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DETROIT JEWIS14 CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle

New York

—and—

Hollywood

By HENRY WEGODSKY

DESPITE PROTESTS from vari-
" OM groups that "Abie's Irish
Rose" displays unfavorable racial
stereotypes, the film will be re-
leased full-scale by (Bing) Crosby
Productions Dec. 27. Some minor
cuts have been made, but•no im-
portant revisions are contemplated.
The Anti-Defamation League of
Bnal Brith, most vocal of the ob-
jectors, is considering purchase of
the negative—a move calling for
a minimum expenditure of $550,-
000—to prevent distribution of the
picture.
A spokesman ror the organiza-
tion says this Is the wisest course,
since the film is so extremely ob-
jectionable that minor revisions
would serve no real purpose.

• • •

HUSBAND-WIFE BRE A K-
FAST program aimed at Yiddish
listenership is under considera-
tion by several New York ad-
vertisers. Produced by Leo Fuchs,
celebrated Yiddish comic, the
show will be called "Tea with
Lemon."
• • •

FIRST ISSUE of the newly or-
ganized Tempo Record Co. will be
"Musical Milestones of the Jewish
People." The album will feature
vocalizing of Pierre Gentile. Joe
Venuti will furnish violin accom-
paniment.

• • •
• BILLY ROSE was guest of
honor at a New York dinner of
the Federation of Jewish Philan-
thropies Dec. 12. The dinner
climaxed the Federation's $12,-
000,000 campaign for its 110
member hospitals and welfaie
agencies. Irving Berlin was feted
the same day by the National
Conference of Christians and
Jews.
• • •
JEWISH COMICS Jackie Miles,

Lenny Kent, Jan Murray and Red
Buttons are collaborating on story
of their beginnings in show busi-
ness. The book is tentatively titled
"The Borscht Years of Our Lives."

• • •

YIDDISH LEGIT shows in
New York are playing to SRO.
This oddity is that a consider-
able part of the audiences is
non-Jewish. Reason therefore Is
the glowing notices given shows
by New York drama critics,
•
• • •
THE BEN YOST Singers' night-

ly rendition of "Ell-Ell" at Slapsy
Maxie's, Hollywood, is receiving
press orchids.
• • •

MOLLY PICON is doing a
serialized autobiography for a
New York Yiddish daily. The
series is an encyclopedic history
of the Yiddish show business. I
would not be surprised if the
series should, in the near fu-
ture, be translated into English
and become a best-seller.

Zion Press Bitter
Over Deportations

TEL AVIV (Palcor). — The
Hebrew press was bitter in Its
reply to the government's allega-
tion that the forced transfer of
the Knesseth Throel refugees to
deportation ships in Haifa, during
which two refugees were killed,
was undertaken only to ease the
intense congestion and unsanitary
conditions aboard the refugee ship.
"Is it possible," Davar asks, "to
benefit persons against their will
to the extent of killing by shoot-
ing? Had the two victims died
aboard the vessel for lack of
proper sanitary conditions it would
have been an act of God. But
they were killed by humans — the
government's minions — killed un-
necessarily in order to convince
the displaced Jews in Europe that
it is not good for them to go to
Palestine."
Haboker says in face of the gov-
ernment's action against the refu-
gees "neither new announcements
or possible declarations by Lon-
don during the World'Zionist Con-
gress, can decide for participation
In the lAndon conferences."
Hamashkif, Revisionist daily,
says "the shocking descriptions of
the transhipment of 'refugees Are
beyond imagination. Even we who
have undergone bitter' experiences
in recent months find lt,,,diflicult
to believe these things - Possible
during days of so-called negoti-
ations."

Friday, December 13, 1946

Americans Take Top Role in Zionist Congress
.1.
to Promote Militant Policy Over Immigration

a state in which the Jews would
be the only citizens, denying rights
to minority groups. It goes with-
out saying, he asserted that a
Jewish State could arise only in
a regime of democracy and com-
plete equality of rights, civic, re-
ligious, political and national re-
gardless of race, religion or sex.

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understands "the full gravity and
urgency" of the Palestine ques-
tion, Dr. Silver added.
Dr. Silver praised Truman for
dealing forthrightly "for the first
time" with the "unwarranted in-
tervention" of King Ibn Saud in
the Palestine issue. He also ana-
lyzed America's role in the Pal-
estine question since 1939, describ-
ing it as "mere benevolent neu-
trality."
Dr. Stephen S. Wise, in an ad-
dress on "Fifty Years of Zionism",
appealed to the Jews of Palestine
"to resist oppression of our broth-
ers," but to let "no deeds soil the
blameless record of our long, un-
sullied history."

