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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE

Our Athletes

Hank Is Boss
and Hired Man
at Same Time

Midwest Basketball Champions

This all-star basketball team brought more honors to the Detroit Jewish Center when it cap-
tured the Midwest Center championship in a tourney at Canton, 0. Left to right, back row,
Coach Sol Hoberman, Leon Hoffman, Seymour Garber, Robert Smilay, Ted Bale, Ben Stein
and Maurice Stotzky, manager. Left to right, front row, Saul Sofia, Eli Kaplansky, Dan Arn-
old, Jack Kutnick and Murray Weiss.

Their Reunion.Starts Life Anew

Auxiliary President

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Credit to Game

"RUT I ALSO wanted him to
stay in baseball. Men like Hank
belong in baseball. He's a credit
to the game, always has been.
He wanted to invest his money
in the business in which he
earned it. I'm proud and happy
that I had a part in helping him
fulfill his wish."
The ex-Detroit slugger caused
a sensation with his player-to-
magnate move. The story broke
in Los Angeles on March 27, a
day after Veeck had flown in
from Cleveland. Veeck told re-
porters that he would see Green-
berg at breakfast, but that there
had been no change in the situ-
ation since Hank first came to
camp.

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2-Hour Conference

Mr. and Mrs. Alfons Melitz, refugee couple, and, their only
remaining son Bruno, who once thought each other dead, are
AFTER A TWO-HOUR confer-
happily reunited in Milwaukee. They are sliown in their
ence with Hank, Veeck sum-
new home as Bruno unpacks Chinese souvenirs on his arrival
moned Cleveland reporters who
from Shanghai, where he had fled from Germany. This reunion
were traveling with the In-
was made possible by contributions to the United Jewish
dians. He told them:
Appeal, supported in Detroit by the Allied Jewish Campaign.
"blank and I have been talk-
ing and I can tell you some
things which should clarify the Random Thoughts:
situation. On the other hand,
when I try to explain some as-
pects of the setup, I'll probably
add to your confusion.
"In any case, Mr. Greenberg
will stay with the Cleveland ball
club — because Mr. Greenberg
has just become the second rank-
OUR EDITORIAL on the front
By SEYMOUR , TILCHIN
ing stockholder in the club."
At this point, the newsmen WE'RE INTRODUCING this page this week recommends the
establishment of a Jewish State
leaped for the telephones.
" weekly column in response immediately. The trusteeship
• • •
to many requests that the Jewish plan' is accepted by our Jewish
Chronicle give greater and fuller and non-Jewish anti-Semites be-
Not Oriented Yet
expression, in conformity with
HANK HASN'T become ori- its editorial policy, on the many cause they're willing to accept
ented to his new role as yet. and various problems confront- anything that will scuttle the
"I'd rather wait to see how I ing Jewry in local, national partition plan and Jewish sur-
can help," he said. "If a .300 and international fields. We will vival.
Proof of that is that the plan
hitter talks about hitting, people attempt to review and interpret
know that he has a right to talk, briefly and succinctly some provides that the trusteeship
terminate as soon as both the
about hitting.
phases of events and thoughts
"But if a fellow itho never that confront us from day to Arabs and Jews agree. This in-
has had a job in a baseball of- day, that are not usually cov- vites the Arabs to continue to
disagree and rewards them - for
fice tells you how the office ered in our editorials.
disagreement by never allowing
should be operated, he is just
• • •
a Jewish State to come into ex-
making himself look silly. This
PROTESTS HAVE reached us istence.
game has been run pretty well
• • •
for a long time without any with regard to Al Segal's article
front office help from a man backing the trusteeship plan.
AMERICANS HAVE a right
which appeared in our last
named Greenberg."
to volunteer for armed service
week's issue. Our editorial in
the same issue condemns the in Palestine. Kosciusko and
Lafayette have gone down in
Ginsberg Optioned
trusteeship plan.
Syndicated features appearing American history, not as trait-
MYRON GINSBERG, the De-
troit boy, has been 'optioned by in our 'paper do not express our ors to their own country, but
the Buffalo Bisons to Williams- thinking—certainly Mr. Segal's as great foreign patriots who
port in the Eastern League. A does not. Sometimes I feel that fought for American freedom.
catcher, Ginsberg played with the man knows so little about so
Scores of Americans joined
Williamsport last year. . . . much. But who said it? "I the Escadrille Lafayette and
Mickey Butner has clinched a may not agree with what he fought for the French in World
major league berth with the says, but I'll give my life for War I. The Eagle squadron
his right to say it."
Philadelphia Athletics.
fought for the British in 1940.

