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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLg

Thursday, April 13, 1950

STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL

`Message of Freedom Minimizes Perils to Jews

By PHINEAS J. BIRON

A rtNOLD FORSTER'S "A Measure of Freedom" re-

"eeived loads of advance publicity. Walter Winchell

has been boosting it for weeks and Look Magazine
published it condensed digest in its

April II is s ue.
The hi s k made its official appear-
ance on April 3 and nobody will be
surprised if it climbs to the best seller
list in quick time.

From what we read in Look Mag-
azine. we are far from impressed.
Somehow we had hoped that For-
stet had resigned from his position of
civil rights director of the Anti-
Defainat:on League and that in his
book he would make good use of the Biron
wealth of material which reposes in the vaults of the
ADL but which the organization keeps from Bite public.
Unfortunately Forster intends to keep his job (al-
though the book should make enough money to set
him free) and as a consequence pulls his punches in
tru.r ADL style.

For instance, "A Measure of Freedom" does not
state unequivocally that organized anti-Semitism is on
the increase in our country. If at all, Forster implies
that it is declining.
A characteristic quote reads as follows:
"Fortunately there seems to be little deliberate
anti-Semitism in responsible quarters. The basic demo-
cratic ideal is violated from two sources: first, preju-
dices which have led to deeply imbedded discrimi-
natory practices; second, community tension or con-
troversial public issues which bring hatreds to the
surface."
The same double-talk is used in dealing with dis-
crimination in education. Forster says that administra-
tors of 140 liberal arts colleges were "remarkably
unanimous in condemning the quota system" yet he
does admit that discrimination in colleges does exist.
It is remarkable that Forster, whenever he quotes
ADL surveys and polls, does so to prove that condi-
tions are not really bad.
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♦
THE AMERICAN LEGION All-American Con-
ference, which was masterminded by Merwin K.

Leo Jung to Head Torah Tour
Slated in Detroit April 24

OFF THE RECORD

Nazi General's Brother
Was a Converted Jew

A BROTHER

By NATHAN ZIPRIN
OF NAZI FIELD
Marshal von Mannstein, re-
cently sentenced to a long prison
term as a war criminal, was a
Jew by conversion.
Authority for the story is 80-
year-old Prof. H. Levi, now chief
beadle of the Shaarei Zion syna-
gogue at Tel Aviv. Levi was a
townmate of the Mannsteins.
As a young boy Levi staged a
biblical pageant depicting the
life of the Jews in their ancient
homeland.
•Mannstein's brother, then a
boy of 10, participated in the
spectacle with the result that he
was drawn to Judaism.
He was already a married man
when he decided on entering the
fold, and the young wife joined
the husband in his new path.
in time, Levi relates, Mann-
stein became an extremely pious
Jew. Wrapped in a talith, he
would spend nights and days
over sacred tracts in the syna-
gogue.
Frequently he would lash out
against liberal Jews for deviating
from ancient customs and tradi-
tions.
Later, Mannstein became an in-
structor of mathematics at Wuerz-
burg. When Hitler rose to power
Mannstein was not touched by
the Nazis.
Mannstein however was too
sensitive to the agonies and in-
dignities to which his adopted
brethren were subjected.
He brooded over their fate un-
til his health gave way and he
died of a broken heart on the
eve of the outbreak of the war.
It is interesting to note that
when the Nazi Mannstein was on
trial he denied committing crimes
against Jews, claiming he was
"related" to Jews and that he
had a non-Aryan brother.
• • ••

racy inside the Chamber of the
Bonn regime. •
German democracy, he wrote
recently in the Times, "was,,at
its best inside the Chamber"
while outside the Chamber "So-
cial-Democratic strong-arm men,
including a couple of deputies,
were assaulting Wolfgang Hedler,
the ex-Nazi recently acquitted
after an alleged anti-Semitic
speech."
Fiedler admitted making anti-
Semitic remarks but Middleton
is cautious.
We would more readily believe
in German democracy if the
Germans would more frequently
beat Nazis and make less de-
mands, be it the Saar or any-
thing else.