WEIZMANN LAUDED

MANDATE ABANDONED

Assailing the White Paper as
an instrument which "cost the
lives of tens of thousands of
Jews", he demanded that Britain
either cancel "this blighting White
Paper and resume her mandatory
obligations, or we have a right to
assume she has abandoned her
mandate over Palestine."
David Ben Gurion, chairman of
the Jewish Agency Executive, in
his address rejected trusteeship
for Palestine, declared that the
Jews must fight now for the im-
mediate establishment of a Jew-
ish State, but warned simultane-
ously against "those who acquire
a pound of dynamite and hope
thereby to foist their will on the
country."
Ben Gurion, leader of Jewish
Palestine's Labor Movement, lashed
out against the British Labor Par-
ty, particularly Home Secretary
Herbert Morrison, asking: How
should Jews regard this man who
now implements the White Paper
policy in view of his statement
in 1939 "that the White Paper was
a cynical breach of faith."
Ben Gurion asserted that a Jew-
ish State in Palestine is the only
guarantee of peace in the Middle
East. The Jews he said wish only
to work and live In peace with the
Arabs, he added, deolaring that a
Jewish State would bring the

Ship Delay Balks
DP Immigration

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ABBA HILLEL SILVER

"Four Freedoms" to the Arab peo-
ples of the Middle East.

AIMS OUTLINED

He outlined the aims of the Jew-
ish State as follows:
1. To bring in all Jewish sur-
vivors' in defiance of the White
Paper; 2. To develop Palestine's
resources to their fullest; 3. To
abolish poverty among Jews and
Arabs in the Middle East parti-
cularly the Arabs of Palestine, by
a complete industrial and econo-
mic transformation; 4. To give the
Jews representation on interna-
tional councils.
He then listed the weapons with
which the Jews will fight for their
State:
1. Immigration, which, Mr. Ben
Gurion declared is a spontaneous
movement, not an organized drive;
2. Colonization, regardless of re-
strictive laws. As an example he
referred to the recent coloniza-
tion drive in the Negev; 3. Global
propaganda, pressure 'on govern-
ments and the marshalling of pub-
lic opinion the world over.
Ben Gurion denied "absurd, er-
roneous" rumors that a Jewish
State would be a theocracy, a
state in which all Jews the world
over would have to be citizens, or

Morris Tabachnik has b een
elected president of Windsor's
Shaer Hashomayim Congregation
succeeding Jerry A. Glanz, who
has been named honorary presi-
dent.
Other officers include H. Cher-
niak, J. Orechkin, M. Meretsky
and M. Sumner, vice-presidents;
H. R. Schwartz, secretary; H. Vex-
ler, treasurer; and L. A. Sharpe,
financial secretary
J. J. Segal, Jewish poet laureate
of Canada ,will be guest speaker
at the Peretz School at 8 p. m.
Sunday.
Rabbi Nahum Shulman, former-
ly of Windsor and now of Min-
neapolis, has been elected presi-
dent of the Alumni Association of
the Hebrew Theological College of
Chicago.
Tickets are on sale for the New
Year's Eve party of the I. L. Pe-
retz Mothers' Club. For informa-
tion call Mrs. S. Cohen, 3-6896.
Branch 362, Canadian Legion,
will hold a New Year's Eve din-
ner-dance at Shaar Hashomayim
to raise funds for a Jewish vet-
erans' home in Windsor.

Mass Parley to Urge
Admission of 100,000

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A mass confer-
ence to mobilize organized Amer-
ican Jewry behind the drive to
admit 100,000 homeless Jews to
this country, will be held Jan. 5,
under the auspices of the National
Coordinating Committee for the
Admission of 100,000 Homeless
Jews into the United States.
The committee, in which more
than 20 national Jewish organiza-
tions are represented, has issued
a call for the conference stressing
the need for nationwide pressure
to bring Immediate action from
President Truman and the new
Congress.

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Music Study to Honor
Lateiners at Open House

Open house in honor of Jacob
and Isidor Lateiner, pianist and
violinist respectively who are ap-
pearing on a Music Study Club
concert Dec. 16 at the Art Insti-
tute, will be held for club mem-
bers from 8 to 10 p. m. Dec. 15
at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Ezra
Lipkin of Webb avenue.

