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Claudio Arrau To Be
Symphony Soloist
On Nov. 30 and Dec. 2

the concentration camps grad-
uates as teachers. The fear, how-
On Nov. 30 and Dec. 2 the
What should be done with Ger- vanced the possibility of utilizing
many after the war is a matter ever, is that the number of sur- Detroit Symphony Orchestra will
of intense interest here as else- vivors may be vastly inadequate have Claudio Arrau, famed Chil-
where. The problem occupies for the task. Exiled Germans ean pianist, as guest artist. For
much time and thought on the have in many instances made
new homes for themselves in the
part of Washington officialdom. lands of refuge and will be un-
Oh a valid solution depends not willing to return to the scene of
Only the welfare of the Ger- the crimes against them.
mans but, as has been pointed
Almost 300,000 German pris-
out again and again, the future oners-of-war are now being held
peace and well-being of the en- within the continental limits of
tire world. Our failure, there- the United States. These at least,
fore, to undertake the re-educa- it is felt, we could atempt to con-
tion of those Germans over whom vert. No one can deny that
we have jurisdiction here in the there exist a certain number
United States, is a source of among those quartered here who
considerable disappointment to are be y o n d "democratization,"
Washington observers.
who would do nothing to spread
Of particular concern to all the gospel of democracy on their
who see the necessity of recon- return. But whatever the oppor-
stituting Germany along demo- tunities of lightening the postwar
cratic lines is the problem of load, we are not exploring them.
finding Germans with the desir-
The Provost Marshall General's
able political and ethical back- office silences those who condemn
grounds with whom to deal. Ger- the War Department's lack of
mans are needed to set up a foresight by stating that the pro-
democratic government in Ger- visions of the Geneva Convention
many; Germans are needed to re- protecting war prisoners prohibit
educate Nazified children; Ger- indoctrination. There were even
CLAUDIO ARRAU
mans are needed to bring sense attempts to prevent anti-Nazi ,
to the insanity of Germany. All German-1 an g u a g e newspapers
its
part
in the 6th War Loan
this because the primary aim is from being distributed at stra-
to avoid a third debacle involv- tegic posts within prisoner-of-war Drive, Henry H. Reichhold, R
ing all the peoples of the world, camps. The fact is that there is president of the orchestra's board
and a psychologically-sound Ger- no such prohibition in the arti- of trustees, has given this con-
cert over to the Treasury De-
man people is a prerequisite.
cles of the Geneva Convention!
Official groups here have ad- The War Department was acting partment with admission by the
purchase of War Bonds only.
on an interpretation in the name Arrau and Josephine Antoine,
of "preserving order."
famous lyric soprano of opera
Returning Chaplains to
Most of the public worrying and concert, will be the soloists
has
been
about
"coddling"
the
Revitalize Religion in
of the evening. Honoring the
prisoners. The fact that we are 100th anniversary of the YMCA,
Postwar United States
coddling Nazi ideologies has re- Karl Krueger will feature the
ceived secondary notice. Yet, for Symphony on Marching Tunes
Returning chaplains will play our failure to equip Germans dedicated to the YMCA and writ-
a prominent role in revitalizing with the philosophy of racial ten by Morton Gould, young
liberal Judaism in the United equality, if international cooper- American composer.
States by attracting large num- ation, of political and economic
For Nov. 30, Karl Krueger
bers of Jewish service men who democracy, the rest of Germany has announced the following pro-
are not now affiliated with any and the rest of the world may gram : Introduction and Allegro
religious institutions, Rabbi Maur- again suffer much. We have the for Strings by Elgar, Chausson
ice N. Eisendrath, national di- opportunity to provide Germany Symphony in B Flat Major and
rector of the Union of American with a democratically - educated the Chopin Concerto in E Minor
Hebrew Congregations, declared nucleus—and we are not taking with Mr. Arrau as soloist.
today in his address before the advantage of that opportunity.
The Dec. 2 program, part of
annual convention of the Illinois
There is doubt that the re- which will be broadcast over the
State Federation of Temple Sis- education of the Germans must Mutual network, will feature Mr.
terhoods.
eventually be accomplished. The Arrau in the Burleska in D Minor
Pointing out that 126 of the present inertia on the part of our by Strauss, and the Ballade for
260 Jewish chaplains in the arm- military men is only a postpone- Orchestra and Piano by Faure.
ed forces were Reform rabbis ment. But it will mean that the Mr. Krueger awl the orchestra
affiliated with the Union of Amer- task will be many times as diffi- will be heard in the Mozart Sym-
ican Hebrew Congregations;- Rab- cult when it is finally undertaken. phony No. 40 in G Minor, and
bi Eisendrath said:
the Mendelssohn Scherzo from
"The Union is proud of the
"A Midsummer's Night Dream,"
