30th Year a ;at- a the na- ilth led at- lay ies. her pay bbi a of Service to Detroit Jewry 'Detroit Jewish Chronicle and The Legal Chronicle VOL. 47, NO. 41 DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1945 10c Single Copy, $3.00 Per Year $200,000,000 Detroit Jewry Throngs Zionist Rally at City Hall Thousands At Needed For Protest Rally, Zion Migrants will need at lea Picket Consul $200,000,000 to absorb 100 thou Palestine s t S. irk. arty tire ght ght sia. , in lob are gh- Ild was Air Sol, aly, ?vt. and Jev- ski, un- to in uch her ons in ned iod- ; is he, .on- eV•S The lut- for inc. stie Lion an- and Jewish refugees, Dr. Jame s Detroit Jewry last Monday G. Beller, chairman of the Un I. staged an unparalleled rally in tut Palestine Appeal, declare d front of the city hall as a pro- Monday at the luncheon whic test against the continuance of launched the Allied Jewish cam the British White Paper policy. paign of the War Chest. Thousands attended the rally be- The luncheon was held at Ho tween 4 and 5 p.m. Stores on tel Statler. Irving Blumberg wa Twelfth, Dexter and Linwood the chairman and Henry Wine were closed. Hundreds marched man introduced Rabbi Heller, wh 0 in a picket line in front of the recently returned from a three National Bank Building, which months visit in Palestine. Th houses the office of the British War Chest goal is $8,490,000. consulate. Men and women of all The greatest rehabilitatio n walks of life participated in the task in history confronts th e demonstration against the injus- JDC," declared Dr. Heller." The tice which the British govern- JDC has already spent $21,500,- ment is perpetrating on Jewry by 000 this year, its share of the keeping the doors of Palestine $37,000,000 raised by the United closed. The picketing preceded the rally. Jewish Appeal. It will need at least $15,000,000 more before Among those in the picket line the end • of the year. There are were Rabbi Leon Fram, of Tem- still 60,000 Jews in concentra- ple Israel, president of the Zion- tion camps. The Jews in Hun- ist Organization of Detroit; Ben- gary, Romania, Bulgaria and jamin Laiken, president of the Greece are utterly destitute. Only Detroit Zionist Council; James I. 1,600,000 Jews are left in Eu- Ellmann, long a leader in the rope of the prewar Jewish popu- Jewish community and former lation of 8,250,000. president of the Jewish Commun- "The Palestine Agency budget ity Council; Isaac Franck, execu- --Photo by Chrottl,le Staff Photogrpoher Thousands of Detroit Jews shown in front of the for the coming year totals $51,- City Hall at the Protest rally held last Monday resolution thanking President Truman for his tive director of the Jewish Com- 000,000. But this budget is based afternoon. The huge throng gathered to condemn stand in favor of increased immigration into the munity Council; Mrs. Louis Gla- Land of Israel and demanding that Britain open cier, president of the Detroit Ha- on an annual immigration of Great Britain for its White Paper policy towards the gates of the Holy Land to the Jewish refugees dassah; Lawrence Crohn, com- 18,000. Palestine needs funds to Palestine. Detroit Jewry unanimously passed a and that a Jewish Commonwealth be established. munal and Zionist leader; Morris aid the 30,000 returning Jewish veterans. It needs funds to re- Scheyer, one of the main sup- lieve the grave housing shortage porters of labor Zionism; Ber- existing at present. nard Isaacs, superintendent of "We, the Jews of America, the United Hebrew Schools, and constitute half of the surviving Abraham Cohen, of the Jewish remnant of our race. We were NEW YORK — Warning that Robert St. John, NBC radio Council. preserved to succor our breth- Pfc. Mortimer M. Lifsitz, son American working men and wo- commentator and war corres- The picketers bore signs read ren. We have the duty of keep- of Max Lifsitz, 2610 Webb Ave., men were "greatly disturbed" by pondent, will speak at Temple ing "Was Justice a Casualty?" ing them alive. The gates are last Friday was honored for the reports of a contemplated Pales- Beth El, at 8:30 p. m. on Sun- "Is Attlee Another Chamber • open today, the ways are free." gallant deed which caused his tine decision unfavorable to Jew- day, Nov. 4, under the auspices lain?", "The White Paper Must This will be the final War death on Nov. 17, 1944 in Ger- ish aspirations, William Green, of the Men's Club of Temple Go," "6,000,000 Jewish Dead De- Chest campaign. The funds raised many. The father of the hero president of the American Fed- Beth El. Mr. St. John has given mand Sanctuary for the Living this year will go for the upkeep received the silver star post- eration of Labor, cabled a strong the American people first-hand Brethren," "Millions Die While of local agencies, for war agen- humously awarded to the son at message of protest on behalf of reporting of the London "blitz", You Play Politics," "Palestine, cies and veterans aid and for a ceremony last Friday in Rouge the AFL to Prime Minister Att- the Polish campaign, the bombing Land of Forgotten Promises" and overseas relief. Park. lee of Great Britain. of Belgrade, the fall of Greece, "Mr. Attlee, What About the La. The cable asserts that "for hu- the abdication of Carol of Ro- bor Party Pledges?' The hero, who was only 23, met his death when with his su- manitarian reasons and in order mania. VISIT CONSUL perior officers killed, he at- to retain solemn pledges and His book, "From the Land of A delegation headed by Rabbi tempted to lead the assault promises made the Jewish peo- Fram and consisting of Mr. Ell- (Continued on Page 12) against the enemy near Salmi. ple and their