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Detroit Jewish Chronicle
and The Legal Chronicle
VOL. 48, NO. 19
DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1946
1' Strike Passes Quietly as
Arabs Split on Russian Aid
By BERL CORALNIK
(JTA Correspondent)
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The nation-wide strike of
Palestine Arabs in protest against the findings 'of the
Anglo-American Committee passed without serious inci-
dent, although a clash between fanatical students and
British police at Damascus Gate in the Old City threat-
ened for a time to precipitate a major outbreak.
Although a procession of several thousand Arabs
paraded through Jerusalem, as Arab shops and places of
entertainment remained closed, the4)
only violence reported was at the
Damascus Gate where an angry
crowd of more than 2,000 stoned
British troops. They were quelled,
however, by the arrival of six ar-
mored cars and a handful of po-
lice and troops who slipped into
the Old City and threw a barbed
wire barricade across the gate.
A warning volley by British tom-
mygunners emphasized the police
order to .the demonstrators to dis-
perse. The police carried only
shields and clubs.
Several Jewish buses were ston-
ed in other parts of the country
and one Jew was slightly injured
in Ramleh, but in general the
strike was without incident else-
where in Palestine. A large fire of
mysterious origin, however, broke
out in the Jewish settlement of
Kibbutz Ruhama, in the extreme
southern part of the country and
Arab sabotage was suspected. The
blaze destroyed a tractor and sev-
eral other pieces of farm machin-
ery. The damage is estimated to
exceed $10,000. Four settlers were
injured, three of whom required
hospitalization.
Leaders Split
Meanwhile, a split among
leaders of the Palestine Higher
Arab Committee regarding clos-
er orientation to Moscow, In
protest against the recommend-
ations of the Anglo-American
committee, was seen here fol-
lowing a statement by Auni
Bey Abdul Hadi, a member of
the committee, denying Cairo
reports that the Arab League,
which has announced it will
hold a special conference on
May 18 to discuss the Palestine
situation, will at that time se-
lect a delegation to go to Mos-
cow.
Although agreeing that there
is a "tendency" among the Arabs
to look towards Russia, Abdul
Hadi said that any statement by
members of the Higher Commit-
tee to the effect that a delegation
would be sent to Moscow were
made as individuals and was not
the official position of the Com-
mittee .
The Arab press reports that
Fawzi Bey el Kavkadji, who com-
manded Arab terrorist bands dur-
ing the disturbances of 1936 to
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Einstein Awarded Degree
NEW YORK (JTA) — A doc-
torate has been awarded to Pro-
fessor Albert Einstein by Lincoln
University, in Pennsylvania, "for
services to humanity."
In accepting the honor, Profes-
sor Einstein said he believed there
was a great future ahead for Ne-
groes and urged the students at
the University to "work long and
hard and with lasting patience."
Adler Returns
Abba Silver Main Speaker
At Formal Campaign Start
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The
White House released during the
week-end a letter received from the
American members of the execu-
tive of the Jewish Agency for Pal-
estine conveying to the President
"profound satisfaction with the
adoption by the Anglo-American
committee" of Mr. Truman's pro-
posal regarding the 100,000 dis-
placed persons.
"We believe, as you do, that it
is of the first importance to pro-
ceed without delay with the im-
plementation of the program in
relation to the actual transfer of
the 100,000 to Palestine," the let-
ter said.
"We desire to take this means,
Mr. President, to pledge to you
our fullest cooperation in this
great task not only on behalf of
the Jewish Agency for Palestine
but also on behalf of the great
number of American Zionists
whom we have the honor to rep-
resent. Our organization here, on
the continent and in Palestine, is
at your disposal in the execution
of any part of the program that
may be assigned to us."
The letter was signed by Abba
Hillel Silver, Nahum Goldman.
Stephen S. Wise, Louis Lipsky, El-
iahu Epstein and Meyer M. Weis-
gal.
"When any part of the Jewish body is menaced, the
whole organism rushes in to protect it," declared Rabbi
Abba Hillel Silver in an address before the Opening Din-
ner which marked the formal opening of the Allied Jew-
ish Campaign in the Grand Ballroom of the Statler Hotel
last Tuesday.
"The tired Jews of Europe are sustained by only
one thought and that is that there are Jews in the United
Butzel Cited by
Welfare Board
States who are ready to sustain
them in their extremity," he con-
tinued. "We did this one thou-
sand years ago. We did it two
thousand years ago. And we will
The National Jewish Welfare
Board has cited Fred M. Butzel,
local attorney and civic leader,
for "outstanding services and
leadership" to the armed forces
as the board's army and navy di-
vision chairman for Michigan.
Butzel was one of 30 state chair-
men praised during the JWB's
29th annual meeting in Washing-
ton.
