J W V Chief Brands Foes of Israel as Cowards
"Any U. S. Jew who refuses hold the ' post. He succeeds
to back Israel in its hour of 1 1"aurice Bordelove who was
need is a traitor and a coward," 2,1 ,1,ented with a bond in appre-
Brig. Gen. Julius Klein, natio , 4)SN , 4 ■ , ,\os• of his services.
al commander of the Jewish
th
Veterans, asserted
asserted at the d4,51°' ■ >..' ' n of ` them
Ladies Auxiliary,
r+°
climaxing the annual r .&
se.
ifrs. Samuel Rhodes 'was elect-
tion of the Departr,,9 . •
t-
ced department president, • suc-
Michigan Sunday at
ceeding Mrs. Elizabeth Shapero.
Hotel
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Other department officers in-
"And any othe.
scan
clude the following: Philip
who fails to support
.nt Is-
Cantor, senior vice-commander;
rael" he continued, "has for-
Harold Padolsky, junior vice-
gotten that this nation has al-
commander; Ben Balm, judge
ways fought for the little peo-
advocate; Herbert Burdick, as-
ples who have struggled to be
sistant judge advocate; Joseph
free."
Simons quartermaster; and Nor-
MORAN COMMANDER
man Berkley, adjutant.
More than 300 delegates as-
Additional auxiliary officers
sembled for the daylong pro- are Rose Gottlieb, senior vice-
ceedings. In the afternoon, they commander; Cell Sanders, jun-
elected Harold Moran of the ior vice-commander; Berte Troy,
Sgt. Morton A. Silverman Post treasurer; Rose Cantor, con-
as state commander, the first ductress; Ida Rothman, chaplain
veteran of World War II to and Frieda Panzer, guard.
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Gen. Julius Klein, right, national commander of the Jewish
War Veterans, greets Maurice Bordelove, retiring commander
of the Department of Michigan.
Gen. Klein in his address
blasted the "bunk concerning
the dual loyalty" of American
Jews.
"No one challenged the loy-
alty of the Irish, Poles,' Czechs
and Finns who tried to create
sentiment for the reestablish-
ment of a free country," he
pointed out. "Let no one chal-
lenge the loyalty of the Ameri-
can Jew because he marches
in the interests of the Holy
Land.
"To him Israel is a foreign
country but he is tied to it by
emotion, by religion, by race
and by a love of justice."
BRITISH BLAMED
Gen. Klein denied that the
security of the U. S. was in-
volved in the Palestine issue.
He charged that British influ-
ence on the State Department
and American oil interests were
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40a-Week Truce Halts Fighting .
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Franklin
Scorns
Council
1
A second great leader of
American reform repudiated
the American Council for Ju:
daism within a week when Dr.
Leo M. Franklin, Rabbi Emeri-
tus of Temple Beth El, resigned
from the anti-Zionist organiza-
tio,n June 1.
In a letter to Lessing J. Ro-
senwald, president of the coun-
cil, Dr. Franklin declared that
he had become convinced that
the body's policy was destruc-
tive. "and with such a policy
I cannot be in sympathy."
ASKED TO DISSOLVE
Only last week, one of the
founders of the council, Dr.
Louis Wolsey, Rabbi Emeritus
of Congregation Rodeph Sha-
lom, Philadelphia, advised the
organization to dissolve, and ap-
pealed to the Jews of America
to "support the present reality
of a land of Israel with all our
strength."
The 'following is the text of
Dr. Franklin's letter:
"Dear Mr. Rosenwald
"I cannot personally think of
myself in other terms than as
an American citizen of the
Jewish faith. As the Thora is
the only symbol of my Jewish-
ness so the stars and stripes
represent the only flag • to which
give political allegiance.
I
Nevertheless, I am submitting
herewith my resignation as a
member of the American Coun-
il for Judaism.
ASKS NEW PROGRAM
"I believe that the time has
come when for the sake of
world Jewry, the American
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,
Portland Jewish Center
Houses Flood Victims
PORTLAND, Ore.—The Port-
land Jewish Community Cen-
ter came to the aid of victims
of the disastrous flood which
swept the Northwest by provid-
ing sleeping quarters in the
center gymnasium and in other
portions of the building, and by
giving food and clothing to the
Victims.