large percentage of chaplains to
and the Gould Symphony on
USO
ACTIVITIES
be found among its own rabbinic
Marching Tunes. This work is in
leaders and has been honored
four parts, Variations, Bivouac,
The
Sunday
breakfast
of
bagel
by the part it has been permitted
Quickstep and Memorial.
to play in mobilizing these men and lox was sponsored on Nov.
for national service. And it 19 by Jewish Women's European
BAY CITY NOTES
knows that so distinguished is Welfare Society. Chairmen, Mrs.
the labor of these men and so E. Weissman, Mrs. E. Epps, Mrs.
Isaac J. Taylor, 1106 Tenth
attractively are they presenting Sarah Schwartz
The f o 1 lowin g organization St. died at General Hospital Nov.
the principle and practice of Lib-
eral Judaism to thousands of sponsored the weekly Wednesday 6 after an illness of five years.
young Jews who heretofore have night Belcrest party: Nov. 15— He was born in May, 1882, in
had no religious contact or affilia- Women's Division of American Wilno, Lithuania, and came to
tion with religious institutions— Jewish Congress: Chairmen: Mrs. Bay City 35 years ago. He was
a fact particularly true of the Sidney J. Sidel, Mrs. S. Katz- a merchant tailor. He was mar-
larger cities—that it is quite cer- man, Mrs. S. Wolson, Mrs. M. ried in Leeds, Eng., in 1885. Mr.
Taylor was a member of the
tan that upon cessation of hos- Weingarten.
Oneg Shabot, or social hour Shaarey Zedek Synagogue. Sur-
tilities, Liberal Judaism, through
impetus and the program that following religious services, was viving are his widow, Mary; four
the Union and its returning rab- held at Romulus AAB. on Nov. daughters, Mrs. Gertrude Simon
binic leaders will be in a posi- 17 by Home Relief Society. and Mrs. Dorothy Kohn, both of
tion to offer, will have the finest Chairmen: Mrs. Irving Small, Chicago; Mrs. Freida Drexler of
opportunity in its history to bring Arthur Gould, Jule Englander, New York, and Miss Naomi Tay-
our unaffiliated people back to Sam Rosenthal, Jack Rosenberg. lar of Bay City; two sons, Capt.
Food packages were donated by Morris of Flint, now serving witn
that manner of Jewish life which
can be rich and satisfying and the Progrebishtcher Ladies So- the U.S. Army; and Martin of
creative, not by proxy, but by ciety, Milton A. Bressler, Emma Bay City; two sisters, Mrs. Dora
self-participation and self-fulfill- Hollenberg, Jew i s h Fraternal Lewis and Mrs. Minnie Anshel,
ment here on the soil of our be- Club, Simcha Sarner Relief So- both of Chicago; and one brother,
Abraham, of Bay City; and seven
ciety.
loved clintry."
Serve-A-Camp: The Book grandchildren. Funeral services
Rabbi Eisendrath declared that
were held at the residence Nov.
the aims and purposes of the Group.
The ice cream donor was David 7 with Rabbis Irving Ganz and
Union of American Hebrew Con-
Nendel Glanz officiating. Burial
gregations, which comprises 316 Yaffe.
was in Shaarey Zedek Cemetery.
liberal Jewish congregations in
* * *
the United States and Canada,
Morris Magidson, 72, 212 N.
and has affiliated with it the Na- Beautifully Furnished
Grant St., retired Bay City live-
tional Federation of Temple Sis- Rooms Are Featured
stock dealer, died at the Bay City
terhoods, National Federation of By Palmer House
Convalescent Home Nov. 6, fol-
Temple Brotherhoods, and Na-
tional Federation of Temple
Located only one-half block lowing a protracted illness.
Funeral services were held at
Youth, were "to build a society from the ocean, in the center of
of free men, to usher in the all recreational and entertainment the Vallender Funeral Home Nov.
kingdom of God's righteousness activities, this fine hotel features 7, with Rabbis Irving Ganz and
on earth."
luxuriously furnished rooms, each Mendel Glanz officiating. Burial
"We of the Union," Rabbi Eis- with private bath and shower, a was in the Temple of Abraham
endrath said, "seek our brethren beautiful spacious lobby, card Cemetery.
Mr. Magidson, who has been
of the household of Israel, our room, solarium, and a large ver-
brethren who share the American anda facing both south and west. in the United States for 38 years
ideal, in order that together we
This season, too, the Palmer and in Bay City for 34, was born
may achieve an all-inclusive House has been completely re- in Russia in Oct., 1872. He was
brotherhood upon the soil of this decorated from top to bottom af- married there in 1896, before
blessed land, as well as through- ter having been released by the immigrating to this country. He
out the strife torn world."
Army. For those who have cars, was a member of the Temple of
free parking space is provided Abraham Synagogue. -
Surviving are his widow, Fan-
by this thoughtful management
who has really only one desire, ny; one daughter, Mrs. Ada
to please you and to make your Markowitz of Detroit; one son,
stay in Miami Beach as enjoy- Pfc. Harry, who is stationed at.
the Lincoln Air Field, Lincoln,
able as possible.
For further information about Neb.; two grandchildren; one
the Hotel, or for information brother, Louis, of Bay City; and
iconcerning their very moderate two sisters, Mrs. Ida Badaines of
Orates, write or wire Palmer House Pittsfield, Mass., and Mrs. Dora
Simon of Boston, Mass.
Hotel, Miami Beach, Florida.

