British Troops Kill Boy, Flee; Broadcast Fake Kidnap Yarn Thirty-ttvo Years of Service to Detroit Jewry AN UNAFFILIATED, INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER Detroit Jewish Chronicle Vol. 49, No. 34 Happy Birthday DETROIT. MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 1947 Dondero Branded as Racist 10c a Copy, $3 Per Year Young Star Speaks on Brotherhood controlled radio b r oadc a s t throughout the afternoon a fake story that four Jews had stopped an Arab bus on the outskirts of Petah Tikvah and had kid- naped two Syrians. The abduction was supposed to have taken place near the scene of Haganah's execution of an' Arab gang last week. At 8 p.m., however, the British ad- mitted that the whole story was a fabrication. Branded as a "respectable fascist", Congressman George Dondero of Royal Oak was accused of patent anti-Semit- ism' in the Aug. 11 issue of In Fact magazine. This was not the first time Fred M. Butzel will celebrate that the tiny periodical, Yishuv Plans Defense Tax Fund to Strengthen Police Is Considered JERUSALEM (Special) —The Yisliuv leadership is planning a $2,000,000 security fund to strengthen the defenses of iso- lated Jewish colonies, partic- ularly those near the Syrian frontier. The tax would also be used to increase Jewish settle- ment police and to bolster Ha- ganah against the possibility of an Arab uprising. Worried by the disorders last week in which many Jews and Arabs died in the Tel Aviv- Jaffa zone, communal leaders said that they wanted full pre- cautions to be taken in case Arab rioting breaks out anew in the event of a report by the UN Palestine committee that is unfavorable to the Arabs. The Jewish National Council executive meeting Monday voted to call a session of the full membership in the next few weeks to approve the special de- fense fund. It will be similar to the one raised in the 193G-39 Arab rioting. The council is expected to ap- prove the raising of the $2,000,- 000 by indirect taxation within the Jewish community. which helps expose falsehoods in the press and in public ac- tivities, has coupled Dondero with Rankin, Fish, Bilbo and other native fascists. This time, however, In Fact pointed out the difference be- tween Dondero and his fellow legislators who are blatantly racist. WORKS SUBTLY "Dondero." said the magazine, 'does not shout about the Jews as Rankin does—and as Hitler and his Nazis did in Nuernberg. On July 9, Dondero alleged that a number of officers and men were dismissed from the U.S. army for communist activities. He read a list of names, ex- plained who the men were. "With the exception of one name, all he read were Jewish names". Among those listed by the Royal Oak congressman was Col. Bernard Bernstein, who showed that Dondero was lying by mak- ing public a letter from Secre- tary of War Patterson stating he had not been dismissed and that (Continued on page 2) Defense Leader BOSTON (JTA)—The family of former Ambassador to Eng- land Joseph P. Kennedy com- memorated the death of their brother, Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., by donating $50,000 to the As- sociated Jewish . Philanthropies of Boston to be used for a project benefiting children. Three other charitable dis- bursements were made by the foundation, which bears the name of the young aviator who was killed three years ago in a military plane over the English Channel. FLAYED BY PAPER Commenting on the false re- port, the New York Herald- Eleven-year-old Joey Territo, Detroit juvenile star of "Good- Tribune correspondent s a i d: bye Again", recently at the Music Hall, addresses the children of "Tempers were unnecessarily inflamed. Similar irresponsible Camp Ilabonini at the Jewish Community Center during the reports could easily incite trag- camp's Brotherhood program. The children are wearing cos- edy in a situation so dangerously tumes of different nationalities. (From left to right) Sandra inflammable." Baton. Phillip Kraft, Joey Territo, David Newman, and Robert Jewish witnesses said t h e Kraft. Sitting: (extreme right) Gloria Moss and Irwin Kalash. British soldiers killed the Jewish boy, Moshe Gorotzky, with a Back row: (Front left to right) Rita Weinberg, Bonnie- Merton, burst of fire from their truck Back row: (From left to right) Rita Weinberg, Bonnie Merzon, and then fled. The youth re- cently arrived from Europe. A short time after the slay- ing, the same truck sprayed a second bus, wounding Itzhak Adler, 19. LINKED TO POGROM. The incidents were immediate- ly linked to the killing of five PORT DE BOUC, France (Special)—The 4,400 Exodus refu- Jews by British forces in Tel Aviv on the night of July 31. gees aboard