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Detroit Jewish Chronicle

In Honor of the Martyrs

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Thursday, August 31, 1950

Israel Scores
Gains on scene
of Diplomacy

By IVILLIAM ZUKERMAN
Israel narrowly escaped this
week a serious political and dip-
GERHARDT NEUMANN
lomatic crisis which began with
SEYMOUR TILCIIIN
Editor
the outbreak of the Korean war
Publisher
and for a time threatened to em-
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broil the Near East in another
Thursday, August 31, 1950
war.
Ever since the Communist in-
vasion of South Korea, the Arab
states have been hankering for a
Living in these times of confusion is a task that taxes any
reopening of the Palestine issue
being
a
Jew
these
man's mental faculties heavily enough. But
in the United Nations on the
days and trying to live up to the responsibilities involved in
basis of linking Israel's action in
this relationship—this, indeed, is so complicated that we some-
Palestine following the Arab-
times despair, of finding any sensible way out.
Israeli war with the act of ag-
of
this
labyrinthic
condition
of
the
Jewish
deeds
As a proof
gression in Korea. The Arab ex-
we offer the speeches
the
various
emphases
put
on
them,
and
tremists, both at home and in the
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delivered at the recent Mapai conference in Tel Aviv.
Nations, have been advo-
United
Prime Minister David Ben Gurion told the conference that
cating an all-out fight on Israel
during the next three years Israel will have to settle the re-
:DEN 'L.REFNE)..EN
and a showdown in the forthcom-
mainder of the Jews from the Levant and those East European
AR t\A:Asi—iNA.I.N.C;
ing Assembly session on vital
countries whose frontiers are still open. This project, Ben
questions of Palestine, such as
Gurion said, will cost an estimated $1,500,000,000, a billion of
the problems of the Arab refu-
Walter II. Bieringer, Massachusetts State Commissioner for Displaced Per.
which must be raised by world Jewry through a huge loan out-
gees, the internationalization of
sons
and
president
of
United
Service
for
New
Americans,
is
shown
at
the
side of the United Jewish Appeal structure.
Jerusalem and the final settle-
in
a
former
Dachau
concentration
camp
in
Germany,
before
a
monument
to
the
Ben Gurion's demand was brought out even stronger
six million Jews killed by the Nazis. With him is Ann Petluck, chairman of , ment of the frontiers.
speech by Berl Locker, chairman of the Jewish Agency execu-
the Technical Committee of the DP Commission and director of the Migra.
This week the Arab League
tive, who criticized "the tendency among Jews in the United
lion Department of U.S.N.A. Mr. Bieringer, Miss Petluck and Arthur Green.
held a fateful conference in
of the
States ,and other countries, toward giving priority to their own
leigh, executive director of U.S.N.A. were among a group of members
Alexandria at which the extrem-
DP Commission Advisory Council which recently returned from a three
institutions when allocating funds raised in local Jewish
ists had hoped to carry their
Germany and Austria under the auspices
in
week
tour
of
DP
installations
communities.
of the International Refugee Organization. 'The group made recommendations
militant policy which they had,
"At a time when thousands of Jewish immigrants in Israel
incidentally, followed diplomat-
forkpeeding immigration of displaced persons under the new DP Act.
are still condemned to living in tents and when tens of thou-
ically for the last seven weeks.
sands must still be brought to Israel," Locker stated, "the needs
It appears that the question of
of the local institutions must not take either first or second
an all-out attack on Israel by •
place."
the
means of invoking sanctions and
The question raised in these statements is not whether
UN forces to implement the 1947
needs of Israel are urgent and deserve our cooperation. Outside
UN partition decision, was dis-
of a small group of ideologically perverted Jews hardly anyone
cussed at the conference and the
will deny the urgency of Israel's needs and the necessity of our,
extremist position was rejected.
whole-hearted support.
light
of
into
the
our resentment
The problem that arises is: how much value do we have
By ALFRED SEGAL
True, a collective security pact
day, to speak loudly that which between the six Arab states ex-
to put on our local institutions. How much of our support do
BEEN
debating
wheth-
HAVE
they deserve?
er to write this. It's about had been only whispers among cluding Jordan was agreed upon
It can be said without fear of contradiction that in thz last
something we've all been talking us. Those who in this particular and will be signed next a month.
strong
five years American Jewry has proved from campaign to cam-
about in embarrassed whispers . hour, and at any other time for It is also true that
of revenge against Israel