A Hero's Battle Is Over
Jews Get
Relief in
Jerusalem
(Sp, lal
:s• 1, )*
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Detroit paid final tribute to the only Jewish winner of the Congressional Medal of Ilonor in
World War If when reburial rites for IA. Raymond Zussman were held Sunday at Shaarey
Zedek. Pallbearers were members of the Lt. Raymond Zussman Post of the Jewish War
Veterans.
Campaign Near
$5,450,000 Mark
Allied Jewish Campaign work-
ers neared the $5,450,000 mark
and are continuing the drive to
raise the remaining $750,000 of
their goal in the trade and pro-
fessional divisions. The Wo-
men's Division and Junior Di-
vision held their closing meet-
ings this week.
Addressing the report meeting
of AJC workers June 2, Abra-
ham Feinberg, president of
Americans for Haganah, empha-
sized that other needs, in addi-
tion to the Palestinian causes,
have a call upon American Jew-
ry. "The exhilaration over the
new State of Israel should not
make us forget the thousands
of Jews in displaced persons
camps in Europe," he declared.
More than 400 workers in the
Women's Division attended the
final event Wednesday.
Butzel Memorial
Gifts Pouring In
Contributions from both Jew-
ish and non-Jewish friends of
Fred M. Butzel have reached
the Jewish Welfare Federation
office in sizeable number since
the announcement of the crea-
tion of the Fred M. Butzel
Memorial Fund, Julian H. Kro-
lik, president, announced.
"We gratefully acknowledge
the spontaneous tributes to Mr.
Butzel's memory," Krolik said,
"and the board of the Federa-
tion will decide upon a suitable
memorial to which these con-
tributions will be applied."
Hungary 10th State
to Recognize Israel
BUDAPEST (WNS) — Israel
has received full recognition
from the Hungarian government.
Hungary is the tenth country to
recognize the new Jewish State.
Zionists to Hear
Military Expert
Royce Hoy/es, military column-
ist of the Detroit Free Press, will
be the principal speaker at the
annual meeting of the Zionist Or-
ganization of Detroit, Thursday,
June 17, at Temple Beth El.
He will speak on "The Military
Strategy of the War in Pales-
tine." Working from a map he
will give his interpretation of the
latest developments in the battle.
Election of district officers will
be held. Delegates to the na-
tional convention in Pittsburgh,
July 2 to 5, will also be named.
The Zionist Council of De-
troit, in the meantime, has de-
layed action on a possible dem-
onstration before the British
consulate offices here to await
developments during the four
week truce in the Palestine
fighting.
to
t h e Chrotile(o)
The postponed four-week truce
in the Palestine fighting started
at 2 a.m. this morning (Friday).
Barring a last-minute reversal
by Jews or Arabs, the mediation
conferences were expected to
open at once.
Two major „changes in Count
Folke Bernadotte's compromise
proposals have been accepted.
Firstly, he himself will deter-
mine how many men of military
age will be permitted into Pal-
estine during the truce.
AID HOLY CITY JEWS
Secondly, the International
Red Cross will administer re-
lief to 90,000 besieged Jews in
Jerusalem as well as to civilians
in other cities blockaded by
both sides.
Before the fighting ended, the
main Egyptian invasion force,
encircled near Isdud ;. south of
Tel Aviv, broke the Israeli chain
ringing them by capturing the
Jewish settlement of Nitsanim
and forging a path to the sea.
Egyptian naval forces imme-
diately rushed supplies and re-
inforcements. But Israeli units
continued harassing the Egyp-
tians who suffered heavy cas-
ualties.
CIVILIANS POUNDED
In the meantime, the heaviest
Egyptian air raids on Tel Aviv
were going on. Egyptian Spit-
fires and bombers dropped
bombs four times over Tel Aviv
on Tuesday morning. One bomb
exploded in the market place
c a us ing civilian casualties.
Another landed near a beach
hotel.
In a story in the N.Y. Herald
Tribune, Kenneth Bilby com-
mented that "the Egyptians
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Yizkor to Be Read
at Services Monday
Yizkor will be recited at morn-
ing services the second day of
Shavuoth, Monday, in all ortho-
dox and conservative Synagogues.
In general, worship will start
at 9 a.m., Sunday and at 8:30
a.m., Monday.