the three British prison ships in the harbor here The mandate government has called a 24-hour hunger strike Tuesday as a result of clashes denied troops were involved de- with British troops on the vessels and in protest against world spite eyewitness reports to the contrary. apathy to their plight. "All we know", said a govern- Pregnant women, the sick and the aged joined the strike al- ment official Tuesday, "is that though asked by their leaders two buses were fired on. The not to do so. this war, understand our feel- On the Empire Rival a num- ings, and we appreciate your charge that British soldiers did ber of immigrants were arrested invitation for us to remain in the firing is a serious one and and all holds closed down for France and your interest in quite naturally you cannot ex- hours with hundreds of men, attempting to give us all help pect us to rush out with a women and children imprisoned possible on our ships. But how statement until we investigate the story." in airless, crowed quarters. The can you allow the English to Later in the day, an official soldiers also burned most of the treat us in such an inhuman statement said of the incident books sent the refugpes by way on this Nazi ship' that "two persons seated in the Zionist groups and reiref orga- "As a demonstration of pro- back of the vehicle are described nizations. test we declare a hunger strike by witnesses as being dressed in ROUTED BY STORMS to last 24 hours, but we may clothes resembling uniforms". Earlier in the week, the refu- be forced to continue this strike JEW IS STABBED gees were driven from the decks until we are given satisfaction. Clashes between Jews and of their three ships by violent and we will find our way back Arabs continued on a insignifi- thunderstorms and spent a to Palestine." cant scale, meanwhile. A Jew night jammed in the airless was found stabbed on the road holds. To add to their discom- between Gaza and Beersheba fort, the Jews were forced to and his condition was reported stand throughout the night be- serious. cause there was insufficient In the trouble zone between space in the holds for all of them Tel Aviv and Jaffa, peace pre- Seating arrangements for the to lie or sit down. . vailed and the curfew was lifted When the food launch carry- High Holy Days at the North- on the orders of Police Super- west Hebrew Congregation have ing rations appeared Tuesday. intendent Flanagan. the refugees refused to permit been completed and the distribu- Leaders of the Jewish suburb tion of seats will begin Monday. the food brought aboard and the of Ilatikva met with Arabs of Charles 11. Charlip, Sam Sim- boat returned to shore without mer. Morris Birndorf and Wil- the village of Salamah and unloading. buried the hatchet by sacrificing On one of the three vessels, liam Shulman are chairmen of a lamb midway between the two the seating committee. the Ocean .Vigour, two signs villages. A feast followed and Rabbi Jacob E. Segal will offi- there was much cheering when floated reading in English and French: ''Open the doors of Pal- ciate during the holiday services. buses began rolling again and Cantor William Glueck of through the towns. estine, our only hope". New York will chant the liturgy APPEAL TO PREMIER In a message to French Prima The membership drive of the FAIR EXCHANGE Minister Ramadier smuggled Synagogue under the chairman. NEW YORK—Rep. Jacob Ja- from one of the ships, the refu- ship of Samuel Bet and Max vitt called on Britain to admit gees said: Ilaidy, at which a maximum of the 16,000 Jews on Cyprus and "We know that the French 200 members are expected to be 4,000 from the Exodus before who have also suffered much in added, contlaues. asking financial aid from the U.S. Hunger Strike Is Launched by Refugees from Exodus Northwest Begins Seat Distribution Kennedys Give Gift of $50,000 to Jews Aaron Droock (above) and Rabbi B. Benedict Glam. of Detroit are among the 50 na- tional Jewish communal lead- ers going to Chicago for the plenary session of the national executive committee of the Joint Defense Appeal (JDA) Sept. 6 and 7. Plans will be initiated for next year's fight against anti-Semitism. Droock is president of the Jewish Community Council. Tommies Stir New Tensimi JERUSALEM (Special) — Britisl troops in a military truck shot up two civilian buses near Rishon le Zion Tuesday killing a 16-year-old Jewish youth and slightly in- juring a second. Meantime, the Brills II- Smear Attack on Jews Bared - his seventieth birthday on Monday. Congratulatory mess- ages from leaders in the com- munity and nation have al- ready begun to flood his of- fices in the National Bank Bldg. Holy Land Fighting Subsides