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Vol. 48 No. 46
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1946 (Heshvan 21, 5707) •
Detroit 26, Mich.
The Election Results
and the gtablishinent of Jews as a na-
tion
their own country, free to work
It is revealing to analyze the Nov. 5 out in theii
collaboration with
election results from a purely Jewish
their. neighbors en:a-footing of equality
standpoint.
with the nations of the world."
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The Democratic setback can be attrib-
British syMpathY• kith this program
uted to many factors not within the pur- alone
will bring tranquility to the Holy
view of this commentary. That one of the Land and hope to the homeless thousands
causes is Jewish resentment at the Ad- languishing in European camps. Britain
ministration's failure to implement its must realize that fprther delay will only
pledges for the immediate entry of 100,- test the patience of •the well-disciplined
000 Jews to Palestine can hardly be de- Jewish
community in. Palestine.
nied, however.
Many large centers of population where
Jews are well represented made a com-
plete about face and ousted long-en-
trenched Democrats from office. In New
York City, where much greater Demo-
cratic support had been expected, the
Republicans did so well as to assure the
election of the opponent of Herbert Leh-
man, former governor, former head of
UNRRA and a Jew withal.
Zionists in many large cities, including
Detroit, had delivered strong rebukes to
the Democrats in formal rallies during
September, and in New York the anti-
Democratic campaign ranged from thinly-
veiled spankings .by Zionist groups in
newspaper ads to out and out demands
for the defeat of Lehman.
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Don't Let Red;Feather Down
If you have not yet made your Com-
munity Fund contribution or pledge, do
not let the ,erid of the campaign talk you'
out of .doing $o. The drive can be deemed
a success only if every person who should
contribute has done so.
NCJ1V GRATEFUL
T.Hir§ VAL'S PAGE
Dear Editor:
I• wish to take this opportunity Dear Editor:,
to thank you for the excellent pub-
licity which you are giving the
We wish to congratulate
National Council of Jewish Womert and ,Mi4 Val on .your new 1)
both for out monthly meetings and ion 'Page which you haye recer
the Career Group which is just added , to your paper. We th
getting under way.
that yen are' 'taking a great s
An organization like ours, corn. forward to enlighten our co
posed of 1600 representative Jew- munity in the newest in fashi
ish women, has a great deal to
'We wish you and Miss Val 1
offer to the ,community.
•
Among
others, our Twelfth Street Council greatest sticcess in this n
Center and our Location Index venture.
Service speak for themselves in
OL SELMA:,
terms of service to the community.
On a national level we are part
of a group of 85,000 Jewish women
who endeavor, in their way to
GRATEFUL TO CHRONICLI
make the world a finer place for
us all to live in.
Dear Editor:
However, we cannot accomplish
Young Israel wishes to thar,
this without your aid. The news-
you for the extensive publish
papers serve as a sort of steering which
you gave our concert I
apparatus for public assistance recent week().
We are certain tin
and public opinion.
coverage helped make th
Thank you again for the kind- your
event the huge success that
ness you have so graciously shown was.
us at all times.
. MRS. HERBERT M. SMITH,
President
RABBI ALVIN M. POPLACI
Executive Direct()
Nationality: American; Religion: Jeu
(Continued from page 3)
to bring the idealism of his Jew
said that I, as a Jew, am a mem- ish teaching to the America
This is not the time to spurn one's duty ber of a distinct nation and, there- scene.
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fore, I could have no part in the
and to abandon communal projects to the lives
of the nations among which FOSTERS JUSTICE
altruism of others. The Community Fund Jews lived. It was a nation with- QEGAL FEELS JEWISH enoug
—an all city agency—looks to its success in nations and I, as a Jew, should
whenever in his general writ
back where I came from.
ing he is the champion for justic
to all of us, Jew or Gentile. Let us not go But
Hitler was wrong.
to any of the oppressed or under
let the Red Feather down!
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privileged, when he writes a piece
AN AMERICAN JEW
for decent housing in place of
whenever he speaks with
QOMETIMES A NON-JEW, a slums,
compassion.
O stranger, asks Segal what his
Yes, Mr. Chanis, there are
nationality is. He asks the ques- plenty of Jews who feel Jewish
tion
by
way
of
being
considerate.
There is no doubt that Jews proved
enough to carry their lights of
He doesn't like to ask outright Jewish idealism to the common
that they are a force to be reckoned
Are you a Jew?" as if Segal's life. They can even feel the more
with when their anger is aroused over
sensibilities would be offended by Jewish because their Judaism is
The Soviet Bugaboo
such a question.
injustice and betrayal and their pity
being fulfilled In the world, is
replies: "By nationality I not self-serving in the confines
sirred for the oppressed. We are not
One of the reasons the British advance am Segal
an American. If you mean to
among those who reject the idea of a
for their betrayal of the Hebrew people ask what my religion is, I am of a self-made ghetto,,They go
along with Segal in ying they
Jewish bloc. As we have pointed out
Jewish."
is their fear of Soviet expansion into the
are Americans of the Jewish
He thinks of himself as an
before, blocs seeking special rights sire ' Middle East. The, argument runs that the
put of the -Amerrean-spncut ■ s.r,.....— •-
. nt4:Aref's"s— ernd -17. in that cot ntry and Tigpei rnat'lt:
tagonism to Hebrew maepenaeffce orztreijr :1, 11 4 1 4 re
; cratic government. If Zionists create a
word among Jews, but he sticks fruitfulness will be shared by hun-
will
invite
Moscow
to
take
over.
