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Editor-in-Chief, LOUIS W. ENFIELD

Vol. 48, No. 14

Friday, April 5, 1946

DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle

Publisher, CY AARON

Why an Army Now?

In the last few years, the people in this
country have been accustomed to thinking
of the army as a place where their sons
have been called on to risk their lives.
They have therefore looked upon this
branch of government activity with a
fearful and apprehensive eye. Realizing
its necessity as an instrument of protec-
tion, few people have any liking for it.
When, therefore, the president of the
United States, the governor of Michigan
and the mayor of Detroit all unite in pro-
claiming April 6 as Army Day and April
6 through 12 as Army Week, many a
family felt a twinge of pain. It was a re-
minder to many of suffering and misery,
of circumstances they would best like to
forget.
z Fighting is one one phase of army
life. There are other things to cele-
brate Army Day for. The original
Army day was organized in 1928 by
the Military Order of World Wars
for the purpose of honoring the sol-
dier. The date was picked in memory
of the anniversary of our entrance
into the World War.
The army has a great many peacetime
accomplishments to its credit. It was the
army who built the first railroad in this
country. The army constructed the Cum-
berland Pike Road which opened the mid-
dle western states to colonization from
the east. The army also built the Wash-
ington Monument and the wings and the
dome of the Capitol at Washington.
After the French government had fail-
ed repeatedly to complete a canal at
Panama, it was the army of the United
States which found the cause and the
remedy of yellow fever the cause of the
French failure. It was army construction
which made the Panama Canal project
successful, one of the greatest feats in
modern times.
The chemical warfare branch of
the army has resulted in great for-
ward strides for peacetime work. Air-
plane service has been developed to
spray fields and orchards against the
ravages of pests. Army engineers are
always engaged in flood prevention
by the construction of locks, dams
and seawalls.
The army increased the depth of Bos-
ton Harbor from eighteen to thirty-five
feet and widened it from 100 to 1200
feet. The army is relied on in emergen-
cies to rescue marooned ones on mountain
tops and in flooded regions. The army is
constantly engaged in serial mapping and
photography in swamp regions. Its signal
'orps is the one that has contacted the
moon by radar.
In short, the army has always led
and will continue to lead in many
scientific fields of research. In the
development of radar, electronics, jet
propulsion and even atomic energy
as well as work in the stratosphere,
the army will continue to play a lead-
ing role.
Perhaps the time will come when this
will be the only work of the army, when
its grim role as a despoiler of life and a
blaster of hope will be no more. That is
an aim which must be ever present in the
minds of all people when they celebrate
Army Day on April 6.

Copyrighted, 1946, by W. A. Goldberg, Ph.D.

1879

Managing Editor, NATHAN J. KAUFMAN

FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1946 (NISAN 4, 5706)

By W. A. GOLDBERG, Ph.D.
Director, CoUnselling Service

Detroit 26, Michigan

Semitism as a formal educational prac-
tice in the New York institutions of high-
er learning a much too expensive propo-
sition.
Anti-Semitism is one offshoot of
Fascism. It is present almost univer-
sally wherever the Fascists raise their
ugly heads. We have always main-
tained that the way to fight Fascism
is with a kick in the pocketbook. That
is where it really hurts.

Latest Dodge

Like rats deserting a sinking ship, the
Nazis on trial at Nuremberg are trying
to disavow responsibility for the code un-
der which they perpetrated their heinous
crimes. The latest attempt to dodge re-
sponsibility is proposed by the attorney
for Alfred Rosenberg, one of the arch-
Jew-baiters of Nazi Germany.
The Nazis were not the authors of anti-
Semitism in Germany, he told the court.
It had existed in that country since the
eighteenth century. So it was not the Na-
zis who led the people astray in the direc-
tion of anti-Semitism.
There is no limit to which these wretch-
es will go to escape the consequences of
their crimes. They were brave only when
things were going their way. They showed
their innate cowardice by their brutality
when they were in power. They show it
further by their whining now that they
are finally brought to book.

