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Friday, January 9, 1948
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ZION SEEKS LEND-LEASE ARMS
Zionists Here Rally Youths Eye
Shertok Flies Back
for Shekel Campaign Deadline
With Appeal to U.S.
As a climax to the campaign of the Zionist district to
.ist Detroiters as Shekel-payers, entitling them to vote
for delegates to the forthcoming World Zionist Congress, the
ZOA has designated Sunday as "ZOA Shekel Mobilization
Day."
An all-out effort will be con-
• • *
centrated on registering every
Jewish adult in the city within
the Shekel fold, Harold Weis-
man, chairman, said.
A public demonstration for
Zionism will be held at 8:30
p.m. Monday at the Northwest
Hebrew Congregation. Jacques
Torczyner, distinguished Belgian
international lawyer and chair-
man of the national Shekel cam-
paign, will speak. There will be
no solicitation of funds.
GO DOOR TO DOOR
A breakfast-rally in the Rose
Sittig Cohen auditorium at 10
a.m. will launch the door to
door drive here. Morris M. Ja-
cobs, president of the district,
will be the principal speaker.
Mrs. M. S. Perlis is chairman
of arrangements. Assisting her
are Mrs. Nathan Spevakow,
Mrs. Lawrence Crohn, Mrs. Mor-
ris M. Jacobs, Mrs. Albert Feld-
stein, Mrs. Harry Cascade, and
Mrs. I. W. Silver.
Following the breakfast, work-
ers will be assigned in teams
to visit Jewish families in all
neighborhoods in the city.
CONCRETE ACTION
"Never before have the Jew-
ish people been so exhilarated
as they have been by the UN
decision to create a Jewish
State," Jacobs declared. "It is
now our great opportunity to
translate that emotion into con-
crete action by enlisting the
Jews of Detroit in the World
Zionist movement by selling
them Shekolim."
The Zionist district will be
host to all who sell one or more
Shekel books at a dance Sunday
evening at the Rose Sittig Co-
hen auditorium.
In High UHS Post
for Contest
With only 10 days remaining
in the Jewish Chronicle's Youth
Leadership contest, friends 'of
candidates are accelerating ef-
forts to place their favorite
among the top fiv. leaders.
Because the supply of ballots
has been exhausted, the Chron-
icle is again printing a ballot
on page 14. Petitions giving
name, address, school and grade
of candidates and of those sign-
ing will also be recognized.
LEADERS LISTED
Leaders to date listed alpha-
betically are Alan Feinberg,
Alice Jean Harris, Fred Hor-
witz, Henry Lonnerstater, Shel-
don Otis, Alva Sachs, Bob Stein-
berg, Fred Stoller, Marshall To-
HAROLD WEISMAN
bin, Harold Weinstein and Ann
Willis.
A last minute rush as a re-
sult' of the resumption of school
is expected to send a flood of
additional ballots into
the _
Chronicle office. Over 2,000 have
already been received.
The winner, to be selected by
Plan Will Succeed,
a board- of five judges, will be
He Pledges at Dinner awarded a $300 cash scholarship
by the American Savings and
NEW YORK (WNS)—Demand- Loan Association, 12246 Dexter
boulevard. Other prizes will go
ing the "speediest and most ef- to the runners-up.
fective" implementation of the
Palestine partition decision, An- JAN. 19 DEADLINE
Judges are Adolph Deutsch,
drei Gromyko, permanent Soviet
Charles Rubiner, Harry Yud-
delegate to the United Nations, koff, Mrs. Harry Jones and
warned the "irresponsible ele- Aaron Droock, all prominent
ments attempting to hamper the communal leaders.
realization of the partition plan"
Any Jewish youth attending
that "such action cannot prevent grades 9 through 12 is eligible
the final fulfillment of this de- for nomination and to vote.
Ballots should be properly
cision."
filled out and mailed to the
He made the assertion at a Youth Leadership Contest Edi-
"United States - USSR - Palestine tor, The Detroit Jewish Chroni-
Friendship Dinner," sponsored by cle, 548 Woodward avenue, De-
the American Committee of Jew- troit 26.
ish Writers, Artists and Scien-
The absolute deadline is noon,
tists. Dr. Emanuel Neumann, Jan. 19.
president of the Zionist Organi
zation of America, told the gath-
ering that the orientation of the
new Jewish State will be toward
the United Nations.
Gromyko Warns
Enemies of State
NEW YORK (Special)—Moshe Shertok, who is ex-
petted to be the Jewish State's first foreign minister, ar-
rived here with a plan to ask the United States for surplus
war material on a lend-lease basis so that the Jews can
enforce the UN partition decision.