paign that it realizes the great responsibilities which go with
feeling
was
discussing
The other day I
that matter, speak and work for dominated the conference. But
the reconstruction of the Jewish state.
it with a Jewish citizen in our a foreign power are enemies of reports reaching the conference
Statements such as Locker's are much too broad. Maybe
gymnasium. Then a non-Jewish their own peoples as well as the indicated that, in the first place,
there are a few Jewish communities in this country which place
member came in. Our talk was United States.
political opinion in the west was
their local needs above all others. We don't know. (Detroit is
immediately di-
strongly opposed to the extreme
not among them.) In that case it would be easy for Locker, who
I
write
this
with
none
of
the
rected tow ard
Arab demands and especially to
the
United
States,
to
get
together
with
I
vain glory of a 100 percenter.
is a frequent visitor to
other subjects.
up in the UN
the leaders of such communities and seek to determine, through
speak as one of the many who bringing them
Neither I nor
Assembly at the present crucial
frank
discussion,
how
the
money
raised
by
them
should
be
cherish
the
good
motherland
that
a
my Jewish com-
is America. Along its way of life moment in the cold war between
distributed fairly.
panion liked
On the other hand, there can be no question that local
they had found no obstacle to the east and west.
what we had
Secondly,. ,the governments of
needs are not third and fourth-rate, as Locker implies, but
whatever goal their abilities en-
been reading in
most of the Arab states lack the
that their satisfaction must be considered a pre-requisite of all
titled them.
the public press
confidence of their populations in
future relationships with Israel.
This was the experience of the their ability to fight Israel so
lately. The press
Should, for instance, a community cut down on its funds
millions—the
experience,
too,
of
had been report-
soon after their previous debacle.
for Jewish schools or adult education? The result would be,
Communists among us. They, The Arab people, as distinct from
ing certain Com-
Segal
not only neglect of our children and a failure to awake Jewish
too, had been the beneficiaries of their extremist leaders, evident-
munists in our
consciousness among adults, but a weakening of the interest in
town and it seemed to us that the American system. They long ly do not want and are not
campaign
in-
Israel, which would soon express itself in lower
too many of them—though not a for the vague dream of another ready for another war, or even
comes.
large
number — carried Jewish ideology even while they prosper the danger of a war.
We are sure that Locker would agree with us that the
names. Then there were those by the reality of the American
These reports put the brakes
money spent for such purposes will directly and indirectly
people with • Jewish-sounding idea; they have worshipped an- on the extremists of the Arab
benefit Israel and that it would be rather foolish to ignore such
names who had been arrested other motherland while they loll- League and lessened, if they
local needs for whatever reason may be found.
elsewhere in the country in con- ed so comfortably in the lap of did not obviate entirely, the
Local budget committees have been working satisfactorily
nection with A-bomb espionage. the mother who has been indul- crisis which had been growing in
in Detroit and we have not yet heard any objection to the
Just Jewish names, mind you. gent in their bringing up, has intensity since the outbreak of the
quotas set up by them for overseas, national and local purposes.
They
couldn't be called Jews in seen them through the processes Korean war. In this respect, the
philosophy
will
have
It seems that as time goes by a new
any valid sense of being Jewish. of education, had enabled them to results of the Alexandria confer-
not have room
new
concept
will
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to be evolved by Jews. This
They were apart from the Jewish establish themselves in good jobs, ence may be put down as a great
for first-rate and fifth-rate needs. Instead, it will integrate all
life of our community. They business and homes.
of
improvement in Israel's position
Jewish needs, wherever they exist, into the overall pattern
weren't Jews in the Synagogue
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and for the prospects of peace in
or Jews in any of the complex of
the struggle for Jewish existence.
IT WAS NOT that they were the Middle East.
educational, cultural and philan- merely playing at a dream. One
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thropic activities that are called may be indulgent of children
The position of Israel has im-
Jewish.
who play at cops and robbers. proved also at Lake Success. In
But all around non-Jews had But these people have been the first place, it has become
