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Friday, August 13, 1948'

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Jew, Christian Mourn
Death ofBeth El Rabbi

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Israeli . Oy Received in Prague

Rich and poor, Jew and Christian, came to Temple Beth
Tuesday to mourn the passing of one of Detroit's greatest
Winen—Dr. Leo. M. Franklin.
There were 1,500 at the funeral services of the 78-year-
old Rabbi Emeritus of Beth El.

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Mission Completed

They listened sorrowfully as
Dr. B. Benedict Glazer, successor
to Dr. Franklin at his retirement
from the pulpit in November,
1941, said:
"Dr. l'ranklin was called the
first citizen of Detroit. Ile loved
America and he loved Judaism.
He often said, 'To be a better
Jew is to be a better American.'
His life exemplified this."
MARKED BY SIMPLICITY
The services were marked with
the same forthrightness and sim-.
plicity which characterized his
life.
Dr. Franklin's family asked
that instead of bringing flowers,
mourners should make dedica-
tions to charity. Yet the pulpit
was ringed with blooms.

Sketch of Dr.
Franklin's
life on page 2. Editorial on
page 4.

DR. LEO M. FRANKLIN

29 Jews Seized
in Cyprus Break

British Sentence
Refugees to Prison

CYPRUS (Special) — Twenty-
nine Jewish refugees were tried,
here this week and given prison
sentences following their failure
to escape from a detention
camp.
Five were caught in a little
boat attempting to reach the
vessel Atid, which was on its
way from Larnaca to Haifa.
A representative of the Amer-
ican Joint Distribution Commit-
tee and three other men were
allowed to go free because evi-
dence against them was insuffi-
cient.
OUTWIT GUARDS
Another was fined 30 pounds
and released because he was
able to prove he was covering
the story as a journalists.
The refugees got out of the
camp by tunneling and cutting
barbed wire.
The tunnel, a British officer
said, was a masterpiece. Re-
kfugees began it inside the tent
under the very noses of Bri-
tish guards sitting in watch
towers.
The tunnel was dug four
yards underground and deep
enough so a man could stand up
and walk.
DEVIL'S ISLAND
It ran inside the camp be-
neath the two walls, from the
barbed wire to the field outside
the camp.
Correspondents said that the
real problem was how to escape
from the island, which to the
Jews has become Devil's Island.

Red Mogen Dovid Eyes
Parley of Red Cross

TEL AVIV (WNS)—A three-
man delegation of the Red Mogen
David will attend the conference
of the International Red Cross
in Stockholm on Aug. 20, it was
announced here

Participating in the services be
sides Dr. Glazer were Rabbi Sid-
ney Akselrad, assistant Rabbi of
Temple Beth El; Dr. Abraham
Hershman, Rabbi Emeritus of
Shaarey Zedek; Dr. Walton E.
Cole of the First Congregational
Church.
DIGNITARIES ATTEND
Others were Dr. Julian Mor-
genstern, president emeritus of
the Hebrew Union College; Dr.
Samuel H. GoldensOn, Rabbi
Emeritus of Temple Emanu-El,
New York; and Dr. Louis Wol-
sey, Rabbi Emeritus of Temple
Rodelph Shalom, Philadelphia.
In front of the pulpit sat civic
leaders, Dr. Franklin's family
and members of the Wrangler's
Club, including the Rev. William
C. Hamm of St. Joseph's Episco-
pal Church; the Rev. Roger E.
Treat of Bushness Congregational
Church and the Rev. Martin
Storgaard of Northwestern Bap-
tist Church.
DEATH CAME SUNDAY
Pallbearers were Oscar C. Rob-
inson, Henry Freud, Leonard T.
Lewis, John A. Ileavenrich, Law-
rence E. Brown, Dr. Charles
Kennedy, Dr. Herbert I. Kallet
and Federal 'Judge Charles C.
Simons.
(Continued on page 2)

(Special to the Chronicle)

Another rift has developed
within the Israeli army, re-
sulting in the resignation of
a high government official,
the New York Herald Tri-
Vine reported this week.

Jehuda Uberall, Israel's ambass;dor to Prague, is received by

President Klement Gottwald, who talked with him for 'more
than an hour.

3 Quit Vocational Service's
Staff to Insure Integrity'

"To insure our own profes-
sional integrity," three members
have resigned from the staff of
the Jewish Vocational Service.
They are Frances G. Rosen-
berg, Joseph B. Shay and Flor-
ence S. Bodner, who comprise
the entire professional counsel-
ing staff of the body. Their
resignations are to be effective
Sept. 7.
In a prepared statement to
community leaders, the counsel-
lors said:
FACTORS LISTED
"As an interested participant
and leader in Jewish community
affairs, we offer you an explana-
tion for this unprecedented oc-
currence.
"We are well aware that it
will temporarily impair the
services of a valuable social
agency. However, we do feel
that the functioning level of
the agency has already been
adversely affected by existing
conditions.
"The following are a few of
the factors involved:
"1. Supervision has been in-

