Thirty-two Years of Service to Detroit Jewry
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etroit Jewish Chronicle
Vol. 49, No. 29
DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, JULY 18, 1917
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Martial Law Put
Arabs Set Max Osnos, Marx Assail
to Testify Sandlot Curb on Negroes
Before UN
Ben T. Marx and Max Osnos, in the league. As examples they
Sams, Inc., executives and spon- cite the signing of Negro ball
players by Brooklyn and Cleve-
sors of sandlot baseball teams,
land, major league teams.
Shift of Inquiry
to Lebanon Due
"We wish to register our pro-
tests against the exclusion of
Negro teams from the Federa-
tion and against the fact that
no Negroes are included among
the players on any of the
teams," Osnos and Marx said in
a letter to Mayor Jeffries, the
DABF and social agencies.
JERUSALEM, (Special)—
Officials of three neighboring
Arab states have assured the
United Nations Special Com-
mittee on Palestine that they
will offer testimony and rec-
ords when the commission
meets for thre days next
In their protest, the two mer-
chants also said, "We hold that
this is thoroughly undemocratic
in spirit and effects. Negro play-
ers are now included among the
players on major league clubs
and amateur leagues, especially
in communities where Negroes
make up an important part of
the population. Surely there is
no logical justification for ex-
cluding them."
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N athanya
City Is Paralyzed
in British Reprisal
Army Cracks Down in Kidnaping
of Sergeants by Irgun as Hostages
JERUSALEM (Special)—The British clamped down
martial law upon the Jewish city of Nathanya placing its
18,000 residents under house arrest.
The city was the scene of the kidnaping last Saturday,
of two British sergeants who are being held as hostages by
the Irgun for the three young Irgunists facing execution fog
the Acre prison break.
The imposition of martial law is labeled "Operation
Akselrad Named
Temple Assistant
week in Beirut, capital of Le-
banon, Christian-Arab state.
The Arabs are expected to
warn the investigators that the
Arab world will spring to war
if the UN General Assembly de-
New Rabbi to Take
clares a pro-Jewish judgment in
His Post on Aug. 1
the fall.
From Beirut, the committee
MAX OSNOS
Osnos is the sponsor of Sams
Rabbi Sidney Akselrad of
may make a short trip to Cairo,
teams in Classes D and E, and
Egypt and then take off for hpve submitted a request to the Marx backs the Mathilda Club Pittsburgh has been named as-
sistant Rabbi of Temple Beth El.
Geneva to write their report to Detroit Amateur Baseball Fed-
eration to allow Negroes to play in Class E.
He will assume his duties Aug.
the Assembly.
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ASKS BI-NATIONALISM
Earlier in the week, the prob-
ers heard Dr. Judah L. Magnes,
president of the Hebrew Uni-
versity, advocate a bi-national
Arab-Jewish state in which
both peoples would have equal
representation in the govern-
ment despite population differ- f.
ences.
He urged, in addition, that
Jewish immigration should be
continued up to an approximate
population parity with the
Arabs. He suggested a UN trus-
teeship during the interim pe-
riod of the transition.
Krolik Reelected
Federation Head
Resolution Honors
Memory of Shetzer
Julian H. Krolik has been re-
elected president of the Jewish
Welfare Federation by the board
of governors, it was announced
this week.
Other officers whose re-election
was recommended by the nomin-
ating committee and confirmed by
the board include Fred M. Butzel,
chairman of the executive com-
mittee; Judge William Friedman,
chairman of the board; Mrs. Jo-
seph H. Ehrlich, Harry Frank
and Judge Theodore Levin, vice-
presidents; David Wilkus, trea-
surer; and Isidore Sobeloff. secre-
tary.
CAN LIVE PEACEFULLY
Dr. Magnes, whose voice car-
ries much weight in non-Jewish
circles in Palestine, based his
appeal for the bi-national state
on the argument that Jews and
Arabs can work and live to-
gether peacably in a jointly-con-
controlled Palestine.
Dr. Magnes told the commit-
tee that the "legitimate aspira-
tion" of the Jewish people for a
Jewish state in all of Palestine
The nominating committee was
appeared unobtainable and that composed of Henry Meyers, chair-
'therefore he proposed the bi-na- man; Maurice A. Enggass, Mrs.
tional idea as a substitute.
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ASSAILS PARTITION
He attacked partition on re-
ligious, political, economic and
historical grounds and said that
if Palestine is divided, wild na-
tionalism by Jews on one side
and Arabs on the other would
lead to conflict.
