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DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1946
VOL. 48, NO. 32
Tel Aviv Siege
Was Unnecessary
Is New Charge
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Who Pinches The Pu a Strings
To Sap Us'of Our Strength?
TEL AVIV (JTA)—With mili-
tary operations in Tel Aviv ended
and the siege of the city lifted,
Jewish circles here are question- DON'T DRAW THE PURSE SPRINGS
ing the results of the four-day
occupation by more than a full
division of infantry troops sup-
ported by tanks, armored cars and
heavy machine gun carriers.
They point out that these 20000
soldiers carried out a war-time
operation against 200,000 civilian
residents of Tel Aviv. At the end
of the four days all that had been
found were some old Haganah
arms caches and a small quantity
of arms belonging to the Irgun
Zval Leumi hidden in the air raid
shelter oia synagogue which was
accessible to anybody.
In addition, about 1,500 people
were detained, but only about 40
suspected terrorists were arrested,
including the sister of Abraham
Stern, the late leader of the Stern
Group, who had nothing to do
with the activities of his organ.
ization.
These same circles point out
that the cost of this large-scale
operation was unnecessarily high
in relation to the results obtained.
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Ted Petok
Simple Ceremony
Installs Levin CIS
Federal Judge
In a Federal courtroom packed
with notables, friends, relatives
and neighbors, last Wednesday,
Theodore Levin was sworn in as
- Federal Judge in a brief but sol-
i emn ceremony.
Promptly at 10 a. m., the court
clerk banged his gavel and every.
one in the room rose as the judges
of the Federal Court walked in
in their judicial robes. The clerk
read the commission of President
Truman, nominating Levin. Judge
Simons administered the oath of
office, having first read a portion
from the Bible relative to the
duties of a judge.
The marshal then invested Levin
with the judicial robe, the symbol
of office. Judge Simons spoke a
few brief words of welcome and
By BERL CORALNIK
formally invited Judge Levin to
ascend to the bench. There was a
JERUSALEM (JTA)—Far-reaching decisions of a mili-
formal shaking of hands with all tary and administrative nature were arrived at here
the judges and the court was ad.
during a ten-day visit by a high official mission from
journed.
London consisting of officials of
the Foreign Office and high-rank-
ing army, navy and air force °M-
yers, it was learned reliably.
The mission arrived here shortly
after the bombing of the King
David Hotel and returned to Lon.
don last week-end. Great secrecy
The Northwest Hebrew Congregation and Center has surrounded its comings and goings
finally completed its preparations for serving the Jewish as well as its meetings with High
Commissioner Sir Alan Cunning
population of that neighborhood by calling to its pulpit a ham. Present at these meetings
a spiritual leader for the coming
At the Tisha Ab Services con- were Chief Secretary Sir John
year.
ducted by the Synagogue or Mon- Shaw, Sir Evelyn Bdrker, British
Rabbi Jacob Segal will be the day night and Tuesday, a sub- commander in Palestine, and the
new rabbi of the synagogue and stantial sum of money was raised chiefs of police and the Criminal
he has already accepted the ap- for the National Palestine fund Investigation Department.
The conferences are believed to
pointment, pursuant to the man- after a stirring talk by Israel Liss.
sate of the general membership The memorial committee under be connected with recent decisions
body in June.
the co-chairmanship of A. J. Piel to prepare Jerusalem and other
and Morris Sukenic held a meet. large cities against possible ex-
Rabbi Segal is a graduate of the ing on Tuesday night at the home tended terrorist attacks or even an
college of the City of New York of Mr. Kaufman to prepare liter. armed uprising. The requisition
and of the Jewish Theological ature descriptive of the Dedica- last week of several key buildings
Seminary of America, in both of tory plaques and the Yaizheit in- in Jerusalem is believed to be the
which he had an outstanding rec. scriptions to be set up for its first step in setting up "defense
areas" in which the government
( ■ ord of scholarship. Prior to the members.
ilitr, Rabbi Segal was connected
could continue to function under
1 ,• th Bnai Zion Synagogue in Chi-
any condition.
go. He has just completed a pe-
One of the chief reasons for the
\__ iod of Army Chaplaincy, retiring
present concern and apprehension
with the rank of Major. A reception
in official circles is the arrival in
welcoming the new Rabbi will
the past week of several thousand
take place in the latter part of
visaless immigrants and the re-
August upon his arrival here.
ports that thouSands of others are
An open mass meeting is being en route. One reliable source es.
Rabbi Segal will be in charge of
the Dedicatory Services celebrat- called at the Congregation Bnai timated that 17,000 Jews have
ing the completion of the social Moshe for Wednesday, Aug. 14, at sailed for Palestine since June 29.
