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Vol. 49, No. 11
Friday, March 14, 1947
DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle
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GEORGE WEISWASSER, Editor-in-Chief
NATHAN J. KAUFMAN, Managing Editor
FRIDAY, MARCH 14 (Adar 22, 5707)
Stand Up And Be Counted
Virtually . every American Jew is a Zion-
ist. There may be a certain ideological dif-
ference of opinion among adherents of the
movement, but they all vision the resettle-
ment of Jews in a Homeland of their own
in Eretz
Zionism, to many, has become a corollary
to Judaism. Indeed, some say that unless
you are a Zionist, you cannot be a Jew. To
others, Zionism in itself is so vital and
regenerative that religious forces play a
secondary role to the humanitarian and na-
tionalistic ideals.
Except to an insignificant handful of
chauvinists, Zionism in no way conflicts
with loyalty to the land of one's birth or
citizenship. Zionists put it simply: Pales-
tine is to be the home of the persecuted
Jew, the Jew who is not wanted anywhere
else, the Jew to whom Palestine is Home.
Americans help to build Palestine as a
homeland for these people on humanitarian,
religious and sentimental grounds, There
is no question of any surrender of prero-
gatives of American citizenship or the as-
sumption of any as Palestinians. American
citizenship is certainly enough.
Picture an American Jew (except for a
few score young idealists or aged folk who
wish "to die on holy soil") giving up his
American citizenship for that of tiny Pal-
estine and you can see how ridiculous the
trumped up duality of citizenship idea is
ow the face of. it.
So, despite the oppositioh of the benighted
and un-American little gang of wealthy
"100 percenters", the overwhelming major-
ity of American Jews remain Zionists—and
good Americans to boot.
Which brings us to this: Despite the
fact that of maybe three and a half mil-
lion Jewish adults at least three million
are Zionists at heart, only a pitifully
small fraction have affiliated themselves
with Zionist organizations.
This puts ammunition in the hands of
the Council for American Judaism, of "Ha-
man" Bevin and other enemies of the Jew-
ish Homeland.
They can say—and the Council has fre-
quently done so—that actually there are
few Zionists in the U. S., and they cite the
membership rosters to support their lies.
The Zionist Organization of America has
launched a campaign for members so that
more of you will participate actively in
furthering a cause you believe in devoutedly
in your hearts.
Don't keep YOUR sympathy for the
aspirations and struggles of the Yishuv
locked up in your heart. without doing some-
thing about it.
Don't weep your silent tears for the
anguished DP's who are fighting to get to
Fretz Israel, without doing something about
Detroit 26,
Mich.
Captives of Britain
As much as we regret , that desperate
members of the Yishuv have been forced
by British bestiality to take extreme meas-
ures in fighting the tyrant, let us be hon-
est and pay our respects to these valiant
rebels who are sacrificing life and security
for the vision of a free Jewish Homeland.
We decry the bloodshed and the
barbed wire, but can we honestly hold
culpable our brothers who fight in the
only way the treachery of the enemy
has left open to them?
Heroes of the Palestine Underground
have given their lives for world Jewry.
Scores have been carted off to British
concentration camps in Africa.
Their wives and children are hungry and
destitute.
We cannot be callous to their misery just
because we may deplore the degree of the
acts of. resistance of their husbands and
fathers.
Detroit Revisionists are giving a banquet
to raise filtids for the families of the Jew-
ish captives.
If you think the insurgents are in the
right, help them by attending the dinner
at the Wilshire Wednesday.
If you think the insurgents have gone
too far, help their wives and children, never-
theless, by attending the dinner, for we are
all still brothers.
FROM DENMARK
Dear Editor:
I am submitting to you one of
the letters received by me from
overseas survivors expressing their
gratitude for the fine gifts sent
them by Bnai Brith. I hope that
you will print this in the Jewish
Chronicle so that Detroiters will
know that their acts of kindness
have not been in vain.
To date, Detroit Bnai Brith has
sent over 48,000 lbs. of food and
clothing.
