Pap Two
Friday, January 23, 1948
DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE
Eyewitness Report:
3,500 Turn Out
for Pioneer Event
Aid Beth Yehudah
Sabotage Is Keynote
of Britain in Eretz
(This is the third of a series
of articles on the present situ-
ation in Palestine by a De-
troiter, Balfour Peisner, who
landed in the United States
last week after a nine-month
visit in Palestine.)
• • •
By BALFOUR PEISNER
FOR THE FIRST TIME in six
months I feel free to write as
I wish, knowing that nobody will
read my dispatch on its way to
the editor and that regardless of
what I write I will still be free
to go and come as I please.
Not so is the situation of cor-
respondents in Palestine whtre
every dispatch is read, and while
no censorship officially exists on
outgoing stories, the correspon-
dents are still wary of the omni-
present C.I.D.
• • •
TRUTH STIFLED
FEW CORRESPON-
DENTS write about the true
state of events in Palestine to-
day because in addition to the
C.I.D.'s restraining influence on
their typewriters, the administra-
tion has thoughtfully provided
all accredited correspondents
with press cards which entitle
their bearers, to special privileges
and almost invariably guarantees
proper behavior by the police
and military.
To the average person, how-
ever, Palestine has become a
police state, no better than the
Nazi occupied countries were
during the war. The only differ-
ence is that Nazi oppression came
suddenly, while that of the Pal-
estine administration — no less
odious—was imposed slowly, and
always with an excuse, kind
words, such as "emergency regu-
lation" or "temporary controls."
• • •
YOUTHS IMPRISONED
IN SUCH A MANNER the
British succeeded in imprisoning
thousandT of the country's finest
youth; they imposed direct col-
lective fines on the entire popu-
lation; they arbitrarily seized
homes for the quartering of their
troops; they confiscated and de-
molished homes upon the slight-
est provocation and generally
succeeded in terrorizing the en-
tire populace.
in addition the British have
slowed down the import of es-
sential goods to a trickle with
their licensing regulations, im-
posed prohibitive taxes on cigar-
ets, gasoline, automobiles, trucks
and machinery and have done
everything within their power to
throttle the economic life of the
community.
Oppression of this sort can
arouse even the most passive
Regional Zionists
to Hear Granados
•
Dr. Jorge Garcia Granados,
Guatemalan ambassador to the
United 'States and head of his
nation's delegation to the UN,
will be the principal speaker at
the first Simon Shetzer Memorial
Institute Feb. 15.
Dr. Granados, who was a mem-
ber of UNSCOP and is consider-
ed 'one of the warmest friends
of Jewish aspirations, will ad-
dress two meetings. The insti-
tute will be held jointly with the
Zionist Michigan state regional
conference, Saul Gottlieb, re-
gional director, announced.
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of people and, as might have
been expected, the Yishuv op-
posed the government by every
means within their power, bring-
ing the problem to the attention
of the world. This culminated in
the establishment of the Jewish
State- by the UN six weeks ago.
• • •
HINDERING PLAN
ENGLAND, DETERMINED as
ever to keep Palestine to herself,
is doing everything she can to
prevent the consummation of the
partition plan and has helped
throw the country into bloody
turmoil.
British talk about the evacua-
tion of Palestine should not be
taken at face value, because the
decision to "evacuate" followed a
reduction in the military budget,
necessitating a reduction of mili-
tary establishments all over the
empire.
Whether Britain really, means
to get out remains to be seen,
but I do not believe she intends
to make a clean withdrawal but
will attempt, rather, to make
some sort of deal by which she
can withdraw some of her troops,
and still retain influence—some-
thing along the line suggested by
Dr. Weizmann in his speech in
New York before sailing, when
he called upon Jews to forget
past difficulties with Britain and
"cooperate" with her.
It may be significant that he
also called for limited immigra-
tion, less than that universally
agreed upon as the absorptive
capacity and closer to the figure
set by the Colonial Office.
