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13y FRANK BECKMAN

DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle

WA Campaign
Awaits the Gun

Wayne Labor Chieftains Rally
to Support of Histadrut Drive

Friday, February 21, 1947

American Tests
Palestine Ban

Stirred by the report of the
Land Purchase Curb
work of Histadrut given by Joseph
Schlossberg, veteran Jewish labor
Challenged by Judge
leader and national chairman of
the Committee for Labor Pales-
JERUSALEM (WNS) —A legal
tine, key AFL and CIO leaders
move to test the validity of the
here
have
pledged
their
financial
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White Paper land purchasing re-
as American Jewry's "Ambassador and moral support to the Hista-
strictions aimed specifically against
drut
drive.
Jews was begun here by Bernard
of Hope."
Morris Spitzer, Detroit manager
A. Rosenblatt, prominent American
Mrs. Levy will present an eye- of the Amalgamated Clothing
Zionist and former New York
witness report of the needs of the Workers, was selected chairman
magistrate.
Jewish communities in France, of the permanent trade union com-
Judge Rosenblatt started the att.-
Belgium, The Netherlands, Poland, mittee to aid Histadrut with John
tion following refusal by the Pill-
Germany, Austria, Italy and Pal- Paris, of the Laundry Workers
estine authorities to legalize his
estine. Mrs. Levy was named the Union and representing the De-
purchase of a- tract of land from
outstanding "Jewish Woman of troit and Wayne County Federa-
a Jew. In a petition for a writ of
1946" for her leadership in ral- tion of Labor, as co-chairman.
mandamus of the purchase to Sir
.
The work among Detroit-Wayne
William Fitzgerald, chief justice
County affiliated locals will be
of Palestine, directing the legali-
launched at the next delegate
zation of the purchase by the land
body conference when Abraham
registry office, Rosenblatt con-
Plotkin, general organizer of the
tended that the discriminatory land
International Ladies Garment
laws under the White Paper were
Workers, AFL, will outline Hista-
in violation of Article 15 of the
drut's work to the locals.
League of Nations mandate and
Amohg CIO leaders who will
in contravention to the Anglo-
DAVID WERTIIEIM
spearhead the educational and
American treaty of Dec. 3, 1944.
fund-raising activities will be
He urged that Article 15 speci-
Walter P. Reuther, president, $175,000 entering its final weeks,
George F. Addess, secretary- and with a number of the affiliated fically provides that "no discrimi-
nation
of any kind shall be made
treasurer, R. J. Thomas and Rich- organizations planning Histadrut between ,inhabitants of Palestine
ard T. Leonard, vice-presidents, Nites, the campaign committee an-
iiron
MORRIE ARNOVICII, for-
Emil Mazey, regional director and nounces that Judah Gertler, as- on the ground of race, re
mer Phillies outfielder, has been
Victor G. Reuther, director of the sociate chairman of the Chicago or language" and that sad , ..n-
named manager of the Hutch-
educational department, all of the Histadrut campaign, will be here glo-Ameriean treatey guart. ..ced
inson, Kan., club of the West-
United Automobile Workers, and to bring a special message to the Americans in Palestine the same
rights as those accorded the citi-
ern Association, a Chicago Cubs
Patrick Quinn, Tracey Doll and organizations.
farm. Morrie, 32, is now in Su-
Among groups who have eve- zens of the 51 members of the
Sam Sage of the Wayne County
perior, Wis., his hometown,
nings scheduled are the Radomer League of Nations.
Council, CIO.
In the event of an adverse rul-
Friendly, Feb. 23; Turowcr Aid
where ho Is a physical instructor.
David
Wertheim,
co-chairman
of
ing, Judge Rosenblatt will carry
• • •
the American Zionist Emergency Society, Feb. 24; Intercollegiate roe case to the highest court in
REGARDLESS of whether Hank
Council, will be the guest speak- Zionist Federation, Pioneer Wo-
er at the workers rally, Thursday men Organization, Club No. 1 and Britain.
Greenberg plays for Pittsburgh
this season, his purchase has paid
evening, Feb. 27, in the Rose Sit- Sharona Group, and Radomer Aid
tig Cohen Hall. Wertheim is a Society, Feb. 25; and the Lutzer
big dividends to the Pirates.
LEVY
MRS. DAVID
Voliner and Branch No. 79 of the
Prior to his sale, Pitt had sold
brilliant Yiddish speaker.
$85,000 in season tickets. Two lying national support behind the
With the Detroit campaign for Farband, Feb. 26.
weeks later the figure read $201,- 1946 campaign of the UJA.
In keeping with the spirit of
000—quite a jump.
Describing the plight of the
Jewish Music Week, a festival
The amount did not include ad- majority of the 1,500,000 Jewish Shaarey Zedek Women
will be presented by the Hashofar
