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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLIR
Detroit Jewish Chronicle
Friday, irday 7, 1948
Mother's Day in Zion
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SEYMOUR TILCHIN, President
Vol. 50, No. 16
GEORGE WEISWASSER, Editor-in-Chief
Friday, May 7, 1948 (Nissan 28, 5708)
Is Trusteeship Doomed?
The United States may yet shelve trus-
teeship and return to its program in sup-
port of partition.
This is believed by some observers to
be the import of the appointment of Maj.
Gen. John S. llilldring, friend of Zionism,
as assistant to the Secretary of State in
charge of Palestine affairs.
When llilldring was special adviser to
Herschel Johnson, United States delegate
at the fall General Assembly, he was one
of the staunchest advocates of partition.
Before that, he had evinced a strong sym-
pathy for Jewish aspirations to Statehood.
Just before the United States reversed
its position two months ago and enunciated
the trusteeship scheme, Gen. Ililldring re-
signed from the State Department giving
illness as the excuse.
But Ililldring's associates said that the
real reason was that he could not stomach
America's about face on this moral issue.
Ililldring's advent will clip the wings of
one of Zionism's implacable foys, Loy
Henderson, chief of the Middle Eastern di-
vision who is concluding his period of
tenure in Washington. Throughout the
Roosevelt and .Truman administrations,
Henderson effectively sabotaged American
support of Zionist plans as part of his pro-
British and , pro-Arab prejudices.
Perhaps, the United States has turned
realistic and acknowledges that partition is
virtually an accomplished fact as far as the
Yishuv is concerned. Trusteeship will re-
quire as big an army to enforce as parti-
tion. Moreover, recent events make it evi-
dent that, if the UN can stop its Arab
members from sending their regular armies
into Palestine, llaganah and Irgun arms
will soon settle the issue, and Palestine's
Arabs will be forced to accept the UN's
partition edict, willy-nilly.
The administration reasons, perhaps,
that a strong Jewish State in the Middle
East that is friendly to the United States
might be the better choice after all.
The small nations' frank criticism oP
American behavior may be playing a de-
cisive part in this type of thinking. Au-
stralia's resolution proposing that the UN
proceed immediately with the implementa-
tion of the partition plan can give the State
Department a loophole in its diplomatic
dilemma and permit it to return to its orig-
inal position as an exponent of partition.
The Jewish leadership should not let
this plausible contingency pass by untested.
Post-Passover Thoughts
The dietary "hardships" of Passover are
now part of our history. Whereas only a
few years ago, Passover foods were virtual-
ly limited to Matzohs, meat, eggs, fish and
beet borscht, the ingenuity and enterprise
of our food purveyors have supplied us
with almost every product available the
rest of the year.
Dairy foods, once nonexistent on Pass-
over in urban areas, is available in ample
quantities. The skill of the food establish-
ment gives us gefilte fish in jars, macaroons
in tins, horse radish in bottles and kneid-
lach in cans. Moreover, the products are
strictly Kosher for Passover and they are
culinary delights, with such famous brand
names as Manischewitz, llorowitiz-Mar-
gareten and Rokeach behind them.
We have two suggestions to offer the
manufacturers of Passover foods. One is
that they give us a better egg Matzoh.
This yew's' product, perhaps because of the
high cost of eggs, was less tasty, less cake-
like than in other years. The public, we
are sure, will not begrudge paying a few
cents more for the old-time egg Matzoh.
The second request is that they pack-
age all their cake products in some kind
of a tin container that will preserve their
freshness. By the time Passover sponge
and honey cakes are ready to be eaten, they
are hard and tasteless because they have
not been adequately packaged.
A flavorsome and fresh sponge or honey
cake helps make Passover a more enjoy-
able festival.
DETROIT 26, MICH.
The Yishuv Continues to Build
While invasion threatens and fighting
rages, the Yishuv, nevertheless, continues
to build. That is .evidence of the eternal
hope and faith of Israel and of the moral
courage of a people on the threshold of
Statehood.
Dr. Israel Goldstein, national chairman
of the United Palestine Appeal, reveals
that despite the disorders, 88 new business
enterprises were launched by Jews in re-
cent months. The new firms wAl manu-
facture tools of peace, shoes, textiles, lea-
ther goods, bakelite ware and other prod-
ucts.
A new factory in a collective settlement
will prepare preserves for market and an
establishment in Safed will make fountain
pens.
The orthodox Pagi organization of Jeru-
salem reports that work on its old and
new enterprises has been going on at full
capacity. The only exception is textile
weaving which has been hampered by a
lack of raw materials.
Pagi's bakery and noodle plant are work-
ing day and night with three full shifts
and its cooperative diamond factory is con-
tinuously expanding. Work is even ad-
vancing on the publication of a new edi-
tion of Rambam's works. •
The disorders have not been allowed to
interfere with the building of Pagi's new
$700,000 industrial center which will manu-
facture foods, textiles and paper products
and house a laundry and publishing estab-
lishment.
This is not "business as usual". This
is rather the fruition of the Yishuv's de-
termination to build and create even when
the bombs are falling and the bullets whine.
It is a symbol of a people's deathlessness.
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TO RABBI B. BENEDICT TO IRVING SCIILUSSEL:
GLAZER: I read your pamphlet Since you are president of the
"A Re-evaluation of the Good-
will Movement." I consider it a
frank, concise and true judg-
ment on the problem of anti-
Semitism in this country and the
methods used by our various
agencies to combat it.
