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Detroit Jewish Chronicle
and THE LEGAL CHRONICLE
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Entered as Second•cless matter March 3, 1916, at the Postoffice at Detroit, Mich., under the Act of March 3, 1879
Editor-in-Chief, LOUIS W. ENFIELD
Vol.
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48,
No. 10
Publisher, CY AARON
Friday, March 8,
1946
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Managing Editor, NATHAN J. KAUFMAN
(ADAR II 5, 5706)
Detroit 26, Michigan
Insulting the Departed
Personal Responsibility
Rumor has it that the Pearl Harbor In-
vestigation Committee of Congress will
issue its report strictly along party lines.
The Democrats will find that the blame
for Pearl Harbor rests on Admiral Kim-
mel and General Short, a finding that will
no doubt satisfy the popular demand for
a scapegoat.
The Republicans on the committee will
do far worse. They will have the temerity
to find that the late, revered President
Roosevelt and his cabinet were at fault
and could have prevented the debacle.
Party lines have their merits and de-
merits. Somewhere along the line, how-
ever, there ought to be some limit.
When any Congressman is so lost to
shame that he is willing to besmirch
the name of one of the greatest Ameri-
cans who ever drew a breath and is
willing to do that merely because he
belongs to another party, without re-
gard to truth or justice, it is time to call
a halt.
Congressmen are elected by the people
to serve the people. For organizational
reasons, it is well that they run along
party lines. But there are no party lines
to truth. There b are no organizational divi-
sions in justice. There are no groupings
to common decency.
Good leadership is the greatest need
of the world at this time. If this is the
kind of leadership we have, it is time,
high time, we had a change.
A prominent real estate man in Detroit
went to a meeting at which the Allied
Jewish Campaign was making an appeal.
He was impressed with the details set be-
fore him at the meeting and when asked
to sign a card agreeing to give, he was
glad to• do so. He gave more than usual,
realizing the necessity. And the sum he
put on his card was twenty-five dollars.
That afternoon, he explained his giving
to a friend. He also told that friend of a
successful real estate transaction he had
just completed. He had bought an apart-
ment for one nundred and twenty thou-
sand dollars — cash.
In his heart, this real estate man felt
the need for giving. Where he went
wrong was not in his understanding of
the need of giving or in his intention to
help. He missed out in his sense of per-
sonal responsibility.
This sense of personal responsibility
must be felt by every Jew separately.
Each one must feel that the whole bur-
den rests on him. No one can simply
join the working throng and help to
push the load. Each must lend his en-
tire strength, take the whole matter to
heart in the same way as he shoulders
the burdens of his own family. This is a
world matter, but until the world rec-
ognizes and takes care of this pitiful
remnant of European Jewry, we cannot
abandon them.
Soon, some member of the Detroit Ser-
vice Group will approach you for your
contribution to the Allied Jewish Cam-
paign. Try to remember your own per-
sonal responsibility. This is not charity.
This is saving the gives of your own.
Enroll Now!
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Friday, March 8, 1946
DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Loge! Chronic,.
The hour of decision is approaching
The fate of Palestine and the destiny of
the Jewish people hang in the balance.
The world will soon determine whether
the Jewish plea for justice shall at last
be heeded.
Every true American is instinctively
revolted by the cynical repudiation of
solemn inernational covenants. With the
active support of American public opin-
ion, we shall succeed in enforcing the
the performance of Britain's pledge to
facilitate the re-establishment of a Jew-
ish Palestine.
It was Daniel Webster who declared:
"There is something among men more
capable of shaking despotic power than
lightning, whirlwind, or earthquake; that
is, the threatened indignation of the
whole civilized world." The historic cAse
of the Jewish people versus the British
Empire is now being adjudicated before
the bar of world public opinion.
The enemies of our movement, with-
in the House of Israel, are resourceful
and ruthless. Though a small minority,
they pretend to speak for a consider-
able segment of American Jewry. Their
spokesman recently had the temerity to
declare: "The Balfour Declaration does
not bother me." These Jewish anti-Zion-
ists constantly point to the number of
enrolled Zionist members as proof of
their contention that the Jews are di-
vided on the question of Palestine. We,
of course, know that the overwhelming
majority of American Jews approve the
objectives of Zionism. The Elmo Roper
Poll is the most recent demonstration
of this fact. But we must transform Zi-
onists "at heart" into Zionists "in
deed," potential Zionisti into actual Zi-
onists, Zionist sympathizers into Zion-
ist members.
All American Jews who are "bothered"
by the Balfour Declaration, who are con-
cerned with the pitiful plight of their fel-
low-Jews, and who desire to end the trag-
• is national homelessness of the Jewish
people, must enroll as members of the
Zionist Organization of America!
THEY MUST STAND UP AND BE
COUNTED!
,(Courtesy of Zionist Organization of America)
The One and Only
When the late Supreme Court Justice
Cardozo was honored with a Doctor of
Laws degree from the Yeshiva College of
New York, he accepted the degree and
said, "I am honored by the honor that is
conferred on me here."
It is easy to understand his feeling
when one considers the high scholastic
standing of this college and the pre-
eminence of its faculty in the education-
al world. There is still another reason,
however.
