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DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER I, 1944

46, NO. 3 5

I s wego Refugees Appreciate
o nsideration Given Them

No Attempt Being Made at Camp to Force
American Ideas Upon the People There

Jewish Community
Council Delegates
To Meet Sept. 13

First Quarterly
Conference of Year

Confiscated Property of
Jews of Italy to Be Restored

Special Commission of Italian Ministry
of Justice Has Submitted Findings

ROME (WNS) — The special of proposed decrees for approval
cEW YORK (WNS) — The that the people have arranged
commission
of the Italian Minis- by Allied , legal experts. It is es-
their
own
recreational
activities
James I. Ellmann, president of
ogees at the Fort Ontario
try of Justice, which has been timated here that approximately
and
are
conducting
their
own
re-
ee port" or Emergency Shel- ligious services. "With pepper the Jewish Community Council, studying the problem of restor- 30,000 Jews had been deprived
Canip appreciate the Amer- and other spices," she added. announced this week that the ing to Jewish owners the prop- of their property by the Fascist
"they even manage to make the first quarterly delegates' confer- erty taken away from them un- regime.
n way.
It had originally been planned
der the Mussolini regime, has
this was made clear by Mica American food taste more like ence for the New Year would submitted its findings and drafts to defer the enactment of the
their
own
familiar
dishes."
take place on Wednesday eve-
na Kaufman, a leader of the
restoration measures until all of
Italy had been liberated. But
ning, Sept. 13, at the Jewish
tional Council of Jewish Wom-
Italian economic experts advised
Community Center, Woodward
who has just returned from
the authorities that the restora-
and Holbrook.
visit to the camp. She told of
tion of the property at this time
This
meeting
will
be
the
first
old woman who "kissed the
would speed the revival of Ital-
ian trade and industry and facili-
of the series of scheduled meet-
Its of the barracks in which
tate the rehabilitation of the
ings of the delegates of the 208
people live and then told
Jews in Italy.
organizations which are affiliated
she wanted us to tell others
One of the thorniest problems
with the Community Council. At
the outside that is how happy
the authorities faced was the
Guest
Speaker
Un-
Six Suspects Have
these meetings the delegates re'
question of the disposition of
.y feel to be here."
property that had been deliber-
able
to
Come
Sept
12
ceive
and
act
upon
reports
of
"Many of them were amazed
Been Arrested
ately transferred by Jews to non-
the executive committee and the
have private rooms—they had
Due to the fact that the inter- Jews as a means of avoiding
JERUSALEM
(WNS)
—
A
several
standing
committees
of
t enjoyed such comfort for 10
nationally known Jewish leader, confiscation under the racial
group of armed terrorists, be-
12 years," Miss Kaufman lieved to be members either of the Council. Policies affecting originally scheduled to address laws. In such cases the claimant
Hadassah Roll of Honor members will have to prove that the trans-
id.
the "Stern Gang" or the Irgun the entire scope of work of the on Sept. 12, finds it impossible action was not a bona fide one,
Council
are
decided
upon
and
the
Zvai
Leumi,
two
Jewish
extrem-
She told of one man's astonish-
to be in Detroit on that date, but that it was made solely with
?at at seeing eggs ordered by ist organizations, last week at- decisions reached at these dele- the affair has been postponed to the intention and understanding
e dozen and of the women in tacked the Jaffa divisional police gates' meetings are binding on Wednesday, Oct. 4, at 1 p. na. of avoiding confiscation.
e kitchens cleaning herring for headquarters and two police sta- all committees and officers.
It will be held at the same place,
The Italian Ministry of Justice
nner and holding the fish as tions on the Jaffa-Tel Aviv bound-
In addition to the reports namely, the Detroit Institute of is expected to issue within the
aries with bombs and gunfire,
they were priceless.
Arts, and will conclude with
near future a set of decrees and
Hiss Kaufman, who is chief wounding four constables, two of which will be presented, plans celebration tea.
instructions pertaining to the
the National Council's Bureau them seriously.
have been drawn up for a dis-
Although the various local manner in which claims are to
Before attacking the police sta- cussion of vital interest to the Hadassah units have met with be submitted for consideration
Ports and Docks, was with
