Thirty-two Years of Service to Detroit Jewry
AN UNAFFILIATED,
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NEWSPAPER
Detroit Jewish Chronicle
Vol.
and The Legal Chronicle
DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 1947 10c a Co ,
49, No. 17
U.S. Jewry Excoriates
Agency Asks a Voice
in UN Debate on Zion;
Bergsonites Also File
40
770 Refugees
Sent to Cyprus
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Zionists Form
4th Chapter in
Central Region
A fourth chapter of the Zionist
district has been formed in the
Shaarey Zedek section as part of
the decentralization program of
the Zionist district.
Philip Rosenthal is provisional
chairman of the group and Daniel
Cullen is co-chairman.
Zionists in the area will meet
at 8:30 p. m. Thursday, May 1 at
Shaarey Zedek to elect provisional
officers and outline a program.
Morris Jacobs, president of the
district, will report on the plans
of the ZOA for the coming UN
session on the Palestine issue.
rr
Altlil
Gruner and three other Palestine
patriots at 2 p. rn. Sunday at Con-
gi- egation Bnai Moshe, Dexter at
Lawrence avenues.
Rabbi Joseph Loolcstein of New
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Murders
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Doi Jiters Condemn
British as 'Cowards'
Silver Address
to Launch '47
Campaign Here
York, distinguished orthodox lead-
er here for the Rabbinical Coun-
cil of America convention which
will open Monday, will give the
memorial address. Cantor David
Katzman of Bnai Moshe will chant
the El Moleh Rachamim.
Leon Gellman, president of the
Mizrachi Organization of w tisrerica
will speak on "Palestir, p cellefore
the United Nations" in conform-
ance with the conference aim to
plan for united action in behalf of
the Yishuv while the Palestine
issue is being brought before the
UN General Assembly.
Benjamin Laikin will bring
greetings from the Zionist Coun.
ell of Detroit and William Hordes
will speak on behalf of the Jew-
ish National Fund.
Rabbi Isaac Stollman will pre-
side and Irving W. Schlussel, pres-
ident of Detroit Mizrachi, will
welcome the delegates from four
states.
At 7 p. m. Sunday, the delegates
and Mizrachi members will gather
at Moss Catering for a dinner and
reception. Spoakers will be Mor-
ton M. Rubenstein, religious di-
rector of the Jewish National
Fund, and Rabbi Isra61 E. Fried-
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Zionist Council,
Rabbis Horrified
Indignation and disgust at
Britain stirred the Detroit
Jewish community this week
after her callous murder of
Dov Gruner and three other
Palestine patriots.
All who commented de-
clared that this final act of
British depravity wiped out any
illusion about possible British
fairness in future dealings with
the Jews of Palestine or its avow-
als at the United Nations.
The statement of Aaron Weis-
brot, Revisionist leader here, was
typical. "I am horrified at Brit-
ain's complete disregard of con-
siderations of justice and ordinary
decency. I have riot one iota of
faith left in any pledge she has
ever given or will in the future
make.
I1E SITS 'SIIIVAII'
"I am closing my store and will
sit Shivah for my four murdered
brothers."
Shocked community leaders is-
sued statements excoriating Brit-
ain. "This is an abominable cli-
max to the whole outrage," de-
clared Rabbi Morris Adler.
"As a nation on trial, Britain
must not be allowed to tilt as
a judge at the UN. We must
move from the defensive and
put Britain on the defensive.
We have held back In America
but we must now pillory Eng-
land."
SPERKA STATEMENT
Rabbi Joshua Sperka declared
that "Britain is playing into the
hands of those who are trying to
demonstrate that she will not ex-
ecute the mandate. Even her
friends are losing faith in her.
"I was personally shocked by
the death of Gruner. I am prison
chaplain in a state where there Is
no capital punishment for any-
one. These men were not self-
seekers but were fighting to save
our people. We must, continue to
flood Palestine with immigrants
as our answer and every Jew
must sign as a Zionist."