Shekel Enrollment
On Until March 1
United Slate Fails
to Halt Campaign
These leaders of Yeshivath Beth Yehudah are the forces be-
hind the Yeshivah's sixth annual patrons' dinner to be held
March 14 at Bnai Moshe. Seated left to right, Max W. Tem-
chin, Morris W. Zack and Samuel B. Solomon. Standing,
left to right, Harry E. Citrin, David Goldberg and Morris
Mohr.
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•
David Cohen Hails Yeshivah,
Calls for Support of Dinner
Declaring that Yeshivath Beth
Yehudah has won national recog-
nition because of the high caliber
of its faculty and scholastic pro-
gram, David J. Cohen, former
president of Congregation Bnai
David and communal leader,
strongly urged public support of
the Yeshivah's activities at a
meeting at which plans for the
sixth annual patrons' dinner
were formulated.
Cohen, who is also a member
of the administrative committee
of the Yeshivah, spoke as a par-
ent of a child attending the Beth
Jacob department. He expressed
satisfaction with the education
methods of the school and with
the results achieved.
"Jewish education," Cohen said,
"must fulfill two requirements:
The first Is to teach the child to
Felicitations
live the Jewish tradition; the sec-
ond, to effect a happy integration
of the child in the American en-
vironment.
"These two vital needs," Cohen
added, "are being met by the
Yeshivah with a program of stud-
ies rich in content and a faculty
of instructors capable of carrying
out such a program."
Cohen made a plea for support
of the patrons' dinner to be held
March 14 in Bnai Moshe. The
dinner and the yearbook being
published in connection with it
are essential sources of income
for the maintenance of the Ye-
shivah, he pointed out.
A meeting of workers was held
last week in the home of Irving
W. Schlussel, a former Yeshivah
student who is president of Miz-
rachi Organization of Detroit and
chairman of the Jewish National
Fund council.
Over 3,500 guests attended
the closing function of the cam-
paign of the Pioneer Women's
Organization to raise funds for
the Working Womed of Pales-
tine.
Mrs. Yehudit Simchonit, mem-
ber of the Palestinian Council,
who was guest speaker, pre-
sented the local clubs the key
to the Kfar Saba Illome which
was built with money raised in
Detroit.
Mrs. Harry Kay and Mrs.
Gilbert Miller reported that
$65,000 of the $78,000 voluntary
quota had been raised.
Praising standing commit-
tees for their work, the council
paid special tribute to Mrs.
Sophie Sislin for her efforts as
chairman of publicity.
It was also decided to launch
a drive for layettes, linen and
children's clothing for young-
sters in DP camps and Cyprus.
Mrs. Calvin Prady, TO. 8-2467
utas named chairman.
At Shaarey Zedek
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LUDWIG LEWISOHN, author
of "Upstream," "The Island
Within" and "Mid-Channel,"
will speak on "The Jewish
Case at the Bar of History" at
8:30 p.m., Wednesday, at
Shaarey Zedek under the au-
spices of the Men's Club of the
Synagogue.
The agreement for a united
slate of American delegates to
represent all Zionist bodies at
the World Zionist Congress will
not halt the enrollment of
Shekel payers, Detroit Zionist
leaders announced. The Shekel
campaign was extended to
March 1.
Jacques Torczyner, ZOA na-
tional chairman who spoke here
Jan. 12, hailed the "wise de-
cision of the Zionist groups in
this country to forego the elec-
tions this year in order to con-
centrate their energies in meet-
ing the grave situation in Pales-
tine. •
"The size of the American
delegation to the Congress still Detroit paid tribute last Sun-
depends upon the number of day to Louis Starfield Cohane,
Shekolim sold in this country," communal leader, on the oc-
casion of his 60th birthday.
he pointed out.
"The Shekel is the mark of Born in Detroit, Cohane was
every ihdividual Jew's sympathy graduated from the Detroit
with the struggle of Palestine College of Law in 1909. He
Jewry to safeguard their Home- served as speaker of the Philo-
land and to see to it that the mathic Debating Club, was
UN decision creating the Jew- president of the Young Men's
ish State has more than paper Hebrew Association and an or-
ganizer and founder of the
value."
early Jewish Community Coun-
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