vixen- cam 9elvish Periodical Cotter VICTORY CLIFTON AVENUE - CINCINNATI 20, 01110 You Still Have Time to Send In Your Old Clothes BUY UNITS 0 STAYS' 5AVINCIII BONDS - AND STAMPS Detroit Jewish Chronicle In its 30th Year VOL. 47, NO. 17 Truman Backs FDR Policies On Palestine Founded in 19 15 and The Legal Chronicle we Single Copy, $3.00 Per Yea. DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1945 Butzel Leads Effort to Unite JDC and UPA; Split Continues Nazis Cremate 315,000 Jews From Hungary WITH THE 4TH ARMORED WASHINGTON (WNS)—Pres- ident Harry S. Truman last week DIVISION IN GERMANY (WNS) assured a delegation of Zionist —The 350,000 Hungarian Jews leaders that he will support the deported from Germany were policies of the late President Roosevelt in relation to Pales- mostly cremated. In all, about 35,000 were saved. tine. The delegation consisted of This news was revealed upon Dr. Stephen S. Wise, chairman the arrival of the American of the American Zionist Emer- gency Council; Hayim Green- Fourth Army at their present berg, chairman of its executive location. It was revealed to offi committee, and Herman Shul- cers of the American troops by man, chairman of its administra- Ludwig Panke, a former Berlin economist, who before being sent tive committee. Dr. Wise declared that he had to a concentration camp himself, been authorized by the President occupied a clerical position in to say that he is carrying out Germany. According to Panke, the policies of President Roose- he saw a report of the Germans velt and that the delegation according to which 315,000 of "knew what Mr. Roosevelt's pol- the 350,000 were cremated. icy in regard to Palestine has been." Dr. Wise said that when the delegation visited the Presi- dent he had before him the late President's recent statements on Zionism and that he indicated "in clear and unmistakable terms that he is supporting the pro- gram." The late President Roosevelt NEW YORK (WNS) — Adop- in that statement said efforts tion by the San Francisco Con- would be made to find "appro- ference of the United Nations of priate ways and means" of ful- an international bill of rights as filling the Democratic party plat- well as providing for an inter- form plank calling for the open- national trusteeship for Palestine ing of Palestine "to unrestricted was urged by Sumner Welles, Jewish immigration and coloni- former Under-Secretary of State, zation, and such a policy as to speaking at a dinner luncheon of result in the establishment there Hadassah at the Waldorf-Astoria. of a free and democratic Jewish Mr. Welles also said he wU S Commonwealth." in favor of the formation of a Dr. Wise also revealed that on Pan-Arab league under the su- March 16 President Roosevelt re- preme authority of an interna- iterated his position on Zionism. tional organization provided such Leonard Reinisch, the Presi- a league would concern itself dent's press secretary, disclosed with furthering the legitimate po- that Judge Joseph M. Proskauer, litical, cultural and economic in- president of the American Jewish terests of the people of the Arab Committee, and Harry Monsky, states. He was opposed, how- member of the Interim Commit- ever, to such a league if it was tee of the American Jewish Con- conceived of as an engine to ference, had been invited last resist the achievement of the week to meet with Mr. Truman. aims of Zionism. An international trusteeship of DR. WEIZMANN OPERATED Palestine, said Mr. Welles, would LONDON (WNS)—Dr. Chaim serve a significant purpose "dur- Weizmann, who was operated ing the transitional period, until here for an eye ailment, is pro- all outstanding international pro- gressing satisfactorily. Dr. Weiz- blems in the Near East can be mann has been ill for several equitably solved, and the Com- weeks. monwealth of Palestine can be prepared to enjoy its independ- PROBE ROSE DEATH ence. WASHINGTON — Secretary U.S. Senator Wayne Morse, of War Stimson has ordered a speaking at a dinner of the full investigation into the tragic American Jewish Committee last death of Maj. Gen. Maurice Week, also urged the adoption Rose, who was shot by a Nazi of an international bill of rights. tank trooper as the general was See RIGHTS—Page 5 surrendering. "Appeal" Wants To Arbitrate Fund Allocation PRESIDENT TRUMAN President Asks For Tolerance Welles, Sen. Morse