vance sales for special days such survivors of Europe as "indescrib- to Honor Consecrants
Society for Advancement of Jew-
as the opener, Sundays and holi- ably bad and considerably worse"
The
Shaarey
Zedek
Sisterhood
will
ish Music, March 2 at the Jewish
days.
than It was a year ago. Mrs.
honor
the
1947
consecrants
and
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from
page
3)
Community Center.
As Publicity Director Jimmy Levy, declared that their future
The program will be in the form
Long put it, "There has never hinges on the success of the cam- their mothers, Sunday, Feb. 23. Easton, Pa., that he was a dinner
Mrs. Abe Katzman, president, has guest at their home.
of a Purim celebration with Arthur
been anything like it with the paign.
named Mrs. Joseph J. Karbal, to
Benavi, violinist, and Kurt Saffir,
• • •
Pirates."
'LIVE IN GRAVEYARD'
head the affair.
pianist, as artists. An operetta
• • •
PARADE MARSHAL
will be presented by the Shaarey
Mrs. Morris Adler will review
Mrs. Levy said that Jews were
NAT HOLMAN, coach of the
IT HAS NEVER been abso- Zedek religious choir under the
City College of New York b asket- still leaving Poland because of the "The Herdsman" by Dorothy lutely proven that Washington direction of Shirley Subar.
ball team, has come up with the fear that they may become the Clerke Wilson at a luncheon at actually visited the old Newport
Climax of the program will be
idea that coaches should hold brief "scapegoat" of anti-government 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 25. Mrs. Synagogue, but he did visit the the singing of Purim songs by
Walter Field, Mrs. Herman Wets-
pre-game conferences with officials forces.
city
of
Newport
in
1790
and
the
"The Jews who remain feel that nan and Maurice H. Zackheim are synagogue was one of the finest a choir composed of Hebrew, Yid-
to outline some of the plays that
dish and religious school children.
would be used. He thinks these they are living in a graveyard," in charge
examples of Colonial architecture
Serving on the festival Commit-
Members are asked to bring in its day.
confabs would eliminate a good she said. "They feel that they have
tee are Julius Chajes, Cantor Hy-
deal of foul calling since referees no future or any assurance of SOS contributions.
At any rate Moses Seixas, New- man J. Adler, Walter Farber, Rab-
would know in advance what to security and they are eager to go
port banker, grandmaster of the bi Leon Fram, Moishe Haar, Ber-
to other lands, especially to Pal-
Masonic grand-lodge of Rhode
expect.
Isaacs, Doris Markel, Wolf
estine."
Commentator to Speak Island and Parnas of the New- nard
• • •
Schneider and M. Segal.
Reporting on her visit to the
port
congregation,
did
present
a
LEN STEINER, 18-year old DP camps in Germany and at Meeting of AJC Unit
beautiful address congratulating
national indoor champion, won Austria, Mrs. Levy said "it is
William S. Gailmor, radio news
the New York Tennis Club's in- criminal that the physical hard- commentator, will address an open Washington on his election to the Activities of League
vitation tournament last week. ships, the lack of privacy and meeting of the Business and Pro- Presidency.
At the inauguration of Wash- Applauded by Irgun
Steiner is a student at Brook- the absence of any creature com- fessional Chapter of the American
NEW YORK.—The text of a
ington, Col. Isaac Franks was one
lyn Tech Iligh School.
forts should prevail so long after Jewish Congress Thursday eve- of the four marshals at the in- broadcast over the Irgun Zvai
• • •
liberation. But these people rep- ning at Central High School.
auguration parade and Rabbi Ger- Leumi's secret radio confirming
Gailmor received the New York shon Mendez Seixas, of the Shea- and applauding the American
BERT RUBY, popular Detroit resent the toughest core of the
survivors
of
Hitler,
and
refuse
to
Newspaper Guild's Page One rith Israel Congregation, the first League for a Free Palestine's re-
grappler, says there is nothing
award of 1946 for his work in and at that time the only Jewish patriation activities is reprinted
better than wrestling for the succumb to despair.
news reporting and analysis. He congregation in New York, sat in the Feb. 14 issue of the "An-
building of bodies . . . Advices HOLD ON TO LIFE
others in his trade to teach their
"Although the Jewish DP's lead has lectured in both the United on the platform with 13 other swer," non-sectarian American
youngsters the airplane scissors, an impossible existence," she ad- States and Canada on problems of clergymen representing all the weekly devoted to the struggle for
headlock, dropkick and Tarzan ded, "they have a remarkable vi- minorities, colonialism and anti- then existent Christian denomina- Hebrew liberation.
Stating that repatriation and sal-
tions.
