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Detroit Jewish Chronicle

VOL. 47, NO. 50

Irving Hayett Sent Abroad;
Will Report Frankfurt Trial

Anglo-American
Commission At
Last Announced

With dramatic suddenness, Irving J. Hayett, Detroit
court reporter extraordinary, will find himself transferred
from this city to Frankfurt, Germany where he will serve
on the staff of the Judge Advocate General's War Crimes
Trials.
Taking down, word for word, everything that is said
at the trial by both the prosecution and the defense,

WASHINGTON—(WNS)—Presi-
dent Truman issued a statement
here disclosing that the Anglo-
American commission of inquiry
into Palestine is to consist
twelve members, with Judge Jo-
seph C. Hutcheson of Texas shar-
ing chairmanship of the commis-
sion with Sir John S. Singleton,
Judge of the King's Bench Divi-
sion of the High Court of Justice
in London.
The President issued the fol-
lowing statement:
"The composition of the Anglo-
American committee on inquiry
which was anounced in Wash-
ington and London on Nov. 13.
and which will operate under a
rotative chairmanship, will be as
follows:
"Joseph C. Hutcheson, judge of
the Fifth Circuit Court at Hous-
ton, Tex. (American chairman).
"Sir John E. Singleton, judge
of the King's Bench Division of
tile High Court of Justice, Lon-
don (British chairman).
"Frank Aydelotte, formerly pres-
ident of Swarthmore College, now
director of the Institute for Ad-
vance Study at Princeton, and
American secretary of the Rhodes
Trust.
"Frank W. Buxton, editor of the
Boston Herald.
"Wilfred P. Crick, economic ad-
viser to the Midland Bank, Lon-
don, formerly with the Ministry
of Food.
"Richard H. S. Crossman, mem-

Hayett also plans to keep a diary
of everything that goes on includ-
ing his personal reactions. If the
War Department permits, he will

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and The Legal Chronicle

DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1945

Foster Parents
Must Give Back
Jewish Orphans

BRUSSELS—(WNS)—Non - Jew-
ish foster parents who sheltered
Jewish children who became or-
phaned during the war must re-
turn them upon request to the
custody of their relatives, it was
ruled here by the First Chamber
of the Civil Tribunal.
The oecisioi,, .-:hich is pending
Appeal, is looked upon here by
Jewish bodies as one of utmost
importance. During the occupa-
tion many Jewish children were
placed, either by their parents
pr by Jewish defense organiza-
tions, under the protective custody
of non-Jewish families. As time
passed, many of the foster parents
became so attached to these chil-
dren that they considered .them
as their own. When Jewish or-
ganizations demanded the custody
of those children so that they
might be raised as Jews, many of
IRVING HAYETT
the foster parents refused to re-
(Continued on page 1G)
become the correspondent of the linquish them.
CHRONICLE, sending his story in
a weekly letter to be published un
der his by-line in this paper. The
people of the city of Detroit will
thus be enabled to get a corn-
plete and detailed report of the
trials that will be going on for the
next year through the Jewish eyes
of a carefully trained reporter.
"The Ford Motor Company expresses the hope
At First Meeting on Trials
that the week of Chanukah, together with the Feast of
Eight months ago, the Judge Ad-
ocates held a convention at Ann
Lights, brings with it the fulfillment of Isaiah's im-
Arbor at which, although the war
was still on, they discussed the
mortal prophecy—
setup for war crimes trials. The
Judge Advocate General, Myron
"'And they shall beat their swords into plow-
C. Kramer, was present and the
shares, and their spears into pruning hooks;
(Continued on page 16)
nation shall not lift up sword against nation,

