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Frida y, September 27, 1946

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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle

Fighting Bigotry in America

Now that the guns are silenced
—the new world we help build
shall be the world in which we
live.
For more than a decade, the
German Nazis, aided by powerful
allies in every part of the world,
attempted to strip humanity of
its democratic doctrines by driv-
ing a wedge of hate and suspicion
between man and his neighbor.
Their evil activities'even extended

riod presents new economic and
social problems which may be
capitalized on by the bigots and
demagogues seeking power and
converts, the American Jewish
Committee and the Anti-Defama-
tion League have expanded their
program so that every American,
even in the remotest sections of
the country, receives this mes-
sage: "Hate propaganda endan-
gers America."

This goal is realized through an
educational program that is gear-
ed solely to American principles.
In order that It reaches the wid-
est possible audience, this educa-
tional project uses the radio, ad-
vertising space, newspapers and
magazines, books, pamphlets and
speakers. It is also adopted to en-
list as allies the strength of labor
unions, veteran groups, religious
organizations, while special media
directed to the younger genera-
tion, prepare them for an adult-
hood free of hate and prejudice.

It Is a large program whose
only aim is to safeguard democ-
racy. As such, it is protective in-
surance against the hazards of ex-
tremists who would destroy the
democratic forms of this nation,
its brotherhood and its unity.

RAI3111 SAMUEL COOK

to this country, where spokesmen
of the master race idea strove to
plant insidious booby traps with
the aim of •dividing America and
shattering our traditional Ameri-
can liberties.
These forces of destruction have
been defeated on the fields of bat-
tle. Their lies, carefully sown—
their malicious rumors—their sub-
versive propaganda, by which they
had hoped to undermine the home
front, must not be given a chance
to take root in the free soil of
America.

The American Jewish Commit-
tee and th e Anti-Defamation
League of Thud Brith are joined
together in this great cause—and,
united, join with all true Ameri-
can institutions in building a bet-
ter world where all men shall live
together in safety, unity, and
equality.

Their work in fighting anti-Se-
mitism is made possible by the in-
dividual contributions and com-
munity allocations to ‘, the Joint
Defense Appeal, financial arm of
the two defense agencies.
Realizing that the postwar pe-

Aware of the dangers created
by the voices of disunity, Presi-
dent Truman in his last State of
the Union message to Congress
warned the country to turn a
deaf ear to those voices that are
seeking a postwar audience. "They
are voices which foster fear and
suspicion and intolerance and
hate," declared the President.
"They seek to destroy our har-
mony, our understanding of each
other, our American 'tradition of
'live and let live'. They have be.
come busy again trying to set
race against race, creed against
creed, farmer against city dwell-
er, worker against employer, peo-
ple against their own government.
They seek only to do us mischief
They must not prevail."

By conducting special cam-
paigns in New York and Chicago,
and by obtaining wider support
from the Jewish communities all
over the country, the Joint De-
fense Appeal is finding a host of
allies to strengthen the cause of
the pro-democratic forces. This
appeal bases its sanction for sup-
port on this theme: The rights we
fight for—protect and defend—to-
day—shall be the rights we enjoy
tomorrow.

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Rosh Ilashonah
Greetings

Upon This Occasion We
Take This Opportunity to
Extend Our Best Wishes to
the Entire Jewish Commu-
nity for a Happy New Year!

KERN'S

WOODWARD AT GRATIOT

Page Three

Austria Passes
Law Facilitating
Property Return

status of the Russian claim to so- assume the legal burden of prov-
called German assets in Austria. ing their claims.
Heretofore, the Russians gladly
The Red Army, meanwhile, since
accepted the Nazi records of what July a has proceeded with the
was German and what was non- seizure of 7,887 hectares of land
German property since that gave of more than 20,000 hectares
VIENNA, (JTA) —The Austrian them the largest possible so-called claimed. Of 22 properties already
Government has published a law German assets to take as repa- taken, 10 belonged to Jews until
which will have the double-bar- rations. But now they, too, must the Nazis squeezed them out.
reled effect of making it easier
for Jews to regain their property
and harder for the Russians to
claim as reparations everything
the Germans once held.
BEST WISHES FOR A HAPPY NEW YEAR
Since the Russians, who opposed
the law before the Allied Council
here, could not get unanimous Big
Four disapproval, the measure has
now gone Into effect. Passed by
Parliament on May 15, the new
statute calls null and void all le-
gal transactions Which, with or
without compensation, took place
after the Anschluss (March - 12,
District Manager
1938) depriving Austrians of prop-
•
erty they had previously held le-
gally.
The effect of this will be to
change the whole burden-of-proof
procedure in countless current
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property disputes. Previously, a
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Jew trying to regain his property
had to prove that he had been
forced to surrender his property
or, in any event, had been cheated
on the deal. Now the present own-
er will have to prove that he ac-
quired a given piece of property
under fair conditions, for the le-
gal assumption now is that all
such transactions were concluded
under some form of duress and
are no longer binding.
The New Year hi with Liberty, Justice and Independence to the
The law also affects the legal
world we cherish and the principles we stand for.

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Joins you . .

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in
Greeting the Dawn
of the New Year

Our sincerest wishes

To Our Patrons and to
Detroit Jewry for a
Year of Health and
Happiness.

