Thursday, July 28, 1949 DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE Page Three STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL $1,000,000,000 Loan Needed to Ease Israel Crisis By PHINEAS J. BIRON DP PROBLEM has not been solved. It has been moved from Germany to Israel. This is a sad but true fact. The DP situation presents a tragic spectacle in the Jewish State. Tens of thousands of men, women and children are herded in huge immigration cutups, living under canvass, standing in line for hours under the broiling sun to get their meals. • No wonder these DP's, who waited and waited for their liberation from Hitler's concentration camps are get- ting fed up. Their nerves are shot to pieces, their enthusiasm has melted to zero and their anger is rising to a danger point. THE -I- Reliable reports from Israel tell of serious clashes between DP's and po- lice guards ... Unless drastic action is taken by the government to ameli- orate their status, these men and Biron women will break loose and set out on the march as a roaming army of beggars. The situation is very critical, notwithstanding the polite, diplomatic' utterances of Israeli spokesmen. This gi- gantic problem could be solved and solved quickly if big funds were available. Even the UJA with its $250,- 000,000" quota (of which only $100,000,000 is antici- pated) cannot tackle this terrific problem. Yet in the midst of this tremendous human wave, which threatens to engulf Israel, the young State is confronted with the problem of the return of Arab _ refugees. Britain and influential circles in the U.S. are shedding crocodile tears on the fate of the poor Arabs who were driven out of Pa k•stine by British officers. Only a united American Jewry, girding its loins fur a supreme, unprecedented effort could solve the DP situation in Israel. But the DP's cannot be expected to wait for the billions to be collected by voluntary contributions. World Jewry AND the Israeli government must obtain a loan of at least $1,000,000,- 000 immediately, And don't say it cannot be done. The Lehmans, Baruchs, Morgenthaus and Warburgs • know their way around in international finance. They could unquestionably underwrite an action to finance a loan , which would be repaid in five or 10 years. Unless measures of that scope are undertaken, the DP problem will remain for years a tragic, shameful blot, a heritage of Hitler, which instead of solving we have merely shifted from Europe to the Middle East. The time for parades and celebrations of army days and navy days are over. The slogan must be: "No more concentration camps in Israel." All the other problems in Israel are of secondary importance. • • . PASSENGER SHIP from Europe recently brought a unique group of settlers to Israel. Down the gang-plank marched seven midgets, members of a midget show who had decides! to live in their home- land. One of Israel's newspapers commented that considering the size of the country, these mid •t , • will sure) feel at h ome Paul Dennis is the emcee OFF THE RECORD at the Pecklo•r Hotel in South Fallsburg, this summer, Ile is a splendid concert singer, and in his free time works on a monumental history of Hebrew religious music. Once you know that Paul Dennis is Henry Rosenblatt, son of the immortal Cantor Yossele Rosen. blatt, you no longer wonder.... We discovered that the permanently best selling book of Jewish interest is a Jewish cookbook . . . And many of its readers are non-Jewish housewives who consider Jewish dishes an exotic novelty on their menus. . . . In any case if you can compile an interesting Jewish cook- book you will have no difficulty finding a publisher. r! • • • G. GROSS OF BROOKLYN writes: "In a democracy it is eusotmary to make public the salaries la earned by public officials and civil service e mployees. In Jewish communal work, however, the salaries of our social workers and professional organizational workers are kept secret. It is wrong because experi- enced social workers are entitled to good salaries. Si why the secrecy? The same applies to the State of Israel. 'I'd like to loose how much Ben Gurion and other cabinet members receive for their arduous work. And is it true that Weizmann does not get any salary? The president of Israel should be a paid position or it would be only open to wealthy men." (We cannot enlighten you Mr. Gross, but the Jewish people in and merica are certainly entitled to know these figures.—P.J.B.) longs to a brother of Premier the first Jew elected governor of MAP CENTER FILMS Ben Gurion. When customers; one of the states—Idaho. Alex-I The August 3 Mid program of • come to the store they never omit ander was meen a tio pn: on ugd tti thirioitzneiL in mtlisitl b M at n . sd . iFrank 'd We co the Center will feature "River," a Weil, whose ta hus- s pres nt of the JWB.. . story of the Mississippi and "Peo- having the premier as a brother. ples of the U.S.S.R." The show- Arnuf Pins is the only Jew Bored with the questions poi- ings begin at 9 p.m. The public is among the four American dele- ple ask of him, the storekeeper gates to the World Youth Con- invited. decided to ignore all such in- • --- - By NATHAN ZIPRIN play in influencing Jewish quirk's. ; news which meets in Brussels JAMES G. McDONALD, Ameri- , can literary and artistic life in the , early in August I One d day, an elderly Jew asked can ambassador in Israel, is! United States. A non-Jewish composer, Lou' : why it is that he is so indifferent ; Maury apparently impressed with the won second d prize' in a Very Low Carbohydrate enormous strides the new State' ! Congress would cover itself I to his famed brother whom many it g . if t passed an act one of the world's d ee- l Jewish music contest for an origi- of Israel has made since its bi • rth.' coshin these men to remain in crest statesmen. Ben Gurion : nal Friday evening service spon- 's' s It's New In a letter to Leon Gellman, the U. S. permanently. Certain- brother brother looked at his torturer for cured by the Valley Jewish Corn- president of the Mizrachi Organ- Com- GLUTEN DIABETIC N NOT Is there is precedent for such ae- a while and then replied: "Never munity Center, North Hollywood, e w delicious ization of America. McDonald ICE t ion. tasting bread for mind what people say. In the Calif. personally invited the religious- 1 CREAM those on sugar Zionist leader to' visit him and. in' The Yiddish P. E. 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K Jacob, is the finest biog- Gellman wrote back that al- though he has been in Israel ISRAEL CHORTLES raphy written to date of Emma three times in the past year, he : An elderly American Jewish' Lazarus the Jewish poetess and is delighted at the U. S. ambaasa-: woman who settled in Palestine c hampion of decency whose cen- dur's personal invitation, and ex- , some years back in the hope of tenary is being widely observed pests to take advantage of it next spending her last days on holy in the Jewish world now. The week, when he leaves with a soil was recently visited by her Schocken Books press has added ho flew to Israel from the another excellent volume to its delegation of 30 American Miz- son w ho ng United Stes. ta fter the em- credit. • . . radii leaders for the forthcoming' i World Mizrachi convention sched- I bracing sc ene the A son asked his Arthur Weyne is writing a uled to open in Jerusalem Aug . I mother em h"w she liked living in biography of Moses Alexander, ' Jerusal. 14. U.S. Envoy Is Stirred b by Progress in Israel DIABETIC BREAD BEEMAN PHARMACY The World Mizrachi psi ley, in- cidentally, will probably be a crucial turning point in the his- tory of the Mizrachi movement, since it is slated to work out a modus operandi between Miz- rachi and Hapoel Hamizrachi. Choosing a World Mizrachi presi- dent to succeed the late Rabbi Meir Berlin will also be a major feature of the world parley. • • • I "To tell the truth," the mother replied. "had I known that I would live so long I would have remained longer in the United States. ." Farm Home Brand Pickles One of the moat popular soda- fountain outfits in Tel Aviv be- TY 4-51'90 what's lilac THE FINEST At Your Favorite Food Store —A Manhattan Product ARROW FOOD PRODUCTS CO. Distributors news in furs? 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