This is the letter. I am sure
your readers will overlook the
grammar:
To Bnai Brith, U. S. A.
c/o Nettie S. Shulman:
If your ladies and gentlemen
allow me saying so, we are all
of us here in Denmark appre-
ciating and very thankful for
the great work you are doing
all over for us as we need your
splendid help. Indeed, you do
give all of us a great help as
well as give us many lovely
surprises and happiness in many
homes in our little Denmark.
Why, you ought to see the
glad faces when we open very
useful packages what you send
is with a good heart to us sill
and we all of us send you our
greatest thanks and kindest re-
gards.
Martine Jacobson,
Krystelgate 12, II v.
Kopenhagen, Denmark.
(Signed) Mrs. Nettie Shulman
S.O.S. Chairman
Attend the JWF Meeting!
We urge you again to attend the annual
meeting of the Jewish Welfare Federation
at 8 p. m. Tuesday at Hotel Statler. Nine
members of the board will be elected at this
session.
Those of you who have complained, and
justifiably so, that the Federation is run
with an iron hand by a small group who
dominate the ostensibly democratic board
of governors, will have an opportunity to
nominate candidates of your own choosing
and elect representatives who will obey the
public will.
On page one, you will note that the
candithites of the JWF oligarchy, the
same people who run almost every year
and who are run by the autocratic little
clique, can hardly be called represent-
atives of all contributors to the Allied
Jewish Campaign, particularly the small
givers.
Don't let the JWF bosses vote in another
group of their choosing without giving them
some kind of a fight.
Stop complaining in private about the
.TWF and come out to balk the bosses in
the open.
Let's see you at the Statler Tuesday
night!
The Visiting Editor I
Those Poor Germans
The hoover report to President Truman
Don't even call yourself a Zionist without
on the "appalling conditions in Germany" is
d.)ing something about it.
excellent fodder for certain columnists bred
Join the Zionist Organization of
--in race track terms—by Isolationism out
America, the largest, most efficient and
of Prejudice. It takes a Karl von \Viegand
most powerful Zionist group in the
to find that this "appalling condition" is
world—the body through whose diplo-
due, not to the fault of the Nazis, but to
matic labors, more than any other
four power Allied Administration of Ger-
group, will come the realization of Jew-
many, especially Russia.
ish Statehood.
In his lengthy tirade against Russia, in
Call Cherry 6559 and let Detroit Zionist his verbose denunciation of those who
headquarters know that you want to align "would starve Germany," we find not one
yourself with Ilerzl, Nordau, Brandeis and word of reproach against the "gentle" Nazis,
Silver in the fight for which many in the who slaughtered six million Jews, many
Homeland are sacrificing peace and life.
who might have lived to help feed a de-
Sign up as a member and be an active feated Germany, as they did, unfortunately,
Zionist.
after the first World War. Now, when this
Sign up as a worker to canvass the Jewish sort of people is in a self-made desperate
aeighborhoods Sunday, March 23.
situation, von \Viegand urges the practice
On page 2 of this edition, you will find of "turning the other cheek." Where was
a membership blank. Be a true and active von \Viegand with his Christian philosophy
when the pogroms raged throughout Europe
worker for the homeland. Sign up!
at
the will of a Hitler? Where was his
Send it to Zionist headquarters, 1044
Penobscot Bldg., today and you will be liv- Christian mercy and charity then l?
THE MESSENGER, Is Angeles
ing up to your ideals.
LEAGUE GRATEFUL
Dear Editor:
The Youth Education League
takes this opportunity to thank
its many friends who so greatly
assisted in making a success of
their Victory Luncheon March 4.
While every attention is being
paid to the needs of indigent chil-
dren locally, the organization • is
also sending the majority of its
earnings to the devastated areas
of the world, to Europe for the
support of orphans and to Miles-
tine for child rehabilitation.
In short, Youth Education League
has adopted for its slogan, "We
give the most where and when
it is needed the most."
I should like at this time to
thank your paper and its staff for
th^ many courtesies and great co-
operation you have shown us.
MRS. JAMES V. BROWNE, •
President
SEEK PHILIP LEVY
Information is being sought of
Philip Levy on behalf of his wife
and daughter living in New York
City with whom he has failed to
keep in touch for the past 15
years. Philip Levy was born in
London, England in 1907, is 5
ft. 7 in. tall, weighs 165 pounds,
has wavy black hair, brown eyes,
wears a mustache, was an up-
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holsterer by occupation.
