Friday, December 13, 1946.

DETROIT SWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle

Page Sixteen

Our Athletes

By I BANK BECKMAN

Jewish State Is Only Solution,
Weizmann Asserts at Opening

ity through the rise of a Jewish
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State.
new country in Eastern Europe or
"Our claim for a state," he said,
the Balkans was about to come "is sometimes represented as an
under the Gestapo rule, we asked act of extremism. What is natural
that the gates of the National for Bulgarians, Armenians, Trans-
Home be opened, so that our chil- Jordanians and many other na-
dren and youths might be saved tional groups, which have no great-
from the imminent furnace and er claim themselves upon the con-
gas chamber. We were refused." science of the world, is somehow
The Zionist leader in no mincing regarded as an unreasonable bene-
words rejected the so-called Mor- faction for Jews."
rison plan for the federalization
of Palestine. He called the plan KNOCK AT DOORS
"a slightly modified White Paper."
The major immediate Jewish
He said the plan entirely ex- problem, Dr. Weizmann asserted,
cludes 80 per cent of the country was the absorption of a million
from the scope of Jewish coloni- and a quarter European Jewish
zation without even assuring com- survivors "the overwhelming ma-
plete freedom in the 15 per cent jority of whom are desperately
allotted to Jews.
pressing against the gates of Pal-
Touching on the Arab question, estine." Only the immediate estab-
Dr. Weizmann said that the estab- lishment of a Jewish State, he
lishment of a Jewish state offered said, could bring this about. "Ex-
inducements which he believed had perience has taught that there is
an appeal to many thoughtful no other authority as capable of
promaing development and recon-
Arabs.
The Jewish-Arab relationship, struction at a rate commensurate
said Dr. Weizmann, "Is often en- with our need."
The recommendation of the An-
visaged in terms of Incompatibi-
lity and conflict. Arab nationalist glo-American Inquiry Commission
leaders, such as Feisal and their for the immediate immigration of
British friends and advisers such 100,000 Jews from Europe, said Dr.
as Sykes and Lawrence saw the Weizmann would do much to im-
problem of equity In its true pro- prove the atmosphere in Palestine.
This measure was a sine quo
portions. They saw that the Arab
peoples would derive much ad- non, he said, for the improvement
vantage from the exertions and of the Palestine situation. It was
examples of a developing Jewish in accord with the spirit of the
mandate, which Great Britain must
society .. .
either carry out or surrender, he
JEWS WANT MORSEL
said.
"By what tortuous logic," Dr. AFFRONT TO HUMANITY
Weizmann asked, "can our morsel
The adoption of this measure
be stolen and added to their feast. and the institution of develop-
How can it be moderate for the ments, schemes of irrigation and
Arabs to claim seven states and intensive cultivation, he added,
extreme for us to claim one, when would "substitute an atr.posphere
our lack of national status has of optimism and expansion for the
left us exposed to all the gusts of present dark apprehension which
reaction and oppression which have broods over the land.
blown across the face of the
Along with these measures, an-
world?"
other step recommended by the
Dr. Weizmann declared that the Anglo-American Inquiry Commit-
establishment of a Jewish State tee, the abolition of the land or-
in Palestine was necessary for dinances, which deny Jews access
other reasons thaii securing fur- to "something like mine tenths of
ther Jewish Immigration. It would the land of Palestine," must be
also, he said, be a decisive step put into effect, he asserted.
toward "normality and true eman-
"The notice 'No Jews admitted'
cipation throughout the world."
in nine-tenths of the territory of
He said it was his opinion that the Holy Land, said Dr. Welz-
Jews throughout the world could mann, is an affront to the human
only gain normal status and secur- conscience.

