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Levin is Nominated
For Federal Judge Post

Theodore Levin, well known De-
troit attorney, was nominated this
week by President Truman for
the position of Federal Judge to
succeed Judge Arthur J. Moinet.
The nomination now goes to the
Senate for ratification.

Mr. Levin, senior mentuer of the
firm of Levin, Levin, Garvett and
Dill, has lived in Detroit for over
thirty years and has been in the
practice of law for twenty-six
years.
Prominent in Jewish philan-
thropic and fraternal circles,
Levin is president of the United
Jewish Charities of Detroit, .t
. vice-president of the Detroit Jew.
:\
ish Welfare Federation, member
%h. of the executive committee of the
National Refugee Service, past
president of Pisgah Lodge, Bnai
Brith, and a member of the ex-
ecutive hoard of the Jewish Com-
munity Council. During the war,
he was chairman of local draft
board number 27 and then be-
came a member of the Selective
Service Appeals Board. He is .t
member of Congregation Shaarey
Zedek and of the Zionist Organi-
zation.
"I think the president honored
me greatly," said Mr. Levin, "and
I feel deeply gratefuL"
His many friends and well wish.
ers feel certain that Levin will be

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Palestine Situation
In State of Turmoil
At Wide Arrests

Tension In Palestine remained
at fever pitch as the entire coun-
try's communications were dis-
rupted by a series of raids on the
part of military authorities. About
2,000 Jews, including ranking
members of the Jewis Agency, are
under arrest.
It is charged that Britain is at.
tempting to split the Jewish Agen-
cy by creating differences between
right and left wingers. Most of
those arrested were laborites er
pro-labor.
Almost all the able.bodied men
in many settlements were seized.
The Histadrut headquarters build-
ing was wantonly wrecked by so!.
diers. The Davar printing plant,
largest daily in Palestine, was
damaged badly.
The British issued a statement
that the arrest of the Jewish
Agency members had been mad.,
known in advance to the Ameri-
can State Department. The State
Department denies any advance
knowledge of the raid.
Leaders in Palestine are de-
claring that this series of arrests
constitutes "an act of war" on the
part of the British government.
The Arabs were generally quiet.
The leaders' attitudes were th tt
THEODORE LF:VIN
the raids were "fine but they dil
his work on the bench will con- not go far enough."
Dr. Chaim Weizmann has threat-
tinue to live up to the enviable
reputation that he has established ! ened to resign if the arrested mem-
bers of the Agency are not set free.
in his legal practice.

truly representative of the be.ft
in the entire community. By back-
ground, experience, knowledge and
temperament, it is felt by all that

District 6 of Bnai Brith
Holds Convention Here

Detroit will play host to the 78th annual gathering of District
Number 6 of Bnal Brith, the largest district of the order, in its first
peace-time convention since 1941. The convention, to be held July 7.10.
will be attended by more than 500 delegates from eight states and
Canada.
Principal speakers will be Hen-*—
ry Monsky, Pres. anti Earl Har- 7-1.
rison, former commissroner of Fi
immigration a n d naturalization,
and a member of the recent corn-
mission to investigate conditions
of Jews in Europe. Other noted
speakers will be Abram L. Sachar,
Early returns from the Zionist
national director of the Hillel
Foundation and of the Bnai Brith election show that the ZOA :s
organization, and Maurice Big- leading in the national election
while, in Detroit, sixty percent of
syer, executive secretary.
An important innovation in eon. the total went in favor of the
vention proceedings will be the in- Labor Zionists.
stitution of a series of seminars
Officials expressed disappoint.
at which experts in all fields of ment over the light vote, attribut-
Bnai Brith work will discuss ing it to confusion over the post-
methods and techniques of hand- ponement of the election and to
ling problems.
disappointment over the dismal
Another special feature of the situation in Palestine. Approxi-
convention will be the tabloid ini- mately 22,000 Shekolim were sold.
tiation in costume put on by Sh9.
A special committee of Jewish
far Lodge of Milwaukee, Wiscon- War Veterans is planning a
sin, on Sunday night, followed by march on Washington to proles'.
a talk by Dr. A. L. Sachar.
against the high-handed British
Highlight of the convention will arrests in Palestine. This will be
be the Wednesday night banquet. the culmination of a series of
Tickets to the banquet are still meetings and protests to be held
available. Call Lawrence Yaffa, all over the country, including
some in this city.
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