( Thirty-two Yenta of 'Service to Detroit Jewry AN UNAFFILIATED, INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER Detroit Jewish Chrr,, , i Vol 49, No. 28 SOCIAL AND CLUB NEWS DEADLINE IS NOON, MONDAYS '` \ tli, " ''''' DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, JULY 11, ' l' \+, c\-".>":.' ■ \'\: . 82 Per Year ' 0 • Ot .' 4,°'• l'r' 0' ,tt•• Yishuv AsksBack,:ig by Force 4 • • • UN Hears Plea for Migrants • • • • • • • WA Reaffirms Demands for Jewish State Orphan Makes Hit With 'Mom', 'Pop' Indian Dodged by Ben Curio!' NEW YORK (WNS)—The 50th annual convention of the Zionist Organization of America concluded here with a resolution affirming the principles which have guided the Zionist movement for the past half century and with an appeal for international assistance in the reestablishment of Palestine as a Jewish- State, The convention called on the United States government to issue an unequivocal statement of its traditional position on Palestine and to place its record on the, Palestine issue before the United Nations. It demanded that Great Britain chairman of the Jewish Agency WONT BE TRAPPED Ben Gurion, however, was too wily to be trapped into that kind of examination. In reply to the probers objections that a UN army in Palestine would be un- fair to the Arabs and would start a full-scale Jewish-Arab war, the Agency chairman said that the Yishuv would be pleased if all British troops quit Palestine to- morrow to leave the Jews and Arabs to work out their problems by themselves. "The Arabs are sensible people," he told the UN committee. Dr. Chaim Weizmann, former president of the World Zionist Or- ganization, followed Ben Gurion to advocate partition of Palestine. CONFIRM EXECUTIONS In the, meantime, the British army commander confirmed the death sentences against three young members of the Irgun who allegedly participated in the Acre prison attack. The stage was thus set for a new outbreak of terror, apparently part of the Bri- tish plan to embarrass the Jewish (Continued on page 2) Detroit Guest ALOIS LOWENSTEIN, a four-year-old war orphan, made a hit .with his new "mom" and "pop," Mr. and Mrs. Max Barack of South Bend, Ind., the moment they met for the first time on a New York City pier last week. The Baracks, who lost their own three children, arranged for the immigration of Alois with the aid of United Service for New Americans. Alois was cared for by Catholic sisters in an infant's home in Trieste where he was found by Barack's brother, serving as a chap- lain with the American troops in Italy. United Service-and the Joint Distribution Committee brought the youngster to the United States. Ferguson Visions DP Bill Passage Sponsors Measure to Ease Immigration WASHINGTON (JTA)—Sena- tor Homer Ferguson, Republican of Michigan, who last week in- troduced into the Senate, with the co-sponsorship of eight other senators, a bill to admit an un- stated number of displaced per- sons to the United'States over a four-year period as non-quota immigrants, said he was hope- ful that the Senate judiciary committee would set hearings on the measure 'within the next few weeks. He expressed confidence that the measure would be passed. President Truman in a special message to Congress Monday urged the admission of an un- specified number of DP's. IMMEDIATE MOVE • The measure purpoiely did not fix the number of DP's to be admitted, as does the Strat- ton bill in the liouge. Ferguson explained that whatever ref- ugees were to be 'brought here should be admitted immediately, "so they'll know there's some hope," instead of having to wait four more years. Having viewed the DP camps just after liberation in 1945, Ferguson declared, "anybody who had seen them couldn't ob- ject to this bill." MUST SHOW WAY JUSTICE GAD FRUMKIN, C. B. E., of the Supreme Court of Palestine who was a Detroit visitor last week. Ile was the guest of Alfred A. May of 13318 Oak drive and of the Ford Motor Co. The justice is a third generation Pales. Haim. His grandfather I. ■ 1870 started the first Hebrew faevispaper in Palestine. Presses U. S. to Take Active Role on Zion Jacobs Elected to Executive Board: Silver Turns Over Reins to Neumann JERUSALEM (Special)— Palestine Jewry demanded this week that the United Nations provide a force to assure free immigration into a Jewish State that would take in all of Palestine. The demand was made be- for the UN Special Commit- tee by David Ben Gurion, executive. The replies were not friend- ly. One of the investigators, the representative from India, was hostile throughout the questioning of Ben Gurion and assumed the tactics of a bullying district at- torney, putting loaded questions to Ben Gurion and demanding that he answer "yes or no." • • • • • • Senator Hatch. Democrat of New Mexico, one of the bill's sponsors, hopes for "quick ac- tion" to fulfill the "moral obli- gation" of the United States