Aid to Israel Drive

The "Aid to the- People of Is-
rael Campaign" continues to
gain momentum as contributions
pour in daily. The project will
end Sept. 26.
Sponsored by the Greater De-
troit Bnai Brith Council, the
drive has ?s its goal a 100-car-
load "Friendship Train."
Bnai Brith groups have taken
a lead in the donations.
DONATIONS LISTED
Cinema Lodge has pledged 10
ambulances; Pisgah Lodge, $2,000
worth of supplies; Zager Lodge.
a power-equipped jeep; Zager
Chapter, a jeep and $345 worth
of powdered eggs; Women's
District Grand Lodge No. 6,
$1,000; and Louis Marshall
Bowling League, $750.
In addition, a 100-plate dinner
has been offered by the Moss
Catering Co., and Harry Light
and John Hettehe have promised

Palmach Chief
Quits; Blames
Ben &ion

termittent and orientation of
new workers inadquate.
"2. Supervisory practices and
policies have been inconsistent.
"3. There has been only mini-
mal cooperation on the part of
the board of trustees.
CHARGE CONFUSION
"4. The professional workers
have been subjected to attacks
of a personal nature under the
guise of criticism of technique.
"5. Despite many efforts made
on the part of the staff since
March, 1948, to apprise the
(Continued on page 7)

Life Sentences Given
to 13 WoMen Guards

BERLIN (WNS)—Sentences of
life imprisonment at hard labor
were imposed this week by a So-
viet military ti ibunal on 13 for-
mer women guards of the Ray-
ensbruck concentration camp.
The female camp guards all
pleaded guilty to charges of tor-
turing and murdering thousands
of the camp's inmates, among
them a great number of Jews.

Israel Galilee, assistant defense
minister and one of the founders
of the Palmach, the striking
force of the Israeli army, is re-
ported to have quit his post in
protest against Premier David
Ben Gurion's determined effort
to smash Palinactes separate or-
ganizational identity within the
army.
SOURCE OF CLASHES
Kenneth Bilby, Herald Tribune
correspondent, said the dispute
goes much deeper, since most oe
Palmacles commanders and lead.
ers of Mapam, the United Work.
ers' party which is the political
sponsor of Palmach, are fighting
Ben Gurion's effort.
For several weeks, even be.
fore the conflict with Irgun Zva
Leumi, the status of Palmach hai
been the source of intra-govern
mental clashes and threats a
resignation, Bilby disclosed.
TO BOYCOTT PARLEY
In the meantime, Abdul Rah
man Azzam Pasha, secretary
general of the Arab League, an
nounced that the Arab state,
would boycott the Palestine
peace conference proposed bj
Israel.
Following a conference witl
Egyptian Premier Mahmoud Fah
my Nokrashy Pasha, he told
press meeting that the Arab
would reject the proposal for
joint Arab-Jewish session mad,
by Moshe Shertok, Israeli foreign
minister.
However, the belief is rampan
in Tel Aviv that King Abdullal
of Transjordan may accept in
principle Israel's recent offer o
direct peace negotiations.
REFUGEE PROBLEM
It is believed that Abdullal
may make settlement of the refu
gee problem a prior condition b
talks with the Israelim.
At Lake Success, the Aral
Higher Committee charged Israe
with brigandry in the seizure o
(Continued on page 2)

G01:75 Speed British Weekly

to stage a wrestling match, with
proceeds to go to the campaign.
The services of Artie Fields or-
chestra have also been contri-
buted.
MAYOR ON COMMITTEE
Honorary committee members
are drawn from notables of all
faiths. They include Mayor Van
Antwerp, the Rt. Rev. Msgr.
Edward Hickey, Judge George
Murphy, Rabbi Jacob Segal.
Also Council President George
Edwards, George Clancy, mem-
ber of the American Federa-
tion of Musicians; Jack Ferentz,
president of the Detroit federa-
tion; Anne Campbell and George
W. Stark of the Detroit News;
Malcolm Bingay of the Free
Press.
HEADQUARTERS OPENED
Also Abe Kasle, president of
the United Hebrew Schools;
Harry Schaeffer, past national

vice-commander of the Jewish
War Veterans; Bennie Friedman,
former Michigan all-American
football player; and Bert Baker.
Campaign headquarters are at
the Bnai Brith Council office,
CH. 7838. Material for Palestine.
Inc., through which all ship-
ments will be made, has opened
offices at 716 David Stott Bldg.,
WO. 5-1865.
FIELDS CHAIRMAN
The administrative council for
the drive consists of Irving
Fields, chairman; Harry Yud-
koff, adviser; and Isadore Starr,
Mrs. Gerald Goldberg, Dr. Sid-
ney Siegan, Mrs. Seymour Weis-
man, Robert Nathans.
Also Sherman Grosslight,
Thomas J. Cotter, Dr. Larry
Yalta, Arvin Kantor, 'Elias Gold-
berg, Mannie Cornfield, David
Katzman, Maxwell Lowe and
Sally Fields.

Rebukes Arabs

LONDON (WNS)—The Econo-
mist, influential British weekly
which has been extremely criti-
cal of Zionist policy, this week
strongly scored the Arab states
for their failure to adequately
cope with the Arab refugee prob-
1 nn.
If Arab society, the paper
charged, "were anything but rot-
ten, the Arab states would not be
waiting for international charity
to do something . about" the 250,-
000 Arab refugees who fled Is-
raeli territory.
The Arab "ruling minority,"
the paper stressed, "go about
this business In the same way as
they fought in Palestine, without
public spirit'or personal sacrifice
or common effort. And' now they
dare not tell their peoples what
has happened."