New Column Scans Events
Offering a Word of Comment

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J W

BULLETIN

By FRANK BECKMAN

HANK GREENBERG created
an unprecedented situation
when he bought up $160,000
of Cleveland Indian stock.
By so doing, he became the
first person in baseball history
who can be
called a boss
and a hired
man at the
same time.
Greenberg
has moved in-
to the front of-
fice with the
title of vice-
president. A t
the same time
Beckman
he will serve
as coach and player (?) under
Manager Lou Boudreau.
It was because of Bill Veeck,
team president, that Hank be-
came a member of the Cleve-
land family.
"Hank is intelligent, forthright
and a keen student of baseball,"
Veecic said. "I work'ed for
months on this deal. I wanted
Greenberg with our club.

Friday, April 111, 1$4$

MRS. JOSEPH WEINGARDEN,
who has been installed for a
fourth term as president of the
Ladies Auxiliary of Bnai Da-
vid. Other officers are Mrs.
Louis Noodiman, vice-presi-
dent; Mrs. Rose Needle, treas-
urer; and Mr. Sam Zack, sec-
retary.

None of these were considered
unpatriotic even though we were
a neutral nation at dit time.
Why then, Mr. Truman, are
you planning to rescind the citi-
zenship of those Americans who
are willing to defend the posi-
tion taken by the United Na-
tions in which our country was
an active participant?
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WE NOTE THAT Haganah
and the Irgun are, at last, join-
ing forces in Palestine. How
about the Zionist organization
joining forces with the League
for Free Palestine? We can use
some of its talents and initiative.
Let the League be represented on
the Zionist Emergency Council
as a party of the Zionist organi-
zation like Mizrachi or the Re-
visionists.
• •

"THE UNITED STATES has
broken faith by retreating
from its decision to assist in
enforcing a just decision on
Palestine," Brig. Gen. Julius
Klein, national commander of
the Jewish War Veterans, de-
clared.
In a statement issued from
New York, he said: "By his
statement to the United Nations,
Sen. Austin confesses the impo-
tence of that body to imple-
ment and enforce its decrees.
"Unless the UN stands firm
on Palestine, how can it hope
that the world will respect any
of its decisions for the relief
of oppressed peoples or the
maintenance of peace in the
world?"
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A MEMBERSHIP dance v
be given by the Gen. Maui-.;-",
Rose Post from 9 p.m. to mid-
night, Saturday, at Bnai Moshe.
Sam Katzman and his orchestra
will play. All JWV members
and their friends are invited.
• • •
AS PART OF its Americanism
program, the Michigan Depart-
ment's Ladies Auxiliary will
participate in ceremonies in
which flags will be presented to
the three Girl Scout troops
sponsored by the Northwest
Hebrew Congregation.
The flags are being donated
by Mrs. Birdie Rosenberg in
memory of her departed father;
by Mrs. Jean Leibson in mem-
ory of her husband, Harry, a
past commander of Post 135, and
by Mrs. Miriam Rubenstein in
memory of her husband, Mau-
rice, a past member of Post
135.
The affair will take place
April 26 in the Synagogue
• • •
PLANS FOR A softball league
were discussed at a meeting of
all posts Thursday at the home
of Saul Hoberman.
• • •
PROSPECTIVE members are
invited to a meeting of the
Yetz-Cohen Auxiliary at 8:30
p.m., Monday, in the home of
Lillian Bernstein, 4754 Cortland
avenue.

Revisionists Plan
Gruner Memorial

Meeting to Honor
Martyred Fighter

A Dov Gruner memorial meet-
ing and pro-Palestine demon-
stration will be sponsored by
the United-Zionists Revisionists
on the first Yahrzeit of the
martyred hero, May 4, at Bnai
Moshe.
The Hazkarah will be chant-
ed by a group of local cantors,
and a military touch will be
added by the participation of
members of veterans organiza-
tions.
Tribute to Gruner will be paid
by Dr. Moshe Lev of Chicago,
former president of the Revi-
sionists of Belgium and dele-
gate to the World Zionist Cc
gress who recently returr.
from an extended stay in Paler
tine.
The meeting is open to the
public, M. Manuel Merzon,
president, announced.

THE AMERICAN Council for
Judaism (composed of some of
our rich, assimilationist Jews)
are not contributing to the Uni-
ted Jewish Appeal this year be- Wallace to Address
cause their contribution might
help establish a Jewish State Rally Here May 13
Henry A. Wallace, third party
in Palestine? Don't get them
wrong, though. Some of their candidate for the presidency,
*ill speak at a mass meeting,
best friends are Jews.
May 13 at Olympia, Allen Say-
ler, chairman of the Progressive
TEMPLE ISRAEL YOUTH
Party of Michigan, announced.
Members of the Temple Israel Tickets may be obtained at party
Youth heard a talk on universal headquarters, 421 Reid Bldg.
military training at their meet-
ing Thursday in the home of
BIAS in Palestine located
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Yaco of missing kin in over 3,000 cases
Marygrove avenue.
during 1947.

