DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle
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Detroit Jewish Chronicle
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Vol. 48, No. 48
GEORGE WEISWASSER, Editor-in•Chief
NATHAN J. KAUFMAN, Managing Editor
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1946 (Kislev 6, 5707)
Young Israel's Drive
Detroit 26, Mich.
New British Scheming
Britain's brazen plotting to provoke
The basis of our religious practices is
understood by too few of us but it is crys- Jewish-Arab conflict in Palestine is sub-
tal clear to the members of Young Israel, stantiated in an article in last week's
"Nation" entitled "The Mufti's New
orthodox youth organization.
In a modern world that demands logic Army."
and reason, their Judaism is one that
The writer, Andrew Roth, author of the
springs from understanding and analysis; book, "Dilemma in Japan," confirms the
that is inculcated from a love of beauti- well known fact that the Arabs have or-
ful and significant traditions; that is fos- ganized two military bodies, the Nejada
tered by a recognition that all men must and Futawa. "They pretend to be nothing
submit to certain disciplines; that is sus- more than older Boy Scouts," writes Roth,
tained by a pride for the deeds of the "but obviously, they hope to be the Arab
fathers; that is nourished by a sense of answer to the Irgun and the Haganah,"
belonging and of oneness.
British authorities, he pointed out, close
Much as it is difficult for some of us
their eyes to the fact that both Arab
to follow, because of factors we cannot
"armies' wear distinctive uniforms in pub-
control, we must pause to give these
lic in contravention of two British decrees
young people the tribute they deserve
making it a criminal act to wear such
(and which they are the last to claim)
uniforms.
for remaining steadfast jo traditions
they honor in the practice where most
of us are aware of them only in the
breach.
The suspicion that the organizations
are being formed with the agreement,
if not at the instigation of the British,
Roth declares, is based not only on
British willingness to waive the ban on
uniforms and to ignore the possession
of arms, but also on the type of leaders
sponsoring them.
These people live Judaism daily, love it
and cherish it because it has meaning and
substance today, not because their grand-
fathers did so and so in days of yore.
Young Israel preserves Judaism with pray-
Roth insists that the Mufti himself and
er and song, with phylacteries and Onegai
Shabat, with study of Torah and with acts his nephew, Jamal Huesseini, are their
of affection and esteem. These young peo- chief backers. Huesseini, says Roth, has
ple are fine Americans and their Ameri- been promoting an Anglo-Arab alliance
canism is strenghtened because of their and the Mufti is believed to be preparing
loyalty and devotion to what is older and to return to Palestine in the guise of an
anti-Soviet Arab leader.
godly.
If the Mufti should ever be permitted
Young Israel is in the midst of a drive
for funds to start a youth center for the to return to Palestine as a climax to Brit-
entire community at Dexter boulevard ish double-dealing, we warn .now that
and Fullerton. It looks to orthodox Jewry, Britain alone will be held responsible for
paricularly, to help in this drive. We the consequences.
know that those Jews who love Judaism
What has been done by the Resistance
for its present and its future will be gen- up to now will be as child's play if the
erous in their response.
Yishuv's wrath is thus aroused. And what-
We urge them to support these youths ever it does will not be half enough.
who will be the backbone of American
orthodoxy some day. Let them invest with
Young Israel for the assurance that or-
thodoxy will be preserved with under-
standing and love.
{ The Visiting Editor
Twenty Years of Service
For 20 years, the North End Clinic has
been a symbol of man's humaneness to
his fellow man. It has eased pain, brought
healing, fostered goodwill and offered
basic training to social worker after so-
cial worker.
Most of its success in its good works
can be credited to the generosity and de-
votion of scores of physicians, dentists
and women workers who as volunteers
have given hours and days of their preci-
ous time to bring relief and solace to
those in pain.
Not the least of the clinic's contribu-
tions is the spreading of understanding
and amity among the diverse races it
serves, for though it is formally a Jew-
ish agency, the clinic has helped thous-
ands of non-Jews who have entered its
doors.
The clinic will observe its 20th anni-
versary on Wednesday. The entire com-
munity, Jewish and Gentile, rises to tell
of its gratitude and to offer best wishes
to a magnificent organiaztion.
