Friday, October 1, 1948 DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE Silver Asks Truman to Block Rabbi Hails 5709 As the Year One iniquitous' Bernadotte Plan NEW YORK—Dr. Abbs Hillel Silver, chairman of the Ameri- can Zionist Emergency Council, wired an appeal to President Truman "to prevent the hnposi- RABBI SILVER • . • tion of such iniquitous terms on Israel" as the Bernadotte plan recommended and to stay by the pledged word . . . of the Ainefl- cap government which accepted without reservation the Nov. 29 decision and which on May 14 gave de facto recognition to the new State of Israel." Dr. Silver's protest against Sec- Iraq Scorns Plea, Hangs Merchant BAGHDAD (WNS) — Shaflq Ades, a prominent Jewish mer- chant in Baghdad, who was sen- tenced to death by an Iraqi mil- itary court on charges of aiding the Jews in the Palestine war and organizing Zionism in Iraq, was publicly hanged in Basra. The execution took -place de- spite the plea for leniency made by the American minister to Iraq. In addition to the death pen- alty a fine of 820,000,000 was im- posed. The court said the mon- ey would be obtained from Ades' property and turned over to the Iraqi ministry of defense "to compensate for losses of men and material suffered by the Iraqi Army." NEW YORK (Special) — New Year 5709 was designated year one of the State c,f Israel by Rabbi Israel Tabak, president of the Rabbinical Council of Amer- ica, in a Rosh Hashonah message. Rabbi Tabak issued the mes- Pointing out that the Zionist sage in behalf of the of the 400 movement in this country had members of the orthodox Rab- "relied on the loyalty of the minate who hold pulpits in 40 American government to the states, and who are enrolled in United Nations partition resolu- the organization, which is the tion of last November," and on Rabbinic body of the Union of the personal commitment of the Orthodox Jewish Congregations President and the, platform of America. pledges of the Democratic Party, Citing the Talmud, he pointed Dr. Silver noted that "we have out that during the era. of the accordingly been profoundly Second Jewish Commonwealth shocked by Secretary Marshall's it was customary to start count- unqualified indorsement of the ing the calendar years anew in recommendations of Count Ber- honor of an occurrence of great nadotte which would reduce the national significance. area of the State of Israel by "This Rosh Hashonah," he said, two-thirds leaving it a miniature "the traditional blowing of the state incapable of large scale Shofar will, serve as a clariuni call settlement of refugees. • to all Jews to dedicate themselves "The citizens of Israel who in the coming year to the re- reluctantly accepted the partition establishment of the high moral of Palestine last November and spiritual principles of the Jewish who have since successfully de- faith in the everyday life. fended the borders of their new "Just as in the State of Israel state with their blood are now our leaders are formUlating a being asked to accept another new constitution which will em- partition of their small state. body the Torah-true and pro- d This penalizes Irsael for hav- phetic ideals of social justice, so ing accepted partition and re- will it become the sacred duty of wards the Arabs for having at- all American Jews to reaffirm tempted by force of arms to up- during the coming year their loy- set the United Nations recom- alty to their glorious and unique mendation," Dr. Silver declared. heritage." retary Marshall's recent indorse- ment of the Bernadotte report which would give the Negev area now in the State of Israel, to the Arabs was made in behalf of all official Zionist bodies in the United States. F Lazrus to Head N. Y. Campaign NEW YORK (WNS--Benjamin Lazrus, noted Jewish leader and president of Benrus Watch Co., will be chairman of the 31st annual campaign of the Federa- tion of Jewish Philanthropies of New York. Accepting the chairmanship, Mr. Lazrus said: "The financial problems that confront the Fed- eration and its network of hos- pitals, health and welfare agen- cies as a result of four years of increasing costs and deficits are more than a menace to the affiliated institutions. "These problems touch the lives of the thousands and thou- sands of people who each year turn to Federation's institutions seeking help." Tell your friends about the Chronicle—the INTERESTING Jewish weekly. Eddie Cantor Honored for Humanitarian J ob NEW YORK (WNS) — Eddie Cantor, who has. just completed a whirlwind tour of major cities in behalf of the United Jewish Appeal, was the recipient of the UJA 1948 Citation for Humani- tarianism during a special broad- cast. th Rosh Hashonah Greetings HORN FUEL & SUPPLY CO 14523 SCHAEFER YE. 7-2053 We ul For F We or To 11841 KERCHEVAL VA. 2-4450 Ti Ti' A New Year's Greetings and Best Wishes ce' Yee' Forest Cleaners & Dyers, Inc. 6175 VERMONT TYler 7-9700 EQUIPMENT SPECIALTIES N , ter shag than by Len who ten ciall colu only add than feel by ish in t to choir won' fight High Grade Booths In folln man For Bars and Recreation Rooms W. 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