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THE JEWISH NEWS

Pierrot's Guest Editorial

Friday, July 10, 1942

Reunion in America

Picons Play to Tune
of $30,165 in War
Bonds and Stamps

(Continued from Page 1)

Roughly the Metropolitan Detroit Branch admin-
isters the Wayne County area, though certain of its
activities take it to Selfridge, Custer, and even as far as
Camp Brady at the Soo. Within our area are Army,
Navy, Marine and Coast Guard units, as well as State
Troops and other groups entitled to our attention. Thous-
ands of Canadian boys visit us each month, coming from
as far away as St. Thomas and Hamilton. Canada main-
tains no comprehensive equivalent of the USO. And, since
the USO treats all United Nations service men alike, Can-
adian and British soldiers and sailors will at times even
outnumber the Americans.
Currently more than 50,000 men are USO guests in
Detroit each month. Focal point in our effort to take
care of them is our Hammond Center, which accommo-
dates 10,000 boys on a single week-end. All the agencies
take a hand in running the Center. The Jewish Welfare
Board, for example, is in charge on Mondays, and other
agencies follow on separate nights.
At the Hammond Center an enlisted man finds a
warm welcome. Carefully selected hostesses of his own
age are ready to dance with him, play pingpong or check-
ers with him, or just sit and chat. A surprisingly large
number of lonely boys would prefer to talk to women of
the age of their own mothers, so we see to it that senior
hostesses are on duty, too.
Everything is free at the Hammond and other centers.
Indeed, Detroit is the only area we know of in which a
boy may spend an entire week-end without a penny of
cost. At our canteen we dispense without charge coffee,
ginger ale, candy, cookies, fruit, sandwiches and other
commodities donated by a generous public under the di-
rection of our Food Committee. Cigarettes, too, are free.
A boy can have a good time at the Hammond Center even
if he doesn't wish to go elsewhere.
But usually a boy wants to spend his time in varied
ways. And here is where the agencies come in. They
have their own hostesses—about 5,000 of them, in fact—
and they present a carefully integrated week-long program
of free dances, receptions, religious functions, swimming
parties, moonlights, picnics, and similar events. The Ham-
mond Center acts as a clearing house for this compre-
hensive agency program, feeding out the boys in all
directions.
Evenings, if a boy wishes it, he may have a comfort-
able, clean and free bed in one of several dormitories
operated by our agencies. If he wants dinner in a private
home (British boys particularly request such entertain-
ment) we send him to one of 400 carefully selected homes.
If he has a furlough but can't afford to go to his home in
New Orleans, or Minneapolis, we get him free transporta-
tion,. either in a private automobile or on a truck. If
requested, we arrange free legal and other advice.
Last Sunday we even set up a wedding, with flowers,
music, wedding cake, and a handsome present—all at no
cost to the bride and groom. In general, we aim to solve
any problem of the enlisted man, regardless of its nature,
or whether it be big or little.
The backbone of this far-reaching program is the
agency. The six Detroit agencies operate in the most
complete harmony. At staff meetings one finds no politics,
no jockeying for position, no desire to advance one agency
at the expense of another. The effort is truly cooperative,
truly democratic, truly self-sacrificing and patriotic. De-
troit may well be proud of these six great institutions, side
by side in a united program.

A joyous reunion at the office of the National Refugee Service
between a refugee father and mother, escaped from Europe's hell,
and their soldier son. The parents arrived June 25, two of the nearly
1,000 Jewish refugees who reached America in June, with the help
of the Joint i Distribution Committee, which together with the United
Palestine A peal and National Refugee Service, receives its funds
from the United Jewish Appeal for Refugees, Overseas Needs and
Palestine. (In Detroit, UJA secured its funds from the Allied Jew-
ish Campaign). The boy and his elder brother came as refugees in
1938, were helped to resettle by NRS. Now both lads are helping
America—serving in the Army, while their parents can count on
NRS assistance.

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BRAIN TRUST
The nation-wide drive initiated
by the New York Times to
change the curriculum of schools
so that American history is given
a more adequate place is the pro-
duct of an idea by Mrs. Arthur
Hays Sulzberger, wife of the
publisher.
That radio comeback for Shir-
ley Temple in the "Junior Miss"
series of plays over CBS is script-
ed by Harry Kronman; a Cin-
cinnati rabbinical graduate who
works as hard as any of his col-
leagues, but gets much more.
A tiff between Joseph M. Pros-
kauer and Louis Kirstein, Ameri-
can Jewish Committee biggies, on
the subject of Palestine is report-
ed to have had the Boston mer-
chant-prince defending Jewish
interest in the Holy Land so vig-
orously that the New York die-
hard is alleged to have said "this
is my swan song."
Some of the best coverage of
the Middle East warfare is corn-
ing from Leon Kay, United Press
news manager at Cairo, who re-
turned to the front after getting
a well-deserved rest at home
after war reporting in Europe.
PERSONALIA
Leon Levinson, long active as
an anti-fascist worker in Holly-
wood, has just given up a $750-
All Men's
a-week radio writing job to give
all his time to radio scripts for
White and Sport Oxfords
the government.
Rabbi James G. Heller of Cin-
cinnati is spending the summer
in Mexico, rumor being that a
new symphony is in the blood of
this brilliant composer.
OLD STORY
Formerly $11.45 to $15
Arthur Koestler wrote "Dia-
No exceptions! Our entire stock of white logue with Death", his new book,
and sport oxfords on sale at 20% off. Buy while he was in a Franco prison
for next year, there's a scarcity of good in Spain, but his jailers never
knew that the diary they allowed
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SZYK SUCCESS
The "make a better mousetrap"
rule still works in America, judg-
ing by the phenomenal success
of Arthur Szyk, the Polish paint-
er, who has become an over-
night success as an illustrator.
Szyk has just been taken on by
the Chicago Sun Syndicate to do
a weekly cartoon. This is . sand-
wiched between his covers for
the big weeklies and his adver-
tisements inside.
AROUND THE NEWS CIRCUIT
The daughter of Arthur Hays
Sulzberger is joining her daddy's
New York Times staff to become
a reporter . . . If anybody had
watched Sam Carp's movements
a few weeks ago he would have
found out that Carp's brother-in-
law was in Washington. Carp is
the leader of the Bridgeport.
Conn., Jewish Welfare drive and
his brother-in-law whom he vis-
ited is Molotov.

"We Salute You, Mr. Soldier"

We salute you, Mr. Soldier.
For the service you are giving.
We're proud to know that men
would die.
To keep democracy living!

We salute you. Mr. Soldier.
For the courage you possess.
. We're glad to know that men like
you,
Would tight for happiness.
We salute you. Mr. Soldier.
For proving you're the kind.
That could sacrifice a home and
job,
And leave loved ones behind!
We salute you. Mr. Soldier,
For that everlasting grin,
That shows you still can laugh
and smile.
And take it on the chin.
We salute you. Mr. Soldier,
For everything you've done,
And we'll sing your praises loud
and long.
Until this war is WON!

DORIS LEE ABRAMSOHN.

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