DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle Page Four Detroit Jewish Chronicle And the LEGAL CHRONICLE Published Weekly by Jewish Chronicle Publishing Co., Inc., 525 Woodward Ave., Detroit 26, Mich., CA 1040 SUBSCRIPTION: $3.00 Per Year, Single Copies, 10c; Foreign, $5.00 Per Year Intered as Second-class matter March 3, 1916. at the Post office at Detroit, Mich., under the Act of March 3, 1879 CY AARON, Publisher CHARLES TAUB, Advertising Manager Vol. 48, No. 51 GEORGE WEISWASSER, Editor.in.Chief NATHAN J. KAUFMAN, Managing Editor FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1946 (Kislev 27, 5707) We Can Raise $170,000,000 To allay some of the fears that the Amer- ican Jewish community will be unable to subscribe the $170,000,000 set as the United Jewish Appeal goal for 1947, the National Jewish Post pointedly quotes from Robert Nathan's address at the UJA Conference. "To question the wisdom of the UJA leaders or to prejudice the ability of U. S. Jewry to give that much is dis- tinctly harmful," the Post declares. "A negative psychology will ruin the PJA chances even before the first local drive is held." Because the Post is so right, we also quote the following from Nathan's ad- dress to show that Americans are well able to raise the amount: "My organization in Washington which is engaged in economic consulting work is now bringing to completion an econonlic survey for the UJA which has as its pur- pose the assembly and analysis of data to assist the officials of the UJA in setting goals among the different communities in relation to each other and these data can then be used along with other non-econo- mic data and observations in the proper allocation of the national goal among the various communities. "We believe that the UJA goal for 1946 was equal to about 6 per cent of the aggregate savings of the Jewish community in the preceding year. Even this seems to be a relatively small per- centage. Yet, if one takes account of the tax picture and analyzes the deduction allowance by the government for chari- table contributions in tax computations it appears to us that the 1946 UJA con- tributions actually represented a drain of only about 2 per cent of the total of current savings of those who contrib- uted. "Tax rates were high in 1946 and there- fore welfare contributions made by those in the higher brackets in substantial part came out of taxes and the balance out.of retained income. Thus one could hardly conclude that the 1946 goal represented a severe drain on the capacity of Amer- ican Jews to help their less fortunate co- religionists. This conclusion appears justi- fiable even after taking cognizance of the fact that many individuals do not carry their share and others make up for such deficiencies." Nathan is one of the nation's leading economists. Unlike many of his colleagues he scoffs at the prediction of a severe re- cession in the spring of 1947. His deduc- tions on the 1946 appeal are unimpeach- able. If he has advised the UJA leaders that American Jewry economically can con- tribute $170,000,000, to aid their helpless brethren in 1947, he certainly knows what he is talking about. Those who are scep- tical about that ability and voice it pub- licly spread mistrust in the leadership and do harm to the drive. If they are unable to controvert Nathans' thesis, they should have the goodness to remain silent. Our Newspaper Friends Jews have two great friends in the pub- lication field and both need our help. They are the New York newspaper PM and the fearless little bulletin, In Fact. We ought not to turn a deaf ear to their appeals. PM is the famed liberal newspaper which countenances no injustice and vigor- ously battles hate and prejudice wherever it finds them. Itti enemies call it leftist or communist, but actually it is a progressive American paper that speaks for the mas- ses and the downtrodden. In Fact calls itself "an antidote for falsehood in the daily press" and it has done an excellent job living up to that designation. The venality of the Amer- ican press is disheartening. In fact strikes out bravely to expose and de- nounce its shortcomi.ngs which axe mag- Detroit 26, Mich. nified by its Big Business proclivities. In addition, In Fact defends the little fellow and the victims of fascism and hate organizations. It is doing a good piece of work week after week hammering at an- ti-Semitism while the daily press remains silent. In Fact and PM are our friends. Sub- scribe to both if you can. In Fact is only $1 a year, but its price goes to $2 Jan. 1. Write to 280 Lafayette street, New York 12, N. Y. PM is, of course, more costly. If you cannot subscribe for a year, we suggest you take the excellent Sunday edition or subscribe daily for 12 weeks or 6 months. Write to Box 81, Times Square Station, New York 18. Best Wishes To Pisgah Pisgah Lodge of Bnai Brith, biggest in the United States, is celebrating its 89th birthday this month. We join with all friends of Bnai Brith in extending warm congratulations and good wishes. Beginning next week, the Jewish Chron- icle will publish a series on Pisgah and other Bnai Brith lodges in Michigan by our scholarly historian, Irving I. Katz. It is a fascinating story. Be sure to read it in our "History of the Jews in Michigan" column. We could write reams on the contrib- utions of Pisgah in fostering Judaism, charity and brotherhood. We shall leave that to another day. Today we pause only to pay tribute for one great func- tion of Pisgah and, for that matter, of all fraternal lodges, namely the promo- tion of good fellowship. It is good to be able to take a night off once or twice a month just to meet the boys, to play a bit of cards or do a little kibitzing. It is heart-warming to meet so- cially with one's comrades. It is relaxing. "It's always fair weather when jolly good fellows get together" says the old song. That's what Pisgah and the other lodges strive for. May their success long continue. The Visiting Editor It's Happening In Another City A hospital is now being erected in an- other city by Jewish money but with the typical apologetic label of non!sectarian. The orthodox element which is contrib- uting its share of the funds seems unable to get any answer to its request for a kosher kitchen. It certainly seems tragic that the thera- peutic value of kosher food for those who