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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The L 1 Chronicle

Detroit Jewish Chronicle

and THE LEGAL CHRONICLE

Friday, Lily 19, 1946

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REPLY TO A COLUMN
REPLY TO DR. GOLDBERG
Dear Editor:
Dear Editor:
Your column, "The Voice of the
In reply to the question, "Where
Man in the Street" attracts and are the men?" in Dr. Goldberg's
Iditor.irt.Chief, LOUIS W. ENFIELD
Publisher, CY AARON
Managing Editor, NATHAN J. KAUFMAN holds my attention more than any recent column, here is the answer
answer "'
other in the Jewish Chronicle be as viewed through the eyes
of
Vol. 48, No. 29
cause it gives a picture of the GI who has been through the mill. r
FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1946 (Tammuz 20, 5706)
Detroit 26, Michigan
mental attitude of Detroit's popu.
The girls are not alone when' . '
lation.
tine is the only solution to the Jewish I was particularly attracted by they say they are the lost genera.
problem.
your column on Sabbath obser- tion. The young men of the de.
It is a curious penomenon that Jews of
vance. Since you ask for readers' pression era were also known as
It is two thousand years since the Jews comments,
I feel I must give you the lost generation. Lost they
prominence throughout the United States took arms to defend a cause. They often
were, there were no opportunities
did not oppose the loan to Great Britaih begged, they often pleaded, but they my views.
According to the count jp your for the average fellow to learn a
despite that country's dastardly acts in never fought. Now in Palestine, Jews are column, 25 percent of Thattroit's trade or profession and thereby
Palestine.
fighting. And because they are fighting Jews, if this is a cross section, are help him on to marriage. They
With the kind of intellectual detach- 'they deserve help. If a President Roose- Sabbath observing. I think this is were frustrated. This Is evidenced
It should be counted at by the 9,000,000 4F's who were re-
ment of which Jews are capable, they saw velt Brigade were organized, there would high. five
percent. I am more in. jected from the armed forces
that the economic stability that would be plenty to volunteer. Then England about
terested in what Sabbath obser- mainly for psychoneurosis, the
come to Britain because of such a loan would see what it meant when Jews vance really is.
was a necessity in the world we live in. fought for what they knew was their own. One type of Jew believes that army word for frustration.
Then came Pearl Harbor and
gefilte fish and chicken noodle
This does not mean that Jews did not
soup for the Friday night dinner the long years of war which took
protest. The picket line that stalked in
and the Saturday lunch satisfies a vast toll of men—potential hus.
front of the British consulate last Tuesday
the religious conscience of being bands.
a good Jew. A second type goes a
showed very plainly the contempt and
The Mead investigating committee is little further. He believes in the A large percentage of Jewish
hatred inspired by British aggression in beginning toOurn up some messy prac- meals
men either marry shichshas (gen-
and goes to the synagogue
the Holy Land.
tiles), have re-enlisted in the
to
see
his
friends
and
hear
the
tices which were inevitable when the gov-
Prominent business leaders of this city ernment was hurriedly spending billions latest news. He arrives late, by armed forces, or have moved to
car or bus, prays little and talks other parts of the , country or
were there. Professional men of every sort of dollars in war time contracts.
much. For the rest of the day, he world in quest of better opportu-
marched in the parade. Rich and poor
nities than exist in Detroit.
After the first world war, this same forgets the Sabbath.
alike were there.
The third type of Jew considers
Also, a goodly portion of men
type
of
investigation
disclosed
major
war-
In Palestine, there is armed objection. time scandals. This time, the scandals will the synagogue much more Im- don't want to get married, as
portant than the chicken, He Is a marriage infers having children,
Here it is with speeches and marching. be of greater proportions.
hundred percent Jew. He does not and these men don't want to have
But England has been plainly shown.
It is expected that the investigations disregard the meals. But he does
Palestine is ours. We mean to have it. will be put to a political use, to discredit not ride to the synagogue. He their children go through the hell
they went through, for history al-
And have it we will.
the entire day with friends ways repeats itself, especially for
the Democratic administration which was spends
1•
within walking distance, studies
in power at the time. It is not surprising, the Torah, improves his Jewish Jews. GI SAMMY.
therefore, that a Democratic committee is learning and emerges every week
doing ; the investigating with the support a purified, man in morality and re- V,J DAY
The 'Allied JeWish Campaign seems and sponsorship of a Democratic adminis- ligion as well. I agree with Mr. Dear Editor:
Sam Daitch in your column who
hardly a thing of the past. It is scarcely tration.
says, "If.,not for the cheder and
To all Congregations, Hebrew
more than a few weeks that this news-
The general public is not interested in the synagogue, we Jews would al- Schools, Fraternal Organizations
paper was urging in editorials and point- the political end of the thing. They merely ready be out of existence." Some- Men's Clubs and Sisterhoods:
one else remarked, It is not the
This coming August 14th will be
ing out in news stories the tremendous want investigation and, where it is war- Jews
that keep the Sabbath but an anniversary of outstanding im-
need. for contributing till it hurt to this ranted, swift and heavy punishment. The the Sabbath
that keeps the Jews." portance in the lives of Americans,
great humanitarian cause.
All Jews should be Sabbath ob- as well as for people all over the
government is not to be a prey for greedy
servers because: (1) It would world.
And now comes evidence of the first politicians.
grant him complete happiness,
tangible results. One million dollars. A
V-J DAY! At least there was a
complete rest (health) and In- halt to the use of arms for the
check for a million dollars was sent to
creasing knowledge of the Torah destruction of our country and
New York from the Detroit Jewish Wel-
and general education; (2) he civilization. This day will be a day
fare Federation. It was the largest check
During recent years there have been would educate his children to fol- for all of us to take inventory,
in his footsteps and become and to think wisely in regards to
given by any community in the entire his- many Jewish immigrants to this country low
religious Jews, (Honor thy father the days to come.
tory of organized charity.
who acquired power and fame through and thy mother); (3) he would give
More than two million dollars is yet the acquisition of wealth. Sidney Hillman, his Catholic and Protestant co- The Department of Michigan,
War Veterans of the Uni-
to go to the same cause as it is collected. the Jewish immigrant from Lithuania who citizens a fine example of unity, Jewish
ted States urgently suggest that
loyalty
to
religion,
and
a
high
Many an unfortunate in Europe will bless perhaps exerted more influence upon re- standard of morality which has a organizations, irrespective of their
some unknown benefactor in far away cent American life than any other Jew, priority over money. We would affiliations or line of activity, sub-
to a prograjn of a patriotic
America. Many of those'who arrive alive immigrant or native-born, that one can certainly have a higher rating scribe
nature, commemorating this Ar-
than we have now.
and well in Palestine will say a prayer of think of, was not one of them.
mistice Day!
Very truly yours,
gratitude to God for having moved the
Hillman dedicated his life not to the
This will be a day of respect to
M. D. WISER, D.D.S.
hearth of Detroit men and women to a amassing of money but to the amelioration
those of our men and women who
gave their full measure of devo-
realization of the needs of their brethren. of the lot of the working people, the com-
tion so that the American Way of
A million dollars is an- amazing amount mon men, in the United States. His life ORGANIZED PICKETS
Life can still prevail.
Dear
Editor:
to go out as one payment in contributions. was a magnificent example of the social
Jewish War Veterans will
It is sad indeed that it was necessary to idealism of the East-European Jew and a I was tremendously pleased and be The
happy to cooperate with any
interested to ace that the whole
raise that kind of money. It is hopeful for magnificent refutation of the charge by Jewish community was organized organization in sponsoring their
the future of the world that it could be anti-Semites ,that Jewish genius can ex- to pick. • he British consulate . in patriotic services on "V-J Day"
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raised.
at, ist British aggression, this year, both civic or fraternal.
press itself only in the selfish pursuit of protest
It is high time that the British Altogether we wish to make the
money.
know that Jtavry all over the Anniversary of "V-J Day" a most
world is solidly Behind the Jew- commendable one!
As a leader among the liberal and pro- ish movement in 'Palestine. Per- PERRY P. BURNSTINE, M.D.
When civil war first broke out in Spain gressive forces of this country, Hillman haps when they realize this, they'll
Commander, Dept. of Mich.
and that unfortunate country proved to be was a convenient target for the malicious get out. A Zionist.
Jewish War Vets. of the U.S.