to- ward the DP's. "I do not see how we can pos- sibly take the position of insist- ing that others perform similar obligations resting upon them," Hatch said in the Senate, "un- less we evidence a willingness to perform some part in the dis- charge of our own obligations." Irgun Is Backed by Young Israel at 3611, Assembly carry out the provision of the Mandate vesting the Jewish Agency with full powers to or- ganize Jewish immigration and to develop the land. It condemned the acts of violence committed by dissident groups in Palestine and expressed the hope that all possible steps would be taken to avert the danger of a civil war in the Holy Land. The convention adopted a resolution approving the administration of Dr. Abba Hillel Silver, the outgoing presi- dent. JACOBS REELECTED The assembly earlier had elected Dr. Emanuel Neumann of New York, a co-worker of Dr. Silver's, as president. Morris M. BRADLEY BEACH (WNS) — Jacobs, president of the Detroit Religion is losing ground among Zionist district, was the only De- the Jewish youth of America and unless action is taken to counter- troiter elected to the national act that tendency the situation executive committee. This is Ja- may assume serious proportions, cobs' second term. Dr. Neumann addressing the according to reports read here at the 36th annual convention of opening session of the convention the National Council of Young at Carnegie Hall, told the 3,000 Israel. delegates and approximately 1,000 In a surprising move, the con- spectators that the solution of vention approved a resolution the Palestine problem "will de- supporting the Irgun Zvai Leumi pend upon the acquiescence of and the Stern Group, two of Pal- the three great powers and, more estine's underground extremist especially, of the United States," organizations. but at the same time he ex- The resolution was approved by presSed doubt whether "any new an overwhelming majority of the formula for the solution of the 600 delegates who attended the problem will emerge" from the convention. (Continued on page 2) Goodwill Work Defended in Reply to Glazer Rebuke Stressing the positive values of the goodwill movement, the Rev. in the forefront of the brother- Joseph Q. Mayne, executive secre- hood fight, anti-Semitism and in- tary of the Detroit Round Table tolerance are being kept disrep- and vice-president of the National utable and the spokesmen of ill- Conference of Christians and will are discredited and forced Jews, named six major accom- into comparative obscurity. plishments of the movement in "3. Interchange of pulpits and rebuttal to the criticism of Dr. B. Benedict Glazer at the conven- interfaith partnership in co-oper- tion of the Central Conference of ative projects dramatize the bene- American Rabbis two weeks ago. fits of religious democracy. QUOTES TORONTONIAN The Rev. Mr. Mayne quoted Rabbi Abraham L. Feinberg of Toronto who presented a paper at the convention at the same time with Dr, Glazer. Rabbi Fein- berg's listing is as follows: "1. Intergroup amity has be- come a major organized interest in thousands of churches and church groups; for example, the Southern Baptists last year ren- dered Invaluable assistance in the successful campaign to thwart a Ku Klux Klan revival. "2. By placing America's most prominent and respected citizens • • • Zionist President TEXTBOOKS PURGED "4. Goodwill bodies have help- ed to create a climate of opinion wherein such legislation as fair employment practices receive a respectful hearing. - 5. Christian Sunday school textbooks are slowly being purged of inflammatory and unhistorical references. "6. A far-reaching, almost sen- sational program of intercultural ^ducation, though not yet fully matured. is now accepted as an integral and necessary part of child training." ■•■•■■ ••••• ■ ••• DR. NEUMANN • • • Neumann Takes Dr. Silver's Post New ZOA Chief Is Key Figure NEW YORK — Dr. Emanuel Neumann of New York, former- ly a vice-president of , the Zion- ist Organization of America and member of the Jewish Agency executive, was elected president of the ZOA for the ensuing year by the 50th annual convention of the organization. Dr. Neumann, has been a key figure in world Zionism for the past quarter of a century. He is a member of the World Zion- ist executive and president of the Palestine Foundation Fund (Keren Hayesod). As head of the commission on Palestine surveys. he was responsible for organiz- ing the engineering survey of the Jordan Valley Authority project. He resided in Palestine for five years from 1934-1939. Dr. Neuitann is considered one of the leading political and eco- nomic authorities on Palestine. Re testified at the hearings of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry on Palestine both in Washington and in Palestine. At the last special assembly of the United Nations, Dr... Neumann took a leading part in the prepa- ration of the Jewish case.