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Mobilize Dynamic Helen Waren to launch
30 Areas
Drive of Detroit Histadrut Jan. 4
for UJA

ATLANTIC CITY, (JTA)
A "plan of operation" set-
ting up campaign machinery
gi,anketing the entire coun-
ITT y and mobilizing all com-
munal forces within American

Histadrut's 1948 Detroit cam- talks here describing her expe-
paign will be officially launch- riences with the underground
ed at citywide conference Sun- in Europe shortly before war's
day evening, Jan. 4, in the
B r o w n Memorial Chapel of
Temple Beth El.
Goal for the drive is $200,-
000.
Keynote speakers at the rally
will be Helen Waren, dramatic
star and official of Americans
for Haganah, and Isaac Hamlin,
national secretary of Geverks-
haften campaigns
Miss Waren is remembered by
Detroiters for her dynamic

Lion Israel, the largest reformed
temple in suburban Chicago
and baritone with the Chicago
Civic Opera, will make his first
Detroit appearance as guest ar-
tist. He will present Palestinian
and Yiddish songs.
The Histadrut organizations
committee has requested that all
groups send the names of the
five delegates who will repre-
sent them at the conference to
the Histadrut office, 13722 Lin-
Wood avenue, TO. 9-8660, so
that credentials can be sent
them...

convoy
Attacks
Avenged

JERUSALEM (W N S) —
The Arab-Jewish clashes in
Palestine appeared to be as-
suming the character of reg-
ular warfare and large-scale

Jewry to raise the unparalleled
fighting in pitched battles as the
sum of $250,000,000 for the
country entered the fourth week
United Jewish Appeal in the
of violence with a toll of over
corning year was mapped here
320 dead to date.
by UJA leaders following the
Fighting took place south of
conclusion of the recent five-
Jaffa and in the vicinity of Yagur
day conference.
in central Palestine, where size-
The country has been divided
able Jewish forces, believed to
into 30 geographical regions,
be units of Ilaganah, attacked
within which will be mobilized
Arab bands in reprisal for Arab
141,
the local leadership in an in-
attacks on Jewish truck convoys.
tensive, decentralized campaign.
In Safad, historic Jewish city
HELEN WAREN
Only three voting weeks re-
A committee of 10 will serve as
• • •
in Upper Galilee, clashes between
an advisory body to assist dur- main before the Chronicle's
NEW YORK, (JTA)—Charg- Jews and Arabs lasted several
"Youth Leadership" contest end. She spoke on. behalf of ing Britain with failure to co- days. Here in Jerusalem Robert
ing the campaign.
draws to an end. .
Jewish DP's.
operate in carrying out the Stern, 35 year old British-Jewish
SOBELOFF PLAN
She has traveled over the en- United Nations partition deci- journalist, was slain on Sunday,
With over 1,500 ballots al-
Isidore Sobeloff of Detroit, ad- ready crowding the contest files, tire country, bringing to Jews sion, Moshe Shertok, head of Several Arabs were killed when
dressing the closing session, five Central High school stu- and non-Jews the message of the political department of the buses were held up in various
called for "psychological parity" dents and one from Cass are the heroic efforts of the Jewish Jewish Agency, said that devel- parts of the country.
in conducting the campaign. He pacing the nominees.
Last Friday, Haganah, the Jew-
defense army of Palestine. She opments resulting from the Bri-
said that the Jews of America, in
has been in close touch with tish attitude "may seriously ish militia, announced that it had
Top boys are Allan Feinberg the top Haganah leaders and jeopardize the effective imple- blasted the headquarters of an
supporting the $250,000,000 quota
will again channel their drives and Fred Horowitz of Central brings a first hand account of mentation" of the UN plan.
Arab band in the village of KM-
sis in Upper Galilee, which had
through the local welfare funds. and Marshall Tobin of Cass.
their activities.
Shertok revealed that the
Girls in the lead are Central
The local funds will offer the
Jewish Agency is transmitting been terrorizing Jews who were
students Alice Jean Harris, TOURED EUROPE
following four-point program:
regularly to members of the Se- travelling in the district and
1. To promote the creation Alva Sachs and Ann Willis.
threatening Jewish settlements.
A Broadway actress, Miss curity Council authentic reports
The same day a Jewish convoy
and development of a Jewish
on the security position in Pal-
Waren
toured
Europe
with
the
The
winner
will
be
awarded
State in Palestine.
along the Jerusalem-Tel Aviv
a $300 cash scholarship by the USO and was instrumental in estine. This, he said, is being road was attacked and Yonah
2. To maintain and rehabili-
American Savings and Loan helping many Jewish survivors done pending the Council's de-
tate the 1,250,000 Jews of Eur- Association, 12246 Dexter. Other escape to Palestine with the aid cision on the Agency's applica- Rasin, an active member of Ha-
ope until governmental eid, eco- prizes will be awarded runners of the Jewish Brigade. In 1946, tion for admission to sessions of ganah, was killed. A British es-
cort made no attempt to return
nomic improvement, or emi- up.
she sailed for Eretz Israel the body at which the problem the Arab fire nor to pursue the
gration relieves their situation.
of
Palestine
is
discussed.
fleeing killers.
Any Jewish youth attending aboard a ship carrying refu-
"The Jewish Agency must in-
AID LOCAL AGENCIES
grades 9 through 12 is eligible gees.
At the same time it was re-
Hamlin recently returned sist that the Jews of Palestine ported that the Jewish Agency
3. To receive, assist and in- for nomination and to vote.
The contest ends at noon Jan. from a trip to Palestine, where be given full facilities for self- had issued a new proclamation
tegrate into American life the
he made an extensive study of defense and for the early or- in Arabic addressed to the Pal-
displaced persons and other 19, 1948. Ballots postmarked Histadrut enterprises.
ganization of the militia des- estine Arabs disclaiming any ag-
after that date will not be
refugees fortunate enough to be counted.
Since his return to the United tined to take over the protec- gressive intentions.
admitted to the United States.
Ballots should be properly States, he has been in close tion of the Jewish State," Sher-
Asserting that villages shelter-
4. To support domestic and completed and mailed to the
ing Arab agitators laid them-
touch with the leaders who tok stated.
local agencies in the fields of Youth Leadership Contest Edi- ings in the minds of the Jews
"It is inconceivable that deci- selves open to Haganah attack,
health, welfare, recreation, care tor, The Detroit Jewish Chroni- able decision 'on Palestine.
sions solemnly adopted by the the pamphlet said: "We are not
of the aged, youth work, educa- cle, 548 Woodward avenue, De-
interested in any fighting what-
Benjamin Landsman, Cantor
tion and community 'relations.
troit, 26.
(Continued on Page 2)
soever. We want peace and con-
of the North Shore Congrega-
structive work."