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Picket Line

Investigations

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A Million Dollars

Sidney Hillman

President Roosevelt Brigade

the training ground for the Fascist forces
of Germany and Italy, an American group
of soldiers volunteered in the cause of
liberty and sailed to Spain to fight Franco.
That group of soldiers was called the
Abraham Lincoln Brigade and had so
many Jewish members that it was said
that in spite of all the languages spoken
there, anyone could get along perfectly
well if he spoke Yiddish.
There is need now for another such
group of soldiers to fight in defense of
liberty. It could also be composed largely
of Jewish volunteers for the site of its ac-
tions would be Palestine.
A fitting name for such a brigade would
be the President Roosevelt Brigade after
the name of the great American president
who was so friendly to all oppressed mi-
norities.
On all sides, such a brigade is being'
discussed. The idea was first put into cir-
culation at the 37th annual convention
of the national organization of Bnai Zion.
Should there be an appeal for such a
brigade, volunteers would enthusiastically
spring forth in the thousands from many
former GI's, especially those who were sta-
tioned in Palestine or had spent their fur-
loughs there. Many thousands of others
would doubtless respond because they saw
what anti-Semitism had done to the Jews
of Europe. People who saw what took
place in Europe do not need any propa-
ganda to make them believe that Pales-

arrows of reactionary forces who could
point to his foreign birth as proof that
what he stood for and what he fought for
was not in harmony with the traditions of
American democracy. Yet, defying them
all, Hillman did not abandon his life's
mission in order to escape the attacks
against him as the Lithuanian-born son of
a rabbi, but bravely and quietly went on
with his efforts to make America a better
place to live in for the under-privileged
masses. As President of the Amalgamated
Clothing Workers Union, as head of the
CIO Political Action Committee, as a
leader in the war effort under President
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Hillman gave of
his utmost to the cause of true democracy
among men, whether in industrial or in
political relations, unmindful of the effect
such devotion might have upon his per-
sonal popularity in certain circles, or even
upon his health.
His death at the untimely age of 59
robs America and Jewry of a great hu-
manitarian and an outstanding statesman
in the field of labor-management rela-
tions, as President Truman has called him.
He will be hard to replace. But as we
mourn his passing, let us at least be grate-
ful that such a noble leader, whom Lithu-
anian Jewry—now alas no more—had
given to America, had lived and managed
to accomplish the many fine things on be-
half of his fellow-men which he did ac-
complish.

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