A merica newish Periodicaleater CLIFTON AVENUE - CINCINNATI 20, OHIO THIS PAPER PRINTED IN TWO SECTIONS SECTION ei✓ t• ch in ew 111, AN UNAFFILIATED, INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER 'ed Detroit Jewish Chronicle Vol. 48, No. 51 Led Rescued 742 Freed by British Singing Children in Parades Launch Palestine's Chanukah Kosher Meat Price Studied Council Investigates Women's Complaints The Jewish Community Council is investigating prices charged for kosher meats In Detroit in re- sponse to many complaints from housewives, Dr. B. Benedict Gla- zer, revealed at the quarterly meet- ing of the Council Tuesday in the Jewish Community Center. Dr. Glazer is chairman of the body's Internal discipline commit- tee. The community, he said, will be informed of the results of the study of alleged differentials in prices between kosher and non- kosher meats, Dr. Glazer declared. A sub-committee of his group, he said, is charting a program to help improve the physical appear- qtce of areas inhabited by Jews. e also disclosed that his commit- has been weighing measures to anpose community pressure upon persons who, in their business practices, do not live up to Jewish ethical standards. Rabbi Leon Fram reported that the Council affiliates had obtained 15,000 signatures on petitions for a fair employment practice law in Michigan. He pointed out that even if the attorney general's chal- lenge of the legality of the peti- tions is sustained, the presentation of the 650,000 or more signatures will have a strong impact on the legislature. He announced that the Council has joined the Michigan Council for FECP, a new .statewide organ. ization, which is promoting fair practice legislation. - TO YOU AND TO ALL ISRAEL 10c a Copy; $3 Per Year Dr. Weizmann Issues Ultimatum on London Parley to the Congress BASLE—(Special)—Dr. Chaim Weizmann in an ulti- matum to the World Zionist Congress Wednesday de- clared that unless the Congress approves. Jewish partici- pation in the London conference on Palestine next month, he would not accept any Congress office. He has also told the standing committee that he LONDON (Special) — In a holiday gesture of con- ciliation, the Colonial Office agreed on the eve of Cha- nukah to admit into Pales- tine all of the 742 pas- sengers, men, women and children, rescued from the island of Sirini after their ship went down in a gale. The marooned refugees were transported to Cyprus and the British announced that only the women and children would be transferred to Palestine. The agreement to admit the men also was hailed as a great victory for the Jewish Agency which had been pressing for such a move. ANGER AROUSED Earlier, Jewish anger was stirred by a report that British soldiers and sailors had used clubs and tear gas in the Cyprus disembark- ments. A number of Jews were reported badly beaten. Despite the resentment, the gratitude of the Jewish community for the assistance given to the stranded immigrants by the RAF was expressed by Isaac ben Zvi, president of the Jewish National Council, in a visit to Air Com- modore Dawson, commander of the RAF in the Levant. QUOTAS DIVIDED The Colonial Office also an- nounced that the Palestine gov- ernment had decided as an in- terim measure to divide the 1,500 regular monthly Palestine immi- gration quota evenly between ref- ugees held In Cyprus camps and those in the British zone of Ger- many. There are approximately 15,000 Jews in the zone. The estimated expenditure on camps in Cyprus up to next April is $7,600,000, the colonial secretary, Arthur Creech-Jones, said in the House of Commons. He reported that the cost would be met by the Palestine govern- ment. A JOYOUS CHANUKAH and The Legal 'Chronicle DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1946 Await Transfer to the Homeland j a i on would not take the honorary pres- idency but only an active post. The venerable leader's announce. ment was no surprise. He had made it known when he arrived for the Congress that he was not seeking reelection as president. Louis Lipsky, American member of the Jewish Agency, said the `Demagogue' Is Shouted at Dr. Weizmann This 3-year-old Palestinian child lights the Chanukah candles in the window of her home. All Jewry joins with her in the prayer that the ceremonial gleam may show the way to a new life for thousands of displaced Jews in the Homeland. They look to the United Jewish Appeal to fulfill their dream. * . tyrants and the winning of their By BALFOUR PEISNER freedom. ((HANUKAH, the "Holiday of the Then Chanukah songs are sung, 1 -4 Miracle," is in Palestine a embodying in them the very es- period of festivity. It is celebrated sence of the holiday and of the with parties, fetes and, most con- Jewish spirit. spicuous of all, lights. The song most frequently heard, The celebration Is begun with a "Hancros Hallolu", is translated: parade of school children. At dusk "These candles which we light, on the eve of Chanukah, the chil- For the miracles and for the wonders, dren assemble in their school yards, each with a candle. Shortly For the salvation, and for the valor, after sunset the candles are lit, and this touches off the lighting Which Thou didst for our fore- fathers, of the first candle all over the At this time, in those days. country. • • • On water towers, synagogues, city halls, and other high build- RETURN FOR LATKES The children then return home ings the first light blazes in commemoration of the purifica- to partake of potato latkes. Chanukah, in Palestine, is not a tion of the Temple and the re- storation of Israel's ancient dig- period for the exchange of gifts, as it has come to be in this coun- nity and glory. try. There, if at all, gifts are exchanged during Purim. LISTEN TO THE STORY The holiday week is the apogee THE CHILDREN then parade of the social season, vyith the through the streets carrying can- slightest excuse bringing forth dles from their schools to the parties and celebrations. As each day goes by, the coun- synagogues, where services are read and the story of Chanukah, try becomes brighter with addi- and the exploits of the Hashmo- tional candles being lit, until at the end of the eighth day, the naim are told. Each has heard the story many country is ablaze with this positive times, yet the children all listen assertion of the people that the as if for the first time, all eager Jewish Nation remembers its to hear of the exploits of Judah glories of old and is resurrecting the Maccabee and his brothers, of itself from the despair and home- their triumph over the Syrian lessness of the diaspora. • • • BASLE — Dr. Chaim Weizmann bitterly attacked Palestine ex- tremism in a half hour address at the conclusion of six days of de- bate by the World Zionist Con- gress and excoriated its United States supporters. "I am not impressed about Speeches on resistance made in New York," the Congress presi- dent asserted, "when resistance is supposed to take place in Pales- tine." He declared that extrem- ism in the Holy Land had done immense harm to and might eventually poison Jewish life. ' Dr. Weizmann was interrupted by Dr. Emanuel Neumann, vice- president of the Zionist Organiza- tion of America, who shouted "demagogue." But Dr. Weizmann's moving reply brought the gather- ing to its feet cheering. He said: "Every house, every barn at Na- halal, every little factory in Tel Aviv and Haifa bears a drop of my blood." Nahalal is a village in the Plain of Esdraleon of which Dr. Weiz- mann is particularly fond. Following Dr. Weizmann's ad- dress, David Ben Gurion, chair- man of the Jewish Agency execu- tive, repeated his opposition to a partition as a Zionist political pro- gram. He indicated again, how- ever, that he would not be averse to it if an offer came from the British. Honors Rabbi Adler Survey in N.Y. Reveals Hard Goods Will Set Sales Pace in Early 1947 NEW YORK. — Hard goods will be a major factor in sales gaina during the first four months of 1947, according to the results of a survey of 200 stores announc- ed yesterday by Kirby, Block & Co., resident buyers. Eighty-two per cent of these stores, handling both hard and soft lines, expect to go ahead in sales for this period, whereas 90 per cent of specialty shops, handling apparel and accessories only, ex- pect to go behind in the same period. The median percentage of in- crease for the total store was put at 15 per cent, with the range be- ing from 5 to 33 1/3 per cent. The median percentage of decrease was 12 per cent for the four months, the range of decline be- ing from 3 to 20 per cent. OUTLOOK FOR HARD LINES Hard lines alone, however, had a median anticipated increase of 80 per cent and range of from 5 to 300 per cent over 1846. The median increase for, some stores on soft lines was put at 10 per cent, with the top gain being 20 per cent and the lowest 3 per cent. For stores reporting an expected decrease in sales of soft lines the median decline .wac 15 per cent, with the range being from 5 to 25 per cent. By months the survey