JOHN L.'s coal strike put the
dampers on Central High School's
basketball schedule.
Coach Harold Kammerer's boys
were slated to open their season
last Friday
against Macken-
zie but will not
be able to get
under way un-
til next week-
end.
Sam Taub,
tricky ball-
handler, should
be the Trail-
Beckman blazers' big gun
this season. Capt. Abba Shapiro,
Neal Schechter and he loom as
certain starters. Shelly Young is
putting up a good fight for a
regular berth.
Others who should see plenty of
action this winter include Donald
Cole, Bill Gooze, Donald Gurwin,
Seymour Iwrey, Milt Jacobs, Jer-
ry Kaufman, Ellsworth Levine,
Harvey Miller, Eugene Mondry,
Aaron Rosenstein and Bob Stein-
berg.
Central already has two victories
under its belt. The Blue and
White has defeated Northern, 34
to 28, and Southeastern, 40 to 34,
in practice games.
• • •
DIMINUTIVE Ben Weinberg,
who played basketball for Wayne
University last year, has switched
allegiance and is now a member of
the University of Detroit cage
squad.
Ben earned two basketball and
two tennis letters at Central
High before the war. He won
the Detroit tennis doubles title
with Bob Ilennessey In 1942. ....
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BASEBALL: Harry Danning,
former New York Giants catcher,
has been signed as a coach by
Hollywood in the Pacific Coast
League . . . First baseman Mike
Schemer has been sold by Jersey
City to Sacramento.
• • •
FOUR BROTHERS—last name
Handler — are on the New Bed-
ford Post, JWV, basketball team.
A fifth is Myles Friedman, the
Handlers' brother-in-law.
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LOADED WITH a wealth of
basketball talent, the Bale Post
iluariee
474, Jewish War Veterans, quintet
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opened its season with a decisive
MENDEL LEVINSON
45 to 18 victory over Minnesota
Mining in the Highland Park Re- pioneer fur dealer in Bay City,
died Dec. 6. Besides his wife Fan-
creation Class A League.
Tomorrow (Sunday) at' 9 p.m., nie, he is survived by three sons,
Bale will meet Ford Local No. Percy J. and Lewis M. of Bay
City and Harry of Detroit; one
400 at Hackett Field House.
daughter, Mrs. Morris M. Goldberg
Eli Kaplansky, former all-city of Bay City; a sister, Mrs. Rebec-
player at Northern High School, ca Hannan of Bay City; and a
Is captain of the Bale team. Ben brother Max of Detroit and Los
Stein, who scored 13 points Angeles.
against the Mining five, is an-
other standout.
HARRY IMMERMAN
The Bale squad, which is com- a resident of Bay City for the past
posed chiefly of Central and 45 years, died Dec. 8. Besides his
Northern High basketball letter- widow, he is survived by two
winners, is coached by Sam Ro- daughters, Mrs. Leo Graff and
Mrs. Barney Feldman, both of
senstein.
Class A teams desiring exhibition Bay City, four sons, John and
games can get in touch with Ro- Bernard of Bay City; Harold of
Flint, and Sam of St. Louis, Mo.;
senstein by calling TO. 8-6184.
two sister, Mrs. Sam Kessler and
• • •
Mrs. J. Fishman of Bay City; two
BNAI BRITH bowlers are doing brothers, Herman of Bay City, and
a bangup job of topping the ma- Abe Immerman of Owosso.
ples this winter. Although Phil
Robinson and David Kantor (both
ROSE FELSENFELD
of Detroit) r o 11 e d miraculous of 98 Tennyson avenue, died Dec.
games of 300 and 299 respectively, 4. Services were at the Ira Kauf-
still men in other cities have man Funeral Chapel. She leaves
rolled games in the astronomical her husband, Joseph; four sons,
figures. Carl Michaelson of Cin- Morris, Nathan, Fred and Wil-
cinnati is credited with a 279; Ce- liam; three daughters, Mrs. Harry
cil Caplow • of Chicago, 277; Al Lichter, Mrs. David Smith and
Willinkin, also of Chicago, 276; Mrs. Saul Rich; one brother, Mar-
and Oscar Hoffman, Toledo, 278.
cus Geller.
• •
NOTE TO FRED MANDEL,
JENNIE SHEFMAN
owner of the Detroit Lions: Now of 3774 Fullerton avenue, died Dec.
that you are scouting around for 6. Services were at the Ira Kauf-
some new faces for next year's man Funeral Chapel. She leaves
team how about inquiring about her husband, Joseph; a son, Har-
this Roy Zimmerman .chap, who ry; two daughters, Sarah Shefman
wore a Philadelphia uniform this and Mrs. Milton Rappaport; two
year.
brothers, Isaac Prubas of Mon-
I Iis akicarance In Detroit treal and Mattus Prubas of Mex-
would be a stimulus to get Jew- ico City.
, ish fans to fill some of those
NATHAN DULBERG
vacant seats that were so pre-
dominate in Briggs Stadium this of 2964 Gladstone avenue, died
Dec. 6. Services were at tile Ira
season.
We didn't suggest a man like He'd be much closer to his Lan-
Sid Luckman because Coach Ha- sing home. •
las would probably ask for your
right arm in exchange.
HANK GREENBERG wasn't the
Zimmerman would be able to only Jewish player on the Detroit
take care of your passing assign- Tigers when the 1948 season start-
ments. Against Boston last Sun- ed. The other was Murray Frank-
day he uncorked three touchdown lin, former University of Illinois
tosses and was about the best man athlete, who later jumped to the
on the field. ,
Mexican League. Murray was well-
And while you're at it, perhaps pleased with conditions south of
you can get Mel Pregulman of the border and will be drawing
Green Bay on Detroit's roster. Pasquel's checks again next year.