Answering committee doubts
that Arabs and Jews could live
harmoniously together, Dr. Mag-
nes asserted that the two peo-
ples had never been given a
• chance to cooperate and that
they would join if only they got
that chance.
Old and
Labor Dept. Aide
Backs DP Bill
WASHINGTON (JTA)—Assis-
tant Secretary of Labor Philip
Hannah, testifying In favor of
the Stratton Bill to admit 400,000
DP's to the U.S. within the next
four years, said that "there is
no factual basis for the view
that the immigration contempla-
ted by this bill would hamper or
Injure the economic well-being
of our country."
New Settlement
Built as UN Quiz
Goes On in Zion
NEW YORK—While the United
Nations Special Committee on
Palestine was meeting in Jeru-
salem, 52 Jewish men and wo-
men, the majority of them re-
cently arrived refugees from
Europe, established a new set-
tlement in the Upper Galilee
area with the aid of American
funds provided through the
United Palestine Appeal.
Named Eyel (Haven) the set-
tlement is on the eastern shore
of Lake Hule and brings to 32
the number of Jewish agricul-
tural colonies in Upper Galilee.
Materials and equipment neces-
sary for its construction were
ferried across the lake from
nearby Hulata settlement.
The Jewish National Fund
provided the land on which the
settlement will develop while
grants-in-aid were advanced by
the Palestine Foundation Fund.
Both funds derive their Amer-
icon support through UPA.
Tiger" by the occupying forces
and 4,000 British troops under
Brigadier Rodney Moore are
keeping a strict watch over the
deserted streets.
GET 2 HOUR RESPITE
For the first 24 hours, no one
was allowed to leave his home.
Then the inhabitants were given
two hours in which to obtain
necessary supplies but no one
was given the right to enter or
leave the sealed area.
No newspapers were admitted
into the city and postal and tele.
graph services were halted.
Nathanya is a resort town and
the center of the country's dia.
mond-polishing industry. All 23
of the city's factories were shut
down along with banks and civil
courts.
REPRISAL CHARGED
Martial law was branded as art
act of collective punishment
against the community by Mayor.
Oved Ben Ami. He declared that
liaganah would halt its attempt
to recover the missing men as
a result of the British reprisals,
British army officers insisted
that martial law was not vindic.
tive. They declared that the
missing men might still be in
the small controlled zone.
Chief Rabbis Isaac Herzog and
Ben Zion Usiel and Tel Aviv
Mayor Israel Rokach appealed
earlier to Palestine High Com.
missioner Sir Alan Cunningham
and military commander Lt. Gen,
Gordon H. A. MacMillan for
clemency for the three Jewish
youths.
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FOUGHT FOR ALLIES
RABBI SIDNEY AKSELRAD
1 and relieve Rabbi B. Benedict
Glazer who will leave on a va-
cation.
Rabbi Akselrad is a graduate
of the 1947 class of the Hebrew
Union College and holds a B.A.
degree from the University of
Meanwhile, Asher Levits1711
Pittsburgh. He is also a gradu-
attorney representing the fami-
ate of the Pittsburgh Hebrew
lies of the condemned men, ap-
Institute.
pealed to Cunningham for com-
mutation of the sentence. Mak.
ing a special plea for Edith
Weiss, who journeyed from
Czechoslovakia to be with her
brother Jacob, Levitsky pointed
out that Weiss had served the
Allied cause well in the war
when, as a partisan, he placed
his life in jeopardy to rescue
Allied war prisoners.
The Irgun said that "if a crint.
inal hand is raised against our
three 'prisoners of war' we shall
make our arrows red with the
blood of the hangman." In a
statement issued to the press it
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Reach Homes at Last
Herz] All-Day Picnic
Scheduled for Sunday
The years of homelessness are over for these newcomers to Palestine. As they leave the S. S.
Valena in Haifa port, they start on the way toward rehabilitation and resettlement made possible
with the aid of the United Palestine Appeal. Of the 40,000 immigrants who have come to
Palestine since the end of the war, an average of 999 out of every 1,000 were destitute and had
to receive immediate help through the United Palestine Appeal agencies.
Iferzl chapter, Zionist Orga-
nization of Detroit will hold an
all-day picnic at River Rouge
park Sunday. Swimming, tennis,
baseball and a wienie roast are
on the agenda. Interested per-
sons are asked to meet at Liv-
ernois and Six Mile road at
12:30 p.m. For further inforizta...
Um% call TY. 4-5511.