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der to find out that the American
Joint Distribution Committee, fin.
anced by the contributions of
American Jews through the United
Jewish Appeal, has been engaged
wholly In the humanitarian task
of caring for the frightened, suf-
fering Jewish population of Eu-
rope, in Poland and in every other
country where there are Jews re-
maining alive after the Hitlerian
holocaust. The Joint Distribution
Committee takes care of these
people wherever it finds them—at
home or on the move, in camps
or in cities.
"Does Mr. Mender want this
work discontinued? And why doe s
he try to give the impression that
the Army wants it discontinued?"
MEADER UNINFORMED
"As for Meader's sneering re-
mark that the Jewish refugees 'all
seem to be coming into our zone,'
how does it happen that Mr. Idea.
der did not trouble to inform him-
self that the American zones of
Germany and Austria are the only
places in Europe where a Jew
fleeing from anti-Semitic terror In
Poland or elsewhere in eastern
Europe can be sure of refuge and
shelter?
"These are all established facts,
quite available to Mr. Meader.
They are known to every Ameri-
can reporter in Germany, or who
has recently been in Germany.
They are facts in which every
American should take pride.
"But in Mr. Meader's keport they
are distorted into an ugly pic-
ture, with a hint of some under-
handed conspiracy in the back.
ground. There seems to be some-
thing wrong with Mr. Meader's
ability as an Investigator—or per-
haps his heart is less sympathetic
to the oppressed than it is to an
opportunity for partisan criticism."

After studying the text of Dr.
Weizmann's k e y note address
(which is reported in detail on page
one), many delegates here said
the veteran Zionist leader dis-
played high diplomatic skill in by-
passing the partition Issue and
the question of Jewish participa-
tion in the London conference.
Weizmann's omission was favor-
ably received by the more militant
delegates, many of whom profess
to see in Weizmann's silence a
sign that he had not yet made
up his mind on the issue.
Others believe that Dr. Weiz-
mann deliberately omitted those
issues both because he wanted to
avoid becoming the center of a
stormy debate and, because he was
reluctant to influence a final de-
cision by the Congress.
An impressive service for the
6,000,000 Jews who had died at
the hands of Hitler was held at a
special session of the Congress.
As Dr. Weizmann, who addressed
the gathering in Yiddish, ascended
the platform, the electric lights
were turned off. Two large, black
candles were placed on the dais.
The hall was draped In black.
Softly, and with a breaking
voice, Dr. Weizmann called on
the gathering to rise in several
minutes of silence in honor and
memory of the Jewish martyrs. As
the delegates and guests rose from
their seats, many broke out in
loud weeping.
Repressed sobbing was heard
from every corner of the hall as
the aged Zionist world leader, ill Send Chanukah Gifts
and burdened with personal tra-
Asks
gedy, began with the assertion to SOS, the JDC
NEW YORK —Contributions of
that the Crusades, the Inquilition
and the pogroms in Czarist Rus- relief supplies for the surviving
sia were "child play" as compared Jews of Europe on Chanukah were
urged this week by the SOS (Sup-
with the Nazi slaughters.
plies for Overseas Survivors) col-
lection of the Joint Distribution
Committee.

Tabachnik Heads Shaar Hashomayim;
Poet Is Speaker at School in Windsor

MUNICH (JTA) — Only 4,700
displaced persons have emigrated
from Germany to the U. S. since
last May, although under present
quota regulations more than 25,000
could have been admitted in that
period, it was revealed this week.
The figures were contained in
an announcement by Military Gov-
ernment headquarters at Frank-
furt that about 900 DP's left Bre-
men this week for the U. S. aboard
the Marine Flasher, reducing tae
number still awaiting passage at
Bremen to about 1,200.
Officials attribute the delay to
the fact that only a few ships
have been assigned to the Bre-
men-New York emigration run.
They disclosed that they have ap-
pealed to both the War and State
Departments for additional ship-
ping.
Ira Hirschmann, special repre-
sentative of UNRRA Director-Gen-
eral Fiorello La-Guardia, has ar-
rived here to make a study of
the problems of displaced Jews in
this area. He will report directly
to LaGuardia.

NEW YORK

Maj. Eliot Scores
Meader's Report

The Crystal Chandelier Company,
8451 Linwood avenue, which builds
chandeliers to order for each cus-
tomer, opened last week. Each
item is built so that each cus-
tomer's Individual preferences can
be satisfied.
Morris Berman, manager, was
for many years connected with
a New York organization that
specializes in custom built chan-
deliers.

Book Review Brunch
Scheduled for Tuesday

Fay Portner, educational direc-
tor of the Detroit Girl Scouts, will
review "The American" by How-
ard Fast at the second Book Re-
view and Brunch of the Sister-
hood of Shaarey Zedek at 12:30
p. m. Tuesday. Mrs. Herman Wets-
man is chairman.
Reservations should be made by
Sunday with Mrs. Richard A. Cott,
TO. 8-5617.
Members are requested to bring
canned foods for the SOS drive
to the meeting.

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00 pounds of Passover provisions
are en route to Jewish survivors
abroad, the first of a total of
4,100,000 pounds of matzoth, ma-
tzoth meal and other holiday sup-
plies purchased by the Joint Dis-
tribution for overseas shipment.
Additional quantities of matzoth
will also be baked in Europe and
paid for by the committee. In ad-
dition, sacramental wine for the
Passover holiday will be purchased
in Palestine for distribution among
Jewish survivors. The JDC, major
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