I am particularly concerned, as
you are, with the overlapping of
authority and duplication of ef-
forts. Isn't it high time, that the
American Jewish Committee,
Bnai Brith, the American Jew-
ish Congress, the Jewish Labor
Committee, the National Com-
munity Relations Advisory Coun-
cil and others worked as a unit-
ed group? Isn't this one of the
strongest arguments for an
American Jewish Conference?
Wouldn't it then be much eas-
ier to unite with other non-Jew-
The British Game
ish liberal forces to fight for the
"preservation of their rights and
By NATHAN ZIPRIN
liberties as free citizens of de-
The disclosure that Britain was rushing mocracy?"
• •
The Visiting Editor
reinforcements to Palestine exposes her
ugly game at the grimmest moment in the
history of the Holy Land.
The official excuse is that the situation
had "seriously deteriorated." But in the
light of the recent Jewish victories it be-
comes evident that what the British mean
is that the situation has deteriorated for
the Arabs and that they intend coming
to their rescue.
This was evident not only by their scan-
dalous conduct at Jaffa, where they inter-
fered militarily after a sweeping Jewish
maneuver against a city which had been
a nest of Arab sniping against Tel Aviv,
but by their admitted failure to check Arab
infiltration into Palestine.
While the Arabs were holding the up-
per hand in the first stages of the conflict,
Britain sat back. Now that the Jews have
effected partitiiin by blood and force, Britain
suddenly discoVered that the situation has
so "seriously deteriorated" as to warrant
sending new troops into Palestine.
If their intention to withdraw from
Palestine is real, the pouring in of new
troops at this time can only mean they
will have more troops to remove.
If the British contend that their inter-
ference in Jaffa and Jerusalem was based
on a desire to maintain the territorial status
envisaged by the original decision of the
General Assembly, then Britain must aband-
on the claim of "neutrality" behind which
it has sabotaged the UN solution.
British intentions have been clear all
along. Now the pattern is emerging for all
:o behold. Britain is determined to thwart
a solution of the problem because of im-
perialistic interests.
The tragedy of it all is that she is do-
ing this with money taken from American
taxpayers, tens of thousands of whom are
Jews, and with the help of a diplomatically
tricked and outwitted administration.
Jewish National Fund here, I'd
like again to bring up a matter
you already know. You appar-
ently have a Loy Henderson in
your State Department who sees
fit to ignore an important seg-
ment of the Detroit Jewish com-
munity, to wit, the readers of
the Detroit Jewish Chronicle,
18,000 strong, who also con-
tribute to the Jewish National
Fund.
In the past we have been ask-
ed to give your organization free
publicity while our competitor
has been getting paid for such
publicity by the insertion of
ads, sometimes several of them
in one issue.
Is that fair? Don't you think
that the Jewish National Fund
is far too important a project to
be made into a political football
with its resulting disunity?
• • *
TO BARTLEY C. CRUM: We
are indeed proud and happy that
TO NORMA SMITH: The De- P.M. will continue to carry on
troit Section of the National
Council of Jewish Women was
selected as the outstanding wo-
men's club in the state of Michi-
gan by the State Federation of
Women's Clubs.
It is a real honor and you as
retiring president can indeed feel
proud. Under your leadership
and with the cooperation of the
officers and members of your or-
ganization, you have sponsored
some of the finest projects in the
community. Included among
them is the 12th Street Cotincil
Center, a service to foreign born,
English classes for new Ameri-
cans, the New American group,
career group, young marrieds, a
legislative program, resale shop,
etc.
I'd like to name you and Jose-
phine Weiner as two of the most
promising young women leaders
in our community on a national
scale.
I remember when we were in
Ann Arbor together not too
many years ago. Both you and
Josephine gave promise then of
the bright accomplishments you
have to your credit already.
Good luck; we need you.
under the ideals on which it was
founded. We are confident that
you and your staff will continue
to fight for the great progressive
traditions of American life. We
who believe that American de-
mocracy is worth fighting for
will support you to the utmost.
We urge 'our readers to become
regular subscribers to your won-
derful newspaper.
• • •
TO MAJ. GEN. JOHN S.
IIILLDRING: Your appointment
as assistant to the Secretary of
State in charge of Palestine af-
fairs is a bit of sunshine in the
muddled, tragic night of fum-
bling with human lives and the
fate of a people.
We know how vigorously you
fought for partition last fall. We
know why you resigned your
post with the U. S. delegation
shortly before the U. S. came
out for a trusteeship plan.
We know that your new poll
will, at least in part, remov
from policy making level on
Palestine two outspoken oppo-
nents of partition, Loy Hender-
son and Dean Rusk. May God
give you strength and courage.
Guilty Parents Dodge Accusers
(Continued from Page
ment than to seek direct help
for conflicted mental views.
People do not blame them-
selves when they become ill,
however unwisely they eat or
neglect their bodies.
In understanding the be-
havior of adults, of children,
much can be done if adults real-
ize they do not know the an-
swers or all the answers, that
they often require professional
help to gain this understanding.
The mental health of many
parents and children would be
assured if we all forgot the
ugly word "blame."
Remember! A four-year-old
often has a stronger grip on
the parental nose than his par-
ents have on his hand.