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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE

FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 1947

Detroit Jewish Chronicle

Letters to the Editor
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NORTHWEST THANKS

Dear Editor:
In behalf of the Sisterhood of
CY AARON, Publisher
GEORGE WEISWASSER, Editor-in-Chief
the Northwest Hebrew Congrega-
NATHAN J. KAUFMAN, Managing Editor
CHARLES TAUB, Business Manager
tion, I wish to take this opportun-
Detroit 26, Mich. ity of thanking you for the fine
Vol. 49, No. 23
FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 1947 (Siva', le, 5707)
publicity you have given bur meet-
less leadership or the public's lack of con- ings and special events throughout
the year. Our membership has
When the Palestine inquiry commission fidence, that should be scertained.
grown from 25 members at its
If
economic
conditions
were
responsible
met officially for the first time, the Arabs'
initial meeting, Oct. 4, 1944, to its
aged.
gave a hint of their tactics when they op- in part, the extent should be
present membership of over 500,
a role and I know that your fine pub-
If arrogance and stupidity play
posed study of the DP problem by the in-
in
the
debacle,
they
should
be
measured.
licity has played its part in achiev-
vestigators. The Arabs, ' patently, aim to •
ing this success.
No
good
can
come
from
the
naive
alibis
lie obstructionist and they will maneuver
With best wishes for the con-
and
rationalizing
that
have
already
been
tinued success of your paper.
every step of the way to introduce dishar-
MRS. MAX N. HAIDY,
mony, delay and irritability within the heard in glossing over the campaign'S fail-
Chairman of Publicity.,
ure. You hear some of the leadership try-

The Arab Tactics

commission to damage the Jewish case.
- In addition, the Arabs will seek to ex-
clude considerations of humanity and will
demand that the inquiry base its recom-
mendations purely on legalistic grounds, as-
suming, apparently, that the jurists and
diplomats composing the commission will be
constrained to accept the specious claim
that Palestine had been lawfully promised
the Arabs in World War I days. _
We are counting on the spirit of justice
and fairness displayed by the General As-
sembly session to vitiate the Arab schemes
or hopes for a one-sided decision. The small
and medium nations whose representatives
will present the recommendations, we be-
lieve,,are in general sympathetic to the
Jewisl+ viewpoint and will reject the Arab
objection to• a review of the DP problem.
They need only visit the camps to recognize
the connection ,between the plight of Eu-
rope's surviving Jews and Palestine.
The Arabs' negative approach will avail
them nothing. At the Assembly, their sur-
liness and threats offset any early advan-
tages they hut:gained and the tide swung
to the Zionist cause when Dr. Silver and
Messrs. Shertok and Ben Guiron presented
their calm and reasoned arguments.
It must have been quite a shock to the
effendis when the Soviet Union veered
from its pro-Arab position and support of
immediate independence for Palestine to a
proposal for a bi-national state or partition
if the former proved unworkable.
The Jewish spokesmen were diplomatic
and circumspect before the Assembly. Those
in Europe and Palestine must not let their
zealotry and emotions get the best of them
lest an unfavorable reaction be created be-
fore the commissioners. Dr. Silver showed
the way. Let the others follow.

Simon Shetzer

Simon Shetzer was a brilliant leader and
a profound thinker yet .a warmhearted and
generous person. Like President Roosevelt,
he overcame, terrific physical handicaps to
assume high executive office and, again like
Mr. Roosevelt, he burned himself out labor-
ing for the people he loved. His death was
the greater tragedy in that he was still in
his forties and fate could have elevated
him to opportunities for service which his
people can ill-afford to forego.
Lawyer and businessman, he found time
to head the Jewish Community Council for
four years in its formative days, to act as
president of the Zionist district and to hold
office in the Jewish Welfare Federation, the
United Hebrew Schools, the American Jew-
ish Congress, the North End Clinic and
numerous civic bodies.
His appointment as executive director of
the Zionist organization of America was
one of the highest tributes that could have
been paid to a man of his years. Ile acetpted
the position at great sacrifice only because
he felt it his duty and he gave his whole
soul to it.
Not only Detroit but all American Jewry
mourns for one of its most public-spirited
and genial sons.

Who Is to Blame?

The reasons for the failure of Detroit's
Allied Jewish Campaign should be surveyed
objectively so that it can never happen,
again.
If it was the fault of poor planning, spine-

a

ing to crawl out of criticism by asserting
that the quota had been purposely padded
to gain larger donations or that the pledges
are so many percent greater than last year's
total which, they say, "is good reason for
rejoicing." ,
Actually, no one is being deceived. The
total of $3,800,000 is still a million and a
half short of the goal and no amount of
alibis is going to make up the deficit.
The crudest attempt to excuse the failure
was perpetrated by the newspaper which
has been fed thousands of dollars to pro-
pagandize the Jewish Welfare Federation
and the campaign and which flopped so
miserably.
"It must be gerrerally admitted thdt we
had a very good campaign," it editorializes,
because of its "educational merits" such as
the singing of concentration camp melodies
at campaign luncheons.
Whom are they trying to fool?

The Visiting Editor

Did the Racists Lose the War?

