Friday, March 28, 11947

DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle

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By TYLER BROOKE

VOICES ARE RAISED—Paul
Robeson, famed Negro bari-
tone and actor, is leaving the thea-
ter for two years to "talk up
and down the nation against hat-
red and prejudice." Fearful of the
consequences of continued anti-
Negro terrorism, which might ea-
sily spread to other minorities un-
less checked, Robeson said ''The
next two years will be critical and
important years for our country.
It seems that I must raise my
voice, but not just by singing
songs ." . . .
Hazel Scott, the beautiful and
talented Negro pianist, must be
more than a little proud of her
husband, Rep. A. Clayton Powell
(D) of New York. When Missis-
sippi Congressman John R. Ran-
kin, whose vocal blasts against
"niggers" and "kikes" ha v e
brought disgrace to the halls of
Congress, began another tirade
the other day, Powell promptly
challenged him.
Addressing Speaker Joseph Mar-
tin (R), Powell demanded to know
if it was in order to insult a sec-
tion of the American people from
the floor of the House. Martin
ruled that It was in order, and
Rankin continued his smear.
Shades of the Reichstag! Who
said Hitler was dead ?
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11110 HOLDS THE STRINGS?
—For those who still insist the
Jews control the motion picture
industry, have a look at this item
from Variety, leading theatrical
trade journal: Stock holdings of
the Atlas Corporation in the Big
Five theater-owning Hollywood
companies were listed at follows:
929,020 shares of RICO common;
93,000 shares of Paramount Pic-
tures; 10,000 shares of 20th Cen-
tury-Fox; 5,000 shares of Warner
Brothers; 2,000 shares of Loew's
Inc.
Outside the Big Five it holds
91,700 share's of Walt Disney Pro-
ductions and 308,000 shares of
Walt Disney bonds.
There's much more behind Hol-
lywood than Atlas, and we'll talk
about them from time to time.
Meanwhile, Floyd B. Odium, Atlas
prexy, is the son of Rev. George
A. Odium.
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DANGEROUS TREND — The
current labor squabble in Holly-
wood should be food for thought
in Jewish communities. Bnai
Brith's Anti-Defamation League,
protesting to the Los Angeles Police
Department on police brutality to-
ward studio pickets. onbmItterl al%

attacks against minorities don't
stop with the Jews. They merely
start with them—then spread to
labor, liberals, other racial and
r eligious minorities, and finally
the nation.
The Hollywood lockout, with its
anti-Semitic overtones, is reason
enough to be wary of anti-labor
legislation now pending in Con-
gress. With trade unions smashed,
and people deprived of their
strength and support, it would
not he too difficult for certain
extremely reactionary Congress-
men to sponsor bills making it
a criminal offense to be anything
but Gentile.
Don't forget, such laws were
written into the German statute
books after Hitler destroyed the
German trade unions! Between
this possibility and greater democ-
racy in American stands an
aroused public opinion.

Doctors to Hear
Denazifying Aide

Page Eleven

The Jewish Jester

Dr. Marvin Linick, former me-
dical and denazification officer in
the American occupation zone in
Germany, will speak to the physi-
cians and pharmacy sections of
the Allied Jewish Campaign at 8
p. m., Tuesday, in the Lee Plaza
Hotel. Sponsoring organizations
for the meeting are the Maimo-
nides Medical Society, Fhi Delta
Epsilon, and Phi Lambda Kappa
Medical fraternities. ,
Among Dr. Linick's duties were
to assist in the denazification of
doctors and hospital staffs.
embers of the executive com-
mittee of the physicians, who in-
vited the pharmacists, are Dr.
Charles Lakoff, chairman, and
Drs. Raphael Altman, Saul Bar-
nett, Meryl Fenton, Leo Orecklin,
Bernard Rose, and Milton SoThek.

VA Aide to Address
City, Country School

Mrs. Selma Fraiberg, casework
supervisor of the Veterans' Ad-
ministration, will address the City
and Country School PTA at 8:30
p. m. Monday, at the Highland
Park YWCA, 13130 Woodward
avenue.
Mrs. Fraiberg will speak on
"Learning and Living in the
Child Group".
The following PTA officers have
been elected: President, Mrs. Jos-
eph Kursman; vice-president, Mrs.
T. L. Jones: secretary, Mrs. Alex-
ander H. Hirschfeld; treasurer,
Mrs. Harry Cohen; program chair-
man, Mrs. Sol C. Grossman; ar-
rangements chairman, Mrs. Moe
Saslove; and publicity chairman,
Mrs. Edwin M. Getzman.

