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Detroit Jewish Chronicle
Friday, December 13,
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And the LEGAL CHRONICLE
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HELP RESISTANCE!
war for survival and freedom.
Let's give them a hand.
Dear Editor:
ANDREW L. SOMERS,
The full-scale military campaign
launched by the British Imperial
House of Representatives,
forces' is a cynical act of aggres-
Washington, D,
CY AARON, Publisher
GEORGE WEISWASSER, Editor•in•Chief
sion against the Jews.
CHARLES TAUB, Advertising Manager
NATHAN J. KAUFMAN, Managing Editor
ASK U. S. TO ACT
Palestine's youth is being forced
to fight for its life and for its Dear raElldy itoarn:.
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Vol. 48, No. 50
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1946 (Kislev 20, 5707)
Detroit 26, Mich.
home; it is fighting for its sur-
spiritually the Jew
viving kin still somehow alive in
people stand alone in a world
Hebrew Committee of National Libera- the concentration camps of Eu- ish
ripe with hatred and suspicion .
tion. It is a program of men of shrewd- rope, as well as Cyprus. Above Against overwhelming odds Pales:
When the time comes in January to ness and imagination.
all, it is fighting for the God-given tine's Jews are giving such an a
t-
right to live a life of dignity and count of themselves that it must
protest the seating of Mississippi's agre-
Within the next few weeks Bergson peace.
draw the grudging admiration of
gious senator, Theodore G. Bilbo, the lead
will proclaim the establishment of a
I have had the rare privilege of even the most rabid anti-Semite...
should be taken by Michigan's Senator
Provisional Government and demand de meeting with an officer of the British hired hoodlums, drafted
Homer Ferguson.
jure recognition of the world's powers. Palestine Resistance who recently from all parts of England's slums,
today roaming through Jew-
Since new senators are given their
The idea may catch on, and if it does, arrived here to seek American are
and support. I have re- ish towns in Palestine and colt-
oaths in alphabetical order, only one new-
the World Zionist Congress, now in ses- sympathy
ceived from him—and from other mitting acts of hooliganism that
comer, Gov. Baldwin of Connecticut, will
sion in Basle, may be wasted effort.
sources—the full story of what is should draw a scorched chuckle
be inducted before Bilbo. One can hardly
of satisfaction from Herr Hitler in
Let's face it. Actually the Congress happening in Palestine.
expect a new man to challenge the right can't do much. Weizmann berates Brit- Theirs is a struggle not only for his present fiery abode. For, are
not John Bull's robots carrying
of the next one on the list to his seat a ain, Silver condemns Roosevelt and Tru- their own liberation, but also for on
after the best Hitler tradition?
minute after he himself had taken the man, and everybody flays Attlee and the basic principles of democracy Can we Americans any longer
and
decency
without
which
peace
oath for the first time.
remain passive at this treachery
Bevin. Dr. Goldman asks for "com- anywhere in the world cannot sur- against
Innocent people so
It will accordingly be up to one of
promise" and acceptance of partition and vive. Their fight is thus your fight provenly an
worthy of nationhood?
the holdover senators to speak up and
in
every
sense
of
the
word,
your
and Dr. Sneh, a much more discerning fight.
What true American has not
that one should be Ferguson who has
leader, retorts that Britain wants "no so- Your readers are not required thrilled at the reading of Valley
been one of the group on Bilbo's trail
Forge, when our heroic pioneers,
lution at all, but is following a policy to risk their lives, but the resist- ragged
and almost unarmed, fought
in the Senate war investigating commit-
dictated by purely strategic, bureaucratic ance needs help that your readers off Britain's
numerically superior
tee. Senator Mead, the chairman, will
can give. It needs money for me-
considerations."
not be returning and the others, Brew-
ho ens Jews
;
In Palestine are now
The upshot will be that a few resolu- dical supplies, and other things. lPgi The
In asking your readers for a doing the same against vastly
ster of Maine and Kilgore of West
tions will be passed and, if any decision financial
contribution, I am break- greater odds, and for as just a
Virginia, will not yet have taken their
is reached on partition or participation ing a lifelong tradition. But I feel cause—freedom from tyranny.
oaths.
in the London conference, there will re- the need so keenly that I am im- The U. S. has the power and
There is a good chance that Bilbo can main cleavages and irresolution.
pelled to come to you.
prestige to force Britain to a
Please urge your readers to give. showdown in this very important
be barred by the 60 holdovers plus Sena-
Something dramatic, something start- Neither
matter.
ter. a
their lives nor their money
tor Baldwin. The chances of depriving
ling, something statesmanlike is needed. will be worth much if Palestine's By
the laws of human de-
him of his Senate seat after he has once
cency and fair play and as one of
Let the Congress in its next week of fight falls.
taken it will be slimmer.
Make checks payable to Mrs. the promissaries in the Palestine
deliberations, stop listening to speeches
Gunther, treasurer, and question we are honorbound to In-
Since Senator Ferguson has been so out-
and debating resolutions. Let it steal a Frances
send them to me. Mrs. Gunther tervene on behalf of the tragic
spoken in his criticism of Bilbo, certainly
march on Bergson and his faction. Let and I give you our assurance that Jews—else our 300,000 heroes have
he should stand up and challenge his right
it declare itself the Provisional Hebrew any sum you contribute will be died in vain. My fellow Americans,
to remain in the Senate.
transmitted In its entirety to the the time to act is now!
Government of Palestine!
Palestine Resistance. This is their
Bilbo is a breeder of hate and a pro-
JACK FREEMAN
Then let it drop vacillation, comprom
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Senator Ferguson, Stand Up!
tagonist of vicious, un-American and un-
godly beliefs. He is a democrat. Repub-
lican Senator Ferguson should have no
compunction on political or moral grounds
to take the lead in driving from the
Senate the unspeakable exponent of bigot-
ry and malice.
