A Joyous Passover Holiday to All of You .D Ettizrist igauriA h., THIRD OF A CENTURY OF SERVICE TO DETROIT JEWRY Vol. 50, No. 14 411D% 52 . NICLE Friday, April 23, 1948 FORTY PAGES IN THIS GIANT PASSOVER EDITION lac a Copy $3 Per Year 4 Powers Condemn Trustee Plan Passover to Crowd Synagogs The Seder in All Its Splendor Dctroit Synagogues are mak- ing plans for capacity throngs at Passover services this weekend. The themes of many sermons will be based on the General As- sembly sessions framing a new United Nations policy on Pales- tine. • • • Bnai Moshe Bnai Moshe will usher in Passover with Sium B'Chorim services at 7:15 a.m., Friday, April 23. Evening services will be at 7 and morning services, Saturday and Sunday, at 9. They will be conducted by Rabbi Moses Fischer and Cantor David Katzman. Yizkor prayers will be recited May 1, the last day of Passover. Chol Hamoed services will be held in accordance with the reg- ular weekday schedule. • • • Temple Beth El Temple Beth El will hold a Vesper service from 6 to 6:30 p.m., Friday, April 23. Services for the first day of Passover will start at 10:30 a.m. Dr. B. Benedict Glazer and Rabbi Sidney Akselrad will of- ficiate at the annual congrega- tional Seder at 6:30 p.m., Sat- urday. Services, April 30, will begin at 10:30 a.m., with Rabbi Akselrad delivering the sermon. • • • Downtown Synagogue Passover services at the Down- town Synagogue, 1205 Griswold avenue, will be conducted as follows: Friday, April 23, 5:20 p.m.; Saturday, 7:50 a.m.; Sunday, 9 a.m.; and Yizkor, May 1, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Rabbi Herman Itosenwasser will officiate. The Synagogue is sponsored by the Isaac Agree Memorial Society. • • • Northwest Hebrew Services will be held at the Northwest Hebrew Congregation t 6:30 p.m., Friday, April 23; :45 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., Satur- Jay; 8:45 a.m., Sunday; 6:30 (Continued on Page 2) Jewish Cabinet • Minister Visits Detroit Briefly Rabbi Isaac Meyer Levin of Jerusalem, member of the Pro- visional Council and Minister of Health des ignate of the Jewish State, was the house- guest last week of Rabbi Shlomo Gliksman, of 2666 Tuxedo ave- nue. Son-In-law of the famous Gerer Rabbi, Rabbi Levin was accompanied by Rabbi Melech Terebelo of New York, son of Mr. and Mrs. Meyer Terebelo, of 3736 Glendale avenue. After a four-day visit, Rabbi Levin left for Lake Success. where he was to attend a United Nations meeting. He is expected 1 4 alter Passover. Devout Jews, dressed in their traditional robes, read the Haggadah during Seder services at the Home of Old Israel in New York City. Truman Denies Retreating From Stand on Partition WASHINGTON (WNS) — The U.S. has "never retreated" from its stand in favor of the Pales- tine partition plan, President Truman told two White House callers this week, adding, how- ever, that at the present mo- ment the important thing "is to establish the atmosphere of peace in Palestine." Senator Francis J. Meyers, of Pennsylvania, and David L. Lawrence, mayor of Pittsburgh, following their interview with the President, reported to the press that the administration was of the firm belief that the institution of an international trusteeship over Palestine should be only a temporary measure to insure immediate peace in the Holy Land. At the same time Acting Sec- retary of State Robert A. Lov- ett announced that the creation of an Arab-Jewish truce in Pal- estine is "of cardinal import- ance" in solving the problem. He pointed out that this country "would be willing to assume a fair share of the re- sponsibility for maintaining peace in Palestine" but refused to comment on a report that the U.S. would be willing to send troops to Palestine if an Arab-Jewish truce were achieved. A "pilgrimage" to Washington arranged for by the Emergency Committee to Save the Jewish State was disavowed in a state- 129 Jewish Children Baptized in England LONDON (WNS) — Of the 9,000 Jewish refugee children, who found haven in Great Britain since 1933, 129 have been converted to Christianity. ' It was stated that the conver- sions were a direct result of British Jewry's half-hearted re- sponse to appeals calling for the placing of refugee children in Jewish homes. ment by the Jewish War Vet- erans of America. The statement pointed out that "Communism, both foreign and domestic, has been availing itself of the Palestine crisis to pose as the friend and defend- ers of minority peoples." It expressed the belief that "the sponsors of the demon- stration in Washington are not primarily concerned either with the interests of the United States or the welfare and secur- ity of the Jewish people in Pal- estine." lrgun Leader Begs Detroit to Send Arms A desperate plea for help from American Jewry by Men- achem