Butzel is well known in Detroit
for his work in many organiza-
tions. He is one of the leaders in
the Jewish Welfare Board of this
city and has in the past interest-
ed himself in many charitable and
communal institutions. His cita-
tion will not come as a surprise
to any of his friends.
Workmen's Circle Convention Here
Supports Palestine Recommendation
RABBI MORRIS ADLER
Rabbi Morris Adler, of Congre-
gation Shaarey Zedek, will return
home this week-end from El Paso,
Texas, where he was hospitalized
when taken from a plane in
which he was traveling to the
west coast for a speaking en-
gagement.
His condition is not serious and
he will' continue in his duties in
connection with the synagogue
although he has been ordered not
to indulge in any strenuous ac-
tivities.
UN Proposes Gathering Data
For Studying Jewish Problem
Support for the Anglo-American
Commission recommendation that
100,000 European Jews be admit-
ted to Palestine, and that the im-
migration bars of other nations
be lowered to permit admission
of Jewish refugees to their lands,
was • announced at the opening
rally of the Workmen's Circle
national convention, at the Maso-
nic Temple, on Sunday afternoon,
May 5, by Reuben Guskin, presi-
dent, on behalf of the organization
of 70,000 Jewish people in the
United States and Canada.
Walter Reuther, president of
the UAW-CIO, delivered the ma-
jor address of the afternoon, and
advocated that the distribution of
wealth of the nation be brought
into line with its productive po-
tential. He urged that all workers,
farmers and professional people
receive large enough incomes to
permit them to buy their produce.
Frank Martel, president of the
Detroit and Wayne County Fed-
eration of Labor, and Joseph
Bernstein, chairman of the con-
vention arrangements committee,
also delivered brief greetings.
Songs were rendered by Metro-
politan Opera tenor Richard Tuck-
er, by a children's choir, and by
the combined Workmen's Circle
choruses of Cleveland and Detroit.
Mr. Guskin announced that
greetings had been sent to the
Palestine Commission, to President
Truman, and to the British Labor
government, urging that the corn-
mission's recommendations be ef-
fectuated in the shortest possible
Stronger Action
Urged in Poland
To Fight Terror
Heads Committee
On Reparations
LONDON (JTA) — The United
Nations" Committee or. Refugees
and Displaced Persons has unani-
mously adopted a proposal by Po-
lish delegate Joseph Winiewicz
that it set up a sub-committee to
examine the memoranda submit-
ted by Jewish organizations. Chi-
nese delegate K. T. Tsien, who
was named chairman of the sub-
committee, urged that representa-
tives of UNRRA and the Inter-
governmental Refugee Committee
attend its sessions.
In brief addresses supporting
the establishment of the sub-com-
mittee, the delegates from the
United States, the Soviet Union,
the Netherlands, France and the
Dominican Republic paid tribute
to the sufferings of the Jews un-
der German occupation.
The full committee voted to
adopt the Russian and American
proposal that the new internation-
By ARON HERMAN
al refugee body to be established
(JTA Correspondent)
should be independent of the UN
WARSAW (JTA) -- Adolf Ber-
but should cooperate with the UN
man, Jewish deputy in the Polish
Social and Economic Council.
National Council and former par-
tisan leader, denouncing the con-
tinued murder of Jews and Po-
lish democrats has called for
more vigorous Government action
out the period of Jewish settle- to suppress the anti-Semitic and
ment, and which continue to pro- anti-Government terror.
tect Jewish lives, rights and f.i-
Premier Eduard Osubka-Moraw-
ture peace. The Jewish forces will
continue to remain independent ski, opening the tenth session of
and will not accept orders from the Council, called on the Polish
people to take up the struggle
foreign rulers.
"Attlee's demand for the dis- against anti-Semitic bands which.
arming of the Jews is only a ruse he said, threaten not only the
designed to get the British Gov- Jews but the entire Polish na-
ernment out of fulfilling the in- tion. He declared that while Po-
quiry committee's compromise re- land needed the hands and brains
commendations, particularly immi- of every citizen, the Government
would not stand in the way of
gration.
"We emphatically reject Attlee's Jews who desired to emigrate to
libel that we are obstructing the Palestine and realize there their
immigration of 100,000 Jews—the national aspirations.
only obstruction to this continues
Describing the effects of anti-
to be Attlee, his Government, and Semitism in Poland, Dr. Berman
his abortive policy," the broad- declared: "Once again we face
cast declared. akpointed out that new graves. No day passes with-
the Jewish peo e "aspire to cons- out Jewish victims. During the
past few weeks forty Jews were
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Resistance Groups Promise Peace
During Immigration of 100,000 Jews
JERUSALEM (JTA)--All three
groups within the Jewish resist-
ance movement have joined in
pledging that they would not vio-
late the peace "necessary to bring
our brethren" into Palestine, but
would, on the contrary, take mea-
sures to guarantee the mainte-
nance of such a peace. The state-
ment was made on a broadcast
of the "Voice of Israel," under-
ground radio of the Jewish re-
sistance forces.