HENRY FORD II SENDS CHANUKAH
GREETINGS TO DETROIT JEWRY

Police Document
Gives Direct Lie
To Whitewash

By CONSTANTINE POULOS
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Correspondent)
JERUSALEM—(JTA)—An offi-
cial police document, which thi4
correspondent saw this week, dis-
proves the veracity of the per-
sistent British attempts to white-
wash the attacks last week by
the Palestine police and British
troops on Jewish settlements dur-
ing which eight Jews were killed
--one beaten to death-26 were
seriously wounded and scores suf-
fered minor injuries.
Three days ago, George Hall, the
Colonial Secretary, said in the
House of Commons that the "in•
cident" of last week arose in the
course of a search by police, not,
as had been alleged, for illegal
immigrants, but for those re-
le:ponsible for an attack by Jews
armed with automatic weapons,
rifles and grenades on the coast-
guard station at Givat Olga and
Sidna Ali.
This statement is consistent with
the official communique issu•Ad
Nov. 26 in which it was reported
that during the afternoon of Nov.
'!5, dogs had trailed the attackers
from Sidna All to the settlement
Shefayim and Rishpon. The
:sigh Commissioner for Palestine
..lso Issued a special statement,
on Nov. 28, stating that "the set-
tlements searched were those to
which police dogs had carried the
scent from the scenes of the out-
rages."
POLICE DOCUMENT DIFFERS
A police document, however,
tells another story. It 4 num-
(Continued on page 8)

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neither shall they learn war any more.'

Isaiah 11:4

(Signed) HENRY FORD, II
President, Ford Motor Co."

Henry Ford II sent his Chanukah greetings to
the Jewish people of Detroit in a letter to THE JEW-
ISH CHRONICLE. The letter was delayed in transit
but it expresses itself clearly and indicates a trend of
thought as regards Jews which is a very healthy sign
in these troubled times.

Col. Peron Disavows Outbreaks;
Catholics Condemn Anti-Semitism

BUENOS AIRES — (JTA) -- Col.
Juan Peron, the "strong man" of
Argentina, who has been charged
with responsibility for the re-
peated anti-Jewish outbreaks in
Buenos Aires, declared that he 's
opposed to anti-Semitic activities.
Peron made this statement in an
interview published in the daily
newspaper, La Epoca, which sup-
ports the Peronist regime. The
paper, commenting on the inter-
view, says that the anti-Jewish
violence was carried out by ene-
mies of Col. Peron, who infil-
trated into his election demon-
strations "in order to harm the
cause" of the pro-Peron move-
ment. The paper avoids mention-
ing the fact that the police.
whose chief is a Peron follower,
did nothing to curb the anti-
Jewish disturbances.
A two-day conference, at which
measures will be discussed to com-
bat anti-Semitic activites in Ar-
gentina, will be held here by the

League for Human Rights, it was
announced this week. The league
has posted placards throughou),
the city reading: "Anti-Semitism
Was the Beginning of Hitler."
A group of prominent Catholics
published a declaration condemn-
ing the recent anti-Jewish out-
breaks. Similar statements were
issued by the Socialist Federa-
tion of Buenos Aires, the Radical
Party and the Juventud Radical,
a youth organization. The Cath-
olic statement emphasizes the
fact that the Pope always con-
sidered anti-Semitism to be con-
trary to the spirit of Christianity.
The other statements point out
that anti-Semitism may pave th"
way for the triumph of Nazism hi
Argentina and charge the pollee
with siding with the anti-Jewish
dements.
Meanwhile. a number of doctors
.ind nurses in the Alvear
demanded that Jewish interns and
nurses be dismissed.

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Five Jewish Directors
With Goodfellow Fund

Mindful of the fact that Charity is one of the greatest
virtues, five members of they Board of Directors of the
Goodfellow Fund, one of Detroit's best known charities,
are Jews. They are Nate Samuels, David A. Brown, Her-
man Lieberman, Herman A. Schmier and Alex Schreiber.

