
where their 300 posts are lo-
cated.
On previous drives, this organ-
ization of Jewish men and wo-
men has been able to interest
many of the families, friends and
neighbors to participate in the
donation of blood and has earned
the thanks and praise of the
directors of the Red Cross for
an excellent showing.
Again as in the past, the spon-
sors of the drive are desirous of
interesting as many of our
friends and neighbors in having
them present themselves on Fri-
day, Aug. 11, at the Red Cross
Blood Donor Service, 450 West
Fort St., Detroit, and help swell
the amount of blood for the life-
saving blood plasma which is
now so urgently needed by the
Armed Forces of which almost
every family in the United States
today has a stake.
On this particular drive Jew-
ish Veterans of the present war
have promised to donate their
blood and also among the donors
will be a Gold Star Mother and
Father.
Everyone is urgently request-
ed to get behind this drive.
Please phone to J.W.V. head-

Kaufmann Resign.
Mr. Kaufmann announced his

inability to continue as chairman
because of the pressure of other
duties. Mr. Sher, who will serve
as chairman until the next plen-
ary session, has been active in
the Council since its organiza-
tion. He is a member of the ad-
ministrative committee of the
American Jew i s h Committee,
chairman of the board of the
Hofheimer Foundation, and a
trustee of the American Federa-
tion for Palestinian Institutions.
A native of Omaha, he has been
a resident of New York City for
the past 14 years, where he is a
prominent attorney.
In implementing the program
of clearance in the field of civic
protection, the executive commit-
tee of the National Community
Relations Advisory Council ap-
pointed a special sub-committee
to classify all the problems in
the field which face the national
agencies and local communities
and present them, item by item,
to the Council for the formula-
tion of policies.
The program of clearance
through the National Community
Relations Advisory Council calls
for every national and commun-
ity agency to submit each major
project for clearance, before put-
ting it into effect.
The following procedure was
adopted by the executive com-
mittee to make clearance effec-
tive:
"1. The national agencies
and the communities are to
submit to the office of the
NCRAC an inventory and
schedule of all major projects
now in operation or about to

be undertaken.
"2. The national agencies
and the communities are to

inform the office of the NCRAC
of any contemplated new pro-
ject.
"3. The office of the NCRAC
is to clear any contemplated
project with the other agencies
before it is actually put into
effect."
The national agencies and the
communities are now in process
quarters, Townsend 7-9690, any of informing the National Com-
afternoon or evening except Fri- munity Relations Advisory Coun-
day and Saturday, for an appoin- cil of major projects now in op-
ment for Friday, Aug. 11.
eration and contemplated.

The Postwar World

By A. NISSENSON

EDITOR'S NOTE:—The author of this article is one of the leading
Yiddish poets of the day. He is also an outstanding journalist
We deliberately refrained from publishing this article earlier
lest it be interpreted as an indication of a political commit-
ment.
The views exp ..ressed herein are entirely those of the
author, and do not necessarily reflect our own position.

Now, that the onslaught on the
European fortress is in full
swing; now that the armies of
liberation are storming the slave-
citadel of Europe from all sides,
it is high time to give some
thought to what kind of a world
will emerge oue of the greatest
battle the human species ever

staged in the history of its exist-
ence.
Much has been written about
the postwar world in the last few
years. Articles, books, treatisies
in the hundreds have been pub-
lished replete with plans, sugges•

See POSTWAR—Page 12

