Detroit's Jews
See the Pictures
Greet Israel
of Throng on
at Rally
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DR. THEODORE IIE1IZL
Vol. 50, No. 18 .667,".a. 52
Friday, May 21, 1948
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DR. CIIAIM WEIZMANN
•Israel Pummeled; UN Haggles
Campaign The Shofar Blast Affirms Israel's Rebirth, U. S. Hits
Total Near
Challenge
5 Millions
of Arabs
Plans for the final report
tally of the Allied Jewish
Campaign were announced
this week as the drive near-
ed the $5,000,000 mark. The
meeting will be held at 8:30
p.m., Wednesday, May 26, at the
Book Cadillac.,
' Support remained enthusias-
tic throughout the Jewish com-
munity. The response was stim-
ulated by statements from local
and national leaders emphasiz-
ing, in the words of Rabbi Leon
Fram, that "the Allied Jewish
Campaign is our instrument for
building the Jewish State and
our weapon in its defense.
"To help build the State of
Israel, we must raise' and over-
subscribe the Allied Jewish
Campaign goal of $6,200,000 in
Detroit."
SPEAK TO LEADERS
Titide and protessionat, wom-
en, junior and pre-campaign di-
vision leaders participated. in a
special telephone conference
with Gov. Herbert H. Lehman,
Henry Morgenthau, Jr., Rabbi
Abba Hillel Silver and Edward
M. M. Warburg, Wednesday
evening.
In view of the declaration of
the Jewish State, the confer-
ence concluded, it is important
that every American Jew con-
tribute toward the purchase of
arms and clothing for the
troops, the colonization of land
and the immigration of Euro-
pean Jewry in Israel by sup-
porting the campaign.
ROW TO HAIL STATE
"The one way to help provide
aid for the 250,000 displadd
Jews in Germany, Austria, It-
aly and Cyprus is through the
Allied Jewish Campaign. The
one way to contribute toward
the defense and sec
of the
.eroic Jews of
stine Is
,hrough the Allied Jewish Cam-
paign. The one way to support
the reception and adjustment of
refugees who will enter the
United States in 1948 is also
through the Allied Jewish Cam-
paign."
This was the appeal which
Maurice Aronsson, chairman,
called upon campaign leaders
to take to their workers and
through their workers, • to all
members of the Jewish com-
munity.
Mrs. Roosevelt
Urged
as Envoy
1-1
NEW YORK (Special)—Mrs.
Eleanor Roosevelt was proposed
as first ambassador from the
United States to Israel by As-
semblyman Philip J. Schupler,
in a letter to President Tru-
man.
Her appointment would he "a
sign of the high regard felt by
this nation for the infant re-
public," he said.
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More than 20,000 Detroit Jews packed Roosevelt Field Sunday to express their jubilation at the
rebirth of Israel and to voice their unity with their brethren defending their Homeland. Above,
Cantor Hyman Adler sounds the Shofar as a symbol of the proclamation of the State and as
a summons to Detroit Jewry to join in its support. Beside him are, left to right, Rabbi
Isaac Stollman, who recited the Shehecheyanu; • Benjamin Laikin, president of the Detroit
• Zionist Council; and Seymour Tilchin, chairman of the event who read Israel's Proclamation
of Independence.
Senators Demand
Lifting of Embargo
Mr. Truman Awaits
UN Developments
ZOA Liberation Day Drive
Spectacular, 1,200 Join
Following in the wake of the recognition by the U.S. of the
State of Israel, the Liberation Day membership campaign of the
WASHJNGTGON (Special) — Zionist Organization of Detroit was termed "a success exceeding
While President Truman weighed all expectations" by Harry Co=
lifting the embargo on arms hen, campaign chairman.
the ZOA. Application blanks
shipments to Israel, many sena-
More than 1,200 new members handed out at the field are be-
tors raised their voices in the
Senate to demand its revocation. were signed up by the more ing received in the mail at the
Zionist office every day.
