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VOL. 46, NO. 47.
DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1944
Dr. Chaim Weizmann Arrives in Palestine
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In Midst of Crisis in Jewish Agency
Isaac Gruenbaum of General Zionists Group "A" and Rabbi
Jacob Fishman of Mizrachi Resign from the Executive
JERUSALEM (WNS)—Dr. Chaim Weizmann, president of the Jewish Agency
for Palestine, arrived here this week by plane from London in what was his first visit
to Palestine since the outbreak of the war. As he was met at the airfield by members
of Agency's executive, he was apprised of the resignation from the executive of Isaac
Gruenbaum, representative of the General Zionist Group "A" and Rabbi Jacob Fish-
Man, Mizrachi representative.
Dr. Chaim Weizmann later motored to Rehovoth, where he has a home. He was
accompanied by his wife and L.
Lonton, political secretary of the
Jewish Agency in London. He
was greeted by a parade of Jew-
ish special policemen. Dr. Weiz-
mann is expected to participate
in the deliberations of the execu-
tive of the Jewish Agency and
the Small Zionist Actions Com-
mittee, which are to be held this
Sunday.
In reporting Gruenbaum's res-
ignation, Haaretz, leading organ
of the General Zionists, urged
that he be replaced by a member
of the same group in the United
States. Coincidentally it was dis-
closed that Isaac Gruenbaum, who
had been 4 member of the execu-
tive foi'many years; was no long-
er participating in the work and
deliberation of the Agency.
At the same time it was an-
nounced that the Agency had not
accepted Rabbi Fishman's resig-
nation. Mizrachi leaders are re-
ported to be conferring on the
advisability of urging Rabbi Fish-
man to insist on the acceptance
of his resignation.
Demand Proceedings in Hebrew
The two Jewish terrorists who
gave their names as Moshe Cohen
Itzhak and Charles Salzman, when
held in Cairo on the charge of
slaying Lord Moyne, British resi-
dent Minister for the Middle
East, have been identified by
the police as Eliahu Khakim of
Haifa and Ephraim Ben-Zuri of
Tel Aviv.
Information reaching here from
Cairo discloses that the two de-
fendants intend rejecting an of-
fer of assignment of counsel.
They intend to conduct their
own defense and to insist on the
use of Hebrew at the trial.
Police officials here are reluc-
tant to reveal any details of the
activities of the two terrorists
immediately preceding their as-
sassination of Lord Moyne. But
it can be stated on good author-
ity that Ben-Zuri and Khakim
had not even known each other
before they met on orders from
central committee of the Stern
Gang, a Jewish terrorist group
in ..Palestine. They left Palestine
for Egypt 18 clays before the
a,sault on Lord Moyne, wearing
ithiitary uniforms and equipped
documents, supplies and
ocher naranharnalia.
See ARRIVES—Pago 16
Major Allen Heads Hillel to Hold
Temple Beth El
Mortgage Burning
War Bond Drive Ceremonies Nov.26
Hope to Surpass
Brilliant Record
President Wagner to
Greet Assemblage
Temple Beth El has again mus-
Isaac Wagner, president of
tered its forces for a drive in Bnai Brith's District Grand Lodge
the 6th War Loan under the No. 6, will offer greetings of the
general chairmanship of Major district to the many hundreds of
MAJOR HAROLD ALLEN
ISAAC WAGNER
Bnai Brith members who will be
assembled in Ann Arbor on Sun-
day, Nov. 26. The occasion will
be the burning of the mortgage
Harold Allen, with a goal set to
surpass the brilliant records ac-
complished in the 4th and 5th
War Loans, when, in each in-
stance, Beth El led all congre-
See HILLEL—Page 16
gations in total Bond sales.
Both the Sisterhood and Men's
Club of Temple Beth El are or-
ganized to convass, not only their
entire memberships and the en-
tire congregation, but also the
community as a whole.
Mrs. George Freedman has
been appointed chairman of the
War Bond committee of the Sis-
"Coming to Detroit on Tues-
terhood, while Art Edelson and day evening, Dec. 5, under the
Oscar Zemon are co-chairmen of auspices of the Men's Club of
Temple Beth El, Drew Pearson
See ALLEN—Page 13
will speak to a capacity crowd
that will fill the main auditorium
of Templ e Beth El judging by
present advance sale of tickets,"
it was stated by Charles Kottler,
who with Oscar Zemon and Hy
Schlafer, is serving as co-chair-
man of the ticket sales commit-
tlement of the Palestine problem. tee.
