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VOL. 48, NO. 21

DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, MAY 24, 1946

1,014 Spezia Refugees
Finally Disembark

HAIFA (JTA) — The 1,014 Jewish refugees whose
detainment at La Spezia, Italy, created an international
incident, disembarked here this week from the F'ede and
the Fenice, renamed the Eliahu Golomb and Dov Hos.
The vessels arrived in Haifa harbor under escort of
the British Destroyer Charity, which met them 60 miles
off the Palestine coast. They left La Spezia on May 8,
but were delayed for 28 hours in the port of Candia,
- - -
Crete, into which they put when

Rhodes, Madison
Attend National
JWV Meeting

one of the passengers complained
of severe pains, which were diag-
nosed as appendicitis. They were
not permitted to leave Candia un-
til they had paid the harbor mad-
ter a "ransom" of $40.
Awaiting the arrivals were sev-
- -• eral of the 15 Jewish leaders who
went on a hunger strike to pro-
test their detention, representa-
tives of the Jewish Agency and
relatives. The first to disembark
were five sick men and women
who were brought from the ship
in a lighter. They were followed
by 100 pregnant women and 16
limbless partisans. The first pas-
senger to step ashore was Chaya
Ivanski, 20, from Stopnitz, Poland,
who walked to a Red Mogen Da-
vid ambulance on which was in-
scribed "Gift of Boston Jewish
Community."
There were about an equal num-
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SAMUEL J. RHODES
Samuel J. Rhodes, chairman of
the JWV Memorial Home, and
Harry 7. Madison, state depart-
ment commander, went to New
York last weekend to attend the
National Executive Committee
meeting and fifty-first annual
Memorial Day parade of the Jew-
ish War Veterans of America.
Several thousand people lined
up in the parade which marched
down Fifth Avenue to Temple

SUS

Leon Ginsburg, memorial
chairman of the J W V, sends
out a plea for a tiring squad
for Memorial day.
"We are in dire need of a
squad," he said. "Rifles and
ammunition a r e available in
the department. We are also
In dire need of two buglers.
Those qualified, please come
front and center to your chair-
man, Leon Ginsburg, TO.
5-2692."

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O'
Emanuel where the Memorial ser-
vices were held.
The principal speakers were
Mayor O'Dwyer of New York who
spoke stirringly on the necessity
of unity and Senator Magnuson
of Washington who proclaimed
that the displaced Jews of Europe
did not need help in 1947 or 1948
but right now and that he meant
to work toward this aim in the
Senate. Commander Maxwell Co-
hen also spoke on the meaning of
Memorial Day.
Various other veteran organiza-
tions also participated in the pa-
rade.

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Rosenberg New
Army Head for
Religious Groups

NEW YORK (JTA) — Rabbi
Herbert S. Goldstein, president of
the Synagogue Council of Ameri-
ca, has announced the appoint-
ment of Rabbi Alexander S. Ro-
senberg, of Yonkers, N. Y., as liai-
son officer between American mili-
tary government headquarters in
Germany and Jewish religious au-
thorities in that country.
The Council had been requested
by Secretary of War Robert Pat-
terson to name a representative
of the Jewish faith to work along
with Catholic and Protestant rep-
resentatives on the religious prob-
lems facing the German people.

Fights Policy on
Quota in College

NEW YORK (JTA)--The move
by the New Jersey State Board
of Medical Examiners to revoke
the charter of Essex College of
Medicine and Surgery, the only
medical school in the state, is mo-
tivated by opposition to the insti-
tution's policy of non-discrimina-
tion against members of minority
groups by most medical schools."
Columbia University, which has
been accused of using a quota sys-
tem, was the subject of a hearing
by the Rules Committee of the
City Council, which is considering
a resolution calling upon the Tax
Commission to revoke the unver-
sity's tax exemption because of its
bias in enrollment. The resolu-
tion, which was introduced oy
Councilman Eugene Connolly, has
evoked a statement from Sen.
Robert F. Wagner calling for "ap-
propriate measures" to end dis-
crimination in educational insti-
tutions.
Meanwhile, the Columbia chap-
ter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon frat-
ernity was aroused at the revela-
tion that the national charter of
the fraternity limits membership
to those of the "Aryan" race and
bars persons "either of whose
parents is a full-blooded Jew."
The group also bans Negroes and
members of the "Mongolian race."
A spokesman for the university
disclaimed any authority over the
fraternities.

