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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE

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Detroit Jewish Chronicle

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SEYMOUR TILCH1N
Publisher

Thursday, Oct. 20, 1949

EMILY SOMLYO
Business Manager

(Tishri 27, 5710)

Detroit 26, Michigan

Israel

Capitalistic
The State of Israel faces many challenges in the immediate
future. The basic issues are: (I) absorption of immgirants;
(2) inflation and the shortage of capital; and (3) minority prob-
lems. All these three are capably analyzed by Gertrude Samuels
in the "New York Times" of Oct. 16.
We note with particular interest her statement: In its attempt
to attract more capital, the government faces an idealogical
dilemma. It is caught between the hammer of socialistic planning
to which its leaders have devoted their lives, and the anvil of
private enterprise which it is passionately courting, at least during
the State's infancy"
Miss Samuels points out that money has been pouring into
Israel either for sentimental reasons or because of devotion to the
Zionist ideal. However, she remarks, the solution for Israel's
success now lies not in meager contributions but in large invest-
ments. But, she points out, if Israel is to remain a socialistic
State, the real hard U.S. businessman will be somewhat cautious
about making any large investments in Israel.
Quoting Miss Samuels: "It is no secret that for many months,
would-be investors have been coming to Israel and going home
disappointed, disgruntled or apprehensive because of inflated
costs, technical difficulties, ignorance of American business meth-
ods, and what appears to be crucially important to many, declara-
tions by government leaders of 'nationalization in our time.'
Justified or not, some have felt that the new nation might move
along totalitarian lines."
Although Daniel Frisch did not say so in so many words after
his return from IsJiael, he apparently feels the same way, and it
o; for that reason that he would like to see built up a strong
middle class in Israel in order to strengthen Israel proper and to
dispel any feeling on the part of businessmen and investors that
their money would not be safe in Israel.
We are inclined to agree with Frisch that if Israel is going to
be economically strong, she must align herself with the western
powers and reassure American-Jewish investors, who would be
Vie main source of capital and supply, that their cash would be
safe in a capitalistic Israel.

East Side Merchants Hailed

Working without fanfare, the East Side Merchants Associa-
tion compiled an enviable record of a goodwill organization.
As the name implies, the organization is an association of
merchants and businessmen. However, at that point, its resem-
blance to the ordinary association of merchants ends. For while
it is definitely concerned with problems peculiar to business and
its promotion, it has assumed the larger and more important func-
tion of cementing intergroup relations.
Found6c1 11 years ago to maintain a better feeling among
minority groups, the organization is becoming recognized as one
of the city's powerful forces in improving race relations.
It achieves this aim through several methods, but the best
known is the charity function of the organization. Being com-
posed of Jewish merchants who operate in the Negro neighbor-
hood, the organization has done a commendable job aiding vari-
011F worthy causes arising in the Negro community.
Among the chief recipients of goodwill donations from the
association have been such organizations as the United Negro Col-
lege Fund, National Association for the Advancement of Colored
People, Detroit Urban League, Michigan Committee on Civil
Rights, the Negro branch of the local YMCA and other civic and
educational projects.
Detroit's Negro citizens know of the work done by the East
Side Merchants Association. Their leading paper recently carried
a headline article by writer J. Paul Howard of the "Michigan
Chronicle." Howard told of the "great contribution to better rela-
tions among Detroit's minorities because of the activities of
the East Side Merchants Association."
President of the organization is Meyer Silverman, While he
has been in the group for only a few years, he was long before that
a leader in the struggle by Detroit minority groups to gain equal
rights. He has been active in fighting such evils as police brutality,
restrictive covenants, unfair labor practices and slum housing.
Pledging friendship and fair trade, the emblem of the East
Side Merchants Association is two hands clasped in the bond of
iendship, one white and one black. The emblem is symbolic of the
aims and purposes of the organization. It stands for cooperation in
the community in which the members do business.
Samuel J. Lieberman, secretary of the association, is re-
s pected throughout the city as a practical example of intergroup
cooperation. He has served with practically every group in the
city seeking better living conditions and a fair chance for all men.
Other officers include Albert Boesky, Benjamin Cohen and Sam
Lipson, vice-presidents; Louis Abramovich, treasurer; and Bertha
Freedman, recording secretary.

Advice to the Bund

The Socialist Bund flourished a relentless sword against
di things Zionist since its inception. Now comes R. Abromo-
vich, an old-time Bundist, with a clarion call for the Bond to
make an about-face and embrace the new Israel.
The article in which the plea is made is contained in "The
Zukunft." Abramovich first called for a new line on the part
of the Bund in a series of articles in the "Forward" which
brought forth a response by two irreconcilable Bundists.
The present article is an answer to these. Abramovich in-
sists that the cleavage between the two movements no longer
has justification and that the Bond's stand is now without pol-
itical sense. He contends that the change of position is not as
radical as it seems, that the Bund actually never differed from
the Zionists in principle but only in methods. It fought always,
he said, for Jewish nationalism.
There is much sense to Abromovich's argument. We hope
that the Bund won't continue to be stubborn and refractory.