Charging that the British Colo-
Tickets to hear Drew Pearson
nial Office cansistently sacrificed are not only on sale at the Tem-
Jewish rights in a futile attempt ple office and Grinnell's, but
to appease the Arabs, Dr. Silver, have been placed in the hands of
co-chairman Of the American the entire board of the Men's
Zionist Emergency Council, ques- Club as well as other members of
tioned Great Britain's ability the Clubs Kottler went on. Tic-
to solve the problem without aid kets are for sale to the general
from the United States and, per- public at $1.20, including fed-
haps, Russia.
eral tax, and may be procured
Emphasizing that Palestine is from the following officers and
not a British colony and that board members of the Men's Club
Great Britain merely acts as a of Temple Beth El:
trustee under it mandate from
Ted Burnkrant, Leon Way-
52 nations. Dr. Silver declared burn, Arthur Goulson, Gabriel
that the major powers should Alexander, Art Adelson, Nate
"push aside the tangled web of Lerner, Emil Waldbott, Bertram
disingenuousness, legal shuffling Kaatz, Lawrence I. Levi, Leonard
and obstructionism "and not only N. Simons, Benjamin Wilk, Nath-
proclaim a Jewish commonwealth" an Balaban, Gus Braff, Ed Lich-
but extend to it that material tig, Bert Clamage, Hy Schlager,
aid and credit which they will Charles Kottler and Oscar Ze-
undoubtedly extend to their coun- mon.
tries to assist them in building
Members of the Men's Club
or rebuilding their national econ-
omy."
each receive two complimentary
Drew Pearson to
Be Beth El Men's
Club Speaker
Iladassah Convention Accepts
Budget of $2,250,000 for Year
CLEVELAND (WNS) — The
30th annual convention of Ha-
dassah closed here after the
delegates had adopted final, pro-
posals bringing the total project-
ed expenditures of the oraniza-
tion for the coming year to $2,-
250,000.
Of this total $900,000 will
comprise the medical budget,
adopted and $400,000 will cover
the allotthent for the Jewish Na-
tional Fund, $250,000 of which
has been earmarked for purchase
(;! a "Weizmann Tract" in Pal-
e tine in honor of the 70th birth-
d„y of the Zionist leader. The
&It- gates also adopted a quota
of $10,000,000 for the Sixth
War Loan Drive.
The opening session of the con-
vention, attended by 500 dele-
gates representing 125,000 mem-
bers heard a stirring address by
Dr. !Niel Silver, co-chairman of
the Zionist Emergency Council,
on the responsibility of the Unit-
ed States, Great Britain and So-
vi , .t Russia in finding a final set-
See HADASSAH—Page
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See PEARSON—Page 16
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Palestine Offers
Hope for
o.
Solution of Refugee Problem
Declaratiori Made by James G. McDonald
Before ,National Conference in Chicago
CHICAGO (WNS)1.--Jarnes G.
McDonald, chairman of President
Roosevelt's Advisory Committee
for Political Refugees, and for-
mer League of Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees, de-
clared in an address before the
National Conference for Pales-
tine called by the United Pales-
tine Appeal that "Palestine offers
incontestably the primary hope
for the solution of the problem
of Jewish refugees."
Mr. McDonald declared that
he had come to the conclusion
French Govt.
To Aid Families
Of Deported Jews/
Status of German
Jews Discussed
PARIS (WNS) — The French
Government will give,-substantial-
ly the same aid to families of
Jews deported from France as
to families of war prisoners, it
was disclosed this week by Marc
Yarblum, president of the Fed-
eration of Jewish Societies, (lur-
ing a conference with Sir Her-
bert Emerson, director of the
Intergovernmental Committee of
Refugees, on the problem of lo-
cating Jewish deportees from
France.
Sir Herbert assured Mr. Yar-
blum that efforts will be made
to ascertain the fate of the tens
of thousands of Jews who were
deported from France to Poland
by the Nazis and that the com-
mittee hopes to obtain, shortly,
a report on the number who may
still be alive.
