cro RI' Buy An Extra War Bond—Speed Victory Pvi BUY UNITED STATES SAVINOS BONDS AlISTA?1PS Detroit Jewish Chronicle In its 30th Year VOL. 47, NO. 7 Dental Official Accused of Bias Against Jews Pisgah Presents Hospital Drive Dr. Gamoran in Workers to Rally Lecture Monday A report meeting of the Detroit Jewish Hospital cam- paign workers will be held at 8:15 p. in. Monday, Feb. 19, at the Jewish Center. Invitations are being sent out for a dinner on Tuesday evening, Feb. 27, at the Stat- ler for all contributors to the hospital fund. It is the hope of the hospital committee that this dinner will be a victory celebration signalizing the suc- cessful completion of the cam- paign for $2,000,000, NEW YORK (WNS). — The disclosure that Dr. Harlan H. Horner, secretary of the Council on Dental Education of the American Dental Association, had submitted a confidential report urging the reduction in the num- ber of Jewish students to be ad- mittkd to dental schools has cre- ated a wave of protests among Jews and non-Jews, The matter was brought to public attention by Supreme Court Justice Meier Steinbrink, chairman of the board of direc- tors - of the Eastern Region of the Anti-Defamation League of Bnai Birth. Judge Steinbrink charged that JERUSALEM (Palcor) — The the recommendations submitted Jewish Agency is determined to force open the door of Palestine See DENTISTS—Page 6 for a large-scale Jewish immi- gration in 1945, Moshe Shertok, chief of the political department of the Jewish Agency, declared. Eliahu Dobkin, deputy member of the Jewish Agency Executive in charge of immigration, reveal- Thousands attended the fun- ed that only 975 Jewish immi- eral Sunday of Flyamn Altman, grants entered Palestine in Jan- for 16 years director of the Jew- uary because the authorities de- ish radio hour over WJLB and ducted from the January quota the number of immigrants who entered the country in December above the Government-set month- ly quota of 1,500. Mr. Shertok revealed that the Government has as yet submitted no reply to the Jewish Agency's request for a larger monthly rate. Exit difficulties for Jews in Romania and Bulgaria seek- ing to leave for Palestine "con- tinue acutely," he said. Dr. Emanuel Gamoran, noted educator and lecturer, an auth- ority on Jewish humor, will ad- dress Pisgah Lodge No. 34, Bnai Only 975 Enter Palestine in Jan. Thousands Attend Altman Funeral 1st. Lady Seeks Unbiased World NEW YORK — Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt called on America to take the lead in shaping a world without prejudice. HYMAN ALTMAN "Unless we do really build a country in which there are jobs and a gradual lessening of prejudice, nowhere in the world is it going to happen," she said. founder of the hour. Mr. Alt- man, who was 63, died last Sat- urday, Funeral services were Mrs. Roosevelt's remarks were held at Chesed Shel Emes and burial was in Beth Abraham made at a rally which launched Cemetery, Ferndale. Leaders of the women's division drive for the Jewish Community eulogized the 1945 United Jewish Appeal compaign in Greater New York. See ALTMAN—Page 15 Plight of Lithuanian Jews Told in Letter to Detroiter The following letter was received from a cousin in Kaunas (Kovno) Lithuania, by Rose Lewis of 3203 Calvert. The letter was sent to an uncle by a soldier in the Red Army. The uncle is a relative of Rose Lewis and transmitted the letter to her. The letter of the soldier was dated Sept. 15, 1944: Dear Uncle : It is difficult, very difficult, for me to write this letter to you. What Hitler and his follow- ers did to the Jews of Lithuania is impossible for the normal mind to comprehend. Of our entire family only Pena Sukenic and Feivele, the child of my brother, Zvi, who is somewhere in a vil- lage, remain alive. I was granted a five-day fur- lough and devoted it to a search for the child, but time didn't suffice. I believe that I am on the right track. Grandmother, my aunts from Vilkovlskas, Frieda and her hus- band, the Sukenic family and my brother and his family were in the Kovno ghetto. Lipa Su- kenic died in the ghetto. Grand- mother and my aunts, Pesia and Malka, were in the first group of 10,000 ( there were 30,000 in all) who were removed from the ghetto and were transported to an unknown destination. Not one of them remains alive, My aunts, Frieda and Rachel and her (laughter, Ziporah, were sent alone the same way in a second transport. My sister, Ra- chel, revealed great spiritual strength in influencing her young daughter, Pen ina, to join the partisans. For a long time she hid in villages under an assumed name. She hungered and suf- fered until the day of liberation. Remained in Ghetto My poor brother and his wife emained in the ghetto until the final day. You have undoubtedly See LETTER—Page Founded in 1915 and The Legal Chronicle DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14 DR. EMANUEL GAMORAN Brith, at 8 :30 p. in. Monday, Feb. 19, in ! the Jewish Com- munity Center. He will lecture on Jewish humor. • Dr: Gamoran is educational director of the Commission on Jewish Education which is the outstanding educational body in Reformed Judaism. Attendance will be restricted to members of Pisgah Lodge and their families, Isadore Starr. chairman, declares, In addition to the 'lecture there will be a musical program, arranged by Morris Shatzen, which will feature Bella Gold- berg, mezzo-soprano, Sadie Brav- er, violinist, and Rebecca Pearl- man, pianist. Louis James Rosenberg will preside. Plan Memorial Rites Here for Henrietta Szold Plans for memorial services here for Miss Henrietta Szold will be discussed at a conference by Mrs. Dora Ehrlich, local Ha- dassah officials and two regional officers Saturday, Mrs. Ehrlich declared. Local Hadassah is awaiting word from the New York office regarding memorial rites. 