Another Example
Friday, November 29, 194
ETTER° BOX
REFUTES BIAS CHARGE
Dear Editor:
I have had referred to me a
feature article of Phineas K. Bi-
ron, appearing in your paper un-
der date of Nov. 1, 1946, in which
Robert Christenberry, president of
the Astor Hotel and the American
Action Inc., were attacked. Know-
ing of your paper's desire for
fairness, I am writing to advise
you of the true facts.
Robert Christenberry, mentioned
in said article, Is an outstanding
American, one who not only prac-
tices and talks Americanism, but
one who lost an arm in defending
Americanism as a member of the
United States Marines.
The statement made in the
aforementioned article that Ameri-
can Action Inc., Is tainted with an-
ti-Semitism, is best answered as
untrue, by the fact that Lou Kess-
ler, of Seattle, Wash., an outstand-
ing Jewish war veteran of both
World Wars I and II is a member
of the executive committee of
American Action Inc., which makes
and executes its policies.
American Action is an Ameri-
can, bi-partisan, non-sectarian or-
ganization dedicated to uphold and
defend America against Commu-
nism, Fascism, anti-Semitism and
all alien or un-American groups
that are attempting, for whatever
purpose, to undermine the integ-
rity of and destroy our form of
government and our American
Way of Life.
HAROLD T. HALFPENNY
Chicago, Ill.
REVISIONISTS REPLY
Dear Editor:
Answering Joseph Schlossberg's
attack of the League for Jewish
National Labor in Eretz-Israel, it
is difficult to countenance this
attempt to sow disunity in Jewish
ranks at a time when the Yishuv
Is engaged in a bitter struggle
with a dastardly foe.
This action appears to be moti-
vated by a desire to create a
monopoly on American aid for
one party.
The Jewish public, however,
know that there are, not one, but
seven legitimate labor federations
in Palestine. They are: the Gen-
eral Federation of Jewish Labor,
the League for National Labor,
the Histadrut Labor Mizrachi, the
Histadrut Labor Agudath Israel,
the Histadrut General Zionist La-
bor, the Histadrut of Yemenite
Labor, and the Histadrut of Se.
fardic Labor.
NOT ANTI-UNION
The League for National Labor
is no more anti-union than all the
other groups enumerated who do
not happen to belong to the Gen-
eral Federation. Or does the fact
that they do not belong to this
Federation stamp them all as re-
actionary?
The Jewish public should, fur-
thermore, know why these various
labor organizations had broken
away from the General Fei
tion. It was because the latter
used favoritism in obtaining
ployment for its followers, and
threat of depriving of employr
those who had the courage of
sent. Consequently the dissi
elements had been forced to 1
separate unions, on the same
tern as American labor separ
into CIO and AFL, for examp
The National Labor League
one such union. It has been
existence nearly 15 years, and
a membership of over 25,000.'1
to its Revisionist antecedent<,
has been in the forefront of
bloody struggle for the libera
of the Homeland, even before
General Histadrut had awake
to the danger, having been
helping Britain win the war,
IMMIGRANT LABORS
The National League has b
active in the work of bringing
called illegal immigrants into 1
estine from the time it was I
organized and to this date.
should be remembered that
Revisionstis had been engaged
this task from way back w
"Chaver" Passfield of the Bril
Labor government of 1929 iss
the first White Paper.
Tens of thousands of refu1
had thus been saved from the
ropean holocaust, and many
being saved to this very date
is not for nothing that in the
cent election for Congress in 1
estine the Revisionists got
splendid vote of confidence
polling the second largest v
and the Revisionists of the w(
will be represented in the C
gross by 40 delegates.
In conclusion the follow
should be quoted from Mayor
kach of Tel-Aviv: "The Natic
Labor Federation and its 8
Fund are recognized by the mt
cipal Corporation of Tel-Aviv."
The New Zionist Org. of Dot
AARON M. WEISBROT, P
MANUEL MERZON, Sec)
,
WAR MEMORIALS
Dear Editor:
The War Memorials Commit
has been authorized by the Cc
mon Council of the City of Dot
to assist in naming of new pa
and recreational facilities and
naming certain existing parks
playgrounds in honor of war
roes.
We feel there are indivIdt
and organizations within the cc
=ifty and groups which y
paper serves who may wish
submit names of Detroit war
rocs for this purpose. You we
be of great service to us if throe
the pages of your paper you as l
for suggestions. Suggestions she
be mailed to the War Memor
Committee, City Hall, Detroit
Michigan, and contain complete
formation on, the war hero s
gested.