are accustomed to it cannot penetrate the thick skulls of some leadership. We don't know how much of medical cure depends upon the mental attitude of the patient, and we don't know how much the will to live and get strong enters into modern medicine. But certainly there• is enough emphasis placed on dietary kitch- ens in all of the hospitals in this country to suggest that the food consumed by a patient is important. We submit that trefah food served to an orthodox person violates all of the psychological principles underlying medi- cine. We cannot see the economy which balks at the cost of a kosher kitchen, yet spends all sort of sums on lamps, equip- ment, etc., of only experimental or hypo- thetical value. A sick person, and especially a conva- lescent, has a lot of time for thinking while lying in a hospital bed. One of the things •e thinks about most is food. Hos- pitals make every effort to see that the food is warm, appetizing, nicely served. Why the indifference' to the plea that it likewise be kosher for those who want it that way? AMERICAN JEWISH 01 • IIOOK Pittsburgh, Pa. Friday, December 20, 1946. LETTER° REPLY TO SULZBERGER Dear Editor: Arthur Hays Sulzberger In his letter to the Jewish Chronicle makes four principal points: 1 The Zionists have subordin- ated refuge to statehood. 2. This subordination has placed refuge in jeopardy. 3. There should be a concerted attempt to empty the camps in Europe of all displaced persons to whom America, France and Britain should perforce offer asy- lum. 4. We should become imbued with the concept of world citizen- ship in place of confining our- selves to Jewish parochial inter- ests. He is on untenable ground on all four points. To maintain that there Is a con- flict between the work of build- ing a Jewish state and the task of Jewish refuge is to imply that we are free to do either. But this is wholly at variance with the facts. NOT OUR CHOICE The choice is not ours to de- termine whether, for example, 100,- 000 Jews should be admitted to Palestine, or whether England should live up to the terms of the Mandate. It is yet problematic if a shifting of emphasis would faci- litate the achievement of refuge. Therefore, to berate those who appear to be contending for a Jewish State is wholly to miss the point. For the essence of the tragedy of the Jewish people has been this terrible situation, that we had been exposed to the plight of having things done to us or for us. The noblest spirits amongst us have come to realize that our sal- vation lies in redressing this evil balance; we must find means for determining our own destiny. The distinguished publisher is all for admitting the displaced Jews into Palestine. And who, within or without Jewish ranks, with reason and decency in his mind and heart is against it? ZIONISTS BUILT HAVEN But it should be noted that if the Zionists had not labored to build a Jewish community in Pal- estine, while the Sulzbergers had thrown stones in their path, there should not now have been facili- ties in the Land of Israel to re- ceive refugees. It may not be amiss also to point out that, on reliable informa- Box tion, the Jewish DP's are more concerned with the problem of building a Jewish State than with their immediate refuge. These grievously maltreated brethren of ours realize bette than we here do that the root °fu g the Jewish tragedy has been our w homelessness. It, furthermore, scar- cely requires the lively imagina- tion of a prominent publisher to appreciate the simple proposition that if there had been at the war's outbreak 3,000,000 more Jews in Palestine there should have been that many less to be devoured by the German beasts. 2 ,KINDS OF REFUGEES Would that America opened her doors to Jewish and other DP's. But it would be well to caution here that there are two kinds of refugees. There are those, like the Jews, whom no one would have, and there are others who dare not return to their native land because If their records as Nazi collabora- tionists. It could hardly be expected that American Jews should plead for Gen. Anders' Poles, whose com- patriots in Poland are carrying on in approved Nazi fashion. The Jews have always placed service to mankind above their own interests, and look what they are getting for it. Is it not about time Mr. Sulzberger, we tended our own garden? M. MANUEL MERZON YOUNG ISRAEL'S THANKS Dear Editor: The board of directors of Young Israel of Detroit, at its last meet- ing on Dec. 4, 1946, has instructed me to forward the following com- munication to you, which was made in the form of a motion and passed unanimously. The board of directors of Young Israel of Detroit extends its thanks and appreciation to the Detroit Jewish chronicle for the extensive publicity granted the organization in connection with the building fund drive for its proposed Youth Center on Dexter and Fullerton. We make parti- cular reference to the editorial ap- pearing in the columns of the De- troit Jewish Chronicle on Nov. 29, 1946. It is our hope and prayer that we do not fail the trust placed in us by the community in support of our building project. SAMUEL W. PLATT Hoover Asked to Expose Hate Groups (Continued from Page 3) democratic forces, who saved thousands of Jewish lives during the Nazi occupation, are today be- trig persecuted and terrorized by the Greek government. Jewish DP's can expect no sanctuary from such a government. • • • WELCOME BACK, CARL IT'S GOOD TO HAVE Carl Al- pert back In the New Palestine. Don't miss, in the Dec. 13 issue, the prophetic voice of Max Nor- dau speaking from the past into the very acute present. "Burning Lights," by Bella Cha- gall is distinguished by 36 draw- ings of Marc Chagall, which makes it attractive under any circum- stances. It is published by Shock- en Books. Yeshiva College, New York Rab- binical Seminary, will play a 21- game basketball schedule this year, opening against New York Uni- versity and closing against Brook- lyn College ... The future rabbis have produced many upsets in past seasons . . . Designs for Chanukah These illustrations for Chanukah are taken from a manual, Jewish Deals-net published by the National Jewish Welfare Board, which contains illustrations and decorations for all Jewish festivals. They are designed for reproduction in publications issued by Jewish centers, YM-YWHAs and other groups.