Only 3 Weeks Left
in Youth Contest

Shertok Hurls
Blast at British

Eyewitness Report:

British S hirk Defense Job Detro't
er S ays

By BALFOUR PEISNER.
(This is an eyewitness story by
Balfour Peisner, Detroiter who
is now in Palestine, on the re-
action of the British to the
a creation of the State. Peisner,
a U. of D. law student, is a
frequent contributor to the

Chronicle.)

• • •
AS EXPECTED, the past three
days have been full of shoot-
ing, stonings and rioting in gen-
eral. The salient feature of the
riots in the past few days has
• , en the conspicuous absence of
itish casualties. Few English
ldiers or policemen have been
scratched.
How "impartial" the English
have been can be seen from the
wording of their communiques,
which call the attacks on the
Jewish quarters of Jerusalem
and Tel Aviv "clashes" between
Jews and Arabs".
• • •
REPEAT INFAMY
THIS SAME PHRASE was

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used in the 1936-39 riots to en- forces have been content to be
able the government to accuse "impartial" onlookers while the
Jews of murder when they
killed Arabs who were attack-
ing them. In one case, the Jews
being tried for murder were
given sentences of 10 years be-
cause there had been extenu-
ating circumstances . These cir-
cumstances were Ott they had
been defending their homes and
families against the Arab ter-
rorists they killed.
England has officially an-
nounced that as long as she re-
mains in Palestine she will be
responsible for law and order.
Just how well she is main-
taining order can be seen from
the fact that all attacks in the
past few days ha.. e been in the
cities where the security forces
are composed entirely of British.
Not a single attack was made
on any Jewish settlement or any
location being defended entirely
BALFOUR PEISNER
by Jews.
• •
Where they were supposed to Arab mobs ran wild or they
be on guard, British security simply vanished.

Far from creating misgiv- population hit by last year's
givings in the minds of the Jews drought.
over the pending departure of
• • •
the British forces, the present MUFTI OUSTED
riots have had the opposite ef- FAROUK HAS KICKED the
feet, and the Jews are now hop- Mufti out of his palace and has
ing that the British will hurry stopped his subsidy, while Iraq
and get out so that they won't and Saudi Arabia are engaged
be able to interfere with the in a name calling contest over
protection of Jewish settlements Ibn Saud's granting shelter to
and neighborhoods. the leader of the pro-Nazi up-
Meanwhile, rifts are beginning rising in Iraq in 1941.
to appear in the Arab camp.
The English seem to be go-
While the deliberations were ing around in a daze, too thun-
going on, the Arabs seemed der-struck to realize the full
united and put on quite a show significance of the event. They
with their swashbuckling. Now only know that another portion
that their bluff has been called, of their dwindling empire Is be-
they are returning to their own ing taken away.
interests and traditional feuds.
Once again their policy has
Syria and Lebanon are watch- proved wrong, and they will be
ing Abdullah, lest he try to en- leaving behind a nation .which,
croach upon them with his due to their own fault, will hate
"Greater Syria" scheme; the Le- them forever. Had they read
banese papers are calling the the handwriting on the wall
in
meetings of the Arab League "a time and changed their tune
waste of money" and claim that from the supercilious patroniz-
it would be better spent for ing attitude with which they
famine relief

among the rural (Continued on Page 2)