The decision as to whether these
hall of the Synagogue on Sunday, 8:30 p. m. The speaker will be
September 8, at 2:30 p.m. The en- Rabbi Ephraim Oschry, the only immigrants are to be admitted is
tire community is invited to the surviving rabbi in all Lithuania up to London, but it is understood
ceremonies which will be followed who will bring greetings from the that the Palestine government has
by a dinner in the evening. Tick- few surviving Jews of that coun- recommended the admittance of
only women over 50 years of age,
ets for the dinner may be pur. try.
The mass meeting is sponsored children under ten and persons
chased from the ticket chairman,
Manny Lax or Samuel Bez. An ex. by the Vaad Horabonim and Mer. who are seriously ill.
Jewish circles here are consid.
cellent program has been ar- kaz and the Federation of Lithu-
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anian Jews.
ranged for the event.
New Palestine Defense
Plans ',Reported Mapped
Rumor Visaless Jews May Be
Refused Entry and Turned Back
Call Segal to Pulpit of
Northwest Congregation
Only Survivor of
Lithuanian Rabbis
At Mass Meeting
Why Doesn't The Community Council
Get All The Funds That Are Needed
To Carry Out Its Full Program
When anti-Semitism rears its ugly head, it is not di-
rected against individuals primarily but against our peo-
ple as a whole. And the fight against anti-Semitism must
be waged by our people as a whole.
That is why the Jewish Community Council of De-
troit was first organized. That is why every Jew in this
city must be behind the Council program. That is why
this paper has constantly called for unity among Jews.
But there is no such unity. In high places, the program
of the Council has not fully supported. Its way has not
been made easy. Consequently, its work has suffered.
Two weeks ago, we bemoaned the loss of Isaac
Franck, executive director of the Council, who has re-
signed to go to the community of Brooklyn. In a letter to
the Chronicle, Mr. Franck denies that he is leaving be-
cause of the increased sal. iy. Furthermore, the difference
in salary is not great enough to warrant the change.
We believe that what he says is true. Yet we reserve
the right to think that if the conditions of Council opera-
tion were such as to meet the complete needs of the com-
munity, Franck would not have accepted work outside of
Detroit, even at a larger salary.
What are the .facts? What has been refused that
could have been done? Who is to blame? What needs to
be done? What can still be doner -
The staff of the Council has always been too small.
Its budget has always been inadequate. Therefore its
coverage has always been inadequate. And Jewry in De-
troit has been the sufferer.
As the overall organization of Detroit, the Council has
always been in need of a field worker to confer with or-
ganizations, to discover their needs, to help unify and co-
ordinate their programs into that of a solid community.
No such person was ever provided. The strength that
comes from unity never could be realized. Whoever held
the purse strings pinched them. And the Council limped ,
along.
Everybody in the community realizes the extreme
need of adult education in our midst. To whom should
Jews look for such a program? To the Council, of course.
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Silver Says Zionist Staved
Off Disaster; Urges Pressure
NEW YORK (JTA)—The Zionist -m- o- Vement-ria176-77
averted "political disaster," Dr. Abba Hillel Silver said,
disclosing that as of Tuesday night of last week President
Truman had decided to accept the
members of the Anglo-American
British plan for Palestine.
The President's decision to delay Committee of Inquiry on Pales.
action on the proposal gives Amer- tine, Dr. Silver revealer'. He said,.
lean Jews a "breathing spell" dur. ho believed that the President;
ing which they must mobilize all and Secretary of State Byrnes,
possible political pressure on had been taken by surprise by
Washington, the chairman of the their experts' acceptance of the
American Zionist Emergency "federalization" scheme, and quoted
Council warned. The three months Mr. Turman as having told Sen.
that remain before the Congres- Wagner that he did not wish to
sional elections are crucial, he told do anything to injure the Jews.
a press conference. Describing the British proposal
Dr. Silver criticized the support as "partition without partition,"
given the British loan by Rabbi the American Zionist leader
Stephen S. Wise, co-chairman of charged that the Anglo-American
the Emergency Council, asserting experts had been instructed to hn.
that if the loan had been delayed plement the report of the inquiry
for six to eight weeks, sufficient committee, but, Instead, had made
pressure could have been placed recommendations which were at
on Prime Minister Attlee to corn- wide variance with the report. II
pct him to accede to at least the these recommendations had been
recommendations of the Anglo- accepted by the President, it
American inquiry committee for would have represented a victory
the immediate admission of 100,003 for circles in the State Depart.
Jews to Palestine. He pointed to merit's Near Eastern Division
the fact that the British "federal- which have always followed the
ization" p;an was pushed through British line, he added.
as soon as the loan had passed.
Asked to comment on the meet-
The President's sudden shift on ing of the Jewish Agency e.eecu-
the plan resulted from appeals tive in Paris, Dr. Silver said that
sent to the White House by Her. this conference cannot set a defi.
bert H. Lehman and other prom. nitive policy for the Zionist move-
inent Jews, by influential members ment. He advocated that a World
of Congress and by - Bartley Crum, Zionist Congress he held as soon
James MacDonald and Frank Bux. as possible, preferably in the
ton, three of the six American United States.