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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronick

Friday, May 23, 1947

Detroit Jewish Chronicle

Letters to the Editor

And thhe LEGAL CHRONICLE

Published Weekly by Jewish Chronicle Publishing Co., Inc., 525 Woodward Ave., Detroit 26, Mich., CA 1040

CHILD DELINQUENCY
Dear Editor:
Entered as Second-class matter March 3, 1916, at the Post Office at Detroit, Mich., under the Act of March 3, 1879
With the cooperation of Juvenile
Court, I have been able to procure
GEORGE WEISWASSER, Editor•in-Chief
CY AARON, Publisher
figures on juvenile delinquency for
NATHAN J. KAUFMAN, Managing Editor
CHARLES TAUB, Business Manager
the year 1946. It is interesting to
Detroit 26, Mich. note just what these figures mean
FRIDAY, MAY 23, 1947 (Sivan 4, 5707)
Vol. 49, No. 21
to the Jewish people. D. J. Healy,
judge of probate who is in charge
of the Juvenile Court, is doing a
fine job for the city of betroit.
During the year 1946. 20,000
youngsters came in contact with
the Detroit Police department.
Furthermore, in the same period,
2,000 boys and 500 girls appeared
as delinquents in Juvenile Court.
During the same period, 5,100 boys
and 1,400 girls were admitted to the
detention home.
It is the opinion of the court
that none of the child delinquents
had ever belonged to a Boy or
Girl Scout troop. This is a tribute
to the Boy and Girl Scout organi-
.
zations.
When it comes to the boys and
girls of the Jewish faith, the fig-
ures are gratifying. During the
year 1946 only one girl of the
Jewish faith was admitted to the
Detroit detention home. During the
same period, 18 Jewish boys were
also admitted to the home. Never-
theless, it is up to the Jewish
people to beat this record in 1947
and have a clean slate.
The home, the school, the Syna-
gogue, are factors in eliminating
delinquency. Let's all have an
ounce of prevention ready at all
times.
JOSEPH SHAPIRO,
Americanization Officer,
Julius Rosenwald Post.

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2 Proposed Solutions
A reading of the abridged version of the
memorandum, "The Palestine Problem and
Proposals for Its Solution," submitted by
The Nation Associates to the special UN As-
sembly reveals that the study is one of the
most objective and comprehensive made on
the issue. It has, moreover, the superlative
merit of being right to the point.
Copies are available at 20 Vessey street,
New York 7, at 10 cents or 12 for $1.
Many will not be in agreement with the
two solutions offered but we must report
that they are, on the surface, fair and well-
balanced. Plan 1 envisages a Jewish State
of 10,400 square miles (the area of Pales-
tine today) which would encompass some
areas detached from Transjordan. This
proposal seems the more acceptable from
the Jewish viewpoint. Plan 2 is a parti-
tion scheme, pure and simple, which would
leave a Jewish State of 7,600 square miles
of present day Palestine.
Immediate admission of the 250,000 Jew-
ish DP's and the end of the Mandate are
steps in an interim program suggested.
The plans deserve close study. They were
presented by honest and influential figures.
To cap it, they are sensible and conciliatory.

The Campaign Goes On

Officially, the Allied Jewish Campaign is
over, but there are many hundreds of po-
tential givers who have not yet been con-
tacted.
Volunteer solicitors, who were confronted
with an unprecedented task, are still on the
job completing their visits. Last minute
reports are expected to boost final pledges
well past the $4,000,000 mark.
If you have not been visited by a cam-
paign worker, it may be •due to a clerical
error or some other inadvertence: Do not
let an accidental slip-up prevent you from
fulfilling your obligation. Send in your gift
voluntarily to the Allied Jewish Campaign,
51 W. Warren avenue. The need is not di-
minished by clerical misadventures.
Do not listen to anyone telling you that
the drive leaders never expected to raise
$5,335,000 and are satisfied with the $4,000,-
000 showing. That is a base rationalization.
Detroit Jewry can give $5,335,000 in 1947
for overseas and local relief. That it has so
far failed to do so is the fault, perhaps, of
a weak approach or callousness on the part
of those Who have been most generous. The
causes will be examined at another time.
The goal today is to get as close to the
$5,335,000 quota as possible lest Detroit be
forced to bow its head in shame before
other Jewish communities.
If you have not yet done your share, do
it now. Nail in your pledge today.
If you have contributed and can give
more, be true to yourself and increase your
pledge.
Don't let your neighbor's failure silence
the call of your conscience.

