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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle

friday. May 24, 1946

424.S of THE WFII

STALWART, HEARTY. GOOD NATURED HARRY T. MADISON,
Stichigan State Commander of the Jewish War Veterans of the
'United States of America is saluted by the Chronicle awl accorded
honor as the. Man of the Week.
Born in Detroit, Madison attended the Washington, Bishop, and
Russel Schools. He went on to Northern High and to Detroit City Col-
lege and the U. of D.
Always enthusiastic about athletics, he played baseball, basketball
ad football. He was a member of the Tri Square Athletic Club at
he old Hannah Schloss building and today, his pitching arm is still
as good as ever.
When he wits five years old, his father died and all the boys In
the family commenced to sell pa-
pers. As a boy, he got up at three
o'clock every morning to sell his
sheets before going to school.
After school, he went to a cheder
on Columbus street where he
picked up a smattering of He-
brew and the Bible. Then at
night he was selling papers again.
In his second year of high
school, Madison enlisted in the
air force for World War I. He
stayed a buck private all through
the war. One of his brothers was
lost in battle and another was
gassed.
Impressed at Convention
A member of the American
Legion, he attended the national
convention of the Jewish War
Veterans organization and was so
impressed with their program that
he became active in it and has re.
mained so ever since. He had been
past master of the Masonic Lodge
but he gave up all his other acti-
vities in favor of J. W. V.
"I feel that JWV can do
more for the Jews than any
other organization," he said. "This is strictly an American organi-
zation hilt we can fight the subversive interests in this country
along the anti-Semitic front. Veterans can do more with this than
any other organization. I feel therefore, that it is vital for every
Jewish war veteran to align himself with some post of the J. W'. V.

The Voice of the
7 Man in the Street

Personal Problems

By W. A. GOLDBERG, Ph.D.

Director, Counselling Service

Photos by Erie Bennett)

Time: Sunday afternoon.

Page Five

Copyrighted,

1946, by W. A. Goldberg, Ph.lt

All rights reserved

Piave: Joy Road at Dexter.

Question: Do you think the
children of today are more selfish
than the children of the last gen-
eration?

----- --
Joseph Goldberg, :Mt Ilazel-
woo d.
Yes. I'm sixty-four years and
and I have seen many children
grow up. To-
d a y' s children
do not honor
their elders the
way my gener-
ation did. In
my day, a boy
did not sit down
in his father's
place. Today's
children do not
(now about
such a thin g.
My own chil-
dren are alright. I am not refer-
ring to them. But on the whole,
children are not at all ready to
respect the judgment of their eld-
ers. They know it all.
Wisdom comes with age. Chil-
dren, somehow or other, must be
taught that their parents have al-
ready had the hard knocks and
are able to give them the benefit
of their experience.

"I have heard it said," he chuckled, "that youngsters teal that
we oldtimers are holding them back. The exact opposite is the case
We are ready to turn over the reins to World War II veterans when-
ever they're ready, the sooner the better.

"The J. W. V. is the link we have with all other military organi-
zations," he continued thoughtfully. "Professor Waldo of Columbia
University once said, 'Tell me whom the veterans will hate and I'll
write you the history of the United States for the next fifty years.' It's
up to us vets to see that the veteran does not hate the Jew.

"There are many organizations among the Jews who are engaged
in fighting anti-Semitism but we are the only one who can carry our
ease before the veterans whose opinion in this matter is all important.

"We are invited to all national conventions of military organiza-
tions. By resolution, through personal conversations, and through our
own contacts, we can help the Jewish people more effectively in this
way than any other group. That is why the success of the .I WV is so
Important to all Jews."
Madison has just returned from the convention of J. W. V. in
New York. He is very appreciative of the fact that his wife is also
interested in veteran's affairs and permits him to go on trips and to
conventions often.
When asked whether he thought the Jewish community of Detroit
was well organized, he pondered for a bit before replying.

Need Stronger Organization
"We need a stronger organization because we are working for
our own security," he said finally. "We need a much closer unity
between all our groups here. There is a duplication of efforts in many
cases. Each organization should handle those jobs for which it is
best suited. For instance, any job that has to do with Americanism
should be handled exclusively by J. W. V.
"It has been proven that when the community is United. phen-
omenal results can he achieved. You don't have to go any further
than the Allied Jewish Campaign for that."
Madison is very much interested in the problems of youth. He be-
lieves that keeping youngsters occupied in educational programs and
sports is the finest thing the community can do to insure better
citizens.

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.