Entire City Cooperates in
Unique Memorial Day Issue
Coming Out Wednesday

With the hearty cooperation of the Jewish War Vet-
erans, the Detroit Jewish Chronicle is publishing one of
the most unusual and outstanding Memorial Day edi-
tions in U. S. history. A 12-page supplement will be mailed
to subscribers on Tuesday evening of next week.
Included in the supplement will be the stories and pic-
tures of the boys from Detroit who made the supreme
sacrifice. Two pages will be devoted to the state depart-
ment of the JWV. In addition a page each will be devoted
to the Detroit Post 135, the Lt. Eli Levin Post 230, the
Lt. Raymond Zussman Post 333, the Lt.
Gen.• Maurice Rose Post 420, the Rafel-
son Post 431, the Joseph Bale Post 374
and the newly organized Yetz-Cohen
Post.
The extensive and beautiful art work
in the supplement was done by Sid
Sachs, promising young artist who I.:
rapidly building up a reputation in Di ,
Detroit art field. Sachs has worked with
the advertising firm of Bass, Luckoif
and Wayburn and Simons, Michelson.
He now has his own studio and a com-
plete art staff working under him in th.!
Sid Sachs
Dime Bank Building.
Due to the shortage of paper, only a certain number
of copies can be printed. Since there will undoubtedly be
many people who will want this as a keepsake, readers
are urged not to discard the supplement when they are
through reading it.

Warns Against Disa rming Jews
•
And Arabs; Says A ccord Possible

BOSTON (JTA) -- A warning
against "the impracticability of
trying to disarm either the Jews
or the Arabs at this time" was
voiced here by Frank \V. Buxton,
a member of the Anglo-American
Inquiry Committee on Palestine.
speaking at a private dinner. He
expressed confidence in the ability
of the rank and file Jews and
Arabs to dwell together in Pales-
tine in peace.
Mr. Buxton, editor of the Bos-
ton Herald, said that the presence
of well - armed semi - military
groups in both camps was a det-
errent, rather than an invitation
to open conflict in Palestine, and
that killings of Jews and Arabs
In the past have been due to the
fact that the Arabs were armed
while the Jews were defenseless.
"From personal interviews with
many scores of persons intimate-
ly associated with the scenes of
strife," he said, "I feel sure of the
ability of the great bulk of Arabs
and Jews to live in harmony. I
actually saw instances of Jews
and Arabs living side by side in
many parts of that restless land,
while treating each other with
neighborly respect."

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Only Half of Slips Now
Covered in Campaign

Pointing out that only 52',; , of the slips have so far
been covered in the campaign, Chairman Nate S. Shapero
emphasized that almost halt' of the job remains to be
completed if the campaign is to end Friday, speaking
before Tuesday's report meeting of the Allied Jpwish
Campaign at the Hotel Statler.
"Even if more than two million dollars is raised in
the drive, this campaign will not be a success," Mr. Sha-

