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Vol. 53—No. 28
Friday, July 13, 1951
He a Copy — $3 Per Year
Chronicle, News to Merge
Publisher Bids
Headers Goodby
By SEYMOUR TILCIIIN
Publisher, Jewish Chronicle
It is my sad duty to bid goc.lhye to our readers as the
Chronicle publishes its last iss before it is merged with
the Jewish News.
The discontinuance of the Chronicle will come as a
shock to many of our friends who have come to see in
this paper a spokesman for their ideas and ideals, a fighter
for a progressive development in Jewish life and an in-
dependent observer and critic.
The Chronicle has not been forced out of business. It
has always had an extremely loyal group of readers and
ari equally loyal group of advertisers, and I wish to thank
them sincerely for their cooperation throughout all these
years.
• The reasons for the sale of the Chronicle are purely
of a personal nature, since I have decided to leave Detroit
and settle in Florida. Obviously, absentee ownership
would have placed the paper in an awkward position and
put it at a disadvantage. Therefore, sentiments had to
give way to practical considerations.
Moreover, the question arose whether the Jewish
community of Detroit would be served better by two pa-
pers or by a strong and unified publication. There are ar-
guments pro and con on either side. I can assure our
readers that it took many months of discussions and de-
liberations before a decision was reached. The feeling
finally prevailed that a unified Jewish paper was in the
best interest of •the community.
The Jewish Chronicle is folding up after a continuous
existence of 36 years. During this time the paper has al-
WaYs tried to serve the Jewish community faithfully and
with respect for all groups. We can truthfully say that
there is no Jewish organization in the city which did not
feel at home in our inner. They all knew that sincerity
and fairness were the foundations of our relationships
with them.
We also had our fights. Looking, back, we feel that we
did not waste our time. Our fight for more democracy in
the Jewish community was not in vain, although the
community is only beginning to reorganize itself along
democratic lines.
. While the Chronicle can claim some Dart in this de-
velopment, I am convinced that Philip Slomovitz, pub-
lisher of the Jewish News, who himself was editor of the
Chronicle for many years, will continue to fight for a
Jewish communal setup which will give Detroit's Jews
an opportunity to take an active part in their affairs.
Detroit's Jewish community is well organized as far
as fund-raising is concerned. But it lacks the spirit of co-
hesiveness and the impetus of spiritual and cultural life
that springs from the wells of Jewish knowledge and
enthusiasm. Here is a big chance for a strong Jewish
paper to carry the ideas of Jewish life into every home.
to imbue the reluctant with the fire of the prophets and
to deepen the average Jew's acquaintance with Israel to
a degree where he will identify himself with the great-
est accomplishment in Jewish history.
There are many things which we have done. and
many more which remain to be done. The Chronicle has
always maintained the highest possible journalistic stand-
ards and enjoyed an excellent reputation for its editorial
policy. I wish to thank my editorial staff, and particular-
ly Gerhardt Neumann, my last editor, for their devotion
to this task, and I hone that the journalistic seeds planted
by them will bear fruit in due time.
I take leave of the Detroit Jewish community with
the hope that it will support whole-heartedly its new
paper and; through its guidance, grow into a strong and
harmonious community upon which every Jew in Amer-
ica will look with pride.
CitytoDedicate
Playground -to
Lt. Zussman
Center, where the Lt. Zussman
Post of the Jewish War Veterans
maintain headquarters.
The ceremonies will be pre-
sided over by Bernard Lasky,
member of the Parks and Rec-
reation Commission. The Boys'
Band will furnish the music, and
The city of Detroit will dedi: the Mayor will dedicate the play-
rate at 7 p.m., Tuesday, its new- ground.
est playground named after Con-
A memorial plaque will be pre-
gressional Medal of Honor win- sented by the Lt. Zussman Post.
ncr Lt. Raymond Zussman, a De-
troit hero who gave his life in
EXHIBITS IN ISRAEL
the last World War for the cause TEL AVIV—(1S1)—Bookings
for the international "Conquest
of freedom.
The Lt. Zussman playground is of the Desert" exhibition to be
located at Davison and Holmur held in 1952 in Jerusalem have
adjacent to the Jewish War Me- already begun. They ,include a
morial Building and Community French and a Russian exhibit.
Political Detroit
Deals Out-
Premier Unified
TEL AVIV—(WNS)—Premier
David Ben Gurion, addressing an
election rally of Mapai political
workers, rejected the idea of a
compromise either with 1\Tapain
or the General Zionists.
Declaring that it was not the
intention of his party to achieve
the full Zionist and Socialist vis-
ion during its expected stay in
office the next four years, the
Premier accused the left-wing
Map= of seeking to bring Israel
within the Cominform orbit and
the right-wing General Zionists
of advocating a system of free
enterprise that would benefit the
individual at the expense of the
state.
The primary objective of his
party, he said, is to have an Is-
raeli population of 2,000,000 with-
in four years, strengthening of
the position of the workers and
improvement of Israel's security
position.
UN,, to Discuss
Hulch Dispute
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y .—
(WNS)—Sir Gladwyn Jebb of
Britain, this_monib:s.shairman of
the UN Security Council, an-
nounced that he plans calling a
Council session to consider the
Israel-Syria dispute over the de-
militarized zone in the Hutch re-
gion.