' Memorial Day is for the Living" today, she would have honest
Each person's guidance and in- pride in her children's accom-
spiration may conic from the liv- plishments.
ing and from the dead. At least The Symbolism of Memorial Day
This year, Memorial Day carries
once yearly, when living outside
this city, I came back to see my a more personal meaning for
people. But I also made a spe- thousands .of Americans. This
cial visit, alone, my inspirational year, many more people have a
visit. For thirty or more min- personal grief to symbolize. Th2
utes, my thoughts belonged to loss of immediate family mem-
my Father, Mother and Brother bers is here for far too many.
lying these years in the quiet Grief is personal and cannot be
green spot before me. This was shared.
For the youth who died in this
my Temple, a hit of the ceme-
tery. The congregation was small, War, all is serene, No mortal act
just the four of us. I needed na can erstore them to life. There is
throngs. There I repeated the ap- a finality to death. Words, acts
propriate prayers, traditionally aer meaningless to them.
and extemporaneously.
With my family, I go to com-
The quiet is restful. I can be mune with my people, dead these
alone with these loved ones. I years. I go to renew the promises
can throw off life's non-essentials a frail human forgot or failed
and concentrate on realities. I to carry out. I am tied to a past
can ask, What is my direction? which knew no finer peopie
Where lies my goal? Where in than Dad and Mother. They lived
my life are my Maker and my religious lives. They lived as they
fellow-men? Here I can think as spoke . . . honestly, fairly, ener-
I Wish, without the confusion of getically. Theirs was a deep re-
crowds. Tears flow naturally and spect for their frailities, with
quietly. Not hysterical tears, dis- reverence and a sense of indivi-
Helen Jones, 3525 Taylor.
turbing the peacefulness of this dual inconsequence. They knew
No. Children are wiser in this
resting place. No, these are tears the scheme of life. This day each
generation than they were in mine.
They have more of self-appraisal, of renewed kin- year, Dad, Mother and Brother
ship and of resolution to go for- help me renew my faith in man
education a n d
and give me the added will to
vastly more op- ward.
Here I can commune with rri:i emulate their sincerity and sim-
portunity. I
Mother as I can with no one else. plicity. That inspiration I need,
think they ap-
preciate their Circumstances and her person- from time to time. I know no
parents m ore ality brought Mother closer to better source.
than t h e chil- me than any one else in the fa-
Cemeteries, this Memorial Day,
dren of my day mily. Brother, being older, lived will have their volleys, taps, uni-
in
another
generation.
Dad,
did.
forms and orations. These will be
If they arc hardworking and gentle man, forceful reminders that man has
was
at
work
by
four
in
the
selfish, it's with
not yet learned to live with his
a n intelligent morning or away for his health. fellow man. But there is inspira-
So
Mother,
reluctant
to
leave
her
kind of selfish-
tion and hope, perhaps best ex-
ness that makes them see that family for primitive surround- pressed in the words of Micah:
ings,
managed
the
store,
the
prop-
getting along with their parents
"And He shall judge among
erty and the children.
is at the same time doing the
Fair she was with all the chil- many people and rebuke strong
best for themselves.
nations afar off; and they shall
There are so many things that dren. Every child received an beat their swords into plowshares
identical gift for graduation, con'.
have gone on in this generation
firmation and birthdays. At sixty, and their spears into pruning
that it is hard to judge. On ill^
Mother learned to write English, hooks: ,nation shall not lift up a
surface, it seems that maybe the
copying words from the news- sword against nation, neither
young ones are out to get all they
papers. She believed ardently in shall they learn war any more.
can for themselves regardless of
education and gave each child the But they shall sit every man un-
how. But I think this generation
unlimited opportunity for educa- der his vine and under his fig
is really very idealistic. Time will
tion, that is, for serious atten- tree and none shall make them
tell.
tion to education. Were she alive afraid."

Center Does Fine Job
"I think the Jewish Center is doing a fine job," he enthused %
"But they do not have the facilities they need. Soon, the JWV will pa
up its own Memorial Building. Of course the veterans will have first
claim on the building. Next to them, however, we will invite the youth
of the city. For instance, we hope to haw one of the finest outdoor
swimming pools in existence so that Jewish boys and girls do not
have to go to places where they do not feel welcome."
Although he is very interested in the fight against anti-Semitism
through his work in J.W.V., Madison has never had any personal
experience with this.

Gives and Gets Respect
a
"I give respect," he said, "and I get it. Some day I hope to see
Utopia when there is no need for a J.W.V. or any other special
Jewish organization. I would like to see the Jew treated just as a
human being, nothing else."

Madison is married and has two boys. David has just been dis-
charged front the Navy and Marshall is still going to school. He is
very fond of good home made gefilte fish but he is not very finicky
about his food. He takes especial pleasure in the progress of MA'.
and in the formation of seven new posts this year.

"Several other posts are now in the process of formation," h"
said. "I feel that every unaffiliated veteran should make it his busi-
ness to join one of these."

Optimistic About Future

He is very optimistic about the future of Jews in America.