Beigin, commander of the Irgun army, was heard by a group of communal leaders here who met Wednesday eve- ning. Money to purchase arms is the first need, Beigin cabled. He pointed out that Irgun fighters as in the past, are prepared to sacrifice their lives in the de- fense of the Homeland. Detroiters who wish to con- tribute directly to Irgun can call M. Manuel Merzon, Re- visionist president here, at CA. 7853. Arrangements are being com- pleted for the Dov Gruner mem- orial evening on the martyred hero's first Yahrzeit, Tuesday, May 4, at Bnai Moshe. Dr. David Lifshitz, envoy from the fighting front in Eretz Is- rael, will deliver the principal address. Cantor David Katz- man will chant the Hazkarah for Dov Gruner and his comrades slain by the British last year. Mobilization Day Set by Zionists May 16 Designated for Member Canvass May 16, the day the Jewish State officially comes into exist- ence, will be set aside as Zion- ist Mobilization Day in Detroit, Morris M. Jacobs, president of the Zionist district, announced. A house to house canvass will be made and new adherents to the Zionist program of State- hood will be signed up. Workers will meet for break- fast in the morning at the Rose Sittig Cohen Bldg. before start- ing their visits. In the evening, to climax the day's events, Daniel Frisch, national Zionist leader, will address a mass meeting. Harry Cohen, veteran leader here, is honorary chairman. Volunteers are asked to call the Zionist office, WO. 5-1484. British to Abandon Postal Service to Zion Nations Refuse Troops LAKE SUCCESS (Special)— Four nations strongly criticized the trusteeship proposal for Pal- estine as the United States sub- mitted a suggested program to the General Assembly. New Zealand in biting, candid words, and Australia, in milder tones, reaffirmed their support of partition. Russia in a speech backing the original Assembly decision assailed the United States as the wrecker of parti- tion. Sweden pointed out that there was little point in debating trus- teeship if UN members do not offer a guarantee of troops to enforce it. U. S. OFFERS TROOPS Speaking for the United States, Warren Austin offered to sup- ply its share of troops to keep order in Palestine provided oth- er UN members cooperated. He admitted that no nation has so far agreed to help. Delegates said that the speeches indicated that the trus- teeship plan would have rough going. They pointed out, how- ever, that there would also be great difficulty in reaffirming partition. Several delegates were quoted by the N. Y. Herald Tribune as saying that the discussions seem- ed unreal to them since partition was proceeding automatically in view of the Palestine warfare and the decision of tl.e Yishuv to proclaim the Jewish State on May 16, no matter what the UN decides. PARTITION STILL GOOD The New Zealand delegate in his speech asserted that if par- tition was correct in November it was correct today. The UN's fate may well rest on whether it abandons partition in the face of violence and warfare, he de- clared. Meantime, from Jerusalem came the news that the World Zionist Organization would take _over the function of governing the Jewish areas of Jerusalem which will not be part of the Jewish State. Mrs. Goldie Mey- erson will be the "mayor" of the 100,000 Jews there. JERUSALEM (JTA) — Postal service will be suspended in Palestine beginning this week and concluding May 15, the post- master general announced. He disclosed that all air mail ser- vice will be halted as of May 10; international telephone com- munications, May 5; radio, cable and wireless service, May 15. BEN GURION SAFE Life of Henry Monsky on Air Program May 2 Rioters in Bogota Raze Jewish Shops WASHINGTON, D. C. — On Sunday, May 2, the first Yahr- zeit of the late Henry Monsky, the life and activities of this great leader of his people will be the subject of a dramatiza- tion on the Eternal Light pro- gram. Eternal Light is broadcast over WWJ at 12:30 p.m., Sun- days. Mr. Monsky died on May 2, 1947, in the midst of a session of the interim committee of the American Jewish Conferenoa. David Ben Gurion, premier- designate, and other Jewish lead- ers escaped death when a heav- ily-armed 250-truck food con- voy was attacked by Arabs on the road from Tel Aviv. Tiberias in Lower Galilee be- came an all-Jewish city when its Arab minority was evacuat- ed under pressure of Haganah. NEW YORK —(Special)—Vir- tually all Jewish business es- tablishments were wrecked dur- ing the recent rioting in Bogota, Colombia, and the Jewish com- munity of that city Is utterly devastated, according to the American Jewish Committee. "Jowish business has been de- stroyed," Maximo Yagupsky, AJC representative, wrote. "Everything was burned and ransacked. It seems as though the Jews have been ruined."