A Cargo of Oranges

An interesting item in the news of the
week tells of how the first cargo of oran-
ges from Palestine since the war started
has reached Rumania. This item is inter-
esting because it casts a new light on
Palestine as a productive and economi-
cally potential nation.
Too long have we considered Palestine
only as a place for refugees or a.-place to
send money to help out unfortunate Jews
bruised and battered in the maelstrom
of barbaric monster nations. Palestine is
far more than that. It is a country rich in
possibilities for earning a livelihood.
The clintate is pleasant and conducive
to excellent farming. Manufacturing is
going on apace. Not only is there oppor-
tunity for refugees driven there by mis-
fortune to earn an honest living and to
regain lost happiness, but there is ample
room for investment of foreign capital
with possibilities of sure and remunerative
return.
As time goes on, we expect to hear
more and more in this vein. The money
that flows into Palestine need not be only
Jewish. It would augur far more for the
safety and prosperity of Palestine if the
money that came into this country for
further development of its resources were
not Jewish.
Once big business sends its capital into
a country with expectations of a return,
it may be depended on that big business
will follow up its capital with protection
of the industries in which it has an in-
vestment. If this capital turns out to be
American and if it follows the usual pat-
tern, there is hope that at long last,
America may add its powerful voice to
the rising swell. And if America will say
that Palestine is to be free, then free it
will be.
Strike Out the Tax Exemption
At long last, Jews are learning to fight
The citrus industry is only one of many.
back at Fascistic anti-Semitic practices in There is the diamond industry which will
the field of education. For many years, soon figure in the news that comes out of
we have known of quotas and other dis- Palestine. There is the mining industry
criminatory practices used against us by and the potash industry and many others.
various colleges. With some bitterness And with the development of these indus-
we have bowed our heads to the inevi- tries comes the development of the ship-
table and protested only among ourselves ping industry to carry the products
abroad.
and a chosen few of our friends.
Recently, Rabbi Stephen S. Wise has
That one cargo of oranges on the way
filed a tax exemption suit against Colum- to Rumania may be the first of many. Let
bia University claiming that this univer- us hope that the time will soon be here
sity is practicing discrimination against when Jewish ships, sailed by Jewish sail-
Jews and as such is not entitled to tax ors and carrying Palestinian products will
exemption as an educational institution. travel in peace and in profit on every
If this suit is successful, it will make anti- water in the world.

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"What shall I do with my mother? She has been canvassing
the grocer, the butcher and other storekeepers in our neighbor-
hood trying to find a husband for me. She brought one man to the
house and I almost laughed in his face. . . Ile couldn't talk plain
English and he is much older than I. We would have nothing in
common... One day I was so angry I actually insulted my mother.
Of course I apologized. I still wish she would let me make my own
choice. She doesn't find the men I go with acceptable. It is embar-
rassing for me not to let my dates call for use at home."
—Geraldine.

It is just as impertant for your mother to be a mother-in-law Is
for you to make your own choice. I infer from your letter a confliet
of cultures. Nothing can be done with that. When your mothgr was
young girl, an unmarried daughter over twenty was a serious dis.
grace. In her days, children gladly followed their parents' choice. S:Jo
is merely following the pattern in which she was raised. What xr.i:t
good enough for her, she feels, should be good for you.
In her eyes, you are not fulfilling the destiny of the race . . whi
was and remains, in part, marriage and children. In her days, an un-
married daughter could find household as her sole job, low and di,-
graceful. The place of the woman was behind the stove and the bugg
To her, you are a failure in all important obligations of the hunk-
race.
You, on the other hand, think your mother is meUling. She go. s
out of her way to find a man for you when you believe you need rio
help. Her concept of a man, a suitable man, differs from your idea
She sees a provider and a man. With an education, a job, you find
that more than a pair of pants and food on the table are needed. You
want companionship, affection, understanding on a mutual basis. You
must be proud of your man, someone who can take his place amon.t
your friends. You want an asset to yourself.
Where Do You Stand?
With a job you feel you can take care of yourself indefinitely.
You appear to be in no hurry. Your letter tells me much more thrti
your words. Very often there is a blocking or unfulfillment of the
usual drives of women when a girl is in no hurry to marry or has not
married at the usual age. This is no indictment of you. But one IA'011:.1
need to know more of your relationships to your own people as well
as to outsiders. This might help you understand why you haven't
married.

I can almost hear your protests. "I could have married," or "then
is no hurry," or "I can get married at any time." The facts are again , '
you. The longer you wait, on the average, the less likelihood of your
marrying. That is the experience of women in this country and else-
where.
There is a "best" time and an auspicious time to marry, as for
many other things in life. I do not say these thines to rush you int,
a marriage you do not wish. Nor would I counsel that you marry jtki
to prove to your mother that you can do it by yourself. The man you
marry must meet your standards, even if you find it necessary to
lower your sights as time goes on. Certainly, anyone can get married.
But the result of haste, unthinkingness, spite are divorce and heart-
aches. Your marriage, in the final sense, is your own business. But
your business requires your best judgment.
I know how exasperating parents can be in attempting to look
out for their children's best interests. Angry words are not the solu-
tion. They merely show, perhaps, your inner dissatisfaction with an
unmarried state. Your mother requires respect from you, whatevw
she does. Anger will not silence her. Your objective is not to her hurt
Some mothers realize that they live in a different culture from their
children and make the best of things.
In the final analysis, you complain of your mother's methods. She
is too obvious. But perhaps she is obvious and outspoken in all her
actions. Give her the respect of her age and position.
Beyond that remains the serious question: Why are you st71 un-
married? Do you have hidden fears of marriage? Are your standard
,
so high that you may never reach them? Is it important for your
mental health to be married? Or are you a person whose work is so
important that marriage is secondary? Perhaps you have no misgiv-
ings about your present state. Perhaps you have accepted the inde-
pendence of a working girl as your objective. If the latter, let your
mother have her exercise and bear with her disappointments in you
1r the former, get busy about yourself.

Still Life Drawing