revealed the following: 75 per cent of the department stores expect a gain in January, whereas 65 per cent of the specialty shops expect to go behind. In February 71 per cent of department stores foresee gains, while 50 per cent of the specialty stores anticipate lower volume. In March 100 per cent of the depart- ment stores anticipated volume gains, while 45 per cent of the spe- cialty shops look for a drop. In April 65 per cent of department stores expect to go ahead, where- as 75 per cent of the specialty shops expect to run behind. The survey also brought out that 68 per cent of the stores expect January inventory to be higher than in 1940, 60 per cent look for this to be true in February, 65 per cent in March and 50 per cent in April. DR. LOUIS FINKELSTEIN, president of the Jewish Theo- logical Seminary of America, will deliver the main address at the Chanukah dinner of Congre- gation Shaarey Zedek at 6:30 p. m. Sunday. The affair will also be a testimonial to Rabbi Mor- ris Adler on his recent induction as rabbi of the congregation. Dr. Finkelstein is chairman of the Religious Institute of America and the author of such scholar. ly works as "Akiba" and 'The Pharisees." Cantor Jacob Sonen- kiar will sing appropriate selec- tions and also kindle the Chanu- kah lights. Harry M. Shulman will preside. Congress must make a clear dis- tinction between "resistance" and "terror." He said he was confident that the Congress would not give up hope of cooperating with Brit- ain in some way. Breaking off re. lations with Britain or losing all hope, he declared, would lead to needless strife. "It is my hope that the Con- gress will allow the new executive elected next week to send repro- . sentatives to the London confer- ence," he added. Lipsky said that "resistance" ex- cluded terror and means organized responsible action; "terror" Im- plied "action not responsible to the community." Dr. Abba Hillel Silver, ZOA president, was elected chairman of the key political commission. It faces the task of squaring oppos- ing views on future Zionist policy and thus enabling the personal composition of the Jewish Agen- cy's new executive to be evolved. Earlier, Dr. Silver had called for a boycott of the London par- ley and urged the Congress to "disown the disastrous diplomacy" of the executive. He called for continuous immigration to Pales- tine "regardless of the cost." OVATION FOR WEIZMANN He was followed by . Dr. Weiz- mann, Dr. Stephen S. Wise and David Ben Gurion, agency political chief, who made impassioned ap- peals for the support of the par- tition scheme and for participation in the London talks. Dr. Weiz- mann received a tremendous ova- tion when he arose to make his reply to Dr. Silver. (His address is reported in part in an adjoining column.) In a move which greatly strengthens the forces opposing the partition proposal, the Palestine Labor Party, second largest rep. resented here, adopted a resolution calling for reaffirmation of the Biltmore program which calls for a state in all of Palestine. William B. Ziff, American Re- visionist, urged the delegates to take a firm position in behalf of a provisional Jewish government for Palestine. Declaring that Amer- Ica must be convinced that her true interests lie with a Jewish State in Palestine, Ziff attacked the advocates of partition and de- nounced "anti-Semitic bureaucrats" in the British governmental offices. SUSPEND REVISIONISTS The Zionist executive announced that it had suspended six mem- bers of the central committee of - the Zionist Revisionist Union of America for breaches of dis. cipline. The suspensions were based on two counts. The first was an un- authorized submission of a request to the United Nations to bring the Palestine question before the Gen- eral Assembly. The second was the fact that the Revisionists, among other groups, had published an appeal for money contributions to a Zion- ist resistance fund "for active fighters of the Palestine under- ground." Altman Hour Enters 18th Year of Service The Altman radio hour will en- ter its 18th year of service to Detroit's Jewish community with its regular programs this week- end. They will be conducted over WJLB from 8:30 to 10 p. m. Satur- day, and 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday. `Rabbi Joshua Sperka and Can- tor Robert Tullman will participate in a special program Sunday. Congratulatory wires have beep pouring in to Mrs. Sarah Altman, who is in charge of the programa, from organizations throughout the city.