friends throughout mann, Mr. Laiken, Mrs. Glasier He charged toward the German the world, creation of a Jewish and Mr. Cohen, of the Jewish positions but fell mortally wound- homeland should be immediately Council, conferred with the Brit- Dr. Franklin Ill, ed. By his death he inspired his undertaken." ish Consul on whether he would transmit the resolution adopted company and assured the success Overwork Blamed NEW YORK --Declaring that of the assault. Pfc. Lifsitz had by the Detroit Protest Rally to he spoke for the entire member- joined the army in May, 1943. Dr. Leo M. Franklin, rabbi the British ambassador. The con- ship of the CIO, Philip Murray, emeritus of Temple Beth El, Another Jewish hero honored president of the CIO, cabled after his death in combat was was taken suddenly ill, Wed- sul wired the British Embassy in Prime Minister Clement Attlee Pvt. Sol Perlstein. The silver star nesday night at the Detroit Washington and received the re- of Great Britain a sharp pro- was awarded to his sister, Mrs. Institute of Arts. He was ply that the resolution would be Construction of the lower au- test against reports that the Beatrice Roth, 2307 Grand. rushed to Harper Hospital forwarded to London. ditorium of the new Northwest The three main speakers at the British Cabinet will continue the where his condition was re- The Silver Star is the third Synagogue on the south side of rally were Rabbi Fram, who acted Palestine White Paper. ported "fair." Curtis, two blocks west of Liver- highest decoration for valor. He declared: "Reports that His illness is attributed to as chairman,; Dr. James G. Hel- nois, was authorized Monday by British Cabinet favors continu- overwork, for although he is ler, head of the United Palestine the Board of Directors of the ation of Palestine White Paper 76, Dr. Franklin is still active Appeal, and the Rev. Henry Hitt Northwest Congregation and Cen- policy with slight modification in communal affairs. This week Crane, pastor of the Central ter. Approval was given after I. are causing consternation here. he spoke at a meeting called Methodist Church. M. Lewis, the architect submit- Declared Dr. Heller: "We are ArneriPan Labor which together by the Jewish Community TEL AVIV — An army train- ted plans. Bids are now being with British labor has repeated- ing depot at Rehobot near Tel accepted by Mr. Lewis. The meet- Council and explained the protesting against one of the ere , rsed Jewish aspirations in greatest crimes in the history of Charlevoix incident. Aviv was raided Wednesday by ing was held in the home of Ira the world. The Labor Govern- Palestine cannot believe that a group of Jewish settlers who A. Kaufman, president. solemn pledges to Jewish people seized 200 rifles, 15 machine (Continued on page 2) Dr. Benjamin R. Levy, mem- will now be forgotten. bership chairman, reported that guns and other weapons. "If White Paper is to continue A Jewish girl refugee and a membership has increased great- eni•an public opinion is cer- British constable were killed in a ly during the year. tain :0 react vigorously. It is clash at Camp Athlit, a detention David J. Miller, educational bound to have harmful effect on center, 10 miles south of Haifa. committee chairman, announced Anglo-American relations. Speak- A group of Jewish youths raided that over 200 children have been NEW YORK (JTA) — Jewish i ng fer entire membership of enrolled in the Sunday School, leaders expressed indignation at He'd, Chairman Jewish Labor Congres s of Industrial Organize- the camp and freed 200 of 210 Committee; Archie Greenberg, Jewish refugees held there on which meets at the Bagley School. the fact that the New York Daily none I respectfully urge you to the charge of illegal entry into This Sunday is the last day chil- News relegated their protest National Commander Jewish War avert this cruel blow to the Jew- Palestine. dren may be registered for the against an anti-Semitic column Veterans of the U.S., and Frank s ., k L. Weil, President National Jew- People and to bring about ful- ensuing year. by the News' Washington col- ish In Tel Aviv 15 Jews were in- Welfare Board, read as fol- fillmer.t of the promise of un- jured when Jews successfully umnist, John O'Donnell, to its lows: letter column. Jewish immigration in- fought off an attempt by police IGNORE ARABS to Palestine." "In the Daily News of Oct. 3, The letter, which was signed and British troops to search for JOHANNESBURG, South Afri- by the following heads of leading there appeared a column by John arms and refugees. The police GRANT AUTONOMY ca (JTA) — Urging Britain to O'Donnell. The content of this were driven off by a hail .of do justice to the Jews in Pales- Jewish organizations: Joseph M. column was as flagrantly anti- B RATISLAVA (JTA) — Legal Proskauer, President American stones. • status is tine, Minister of Justice Colin granted the Jewish com- Jewish Committee; Rabbi Stephen Semitic as anything which has Several thousand British troops mute ts of Slovakia in a decree were landed Wednesday in Haifa Steyn urged the United Nations S. Wise, President American Jew- ever appeared in a metropolitan newspaper. not to he intimidated by "Arab of the Slovak National Council. ish Congress; Henry Monsky, and patrolled the city • sabre rattling." "Proceeding upon a totally President Bnai Brith; Adolph Jewish Heroes Honored After Death In Battle A FL Backs Jewish State Robert'St; John At Beth El Nov. 4 CIO Chief Asks Attlee To Keep Pledge To Jews NW Synagogue Plans Approved Crisis In Zion; Arsenal Is Raided Story of Jewish Plot Against Patton Is Labeled a Lie by New York Leaders (Continued on page 2)