By ELYEII NATIIANS
FOR YEARS, Bennett Cerf plod-
ded along happily and anonym-
ously as the publisher of the
phenomenally successful Modern
Library. Then he was persuaded
to edit a pocket anthology of hu-
mor and hasn't had a moment to
himself since. Today, to his dis-
may and regret, he is far better-
known as a raconteur and wit
than he is as the man who in-
troduced James Joyce and Marcel
Proust to American readers.
Of French-Jewish extraction,
Cerf is credited with having de-
flated an egregious poet who blus-
tered into his office one day, de-
manding, "How do you pay for
blank verse?"
"In blank checks," replied the
imperturbable Mr. Cerf.

NOTWITHSTANDING THESE
trials, Cerf now stands alone as
the supreme anecdotist in the
land.
His pungent wit was never bet-
ter expressed than in his com-
ment about the senatorial in-
quiry into the atom bomb. It re-
minded him, he said, of the gate-
tender's evidence after the train
had demolished a car at the cros-
sing he was guarding. Tom swore
to the court that he had waved
his lantern vigorously. The jury
accepted his word and the rail-
road won the case.
Afterwards his attorney said,
"Say, Tom, the questioning didn't
make you nervous at all, did It?"
"Only once," Tom conceded. "If
that fellow had asked - me if the
lantern was lit, we would sure
have lost the case."

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BROTHERHOOD FILM — One
of the finest racial equality films
ever to come out of Hollywood is
"Brotherhood of Man,' based on
the pamphlet "Races of Mankind"
once banned by the War Depart-
ment as being "too controversial."
The film, produced in 16-mm. by
United Films for the UAW-CIO,
is a feature length full-color pro-
duction and is available through
either Brandon Films, 1600 Broad-
way, New York 19, or the film
division of the International Work-
ers' Order, 80 Fifth avenue, New Benevolent Society's
-o-
York 11.
By all means petition your rabbi Officers Entertained
ONCE, TALKING about some
to show this film to the congrega-
Officers and directors of the of the manuscripts coming to his
tion, or have your club sponsor Hebrew Benevolent Society office, ho declared wryly, "One
a showing. You'll never regret it! (Chesed She] Emes) were enter- was so terrible that I had to re-
tained at a special Malaya Malley write part before rejecting it."
by Mr. and Mrs. Sam Jaffee on
-o-
the occasion of the birth of their
ninth grandson.
NOT SURPRISINGLY, Ce
Louis Shiell was toastmaster. anecdotes often concern other
Jaffee is secretary of the socie- publishers. Thus, he enjoys tel-
ty's executive committee.
ling about the time Max Shuster
Junior Service Group board
members and campaign staff more linfinifinifiMEmiusammurizoilinimilaliammilintil nrumilTimillutliffirimilrifinnINEEMMITUIMIMIe
than doubled their last year's
Judge Toms is at present sitting as
pledges at a meeting held Sun-
day March 23 in the home of !- 4 a judge of the court trying the Nazi
Niarge Aronsson.
War Criminals at Nurnberg, Germany,
Norman Naimark, chairman, and
by appointment of the President. At
Mandell Berman, vice-chairman of
the conclusion of those trials he will
the junior division of the Allied
return to his duties in the Wayne
Jewish Campaign, announced the
'ollowing appointments of division
Circuit Court where he has served as
rhairman: Gwen Adelson, Leon-
judge for more than 17 years.
ird Baruch, Agnes Brown, Wil- El
Judge Toms is confident that his
iam Ellmann, Joe Epel, Alex Et-
temporary absence on this important
tin, Beverly Goldfine, Elaine
'{rohn, Barbara Greenberg, Theo-
mission for the United States will not
lore Mandell, Dr. Bernard Lynn,
jeopardize his re-election.
lack Mcnenberg, Sol J. Schwartz,
Nilliam Shapiro, Gertrude Strauss, El
RE-ELECT
rnd Donald korotkin.

of Simon and Shuster met an-
other member of the profession,
Charlie Scribner. "I think we
know each other well enough to
use our first names," said Shus-
ter. "Hello, Charlie." "Hello, Si-
mon," said Scribner.

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CERF ATTRIBUTES to Shus-
ter the quip made on that dim
day in 1933 when every bank
closed and every bookstore was
open. "Frankly," Shuster said, "I
never thought I'd live to see the
day."

INTRODUCED at a meeting
once, Ccrf put an end to the florid
and over-enthusiastic Introduc-
tion by saying, "Now I know how
a pancake feels after having
syrup poured over it."
—o—

ANOTHER TIME he was ac-
costed at a literary soiree by a
peeved and pretty authoress whose
last book he had turned down.
She made several loud and un-
complimentary remarks about
him. Cerf bided his time and
then, when everybody was listen-
ing said gently, "Don't look now,
my dear, but your rejection slip
is showing."

Juniors Double
Pledges for 1947

ATTARA CIIAPTER
A meeting of Attara Chapter of
funior Mizrachi will be held at
p. m. Tuesday in the home of
.enore Lieberman, 3222 Buena
/ista avenue.

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ROBERT M. TOMS

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