Anyone aware of his location is
requested to communicate with
the National Desertion Bureau,
67 West 47th street, New York.
SAMUEL EDELSTEIN,
Assistant Secretary
The Jewish Jester
By ELYEII NATIIANS
the best way to
S OMETIMES
make light of an intolerable
situation is to jest about it. Take
the housing shortage, for example.
Berel meets Schmerel and the en-
suing conversation takes place:
BEREL: If you want to sleep
at my place tonight, you'll have
to make your own bed.
SCHMEREL: Oh, I don't mind
that.
BEREL: Fine, here's a hammer
and saw.
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A RECENT draftee wrote a
cheerful letter home to his par-
ents. "Since joining the army
I've gained 61 pounds: One pound
of muscle and 60 pounds of bag-
gage."
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ANENT THE DROP in picture
going attendance, the following Is
attributed to Louis B. Mayer who
hopes to win the Academy Award
with The Yearling". L. B. doesn't
care if he makes a cent .on the
picture, it is reported. All he
wants is for everybody to see it.
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HERE'S AN OLD ONE that's
still funny. The woman breezes
into the room with the remark:
"Doctor, I want you to tell me
the truth. What's wrong with me?
Don't spare my feelings. I want
the whole truth."
The man surveyed her from
head to foot, and said, "Madam,
I just have three things to tell
you. You ought to lose 30 pounds.
You should use less lipstick and
powder. The doctor's office Is next
door. I'm an artist. Good-day,
madam."
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AND IF INTERNATIONAL news
gets too intricate that even the
names make you dizzy, the best
thing is to take a breather and
start composing limericks about
some of the names. Iran lends
itself to all kinds of outrageous
verses.
As illustration:
'There was a young lass from
Iran,
Who couldn't get hold of a
man;
It was funny, you see,
Until she saw me,
And Iran, and Iran, and Iran.
WE
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SUPPOSE you heard he
story about the department store
employe who had growl grey and
deaf in service. He was such a
likable soul that the department
store, rather than discharge him,
gave him a position where his
deafness was no handicap.
He was placed in the Complaint
Department.
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YOU KNOW what repartee Is,
don't you? It's the brilliant re-
mark you thought of—on the way
home.
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A GROCERY STORE carries
this sign: "Do yourself credit—
Don't ask for it."
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THIS WE SAW with our own
eyes. A shabby down-and-outer
approached a well-to-do gent on
the main street and supplicated
him for a dime.
Well-to-do gent: I never give
money on the street to anyone.
Down-and-outer: Next time I'll
open an office.
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Looking Back Through the Years
Events as compiled from the. files of the Detroit Jewish Chronicle
25 Years Ago
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The State Federation of Sisterhoods is formed in Detroit with
Mrs. Mayer Sulzberger as president.
John L. Bernstein, HIAS president, assails the three percent im-
migration law, saying America has benefitted from immigrants.
20 Years Ago
Mrs. Augusta E. Stetson, Christian Science practitioner, is charged
with spreading rabid anti-Semitic propaganda on radio station WHAP.
Rabbi A. M. Ashinksy of Congregation Emanuel, Maurice Samuel,
author, and Isadore Rosenberg, principal of the high school of the
United Hebrew Schools, will be guest speakers at the 25th anniversary
celebration of the Jewish National Fund.
10 Years Ago
More than 20,000 persons in Madison Square Garden, New York,
stage demonstration against efforts of Nazis to spread their poison
to America. Rabbi Stephen Wise, Fiorello La Guardia and Gen.
Hugh S. Johnson were among the speakers.
$385,000 quota is set for the 1937 Allied Jewish Campaign by the
Jewish Welfare Federation.
5 Years Ago
Dr. Chaim Weizmann condemns British officials for the death
of 760 persons on the gtruma, which sank in the Black Sea after
being refused entrance into Palestine.
Irving Schlussel has been elected president of the Detroit Mizrachi
succeeding Meyer Beckman.