Friday, October 5, 1945

DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle

Detroit Jewish Chronicle

Plain Talk

and THE LEGAL CHRONICLE

Published Weekly by Jewish Chronicle Publishing Co., Inc, 525 Woodward Ave., Detroit 26, Mich., Tel. CAdillac 1040

By AL SEGAL

EXILE'S RETURN

This is the story of this Mr.
Segal and how he was practically
pushed out of the Hebrew Union
College (and thus missed being
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47,
No.
40
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OCTOBER
5,
1945
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Detroit 26, Michigan
a rabbi) and how, after many
years he returned as member of
the Board of Governors of the
Truman,
Jewry's
Friend
Showdown Near
college and chairman of the com-
President Truman has proved a true mittee that is celebrating its 70th
A showdown is near on Palestine. It is friend of Jewry. He has proved his friend- anniversary.
in the air. The British Government is ship in the time of greatest need, in the
It seldom has happened before
being smoked out. It must make its de- hour when Jewry once again betrayed, that a rejected cornerstone, you
cision soon, perhaps by the time you read with its hopes once more blasted, felt it- might say, has come back just in
this editorial the British Labor Govern- self deserted and ignored by the United that way, in accordance with the
ment may have acted.
Nations. The President proved his friend- Biblical prescription.
Here he is, some 45 years lat-
Not only is Jewry in America and ship not by words, but by actions.
er, advertising the 70th anniver-
He
took
it
upon
himself
to
request
the
throughout the world aroused as it has
sary of the institution that didn't
never been, but the sentiment in the British Government to allow the entry of care to be his alma mater, for
United States in high and low places, is 100,000 European Jewish refugees into good and sufficient reasons.
At this date he can only praise
overwhelmingly in favor of justice for the Palestine. Moreover he acted swifty once
Jews in Palestine. President Truman has he had been convinced that the remnant the wisdom of the faculty that
given the keynote. Cabinet officials, the of European Jewry housed in concentra- prophetically saw he wasn't cut
to be a rabbi and thus spared
Senate and the House are now aroused at tion camps in Germany was the victim of out
the Jewish community.
thq injustice suffered by Jewry. Britain a grave injustice. He 'ordered the condi-
He feels no grievance at la
stands indicted. Should she once more tions under which the refugees lived From time to time he meets sea-
betray the hopes of Jewry, she will face changed and their hard lot alleviated.
soned old rabbis who wish they
In addition he released for publication were in his preferred position.
such a wave of condemnation from this
country and from the whole civilized the Harrison report to show the public They are envious of Segal's hap-
world, as she has never endured in her that the Allies were negligent in their py state. They speak of the diffi-
treatment of the people who were the culties of having to get along
history.
chief victims of the Nazi terror. The ges- with congregations: The heart-
Credit must be given to the Zionist Or- ture of publicizing the report prepared by pains they have to suffer when
ganization which has sloughed off its las- his special envoy was like a confession they look at a handful of the
situde and has become militant, aggres- of guilt. It was an act of atonement for congregation assembled for a
Sabbath service. The backbiting
sive, forceful in defense of its rights. Zion- the sins of the Allied commanders.
that they get. All that.
ists in every city in the United States are
None of these pains for Segal
holding or will hold protest rallies. Poli-
Mr. Truman's action has had quick re- who early in life was pushed out

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tical leaders are being approached to lend
their support to the cause of Palestine.
British consulates are being picketed as
a gesture of condemnation of the nefar-
ious British policy. Congress is bound to
act soon to express again its wholehearted
support for a Jewish homeland.

