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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE
and
Detroit Jewish Chronicle
and THE LEGAL CHRONICLE
Personal Problems
By W. A. GOLDBERG, Ph.D.
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tetered as Second•class matter Marsh 3, 1916. it the Postaice at Detroit, Mich., under the Act of March 3, 1879
Editor-in-Chief,
LOUIS W. ENFIELD
Vol. 48, No. 20
Publisher, CY AARON
Managing Editor, NATHAN J. KAUFMAN
FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1946 (IYAR 16,
Lists of Names
Lists of names. Lists of names. Week in
and week out, from various organizations
in Detroit and from outside cities come
the lists of names. To the men in our com-
posing room they are a steady headache
for the names are foreign, the spelling is
odd, setting them in type is difficult.
The Chronicle publishes these lists of
names. Sometimes the heading is Rela-
tives Sought. Sometimes it is Survivors.
Each name on the list represents
some wretched Jew or Jewess who is
seeking a long-lost relative who may
extend a helping hand in their dire
extremity.
The list is endless. Names come in
every week. They bear mute testi-
mony to a world gone mad.
There are no heart-rending pictures.
There are no piteous cries. No moving
oratory. No indisputable arguments. Only
a list of foreign-sounding names, pleading,
silently, for a chance to live.
Russian Ambassador Coming
Detroit will have the opportunity to
play host to the Russian ambassador, Ni-
kolai Novikov, and his wife who are to
come here June 12 for the opening dinner
of the Russian Relief drive for the Filatov
Children's Hospital of Moscow.
This is indeed an opportunity to help
cement good will and cordial relations
between this country and Russia. This
good will is of the utmost importance to
future peace, for if the U.S. and the
U.S.S.R. are determined that there will be
peace on this earth, no nation on the globe
would dare defy their wishes.
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Detroit 26, Michigan
The current mudslinging campaign is
between the Labor-Zionifs and the Gen-
eral Zionists. Not content with setting
forth their own claims for election, both
sides are "pointing with pride and view-
ing with alarm" in the good old election
fashion.
Press releases from both sides come
pouring in. Sneers, insults, charges and
countercharges are in full flood. The Gen-
eral Zionists claim the right of rule on
the ground that the present organization
has failed to accomplish results. The La-
bor Zionists charge the ZOA with at-
tempting to play the "rich uncle" role.
Let no one be fooled, however.
When the election is done, both sides
will rally around the new leaders and
give them full support. A vast job
remains to be done. Now is the time
for all to rally around the new lead-
ership and once and for all get Pales-
tine as a Jewish homeland with inter-
national guarantees and fundamental
safeguards.
Let everyone, therfore, buy his shekel.
Vote one way or another, but vote. An
apathetic world cannot ignore an almost
unanimous vote. Let the numbers be
strong. Whatever our internal politics,
whatever our private squabbles, let us
present a united front to the outside
world. To England, to the United States,
to the whole world, let the voice of Israel
thunder forth. "Palestine is ours. We
mean to have it." And have it we shall.
Sinatra's Organization
Nearly a thousand boys and girls
crowded the Jewish Community Center
last Monday night to inaugurate an inter-
faith organization for mutual understand-
There are many elements in this
ing bearing the Frank Sinatra name.
country who would like to see a war
Just how many of these bobby-soxers
between these two giants because of
came to the Center to express their inter-
their different political ideologies.
est in the organization and how many
That such a war would be disastrous
were attracted there by the hope that the
to the whole world does not come in
great "Voice" would make a public ap-
the realm of their thinking. They are
pearance is impossible to determine.
so blinded by hatred, their judgments
are so warped by their stupid prej-
Nor is it of any importance. The prin-
udice, that no cost is too great for
cipal thing is that they did come and that
them.
they were exposed to the earnest discus-
of friendly inter-faith relations
But for the mass of the people the cost sions
which
are so important.
is too great. Far too great. It is unthink-
There are many minorities of various
able that we have another war. And the
only way to prevent it is to bring about sorts. They keep changing constantly.
good relations between the two nations Jews are a minority as opposed to Gen-
tiles. In conjunction with people of color,
who are now the most powerful.
Gratitude is a very potent factor in the Jews join the majority. In political par-
relationship of peoples. That is why the ties, they figure in both majorities and
great gifts of the people of this country minorities. In wealth, social standing,
to the Russians are of such importance. property ownership, business and the
The Russian people feel friendly to the like, they join both groups as the case
American people. They recognize them as may be.
their benefactors. This feeling must be
It is monstrous for Jews, when they are
encouraged in every way possible.
in majority positions, to browbeat or sneer
Watch for the campaign of the Rus- at helpless minorities. Jews must always
sian Relief for the Filatov Children's Hos- be in the vanguard of the fight for toler-
pital of Moscow which starts on June 12 ance and democracy on whatever front
with the address of the Russian ambassa- that fight is being fought.
dor to the United States. A donation there
For this reason, the meeting of this
puts you in the position of being an am-
inter-faith
group at the Center takes on
bassador of good will on the scale with
much
importance.
