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Detroit Jewish Chronicle

SECTION ONE

and
The Legal Chronicle
DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1946

'VOL. 48, NO. 29

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Condemn Statement of Aroused Detroit Jewry, in Picket
Polish Cardinal Hlond Parade, Denounces British Perfidy
•

Score Charge That Kielce Pogrom Jews and Non-Jews Unite in Protest Before Consulate;
Was Due to Jews in Government
Army With Banners Determined That Right Shall Win

NEW YORK (JTA)—Jewish and non-Jewish groups
here joined in condemning the statement made in War-
saw by Cardinal Hlond, in which he said that the recent
anti-Jewish outbreaks were caused by the fact that there
were too many Jews occupying high places in the gov-
ernment.
The organizations which issued statements included

the World Jewish Congress, the
American Jewish Conference, the
American Federation for Polish
Jews and the Methodist Federa-
tion for Social Service. 4
Expressing its sense of shock at
the Cardinal's remarks, the execu-
tive of the Congress said that "to
Invoke a disputed political situ-
ation as reasons for the murder
of innocent men, women and chil-
dren is most certainly an act that
runs counter to all rules of hu-
manity and religion.
"No estimate, founded or un-
founded, of the political activities
of individual Jews, who as citi-
zens of Poland haire a perfect
right to join any party or assume
any government office, can serve
as justification for murder or in-
timidation directed indiscriminate-
ly aganst all Jews of Poland," the
statement continued. "As a result
of his statement, Cardinal Hlond
will find it difficult to free him-
self of co-responsibility for anti-
Jewish acts - that might follow in
the future. We are confident that
all fair-minded Catholics every-
where will protest against the pol-
icy of persecution still being pur-
sued against the sorely tried rem-
nant of Polish Jewry."
The Interim Committee of the
American Jewish Conference in a
statement declaring that it did not
believe that Cardinal Hlond repre-
sented the views of the Catholic
Church, said:
"To justify the murder of Jews
by the allegation that Jews 'oc-
cupy the leading positions in Po-
land's government' is tantamount
(Continued on Page 11)

Danes Sympathize
With Zion Jews

COPENHAGEN (JTA)—Leaders
of Danish Jewry have submitted a
note to the American and British
Legations here declaring that Jews
in Denmark fully sympathize with
the Jews of Palestine in their
present situation. The note added
that although they did not con-
done terrorist methods, Danish
Jews regarded the struggle in
Palestine as a fight for right and
justice.

Consulate 0 K's
Food Parcels For.
German Civilians

In a personal letter sent direct.
ly to the Detroit Jewish Chronicle
by the British consul-general of
Detroit, information was given to
the population of Detroit on the
new regulations for parcels to be
sent to Germany.
The letter was sent "with the
compliments of His Britannic Ma-
jesty's Consul-General of Detroit"
and outlines the exact procedure
whereby Detroiters who have rel-
atives and friends in Germany
can send parcels.
(Continued on Page 7)

Dr. Chaim Weizmann is . Slowly Going Blind:
Zionist Leader Finds Little Good To See Now

One of the colorful incidents in ing of the American Revolution.
the life of George Washington is The States had achieved victory,
an episode shortly after the end- yet the country seemed to be un-
able to pull itself together and
appeared to verge on disaster.
Washington addressing the veter-
ans of the Revolution paused in
his speech to put on a pair of
spectacles, making some remark
at the time that he had lost his
eyes in the service of his country.
The case of Chaim Weizmann
is of course more poignant. Wash-
ington's vision was impaired, but
Chaim Weizmann apparently is
close to blindness. He can recog-
nize people only a few feet away.
Perhaps one mystical consola.

Dare Not Show
Anti-Semitism
In Soviet Zone

By ROBERT GARY
BERLIN (JTA)—"Here in the

CIIAIDI

Business Booms in Palestine Despite
Politicanl Chaos Fostered by Britain

In the face of all the difficul-
ties, political and economic, of
Palestine, a regular quarterly di-
vidend of one dollar per share on
Its common stock was declared by
the Board of Directors of the Pal-
estine Economic Corporation and
.4. will be payable on August 15 to
stockholders of record July 25.
The meeting was held July 9 at
the corporation's offices in New
York City.
' . Mr. Robert Szold, chairman of
the Board, in making the an-
nouncement said, "Despite the un-
settled political situation, Pales-
tine's economy records steady
gains. The country faces the fu-
ture with confidence and deter.
mination.
"The economic stability of the
Holy Land in spite of successive
political shocks and surprises, is
Impressive testimony to the stur-
diness of the economic structure,"
said Mr. Szold.
Palestine Economic Corporation,
the largest American business en-

An army with banners
stalked past the British
Consulate last Monday in
protest against the summa-
ry imprisonment by the Bri-
tish, without charges or
evidence, of the officers of
the Jewish agency for Pal-
estine; against other wide-
spread acts of British vio-
lence against Palestine's
Jews; against Britain's fail-
ure to carry through the
recommended transfer of
100,000 displaced Jews to
Palestine; and against Bri-
tain's closing of Jewish im-
migration a n d proscribing
of Jewish purchase of land
in Palestine.
The banners consisted of
MORRIS JACOBS
MRS.
signs which the pickets
bore and proclaimed their story to the throngs of ,curious people who watched.
The army consisted of representatives of Jewish and non-Jewish organizations and
many outstanding leaders in Detroit's Je wish community.

terprise in Palestine, has capital,
surplus and reserves in excess of
$4,000,000. Founded in 1925, the
Corporation operates a number of
subsidiary and affiliated Palestin-
ian companies in the fields of
banking and credit, land develop-
ment, housing, construction, irri-
gation and water development,
and has investments in chemical,
public utility and hotel enter-
prises.
In addition to this information,
It was reported by the Palestine
Economic Bureau of the ZOA
that Palestine practically doubled
the 1944 record in the sale and ex-
port of cut and published dia.
monds, having exported close to
$25,000,000 in this field during
1945.
The diamond industry is a com-
paratively new venture for the
Holy Land, having been started
by refugees from Holland, Bel-
gium and other diamond centers.
The major portion of Palestine's
diamonds is exported to the
United States.