tality and impress you profoundly Semitism.
hold.
Those Jews in Washington's gen- vation work is being clone in the
Bert will have to wait awhile with their hold on life. These
before he can practice what he people are going to live and, if They arrive in a pitiful state, af- eration felt that they were a firm United States "on the initiative of
preaches. His son is only 18 given the chance, are going to be ter spending many days on primi- element, rooted in Americal soil. the Arfierican League for a Free
The message those Jews bring Palestine," the Irgun broadcast
months old. When Ruby isn't in the useful and creatiire citizens of tive railroad cars or trucks with-
the Arena Gardens ring, he is tomorrow."
out food or water. They sleep In us is clearly this: We, American condemned Jewish Agency "mon-
usually browsing in the classics.
Coming from the misery of Eu- double-decker beds crowded to- Jews, are not parvenus. On the opolists" who are conducting a
• • •
rope to Palestine is like going gether in huge dark rooms. They contrary, we are old settlers. We "slanderous campaign'''in order to
were, from the very first, on the "revile precisely those who have
GUS DORAIS, Ruby, Cincy Sachs "from darkness into the sunshine," have a sense of aloneness and sor- ground floor. We have a founder's awakened the American public to
row that makes their position
and Lou Handler will be among she observed. Mrs. Levy remarked
the needs of our martyred people."
share in this America.
coun- tragic."
_
the notables who will appear on that "Palestine is the on
the "Membership Sports Caval- try in the world where Jews arc
cade" of the Sigmund Livingston wanted. The entire program in
Lodge, Bnal Brith, at 8:30 p. m. Palestine is constructive—every-
thing is planned and done with a
Monday in the Jewish Center.
A member of the Detroit Lions view to buildihg for the people
football team will also be pres- who are still waiting Mir chance
ent accordi7tg to Murray Teich- to come into the country."
She pointed out that throughout
man of the - publicity committee. Palestine, housing developments
takes pleasure in presenting a new series of broadcasts...
Movies of the 1946 World Series
will be shown. Affair is open to are under construction, settlements
are being established and factories
everyone.
are in the process of expansion or
• • •
construction. "Palestine is a pi-
COWBOY REUBEN SHANK, oneer country. Life is simple. Life
the boxer, isn't Jewish. "lie's is exciting and vibrant."
by
just cashing in on whatever pub-
HOPEFUL
SIGNS
licity the fabrication can bring
Belgium, Holland and certain
him," a story in the National parts of Czechoslovakia offered
Jewish Post reports. Shank, if
hopeful
signs of recovery, Mrs.
you will remember, was slated to
meet Rocky Graziano before the Levy reported, indicating that the
Valter Poole conducting
and rehabilitation assistance
gamblers attempted their "fix." relief
provided
by
American
Jews
plus
• • •
favorable economic developments
•
COACH OF THE Philadelphia in those countries has helped the
Warriors in the Basketball As- Jewish communities, return to nor-
Hear Immortal melodies played
sociation of America is Cy Kas- mal life. •
by master musicians—your
selman, former Philly Spha star.
"The situation of the Jewish
favorite music by such com-
The Warriors are in second place DP's in France is unusually de-
posers as Johann Strauss,
pressing, she said "With whole-
in the Eastern Division.
• • •
h e a r t e d humanitarianism the
Stephen Foster, Bizet, Brahma,
Ravel, Herbert and Gershwin.
FRED SINGTON, former out- French government opened its
fielder with Washington, Brooklyn borders to the Jews who fled from
and Louisville, is one of the of- Poland following the Kielce po-
ft i ls In the Southern Associa- grom.
"Some of the Polish Jews are
tion. Sington won all-American
honors as a gridder at Alabama. still corning into the country.
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WINNER IN SIX out of nine
games this year, Central High
School's basketball team squares
off tonight against Pershing In a
Metropolitan League playoff con-
test.
Figured to end in either fifth
or sixth place
by pre - season
dopesters, the
Trailblazers
have surprised
those forecast-
ers and are out
to do the same
in the elimina-
tion series.
It is doubtful
that Central has
Beckman the power to
capture the city title. Pershing
will be favored to beat the Blue
and White. If it doesn't, however,
other upsets can be expected.
Sonny Taub and Ellsworth Le-
vine will be among the starters.
Ralph Levin and Aaron Rosen-
stein may also answer the open-
ing whistle. • • •

Parley to Launch
Nationwide Drive

Jews Who Knew

Hashofar to Give
a Purim Concert

Gen. Washington

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