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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE

• Fridey, February 9, 1918

Strictly Confidential

Pc3skauer's Dominanie Dooms Unity Plan

By PIIINEAS J. BIRON

A FEW COLUMNS ago we told

you of the precarious position
of the Jewish Assembly. Now that
Bnai Brith has voted itself out of
the Assembly even its most ardent
supporters realize that Henry Mon-
sky's dream is dead. -
The American Jewish Congress
is -virtually out—although officially,
as of the time of writing, it is still
not out—and the Zionist Orgapi-
zation is following this trend. A
P. J. Uiron
..
rather tragic end to the Jewish
"United Nations* organizational set-up.
The r.g powers' international chess game is stale-
mating the Jewish State in Palestine. The appease-
ment policy of • our defense organizations gives new

life to fascist and anti-Semitic activities. Never be- That is how it started in Germany. What followed
fore was unity so needed among Jewish organizations, was fascism, and what followed fascism was war."
Thus speaks Thomas Mann, the world's . greatest
And at this critical juncture the influence of Judge
man of letters—but his words are not given the spot-
Proskauer is dominant in Jewish life.
light, because they are too revealing.
Proskauer is now one of the great advisers of the
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Wcizmann group in the Jewish Agency. Ile is the
TILE PALESTINE crisis overshadows certain de-
mentor of Frank Goldman, president of Bnai Brith.
velopments in Great Britain. Or, rather, there is a
His words are yessed by Judge Steinbrink, head of
direct connection between the return of Mosley's
the Anti-Defamation League. And even Stephen S.
fascism in England and the destructive British colonial
Wise consults Joe Proskauer at every turn.
policy in Palestine. But nobody pays much attention
But Proskauer's ascension to undisputed leadership
to the domestic changes in Britain.
in American Jewry is not of the Louis Marshall type.
Eight fascist organizations are thriving there. Ac-
It is the triumph of the American Jewish Committee
cording to Walter Grunfeld, newspaperman, they are:
mentality and the end of the Monsky-Wise-Lipsky era.
British League of Ex-Service Men and Women; North-
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west Task Group; Gentile and Christian Front; Union
"AS AN AMERICAN citizen of German birth I for British Freedom; Mosley Publications, Ltd.; Work-
testify that I ant painfully familiar with certain po- ers Action Party; Union Movement; Mosley Book
litical inquisitions and declining legal security, and
Clubs, Ltd.
all this in the name of an alleged 'state of emergency'.
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Personal Problems

PecLhipare Your Child
ifoff,. Visit to Doctor

Ezg;,!ain What Trip Is for Simply;
Urn No Tricks to Cut Down Shock

By W. A. GOLDBERG, Ph. D.

TO THE ADULT, going to the doctor or to the hospital may be
a simnie routine matter. The child feels much differently
about such visits, unless he has been prepared in advance.
Unfortunately, there is a school of thought among parents
which believes children should be shielded from aches and pains,
from the anticipation of sorrow
or—more bluntly, should be somewhat common "unthinking"
shown only the "nice side" of ideas, tricking the child into
life. We have always been im- the hospital by giving a far-
patient with this attitude be- fetched reason, by telling him
cause children he will not be hurt (when he
so conditioned will be), by exposing the child
can only fear to the new and frightening
the usual life sights of the operating room, by
having him awake in a strange
situations.
Some parents room and with a stranger in
attendance.
use the doctor
These ideas coincide with an
or dentist as
the bogeyman. earlier article with the thesis
Their own re- that the biisic need of the child
sources are so is that of security. The young
limited t 11 a t child feels most secure with
Dr. Goldberg they must use people he knows best (usually
threats and fear to carry out the mother), in surroundings he
normal living. The child will knows best (usually the home).
react to a visit to the doctor
Without a simple explanation
or the hospital only as condi- of- the operation, without these
tioned.
precautions, there is a strong
The adjusted child is taught likelihood that the child of one
that the physician may help him, and two will be emotionally
that sometimes it is necessary damaged for some time to come.
to inflict pain in that process.
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Off the Record
GOING TO 110SPITAL
ONE OF THE BETTER known
children's ,psychiatrists
studied the fears and anxieties
following surgery upon children
under three.
For children of this age, fear
is natural. These children have
had limited experience in being
By NATHAN ZIPRIN
away from home. They re-
spond more quickly to pain; WATCH FOR A NEW Arab
they are more dependent upon
move to paralyze action by
their mothers, all because their the Security Council. It will be
lives, to that point, have been in the nature of a repetition of
mainly with mother and in the the unsuccessful "conciliation"
home.
ruse they tried to pull before the
Therefore, this specialist ad- final partition vote was taken by
vises—if at all possible—that the General Assembly.
an operation upon a child under
A Washington official who has
three be postponed until after recently returned from an eco-
that age.
nomic mission to Europe and the
After three, they can better Near East told us that when the
speak out and act out their Arabs submit their "conciliation"
feelings—because they know bid one of the Security Council
words, because they have a members will threaten to use
broader social 'experience.
the veto if the Arab gesture is
.
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not taken under consideration.
SOME SUGGESTIONS
The move will be preceded by
O N TILE CONSTRUCTIVE an Arab announcement of will-
side, to prevent possible ingness to temporarily stop the
emotional shock following an fighting in Palestine.
operation, it is urged that the
child of one or two be prepared
TILE CONCILIATION bomb
by a simple explanation before will coincide with a British an-
going to the hospital; that his nouncement which Washington
mother accompany him there; sources will immediately call a
that she remain in the room new development worthy of fur-
while the sedative is given and ther study. This will be followed
then the anesthetic; that she be by a campaign by the domestic
waiting, in the room, when the and foreign anti-partitionists to
child awakens from the anes- the effect that a delay under
thetic after the operation.
those circumstances would not
Thus possible shock can be prejudice the Jewish position.
avoided by eliminating the Simultaneously high brass hats

