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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLR
Friday, January 21, 1949
Strictly Confidential
N.Y. Publisher Acclaimed as Man of the Year
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F WE HAD to cast our vote for the man of the year
1948, we would unhesitatingly select Theodore 0.
Thackrey, co-publisher and co-editor of the New York
Post and Bronx Home News. Ted
did the outstanding single job for
Israel and for that matter for the
Jewish people. His editorial crusade
against anti-Israel international in-
trigues and conspiracies have done
more than anything we can think
of to educate the American people
on the real issues facing the young
Jewish Republic. Consistently he has
exposed Bevin's Hitlerite tactics in
simple language so that even the
P. J. Biron
mane on the street could no longer
have any doubts on the duplicity of Britain's foreign
policy. We commend the Women's League for Palestine
for its wisdom in presenting the 1948 award for out-
standing services to Israel t9 Mr. Thackrey.
THE CONGRESS WEEKLY, organ of the Ameri-
can Jewish Congress, agrees with us that Rabbi Wil-
liam F. Rosenblum's recent mission to the Vatican was
utterly irresponsible. We chastised the over-zealous
Rabbi in a recent column and received no answer to
our question as to who had authorized the Rabbi to
inject himself in this delicate international diplomatic
action. Now, belatedly, the Bnai Brith Anti-Defamation
League admtis its sponsorship of this ill advised action.
The Congress Weekly in an editorial concludes that
"when fraternal orders or defense agencies, with no
mandate to engage in • international Jewish politics
take it upon themselves to conduct such diplomatic
negotiations in the name of the Jewish people, they can
cause only misunderstanding and confusion." Well said,
and thanks for your support.
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ONE OF BRITAIN'S top Jewish leaders, who re-
cently visited our country, told us: "Bevin's anti-Jewish
policy in the Middle East has resulted—among other
Heads Free Sons
Off the Record:
Bevin Plot Backfires
as U.S. Denies Tieup
By NATHAN ZIPRIN
BEVIN STANDS unmasked in
all his ugliness. His conspir-
acy to smother Israel and slay
the UN has been exposed. And
by none other than his own gov-
ernment.
When Egypt felt the lash of
Israeli power he tried to come
to the rescue of the land of the
Pharaohs under an oppressive
treaty which Cairo itself has
been trying to invalidate. And
when Egyptian authorities began
realizing there was a dagger be-
hind Bevin's "friendly" hands,
the British foreign minister de-
cided to create an "incident" as
an excuse for British penetration
into Egypt and ultimately into
Palestine.
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NEAR INVASION
BEVIN WAS close to ordering
an invasion of Palestine. Fear of
the wrath of the United Nations
and a warning that the British
cabinet would repudiate him
halted him. It was then that he
conceived the devilish plan of
sending British reconnaisance
planes over the Palestine war
front.
He hoped that the planes would
be shut down. He would thus
have a golden opportunity to stir
up trouble against Israel at home
and abroad. His strategy back-
fired when his own crewmen ad-
mitted they were over Israeli
territory on instructions from
above. •
His obvious design having fail-
ed he tried another stunt. He
said the planes were on a recoil-
naisance mission for UN observ-
ers. Here too he was repudiated
by the facts of the situation.
He thin struck-upon a new ex-
plannt;sn. The planes were over
the fi""ting front at the request
and with the knowledge of the
American government.
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BAITISH INTERESTS
WHEN HIS KNUCKLES were
rapped on that score he concoct-
ed another story. The Palestine
situation was out of the control
of the United Nations, and Brit-
ain reserved the right to act in
accordance with its interests.
Now the cat was out of the bag.
Of course Bevin forgot that if
the situation was out of control
X was because he and his Labor
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government blocked the UN from
assuming control of the situa-
tion.
Bevin has not yet exhausted
his bag of tricks. His agents are
busy at Rhodes trying to per-
suade the Egyptians against
agreement with Israel on armis-
tice terms. Nor will the UN Pal-
estine Conciliation Commission
miss the impact of his treachery.
It is no secret that he stopped
a French cabinet move to recog-
nize Israel.
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INFLUENCED SILVER
DR. ABBA HILLEL SILVER
might have found his way to
Zionist thinking independently.
Yet it was his father, Rabbi
Moshe Silver, who died in Je-
rusalem, who influenced him in
that direction.
In his fine book "Bitter Herbs
and Honey," David Schwartz re-
lates that when youthful Abba
first began organizing the Dr.
Herzl Zion Club he met hostility
among Orthodox Jewish ele-
ments.
The authorities at the Yeshiva
on the East Side where young
Silver studied considered Zionism
a challenge to the doctrine of
the Messianic deliverance of the
Jews. But Reb Moshe Silver, who
was a teacher at the Machsiliei
Talmud Torah and a man of
considerable scholarly attain-
ments, was on the side of Abba.
He gave him advice and encour-
agement which ultimately led
young Abba to leadership of the
Herzl Zion Club and later to
leadership of American Zionism.