16, 1945 /0c Single Copy, $3.00 Per U. Jewish Appeal World Jewry Dissolved by UPA Mourns Death NEW YORK—The Unit- ed Palestine Appeal, has de- of Miss Szold cided to dissolve its part- The death of Miss Hen- nership with the Joint Dis- tribution Committee and the rietta Szold, founder of Ha- National Refugee Service in dassah, who passed away the United Jewish Appeal Tuesday in Palestine, is be- and will conduct its own campaign for funds, it was decided in New York this week. NEW YORK—Rabbi James G. Heller, national chairman of the United Palestine Appeal, issued the following statement concern- ing dissolution of United Jew- ish Appeal : "Through the channel of the United Jewish Appeal, the Jews of America (luring the past six years extended their sympathetic support to the United Palestine Appeal as well as the Joint Dis- tribution Committee and the Na- tional Refugee Service. "Statements concerning t h e reasons for the dissolution of the United Jewish Appeal can serve no useful purpose in this period. "We have given the problems of this year's campaign long and careful consideration with pri- mary regard for the welfare of our brothers abroad who will continue to be our chief concern. "In conducting its 1945 cam- paign the United Palestine Appeal recognizes the authority and cen- tral importance of local welfare funds. The needs of the United Pal- estine Appeal and the Joint Dis- tribution Committee are great. Regardless of whether the up- peals in their behalf are made to communities independently or in combination we feel confident that American Jewry will meet the expanded opportunities to sustain the Jews of Europe in this transition period and to as- sure for the vast majc)tity of them a permanent and secure future in the Jewish National Home in Palestine, In these terms the United Palestine Ap- peal calls upon the Jews of the United States to give their sup- port in unmatched degree to Eretz Israel. See U.V.A.—Page 7 New Pro-Silver Group Is Formed NEW YORK—The American Zionist Policy Committee, which will function both nationally and locally 'within the framework of "She had the mind of a man the Zionist Organization of and the soul of a woman. America in order to "press for She had a very charming per- a militant and dynamic Zionist sonality and was simpl e and policy such as has been exempli- unaffected in manner. She fied by the successful leadership was a mother to all. She loved of Dr. Abba Hillel Silver," was and understood children and launched last week by a group young people. of Zionists headed by Charles J. Rosenbloom of Pittsburgh, Of- "Her last few years were devoted to th e Youth Aliyah fices were opened in New York. Mr. Rosenbloom, treasurer of movement, which she mothered. the United Palestine Appeal, She planned the program which listed the purposes of the Amer- resulted in the bringing of 12 000 ican Zionist Policy Committee as refugee Jewish chil- follows: dren to Palestine. Lying in To deepen Zionist thought and the hospital, which her ef- the understanding of Zionist forts had created, she worried problems on the part of our lay and planned about the future of thes e children. Her last leaders and the rank and file. To advocate and press for a task was to plan a vocational militant and dynamic Zionist guidance program for these policy such as has been exempli- youngsters who had escaped from the horrors of Nazi Eur- fied by the successful leadership ope." of Dr. Abba Hillel Silver. To strengthen the Zionist Or- The late Wendell Willkie, is his book "One World," describes ganization of America from with- how he met Miss Szold. He sail) in by developing a vigorous and "Miss Szold's nam e will go down in history," said Mrs, Ehrlich, who knew Miss Szold well and had worked with her. , See MEMORIAL—Page 7 Year See SILVER—Page 3 MISS HENRIETTA SZOLD ing mourned by Jews throughout the world. She was known, ms• the greatest Jewish woman of her gen- eration and as one of the great Jgwish women in the long hitory of our people. Miss Szold had been in ill health for some time. Her birth- day on Dec. 21 had been the occasion of celebrations in America, in England, in Pales- tine and in every country where Jews were free. A biography of Miss Szold had been recently published. It was reviewed here by Mrs. Dora Ehrlich, who was long the Hadassah leader in this area. Born in Baltimore Dec. 21, 1860, the daughter of Rabbi Benjamin and Sophia Szold, the future founder of Hadassah had a real Jewish upbringing and met the leading Jewish figures in this country. She early at- tained fame as a scholar and social worker, She was a pioneer Zionist and for 35 years devot- ed her life to the Zionist cause. In 1920, although nearing the See SZOLD—Page 2 80,000 Jews Left in Budapest LONDON (Palcor) — Refu- gees who have recently arrived in Bucharest reveal that from 80,000 to 100,000 Jews have survived in Budapest ; of these, 40,000 were found in the ghetto. With the liberation of the city by the Red Army, thousands of Jews left their hiding places. Only 7,000 are reported to have survived in the rest of liberated Hungary. In Carpatho-Russia 1,500 to 2,000 Jews survive, according to the latest reports. In Northern Transylvania the number of stn. vivors has increased to 7,000 Every day Jews report from lab or camps liberated by the ad vancing Red Army, Although exact numbers ar• unobtainable, to date, from th'. liberated areas of Hungary and Carpath Ruthenia, it has been revealed that about 1,400 Jews have survived at Szeghdin, 600 at Debrecin, 400 at Mako, 300 at Bekesczaba, and 300 at Szol- nok.