J.= Friday, April 4, 1947 DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle age Four Detroit Jewish Chronicle And the LEGAL CHRONICLE Letters to the Editor Published Weekly by Jewish Chronicle Publishing Co., Inc., 525 Woodward Ave., Detroit 26, Mich., CA 1040 SUBSCRIPTION: 53.00 Per Year, Single Copies, 10c; Foreign, $5.00 Per Year 'Leered as Second-class matter March 3, 1916. at the Post office at Detroit, Mich., under the Act of March I, 1879 ..."Y AARON, Publisher CHARLES TAUB, Business Manager Vol. 49, No. 14 GEORGE WEISWASSER, Editor-in-Chief NATHAN J. KAUFMAN, Managing Editor FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1947 (Nisan 14, 5707) The Message of Passover In "The New Ilagadah," we found Pas- sover's true message given most signifi- cantly. The following is a quotation: We have dedicated this festival tonight to the dream and the hope of freedom, the dream and the hope that have filled the hearts of men from the time our Israelite ancestors went forth out of Egypt. Peoples have suffered, nations have strug- gled to make this dream come true. Now wo dedicate ourselves to the struggle for freedom. Though the sacrifice be great and the hardships many, we shall not rest until the chainS that enslave all men be broken. But the freedom we strive for means more than broken chains. It means liber- ation from all those enslavements that warp the spirit and blight the mind, that destroy the soul even though they leave the flesh alive. For, men can be enslaved in more ways than one. Men can be enslaved to themselves. When they let emotion sway them to their hurt, when they permit harmful habits to tyran- nize over them — they are slaves. When laziness or cowardice keeps them from doing what they know to be the right, when ignorance blinds them so that, like Samson, they can only turn round and round in meaningless drudgeryL--they are slaves to themselves and shackled by the chains of their own forging. Men can be enslaved by poverty and in- equality. When the fear of need drives them to dishonesty and violence, to de- fending the guilty and accusing the in- nocent—they are slaves. When the work men do enriches others, but leaves them in want of strong houses for shelter, nourishing food for themselves and for their children, and warm clothes to keep out the cold—they are slaves. Men can be enslaved by intolerance. When Jews are forced to give up their Jewish way of life, to abandon their Torah, to neglect their sacred festivals, to leave off rebuilding their ancient homeland—they are slaves. When they must deny that they are Jews in order to get work—they are slaves. When they must live in constant fear of unwarranted hate and prejudice—they are slaves. How deeply these enslavements have scarred the world! The wars, the destruc- tions, the suffering, the waste! Pesach calls us to be free, free from the tyranny of our selves, free from the enslavement of pover- ty and unequality, free from the corroding hate that eats away the ties which unite mankind. "Pesach calls upon us to put an end to all slavery! Pesach cries out in the name of God, 'let my people go'. Pesach summons us to freedom." A Job for Butzel It was inevitable that, confronted with the most gigantic task in its history, the Allied Jewish Campaign should turn to Fred M. Butzel and ask him to act as chair- man for 1947. This is a challenging year for the cam- paign. Never has it sought to raise a quota that even remotely approached the $5,335,- 000 figure set here for 19•7. It follows that this is a challenging year for the Jews of Detroit. If this city is to keep its high place in the es- teem of American Jewry, it must sub- scribe its quota during the drive from May 6 to 16 and reach it with decision and dispatch. If Detroit is to remain faithful to the trust placed in her by our brethren at home and abroad, there must be self-sacrifice, generosity and warmth of heart from every one of us. Detroit 26, Mich. A Real `Chometz' Cleaning t,* Self-sacrifice and warmth of heart have been synonomous with the name Fred Butzel ever since he first entered the com- munal arena as a callow attorney. Ap- proaching his 70th birthday, he expected, as a matter of course, that a younger and more robust leader would take over the chairmanship of Detroit's most arduous campaign. But when convinced that none but Fred Butzel could assure the drive's success, he forgot 70th birthday, recent illnesses and all and accepted. Can any one of us, young or old, shirk when we have Fred Butzel's example of self-sacrifice before us? Can Detroit Jews fail their No. 1 citizen? Let us answer by going over the top in May and helping to crown Fred Butzel's biggest job with success! The Visiting Editor In Hope of Redemption In the shattered Jewish communities of Europe, Passover approaches like a shining glow of light in a darkened sky. It is at once a hope and a prayer of deliverance. It is the springtime of hope for these first vic- tims of Nazism still wallowing in the mire of devastated wastelands. Passover. The word casts some magic spell over Europe's 1,500,000 Jewish sur- vivors. They, in many ways, are like the Jews under the tyrannical Egyptian bond- age. And so for the pitiful Jewish remnant of Europe there is symbolism and meaning in Passover, the celebration of Israel's deliverance from Egyptian bondage. More than 3,000 years ago, Israel gained its redemption. Today, two years after the defeat of the Nazi enemy, the Jews of Eu- rope are still waiting for their redemption and liberation. Their main hope of liberation rests on the $170,000,000 United Jewish Appeal and your support of this largest campaign in the history of private American philan- thropy. The United Jewish Appeal supports the relief, rehabilitation and resettlement work of the Joint Distribution Committee, the United Palestine Appeal and the United Service for New Americans .. . SEVEN ARTS FEATURE IIISTADRUT REPLIES Dear Editor: We have read with deep inter- est the thoughtful letter from Mr. Goldberg which appeared in your last week's issue relative to the recently held Histadrut event. We appreciate Mr. Goldberg's genuine sympathy with the pur- poses for which the Histadrut campaigns are conducted and his concern that every available dol- lar be remitted to the Histadrut in Palestine. The Detroit Histadrut Commit- tee has always