ero said, "unless everybody in
the Detroit Jewish community is
solicited for his aid to surviving
,Jews overseas."
The unity of American Jewry in
the face of today's crisis has been
a more important factor in this
campaign than even the tremen-
dous amount raised, according to
Judge Charles C. Simons, of the
United States Circuit Court of
Appeals, in his talk before the
Workers' Rally, Tuesday, May 21,
in the Hotel Statler.
"In this campaign has trans-
pired the great human sympathy
of human charity and of human
brotherhood more than has ever
been exhibited, even in the Bibli-
cally-inspired stories of our peo-
ple," Judge Simons declared. "We
have achieved nationwide unity of
program, regardless of social, eco-
nomic or ideological differences."
Pointing out that this unified
energy of American Jews is a pos-
itive indication of Jewry's deter-
mination to help their stricken
people overseas, Judge Simons
emphasized that the "fact that we
are here in America is the vital
fact for us, because it is only
to American Jews that those over-
seas can look for help - our pres-
ence here is the sole promise of
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT
their regeneration."
Concluding with an appeal for
NEW YORK (JTA) -- The ear-
ly writing of an International Bill continued unity, Judge Simons
of Rights under the provisions of said, "When we join with . others
the United Nations Charter, pledg- in our solemn national anthem,
ing worldwide promotion of hu- we do it not in voice alone, but
man rights by all states which are in gratitude for what America did
members of the United Nations, for us, for the welcome it gave
is urged in a report which the our fathers, for the dignity with
U. N. Commission on Human which it has surrounded the hu-
Rights completed this week under man personality, and for the
the chairmanship of Mrs. Elean- prosperity which has permitted us
to implement the salvation of our
or Roosevelt.
The report will be submitted by broken people."
The occasion marked Judge Si-
Mrs. Roosevelt to the U. N. Eco-
nomic and Social Council when it m ons' 70th birthday, and the 75th
on May 25. It recoil). birthday of Judge Henry M. But-
mends that even before the Inter- zel, of the Michigan Supreme
mends
national Bill of Rights is written. Court, who introduced him. In
provisions for human rights be honor of this date, a can of food
included in the peace treaties with for each person present was con-
tributed to the SOS Emergency
former enemy nations.
The Russian delegate to the Collection, in lieu of dessert.
commission refused to approve a
commission recommendation for
the establishment of a United Na-
tions agency to enforce observ-
ance of human, rights throughout JERUSALEM (JTA)--Two Jews
the world. He emphasized that he were wounded this week when a
could not support such a proposal party of Jewish workers were shot
"since it involves important prin- at by Arab supernumerary police-
ciples," and because he does not men. The Jews were enroute to
know how far such an enforce- their jobs at a military camp near
ment agency would "impinge on the colony of Nathanya when the
the sovereignty of states." Arabs opened fire.

International Bill
Of Rights by UN
Urged in Report

2 Shot by Arabs

!llortality Rate of. Viennese Jews
Tripled in 7 Years; 15 Die Monthly

Asked if he thought the Com-
By GUSTAV HERZOG
mittee's recommendations against
(JTA Correspondent)
establishment of either a Jewish
The death
VIENNA (JTA)
or Arab state in Palestine and j,ts
proposal for an international go0- rate of the Vienna Jewish corn-
ernment of some form offered a munity tripled in the period from
solution to conflicts in that land. 1938 to the middle of last year, an
Mr. Buxton replied, "It wourd be official survey reveals.
The mortality rate has increas-
presumptuous of anyone to an-
swer that question in the affirm•- ed from 12 per 1,000 eight years
tive. All I can say is that the ago to 36 per 1,000 last year. As of
Committee debated the long-term May 1, this year, the Jewish com-
problem in Palestine for six days. munity of Vienna, which once
and concluded that the best inter- numbered 18,000 people, had 4,037
ests of all concerned would be Jews enrolled. An average of 15
served by international controls." Jews have died monthly since the
He said the Committee entered in- liberation of Austria.,
The increased mortality is es-
to its discussions fully cognizant
of the traslitional problems in- i cribed primarily to the effects of
the physical torture and starve-
volved in ith investigations.
; tion which the Jews suffered in
Wouldn't Surrender Arms
Returning to his original warn- concentration camps or in hiding
ing against the disarmament of from the Nazis -- often without a
the semi-military groups, Mr. Bux- food ration card. The inadequacy
ton stated that enforcement of of the present diet and crowded
disarmament was "virtually im- living quarters have also taken
possible, anyway," and hence, not their toll. Because their weaken-
worth incurring the ill feelings . ed physical condition does not
"that certainly would follow the permit the majority of the Jews
attempt at such enforcement." to engage in heavy labor. the offi-
The
Arabs
both cial ration permitted them is only
well Jews
armed, and
he said.
He are
estimat-
1.000 to 1,200 calories daily. This
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vicious circle makes no provision

for the physical rehabilitation of
the Jews.
Better conditions exist only in
the U.S. zone of the city where
the American Red Cross distrib-
utes twice monthly a large number
of food parcels to all victims of
the Nazis. Unfortunately, the ma-•
jority of Viennese Jews do not
live within the American zone and
are almost entirely dependent up-
on the Joint Distribution Commit-
tee. Jewish leaders complain that
since the JDC began operations
in the city it has only distributed
four food packages.

Acheson Deities
U.S. Asks Bases

WASHINGTON (JTA) — The
United States Government has not
asked for any bases in Arab lands
Acting Secretary of State Ache-
son said this week at his press
conference, emphasizing that there
is no connection between this
question and implementation of
the Anglo-American Inquiry com-
mittee report on Palestine.

