Thirty-two Years of Service to Detroit Jewry AN UNAFFILIATED, INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER etroit Jewish Chronicle Vol. 49, No. 29 DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, JULY 18, 1917 READ CHRONICLE CLASSIFIED ADS ON PAGE 12 a Copy. $3 Per Year AAL, \ N. 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." 4' 4) 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. • 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. (Continued on Page 2) 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. i [ 1. 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 (Continued on Page 2) 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.