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Reliable sources said that Sher-
MOSHE SIIERTOK
Haganah Blasts
Arab-Al.lend -^
Gang Headquarters
in Jerusalem Razed
JERUSALEM (JTA)—Haganah
assumed responsibility for the
blasting of the Semiramis Hotel
in the Katamon quarter of Jeru-
salem during the predawn hours
Monday morning in which five
Arabs are known to have died.
A spokesman said that the ho-
tel was blown up because it was
"a meeting place for Arab gangs
and a distribution point for wea-
pons from Jerusalem to the ad-
joining Arab villages. Unfor-
tunately," he added, "we cannot
strike at the main headquarters
of the Arab bands because it is
secreted in the El Aksa Mosque."
It is also known that the hotel
was the headquarters for the lo-
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Head Youth Education Luncheon
Gromyko pointed out that the
UN Security Council "is ready in
case of necessity, to deal with
the question" in order to assist
in getting quick action on the
partition decision. Successful
realization of this decision, he
said, requires the cooperation of
Great Britain with the United
States and with the implementa-
tion commission "not in words
but in deeds."
ALBERT ELAZAR, who has
been appointed associate su-
perintendent of the United
Hebrew Schools. Born in Jeru-
salem, Einar was graduated
from Yellin's Teacher's Col-
lege there and received his
M. A. degree at LaSorbonne
University, Paris, France. He
Is a member of the executive
board of the National Coun-
cil of Jewish Education and
past president of the Midwest
Federation of Hebrew
Teachers.
Midtown Group to Hear
the Citizen of Month
Thomas Quinlan, who
•
was
chosen citizen of the month
by the Junior Chamber of Com-
merce, for his work in the
Western High School area, will
be a speaker at the meeting of
t h e Midtown Neighborhood
Council Jan. 20.
The meeting will also be ad-
dressed by George Edwards,
president of the Detroit Com-
mon Council. All residents of
the Twelfth street area are in-
vited to attend.
•
tok was ready to commit Jews
alone to make the partition plan
effective, with the proviso that
arms and money be provided and
that the port of Tel Aviv be
opened by Feb. 1 to permit the
entry of men and arms without
British interference. The Gen-
eral Assembly had earlier recom-
mended the opening of the port.
U. S. BEST SOURCE
Before leaving Palestine, Sher-
tok said he would discuss arms
with the UN but would attempt
to obtain them from the United
States alone, the New York Her-
ald-Tribune reported.
He said that the Yishuv badly
needed armored cars, airplanes
and a few field pieces to meet
the threat of war from the
Arabs. Other sources said that
rifles, sub-machine guns, tanks
and ammunition would also be
needed.
"The.keY to the security force
of the Jewish State is in the
hands of the United States,"
Shertok declared. "Our view is
that an international force is nec-
essary and desirable. But it is
not for us to say whether it is
practicable, and if the UN should
say it is not, then it is up to us
to shoulder the burden.
WON'T ASK RUSSIA
"If there is to be an interna-
tional force, we'll like to co-op-
erate. If we have to do it alone,
then we will be ready for it. But
to do it alone does not mean to
do it unaided, and we shall then,
through the United Nations,
claim assistance in equipment
and financial aid."
Asked if he intended to re-
quest arms of the Soviet Union,
Shertok replied in the negative.
"We value and need political
support of the Soviet as well as
of the United States," he said.
Cargoes Checked
for Explosives
NEW YORK (JTA) — The
American Exports Line, on one
of whose freighters 65,000 pounds
of TNT destined for Palestine
were found, has ordered two
other of its vessels in Palestine
waters to check their cargoes.
One, the Excelsior, is unloading
at Tel Aviv while the other, the
Exford, is in Haifa and has
freight aboard for Tel Aviv.
Officials of the Department of
Justice stated in Washington that
the department does not know if
any law was violated, or whether
any federal law was involved.
"This will all be investigated," a
spokesman declared.
Shortly afterwards it was an-
nounced that the FBI had offi-
cially entered the case.
British Deny Plan
to Quit Before May 15
Final arrangements are being made by the Youth Education
League for its Pledge Fund luncheon Jan. 27 at Masonic
Temple.. Shown are chairmen of the affair at work. Left to
right, Mrs. Alfred Lakin, reservations; Mrs. Morris Cohen,
yearbook; -Mrs. Adolph Lichter, Honor Roll; and Mrs. Louis
Fried, Pledge Fund.' Mrs. Sidney Halt is league president.
JERUSALEM (JTA)—A Pales-
tine government spokesman of-
ficially denied reports that the
government is considering relin-
quishing the Mandate six weeks
earl.r., r than the scheduled date
of May 15. These reports, the of-
ficial stated, are "pure specula-
tion."