In First Speech Urge Adoption WASHINGTON (WNS) — The first measure calling upon Presi- Of Bill of Rights dent Harry S. Truman to act . Brooklyn Jewish Mother Gives 9 Sons to Army NEW YORK (WNS)—Honors galore are coming to Mrs. Esther Stolnick of 131 ooklyn. Mrs. Stolnick, who is 63 years old, is the mother of nine boys who are in the service of the country. One of her sons has won the Silver Star and the British Flying Cross and was personally decorated by Gen. Eisenhower. --- • -- -- Mrs. Stolnick lives in very Is r— humble quarters at 97 Belmont Ave., Bronxville. She spoke mod- estly about the tributes which have come to her from the Amer- ican Legion and other patriotic NEW YORK — To assist organizations. the cultural and spiritual re- She said simply that she and habilitation of Jews in the her husband, Louis, came to war-torn countries, the World America from Austria 37 years Congress has launched ago and that they always tried Jewish a campaign for the collection to do whatever they could for of books and religious arti- their country. Mrs. Stolnick was cles to be shipped abroad, it chosen to head 140 women of was announced by Dr. Stephen the country distinguished for Wise, president of the Con- their patriotic service. While her S. children are in the service, Mrs. gress. Dr. Wise urged American Stolnick evotes herself to war Jewry to contribute books in activitie far as she can. any field and in any language, particularly in Hebrew and Pap led for victory. ‘Ik " " o'art°' Save . "it to your Yiddish, ai chant olph 8282. Europe's Jews Ask for Books on it specifically Jewish subject came On Thursday when a reso- lution was introduced in the Sen- ate asking the President to im- press on the German people their responsibility for crimes against Jews of Axis nationality as well as atrocities in slave la- bor camps. The resolution was introduced in the Senate by Senators Claude Pepper of Florida and Leverett Saltonstall of Massachusetts. The new President's attitude toward anti-Semitism was made clear in his first address to Con- gress. President Truman an- nounced his determination to punish war criminals "even though we must pursue them to the ends of the earth." The President went further to brand anti-Semitism as an import "from the gangster nations" and plead- ed with Americans for "constant vigilance" to eradicate intoler- "Joint" Oilers 4 Proposals to Settle Differences NEW YORK (WNS) — The NEW YORK—The United Pal- estine Appeal announced last Joint Distribution Committee last week that a proposal made by week announced that it is pre- the UPA on April 17 for uncon- pared to renew the United Jew- ditional arbitration by impartial ish Appeal for 1945, and dis- persons chosen jointly by the closed that it has offered four JDC and the UPA for the re- alternative proposals as a basis constitution of the United Jew- for reconstitution of the UJA. ish Appeal had been rejected by Joseph C. Hyman, JDC execu- the Joint Distribution Commit- tive vice chairman, declared: "On April 17, a special com- tee. The occasion for the proposal mittee representing the Inter- was a meeting in New York, held City Welfare Fund committee to at the invitation of three prom- try to reconstitute the United inent members of as many Jew- Jewish Appeal, met with repre- ish communities. Fred Butzel of sentatives of the .1DC and sep- Detroit, Lcuis Caplan of Pitts- arately with the representatives burgh, and Irwin Spiegel of New- of the UPA. The representatives of the JDC made four, alterna- ark. The United Palestine Appeal tive, specific proposals. "We are officially advised that informed the community leaders that it was prepared to submit the United Palestine Appeal rep- all questions pertaining to a resentatives refused to permit United Jewish Appeal to unre- these proposals to be submitted in detail to them, but stated that stricted arbitration. they were interested only in would he "Such arbitration See "JOINT"—Page 12 See "APPEAL"—Page 11 See TRUMAN—Page 2 NW Congregation • To Examine Plans For Synagogue Beba Idelson To Visit Detroit Beba Idelson, secretary of the Working Women's Council of Palestine and envoy to the Pio- neer Women's Organization, will arrive in Detroit Friday for a visit of several days in the inter- ests of the Council's wartime and postwar program on behalf of women and children