Sir Herbert also discussed the
status of German and Austrian
Jews in Paris, over 100 of whom
are still jailed as enemy aliens.
He offered to recommend to the
French Government that it fol-
low the policy adopted by Eng-
land early in the war, when such
refugees were speedily investi-
gated and, thereafter permitted
almost complete liberty. He said
that he had already made this
recommendation to the authori-
ties in Belgium, where a similar
situation exists. In Belgiuny
however, most German Jews have
been given their freedom after
being vouched for by the cen-
tral Jewish committee.
The difficulties faced by Jew-
ish refugees in France were dis-
See FRENCH—Page 13
that the economic and social con-
ditions in the central and south-
eastern countries of Europe "will
be seriously adverse to the re-
establishment of Jewish refugees
in their old neighborhoods.
"President Roosevelt, Prime
Minister Churchill, Marshal Stalin
and General de Gaulle, if he
should also be present, should be
urged to place the future of
Palestine on the agenda of their
projected forthcoming meeting,"
he said. "Nothing less than an
agreement, among the four great
powers interested in the Middle
East can lay the basis for a real
Palestine settlement."
Asserting that the great pow-
ers must be made to understand
that the tragedy of the refugees
constitute a major problem in
the planning and preparation for
permanent peace, Mr. McDonald
urged that the Intergovernmental
Committee for Refugees be
strengthened and provided with
the necessary funds to carry on
its task of aiding the resettle-
ment overseas of many hundreds
of thousands of refugees who
cannot return home.
Palestine, including Transjor-
dania, should be opened to Jew-
ish immigration "limited only by
the absorptive capacity of the
area," he stated.
$30,000,000 Needed in 1945
Addressing the conference, Rab-
bi James G. Heller, national
chairman of the UPA, condemned
the assassination of Lord Moyne,
but asserted that "to some ex-
tent" the British Government is
responsible . for the terror. Dr.
Heller told the conference that
Jews must provide $30,000,000
in 1945 to speed the building of
the Jewish commonwealth in Pal-
estine to make possible the im-
migration of 1,000,000 uprooted
Jews from the European con-
tinent at the end of the war
with Germany.
Resolutions
At the closing session of the
conference, which was attended
by more than 700 delegates, a
resolution was adopted calling
upon the major United Nations
powers to consider at their con-
ference the creation of a large
fund to be used exclusively for
the resettlement of Jews who
will need or want to go to Pales-
tine and speed establishment of
a Jewish Commonwealth.
The eight-point program, as
adopted by the conference, was
as follows:
Unrestricted Jewish immigra-
tion to Palestine.
See PALESTINE—Page 13
Dr. Chaim Weizmann
By MARTIN SILVER
Dr. Chaim Weizmann, whose
70th birthday is being celebrated
this week, occupies an outstand-
ing place not only in the history
of the Jewish people, but in the
story of the progress of man-
kind. Very rarely, indeed, does
there appear a man who, like
Weizmann, combines idealism,
knowledge of the world, true
wisdom and creative achievement
resting on faith in humanity.
Chaim Weizmann is a states-
man and scientist who has "grown
out of the people." The two
driving passions which have dom-
inated his life — Zionism and
science — manifested themselves
when Weizmann was still a boy.
Before leaving his birthplace, the
small White Russian village of
Motol, to journey to the tech-
nical high school at Pinsk, his
Hebrew teacher begged him not
to forget that he was a Jew.
The boy's answer was character-
istic. He wrote that he would
work ceaselessly for the return
of the Jewish people to Pales-
tine. It is significant to note
that towards the end of this
letter to his teacher, young
Chaim said that the Jews them-
selves must bring about the rea-
lization of their age-old dream,
that they could not depend on
others, but if assistance would
come from anywhere, it would
conic from England.
From Pinsk, Weizmann went
to Geneva where he continued
his studies and taught school.
Geneva was at that time the
meeting place of„Europe's young
intellectuals and idealists. In this
stimulating atmosphere Weizmann
continued to work and plan.
Ilere, too, he met the two giturs
of the Zionist movement—Herz)
and Nordau. But this was not his
first introduction to Zionism, for
Weizmann had been a delegate
to every Zionist Congress since
1898.
At the age of 30 he left Gen-
eva for Manchester, England. Al-
though still a young man, he
had already established himself
See WEIZMANN—Page 16
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