Jewish bloc to assure honor and de-
to it.
dreds of thousands more of the
He says I know no nationality homeless.
cency among men, who can gainsay
Since they have oil and other inter- but
that of being an American;
Segal doesn't belong to the
them?
ests in that region and, above all, since my loyalty recognizes no statehood Council for American Judaism and
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nationality but that to which this is no defense of that organi-
Let them point out the election results they wish to retain their grip on every or
I belong in the United States, no zation. This is but a story of one
piece
of
land
that
ever
falls
under
their
when they renew their appeals to the
of peoplehood other inconsequential Jew of whom there
sway, the British must sacrifice their own distinctiveness
Administration.
than that of the American people. must be many like him. If, never-
honor and engage in perpetual war I am no less a Jew.
theless, you don't think Segal is
In Detroit, too, a perusal of the voting against the Hebrews and their friends in Segal thinks he fulfills the high- Jewish enough please come and
totals in wards where Jews make up a the world, to keep the friendship and co- est Jewish purpose when he tries tell him.
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large segment of the electorate.will show
that the Democrats did not fare too well.
Many a Jew remembered that the agony
of his brothers was being prolonged by
power politics and he voiced his protest
the way he knew best—at the polls.
In the local balloting, we point out two
disheartening results. For Probate Court,
an incumbent with a foreign sounding
name, Veno Sacre, was beaten while all
other incumbents won without difficulty.
For City Council, another candidate with
a foregn name, Louis Miriani, also lost
despite a long civic career and support
from all the newspapers and communal
organizations.
Weighing all the circumstances, we in-
fer that both lost many thousands of votes
just because of their foreign background.
The little bigots were out in full force
again not only here but throughout the
nation. They helped elect Gerald L. K.
Smith stooges and 'other notorious hate-
peddlers.
We must ever be vigilant against the
mean little folk who seek to make up
for their own inferiority and failure by
breeding hatred against numerically
weaker groups.
The election results here sound a warn-
ing. Let us not ignore it.
British Make a Gesture
Whichever it is, an act of conciliation
by the British or an admission of failure;
as Dr. Moshe Sneh -alleges, the release of,
the Jewish Agency leaders will in no way
affect 'the Jewish programs for Palestine:
That, says Moshe Shertok, liberated head
Of the political department of the Agen-
cy;' still "rernainislr4edord
operation of the Arabs.
The Soviet bugaboo is being used by
the Laborites for all it is worth. It is
made the smokescreen for all the iniqui-
ties of a grasping imperialism. The stra-
tagem has thus far been very successful
because the democratic world does fear
Communism, and people do not inquire
too critically when their apprehensions
are aroused.
In reality," this British contention does
not hold water. The Arab chieftains need
no • special inducements to avoid Soviet
complications. •
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Whether Palestine` is open to the Heb-
rews of the world or closed, the rulers
would never tie up with a system which
would mean their downfall. They are
hunting down all and sundry to whom
they can attach _the label of Communism.
However, the Arab states do not seem to
fear aggression from the Soviets or any-
body else, for they clamor for complete
independence and want the English out.
All nations dream of and work for full
sovereignty. Albion is not buying the
Arabs off by oppressing the Hebrews,
since the Arab aim is also to get rid of
foreign'control. •
If protection against aggression is need-
ed it should come from the United Na-
tions as a whole, as the ' charter of the
world organization provides, .The Arab
states are members of-that body and can
look to it for the protection of their ter-
ritorial integrity and'external peace; They
see no need in being under English con-
trol to escape a Soviet control. They vent
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THE - ANSWER; •
Nel# 'York
Truman Indorses Religious Cavalcade
THE WHITE HOUSC
WASHINGTON
October 13. 1946
Dear Yr. Rosenberg,
, I heard with genuine pleasure of the Flans of the
Union of American Hebrew Congregations to sponsor an Ameri-
can Jewish Cavalcade during the month of November as part of
▪ religious emphasis program designed to reawaken and
further develop • greater interest in religion. I ea sure
that American Jewry will be the better for the American Join.
isli Cavalcade.
It this all too materialistic world of ours it to
male any real progress In its struggle towards eooncmio
security and world peace, there will have to be a greater and
greater acceptance of the bail° tenets of religion. The Ser.
non on the 'bunt and the Ten Comiandments, the elassio ex-
amples of our mutual Judais Christian culture, are as true
today as ever in history. I earnestly hope that more and more
men, Christians as well as Jews, will incorporate within their
daily lives the principles of religious living whieh are basic
to unkind.
W e Adolph Ilosenberg,
President,
Union of American Hebrew Congregations.
34 West Sixth Street,
CInctcrati. Ohio. .
Indorsing the American Jewish Cavalcade, Abe religious emphasis:
program eponsored by the Union' of American 'Hebrew Congregations ,
„President Truman declared,. "economics •secority and world peace. Is
dependent upon .greater acceptance 'of religion:" During November
the. caraleatk, bringlnyr 10 • outitankfint -reforin 'rabbis, indluding
Dr. B. Beindiet Glaier . of Detroit, to SO coninistattities on $ preseillajr
revival mission:- '
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