30th Year of Service to Detroit Jewry
etroit Jewish Chronicle
and The Legal Chronicle
VOL. 47, NO. 39
u INF
p Seeks
$20,000,000
For Palestine
JERUSALEM (WNS) — Prep-
arations were announced here for
building nearly a score of Jewish
villages during the coming year
under the auspices of the Pales-
tine Foundation Fund in areas
that have lain desolate for many
hundreds of years. These lands,
which were purchased by the
4k:vish National Fund, lie in the
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wilderness of southern Palestine,
where it abuts the Egyptian fron-
tier, and in extreme northeastern
Palestine, where the springs of
Dan flow into the Jordan River.
Both the Palestine Foundation
and the Jewish National Funds
are represented in the United
States by the United Palestine
Appeal.
It is estimated that about 5,000
Jewish refugee newcomers, and
iers here for some time, will
ecome farmers in the collective
and cooperative villages or go
into agricultural training groups
this year. A group of 25 young
South African Jewish pioneers,
including a number of war vet-
erans, are scheduled to arrive for
the same purpose.
The majority of the Jewish
population here is contributing
to the construction efforts, for
which world Jewry is expected to
ti `vise forty million dollars —
twenty million dollars each to go
to the Palestine Foundation and
Jewish National Funds — in the
coming year.
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Chaplain To Talk
At Beth Yehudah
Yeshivath Beth Yehudah will
celebrate the formal opening of
the new annex on the east side
,,z2f Dexter Blvd., betwen Cortland
*And Sturtevant, at 8:30 p.m.,
Thursday, Oct. 4. The guest
speaker on that occasion will be
Chaplain Hershel Schachter who
is flying in from Camp Bowie,
Tex., where he is stationed with
the headquarters of the Eighth
Corps.
Rabbi Schachter is a graduate
of the Isaac Elchanan Theological
Seminary and the Yeshiva College
and, before enlisting in the serv-
ice, held a pulpit at Stanfort,
Conn. Ile was one of the first
Jewish chaplains to enter Ger-
. many, and his activities among
/le survivors of European Jewry
have been widely acclaimed. The
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Five Schmiers Are
v Attorneys
x Schmier is a proud man,
Probably the proudest Jewish
father in Detroit. Last week his
Rrandson, Allan B. Schmier, was
mitted to the bar. The Schmier
f unnily now has five attorneys.
They are Herman A. (who proud-
ly sponsored his son's admission
'4 the bar), Leslie R., Walter D.
and Abraham Schmier. Herman,
eslie, Walter and Abraham are
m•other s and sons of Max Schmi-
`I', who came to Detroit as an
l'nmigrant tailor from Vienna to-
wards the end of the last century.
He and his wife had ten chil-
't en. Of the ten, six were boys
--- fou r
of them becoming law-
. rs and two doctors. One of
h e daughters, who has passed
away, also became an attorney.
Another daughter became an or-
th odontist.
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DETROIT, MICHIGAN. FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 28,
Samuel Rubiner
Heads Center
Samuel H. Rubiner has been
unanimously elected president of
the Detroit Jewish Community
Center. He succeeds the late H.
C. Broder, who died in office on
August 9. The action was taken
last week at a meeting of the
board.
Mr. Rubiner was a vice presi-
dent and treasurer and board
member of the center. He is
chairman of the Army and Navy
committee which directs the USO-
JWB, and president of the Frank-
lin Hills Country Club.
A former president of the
Standard Club, he is budget rep-
resentative for the Center to the
Council of Social Agencies, mem-
ber of the board of governors of
the Jewish Welfare Federation,
member of the executive commit-
tee of the Detroit USO and of
the Veteran's Service Committee.
Trained in law, he is a member
of the Detroit Bar Association.
He is secretary of Cunningham
Drugs, Inc.
The board adopted a resolution
extolling the late Mr. Broder for
his leadership in Jewish affairs.
The fund, the largest ever
raised by private charitable agen-
cies, will be divided into two
parts; $21,000,000 for post-war
building and expansion programs,
and $9,000,000 for the 1946 op-
erating expenses of the federa-
tion's 116 affiliated hospitals and
social service agencies, which an-
nually serve 300,000 persons in
the five New York boroughs.
Norman S. Goetz, president of
the federation, outlined details
of the $30,000,000 appeal at a
press conference. This is the first
time in 25 years, he said, that
any major construction or re-
modeling had been possible in
the network of institutions, many
of which were built to meet the
needs of an older generation.
The slogan of the campaign:
"This is our moment to dream
again, plan again, build again,"
will he made familiar to the pub-
lic in many ways between now
and the end of November, when
the most intensive work will end.
Already a huge sign hearing the
slogan is displayed on the south-
west corner of Forty-second St.
and Seventh Ave.
Maurice Wertheim, chairman
of the federation's finance com-
mittee for 15 years, will be chair-
man of the campaign.
Noted Reporter
at Shaarey Zedek
Medical Schools
Closed To Jews
Only one out of 13 Jewish stu-
dents who apply for entrance into
a medical school are accepted, re-
ports Frank Kingdon, radio com-
mentator, in an article in the
American Mercury. On the other
hand, three out of every four
non-Jewish students who apply
for entrance into a medical school
are granted admission.
American medical schools are
accepting only half the number
of Jewish students attending 25
years ago when the Jewish popu-
lation was much smaller. During
the 1930's especially, the restric-
tion on Jewish medical students
became very stringent, according
to Mr. Kingdon.
