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The Bnai Brith Aid to the
People of Israel Drive is go-
ing full swing with all groups
setting goals and well on the
way towards their achieve-
ment.
The various groups organized
to participate in the program
are far enough advanced so that
definite commitments have been
made for their respective shares
in the campaign.
SET HUGE GOAL
The goods division, of which
Sam Shulman is over-all chair-
man; distributors, headed by
Max Sossiny super-markets, of
which Jack Lurie is chairman;
and the wholesale division,
headed by Herman Levine, have
set a goal of 10 carloads of
specified foods.
The value of the merchandise
will be $125,000 in retail prices.
Foods include evaporated and
powdered milk, tinned cheese,
canned beef, carrots, peas, dried
fruits, salmon, tuna and Kosher
margarine.
MACHINERY QUOTA
The machinery division has set
a goal of approximately $150,000
North of machinery products and
equipment. The hardware group,
which includes carpentry and
plumbing sections, has set a like
quota.
A benefit wrestling match
sponsored by Boxing Commis-
sioner John Hettche and Harry
Light has been set for Sept. 13
at the Arcadia.
• • •
Federation O.K.'s.
Materials Drive
The Jewish Welfare Federa-
tion M a statement Tuesday in-
dorsed the Bnai Brith's Aid to
the People of Israel materials
drive, with the understanding
that the campaign would make
no collections of large sums of
cash.
The statement was made after
consultation with Bnai Brith and
the Zionist Council of Detroit.
It intended to clarify the rela-
tion of the Bnai Brith drive to
Israel in view of the primacy
of the Allied Jewish Campaign,
which alone can accept cash
gifts here for Israel's defense
feeds.
Gifts to the Aid to Israel
rive "are expected to be over
and above adequate contribu-
• tions to the United Jewish Ap-
peal campaign," the Federation
statement pointed out.
Reds 'Walk Out'
at Israeli Opera
TEL AVIV (Special)—Mem-
bers of the Soviet ministry to
Israel walked out at the opera
becapse the "Star-Spangled Ban-
ner" was played but not the
Soviet anthem, the United Press
sepprted.
The U.S. national anthem was
played in honor of James G.
McDonald, U.S. special envoy to
Israel, who attended the per-
formance. The Soviet anthem
was not played because Pavel
Yershov, the Soviet minister,
was not present,,
Accord
Believed
• Nearer
(Special to the Chronicle)
JERUSALEM—Israeli rep.
resentatives have met with
Arab leaders in recent weeks
for preliminary peace discus.
sions, it was revealed Tues
day.
An army chapel at Fort Sheridan, III. , was the scene of this religious service for Jewish
soldiers of the 109th anti-aircraft artillery brigade, Illinois National Guard, during maneuvers
in Illinois and Wisconsin under the command of Brig. Gen. Julius Klein. Gen. Klein, who was
on military leave from his post of national commander of the Jewish War Veterans, is shown
(front row, left) leading his men in religious observance.
$100,000 Took Accepted
Here by Israel Army Officers
Two commanders of the young-
est army in the world were in
Detroit this week to attend a
ceremony at which $100,000
worth of machinery and equip-
ment was shipped to Israel. They
spoke before 500 persons at a
Zionist district meeting Monday
evening at the Shaarey Zedek.
In this country for a short
while on a special Israeli army
tives of communities in the
Michigan Zionist Region were
present.
The' material was collected in
the last two months from Zion-
ists in virtually every town in
Michigan where there is a sub-
stantial Jewish community.
Donations have come from
Flint, Saginaw, Bay City, Port
Huron, Owosso, Lansing, Grand
Rapids, Kalamazoo, Benton Har-
bor, St. Joseph and Pontiac.
Machines contributed included
an air-conditioned armored am-
bulance with telephonic facili-
ties, a huge power shovel, ma-
rine and diesel engines, a jeep
and two trucks.
Deadline Set Ahead
for the Sept. 10 Issue
Because of the Labor Day
holiday, the deadline for all copy
and photos for the Sept. 10 is-
sue of the Chronicle will be
noon, Friday, Sept. 3.
Bergson Starts
Hunger Strike
Protests Detention
by Israeli Court
TEL AVIV (WNS) — Peter
Bergson, chairman of the He-
brew Committee of National
Liberation, and four other lead-
ers of the Irgun movement be-
gan a hunger strike "unto
death" as a result of a court
verdict that their arrest was
legal, Menahem Beigin, Irgun
chief, announced.
