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. HAAS— Bookkeeping and Tax Service LET AN EXPERT PREPARE YOUR 'NOME TAXES! DO IT NOW! No Job Too Large or Too Smill ESTHER HAAS 9124 Linwood at Clairmount TY. 8-5322 or TO. 9-7681 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. • • • 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 a 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. 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