The radio, replying to Prime
Minister Attlee's statement that
the Jewish "illegal armies" must
be disarmed before 100,000 Jews
could be admitted to Palestine,
said on behalf of all resistance
groups that "the Jewish commun-
ity will not surrender the arms
which defended it against recur-
ring dastardly attacks through-
Jewish Agency
Offers Truman
Full Cooperation
10c a single copy; $3.00 per year
time.
A moment of silence, in raeln,ry
of the millions of Jewish victims
of Nazism, and in particular of
the Jewish martyrs who carried
on a pitched battle with the Nazi
army in the Warsaw ghetto, in
April, 1943, was observed by the
audience.
Guskin revealed that the Work-
men's Circle had been in touch,
through the Jewish Labor Com-
mittee, with the underground la-
bor movements of Europe, and
aided them financially.
He expressed particular pride
in the war record of the organi-
zation, and pointed out that in
addition to raising money for the
Red Cross and the USO, a total
of $15,000,000 in bonds was pur-
chased through the branches and
general office of the Workmen's
Circle.
About 3500 people attended the
meeting. Convention sessions were
started Monday morning at the
Statler Hotel, and will continue
through Saturday, May 11. About
200 delegates are present.
Oscar S. Cox, former assistant
solicitor general of the United
States, will serve as counsel to a
committee on property restitution
and indemnification to Jewish
victims of Nazism, recently form-
ed by the American Jewish Corn-
mittee, it was announced today
by Judge Joseph M. Proskauer,
president of the Committee. Chair-
man of the group, which will col-
laborate with United States au-
thorities in matters of repara-
tions, as well as restitution and
indemnification, is Professor Her-
man A. Gray, of New York Uni-
versity; other members are Philip
Forman, judge, U. S. District
Court, New Jersey; Judge Jacob
J. Kaplan, vice-president, Ameri-
can Jewish Committee, and Frank
Altschul, New York.
killed. Polish democrats, too, fall.
Jewish youth cannot stand by
passively and see these murders.
The youth has a glorious tradi-
tion -- it fought in the Warsaw
and Bialystok Ghettos, and hav-
ing fought against 'the enemy, It
wants to fight these Fascist ban-
dits too. We have urged that we
be given weapons for our defense.
RABBI ABBA IIILLEL SILVER
do it as long as there is a Jewish
community."
Rabbi Silver was the principal
speaker before an audience of 900
who thronged the ballroom. He
was introduced by Nate Shapero,
chairman of the campaign. Rabbi
Eliezer Levi gave the invocation
and Rabbi Leo M. Franklin gave
the benediction. State Command-
er Harry T. Madison presided over
the presentation of the colors dur-
ing which a bugler played "taps"
memorializing the war dead.
Isadore Sobeloff, executive direr-
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Truman Pays Tribute to
Jewish War Dead in Speech
By BEATRICE IIEIMAN
(JTA Correspondent)
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Trib-
ute to the men and women of
Jewish faith who died in the war
and to the contributions of the
Jewish Welfare Board was paid
by President Truman in a mes-
sage to Frank L. Weil, president
of the JWB, read at a special
memorial service this week at Ar-
lington National Cemetery, at
which a wreath was laid on the
tomb of the unknown soldier.
"As the united instrumentality
of the American Jewish communi-
ty for war service," the President
said, "The National Jewish Wel-
fare Board world-wide program of
services and activities on behalf
of the welfare, religious and mo-
rale needs of the men and women
of the armed forces contributed
substantially to victory. In train-
ing -camps, on battlefields, in hos-
pitals, and now in veterans' facili-
ties the six-pointed star of the
JWB is a universally recognized
symbol of unselfish service to the
nation. In common with all who
fought and died for victory, these
Jewish men and women were mo-
tivated by unity of purpose and
animated by faith in the Ameri-
can way of life. The best monu-
ment to their memory would be
the kind of world to justify their
faith and their sacrifice."
Addressing the opening session
of the 29th annual convention of
the JWB, Mr. Weil reported that
nearly 600,000 young men and
women of American Jewry had
served with various branches of
the armed services, and 34,000 re-
ceived citations including the Con-
gressional Medal. He said that
the challenge to provide for their
spiritual and religious needs VMS
met by the application of 1,045
rabbis for the chaplaincy, of whom
422 were endorsed by the Commit-
tee on Army and Navy Religious
Activities of the JWB, and 311
commissioned.