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Friday, May 9, 1947

DETROIT SWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle

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The Palestine Scene

British Look Foolish
as 195 Foil Manhunt

But only 33 Patriots Flee Prison;
4 Are Killed, 29 Still at Large

JERUSALEM (Special)—The most extensive manhunt
in the history of modern Palestine apparently was a failure
Thursday after it was officially announced that 29 Jews and
166 Arabs remained at large following an Irgun-engineered
mass jail break from Acre prison last Sunday in which 15
Jews were killed and 216 prisoners escaped.

British troops poured into the
Galilee area from the South while
other reinforcements came in
from the northern border and the
north coastal area to cordon off a
number of Jewish settlements and
to search the Galilee hills.
CALLED INNOCENT
The dead Jews included four
escaped prisoners, two attackers,
and nine Jews who, the military
authorities maintain, were involv-
ed in the attack, but who were
described by Jewish sources as
being innocent members of
nearby settlement who were shot
down by British paratroopers.
Ten wounded attackers and 16
uninjured raiders were captured.
A spokesman for the Jewish
Agency released a statement
terming the action "irresponsible
and suicidal." The statement
pointed out that an excessive
number of Jews were killed and
the only purpose the raid served
was to release nearly 200 Arab
prisoners, "many of whom were
guilty of shedding Jewish blood."
The spokesman concluded that he
hoped the government would not
retaliate against the entire Jewish
community for the actions of a
"group of desperadoes."
PROBE ORDERED
Although the operation was fair-
ly costly for the extremists, the
Palestinet government looked none
the less foolish for having per-
mitted the break. A full inquiry
has been called by the Palestine
government.
How the Irgunists were able to
marshal 100 attackers in a little
Arab town without detection then
breach the wall of a prison con-
sidered so secure from attack
that Dov Gruner was taken there
for execution will have to be an-
swered by prison and military
commanders.
The investigation will also in-
quire how the Irgunists were able
to vanish as if into the thin air
in an area which permitted so
few avenues of escape. Acre is in
the northwest corner of Palestine
and the frontiers and roads were
quickly blocked.
The break was none too great
a success as far as the Irgunists
were concerned. Of 150 Jewish
patriots confined at Acre, only 33
got through the big hole blown in
the fortress. In addition, the to-
tal of Jewish casualties represent-
ed a fairly expensive mission for
the small band of experts of the
Irgun.

Panush to Address
Hadassah Group

The May meeting of the busi-
ness and professional division of
Hadassah will be held at the
home of Mrs Harry Baer, 18974
Warrington drive at 8:15 p. m.
Wednesday.
Louis Panush, instructor in He-
brew at Wayne University, will
talk on modern Hebrew literature.
Charlotte Kruger Bregman will
follow with dramatic readings.
Members are asked to invite
friends.

Harry Nathan Speaker
for Congress Broadcast

Harry Nathan, president of the
Detroit Section, American Jewish
Congress, will report on the spe-
cial conference of the administra-
tive board of the Congress at 9:45
p. m. over WJBK.
Nathan, a member of the Con-
gress' national administration
board, has returned from New
Ycrk City where the meeting was
heed.

COMMUNITY CENTER
Bud Kramer and his orchestra
will play at a dance in the Jew-
ish Community Center at 9:30
p. m. Saturday.

Betrayal of Jews
at UN Is Charged

Thomas and Martel
Blast British Policy

The American representatives at
the UN betrayed established U. S.
policy on Palestine by opposing
Jewish Agency representation
now, Daniel Frisch, chairman of
the administrative council of the
Zionist Organization of America,
charged at an overflow meeting of
the Detroit Zionist Council Mon-
day at Shaarey Zedelc.
The Arabs, he added, on the ba-
sis of their policy in their inde-
pendent states, show themselves
incapable of guaranteeing civil
rights to Jews in a proposed Arab-
Palestine state.
ASSAILED BY LABOR
Two top labor leaders con-
demned the British Labor gov-
ernment for "welching" on the
Palestinian mandate.
R. J. Thomas, vice president of
the UAW, accused Britain of com-
mitting a grave injustice against
the Je,vs and thereby threatening
the rights of the common man
verywhere.
"We in labor cannot understand
why the Labor government In
England puts up so many barriers
to immigration when every labor
conference I ever attended in
England has gone on record ask-
ing for the opening of Palestine
to Jews.
Thomas demanded that 100,000
Jews be allowed to enter Pales-
tine while discussions are going
on at the UN and that the immi-
gration policy of the U. S. be re-
laxed to permit the entry of
DP's.
CARRIES MESSAGE
"The problem must be carried
to the non-Jews of Detroit," he
said, "and with your help I am
going to carry the message to
those who do not understand."
Bringing greetings of the. AFL
to the mass meeting, Frank X.
Martel, president of the Wayne
County Federation, charged that
"the government of England poses
is a labor regime, but its actions
ire difficult for labor people to
understand and belle the claim
that they are a democratic gov-
ernment."