In 1937, the 78 leading Ameri-
can medical colleges admitted
794 Jewish students. In 1940,
this had dropped to 477 students.
Although publicly denying there
was a Jewish quota the deans of
the medical schools have a strict
limitation on Jewish students, the
article declares.
CONFERENCE TO MEET
NEW YORK — The Interim
Committee of the American Jew-
ish Conference will meet in the
Hotel Biltmore, New York, Thurs-
day, Oct. 4, to act on reports
that the British Government is
unwilling to relax immigration
curbs into Palestine and is pro-
posing to continue the White Pa-
per policy.
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$30,000,000 British Offer To Ease
Charity Drive
Palestine Restrictions
In New York
NEW YORK (WNS)—A cam-
paign to raise $30,000,000 for
medical and welfare purposes
was opened by the Federation of
Jewish Philanthropies of New
York last week.
SAM RUBINER
1945
Jewish Agency Reveals Refusal to Accept
Immigration Limit of 1,500 Jews a Month
LONDON—The Jewish Agency has refused a British offer to per-
mit 1,500 Jews a month to immigrate into Palestine under the Brit-
ish White Paper, it was revealed this week.
DR. CHAIM WEIZMANN
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monists Bitter;
Will Resist
British Policy
NEW YORK — The Jews of
Palestine will "resist to the bit-
ter end" the decision reportedly
being taken by the British Gov-
ernment "to continue with slight
modifications the infamous policy
of the Palestine White Paper and
to restrict Jewish immigration
there to a trickle," Dr. Abba
Hillel Silver and Dr. Stephen S.
Wise, co-chairmen of the Amer-
ican Zionist Emergency Council,
declared in a joint statement is-
sued this week.
Dr. Silver and Dr. Wise ex-
pressed a "solemn warning that
such a decision can lead only to a
catastrophe." They called on the
British people and the U. S. Gov-
ernment, "which bears a major
responsibility in this crisis," to
take immediate steps "to prevent
a shameful and perhaps irrepara-
ble injustice."
A mass meeting to give ex-
pression to "the sense of appre-
hension and indignation aroused
by this news" will he held at
Madison Square Garden in New
York this Sunday evening, to be
FRAZIER HUNT
followed by an Emergency Con-
Frazier Hunt, who has covered ference of Zionist leaders in
two World Wars, will lecture at Washington, Dr. Silver and Dr.
Wise announced,
8:30 p.m., Wednesday, at Shaa-
rey Zedek Social Hall on the top-
ic "Atom - Peace - Russia." His
lecture is the first of a series
being sponsored by the Shaarey
Zedek Men's Club.
Mr. Hunt has traveled in ev-
ery part of the world. He inter-
viewed Lenin, Mussolini, Hitler,
Chiang-Kai-Shek, Ghandi, both
Theodore and Franklin D. Roose-
velt and practically every other
world figure. He visited Russia
at the end of the last war and
for years was European editor of
a national American magazine.
He has written many books. His
most recent was "MacArthur and
the War Against Japan."
The Men's Club will sponsor
14 lectures and entertainments
during the coming season.
Dr. Chaim Weizmann, presi-
dent of the World Zionist Organ-
ization and the Jewish Agency,
said the offer was made Aug. 25
by the British Colonial Office, but
was rejected because the Agency
considered the basis of the White
Paper illegal.
Weizmann revealed the move
at an emergency conference of
the Zionist Federation of Great
Britain attended by about 600
delegates. The meeting was call-
ed in apprehension over current
British Palestine policy.
Weizmann told the delegates
that urgent steps were needed be-
cause the British Labor Party
had not carried out a pledge to
do away with the 1939 White
Paper, immigration was at a
standstill and land restrictions
were still in full force.
Weizmann stressed the deter-
mination of the Jewish people to
rebuild a national life in Pales-
tine.
He charged that Palestine un-
der the British mandate is the
only country in the world where
discrimination against the Jews
still exists by law. The "discrim-
ination" charge stems from the
fact that the Jews are permitted
only a low immigration quota,
are not permitted to carry arms
for protection against Arab up-
risings, and do not enjoy certain
privileges which the Moslem pop-
ulation does.
Truman Gets
Zionists' Plea
Zionists in Detroit and also
throughout the country are
pressing the issue of Palestine
in Washington. The Zionist
Emergency Council has asked
all American Jews who believe
in Zionist aims to write or
wire President Truman that
the Jews of this country are
calling for the fulfillment of
the pledge of a Jewish Com-
monwealth in Palestine, made
by both the Democratic and
Republican parties and by the
late President Roosevelt, and
that they will not be content
with the admission of a limit-
ed number of Jewish immi-
grants into Palestine.
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National Hadassah President
To Be Guest of Detroit Group
All four Senior Hadassah
groups will participate in the des-
sert luncheon and opening meet-
ing of the season, at 1 p.m., on
Tuesday, Oct. 9, at Temple Beth
El Brown Memorial Chapel. Mrs.
Judith G. Epstein, national presi-
dent of Hadassah, will be the
guest of honor and will be ten-
dered a reception. Mrs. Epstein
has served Hadassah for many
years, first as national secretary
of Hadassah, then as vice presi-
dent, and now for the second
time as president.
Hadassah, the largest Zionist
group in the world, is recognized
as one of the most efficient fund-
raising, membership and educa-
tional organizations in the Zion-
ist field. Over 15,000 Jewish ref-
ugee children have come under
Hadassah's protective wing dur-
ing the past decade, through the
Youth Aliyah movement. The
newest undertaking is a 200-bed
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