tions
the
extremists
sought
to
e group from the day of their
Jewish community. The opinions great success in their individual and the manner in which claims
rival at Fort Ontario on Aug. divert the attention of the police of delegates will be registered Honor Roll campaigns this sum- to ownership are to be proven.
Since then, she said, the pea- by indiscriminate shooting and and will serve as a guide to the mer, Hadassah officers are pleased
Simultaneously it was dis-
e have established a kinder- by placing bombs at cross-roads thinking and decisions of the at the change of date of this closed that the Ministry of Jus-
Iten staffed by their own mem- and railway crossings. As the affiliated organizations. Details important annual function, since tice had revised an earlier de-
rs, and have formed squads to police answered with fire the will be announced at a later date this will give additional time for cree, under which Italian citizen-
Dr]; in the camp's hospitals and terrorists threw bombs and other and will be sent to all delegates. enlisting still more Jewish wom- ship was to be restored to all
explosives at the buildings. One
tchens.
en under the .Hadassah banner persons who lost the privilege
1
For some the joy of coming Arab policeman was taken to a
and enable more members to par- under the Fascist racial laws.
hospital
in
a
dangerous
condition.
America was clouded by fear
The revision is intended to cor-
n relatives and friends who re-
See HADASSAH—Page 12
rect a provision which would
See
POLICEMEN—Page
12
aired behind, Miss Kaufman
have established a status of dual
id, adding that one of the Na-
citizenship for many persons af-
All
copy
must
be
in
not
mal Council's major tasks would
fected by the old decree. Under
to help locate relatives in this
the old decree for example, sev-
late- than Wednesday, 3
entry. The council is working
eral hundred Italian Jews who
part from a list of several
had emigrated to the United
p.
m.
It
must
be
written
ondred names sent in by serv-
States and became American citi-
enien trying to locate missing
zens, or who became citizens by
on
one
side
of
paper
only
latives who have managed to
joining the American Army,
ye Europe.
would still have been considered
and where possible should
Part of the National Council's
Ceremony
to
Take
Italian citizens. The new meas-
Servicemen and
rk at Fort Ontario consisted
ures provide that persons who
be typewritten.
Place
at
Leland
interviewing and placing the
had voluntarily acquired citizen-
Women are Welcome
oup members in suitable jobs
ship in other countries can be-
Formal
installation
of
the
offi-
and the grounds of the shel-
come Italian citizens again only
Temple Beth El will conduct
cers of the Greater Detroit Bnai by making application therefor
r. The group includes a num-
three
services
during
the
coming
r of doctors and teachers.
Brith Council will be held at a and by relinquishing their adopt-
Also included are a great num- Holy Days.
dinner on Sept. 14, at the De- ed citizenship.
r of men and women with
Dr. B. Benedict Glazer will
At the same time high officials
4roit-Leland Hotel. The dele-
eatncal experience, and one officiate at the services and
gates for both the past and the here expressed doubt that many
the first community undertak- preach the sermons in the Main
current years are eligible to at- of the stranded stateless Jewish
e has been an entertainment Auditorium. The musical pro-
tend. An outstanding member of refugees here would avail them-
ogram with songs in German, gram will be rendered by the
the Order will act as installing selves of the offer to become
ngarian and the Slavic Ian- Temple Quartette with Julius
Italian citizens.
ages.
WASHINGTON (WNS)—John officer.
These officials based their opin-
Chajes directing and Jason Tick- W. Pehle, executive director of
This affair will be the first an-
No attempt is being made, Miss ton at the organ. Admission to
nual ceremony inaugurating the ion on the fact that life in Italy
the
War
Refugee
Board,
dis-
unitz said, to force any Amer- the Main Auditorium will be for
Council officers. The newly elect- for the years to come will be so
n ideas upon the people- members and their families only. closed here this week that the ed president of the Council, hard as to discourage the settle-
Nazis had deliberately sunk the
rticularly since everyone rea-
The Supplementary Services in
David I. Rosin, stated that with ment of people who are seeking
es they are here for the dura- the Brown Memorial Chapel will Turkish ship Mefkura which went the growth of the activities and
