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Entered as Second-class matte' March 3. 1916, at the Post Office at Detroit, Mich., under the Act of March 3, 1879
SEYMOUR TILCIIIN, President
Vol. 50, No. 29
GEORGE WE1SWASSER, Editor-in-Chief
Friday, August 6, 1918 (Ab 1, 5708)
No Peace in U. S. Zionism
There may be peace on Israel's borders,
but there is no peace in American Zionist
ranks, locally and nationally. When world
Jewry has its best chance to bring its age-
old dreams to fruition, there remain faction-
alism, wrangling and self-seeking. •
This disunity is one of the tragedies of
Jewish life and the price we pay for Jewish
individualism and loyalty to party creeds.
It underscores once again the need for a
merger of Zionist groups in the land as ad-
vocated by Dr. Emanuel Neumann and this
newspaper. It points up the urgency for
the subordination of secondary programs to
that of Zionism, pure and simple.
Labor, orthodoxy and the myriad other
ideologies which somehow hold priority in
many a Zionist's thinking must take a back
seat to the idea of the political State. Eco-
nomic, religious and social ideologies must
learn to play second fiddle if there is ever to
be a permanent and successful State.
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Disunity and dissension are so rife today
that the National Jewish Post, one of Amer-
ica's leading national Jewish news weeklies,
headed its main story last week with the
headline: U. S. Zionist Crisis; Unity Begin-
ning to Crack Up as Israel Victory Nears.
Then the paper gave the sordid story of
the battling and name-calling and self-inter-
est in Zionist ranks. And for all the bicker-
ing, duplication and disunity on national lev-
els, there are their counterparts on Inca!
scales.
Though its headlines pointed to the dis-
unity, in its editorial columns the Post took
the position that Dr. Neumann's invitation
to the other Zionist groups, all of whom
have contributed their share to the realiza-
tion of the Jewish State, is an invitation for
them to accept the hegemony of the ZOA,
and is a demagogic appeal at best.
This viewpoint overlooks the fact that the
merger plan would abolish the ZOA which
would become part of the overall organiza-
tion, American Friends of Israel. This group
would enlist the support of the masses who
are not interested in the separatist ideologies
but only in supporting a Jewish State.
Unspoiled by factionalism, they could
easily become the majority since only 10
percent of American Jews are dues-paying
Zionists today, and the viewpoint of unity
for Zionism's sake rather than labor's sake
or orthodoxy's sake would be their controll-
ing concept.
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We do not agree with the Post that Dr.
Neumann's invitation is "the height of
Chutzpah." We think his idea is the most
statesmanlike and courageous in Zionist
thinking in long time. Dr. Neumann stands
for solidarity and union. The Post still backs
noxious and destructive disunity.
Let us list some of the fights going on
within American Israel as listed in the Post's
single issue of July 30:
1. The battle between Hadassah and the
Red Mogen Dovid over blood collections and
ambulance donations. (IC Detroit, overlap-
ping of activities is highlighted by the fact
that Hadassah is conducting a campaign for
new clothing for Israel and so are the Miz-
rachi women and the Pioneer women. By
uniting, more clothes could be collected and
more Jews in Israel helped. But perish the
thought; who wants to help Jews if we can't
keep our independence?
2. Zionists-Revisionists are "engaged in a
campaign in total yiolation of Zionist disci
pline, backing the Irgun and attacking the
Jewish State."
3. Mizrachi contemptuously rejects Dr.
Neumann's plan and announces its own aid to
Israel campaigns.
4. Bergson groups (American League for
a Free Palestine) dramatize their campaign
for funds and arms for Irgun.
5. Americans for Haganah dissolves and
a successor group, American United for Is-
rael, is repudiated by the WA with whose
own subsidiary, Israel Equipment Project, it
comes in conflict. (In Detroit, Israel Equip-
ment Project and the Labor Zionist and Bnai
Brith supported Materials for Palestine are
rubbing one another's fur the wrong way to
to the detriment of a united collection of
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machinery and other heavy supplies for Is-
rael.)
And to the local scene we add these exhi-
bitions of factionalism and pettiness: The
ZOA board is trying to oust one of its mem-
bers because he wrote a letter to the Chroni-
cle attacking Ben Gurion for his handling of
the Altalena incident, and Branch 5 of the
Labor Zionist organization, a youth group,
has announced it will picket all affairs spon-
sored here for the benefit of Irgun.
To all this we protest and cry shame! Let
us all set aside our secondary objectives and
consolidate as American Friends of Israel.
Otherwise, when the war is over in Israel,
the dissension will be so vast as to prevent
any material aid to the fledgeling State.
Shertok Makes Demands
The Israeli government is assuming a new
and more aggressive tone in its dealings with
the UN, particularly with the mediator,
Count Bernadotte.
The change is justified in view of the fact
that Israeli's former policy of compliance
and 'compromise has been construed as
weakness and has resulted in rulings and
decisions that have been damaging to Is-
rael.
The new State is now in a position where
it can remind the UN that it has proved
itself superior in a• military sense to the com-
bined forces of the seven Arab states. It
can also point to the recent evidence of dis-
unity and weakness in the Arab League
which may shortly result in the collapse of
the Arab war effort.
Reports by Drew Pearson of an imminent
alliance between Abdullah and Ibn Saud at
the expense of Egypt and the other Moslem
states further underscore the fact that the
enemies of Israel have about shot their bolt
and that peace with Israel would be the
better part of valor.