We sometimes wonder whether the racists
really lost the war. Some people along the
Hudson, Delaware, Potomac, Ashley and
Cooper Rivers seem to be behaving as
though they were born along the Rhine.
Just two examples: a) Greenville, S. C.
jury acquitted 28 white (and anything but
pure) defendants charged with lynching a
fellow American whose skin was black. Thus
12 good citizens of Greenville lynched Amer-
ica's reputation and sanctioned Oswiecim law
for the United States.
These jurors, by their actions,' linked
their hometown to Nuremburg, and all hon-
est Americans feel with regard to Green-
ville as Judge Martin, who presided at the
trial felt with regard to the jurors—"when
the verdict was handed to him his face
flushed as he looked at it ... then lie coldly
informed the jurors where they could re-
ceive their pay, and without thanking them
for their services, turned his back on them
and on the courtroom crowd."
But turning one's back on Greenville will
not suffice, .the contamination must be
stopped, federal law must step in where
local conscience has gone into receivership.
b) Not unrelated to the Greenville in-
cident is the speech delivered by Paul II.
Griffith, national commander of the Ameri-
can Legion at the Daughters of the
American Revolution (what misnomer) con-
vention.
Citing fictitious statistics on current im-
migration into the United States, Griffith
tiraded against the "lawless torrent" of
immigration and charged that all proposed
bill for relaxing immigration laws to admit
DPs are "a racket of specific racial, religious
or economic groups."
Don't overlook the words "racial, re-
ligious" in the context of his tirade, for
these were keywords that tripped up justice
in Greenville. Incidentally: Mr. Griffith wor-
ries lest the newcomers will jeopardize the
employment prospects of veterans.
Experience proves that immigrants cre-
ate employment. It is strange that Mr.
Griffith who is so concerned with the wel-
fare of World War II veterans, has done
so little in the fight to provide housing for
veterans.
— INDIANA JEWISH CHRONICLE

By ELY

SEEK LESLIE RUGLEDGE

Dear Editor:
Information Ls being sought of
Leslie or Jack Rugledge on behalf
of his wife and three children, two
of whom are minors, with whom
he has failed to keep in touch
since his discharge from the Army
in April, 1945. He is some 41
years of age, a native of Missouri,
worked as a waiter and tack-
welder, is 5 ft. 11 in. tall, weighs
170-186 pounds, has dark blonde
flair, hazel eyes, felon on little fin-
ger of left hand, was last known
to have resided in Detroit.
Anyone aware of this man's loca-
tion is requested to communicate
with the National Desertion Bur-
eau, 67 West 47th street, New York
City.
SAMUEL EDELSTEIN,
Assistant Secretary.

The Jewish Jester

NATIIANS

THIS HAPPENED in a midwest

synagogue. The town's leading
citizen made a long speech, and
wound it up with the following
prayer: l'I thank Thee that I am
not like the other men here. I
pay half the teacher's salary; I
pay half the rabbi's salary; it is
my money that built this syna-
gogue; I subscribe generously to
all charities. I thank Thee, Lord,
that I am not like the other men
here."
He sat 'clown in dead silence.
After a moment the rabbi cleared
his throat and said humbly, "0
God, be merciful unto me. r was
that man's guide in his youth."

—o—

"I wonder if being born into
a wealthy and socially prominent
family is a gold thing," sighed
the friend. "It seems to me it
would spoil a man, make him hy-
percritical and fussy."
"I don't know," smiled Lehman.
"My tastes are very simple. I am
easily satisfied with the best of
everything."

LEHMAN, as everyone knows,
was New York's governor for
several years. Asked once to de-
fine the difference between a left-
ist and rightist, he replied:
"A leftist is a man who wants
$2.00 more a day. A rightist wants
$100,000 more a year."
—o-
LEHMAN IS an able story-teller.
At a banquet one time he regaled
the party functionaries who were
mapping out political strategy
with the story of the candidate
for sheriff who called on a min-
ister.
"Before I decide to give you my
support," that worthy man said,
"I would like to ask you a ques-
tion."
"Shoot," answered the would-be
sheriff obligingly.
"Do you partake of alcoholics?"
"Before I reply I would like to
ask a single question," the candi-
date said carefully. "Is this an
inquiry or an invitation?"
-
LEHMAN'S SUCCESS in of-
fice can be attributed to his ,tia-
pable administrative abilities, elo-
quent oratory, and acumen. But
he liked to tell people that
he owed his success in politics to
what he had once heard from a
Kentucky politician.
"I made a close study of St
rooster I used to have," said the
Kentuckyite. "He could outshuffle
any rooster in the Blue Grass
country. .He could fly higher and
cut deeper than any fighting cock
I ever saw. Only he couldn't keep
his mind on his business. Right
in the middle of a fight—he'd stop

ADD TO THE LIST of minor
nuisances: People who call up in
the middle of the night, then
hang up just as you are about to
answer. In connection with that,
our old friend, Glutz, whom we
haven't seen in many moons,
passed along the story of his ad-
ventures with such a character.
It seems that a practical joker
had been calling Glutz up every
night, sometimes as late as 5 a.m.
When he answered, he heard
voices in the background, but af-
ter a minute or two the caller
hung up, only to call up an hour
or so later and repeat the act.
Glutz appealed to the telephone
company for help. They gave him
a different phone number and told
him it would be kept unlisted.
On the evening of the change he
decided to call the old phone num-
ber just to see what happened.
So he went to a pay station and
dialed accordingly.
The dulcet tone of the operator
broke out "That number," she
said, "has been changed to IAy-
man 6400."
—o-
EX-GOVERNOR Herbert Leh-
rman and a friend were discus-
sing the effects of environment
on people.
to crow."

A Monument to Henry Monsky