By CHARLES BENSON

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Chronicle

Friday,

November 24, 1941

World Jewish Congress Emergency
Conference to Meet in Atl&itic City Nov. 30

NEW YORK—The World Jew-
ish Congress will hold a War
Emergency Conference in At-
lantic City, at the St. Charles
Hotel, for five days from Sun-
day, Nov. 26, to Thursday, Nov.
30. Approximately 250 delegates
representing. 28 countries are ex-
pected to attend this first and
1 a r g es t war-time international
Jewish gathering.

Jewish GI Wins Prize
For Essay on "What
I I
Victory Means to Me

ROME (WNS) — Private Isa-
dore Rubin, a Jewish boy from
Brooklyn, N. Y., was declared
the winner of a theater-wide es-
say contest here on "What Vic-
tory Means to Me." Rubin, who
is attached to the Fifth Army
tank destroyer battalion, receiv-
ed a prize of $500 in War Bonds.
Following is the text of the
winning essay:
"At the moment it is difficult
to think of victory as meaning
anything but an end to fear, to
loneliness and death, and a
chance to go back to pick up the
strands of interrupted life.
"Henceforth each simple pleas-
ure, each right we always took
so lightly, will take on rich mean-
ing. We know what it cost to
keep them and we know, too,
that we have really earned a
share in them.
"But victory means much
more.
"With victory we stand on the
threshold of limitless inventions
and comforts; we possess the re-
sources to extend our horizons
in every field of endeavor and
everp aspect of human relations.
"However, ancient and stub-
born enemies are still to be con-
quered, enemies which must be
overcome not by armies but by
minds and hearts and talents set
wholly free. Such enemies are
poverty, insecurity, prejudice, dis-
unity.
"These, too, shall be conquered,
for we have begun to think more
deeply and more dynamically,
and if we can sweep aside untold
obstacles to smash the most ruth-
lessly efficient machines of des-
truction ever devised, surely we
possess the vision and practical
genius to organize for peace, se-
curity and a world designed for
living.
"Till now many have ruled
because of accident of birth and
power or wealth, but throughout
the world the unfit, the weak-
lings and the traitors are falling
by the wayside. New leaders are
rising from the people—those
who never sold their heritage of
courage, faith and simple human
dignity.
"With victory we shall have
destroyed those who would have
enslaved the world. Our sacri-
fices have been great but we
have won the opportunity to
emerge from the animal kingdom
and enter the kingdom of man.
"I look forward to living in
such a world."

The Congress represent s Ono.,.
Jews most concerned with the
provisions of postwar settlement
—the Jews of Europe. The auth-
ority which the elected Jewish
leaders of those countries grant-
bd to the World Jewish Con gress
in 1936 is being exercised today
by many leaders who have b e .
come refugees and have f..rmed
councils to deal with Ho. p rob-
lems of the Jews in their native
countries.
rrht
Conference will take a.)
for discussion and action the
problems of the Jewish refugee,
the Jewish aspects of indemnifi-
cation and reparations for dam-
age to propekty and people, post.
war reha bilitgroa of devastated
Jewish communities, and an an-
alysis of the place of the Jew in
the world of the future,
The World Jewish Congress
was organized in 1936 as a re-
sult of three preparatory confer-
ences. Since then, except for an
inter-American meeting of all
countries in the Western Hemi-
sphere, which was held in Balti-
more in 1041, there has been no
opportunity, owing t ilike the
t w war,
tie
to arrange anything
gathering. The present Confer-
ence, though representing more
countries than were represented
in 1936, cannot be officially desig-
nated as a Congress because a
World Jewish Congress is defined
as a convention of delegates dem-
ocratically elected by popular
vote among Jews in their native
countries. The present, Confer-
ence is therefore an emergency
meeting under circumstances so
urgent and for purposes so sig-
nificant that time could not be
lost in waiting until all countries
—of Europe in particular—can
be sufficiently rehabilitated and
organized for the election of del-
egates to a World Congress.
There is no doubt, however, that
the Conference will give consid-
eration to plans for another
World Congress as soon after the
war as feasible, and may from
then on hold biennial sessions
according to the original plan.
Today the World Jewish Con-
gress receives authenticated in-
formation from listening posts
established in every country, with
documentations collected through
its contacts with government and
private research agencies. Four
studieS, which will be presented
for discussion to the Conference
in Atlantic City, are : "The Jew-
ish Refugee," by Arieh Tarta-
kower and Kurt R. Grossman,
which is the first and only com-
p lete report on the subject; the
Jewish aspects of "Indemnifica-
tion and Reparations," by Nehe-
miah Robinson ; "Racial State,
by Gerhard Jacoby, which dis-
cusses the Hitlerized set-up in
Bohemia-Moravia as an example
of the fate destined for other
peoples in Europe if they were
to be dominated by the Nazi sys- , ,
tem ; and "The Jewish Disaster,
by Jacob LestchinSky, a guide to
the methous or investigation to be
used by representatives of the
World Jewish Congress every-
where in analyzing the post war
problems of Jewry.

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