IRVJNG FELLERMAN of New
York, Grand Master of the Free
Sons of Israel, will install the
new officers of Montefiore
Lodge No. 12 at a dinner dance
at 6 p.m., Sunday at the Lee
Plaza. Fellerman is on a tour
of the country in observance
of the 100th anniversary of the
founding of the order which
has 60 lodges. The Grand Mas-
ter graduated from New York
University law school in 1925.
He is a director of many na-
tional institutions.
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Moran to Install
Flint Veterans
FLINT—Harold Moran of De-
troit, state department command-
or of the Jewish War Veterans,
will install new officers of the Eli
RoSenbloom Post at 8 p.m., Sun-
day, in the Jewish Center.
Herbert Davis will take the
position of commander. Other of-
ficers are Harold Fineberg, Harry
Binder, Ruddy Mittleman, Arthur
Bongo's, and Rabbi Arnold A. Las-
ker.
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The local chapter of Hadassah
will hear Marge Slutsker, region-
YEHUDI OFF KEY
al director of youth work, at a
THE LATE Willie Howard was meeting Wednesday.
born William Lefkowitz. His fa-
ther was a famous cantor in Ger-
many. . . . Yehudi Menuhin is Lazere to Address
again fiddling out of tune. His
•
coming to the defense of the Ger- Wednesday Group
man conductor Wilhelm Furt•
Haskell Lazere, regional direc-
waengler can only serve to alien- tor of the Bnai Brith Anti-De-
ate his friends and musical ad- finsation League, will give an
mirers. Yehudi must still re- illustrated talk on "Conflicts in
member how the Jewish DP's Democracy" at the Jan. 26 meet-
in Germany reacted when he ing of the Wednesday Evening
gave a concert there a year or Discussion Group at 9 p.m., in
the Jewish Center.
so ago.
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Fascism and anti-
Semitism quite considerably. Sir Oswald Mosley's
hordes feel very much encouraged, and their street
meeting speakers quote Bevin's anti-Jewish statements
freely. As a matter of fact Britain's Fascists are giving
Prime Minister Atlee a rough time and carry on an
intensive campaign to make Bevin Premier. Anyone
who opposes Bevin's Palestine policies is labeled by
Mosley's Men a "Jewish collaborator." We merely quote
—so don't call us an alarmist.
•
"GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT" grossed last year
about four million dollars It also did quite a good
business in 1947. But the most amazing aspect of the
tremendous financial success of this movie against anti-
Semitism is this: "Gentleman's Agreement" did a ter-
rific box office business in the south. To think that
for years the experts in Hollywood warned producers
not to touch a Jewish theme because it spelled dis-
aster at the box office ... H'm, as Walter would say.
things—in strengthening British
Congress in Petition Drive .
Here to Amend '48 DP Act
•
The executive committee of
the Detroit Division, American
Jewish Congress, has launched a
campaign to secure 50,000 signa-
tures to a petition, urging the
81st Congress to enact six major
amendments to the Displaced
Persons Act of 1948.
Calling the present Wiley-Fel-
lows law a "legislative monstros-
ity, which excludes DP's, par-
ticularly Jews, and admits Hit-
ler's collaborators," the 'petition
calls for the following amend-
ments:
L To allow any DP who en-
tered the camps before April, 1947,
to benefit by the act rather than
restricting its provisions to those
who entered before Dec. 22, 1945.
2. To repeal that section which
Dr. Leon A. Katzin has been
elected national president of the
Alpha Omega fraternity, interna-
tional organization of 8,000 den-
tists.
He will assume office at the
December convention in Chicago.
Dr. Katzin is also active in the
Detroit District. Dental Society
and in numerous civic, philan-
thropic and youth organizations.
Other Detroiters holding na-
tional office are Drs. Samuel S.
Gerandesy, chairman of the
board of trustees; Abe S. Pearl-
man, district regent, and Louis
IT Galin, trustee.
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3. To repeal the section grant-
ing special preference to DP's
from countries annexed by a
foreign power.
4. To expand the definition of
eligible Displaced Persons to in-
clude all victims of Nazi racial
and religious persecution wher-
ever they may be.
5. To repeal the section giving
persons of German ethnic origin
special benefits under the act.
6. To permit legislation of the
immigration status of DP's now
in this country, without requir-
ing advance Congressional ap-
proval.
The Detroit Chapter of Bnai
Brith is making elaborate plans
for a "Member-Bring-a-Mem-
ber" luncheon, Feb. 16.
Highlight will be a fashion
show to be put on by leading
style experts.
For information call mens-
bership chairmen, Mrs. David
Grosherg, TO 7-1359, or Mrs.
Maurice Korn, TO. 9-6907.
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mortgages future immigration
quotas in order to give emergen-
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A program of Jewish music
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People's Society of Shaarey Zed-
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the social hall. Moe Kesner, mu-
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