U. S. Army Finds
Filthy Conditions
Inside D. P. Camp

Nate Samuels, who has been in
the wholesale hardware business

LANDSBERG, Germany—(JTA)
—An inspecting group of high
ranking Army officers, headed by
Lt. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith,
U. S. Chief of Staff in the Eu-
ropean Theatre, this week found
conditions in the camp for Jew-
ish displaced persons here to be
decidedly bad.
A score of newspaper corres-
pondents accompanied the group,
which came here as a result of
the resignation last week of the
UNRRA welfare director of the
camp, Dr. Leo Srole. Dr. Srole, a
well-known American sociologist,
had charged that conditions in the
camps had reached a point where
disastrous epidemics may strike
at any hour."
NATE SAMUELS
The state of the sanitation :n
the camp was typified by an in- in Detroit for thirty-three years,
cident that occurred in one of is now president of the Detroit
the barracks. There the inspec- Newsboys Association which is di-
rectly connected with the Fund.
(Continued on page 8)
His connection with the News-
boys Association is of long stand-
ing, dating back to 1899 when he
was elected secretary of that or-
ganization.
Elected Goodfellow Secretary •
In 1918, he was elected secretary
of • the Old Newsboys Goodfellow
NEW YORK — (JTA) — Prime Fund. When the articles of incor-
Minister Clement J. Attlee was poration were drawn up for the
told in a letter addressed to him Goodfellows, it was stated there
by the American Jewish Con- that he was to be secretary for the
ference that "it will be extremely rest of his life. Now seventy years
difficult for Americans to have old, he has been secretary for
any confidence in the delibera- twenty-eight years and it is his
tions of the Anglo-American Com- proud boast that he has yet to
mittee of Inquiry" on Palestine send in one bill for postage.
because British Foreign Secretary
He is stationed, on the Good-
Ernest Bevin's recent statement fellow Sales Day, at the Wood-
on Palestine in the House of ward Avenue entrance to the Ma-
Commons had "prejudged and jestic Building. This year his as-
prejudiced" the findings of the sociate salesman will be Tony
Inquiry Committee.
Weitzel, Detroit News columnist.
Protesting Mr. Bevins' continued
Sales Day Is Dee. 18
attempt "to create a non-existent
The Goodfellows sales day
cleavage" between Jews and
Zionists, the Conference asserted Tuesday, Dec. 18. The goal is $200,-
that the overwhelming majority 000 and this sum will provide for
of American Jews are united in the needs of an estimated 40,000
their opposition to the White children. All welfare agencies sup-
Paper and in their expectation ply names of needy children.
The children served are from
that Britain shall fulfill her ob-
ligations to the Jewish people three to fourteen years of age. Ev-
under the terms of the Mandate ery child gets the most practical
for Palestine, entrusted to her by thing. They get one pair of shoes,
fitted, two suits of underwear,
the League of Nations.
four pairs of stockings, sweaters,
dresses, dolls, hats and caps, in
fact, everything essential for a
child.
The pattern of Detroit's Good-
fellow Fund is being followed in
major cities all over the country.
.4 charity of this nature is always
judged by results and the results
GIVAT CHAYIM, Palestine — in this city have been astounding-
(JTA)— A singular postlude to the ly good.
shootings last week, when British
Information regarding this is
forces killed seven settlers in the set forth in a book called The
environs of this collective farm, Story of the Goodfellows, by Er-
occurred this week. The elders cf hest P. Lajoie. This book has a
five neighboring Arab villages in- foreword from each of the daily
itiated a visit to express their newspapers in Detroit commend-
condolences by sitting down, for ing it highly.
ceremonious cups of coffee, with
All Names Cleared
Avram Greenberg and other lead-
ers of the colony.
All names for the Fund are
A moon-faced and heavy-set cleared through the attendance de-
sheik _said .to the gathering that partment of the Board of Educa-
the violence of government, like tion. The Fund also pays for
the clouds overhead, sometimes meals for needy children and sup-
rains on us, and sometimes on plies them with eyeglasses at all
you. But nevertheless it always times throughout the school year.
passes. Troops come and troops Two well known Jewish business
go, but out neighbvs. remain for- men, Lou Wiper and Frank Wets-
ever." The bearded, ancient Arab man, have donated over 15,000 toys
recalled the time when the •eol- to go along with this year's Good-
onists here had helped out his fellow packages.
Race, color or creed are ignored
village, at a time of crisis, by
sending fire fighters to his' gom- when deciding whether a child
munity. The Arab delegation had goes on the the list or not.
"When a child is hungry," said
desired to bring a sheep in order
to stage a full-scale mourning Nate Samuels. "there is only one
feast, as is their custom, but they thing to do. Get that child some-
thing to eat."
deferred to Hebrew simplicity.

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Bevin Prejudiced
New Commission
Is A. J. C. Charge

Elders In Villages
Show Sympathy
For Slain Jews