prided itself on the small ratio of expenses in- curred in conducting its cam- paigns and has avoided the use of costly dinner meetings which are usually used for fund raising pur- poses. Careful thought was given to the program of the closing event and the expenses that would be involved. It was only because a number of the participants freely donated their services and time to the campaign that we were able to carry through such a stirring and meaningful evening. Clarification should be made on one point raised by Mr. Goldberg. We do not believe that the ques- tion of "rewarding" the workers for their efforts was the really im- portant reason for holding the Histadrut evening which has truly become an educational and cul- tural event for the entire Jewish community. Certainly none of the hundreds of workers and delegates who have given so much of their time and energy need any "reward" other than knowing that they are participating in - the rebuilding of the Jewish Homeland in Pales- tine. They would rightly feel in- sulted if they thought their ef- forts were measured in any other way . . . The large number of Detroit Jews who attended the event (and the many who were unable to get in) indicate conclusively the need of Detroit Jews for a real Palestinian educational and cultural evening. The stirring ghetto songs as sung by Mrs. Schaver and the penetrating, pro- vocative analysis of our role in Palestine as presented by Maurice Samuels and Yosef Baratz will certainly stay with Detroit Jews for many weeks to come. We hope that during the com- ing months, other competent per- sons, from Palestine and the United States, will bo made avail- able to the Jewish Community by the Histadrut committee. The work of our Palestine Ha- lutzim continues the entire year. The task of building a Jewish Homeland does not begin or stop with the formal opening or clos- ing of fund raising activities. The thoughtful suggestion of Mr. Goldberg that admission be charged to future Palestine His- tadrut evenings certainly deserves the serious consideration of the campaign executive board. MORRIS LIEBERMAN, Chairman of the Exec. Board Detroit Histadrut Campaign DEFENDS ALFP Dear Editor: The unfounded accusations that "Congress Weekly" has made against the American League for a Free Palestine are actually a smokescreen behind which the older organizations are cowering because the forthright fight that the ALFP has made against the British overshadows their puny resistance. Actually three of four ships which the ALFP has outfitted have reached Palestine. The "Ben Hecht" was intercepted only be- cause the publicity with which other organizations marked her forced the British to exert every effort to take the ship. In the past year the ALFP has collected approximately $750,000 and virtually all of this has been expended for the cause of re- patriation of Jews to Palestine. Certainly illegal immigration Is commendable but it is not final answer to Palestine's woes which is to get rid of the British. The ALFP needs friends to back them in this course and needs them I shall be happy to forward any inquiries to the Detroit Chapter. DR. WILLIAM WINOICUR, 4120 Fenkell avenue Morality Is Weighed on a Bus Ride on Passover Eve by Wise Passenger (Continued from Page 3) direction. And science without moral sanctions is like the mad- ness of a madhouse turned loose. God must be called back to the councils of men. Do you believe in God, sir, or do you call him something else, like Truth or The Force or All Good? It's all right with mc. I think I have seen Him in all the times.". The man said in all the times he had seen transgressors of moral law overtaken by retribu- tion, as was promised' by the divine authority . . . "I've seen it! I've seen it. I've seen the proudest works of men fall be- cause they did not stand estab- lished on moral righteousness. "That's what I've been trying to tell people for ages and ages. I've been getting around, you see. Kindness and chaeity, justice and compassion and above all honor between men—these are the foun- dation stones. I've been telling people that a long time." I was on the point of inter- rupting him to ask what his busi- ness was and how old he was and where he had been, but his words were pouring out and I let him go on: "Today God is national power and morality is the wise- crack of cynical statesmen. The old directions are lost and the world stumbles drunkenly toward hell." Finally I got it out: "May I ask who you are, sir?" "Why I thought you knew me. You've had me. at your table. I am the guest for whom you have the cup of wine at Seder. I am Elijah." At this point the busman called my destination . . . "AvOndale avenue!" . . . I blinked. Sure, going to a Jewish meeting does wear you out and put you to sleep finally. The man was gone. As I got off I saluted the empty space where the magnificent pas- senger had sat . . "I'll be see- ing you at Seder," I said Inwardly. Looking Back Through the Years Events as compiled from the files of the Detroit Jewish Chronicle 25 Years Ago Julius Rosenwald, Felix Warburg and Col. Herbert Lehman will speak at a meeting here of leaders of the Jewish Relief Committee. The Prasidium of the Jewish National Council conveys resolution of confidence to Sir Herbert Samuel, high commissioner of Palestine. 20 Years Ago Luigi Luzatti, Jewish statesman and former prime minister of Italy, died at the age of 80. Cantor Aaron Edgar of Detroit has been appointed Cantor of the Bnai Israel Synagogue, Jacksonville, Fla. 10 Years Ago Declaring that the inclusion of his biography in "Who's Who In American Jewry" would cause "irreparable injury to my private life and profession," Dr. Karl Landsteiner, winner of the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1930, has sought an injunction to prevent that publica- tion from using his biography. Jewish organizations of Detroit are preparing for the testimonial dinner in honor of Kurt Peiser, who is retiring as head of the Jewish Welfare Federation. 5 Years Ago Milton Mayer, Jewish newspaper man whose article "The Case Against the Jews" in the Saturday Evening Post created a storm of protest, denied the story was anti-Semitic. William Dudley Pelley, anti-Semitic chief of the Silver Shirts who was arrested on charges of sedition, says Jews in U. S. should be confined to ghettos.