in Pales- tine. Mrs. Idelson is leader of the Women's Labor movement in Palestine where she has lived for 19 years. For the past 14 years she has served as secretary of the Working Women's Coun- cil of the Histadrut, whose mem- bership is now 62,000. She was instrumental in the establish- ment of the PATS (Women's Corps of the British Army in Palestine), now totaling 4,000. She is a member of the Zionist Actions Committee. The local Pioneer Women's Clubs are planning a series of meetings with Beba Idelson to help formulate plans for the $250,000 Building Fund Program for the expansion. of its children's institutions and the $250,000 Child Rescue fund quota, to bring refugee children to Palestine. A special meeting of the Northwest Hebrew Congregation and Center will be held on Mon- day, April 30, at 8 p. ns. at the Bagley School, Curtis and Green- lawn. This meeting is being called for the purpose of having the membership make a final decision in connection with the drawings submitted by the architects for the building of the new syna- gogue—the members will either make a final decision on the plans, engage an architect to be- gin the actual building of the synagogue in time for the High Holy Days, or make arrange- ments for the holding of High Holy Day Services if the plans are not ratified. The membership will also de- cide whether or not the Con- gregation will purchase the land adjacent to its property, located on the south side of Curtis, two blocks west of Livernois. Philip Helf man, fund chair- man, will make his report. The fund raising committee is work- ing in cooperation with the fund raising committee of the Sister- hood, headed by Mrs. Alexander Moss, and tentative plans are at- ready in operation for the raising of funds to finance the building. The Men's Club committee met to formulate plans for the for- mation of a Men's Club. First meeting will be held May 7 and addre3sed by a prominent speak- er at that time. Hebrew-Yiddish Schools Combine To Honor FDR An inter-school program which will take in pupils of the United Hebrew Schools, Shaarey Zedek School, the Verband Shul anc the Sholem Aleichem Institute will be held on May 27 in the Shaarey Zedek Social Hall. This is the first time such an inter- school program has been organ- ized. A committee of Detroit Jewish educators headed by Ber- nard Isaacs, United Hebrew Schools superintendent, and Sim- ha Rubinstein, Shaarey Zedek school director, is planning the program in connection with Shev- uoth. Shaarey Zedek pupils will stage the operetta "Ruth." Unit- ed Hebrew School students will stage a play in Hebrew entitled "Naomi," and the pupils of the Yiddish schools will present sketches dealing with Shevuoth. In addition there will be the ceremony of Bikurim, offering of the first fruits. Pupils will bring contributions and these will be used to inscribe the name of our late President, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, in the Jewish National Fund Golden Book. Fresh Air Camp Asks Conference Registr ationOpens Of Jewish Groups Tuesday, May 1 At Peace Parley Registration for Fresh Air Camp opens Tuesday, May 1, under the supervision of Camp Registrar, Mrs. Morris Weiss. Appointments for interviews may be secured by calling Trinity 2- 1927 or Madison 8400 from 10 a. m. to 4 p. in. Monday through Thursday. Evening hours on Tuesdays from 6 p. m. to 9 p. Ill. will accommodate working parents. Demands on Fresh Air Camp in the past have exceeded the number of available openings. To insure equal opportunit,y no reg- istration will be accepted from persons appearing without ap- pointments. There will be three periods in the camp; the first from June 26 to July 17; the second camp- See CAMP—Page 8 NEW YORK—The Synagogue Council of America has been invited by the State Depart- ment to send consultative dele- gation to San Francisco to rep- resent Jewish religious bodies. The American Jewish Confer- ence, the American Jewish Com- mittee and the Jewish Labor Committee, have also sent con- sultants. Rabbi Herbert S. Goldstein who, with Rabbi Ahron Opher, will represent the Synagogue Council, has sent a call to ail Jewish representatives in San Francisco recommending that a joint conference of all Jewish delegations be held to "consider the basic needs of Jewry and the recommendations upon which they may all agree."