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Letters to the Editor
FROM BB YOUTH
Dear Editor:
It is a pleasure and a privilege
to have the opportunity of writ-
ing this letter to you. We, the
Detroit BBW-YM convention
committee and the officers of the
national organizations cannot ful-
ly express our gratitude for
the wonderful cooperation that
your paper gave to us in pub-
licizing our convention.
In the words of our great
leader, Henry ,Monsky "The To-
morrow of American Jewry is
Being Written in the Direction
Given to and Taken by Jewish
Youth Today."
With the Chronicle devoting
so much time, effort, and space
in its issues, and with the com-
plete cooperation of the entire
Chronicle staff, we as Jewisn
youth, have been given the di-
rection, as stated by Monsky, by
your paper and have taken the
action as young Jewish adults
in culminating a convention
based on the "Role of the Young
Jewish Adult, Locally, National-
ly, Internationally, and jn rela-
tionship to the New Slate of
Israel."
We hope that we have ful-
filled the confidence that you
have placed in us. Words are
inadequate to express the feel-
ings of the Detroit BBYM-YW
to the Chronicle for the splendid
job you did in publicizing the
convention.
CHARLOTTE WATERSTONE,
HARRY MIRVIS,
Co-Convention Chairmen.
BOY ASKS UNITY
Dear Editor:
My family and I enjoy the
Chronicle and, like the rest, read
it from cover to cover,
I would like to know more
about our brothers in Africa and
how they are getting along.
I am glad that there is going
to be a Zionist rally in which
all sides can straighten out their
differences. This is no time for
arguments. This is a time for
building.
EDWIN HAMBURGER,
9231 Monterey.
All this helps to explain why Moshe Sher-
tok, the Israeli foreign minister, used un-
ambiguous phraseology in informing Count
Bernadotte that the UN partition decision
giving Jerusalem an international status is
no longer morally binding on Israel in view
of the Arab onslaughts on the Holy City, the
UN failure to prevent them and the heroic
Jewish defense of the cit ► .
While it is true that he did not say so in
so many words, Shertok left little doubt the
Jewish government expects to annex Jeru-
salem to the Jewish State. This move will be
.t By Seymour Tilchin immowommiummummera
greeted with great rejoicing by all Jews
GREAT DEAL of surprise Israel. Haganah then fired at the
everywhere whose hearts bled at the original
was expressed by many our Irgun and some Jewish blood
proposal that the center of Jewish history
and religion be wrested from the Jewish people over the fact that a 42- was spilled.
State, and at the subsequent suggestion by year-old Palestinian Jew and a The criticism aimed at the
Bernadotte that the city be alloted to Ab- young ,(ewers were convicted writer of that letter was to the
the Israeli army of spying effect that as a member of a
dullah as part of his British financed by
for the British and Arabs. It general Zionist executive board,
"Greater Arabia."
merely proves that Israelim are
Shertok is right in demanding that the just like other people, even to he had no right to criticize Ben
for his actions. The
partition plan boundaries be reconsidered in the extent of having traitors Gurion
Chronicle was rebuked for pub-
view of the Jewish conquest of western within their own ranks.
lishing such a letter.
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Galilee, Jaffa and Acre and its valiant de-
This is not the time for me to
fense of two-thirds of Jerusalem. The phrase TRUCE IN UNITED STATES
defend the writer of this letter
"irreducible minimum" used in pre-partition THE JEWS of America must but I wish to emphasize strongly
negotiations must now be made to include not lose sight of the fact that that the Chronicle prides itself
western Galilee and Jerusalem, at least.
unless we continue our battle on being a free and independent
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in this country to gain full rec- publication open to all phases
The world must not forget that the war ognition for Israel and receive of honest opinion. The letter box
was not sought by Israel and that the ag- a loan before election time, we is certainly the place for a free
gression was all on the part of the Arabs. may find that the truce Was a expression of opinion on all mat-
The foreign minister's demand is quite valid trick to relieve our government ters of Jewish • interest.
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then when he asks that the Arab states be of the burden of having to com-
mit
itself
prior
to
the
elections.
IRONIC
CONVICTION
forced to pay reparations for the immense
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If Israel is not fully recog-
ELEVEN DIRECTORS of the
damage caused to the Jews and to Palestine nized
by November, new devices
Arabs who have fled into Arab territory and for delay, for hacking away at joint anti-Fascist Refugee Com-
mittee are facing prison terms
expect to return.
the boundaries of Israel and
Shertok has also made it clear to Count other innocent looking "com- because they defied demands of
House Un-American Commit-•
Bernadotte that unless specific guaranties promises" will be in full swing the
asking them to state whether
protecting the 800,000 Jews in Arab lands with Washington assuming its tee
they are Communists or not.
all over again
are written into the peace treaty, none of the straddling posture
Included among them is Dr.
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refugee Arabs will be permitted to return to
Jacob Auslander, a general
EXECUTIVE MEETING
Palestine.
practitioner and highly respected
Shertok pointed out to the mediator that AT AN EXECUTIVE meeting in his profession.
there is great danger that these refugees, of the Zionist district, a mem- The irony in the case is that
if the latter insisted on their return, could ber of the executive board was Dr. Auslander, about the same
become a dangerous fifth column in Israel strongly condemned for writing time that he received notice of
letter to the Chronicle in his conviction for "contempt of
during the truce and that their return would a which
criticized Ben Gurion Congress," also received another
impose a financial burden beyond the new and his he
associates on their action document signed by President
State's capacity in view of the destruction of in the Altalena incident when Truman which reads as
much of the Arab property and crops in the the Irgun breached the truce "Certificate of Merit follows:
In the
fighting.
and brought in ammunition to
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