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Hearings Granted
to Jews and Arabs

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expressed gratification that they
will finally have an opportunity
to state their case before all 55
member states of the United Na-
tions, which comprise the Political
Committee. They conferred with
Lester Pearson, Canadian chair-
man of that committee, who said
he feels that discussions at the
committee should be restricted to
the procedure of consttiuting and
instructing the UN fact-finding
committee.
The attitude of the Agency on
admission of the Palestine Arabs
is that they as well as the Jews
of Palestine will be enabled to
testify locally before the UN in-
quiry committee when it comes to
the Holy Land, while the Agency
—in contrast to the Palestine
Arab executive—is not a local
body of Palestine Jewry, but Is an
internationally recognized repre-
sentative of the Jewish people on
matters concerning Palestine.
Most of the six members of the
Palestine Arab delegation aided
the Mufti in his pro-Axis activi-
ties during the war, carrying on
anti-Allied activities in Iraq, Iran
and other countries.

Nation Mourns
Henry Monsky

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American Air Forces in World
War II; two daughters, Mrs. Paul
Grossman of Omaha, and Mrs.
Barbara Turner of San Francisco,
and his 99-year-old mother„ Mrs.
Abraham Monsky, and a step,
daughter, Mrs. Lloyd Malashock,
both of Omaha.
As a result of the death of Mr.
Monslcy, Bnai Brith affairs are
being conducted by its central ad-
ministrative board composed of
Frank Goldman, Lowell, Mass.;
Sidney G. Kusworn, Dayton, Ohio;
Maurice Blsgyer, Washington, D.
C., national secretary; Benjamin
Samuels, Chicago, and Judge Sam-
uel A. Weiss, Pittsburgh.
Mr. Monsky had been president
of Bnai Brith since his election
at the May, 1938 convention in
Washington, succeeding Alfred
M. Cohen of Cincinnati. His ac-
tivity in Bnal Brith covers many
years. He was president of the
Omaha Lodge in 1912, president
of District Grand Lodge No. 6,
in 1921, and a member of the ex-
ecutive committee of the order
since 1923. He had served as edi-
tor of The National Jewish
Monthly since 1938.
Under his leadership America's
oldest and largest Jewish service
organization quadrupled its mem-
bership which today totals 320,000
in its men's, women's and youth
organizations. At the same time
he expanded its activities in con-
formity with his vision for devel-
opment of Bnai Brith as a vital
factor in American Jewish life.
His foresight and initiative were
largely responsible for the creation
of the American Jewish Confer-
ence and earned him election to
the chairmanship of its interim
committee, its highest functlonng
unit.
Recognition of his deep inter-
est in welfare, civic and philan-
thropic endeavors came from
many sources. Mr. Monsky was
appointed a consultant in 1945 to
the United States delegation which
helped write the charter of the
United Nations at San Francisco.
The late President Franklin D.
Roosevelt, in 1941, appointed him
a member of the national volun-
tary participation committee of
the Office of Civilian Defense.

Maimonides Auxiliary
Plans Rally Saturday

Infant's Service Group
Plans Election Monday

A special luncheon and pep rally
will be held by the Women's Aux-
iliary of the Maimonides Medical
Society at 1 p.m. Saturday, May
10, in the home of Mrs. Bernard
Rose, 2505 Boston boulevard west.
Assisting Mrs. Rose as hostesses
will be Mesdames Alex Friedlan-
der, Sidney Levine, Max Llcter,
Adolph Lowe and D. B. Marcus.
The group's annual fashion
show will be held May 27 at the
Hotel Book Cadillac.

The annual election of officers
of the Infant's Service Group will
take place Monday in the home of
Mrs. Meyer Saperstein, 18290
Northlawn avenue.

AVIVA CHAPTER
Rabbi Israel Freedman of New
York was honored guest at a
meeting of the Aviva Chapter o
Junior Mizrachi at the home o
Rayetta Harris. Mr. and Mrs. Ger
aid Levitt were also guests.

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