White House observers said than 150 teams which visited
Jewish
homes
throughout
the
At the breakfast meeting, Jo-
that the President's decision
hinged on UN developments on city. At the breakfast meeting seph Goldberg, who flew in from
at which the Worcester, Mass., to attend, de-
Palestine. They pointed out that
• drive started clared: "The fighters of Ilaga-
Mr. Truman had apparently de-
it 10 a. m. nab would be proud to see this
cided to take over the Palestine
Sunday, the group of Zionist workers this
situation himself and that he
hostesses, morning going out to get other
was depending less and less on
headed by Jews behind them in the polit-
Middle East advisers of the
Mrs. Moe Per- ical fight to sustain and upbuild
State Department.
lis lost count their new State".
The Russian recognition of
3f the number
Israel occasioned no surprise in
Serving with Mrs. Perlis on
attending after
the capital. In fact, it is re-
the hostess committee for the
tt serving 300
ported that Mr. Truman hast-
breakfast were Mrs. Morris Ja-
breakfasts.
ened to be the first to recognize
cobs and Mrs. Nathan Spevakow.
Mrs. Perlis
At press time,
the new State so that the Soviet
would not gain that distinction. all returns were not yet in, and
The Soviet recognition is ex- the figure is expected to reach 7 Are Added to Board
pected to strengthen whatever as high as 1,500 new members.
moves the United States was Some teams reported as many of the Jewish Center
planning in the UN, some as 50 members signed up.
Seven netv members have been
sources believed. For the mo-
Largest concentration was in added to the board of directors
ment, there was parallel action
the Northwest area, where re- of the Jewish Center.
by the two countries.
They are Mrs. Joseph Gesch-
turns were characterized as
Senator Alben W. Barkley,
lin, Paul Broder, Mrs. George
"spectacular" by solicitors.
Democratic leader in the Sen-
Blumenstock, Dr. Harry M.
ate, hailed United States recog-
In addition, many of those Kirschbaum, Mrs. Louis G. Red-
nition of Israel and called for present at the mass demonstra- stone, David
P. Zack and Jacob
world recognition in the UN.
tion at Roosevelt Field joined L Keidan.
and I onto!
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As Egyptian planes pum-
meled Tel Aviv, and six Arab
armies pierced Israel's terri-
tory, the UN Security Coun-
cil wrangled over 20 ques-
tions to be submitted to the
embattled Israelim and Arabs.
Soviet demands for an im-
mediate decision on the United
States proposal to declare the
Palestine fighting a breach of
the peace were brushed aside.
BLOCK SANCTIONS
Approval would have led to
economic sanctions against the
Arabs and might have resulted
in the use of UN military forces.
Challenged by Syria, the U.S.
angrily told the UN that it did
not have to answer to any one
for its recognition of Israel.
In London, Britain denied it
was responsible for the activities
of Abdullah's Arab Legion. A
Foreign Office spokesman side-
stepped specific questions on the
Legion which is British trained
and officered and which re-
ceives $8,000,000 a year from
Britain.
IBN SAUD JOINS
King Farouk of Egypt, whose
planes have battered the cen-
ter of Tel Aviv and taken at
least a hundred Jewish lives,
announced that Saudi Arabia
had sent a contingent of its
tiny army to join with the
forces of five other Moslem
countries.
Arab dispatches indicate that
Abdullah expects Jerusalem to
fall into his hands shortly. How-
ever, his armies by midweek
had not yet ,come into contact
with the Jewish defenders of
the city.
Irgun, Stern Group and Haga-
nah were apparently working
harmoniously as a team.
Detroit to Honor
Ghetto Martyrs
Detroit Jewry will commem-
orate the fifth anniversary of
the Warsaw ghetto uprising at
a rally May 30 in the Brown
Memorial Chapel of Temple Beth
El.
Principal speakers will be Dr.
Raphael Mahler, Jewish histori-
an of New York, and Tadeusz
Frymar, Polish consul here.
The musical program will fea-
ture Cantor Jacob Sonenklar and
the Shearith Hapleyta Club
Chorus.
Sponsors are the Detroit Sec-
tion of the American Jewish
Congress, the Detroit Zionist
Council, the Sholem Aleichem
Folk Institute and the Jewish
Peoples Fraternal Order.
Tickets may be obtained from
all Landsmanshaften organiza-
tions or at the door.