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COMMENTARY

By PHIUP SLOMOVITZ

(Copyright 1942. Independent L.=
Jewish Press Service)

Avukah Versus Mel
A new controversy is raging
in Jewish life. This time it af-
fects the youth — Avukah,
student Zionist organization, is
clashing with Hillel.
The interesting fact about this
controversy, which involves
questions of - autonomy, is that
the American Zionist Youth
Commission sides not with Avu-
kah but with Hillel.
The Bnai Brith Hillel Founda-
tion desires to take Avukah tin-
der its wing and to make it one
of its subsidiary functions. Avu-
kah is willing to accept such
status, but it refuses to abandon
the right to autonomous standing
as a political organization. On
this point, there is a clash.
Like Fathers, Like Sons
Has it occurred to anyone to
ask why the major conflicts in
Jewish life are based on differ-
ences of opinion over authority
and autonomy?
This is what ails Congress
and BriAi Brith and Jewish Com-
mittee. And now the sons are
following in the footsteps of their
fathers.
Perhaps a little more tolerance
would help all around. There is
no reason • why certain rights
should not be retained by in-
dividual groups when they col-
laborate with others. As long as
they retain their names and sta-
tions in Jewish life, they should
not be deprived of their ideologi-
cal expressions.
- Were all movements pooled
into one—and we are not sure
that very many people want such
totalitarianism in Jewish life —
there would be justification for
abandonment of certain indi-
Vidual expressions. But until that
day, suppression of party opin-
ions is uncalled for.
Bnai Brith's Zionism
The Avukah-Hillel conflict has
an interesting background. Bnai
Brith, once non-Zionist — some
insist it was anti-Zionist — be-
came an impottant factor in the
work for Palestine's redemption.
tinder Hon. Alfred M. Cohen, the
movement began to contribute
large funds to the Jewish Na-
tional Fund for land redemption
in Palestine. When he was suc-
ceeded to the presidency of Bnai
,Brith by Henry Monsky, co-op-
eration with the Zionist move-
ment increased.
Here is an interesting angle.
At one of the important mid-
western conferences of Bnai
Brith, just about the time when
there was talk that Mr. Monsky
would make a good President for
t h e • Zionist Organization of
America, several of the Bnai
Brith leaders collaborated in ex-
pressing the opinion that Bnai
:rith, being a Zionist organiza-
tion, could easily replace the of-
ficial Z. 0. A. No one in official
Zionism took the suggestion ser-
iously. But the very idea reveals
the existing attitude in the
of Bnai Brith. It is an encourag-
ing attitude and should not en-
rage Zionists, in spite of the
fantastic proposal.
Avukah's Position
There is this to be said with re-
i gard to the Avukah-Hillel con-
; troversy. In some universities,
Avukah's participation in Hillel
i affairs gives status to the Bnai
Brith Foundations and strength-
! ens their position. In certain in-
stances, removal of Avukah's
activities would impoverish
Hillel. For the sake of strength
in both movements, Hillel would
do well not to press its demands
for restrictions upon Avukah's
political actions. Perhaps better
cooperation between the two
movements will eventually show
the way to better relations be-
tween all parent movements in
American Jewry. We advance
this suggestion out of personal
knowledge of the standing of
both youth movements. Let there
be no disruption of unity on the
basis of bickerings over . author-

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ity and autonomy.

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Page Five

THE JEWISH NEWS

PERSONAL/TY

SKETCH

Annual Dance of
A.Z.A. Sept. 13

High Record Set by Linen
Suppliers in Sale of Bonds

Harry Schumer Is One of Outstanding Individual Salesmen,
Having $30,800 Total in 8 Months; Plane Presented
, to U. S. Government in His Honor

One of the very high records in the sale of War Bonds
and Stamps has been set by the Michigan Linen Supply
Board of Trade, and among the top ranking salesmen
is Harry Schumer, who has for a number of years been in
the vanguard of labor Zionist and other community move-
ments.

The linen suppliers were pio-
neers in the War Bond and
Stamp sales and several days
before the Pearl Harbor outrage
they had set for themselves a
quota of $250,000. As of the mid-
dle of August, their sales al-
ready exceed $240,000 and the
organization's leaders b e lieve
that the entire -quota may be
doubled by the time the year
is up.
Give Plane to 13. S.
To Mr. Schumer goes credit
for having set a high individual
record. He personally accepted a
quota of $20,000 for the year, but
has already sold $27,500 in Bonds
and an additional $3,300 in
Stamps, oversubscribing his quota
by 90 per cent in eight months.
This is one of many services
rendered the Government in the
present emergency by the linen
suppliers and by Mr. Schumer.
An interesting factor in their
activities was the presentation
to the U. S. Government recently
of a Pfeifer Cub plane in honor
of Mr. Schumer.
There is an interesting story
back of this gift. The plane was
originally bought by the Michi-
gan Linen Supply Board of
Trade to be given to the He-
chalutz in Palestine for the train-
ing of pilots to serve in the
British forces for the defense
of the Middle and Near East
against the Axis.
Impressive
ceremonies marked the honor
extended to Mr. Schumer by
his associates who contributed
the necessary funds, through the
efforts of a committee of which
Alex Nichamin was chairman
and C. A. Chidsey. Jr., treasurer.
A Labor Leader
The entrance of the United
States into the war and the ex-
tension of the area of conflict
made it impossible to ship the
plane to Palestine, and by mu-
tual agreement it was presented
to the United States Government
for pilot training.
Mr. Schumer, a former presi-
dent of the Michigan Linen Sup-
ply Board of Trade, has been
honored with election to the