Rabbi Abraham Bender, the represent-
ative of the Yeshiva Isaac Elchanan of
which Yeshiva College is a part, is here
in Detroit to visit contributors to the Ye-
shiva. He explains the other reason.
In accordance with the proportionate
population of Jews, they should have
twelve colleges here in this country. But
outside of the Hebrew Univer'sity in Pal-
estine, the Yeshiva College, recently re-
organized by the State of New York as
an accredited university, is the only one
in existence in the entire world.
The merit of this university is recog-
nized. It has turned out scholars who
are leaders in their fields. Its numbers,
however, are very small in comparison
to what they ought to be.
Detroiters, therefore, should welcome
Rabbi Bender both for his own back-
ground and personality and because he
represents such a worthy institution.
American Red Cross.
As is customary each year at this time,
the American Red Cross is conducting its
drive for funds. Little need be said about
the Red Cross. Their work is so well
known, their success so continuous, their
integrity so perfect, that it is only neces-
sary to know when the time comes that
their drive is on for this drive to be as-
sured success.
Theie are many worthy causes for
which Jews are asked to contribute this
year. High, very high, on this list of musts
in charity stands the American Red Cross.
Personal Problems
By W. A. GOLDBERG, Ph.D.
Director, Counselling Service
Copyrighted, 1946, by W. A. Goldberg, Ph.D.
All rights reserved
Your questions in personal problems will be answered
by mail as far as possible or in these columns. Send
your question and a stamped, self-addressed envel-
ope to Dr. W. A. Goldberg, 1314 Eaton Tower, De-
troit 26, Mich. or to the Detroit Jewish Chron-
icle, 525 Woodward Avenue, Detroit 26, Mich.
The Salt Cellar and the Kiss
IVhat connection can there be between an empty salt cellar
and a soul-searching kiss? None? Then listen to this story which
has been experienced by many people over the years.
Ass empty salt cellar is an insignificant item in a home. But it
has been used as a springboard to serious family quarrels, even to
thoughts of divorce.
At a recent lecture before parents in an adjoining city, there
were many nods of approval when I talked about little quarrels.
These parents were familiar wills the way trifles may be magni-
fied, in a home, into major difficulties between husband and wife.
Father came home from work In odd sorts. At the table he reach-
ed for the salt cellar. It was empty, something not usually found in a
well-set table. He was nasty about it. His wife's words were nastier.
Neither would give in and both went to sleep angry.
The husband left for work the next morning. Intentionally, he
didn't kiss his wife goodbye. She refused to call him back from the
sidewalk and make up. By the end of the week, they had stewed,
inwardly, so much that a grand fight resulted. Each one remembered,
in loud and angry words, the deficiencies of the husband or wife over
their entire married life. The husband spoke of divorce to a close
friend. The friend, realizing that this couple needed an umpire and a
counsellor, sent them to the office for reconciliation.
The Basis of Irritations
What was the real difficulty here? Hardly the facts of their quar-
rel. There are thousands of varieties of similar arguments. It was im-
portant that someone determine why this fine couple had used a trifle
or permitted it to bring them to thoughts of separation.
Under experienced direction, the facts were discussed with the
wife and the husband individually. The husband's boss, a fine fellow
generally, wanted a special report in a hurry. The husband and others
were assigned. When the report was presented, the boss discovered a
small error, of no special consequence. He blew off steam about slop-
py work and undependable employees. The husband had to admit he
was in error, that in his haste he had failed to insist upon his usual
verifications of his subordinates. That irritation he brought home. He
was in line for promotion and he wouldn't risk an argument at work.
The wife's story, calmly told and away from home, brought out
some significant things. She was making a special cake for her hus-
band, as a surprise. She also had a new maid. The maid couldn't got
the washing machine to work. In the meantime, the cake burned.
Out-of-town friends dropped in to visit. They spent a long time
visiting. This delayed the rest of the housework and the wife had to
hurry to get it done before dinner.
The Social Quotient of Marriage
Individually, the husband and the wife acknowledged the trifling
basis of their argument. They had permitted It to be the expression
of unrelated Irritations, common to all humans. Neither, in this in-
stance, used his high "social quotient" as an outlet for pent-up feel-
ings. They vented their feelings against each other, hoping almost
unconsciously that the other Would see the basis. But neither one
would say he was sorry, nor would he make up.
In this case, the remedy was simple because the marriage was on
a sound foundation. Each person had an opportunity to relieve him-
self of his irritations without judgment. With specific suggestions and
a broad hint, I left the office for a while. When I returned, they had
kissed and made up. Each person had "saved face." They were a
sound social unit again.
The moral of the story: A home is and should be a place of mutual
understanding, a place especially suited for the release of daily ten-
sions. An understanding wife can make it her business to gauge the
mood of her husband when he comes home. She governs herself ac-
cordingly.
The husband also can understand the daily routine of his wife as
well as her physical life. He should know when she will be more ir-
ritable than usual. That serves as his guide.
Finally, the "social quotient" of a marriage is enlarged if the
husband, or the wife, can reach forth to the other, saying: "I'm sorry."
An ardent kiss, with meaning behind it, can then wipe away whatever
tension lingers and then serve as a continued bond between them.
(Send for my bulletin, "An inventory of your marriage," enclosing
a dime and a stamped, self-addressed envelope, to either address.)
No Cause for Panic