"I foresee only good." he prophesied. "I think as time goes on. th •

Jew will be given his rightful place in the. community. I feel there-

fore, that Jews should mix with all peoples so that others can dis-
cover what we are and that we are not as bad as we have been
painted."

Madison is a believer in Zionism although he is not active in the
movement.
"I think every Jew should believe in Zionism," he elaborated. "We
need a homeland where people can go who want to."

He is engaged in the scrap iron business under the name of Uni-
versal Scrap Metals Company.

Mrs. Charles Pickering, 91 Brigh-
ton.
No. I have one son and one
daughter and they are as devoted
to me as I ever
was to my par-
ents. I know a
lot of children
who are very
selfish and then
I know a lot
who are not.
In general, I
think the whole
matter c a n be
laid at the feet
o f parents. I f
parents would
demand appreciation from children
early enough, they would get it.
Training is the secret of it all.
Children have a great deal more
to appreciate these days than
when I was a child. There are so
many more opportunities at hand,
there is so much more education
to be had. I don't see how anyone
could expect children not to be
appreciative of all the things they
get today.

STRIECTLI

By PHINEAS K. BIRON

enithets. . . But the Rabbi and
his Congregation who heard the
The endless list of Nazi atroci- curses were a little more fright-
ties is unfolding before an unbe- ened this year. . . Before the war
lieving world. . . Sealed boxcars, these "delinquents" only shouterl
gas chambers, furnaces devouring "Christ-Killers," a phrase coming
Jewish flesh, have become outworn out of the centuries. . . And dur-
topics of conversation. . . Ameri- ing the war, there were the same
can Jewry has accepted the be- shouts heard everywhere. . . "Yel-
trayal of their six million brethren low kikes," "draft-dodgers." .
and the Twentieth Century Po- But now our Jew-haters have a
groms have become a historical new cry. . . When the rocks were
item in the burden of Israel. . . hurled, they screamed "We'll fin-
So broken synagogue windows, ish what Hitler started." '
bruised children, and our socially
handicapped, economically crippled I ANTI-SEMITISM EXONERATED
Jews cause hardly a ripple after
You all read about May Quinn
the bloodbath of Europe.
. . She was a patriotic American
AMERICA'S BLACK BOOK . .
school teacher, bought bonds, pro-
The first chapter of America's bably rolled bandages at the Red
Black Book is being written to- Cross, and may even have given
day. . . Anyone who was in Ger- some good Aryan blood for the
many in the early 1930's will rec- wounded. . . A nice, "tolerant lady
ognize today's "incidents" and find who played bridge regularly with
here the counterparts of the seem- her best friends, some of them
ingly unrelated hooliganism per- Jews. . . But in the classroom it
petrated against the Jew in Ber- was the O'Haras and the Bongs
lin. . . The American press has who won the war. . . She nevei•
Donald Sellner, 2300 W. Euclid. sold and continues to sell to the heard of Meyer Levin, of course.
Yes. Children nexiI- show much American people the comforting
. Then she was caught quotirv:
gratitude anyway. It takes them myth that the rank anti-Semitism in the classroom from anti-Semi-
time to find out which flourishes in this country, tic tracts, and students remem-
what it's all which becomes more and more bered her snide remarks about
about and very brazen every day, is not anti-Sem- "dirty wops," "rich Jews." .. She
often it's t o o itism. . . That the roving gangs was tried by the Board of Educa-
late when they of teen-agers hungry for Jewish tion. . . Former pupils brought
blood are "bad boys." .. That the their notebooks to the trial . .
do find out.
Children to- mounting insults and sneers ap- and they were compared and
day have a pearing in the press, in the uni- found to be exact replicas. on
great deal in versities, in the State and Federal many pages, of her anti-Semitic
choose from. legislative chambers are histori- reading material. . . But some-
how Miss Quinn was whitewashed
They sample cally unavoidable.
this and they ANTI-SEMITISM IN ACTION .. . . over the vehement protest (to
sample that
But let me tell you about a few his credit) of James Marshal, a
and perhaps of these "incidents" which took member of the Board. . . When
that's what makes them seem so place in and near New York in she was reassigned to Public
selfish. They want to have all the last few weeks . . and their School 220 in Brooklyn there were
kinds of experiences and they frequency is increasing. . . It was many who protested. . . Large
never seem to have time to repay only $400 worth of stained glass picket lines formed outside of the
windows that were smashed in the school. . . Negro, Jewish, Gentile
parents for their efforts.
I don't think parents expect too Ahavath Zion Synagogue in New- mothers and their children . .
much In the way of gratitude from ark. . While the Passover Serv- contingent of Protestant ministers
their children. If they do expect ices were being conducted . . and . . walked together to voice their
it, most of the time they don't tht hoodlums throwing the rocks anger. . . The whitewash has been
shouted the "usual" anti-Semitic appealed in higher courts.
get it.

(Guest columnist Arline Meyer)