Jews need the help of
the greatest of our formal diplomats. This
kind of good will pays off. It may mean such groups to settle their own problems
that your son, when he grows up, will not and to win their own battles. They must
join these groups, lend them whatever aid
march off to senseless slaughter.
and assistance is within their power.
And this country may well be grateful
It's Still an Election
for such people as Frank Sinatra. He
' The campaign for the sale of shekolim lends the use of his name to all such
in this country is in full swing. Most peo- movements 'for the spread of tolerance
inter-faith amity. Most important of
ple have their minds set on buying one in and
all, his influence is greatest among the
order to demonstrate to the powers that impressionable youth of the land where
be their interest and enthusiasm regard- such influence is needed the most.
ing Palestine and its use as a homeland
It is also fortunate that this city has
for refugees.
such places as the Jewish Center where
What most people do not seem to
the youth of the city may be served so
realize is that this is also an election.
efficiently. In times to come, more and
As such it folows the tradition of
more of our fund raising campaigns will
elections in this country and abroad
be built around Center needs and the
wherein each side takes to itself the
needs of our youth. Then and then only
privilege and liberty of abusing the
will our problems in juvenile delinquency
other side to its heart's content.
dwindle.
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I.rtday, May 17, Kg,
The Legal Chrome:.
Director, Counselling Service
Copyrighted, 1946. by W. A. Goldberg,
All rights reserved
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PART I
A Home or Just a Place to Sleep
"Never did I have a place to play at home. I met my friends
011 the corner where we played the usual games. At one time I
brought my girl friends home after school. My mother usually
found some nasty remark to make before all of us. We were all
so flabbergasted that they refused to visit me. I would rush in af-
ter school, drop my books and then go outside to meet and play
with the girls from the neighborhood. . . During this time thy
folks were (metalling and they filially were divorced. .. I still get
angry when I think of how my mother treated us, even live years
after the
This is the
h story
a twenty-year-old stenographer who now keep
house for her father. For her age she shows good sense and is rather
capable. The picture she gives of her home is not unusual today. In a
number of cases of misbehaving children whose parents come for
guidance, I must make a mental evaluation of the kind of home they
have, not the physical surroundings but the emotional atmosphere cre-
ated by parents and children.
The sermon at my wedding listed the differences between a house
and a home. A house is a place where people eat, sleep and change
their clothes. It may be well furnished and in an exclusive neighbor.
hood. It may have all the creature comforts and all the gadgets. But
it never becomes a home until there is love, understanding, an atmo.
sphere of refuge. It never becomes a home until it is the place pm-
ferred above all others by all members of the family.
A man comes home at night to his family. His day at the office
can't be beat. He put through a big deal or the boss thought he did an
extra-fine job. Or, as happens, things went wrong all day long .. no
sales, no orders, employees didn't show up or were sassy. But a man
comes home knowing, in case he has a home, that he can share both
the joys and disappointments of the working day with his family, hit
wife, his children. He has a home because they are all part of it.
There is serenity; there are people who love him.
A child returns from school. His examination marks were good.
He is full of joy and vigor. Or, he was bawled out for inattention.
Still, his parents are there and he has a source 0? refuge, of security.
He can go into the basement, the attic, into his own room or a corner
of any room in the house and busy himself with his hobbies or his
books.
Suppose that he comes home and is criticized for his omissions or
commissions. Suppose there is bickering between the parents. Suppose
the parents have an unusually high social or vocational ambition to:
just an ordinary child, the child who, like most people, is just "aver•
age." Suppose the parents wish to ram down the child's throat all the
culture, elocution, dramatics, music, or dancing which the parents
missed as children. Suppose they do not regard sunshine, outdoor air
and athletics as necessary to a child's growth.
That places the child behind the "eight-ball." That child will net
feel, cannot feel that he has more than just a place to eat and sleep.
That child lacks a home, whatever its cost and neighborhood. It makes
little difference if the parents were raised without all these so-called
"modern ideas," because the parents lived in a totally different world.
A Child Needs .. .
Suppose parents believe that a house should have no noise, laugh-
ter, pounding of hammers, building of toys, airplanes. Suppose they
are so meticulously clean that a child may not drop a piece of tissue
paper on the floor, bring in mud on his shoes, or hang his walls wit::
the usual collection of children's junk.
Do you think that I am exaggerating? Or can you readily name
individuals living near you who fit into these characterizations? Or
do you yourself lean toward such housekeeping ideas and standard;
for a home?
If a child spends most of his free time away from his own home,
would you suspect that all is not well? The child will not or cannot
reveal his feelings. He may not know, consciously. But his friends'
homes may be more pleasant. His friends' parents may encourage the
children to use the home to its fullest extent. His friends' parents may
give your child the warmth and welcome he needs. And inwardly, often
unconsciously, your child is making comparisons, to the detriment
of his own home.
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