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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle

PLAIN TALE

By AL SEGAL

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Success Story

WHILE AGO my friend, Mr. who was the master of his house.
0, had me over to his new No whim of a landlord could de-
home. It was more than prive him; the O's felt deep-
merely looking at somebody's new rooted in America on their pleas-
place and passing compliments on ant lawn. They had earned for
its conveniences. Mr. O's house themselves a share in America. It
seemed monumental, though it had taken them about five years
was modest enough in a pleasant to come to this.
neighborhood. It was a duplex
That's the success story of the
apartment and the O's, who are 0's, in the traditional American
now its landlords, lived on the pattern which doesn't require
second floor.
great wealth but only modest
As he showed me around, Mr. comfort and independence. The
0 beamed with pride as he had a O's felt rich in their new house.
right to.
This is not to say, though, that
I had known Mr. 0 about five all Americans manage to feel
years. I met him first one day rich just in the possession of a
when he called on 'me at the home and a fair living; cur-
newspaper office where I worked, rently, many comfortable Amer-
on some matter or other.
leans refuse to feel rich until
Ile and his wife then had just
they have gathered in that ex-
pected killing in the stock mar-
come tip here from Cuba; they
were refugees from Germany.
ket. Arid then they won't feel
rich, after all.
Cuba had been a stopping place
I have recited the story of the
on their hopeful way toward
the U. S. Now, at last, they had success of the O's on account of a
managed to enter this country letter that recently has come to
and Mr. 0 was exulting that me in my function as columnist
they were on their way to be- on a daily newspaper. The writer
of the letter was feeling horribly
coming American citizens.
It had been a hard road for distressed because he had read
them to the United States from that the 1000 refugees in the camp
Germany, by way of Italy and at Oswego, N. Y. were being ad-
Cuba; it had taken a number of mitted permanently into the
yen:7- From Germany they had United States.
He was expressing the alarm
lied first to Italy in the time be-
fore Mussolini took to himself the of a great many other citizens
who are fearful of their bread
more cruel practices of Hitler.
In Italy Mr. 0 had begun to being taken out of their mouths
prosper in a manufacturing busi- by 1000 foreigners. He had heard
ness when all of a sudden Mus- that some of these Oswego people
solini felt converted to the idea were to be settled in our city.
The United States is expected
that Italy's trouble was Jews (of
whom there were a comparative to swallow up all these aliens who
handful). He had discovered that never can be digested," he said.
their presence was a challenge to We Americans probably will have
the new-found idea that Italians to support them on relief. It's
were superinen in the same class bread out of our own mouths for
as Hitler's Germans.
total strangers who always will be
Mr. 0 had to sell his business strangers to our American way of
life."
and leave nearly all his money
Well, it wouldn't be worth
in Italy. Then he and Mrs. 0
while to try to answer him with
were off to Cuba where they
the story of the O's, if they were
had a precarious living and
managed to make ends meet
exceptional immigrants. Their
meagerly. They were hard-work-
story has been millions of times
ing people who didn't let ad-
told in the good lives of most of
versity get them down very
the immigrants who make up
long, nor the fact that they were
Amerie a—Jewish immigrants
strangers in a new country.
and Irish; Gennan immigrants
Well, now they had come to the
and Italians; Swedes, Norwe-
United States and they must get
gians and Poles; immigrants all
started all over again. This was
the way down to those who
their third start since they left came over on the Mayflower.
Germany.
They are America.
I saw Mr. and Mrs. 0 from time
to time later. They were both
working. They were trying to
build up a stationery business,
taking orders for stationery
around town. There wasn't much
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profit In an order for a couple of
thousand letter-heads but the O's of the Federation, who gave his
were grateful for every nickel annual report. Following this, the
earned; it meant they were get- nominating committee gave its re-
ting more firmly on their feet port and twelve new members
in a new, strange world.
were elected to the Board of Gov-
One day I heard that Mr. 0 ernors.
had taken up a new line. He was
These were: To Honorary mem-
representing an Eastern com- bership, Dr. Leo M. Franklin and
pany as an agent for iron clamps, Dr. A. M. Hershman; reelected
much used in the manufacturing to three year terms, William
process. He was doing all right Friedman, Dr. B. Benedict Glazer,
with them by working hard, as Julian H. Krolik and Melville
he did. He had already managed Welt; newly elected to three year
to buy a second-hand automobile terms, Maurice Aronsson, Mrs. H.
that would enable him to enlarge C. Broder, Fred M. Butzel, Theo-
his territory.
dore Levin and Harry Yudkoff;
Mrs. 0 was keeping up the
for two year terms, Joseph Bern-
stationery business, going
stein and Rabbi Leon Fram; for
around getting orders.
one year term, Rabbi Morris Ad-
Mr. O's territory was grow-
ler.
ing. It had gone as far as Louis-
Other members of the Board
ville and Indianapolis and there
who remain in office are: Clar-
came a time when Mr. 0 was
ence
H. Enggass, Harry Frank,
traveling all the way to St.
Morris Garvett, Henry Meyers,
Louis.
Mrs. Robert J. Newman, Joseph
Yes, things were turning out all
right for them. Not that they M. Welt, Rabbi Max J. Wohlgel-
were getting quickly rich. (That ernter, Mrs. Samuel R. Glogower,
may disappoint people who read- Sidney L. Alexander, Eugene J.
ing the title of this piece- -"Suc- Arnfeld, Mrs. Maurice A. Landau,
cess Story"—may have gained the Lawrence J. Michelson, Max Os-
notion that it has to do with a nos, Dr. Harry C. Saltzsteln, Al-
lot of money.) But in time the O's ex Schreiber, Irving W. Blumberg,
had managed to save enough to David A. Goldman, Harry E. Ja-
enable them to think of buying cobson, Mrs. Joseph H. Ehrlich,
Milton M. Aladdin, Samuel H. Ru-
a house of their own.
They had been living in a small biner, Aaron Droock, Myron A.
apartment and now they had a Keys, Benjamin E. Jaffe, Harvey
baby who would soon be running H. Goldman, David Wilkus and
Abe Kasle.
around and they must have a
Four constituent agencies held
more spacious place for him.
There must be plenty of grassy their annual meetings simultane-
ously. These were: Jewish Voca-
space for him to play in.
tional Service, Jewish Social Serv-
The 0's were not yet citizens
ice Bureau, Fresh Air Society and
of the U. S. but they already
North
End Clinic. These organi-
had the U. S. Ideal, even though
zations also made nominations and
at the moment they might not
held elections.
have been ready to take an ex-
amination on the U. S. Constitu-
tion anal.-"cognate subjects re-
quired -for citizenship. It seems
to me the U. S. ideal has to do
with just such things as Ameri-
cans owning their own homes
and bringing up their children
The next meeting of the Detroit
in healthful and moral ways.
Jewish Workers Committee to Aid
Now they had bought their the Families of GM Strikers will
house and were showing me be held at 11:00 a.m., Sunday,
around. Mr. 0 was exulting la the March 17, at the Ginsburg Lounge
fine independence of an American of the Jewish Community Center.