There is only one week left to apply for an absentee ballot
been asking, how come, so many secret doers as well as dreamers, known that the prospects of Tur-
in the primaries of September 12, and we would like to again
Jews are Communists? The taking sides against the interests key to replace Egypt on the
readers how important it is that they avail
impress upon our
Jews who had been named as of the country that nurtured Security Council in 1951 have
themselves of this opportunity.
Communists could amount to no them. They were subverting their gained momentum.
From all indications it seems as if a great many Jews al-
more than a dozen, but among intellects to the ends of a foreign
absentee
ballots.
The
Jewish
Com-
Turkey has always supported
ready have applied for
those who don't like us anyway, power. Except for those caught Israel in the UN and the Arab
munity Council and other organizations are doing their best
they were magnified to a multi- in espionage, there may be room states have conducted a cam-
to propagate the idea among their members. Last week, the
pichire showing Bnai
tude.
for argument as to what actual paign against it for a place in
a
front-page
Jewish Chronicle carried
I myself, as a columnist for one treason they have committed the Security Council„ advancing
Brith members aiding fellow Jews in making out their appli-
of the daily press, had received a against the United States.
Lebanon as their candidate.
cations.
number of letters about that
great
It appears now that this Arab
My friend in the gymnasium
For several weeks, the Jewish Chronicle has given a
from hostile-minded people. Only was saying: "Sure, you can count campaign has failed, too, and that
deal of its space to stories about the absentee ballot and has
this morning some one had called
printed the application for the ballot itself so readers may cut it
on about a couple ddzen not only Turkey, but the Nether-
me up: "Segal, what are you them
fingers
in this town but an ugly lands and Denmark—two other
the
City
Clerk's
office.
out and mail it to
going to say in your column wart remains an ugly wart even supporters of Israel—will be ap-
All this publicity, we feel sure, has made its impact upon
about all those Jews in Commu- on a handsome face to the eyes pointed to the next Security
Detroit Jews. Nevertheless, there are still Jews left who feel
nist activities? Your column does of a people who judge faces by Council. The second, more cer-
this matter does not concern them, either because they won't
find proper fault with many warts. I guess there's no arguing tain, victory for Israel in the
vote in the primaries anyway, or because they have no ob-
things. Why don't you say some- with a wart but maybe you UN last week was the new state's
jection to going to the polls on Rosh Hashana.
thing about all those Jews in should say something in the Jew- appointment as a member of the
con-
Of course, it is a matter between each Jew and his But
Communism?"
ish press. What good does it do important UN Economic and So-
to
follow
the
religious
law.
science whether he chooses
I tried to argue with the fel- for you and me to deplore in cial Commission of the United
absentee ballot
this is not the only point. It is true that the
low: Well, sir, did you actually whispers in the quiet of this hot Nations.
amendment grew out of the religious scruples of orthodox Jews.
count the number of Jews who
This gives Israel its first posi-
But at this stage, the absentee ballot has passed from the reli-
were involved? A very small room?"
tion
on a major UN policy-mak-
have
this
off
my
I
Well, at last
handful among the 20,000 Jews of
gious to the political scene.
with a strong voice in
body
ing
chest,
my
hair
is
down.
It's
not
It now becomes an expression of Jewish solidarity. Rosh
this city and, by comparison,
the international
determining
only my own thinking but that
Hashana is an important holiday in the Jewish year, and even
even less than that among the
policy on such issues as the wel-
duty to renew their
of
practically
all
the
Jews
in
the
it
their
four million Jews in the United
the least observant Jews feel
United States. They don't like to fare of refugees and stateless
contact with their community on this day. After the state of
States.
be misrepresented to a world persons, the technical assistance
4.
Michigan has extended this privilege to us, we believe it is the
of
which judges a whole people by program and all social aspects
duty of the Jewish community to keep within the spirit of the
YES, I FINALLY DECIDED, a few samples thereof.
the UN.
the Rosh Hashana holiday and devote it merely to spiritual
it was time to speak up, to bring
rejuvenation instead of defiling it by indulging in politics.

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Memo to U. S.: Jews
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Remember: the Absentee Ballot!

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