honorary presidency of the as-
sociation. He is the chairman of
the Arlazaroff branch of the
Jewish National Workers' Alli-

HARRY SCHUMER

ance and is among the leading
figures in Gewerkshaften drives
in Detroit.
Mrs. Schumer is one of the
secretaries of the Ladies' Auxili-
ary of the Jewish National Fund.
Their son. Zev, a student at the
University of Michigan, is a
leader in Hashomer Hatzair and
is at present active in Avukah.
Charles C. Jacoby is executive
secretary of the Michigan Linen
Supply Board of Trade.

Delta Sigma Iota
Dinner Dance Features
Hary Barnett's Orchestra

Hary Barnett and His Orches-
tra, featuring Kenny Singer at
the Drums, will be featured at
the Delta Sigma Iota dinner dance
at the Book-Cadillac hotel, Sun-
day evening, Sept. 6.

Exceptional Values in Fine

Faille BEDSPREADS

Trimmed with wide satin
bands and a hand appliqued
three letter satin mono-
gram. Dusty rose, gold,
peach, blue, eggshell, green
and brown with matching
or contrasting satin trim.

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Detroit Jewish youth will again
celebrate the coming holiday sea-
son with a fall dance. For the
15th consecutive season, Aleph
Zadik Aleph of Bnai Brith, De-
troit Chapter 63, will mark the
advent of Rosh Hashanah with a
dance Sunday night, Sept. 13, in
the General Motors Ballroom,
featuring Lowry Clark and his
orchestra. A highlight of the dance
will be a booth where War
Stamps, Corsages and Bouton-
nierres will be sold.
This year A. Z. A. has made
the keynote of the dance HELP
WIN THE WAR!
An outstanding feature of Aleph
Zadik Aleph is its five-fold pro-
gram, including cultural, social,
community service, religious and
athletic activities. Recently De-
troit A. Z. A. completed a sum-
mer baseball tournament. Plans
are under way for a season of
touch football. This winter all the
10 Detroit A. Z. A. chapters will
combine to produce a grand
revue.
Jewish youth between the ages
of 15 and 21 are invited. Detroit
A. Z. A. Director Leonard Belove
can be reached for consultation
at his office in the Murphy Bldg.,
or by calling CHerry 3372 for in-
formation about A. Z. A.
Chapter 63 meets Tuesday eve-
nings in the Jewish Community
Center. Meetings are open to any-
one wishing to join or merely to
observe the work of A. Z. A.

Jewish Gunner Wins
Honor; Helped Save
Bombed Convoy Ship

NEW YORK (JTA)—A young
Soviet Jewish gunner, who man-
ned his anti-aircraft gun while
Nazi dive bombers attacked his
vessel and other crew members
were fighting a fire in the ship's
hold which threatened to reach
the stores of ammunition being
carried to Russia, was lauded this
week by the captain of the Rus-
sian freighter in an interview at
the Hotel Commodore.
Capt. Ivan Afanasiev, his first
mate Constantin Petrovsky and
first class seaman Boris ikka7enok
related how their vessel, part of
a convoy bound for Russia with
American armaments, was struck
by a 1,000-pound bomb which
started a fire in the hold where
the munitions were stored. While
the uninjured members of the
crew, together with three stew-
ardesses, fought the fire, Sioma
Shtangart, 22, stayed at his gun
on the upper deck continuing to
pour ack-ack fire into the Nazi
raiders. Eventually the blaze was
brought under control and the
ship rejoined the convoy. The
Jewish gunner, as well as Capt.
Afanasiev, First Mate Petrovsky
and Seaman Akazenok received

the Order of Lenin for their hero-
ism. Shtangart, Capt. Afanasiev

disclosed, is now at the front in
Russia continuing to fight off
Nazi bombers.

Every War Bond Dollar
Makes the Nazis Holler!

Can Harry Suffrin

Continue Selling

Famous Clothing

at the Smallest

Margin of

Profit Known?

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The price emergency act will in no way effect
Harry Suffrin's ability to offer America's most
famous clothing makes for less money . . . in-

spection will clearly show that the advantages of
the smallest margin of profit known are more

clearly evident than ever. You will find that a
considerable percentage of our stock is .actually
priced below our established ceiling prices of
last March.

Our New Fall

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later.

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. 18.95

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Open Evenings .