Federation

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Workers Call
Sunday Meeting

Friday, March 15 -0.16

More Details on
Fifteen Clubs
Chronicle Essay Contest Receive Charters
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the direction of specially trained
and highly competent directors;
the water has been tested by the
Michigan State Board of Health;
medical help is in constant at-
tendance and the kitchen is par-
ticularly clean and wholesome
with the entire staff periodically
examined medically.
Second prize, contributed by
members of the Zionist Organiza-
tion, is the cash sum of fifty dol-
lars.
Third prize is a set of books
contributed by the Detroit Jew-
ish Chronicle.
Boys are urged to start study-
ing the whole question of Zionism
and crystallizing their findings in-
to'essay form. Watch further Is-
sues of the Chronicle for more
details and the entry blank.
It is recommended that essay-
ists examine the past two issues
of the Chronicle as well as the
current issue for a discussion of
the three divisions of Zionism . .
Alizrachi, Labor Zionism and Gen-
eral Zionism.

Hebrew Ladies
Dinner Dance
Scores Success

The growth of Young Israel's
Youth Program was shown at a
general membership meeting Wed-
With a big "success" chalk
nesday, March 6, at Yeshivath down for its March 10 Victc
Beth Yehudah, with the presenta- Dinner Dance, the Hebrew 14(i
tion of official charters of affili- Society is looking forward to
ation with the parent organization Annual Red Cross Card p
at
to representatives of 15 clubs. scheduled for May 15 at
Er
The feature of the evening was a Moshe Hall. Mrs. Elfreda the
(ice
debate between the Young Israel wald and Mrs. Frances i,,hapi
Intermediate Boys and Kadimah are chairman and ticket chairmi
Girls on the question of the Jew- respectively, for the
fort);,onli
ish Parochial School.
affai r.

Begin Drive
For Members

Bicur Cholem
Women Meet

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Members of the Board of the
The Young Women's Bleur et
Child Rescue Fund of Hapoel Ha- lem held a special board La cti
mizrachl met at the home of Mrs. on Monday, March 11, at t
Ephraim Ralph, where plans were home of Mrs. M. Knopper, 171
made for a membership drive.
Santa Rosa.
Committee members include:
On Monday afternoon, Mar
Mrs. Hy Cohen, Mrs. Ludwig 18, there will be an open laccti
Hans, Mrs. Seldon Leach, Mrs. for members and their guests
Jos. Grossman, Mrs. Louis Hart- the home of Mrs. Sam Stulbei
man, and Mrs. Morris N. Posner. of Broadstreet Ave.

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