Ferguson's addiction to investigative un-
dertakings have hardly helped to qualify
him as a leader in the Senate. Here is his
, opportunity to show that he can be a
leader of men in a just battle. Let him
rise and challenge Bilbo. He will thus
earn the plaudits of all sane and honest
Americans.
Fight Fire With Fire
It is bad enough that we have an ex-
cess 'of "Sha, sha Jews" who timidly ad-
vise the silent treatment as the best way
to combat blatant anti-Semitism. Now
comes Commentary magazine which gives
us the views of a "Gentile, one of the
foremost practitioners of public relations
in this country" who in an anonymous
article, "I Wish They Wouldn't Do That,"
tries to tell us, too, that we should fight
anti-Semtism with haughty disdain for
the hate-mongers and by being "serene
and dignified."
How can he know that silent treatment
has never worked; that disdain and dig-
nity have brought ridicule and then an-
nihilation; that silence has always been
interpreted as resignation and coward-
ice?"
The usual rules on public relations do
not seem to make sense when it comes to
battling anti-Semitism. To combat it, there
is only one command: "Fight fire with
fire."
World Zionist Congress
The concept of a Provisional Hebrew
Government for Palestine intrigues the
imagination, makes the blood course swift-
' er in bodies that have undergone much
blood-letting in recent years. It bespeaks
decision,. finality and courage. It means
that Jews have taken the bull by the
horns and recognized that Britain's ruth-
less policy in Palestine is no local expedi-
ent but part of a vast program of empire.
It signifies that the Jews are out to make
Palestine their Homeland, come what may,
so that two or three million of their broth-
ers can be saved from extinction and so
that all Jews can hold their heads up as
a people with a land of their own.
The idea of a Provisional Government
is the property of Peter Bergson and his
ise and timidity and get down to fighting
a revolution.
1[ The Visiting Editor
The Christmas Tree
(See Dr. Goldberg's column on the same subject,
page 3)
Running the danger of having our col-
umnist Segal throw verbal cudgels at our
editorial head, we would like to take is-
sue with certain Jewish parents, who at
this time of the year make a grand dis-
.play of their "tolerance" and broadmind-
edness by purchasing Christmas trees for
their children.
The Christmas tree, to the Christian, is
a beautiful symbol of "peace. on earth and
goodwill to men." So why shouldn't we,
modern up-to-date Jews accept that sym-
bol? We, too believe in peace on earth
and goodwill to men, they argue to their
Jewish conscience. Which is all right with
us, if they want to accept Christianity.
This is a free country and we can worship
as we please.
But to make the Christmas tree a sym-
bol of Judaism as well, is stretching the
analogy too far. For it is also a symbol
of the Christ story, and we know how the
perverson of that story has led to the
butchery of our people.
We too have beautiful symbols—Jewish
symbols which could be made as appeal-
ing to the imaginative mind of the child
as the Christmas tree. We have our palm
leaves, our ethrogim, our Chanukah gifts,
our four Passover cups. But, as one edi-
torial writer puts it, we have as yet to
see our Christian neighbors adopt these
symbols because of their beauty or be-
cause of their religious significance.
May we conclude this suggestion with
a paragraph from an editorial published
in the Detroit Jewish Chronicle?
"Let parents who are looking for some-
thing to make home love more tangible
look into the ways of celebrating Chanu-
kah and Purim more intensively. Let the
lights shine on Chanukah. Let the 'drei-
dels' spin. On Purim let the story be told
again and again.
There is nothing wrong with the tree
or the ceremony connected with it. It is
a ceremony connected with. the regular
worship of Jesus. It is beautiful, it is ap-
pealing. But it is Christian."
Bnai IJrith Messenger,
Los Angeles, Cal.
Histadrut Is Acclaimed as a Symbol
(Continued from page 3)
other industrial projects, Histad-
product of its doing in Palestine. rut has an agricultural distribu-
Yes, it has established 60 in
tion system, which under the la-
dustrial co operatives employing bel "Tnuva," guarantees the met-
close to 1,500 workers. It was its of the things it distributes—
operating 160 industrial factories milk, butter, eggs, cheese, vege-
and workshops in agricultural tables, fruit and fish. (Like the
collective settlements. In these labels of Borden, Sealtest and
1,200 persons were employed. Squibb In the United States.)
Two thousand workers were em
Yes, these are Rebecca and
ployed in 35 other factories
the Ilistadrut for you. Arabs
owned by Ilistadrut institutions.
can't get fighting mad at Re-
Histadrut co-operatives held 100 becca and Histadrut who toil
per cent of all passenger and 80 and whose toil contains no poll-
per cent of all freight transport tics that Arabs can be afraid of
in Palestine. The traffic was never as something menacing to their
interrupted during the war. pride.
Under Histadrut jurisdiction
Their anger is for Zionist poli-
there are 24 co-operative savings ticians—there are a lot of them
and loan associations with a mem- among my neighbors—who have
bership of 28,000, with savings of succeeded only in messing up the
ten million dollars, with capital serenity in which Rebecca has
and reserve of $750,000. Thus co- been working by demanding Jew-
operatives help the Palestine work ish sovereignty in a Jewish state
er when he builds a home, plants in Palestine.
a garden, purchases tools.
Rebecca has established the
Histadrut has a building co- nobler sovereignty of gainful toil.
operative which employs thous- May God bless Rebecca's work
ands of workers at building hous- with plenty of big eggs next
es, wharves, roads, airports and season.
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