LIKE IIITLERITES
Rabbi Leon Fram said, "The
gap between Britishism and Na-
zism is narrowing daily. Who but
Nazis would execute a man while
his appeal was still pending and
without giving him the privilege
accorded to all condemned men
in the civilized world, the privi-
lege of last religious rites?
"Every Jew and every lover
man, national director of the Miz- of democracy, Jew and non-Jew,
should appeal to the conscience
rachi Mons' League.
Conference committees will meet of America and the whole civi-
all day Monday at Congregation lized world against the brutal
Mishkan Israel, the Merkaz office outrages of British imperialism
against the Jewish people."
and the Detroit Leland Hotel.
BRITISH COWARDLY
Isadore Starr, Bnai Brith leader,
said, "It was cowardice for Brit-
ain to go through with it. She
didn't have the courage to admit
her sentence was too drastic.
Day Gruner's death should inspire
Jewish people to work harder for
the principles he willingly died
for. We must not allow his death
to be in vain."
The Zionist Council, represent-
ing all Zionist groups in the city
issued the following statement
signed by Benjamin Laikin, presi-
dent:
COUNCIL STATEMENT
"The death of Dov Gruner, Dov
Rosenbaum, Eliezer Kashanl and
Monlechai Alkashi is the newest
tragedy in a long line of British
atrocities perpetrated by a cow-
LEON GELLMAN
ardly pseudo-liberal government
"The manner of their execution,
All Detroit Jewry is invited to
participate in the conference and without the maximum legal right,
to attend the opening memorial so hallowed by Anglo-Saxon trn II
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session.
Congress, charged Britain with
pursuing its own way with indif-
ference to public opinion and
scorning the protests of world
Jewry.
"Scorn and execration," he said,
"are too late to avail. But what
a sorry, indeed tragic, ending for
a chapter of history that began so
well and so hopefully; Jews com-
pelled to risk and even lose their
lives in order that fellow-Jews
may enter into a land into which
Dr. Abba Hillel Silver, they have every moral and legal
president of the Zionist Or- right to enter, despite the illegal
ganization of America who White Paper, despite the lawless-
of a use of the British navy
returned three weeks ago ness
and army, which will be to Eng-
from Palestine, will address land's eternal shame."
the opening dinner meeting AIMED AT. YISHUV
of the 1917 Allied Jewish At a memorial meeting marking
Campaign, Tuesday, May 6 the fourth anniversary of the
in the grand ballroom of Hotel Warsaw Ghetto uprising, Rabbi
Statler.
Irving Miller, chairman of the ex-
The campaign which will be ecutive committee of the Ameri-
conducted from May 6 through can Jewish Congress, charged that
Friday, May 18, seeks $5,335,000, the judicial murders in Palestine
more than twice the quota of any were not aimed "at the Irgun, the
relatively small organization to
previous drive in Detroit.
Included In the alive are the which these men belong, but at
three major agencies of the the entire Jewish population in
United Jewish Appeal—the Joint Palestine. It is part of the over-
Distribution Committee, the United all campaign, begun by Chamber-
and carried to its present
Palestine Appeal, and the United lain
peak by Sevin, to smash the Yish-
Service for New Americans—as uv and reduce the Jewish popula-
well as more than 54 other local,
in Palestine to its status in
national and overseas agencies. tion
1914.
Dr. Silver, who launched last
A spokesman for the Jewish
year's campaign, is the spiritual Agency
here said: "The killing of
leader of the Temple in Cleveland. two Jewish refugees seeking entry
Speaking before leaders and
into Palestine on the ship Theo-
workers in the 1947 campaign, Dr. dore Herzl and the execution of
Silver will deliver a "State of the Dov Gruner and three others to-
Jewish Nation" address. His long
association with communal affairs day are new acts of cruelty which
calculated to aggravate the
as former national chairman of seem
already intolerable situation in
the United Jewish Appeal and of Palestine.
the United Palestine Appeal, has
recently been augmented through ILLEGAL POLICY
"They furnish fresh evidencra
his activity as American chair-
man of the T fish Agency section the United Nations of the C a v
for political ion in the United trous results which flow inevitably
States.