Jews Played Plain Talk
Vigorous Role Council for Judaism
Is Urged to Disband
in Revolution

By TINA LEVITAN

THE 217TH ANNVERSARY of
the birth of George Washing-
ton this year will be observed as
usual by patriotic civic and re-
ligious organizations.
We, Jews participate in this
celebration with honor. We can
always be proud of the part
played by our people in Colonial
and Revolutionary days. The oc-
casion of Washington's birthday
reminds us of the debt which
our country owes to Jews and
Jewish ideals.
Of the 3,000 Jewish men, wo-
men and children in the 13 Col-
onies, 200 fought during the
course of the Revolution in the
militia or the regular army. In
Charleston. one company of the
town's militia had so many that
it was called "The Jew's Com-
pany."
Major David Salisbury Franks,
a member of the famous Franks
family accompanied Arnold on
his retreat from Canada and
afterwards fought on through
the war. His cousin, Isaac Franks,
Was a lieutenant colonel in the
Continental army.
In Georgia, Mordecai Sheftel,
described as a very great patriot,
was commissary to the Conti-
nental troops and later became
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Told to Concern Self With Religion
Instead of Building Up False Fears

By ALFRED SEGAL.

IT SEEMS TO ME that the American Council for Judaism (anti-
Zionist) is determined to make - a nuisance of itself.
When it started out a number of years ago it had a cause
that appealed to a great many American Jews who felt that the
propaganda of statehood Zionists was embarrassing them as people
who were loyal citizens of the
U.S. and who abhorred any her eyebrows, to put on one of
suggestion of any other allegi- her best dresses.
(I remember this woman well
ance.
But now the American Coun- from my cubhood days on the
daily paper. She made a story
cil for Juda-
that had the whole town laugh-
i s m reminds
inn.)
me of a cer-
The American Council for
tain silly wo-
Judaism is worried about Pales-
man whose
tine in the same Young
house was
people are dying in Palestina
afire. It was
for what is as fine as the cause
a large apart-
of the men who laid down their
ment house
lives in the war for American
and the flames
independence or as the cause
were lapping
of the young Irishmen in the
at some of the
Al Segal
struggle of Ireland.
other windows
A short while ago they were
around the building.
The absurd woman was wor- little kids playing, and now, by
ried only as to how she would no compulsion but of their own
look to the neighbors when she consciences, they are givin6
emerged into the street without their last full measure for an
her makeup on. She stopped to idea they believe in. Their
fix her hair, to paint her lips, house has been set afire, you
to look after the symmetry of might say, and they perish in
their purpose to save it.
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EVERYBODY'S HOUSE

Arab Scheme to Paralyze Action
in Security Council Faces Failure

will announce that progress was
being made in our oil negotia-
tions with the Arabs and that
nothing must be done to disturb
the negotiations.
The plot has a double purpose:
To delay implementation of par-
tition until our election is over,
to postpone action by the Coun-
cil until the next meeting of the
General Assembly when, the
plotters hope, they can muster
enough votes for a reversal of
of policy by the international
organization.
We unhestitatingly predict the
plot- will fail, not only because
it will be exposed but primarily
because the Yishuv has ideas of
its own.
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THERE IS a definite silver lin-
ing in the still clouded Palestine
situation.
The firm reaction of the Pal-
estine Commission to the Arab
war threat marked a turn of
great importance. The "five lone-
ly pilgrims," as chairman 'Karel
Lisicky called the five-nation
commission, may not be so lone-
ly when they make their pil-
grimage to Palestine.
Though nothing ha's been said
for publication so far, this writ-

er has it on unimpeachable au-
thority that indignation ran high
at a recent informal gathering
of Security Council 'members.
Truman's announcement that
the U. S. was backing the UN
decision and whatever action
may be taken towards enforce-
ment was the first encouraging
bit of news to come from the
White House in a long time.
Zionists were pleased by the
statement despite the fact that
Mr. Truman failed to say what
instructions were given to our
delegation to the UN.
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LAKE SUCCESS sources inti-
mated last week that firm UN
action would not be forthcoming
unless the U. S. showed its hand
as unmistakeably as when the
issue arose before the Assembly.
Marshall's assertion that the
U. S. supports the procedure
consequent to the UN decision
and Forrestal's denial that he
was opposed to the Administra-
tion's support of partition may
well break the back of the anti-
partition drive. The wind thus
has been taken from the sails
of the military and oil cliques.
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ONE FACT IS emerging clear-
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IT'S NOT only their house. In

the world as it is today, 'the
world is an enormous apart-
ment house and every nation
is a tenant in the community.
It is one house.
Understanding people know
that they are not apart from a
fire in the house, in whatever
part of the house, whether in
Palestine, India or Greece. It's
their fire, too, for it's in their
house.
But the American Council for
Judaism, like the silly woman,
worries how American Jews
will look in the Palestine fire.
What will the neighbors think
to see American Jews being
helpful to a Jewish State in its'
travail. They may think that
Jews in America, aren't really
Americans.
Amid the fire the American
Council for Judaism goes to
great pains to inform the world
that it has only the single al-
legiance to America. The idea
seems to be that as to Palestine
American Jews can have only
a remote, though not unfriendly,
interest, as to any foreign
country,
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THINKS OF YISHUV
I AM NOT a Zionist either. I
would much rather see a bi-
national state in Palestine (Jews
and Arabs working together in
one state).
I was not in favor of an ex-
clusive Jewish State in Palestine
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