Council Sets
Meeting for
Nofitinations

•

At the, delegates' assembly of
the Jewish Community Council
to be held April 27 at the Dexter
branch of the Jewish Community
Center, nominations will be pre-
sented for vacancies on the Coun-
cil's executive board and for all
officers of the Council.
Dr. Shmarya Kleinman, presi-
dent of the Council, announced
the appointment of the following
nominating committee:
Morris Lieberman, chairman:
Joseph Bernstein, Lawrence
Crohn, Dr. Lawrence Yaffa, David
I. Rosin, Mrs. Maurice Klein,
Meyer Schneider.
This committee will present a
slate of candidates at the next
assembly.
Constituent organizations may
make additional nominations
from the floor.
No further nominations can be
DREW MIDDLETON of the made after the April meeting.
New York Times Seems to be The final report and elections
impressed by German democ- meeting of the Jewish Commun-
ity Council will be held on May
18, at which time officers and
executive committee members
will be selected from among the
candidates nominated.

Chapter 1, WI)
to Honor Dr. Wise

For its next Oneg Shabbat
Chapter One ZOD will commem-
orate the first anniversary of the
death of Stephen • S. Wise by
presenting a review by Mrs. Eva
Schmidt of "The Challenging
Years—The Authiography of
Stephen S. Wise."
The meeting will be held at
11:30 p. m., Friday, at the home
of Tybie Schneider, 9210 Wil-
demere, Apt. 304. Group sing-
ing of Hebrew songs will com-
plete the evening. Refreshments
will be served.
Chapter One's monthly meet-
ing has been postponed to Thurs-
day, April 27.

Hart, is organizing itself into a permanent body.
All rumors to the contrary notwithstanding, the
three Jewish defense agencies, who participated in the
original conference, have not withdrawn.
As a matter of fact, the national commander of the
Jewish War Veterans was elected to the chairmanship
of an important subcommittee of the All-American
Conference, one purpose of which is to screen all appli-
cations.
As to the American Jewish Committee and the
Anti-Defamation League of the Bnai Brith, they are
remaining with the Conference.
•
•
►
THIS LITTLE STORY is dedicated to those of us
who think that we are better off than the Negro *mi-
nority in this country.
on seems that an elderly Jewish gentleman riding 14
on the Bronx subway spied a Negro reading with ob-
vious interest the Yiddish Morning Journal.
He moved over to him and asked him: "Ihr seit a
Yid?" (Are you a Jew?).
The Negro retorted in excellent Yiddish: "Dos
fehlt mir noch" (That's all I need).

Junior., Motorize
Campaign Efforts

In order to insure full cover-
age in their division of the Allied
Jewish Campaign, the Juniors are
setting up a motor corps which
will solicit slips in outlying areas,
Albert M. Colman, chairman, an-
nounced.
Anyone interested in partici-
pating in the drive may call the
Junior Division office, WO. 5-3939.

Rabbi Jung, who was born in
Moravia, is professor of ethics at
Rabbi Theological Seminary and
the Yeshiva University. He is
chairman of the Joint Distribu-
tion Committee's cultural unit
and has held many important
posts in national Jewish life.
"Those of us who have had the
opportunity to help lay the
groundwork for this project feel
th4 it can mean a great deal for
orthodoxy in Detroit," comment-
ed Rabbi Max Kapustin.

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The National Torah Tour will
be in Detroit April 24 at which
time a public meeting will be
held at Beth Shmuel Synagogue.
The tour is sponsored by the
Rabbinical Council of America
and was brought to Detroit by
Rabbis Israel Halpern, Pinchos
Katz, Max Kapustin, Leiser Le-
vin, Samuel Prero, M. J. Wol-
gelernter and 'J. Rabinowitz.
Featured on the Detroit Torah
Tour will be Rabbi Leo Jung, of
the New York Jewish Center;
Rabbi Oscar Z. Fasman, presi-
dent of Beth Hamidrash Latorah,
Chicago; and Rabbi Simon G.
Kramer, president of the New
York Board of Rabbis.
Preceding the meeting an in-
formal dinner will be held for
rabbis and congregational lead-
ers.

Nazi Fiend
Gets Life for
55 Murders

FRANKFORT—(WNS)—Hein-
rich Haab, Nazi officer, was sen-
tenced to life imprisonment for
55 murders and 21 attempted
murders of Jews and for 29
cases of maltreatment of Jewish
prisoners.
The state prosecutor, sum-
ming up the case, declared, "I
curse the day when I became a
lawyer. As, an ordinary citizen
I should ask that all the tortures
of the dark Middle Ages and
those of the Nazi times be im-
posed on this man."
According to law, however, he
could only demand life imprison-
ment, the severest penalty per-
mited in western Germany.

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