Soviet zone anti-Semitism remains
below the surface, because should
it become overt the Germans know
punishment will come swiftly and
be harsh," Gunther Singer, secre-
tary of the Erfurt Jewish Com-
munity, told a Jewish Telegraphic
Agency correspondent who spoke
to him during a tour of the Rus-
sian-occupied zone of Germany.
Singer declared that even the
German government in the Rus-
sian zone is taking the lead of the
Soviet occupation authorities and
treats any type of discrimination
as a serious crime. He cited the
case of a Jewish woman who was
turned out of a German store
when she attempted to purchase
various rationed items. The WO-
men reported the case to the Jew-
ish Community which brought it
to the attention of the local au-
thorities and the semi-official Vic-
tims of Fascism Committee. The
next day the merchant's license
was revoked for a week and he
was fined $50.
Singer, a veteran of three years
in concentration camps, where he
lost his entire family, told of hav-
ing seen the ex-Mufti of Jerusa-
lem strutting through the Os-
wiecim camp on two different oc-
casions. The Mufti, escorted by the
S.S. commandant, jeered at the
Jewish prisoners, he asserted.

Lion that Weizmann may have is
that for him there is very little
in the world worth seeing. His
brilliant son for whom many
prophesied a career in science as
distinguished as that of his fa-
ther was killed in action in th-.1
war. Another son suffered injuries
which have blasted his career. All
the personal hopes which comfort
a man in old age have in the case
of Weizmann turned to worm-
wood, and the hopes and ambi-
tions for his people as a whole
seem at a similar nadir.
Six millions of the Jews who
shared in the same dreams and
traditions as the great scientist
from Pinsk were murdered in gas
chambers. And lastly, the hopes
for a Jewish renaissance which he
had staked on the British Em-
pire seem to be fading.
No Zionist had staked so much
on England as Chaim Weizmann.
That perhaps was the one blind
spot in Weizmann who otherwise
had good vision. He loved Eng-
land with a love that surpassed
(Continued on Page 3)

The protest was part of a coin.
munity-wide demonstration spon-
sored by the Zionist Organization
of America and the Jewish Corn.
munity Council of Detroit. The
Jewish War Veterans of the
United States played a prominent
part.
The same type of protest was
carried out in the major cities of
the United States. In Detroit, the
picket line included representa-
tives of the Detroit Federation of
Labor, the Amvets, American Vet-
erans Committee, Wayne County
CIO, Jewish War Veterans, Zion-
ist Organizations, synagogues and
other Jewish and non-Jewish or-
ganizations and institutions.
Among the Jewish community
leaders in the picket line were
the following: .
Dr. Perry Burnstine, command-
er, Dept. of Michigan, Jewish War
Veterans; Morris JaZobs, presi-
dent, Detroit Zionist Organiza-
tion; Harry Yudkoff, past presi-
dent, District Six Bnal Brith;
Mrs. Lewis Glasier, president, De.
troit Hadassah; Harry Cohen,
president, Congregation Shaarey
Zedek; Judge James I. Elimann,
ex-president, Jewish Community
Council of Detroit; Abe Kasle,
president, United Hebrew Schools;
(Continued on Page 13)

Key to Wartime Scandals:
Pressure on and by Congress

This country now is getting a
small preliminary glimpse of the
scandals of %Vold War II. These
scandals are the inevitable result
of the hurried spending of many
billions of wartime dollars. When
the Government spends on such a
scale, many hands reach out. Some
of the money gets caught between
unscrupulbus fingers. This was
true in the first World War as
well as the secohd.
In the wartime situation, many
pressures are used to obtain war
contracts. Often they are pres_
sures exerted by members of Coq-
gress on behalf of businessmen
constituents. nI addition, thz
agents of war industries swarm
into Washington equipped with
tax-tree expense-account money,
eager to pick up the check for

anything from a cigar 'to a ban-
quet, bent upon advancing the in-
terests of their companies. Most
of these activities are honest, but
a certain proportion, porbably
small, is arousing deep suspicions.
The Senate's Mead Committee is

poking into this area of suspicious
activity with its investigation of
the Garsson brothers and Repro-
sentatve Andrew J. May. This
case, however, is considered mere-
ly symptomatic. More cases are to
follow. Big headlines on war pro-
fiteering, spending irregularities,
the use of "influence" are to bo
common for several months.
Serious questions, as a result,

are being raised as to the political
effect of the investigation. Many
are asking what political motiva-
tions lie behind it, what is the
nature and extent of congressional
pressure, or of expense-account
entertainment, and what safe-
guards the Army threw around
Its heavy disbursements.
The answers to these questions
are more fundamental than the
Committee's daily disclosures:
Political effect. The investigation
can only have the effect of dam.
aging the political fortunes of the
Truman Administration and the
Democratic Party.