n only. "The whole emphasis be conducted by Dr. Leo M. down two weeks ago with more the community recognition of the means of economic existence.
There are between 2,000 to 3,-
being placed upon the main- Franklin, Rabbi Emeritus of the than 250 Jewish refugees en
route from Romania to Turkey.
ance of the people's own way
See COUNCIL—Page 12 000 stateless Jews in Italy.
"If anyone had any doubts about
living," she said pointing out
See BETH EL—Page 1 2
the German attitude toward ref-
ugee rescue operations, or antici-
pated a lessening in the Nazi
program of extermination," de-
By ALFRED WERNER
clared Mr. Pehle, "he now knows
the ugly truth."
Paris is free again. And as Gaulle's army of liberation, while
According to a report cabled
the day apporaches when the the majority were disarmed by
to
Mr.
Pehle
by
Ira
Hirschmann,
By SIDNEY PEARLIN
the invaders and sent to Ger-
War Refugee Board representa- Boche will have been driven from many, like their Christian fellow-
every inch of French soil, one
s these lines are written it American Jewish Conference, vis- tive in Turkey, the attack on can well imagine the joy of the soldiers. Thousands of civilians
ars that it will not be long ualized as the authoritative the Mefkura took place before French people at the prospect of fled to Switzerland, Africa or
ore we shall be in a position agency of American Jewry, be- midnight, when three barges being free after four years of the Western hemisphere. But the
aPpraise correctly the Jewish comes more evident against the armed with cannon and machine humiliation, shame and degrada- vast majority could not leave
anon in Europe and to shape background of the recent devel- guns suddenly loomed alongside tion at the hands of the Nazi France, nor did not wish to do so.
modify our plans for aiding opments here and abroad. Not- the ship in the darkness and defilers of their country.
Many of the Jews of Paris—
rehabilitating the stricken withstanding the initial short- opened fire. One of the first
But who can measure the jubi- where 70 per cent of French
ries which have lived in mis- comings in the activities of the shells hit the Mefkura's engine lation of the Jews in France as Jewry lived before the war—
for nearly five years under American Jewish Conference, it room, wrecking its machinery. they see the end of their travail? crossed the line of demarcation
n domination. The picture has emerged as a unifying and When the ship began to flounder For they had to suffer not only into Vichy France, hoping to be
be clearer and the plans can directing force. Its future path the Germans began to fire in- es Frenchmen, but also as Jews. safe in unoccupied France. If
better adjusted to the real,. is not yet finally mapped out but cendiary bullets which set the
When the "Blitzkreig" broke their lot was comparatively better
revealed.
the experience of the past year ship aflame. Many of the passen- out, in May, 1940, there were than that of their co-religionists
gers
were
hit
by
the
shell
fire,
aw,. more than ever, it is shows that given adequate sup-
some 320,000 Jews in France, remaining in Northern France,
erahve that American Jewry port, it will be in a position to others were injured by flying including foreign Jews, compris- this was not due to any kindness
e a powerful, united agency overcome inevitable difficulties, machinery and still others were ing 0.7 per cent of the total pop- on the part of Marshal Pet=
ct on its behalf, to formulate and to implement the mandate caught in the flames. As the ulation. Their tragedy is well and his pals, some of whom are
and press demands that will given it by the great majority of passengers leaped from the ship, known to all of us. Many Jews, noted as ardent Jew-baiters. It
e the survival of the Jew- American Jews, who long have they were met with fire from among them high-ranking officers, was due primarily to the fact that
People in Europe and the re- recognized the need of such an machine guns.
The survivors, five in number, fought in the French army. Some north of the line of demarcation
'nation of those who have agency.
of them escaped to England
"red so greatly.
See FRANCE—Page 12
where they joined General de
See
TURKISH—Page
12
See
CONFERENCE—Page
10
ne wisdom of creating the

Hadassah Honor
Roll Affair Post-
poned to Oct. 4

4 Policemen Hurt
By Terrorists in
Palestine Riots

NOTICE

Bnai Brith Council
Officers to Be
Installed Sept. 14

Temple Beth El
Plans Three High
Holy Day Services

Turkish Refugee
Ship Deliberately
Sunk by Nazis

ne Year of the American
wish Conference

The Jews In France