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RABBI SILVER
Mizrachi Sponsors Protest Rally
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`Eternal Shatne,'
Asserts Dr. Wise
NEW YORK (WNS)—The
execution of Dov Gruner and
three other Palestine men
has set off a wave of resent-
ment and protest among all
segments of American Jewry.
Dr. Stephen S. Wise, pres-
ident of the World Jewish
LAKE SUCCESS, L. I.—(Special)—The Jewish Agency
for Palestine has formally requested full participation in
he United Nations General Assembly debate on the Pales-
tine issue which opens Monday.
.
The petition created a somewhat confused situation in
view of the earlier requests by the Hebrew Committee of
National Liberation headed by
Peter Bergson, that it be per-
mitted to represent the Jewish
viewpoint.
At the same time, three Arab
states, Syria, Iraq and Lebanon,
followed Egypt's lead in demand-
ing an immediate Assembly deci-
sion on an independent Palestine
Fight on Extremists
state for the Arabs.
Pressed by British
OPPOSED BY U.S.
Both the U.S. and Britain op-
JERUSALEM (Special) — Over pose the Arab request, insisting
770 Jews, mostly from Poland, that the special meeting was
were deported Wednesday to Cy- called only to set up a committee
prus after their tiny ship Shaar of study in preparation for thor-
Yashuv (The Remnant Will Re- ough discussion of the question at
turn) was towed in Haifa harbor. the regular assembly in Septem-
A former Turkish vessel, the ber.
The Jewish Agency request for
300-ton schooner was sighted five
days ago by the British and inter- representation was presented to
Trygve Lie by Moshe Shertolc,
cepted Tuesday.
chairman of the politier* Iepart-
12 JEWS INJURED
ment of the Agency in . salem.
Bayonets and tear • gas were AGENCY IS OFFICIAL
used by the naval boarding crew
The Agency is recognized as the
and 12 Jews were injured, two authorize , epres ,—tative of tilt
seriously, in a fight when the Jewish p
r
the mandate.
British tried to haul down the
Dr. Alma Sil mr, who
Zionist flag.
signed the lei,er, cited a prece-
The high commissioner resumed dent for representation before the
his pressure on the Jewish Agen- UN of interested parties not mem-
cy to employ the Haganah against ber states, naming Albania which
the extremist patriots, hinting recently appeared before the Se-
that strict military control with curity Council in the Corfu chan-
resulting economic paralysis would nel case.
result if the demand was not
The requests of the Agency and
heeded.
the Bergson group will be handed
FACES REJECTION
to the new president of the As-
High Commissioner Cunningham sembly as soon as he is elected.
met with David Ben Gurion who ARANIIA PROPOSED
subsequently called the Agency
The president will then turn
executive to a special meting.
The Agency is expected tc ect over the matter to the steering
any pressure from the g....Jrn- committee for a recommendation
to the Assembly. If no such com-
ment.
Irgun Zvai Leumi took respon- mittee is set up, the status of
sibility for wrecking a troop train Jwish representation will have to
early In the week and expressed be determined by the full Assem-
in a secret broadcast its "deep re- bly.
Latin-American nations which
gret for every non-British person
involved. The mine was exploded constitute the largest voting bloc
under coaches in which troops of in the UN, are backing Dr. Os-
the enemy were traveling. The waldo Aranha, liberal Brazilian
blood of innocents will be on the diplomat, for the presidency. The
heads of Nazi-British murderers, Arab League is expected also to
but this does not mean our strug- support Aranha in the hope of re-
gle will be turned into a war of ceiving Latin-American support.
vengeance."
TROOPS FACE COURT
The law of retribution against
troops, which is a rule of war,
will be applied, Irgun said. "Here-
inafter we will give our British
Hosts to the midwestern con-
prisoners a fair chance of being ference of Mizrachi leaders this
brought before Irgun military weekend, Detroit Mizrachi will
courts.
open the sessions with a solemn
"There will be no appeal from memorial and protest demonstra-
the sentences imposed by the peo- tion against the murders of Dov
ples' court and the condemned
will be executed on the spot ei-
ther by hanging or a firing
squad.
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