However, Israeli spokesmen
here indicated disagreement with
Sir Jebb's intentions. They point-
ed out that if the issue were pre-
sented the Council would deal
with a complaint that had already
been eliminated — the return of
Arab villagers to their homes in
the demilitarized zone—since Is-
rael has already agreed in prin-
ciple to implement the May 18
Council resolution calling for the
return of the Arabs.
Morris Jacobs
Named Head of
BB District 6
The following officers were
elected by the delegates to the
83rd annual convention of Bnai
Brith District Grand Lodge No.
6 convening in Chicago:
Morris F. Jacobs, Milwaukee,
president; Philip II. Mitchel, Chi-
cago, Jack Wiseman, Alton, and
Otto E. Weiner, Chicago, vice-
presidents; Gottfried D. Bern-
stein, Chicago, treasurer, and
Ben Z. Glass, Chicago, secretary.
Glass and Bernstein were re-
elected to their offices for the
13th consecutive year.
1,990 from Abroad
Attend Hebrew U.
NEW YORK—(WNS)—A total
of 1,990 students from 44 coun-
tries are now attending the lie-
brew University of Jerusalem,
according to a report released by
the American Friends of the He-
brew University.
The total, which includes 63
medical students now interning
for one year in various hospitals
throughout Israel, consists of
1,374 male students and 616 fe-
Aale students. There are 49
Americans attending the Univer-
sity; one student is from Hong-
kong and one hails from the
Belgian Congo.
to nave
Jewish
Paper July 20
.
The publishers of the Jewish Chronicle and the Jew-
ish News have released the following joint statement:
In the best interests of our com-
munity, the Detroit Jewish Chronicle
will be merged with the Detroit Jewish
News beginning with next week.
The Jewish Chronicle will suspend
publication with its issue of July 13. ..
The Jewish News, having pur-
chased the Jewish Chronicle, assumes
all rights to its name, to its su' ■ scription
and advertising lists and all its rights in
the Jewish publication field.
Unexpired paid subscriptions to the
Jewish Chronicle will be fulfilled by the
Jewish News.
SEYMOUR TILCHIN,
Publisher, Jewish Chronicle
PHILIP SLOMOVITZ,
Publisher, Jewish News
Jordan Irrigation Cause
of Arab-Israeli Troubles
BEIRUT, LEBANON—(Special)—Distribution of the Jordan's
waters, according to a report in the N.Y. Times, is the main issue
to be worked out by United Nations negotiators who are meeting to
find the basis for a peace treaty between Israel and the Arab states.
Two problems, the Times'
writes, make it necessary to do
Two projects, one Syrian and
something now about the Jordan one Jordanion, could divert well
River. The conflict between Syria over half the flow of the Jordan
and Israel over the drainage of and frustrate Israeli hopes of
the swamps north of Lake Huleh using Jordan waters for further
at the sources of the Jordan re- irrigation. Both projects would
sults in one crisis after another.
be fully in line with the policy of
The effort of the UN Work and the Arab states to boycott Israel
Relief Organization to re-estab- economically and weaken it as
lish Palestine Arab refugees in much as possible.
new homes with new livelihoods
The headworks of both projects
began officially July 1.
would be very near to Israeli-
The second problem is related held territory. The Syrian pro-
ject is concerned with the eastern
to the first in two ways.
The UN group made it plain in headwaters of the Jordan River
its studies that all hope for ade- at the great springs of Banias
quate reintegration of the Pales- (Caesarea Phillipi) and the Ba-
tine Arab refugees depends on nias River, which flows out of
the willingness of Syria to per- them.
mit the bulk of them to be settled
This plan calls for a canal di-
in that country on the basis of verting these waters northeast-
UN-financed development pro- ward for irrigation of the area
south of Damascus. Since ancient
jects.
Syria, however, has been re- times the Banias springs have
cently in a state of constant agita- been considered the principal
tion as a result of the Huleh source of the Jordan.
There are four principal sources
question.
In the second place, the King- of the Jordan besides the small
dom of Jordan is the country springs in the Huleh swamps.
where at present the fastest pro- These are, from west to east, the
gress in the reintegration of refu- Bareighit, Ilasbani Liddan and
Banias streams. Part of the wa-
gees can be made.
However, the Jordan River sys- tershed of Mount Hermon, from
tem is the most important source which the Jordan sources come, is
of irrigation water available to in Lebanon and part in Syria.
the little kingdom. The Jordan However, the Syrian sources are
valley accordingly provides the believed to be more important.
Once money is available,
most extensive area of potentially
Syria is more than ready to
irrigable land.
divert this water to its own use
The issue is very sharply
along the eastern side of 1•Iount
pointed up by the recent Jor-
Hermon. \.
dan protest to the United Na-
The Jordan project calls for a
tions on increasing the salinity
of the water in its portion of canal which would divert the
the Jordan valley after Israel flow of the Yarmuk out of the
closed the dam gates south of Jordan at a point some miles up-
the Sea of Galilee, thus cutting stream from the mouth of the
Yarmuk.
down on the flow of water.
The conflict over the Jordan
The water would then flop
waters could become a much through the canal along the east-
more serious menace to peace ern side of the lower Jordan val-
than the conflict over the drain- ley and be available for irriga-
tion.
are project.
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