Beigin, who said that he him-
self was responsible for the at-
tempt to land arms in Israel
during the first UN truce period
on the ship "Altalena", for
which the five Irgunists are be--
ing held, demanded that Israeli
authorities arrest him too.
Mordecai Bentovim, Israeli
minister of labor, announced that
Israeli engineers are working
on the construction of an under-
ground railway extending from
(Continued on page 2)
While nothing definite has
been achieved in the private
talks, Israeli leaders are hope-
ful of future results. The ex-
changes were held in a neutral
country and the UN mediator,
Count Folke Bernadotte, took
no part.
Foreign Minister Moshe Sher-
otk, in a talk before the open-
ing meeting of the actions com-
mittee of the World Zionist
Organization, confirmed that
there had been some reaction
from Arab quarters to Israeli
overtures.
2 STATES MENTIONED
It is believed by neutral ob-
servers that the governments of
Transjordan and Lebanon were
involved in the discussions.
In the meantime, Count Ber-
nadotte aroused much bitterness
with an announcement that he
plans to halt future -immigra-
tion of Jewish men of fighting
age as long as the truce con-
tinues. He told the Israeli for-
eign ministry that 3,000 Such
men had entered Israel since the
start of the truce and he con-
sidered this to be of military
advantage to Israel.
Government sources in Tel
Aviv assailed the proposal as
supporting Britain's detention of
8,000 Jews of fighting age in
Cyprus and as advantageous to
the Arabs.
SEEKS UN TIES
Gen. Aage Lundstrom, Berna-
dotte's chief of staff, declared
that the future of Palestine
would be decided at the UN
GeKeral Assembly meeting in
Paris in September. It was re-
ported that Count Bernadotte
would recommend that the As-
sembly recognize the State of
Israel officially.
Israel took its first step to-
wards applying for membership
in the UN when Aubrey S.
Eban, Israeli representative, ad-
(Continued on page 2)
`Let's Forget the Past'
JOSEPH Jemunoun
• • •
supply mission, the two men
flew to Detroit from New York.
Chairman of the mission is the
assistant war minister' of Israel,
Joseph Jacobson, who is in
charge of the department deal-
ing with purchasing and requi-
sitioning general supplies for the
Israeli army.
ISRAELIM DETERMINED
He told the mass meeting of
the discipline of Israel's citizen-
ry, remarking that no meat has
been available for civilians for
over two months because it is
all alloted to the army.
"All Israel is determined not
to give up Jerusalem", he told
the audience.
Accompanying Jacobson was
Col. Ephraim Ben Arzi, quarter-
master general of the Israeli
army and commander on the
Latrun front.
The presentation ceremony
took place at the Machinery
Liquidating Corp. Representa-
,
WJR Asks Jewish Pat on Back
Station WJR, which al-
most continuously through-
out its existence has faced
charges of anti-Semitism,
has asked the Jewish Com-
munity Council and Jewish
leaders for letters of recom-
mendation, the Jewish
Chronicle learned this week.
The radio station is seek-
ing indorsements by Jews to
bolster its petition to the
Federal Communications
Commission for a license to
operate a television station.
UNDER FCC PROBE
The FCC has under ad-
visement charges against G.
A. Richards, majority stock-
holder at WJR, who also
owns stations in Cleveland
and Los Angeles, that he or-
dered his newscasters to
smear Jews over the air.
Sworn affidavits accuse
Richards 'of having directed
his employes to couple up
Jews and Communists in a
derogatory fashion in their
broadcasts and to play down
news on Palestine.
Richards was a major
stockholder at WJR when
Charles Coughlin and Ger-
ald L K. Smith broadcast
their bigoted views over the
air which caused the Jews
of America so much darn-
•age. Pleas to bar the pair
from the air went unheeded.
Richards is a close personal
friend of Coughlin.
In recent months, the
Jewish Chronicle h a s
brought to the attention of
the Jewish Community
Council several instances of
anti-Semitic remarks over
WJR by national and local
newscasters. The Council in
turn turned over the allega-
tions to WJR and in one or
two cases apologies were
made.
TURN TO RABBIS
In order to strengthen its
request for permission to es-
tablish a television station,
WJR requested several De-
troit Rabbis and other Jew-
ish leaders to intercede in its
favor.
• It is known that. the late
Dr. Leo M. Frankltn, was one
of the Rabbis contacted and
that he sent the station a
firm refusal. Rabbi Leon
Fram turned over the re-
quest directed to him to the
Jewish Community Council.
It is not known whether
any prominent Jews in the
city complied with the sta-
tion's plea for a letter of
indorsement.