The Russian Proposal

We should not be too hasty in acclaiming
the Soviet Union's demand at the UN that
an "independent Arab-Jewish" state in Pal-
estine be established. We should await a
clarification by Moscow first.
Andrei Gromyko has dodged an elabora-
tion of his statement urging "the forma-
tion of a united Palestine state with equal
rights for all." Let it not be overlooked,
too, that he voiced the belief of his gov-
ernment that partition should be the alter-
native solution, thereby implying small faith
in his bi-zonal state suggestion.
The idea of an "Arab-Jewish state" is
nothing new. Basically, that is even what
the Zionists envision, but with the prere-
quisite of a Jewish majority in the land.
The Zionists are being practical while the
schemes of Dr. Magnes of the Hebrew Uni-
versity and of the left-wing Ilashomer Hat-
zair are, to say the least, naive and ideal-
istic.
Dr. Magnes would limit Jewish immigra-
tion so that the numerical figures on Jews

and Arabs would be equal and constant.
Ilashomer, following the earlier cue from
Moscow—which is possibly what Gromyko
now has in mind—advocates equal Arab-
Jewish representation in a Palestine govern-
ment regardless of numerical representa-
tion. While it would open Palestine's doors,
this program would assure Arabs political
equality with the Jews even if they would
be outnumbered. The fear here is the typi-
cal Communist bugaboo that the minority
would be "dominated," something highly
improbable here
Zionism demands, in contrast, a Jewish
majority in a Jewish Homeland where the
rights of the great Arab minority and of
the small number of Christians would be
scrupulously respected. No one should have
the right in the Jewish State to tell the
Jew that he must bar Jewish immigrants if
the absorptive capacity of the land has not
been reached. Moreover, numerical or po-
litical equality foreordains conflict between
two peoples who are culturally and indus-
trially widely separated and who have dif-
ferent approaches to social and political
problems.
The hi-national state with equality would
doom the idea of a' Jewish State which
might be a deterrent to officially sponsored
anti-Semitic outrages of which Arab states
among others, even in recent days, have
been .guilty. In addition, the Palestine
State's influence in UN councils, particular-
ly with regard to Jewish affairs, would be
weakened, if it were only half Jewish.
We all favor a "bi-national state" if a
Jewish majority in population and in the
governing and administrative bodies is im-
plicit in it. In such a state our Arab broth-
er can be assured contentment and joys
far above those granted to him in any Arab
land where he is the majority, for that is
already his fortunate lot in Palestine and
that has been made possible only by the
Jewish minority.

The Visiting Editor

Shavuos

The festival of Sliavuos which we cele:
brate this week is of a twin aspect. It is
a harvest festival and at the same time it
is traditionally observed as the time of the
giving of the Law on Mt. Sinai.
Because of the latter aspect, it was quite
natural that it should become, also, in these
days, a holiday set apart for confirmation.
Our forebears of generations back assumed
the responsibility of the Laws at this sea-
son. It is therefore a meet and proper oc-
casion for inducting those who are to take
the places of the elders.
This more recent phase of Shavuos tends
to become more and more accented with the
passing of years. Shavuos has thus become
something of a special youth holiday. and
no one in the Jewish fold will begrudge
this development. It has in it the seeds of
doing much to foster closer ties to the
synagogue.
Yet the original phase of the holiday also
emphasizes a strong note. Today, the Jews,
except those in Palestine, are not agricul-
turally minded. Yet the wider and more
fundamental undertones of the harvest life,
the strong call of the out-of-doors, beckon
to us with undiminished force. And this is
the season when we are especially sensitive
to the great out-of-doors. In Palestine, this
original aspect of Shavuos is reemphasized.
Much ceremony is made there of bringing
in the "first fruits."
In the old pious Jewish household, the
Shavuos culinary was generally wont to em-
phasize the dairy note, and the Rabbis ex-
plained that this was because on Shavuos
even the elders were supposed to be as
young children.
It is a happy holiday which can make
the very young a little older—by their as-
sumption of the responsibilities of the Tor-
ah—and at the same time make the older
people feel younger.
SEVEN ARTS FEATURE.

PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS

Dear Editor:
I read with amazement and
alarm the unfortunate article con-
cerning the Jewish parochial
school which •vas written by Mr.
Segal and w rich appeared in the
May 16 issue of the Chronicle.
I was amazed that such an im-
portant issue should be discussed
by someone who is so unfamiliar
with the topic and who evidently
thought even less about it. I was
alarmed at the fact that the
Chronicle, with quite a large fol-
lowing, should permit such a cur-
sory treatment of so vital a topic.
To me, the problem of public
versus parochial school education
hinges on one question. Where
can the American Jewish child re-
ceive a better Jewish-American
education? Where can the ideals
of American democracy and Jew-
ish brotherly love be realized
more readily?
Fortunately, we are not in the
dark on this problem, as Jewish

parochial schools have existed in
modern American life for the past
few decades. We have in our
midst men of all walks of life who
are graduates of these schools.
These include doctors, and law-
yers, judges and businessmen,
whose concepts of democracy and
brotherly love were kindled and
nurtured in the parochial school.
These men have earned the love
and admiration of all the people
with whom they have come in con-
tact, regardless of race, color and
creed.
However, all this is not as im-
portant as the fact that the sur-
vival of the Jewish people is de-
pendent upon the existence and
the continued growth of parochial
schools. This school, all through
the glorious, but often tragic his-
tory of our people, has been the
only defense against our enemies.
It gave our people the spirit and
morale to face adversity and to
emerge still greater. Our enemies
have consistently sought to de-
stroy the influence of this school;
to weaken us for the kill. Shall
we deny ourselves our only means
of survival?
The parochial school teaches us
that we are all the children of
one G-D. It preaches that every-
one, regardless of race, color and
creed, was created in the image
of G-D. It proclaims the doctrine
of the sanctity of the individual
and points out the way through
which mankind must • arise from
the depths to which is has de-
scended.
DETROIT HEBREW
PAROCHIAL SCHOOL
Rabbi Jos. H. Klein,
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Asst. Principal.

RELIGION IN SCHOOLS

,Dear Editor:
May I ask that you print an ar-
ticle relative to the proposed re-
ligious instruction in the public
schools. Many people are unaware
of what this means; don't, in fact,
even know that such a thing ex-
ists.
I have heard that you sure a lib-
eral and as such, you will no doubt
see the dangers in this new move-
ment. We have no quarrel with
religion but surely it does not
belong in the public schools. As a
freedom-loving people, we should
sense this and see its dangers.
The Jewish people •of this com-
munity look to you as a fair mind-
ed person and are guided by your
opinion. Please enlighten them.
S. PADOVER,
15334 Grand River avenue.
(Editor's Note: An article on
the subject will be found on Page
5.)

Rep. Mundt Writes for Gerald Smith

(Continued from page 3)
service with the British Army in
World War II.
That the Palestinians have com-
peted In Syria, Iraq and Egypt,
and that Egyptian teams have
come to Palestine. . . .That until
recent British restrictions, Hapoel
engaged in friendly competition
with many Arab teams in Pales-
tine.
That the purpose of this tour, be-

sides goodwill, is to help raise
money for a 20,000 seat stadium in
Tel Aviv which is to include a
fresh-water pool. . . .
Mr. J. B. of Niantic: Probably
the best summary of the differ-
ences between Judaism and Chris-
tianity can be found in Dr. Trude
Weiss-Rosmarin's tome, published
by the Jewish Book Club in 1943
and entitled "Judaism and Chris-
tianity: The Differences" . .

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