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A DMITTEDLY A small country

By DR. SAMUEL MARGOsHES

Israel has produced about the
highest sort of statesmanship on
record these days. Not only has
the new Jewish State managed to
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dependence of Libya, together
with the withdrawal of foreign
troops within three months, came
up before the UN for final dis-
position.
The proposal put forth by the
Soviet Union, naturally had the
support of the whole Soviet bloc.
Mitzvah of lighting candles for Moreover it was strongly backed
SABBATH NEGLECTED
Shabbos? And what about the by Syria and the other Arab
To the Editor:
states, which quite naturally had
I read a letter in your paper children?
When one watches the wide an interest in the liberation of
on Rosh Hashonah regarding
spread use of non-Kosher meats another Arab people and the
women observing the Sabbath.
I recently had an experience, among the women, it is most dis- eventual addition to their own
where I found that on late Fri- turbing because the adherence to bloc in the UN of another Arab
day before sundown I did not tradition makes us Jews. How state.
The United States and Britain,
have any candles in my house. can we voluntarily surrender
while favoring the settlement of
I went up and down the block them so easily.
I am writing with the hope the Libyan question on the basis
trying to borrow some, but none
that some woman reading this of independence, had some res-
of my neighbors had any.
awn.
It made me do a lot of think- may consider the duty she has ervations of their
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ing. Have so many Jewish to her past and to her children.
EYES ON ISRAEL
A READER
women given up the beautiful
UNDER THESE circumstances
the vote of the State of Israel be-
came not only a matter of im-
portance to the outcome, but also
of political interest Will Israel
vote with the Arabs for the lib-
eration of an Arab people? All
eyes were centered on the Israeli
delegate as he rose to cast his
By WILLIAM ZUKERMAN
(Jewish World News Service)
ballot.
He cast it in favor of the im-
EW YORK—The most interesting thing about Johan Smertenko's
article, "Have Jews a Divided Loyalty," in Harper's Magazine mediate independence of Libya.
for October is that it was written by an extreme Jewish nationalist, a Explaining his vote Eban said,
not without a touch of humor:
leader of the extremist American
League for a free Palestine,
see the situation in a clearer and "Some of my colleagues may he
That a person with such na-1 calmer light, free from the na- greatly surprised to see Israel
tionalistic background should now' tionalistic fog which obscured it supporting the emergence of an
eighth Arab state after deriving
write as Prof. Smertenko does until now.
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about the question of double boy-
• such little enjoyment from its
relations with the seven all eady
alty, is symptomatic of the state FIGURE CHALLENGED
existing. Our reason for voting
of mind of American Jews after
BUT HAVING registered his
the establishment of Israel. For agreement with the prevailing the way we do lies in the fact
Smertenko's article confirms prac- analysis of the state of mind of that we regard the prospect of an
tically What every liberal, real- American Jewry, Smertenko pro- eventual harmony as immeasur-
istic, non-nationalistic observer ceeds to make a statement which ably more important and signifi-
of the Jewish scene in America practically nullifies his entire cant than the reality of present
discord."
has been saying for the last year argument.
Preceeding to the merits of the
or more; namely, that the over-
In one place in his article he
whelming majority of American estimates that the number of case, Eban gave expression to
Jews have no divided loyalty, and American Jews who feel that their Israel's "steadfast desire to see
this because they have no divided hearts and homes are in Israel, that all states in the Middle East
nationality. They feel and they as being from 10 to 15 percent, might achieve not only individ-
are Americans and there is noth- or from half a million to three ual independence but also their
collective harmony—a harmony
r ing further from their thoughts quarters of a million people.
than to exchange their American
Smertenko does not give any based on regional cooperation and
homes for Israel.
sources on which he bases his not on exclusive racial or cul-
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figures. They are fantastically off tural solidarity which has been
FRIENDS OF STATE
the mark, and likely to do a great stressed too heavily in this de-
bate."
THEY WERE Zionists before disservice to American Jews.
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the establishment of Israel, and
If it were true that every fifth
many of them are continuing and or seventh Jew in America is TALKS OF ALLIANCE
THIS WAS THE first time that
will continue to support Israel ready to exchange his American
financially, morally and otherwise home for Israel, this would be a the Israel representative at the
until the State is on a solid basis, serious problem which would UN had indicated his country's
but they do so only as friends have warranted everything the desire to enter a regional al-
and well-wishers of the new State, alarmists say about the danger of liance with the Arab states. But
it carne at a juncture when it
not as people who feel that the double loyalty.
State is theirs, or that they are
Fortunately, this is certainly made a most favorable implies
in any way a part of the Israeli not true, as evidenced by the re- sion on all who had heard it,
nation and preparing to make cent report that only about-1,200 not barring the representatives
Israel their home.
youths in the United States (as of the Arab states.
In short, Smertenko, a former opposed to 4,000 in France) have
The piece de resistance. how-
Jewish nationalist extremist, registered for pioneer -work in ever, came when Eban, in de-
agrees with non-Zionists, anti- Israel and by the fact that the veloping his thesis in favor a
Zionists and liberal Zionists that Zionist Organization of America granting immediate independance
the overwhelming majority of which was planning to launch a to Libya, carefully and cleverly
American Jews is not addicted to large Chalutzim movement in the injected the issue of special guar-
nationalism; that ''It is here that country, has given up the plan. antees for the Jewish minority in
they are at home: aliens in Israel. A truer estimate of the number independent Libya.
Here are the graves of their of such people in the USA is
Said Eban: ''In assisting the
fathers, the uniforms of their hus- probably from five to 10 thousand Libyan people to attain its inde-
bands; the him thplace of their and the number is declining as pendence the UN is entitled to
children." the emergency in Farad is dis- request from Libyan national rep-
The emergence of the State of appearing.
resentatives firm commitments for
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Israel has helped enormously to
the preservation of minority
crystallize this simple thought in EUROPE VS. AMERICA
rights and fundamental freedoms.
the minds of most Jews. Even NOTHING IS MORE indicative
"The large Jewish community
Zionists and former extremists
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Letters to the Editor

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