HAROLD SCHACHEF
Chairn
, Canadians recently were encouraged to
give vent to any passive or latent national
or religious prejudices they might be har-
boring in the matter of immigration by
answering a poll question which asked in
direct terms whom they would like to Compassion Called Jewish Attribut(
keep out? -
would only try to be human!
(Continued from page 3)
According to the Jewish Post of Win- the hospitable waters of the human kind had a pretty 1
name among the fish. This 11s
nipeg, 49 percent named the Jews, a figure Ohio.
happy experience of some pee
second only to the Japanese which was Now it's the way of a columnist should encourage mankind to h
not
just
to
tell
a
story
but
to
first in the list with 60 percent. The Ger-
some faith in his own essen
the tale with a moral.
goodness and make a man of h
mans were third with 34 percent and the adorn
Out of this fish I get the idea self instead of being a heel.
Russians fourth with 31 percent.
that maybe there was something
Well, that's the way the fl
While, generally speaking, polls which Jewish in the matter of the crea- seems
to speak and so the
permit men and women to vote on issues ture being compassionately carried isn't anything left for me to Sc
back to the river by the cantor. in the way of a moral to t
which myriads of believers in true democ- Something
of Jewish philosophy in story of the fish the char
racy brand as undebatable, are, to say it. The sanctity of life, even in caught
and returned to the rivl
the least questionable in value, this par- the least of beings, all that. But I feel the
fish speaks my tit
deference to the whole human mind in the matter.
ticular registration of Canadian bigotries in
race I put that aside. Wouldn't
serves to accentuate the need for an im- it be presumptuous in me to be- Yet, on further thought I
to believe there really n
mediate unbarring of the gates of the one lieve that compassion is something like
have been something essentic
land that is ready to receive Europe's dis- special to Jews.
Jewish in the compassion of
• • .1,
placed Jews.
cantors' whole family, in its sc
HUMANITY NEEDED
the fish back to the river
That land, unlike Canada, does not em- I COULD GUESS that the fish frig
giving It a 'chance to live.
brace a vast section of the uninhabited
was happy to discover these
Anyway, that's one of the
region of the globe, but—again, unlike samples of the human race on its ter ways of being Jewish, It see
brief
excursion.
If
the
human
race
It Can Happen Here
to me.
Canada, and unlike Canada's mother coun-
The Detroit News the other day pub- try—it is fully prepared and eager to care
lished a photo of Emory Burke, the hol- for the survivors of the most horrible and Jews Support Intolerant Bishop
lisher of Time, Life and Fortu
(Continued from page 3)
low-eyed leader of the Columbians, pica- brutal pogrom in all history.
ready for the printers . .
If Canada experiences even a modicum plete autonomy for the Zionist Or- has
yune anti-Semitic, Negro-baiting organiza-
Aside to Phil Murray: A lot
ganization of America for political
tion in the benighted South. He stood with of human compassion for the victims of work
people are saying you'll accept
in Washington.
fist raised, a vicious scowl covering his German barbarism now undergoing new
medal from the British Gove
In the meantime, former Con- ment this week • • . We're s 1
face, and in the background was the light- tortures because England has failed to gressman Joseph Clark Baldwin,
indignation at the British t
ning flash emblem of the hate organi- keep her Palestine pledge, the Canadian now In London as representative your
ror In Palestine won't permit it
of
Peter
Bergson's
League
for
immigration
poll
is
far
from
reflecting
it.
a
zation.
City College (of New York) r
Palestine, Is doing a bang- mentos
A few strokes of an artist's brush could
The Canadian poll is a perfect example Free
of its hundred year hist ,
up job In converting Members of include a picture of the class
add a silly little mustache, a clowlick over of Canadian disregard for principles that Parliament to a more liberal
1889 .. . That tall, sallow lad
his forehead and a swastika-look to the must prevail if the world is to turn to the Palestine policy .. .
the back row is Bernard
paths
of
brotherhood,
true
democracy
and
lightning emblem, and lo and behold,
Arthur Koestler, whose best-sel- Baruch. '
ling "Thieves in the Night" has
peace.
Leonard Bernstein, well kno
Burke could be Hitler.
aroused such a storm of contro- composer-conductor, Will score
The Jewish Independent, versy,
• May this ominous comparison sink deep
will be featured in a new ballet' version of "The Dybbu
into the minds of all good Americans.
Cleveland, 0.
magazine that Henry Luce, pub- a classic Chassidic drama . .
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