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Delegates Weigh
a Triumvirate

Toastmistress

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Laborites would under this plan
retain two-thirds of the leadership
in the executive. The Mizraehl

leaders also opposed this propo
since it would leave them compl ,

ly out of the leadership.
Rabbi Judah L. Fishman, me

ber of the executive, announced
that he will not participate either
in an executive or a triumvirate
together with "a reform rabbi who
is preaching on Sundays," obvi-
ously referring to Dr. Abba Hillel
Silver. His statement provoked
dissatisfaction among leaders of
the Mizrachi World Organization,
of which he is the representative

in the executive.
An urgent meeting of the Miz-

rachi leaders was held and it was
decided to await the opinion of
Rabbi Meir Berlin, now in Jeru-
salem, one of the outstanding lead-
ers of the Mizrachl world move.
ment, as to whether he favors the
re-election of Dr. Weizmann as
president, or the creation of a
World Zionist triumvirate with
Dr. Silver as one of its members.

MRS. REVA SCHWARTZ will
be toastmistress at the 20th
jubilee donor luncheon of the
Sholem Aleichem Folk Institute
at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday in the
Hotel Book Cadillac. Saul Mei-
sels interpreter of Jewish songs,
will ' be on the program. He will
be accompanied by Ida Ruth
Meisels, The affair is sponsored
by the literary groups of the
institute. At a pre-luncheon gath-
ering, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Fin-
kelstein will entertain the mem-
bers at a Chanukah party.

Registration Going On
for Farband Schools

New classes will soon be or-
ganized in the Jewish Folk
Schools (Farband).
Ages of admission are from six

to 11 years old.

Y.

Kaufman Funeral Chapel. He
leaves his wife, Kate, and a daugh-
ter, Tillie.

MORRIS ISRAEL
64, of 2915 Euclid avenue, died
Dec. 3. Services were at the Lewis
Bros. Chapel. Surviving are his
wife, Rachel; and children, Mrs.
Joe Gross, Mrs. Ben Blum, Mrs.
Isadore Samsky, Mrs. Earl Bow-
man, Rae, Henry, Leslie, Sidney
and Nathan.

as

JACOB MILLER
director and one of the founders
of Chesed Shel Emes, died Dec. 1
at the age of 57. He Is survived
by a brother, Leon; a sister, Rose
Tissler; and an uncle, Morris Mil-
ler. Services were at the Hebrew
Benevolent Scciety.

MRS. REBECCA HECKELMAN
74, of West Palm Beach, Fla., for-
merly of Detroit, died Oct 10, it
has been revealed here. She is
survived by two daughters, Mrs.
Samuel Goldman of West Palm
Beach and Ruth Mitchell of
Chicago.

PAULINE POONS
of 3303 Philadelphia avenue, died
Dec. 6 at the age of 82. Services
were at the Lewis Bros. Chapel.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs.
William F. Schoettle and Mrs. A.
J. Fink, and two sons, Simon and
Nathan.

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of 1,
Millions

ROSE BARR
46, of the Seward Apts., died Dec.
7. Services were at the Lewis Bros.
Chapel. She is survived by her
husband, Budd; a son, Edward;
and a brother, Maurice Plattler
of Thamesford, Ont.

JOSEPH BIALICK
of 4216 Monterey avenue, died Dec.
6 at the age of 60. Services were
at the Lewis Bros. Chapel. Sur-
viving are his wife, Rebecca; a
son, Nathan; a daughter, Mrs.
Walter Green; and five brothers,
Louis, Harry, Max, Morris and
William.

BEN JACOBSON
72, of 9225 Cameron avenue, died
Nov. 26. Services were at the
Lewis Bros. Chapel. Surviving are
his wife, Jennie; children, Charles
and Mrs. Jack Kronmal of Cali-
fornia; and. a sister, Elizabeth
Sherman.

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