sults. Gen. Eisenhower summoned Gen.
Patton and after giving him a dressing
down for his failure to clear out the high
Nazis who still occupied responsible posts
in the area under his command and for
his indiscretion in comparing the Nazi
party to the Democratic and Republican
All factions, with the exception of the parties here, relieved him of his duties as
Council for Judaism, are joining in the military governor of Bavaria.
Furthermore the Jewish refugees were
fight for a home wherein those who have
survived the horrors of Nazi oppression, taken to separate camps. A program of
can find rest and a chance for a new exist- rehabilitation was mapped. An order was
ence. Here in Detroit Jewry will stage a issued that the refugees, for the first time,
rally on the city hall steps and prominent were to be given preference over the
Jewish leaders will picket the British Germans, in fact, that Germans would be
consulate. Christians are lending their aid. evicted and their homes given to their
Jewish victims, if it proved necessary.
President Truman deserves the grati-
tude of all Jewry for his generous and
Judge Irving Lehman
forthright act on behalf of a people who
The death of Judge Irving Lehman, seemed alone and friendless, who had suf-
Chief Justice of the New York State Court fered more than any other people in this
of , Appeals, removes from American life war, but who were not even given a
one of the great exponents of human free- crumb at the victor's feast.
dom. From the Jewish scene in American
A Hero To All
life if removes a man of erudition and
learning whose quiet, but intense, devo-
"Hank" Greenberg's mighty homer
tion to the Jewish cause everywhere will which sewed up the American League
be sorely missed in these trying days for pennant for the Detroit Tigers, has been
Jewry.
a greater force in creating good-will
Though devoted to the study of the law towards Jewry than all the interfaith
and the improvement of human relations movements and all the groups which fight
through the application of legal princi- anti-Semitism. "Hank" is the hero of De-
ples, the late Judge Irving Lehman was troit and of a great part of the baseball
profoundly interested in the promotion of world.
His comeback, in baseball after more
Jewish education and philanthropy.
Wherever he served—as president of than four years of service in the army,
Temple Emanu-El, as honorary secretary and at his age, has aroused the admira-
of the Jewish Theological Seminary, as tion of all and has been an inspiration to
member of the executive of the American the war veterans who have been worrying
Jewish Committee—he was admired and about readjusting to civil life. Probably
loved) for his honesty, his sincerity, his his bat and his.inspiration has been the
simplicity. He was that rare man of deciding factor in the Tigers' winning of
whom it can honestly be said that he had the pennant. Despite all the acclaim,
no foes. Even his ideological foes had Greenberg, the Bronx boy, is modest, un-
nothing but admirdtion for the tenacity assuming and hard working. He has never
with which he adhered to his beliefs and asked any favors and he has never offered
the gentle tolerance with which he de- any alibis.
fended them.
Eisenhower at Jewish Camps
Great has been the contribution of the
Lehman family to American and Ameri-
General Eisenhower was a guest at a
can-Jewish life. The death of Irving Leh- Yom Kippur service of a camp in Ger-
man has - created a painful void.
many where 5,000 Jews were living. The
Jews in the camp were reported to have
gone out to meet him bearing the tradi-
tional salt and bread.
Exercise Your Right
It seems a quaint custom today — this
A vital city election is but a month ancient practice of meeting important dig-
away. It is important in a democracy that nitaries with salt and bread — but it serv-
all citizens exercise their right of fran - ed as well as any other to indicate the
chise. If you are not a registered voter respect these Jewish inmates of the Ger-
you have until Oct. 17 to register. You man camps must feel for Gen. Eisenhower.
Eisenhower has not disappointed our
can register at the City Hall or certain
other designated places. Do not forego expectations of what a great military
your right to vote. If you have moved you leader. should be. He has revealed in ad-
can have your voting place changed by dition to qualities of military leadership,
sending a card to the City Election Com- the qualities of a statesman and above all
roission, City Hall.
the fine qualities of a great human being.

and permitted to escape all con-
gregations. Whereas rabbis inut
speak to congregations face to
face, Segal is privileged to ad-
dress people by long distance , b,
his column; if they don't like Ili,
stuff they can toss it away. lie
suffers no pain. What he (tocsin
know doesn't hurt him.

ENTERED SEMINARY
Yes, it was in 1898 that Segal,
a callow youth, entered the
-
brew Union College to start to-
ward being a rabbi. This may
suggest that he is now an old
man which is a hideously unjust
presumption: since rabbis were
started very young in that time.
He fell miserably by the way-
side while other young men of
his class went onward and up-
ward in Jewish life: Abe Cron-
bach, now a professor at the He-
brew Union College, Rabbi Louis
Mendoza of Norfolk, Rabbi Sam-
uel Levinson of Brooklyn, Rabbi
Julian Miller of St. Louis.
Then, as now, they had high
standards at the college and what
could an inept student like Segal
contribute to the honor and glory
of the rabbinate and to the well-
being of Jewish life? One day he
was gently admonished that may-
be it would be better for all con-
cerned that Segal separated him-
self from the idea of being a
rabbi.
In his riper years this experi-
ence caused Segal to applaud the
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Strictly Confidential

By PHINEAS J. BIRON

IT'S SERIOUS .. .

Jews in certain streets of New
York's East Side live in a virtual
state of terror. . • . Marauders
administer beatings to old and
young Jews who happen to In?
on the streets after dark. . . .
During Succoth, a synagogue on
Jefferson St. was vandalized. . • .
Dr. Dan W. Dodson, executive di-
rector of the New York Mayor's
Committee on Unity made an
amazing public statement. . .
Said Dodson: "The recent Bright-
on Beach beatings of Jewish boys
were not anti-Semitic — just con-
flicts between boys." . . . Add
Beaver College, Jenkintown, Pa.,
to your list of universities who
insist that they are "Christian
Colleges who have to give prece-
dence to students of our own de-
nomination."
A SAD STORY .

many. . . . Lt. Oslick comes from
a very good Philadelphia Jewish
family. . . . His military record
for his three years' service was
spotless. .. There are very good
reasons to believe that Oslick was
framed by two anti-Semitic supe-
rior officers who swore "to get
that Jew." . . . We looked into
the case and are firmly convinced
that Oslick is innocent and that
the testimony — purely circum-
stantial — by the chief investiga-
tors, one of the two anti-Semitic
officers, is not valid.. . . The War
Department should grant a re-
trial to Oslick and transfer his
case to the United States. . . .
Court martial trials on enemy ter-
ritory are rarely satisfactory un-
less the guilt of the accused is
established by eye witnesses. .
Secretary Patterson — please re-
open the Oslick case.
ABOUT PERSONS . . .

The War Department should
Captain Henry Morgenthau
look into the case of Lt. Oslick.
. . . He was recently sentenced son of the former Secretary of
to 35 years imprisonment for the Treasury, will devote his ci-
murder. . . . The General Court vilian life to public activities.. ..
Martial trial took place in Ger-
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