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THE JEWISH NEWS
Friday, October 2, 1942
Goal for War Chest Set at $5,800,000
Spring 43 Allied Campaign
Eliminated by Fund Merger
51 Per Cent Goes for War Relief, Service to Armed Forces;
Remainder Is For Local All-Time Services; Jewish Wel-
fare Funds in Other Major Cities Join Plan
Eleven organizations serving the needy in foreign
lands, the armed forces of the United States and local
charity will be included in the first united campaign of
the War Chest of Metropolitan Detroit, Oct. 26 to Nov. 12.
The goal of the campaign will be $5,800,000. The Allied
Jewish Camnaign will be a participating agency, thus
eliminating a Spring 1943 drive.('-
In Other Cities
CIO American and Allied War
More than 400 communities Relief Campaign and the United
throughout the country like De-
Nations Relief Committee of the
troit have formed war chests and
AFL would co-operate in the
are included in the national
united campaigns of the war
movement. Jewish Welfare Funds chests.
in Cincinnati, Kansas City and
Organizations Included
St. Louis also have joined their
As Detroit's War Chest now
local War Chests.
The Detroit War Chest was or- stands it includes the following
ganized in June after Mayor 11 organizations as members:
Jeffries had called together a
British War Relief Society,
committee of representative citi- Greek War Relief Association,
zens which recommended that Maple Leaf Fund, Polish Amer-
the multiple war appeals be unit- ican Council, Queen Wilhelmina
ed into one annual campaign Fund, Russian War Relief, United
effort.
China Relief, United Jewish Ap-
Meanwhile a national commit- peal through the Allied Jewish
tee, formed as a result of the Campaign, and the War Pris-
activities of community chests oners' Aid Committee, all of
throughout the nation, met with which are serving the needy of
representatives of the CIO and allied nations.
the AFL to discuss the national The United Service Organiza-
appeals which the labor unions Lions, serving the armed forces.
had organized. Following these The local Catholic, Jewish,
discussions it was agreed na- Protestant and non-sectarian wel-
tionallv, and Detroit has arrived fare groups including the 80
at a similar decision, that the member agencies of the Detroit
Get Out of France, Vichy 'Advises'
Archbishop Who Defended Jews
Late News Briefs From Cables of the Jewish
Telegraphic Agency
BERN—The official Vichy radio this week indicated that Arch-
bishop Saliege of Toulouse was no longer considered "persona
grata" in unoccupied France because of his denunciation of the de-
portation of Jews. Mgr. Saliege was "advised" over the Vichy radio
to leave the country.
France Deports 500 Jewish Children From InStitutions
GENEVA—Five hundred Jewish children residing in homes
maintained by the OSE, Jewish Health Society, in unoccupied France
were delivered by French authorities to the Nazis for deportation to
occupied territory in eastern Europe, it was reported here this week.
On the night of Sept. 2, French police raided the home for Jew-.
ish refugee children maintained by the OSE at Chateau Montintin,
near Limoges, and seized a number of adolescent children. The fol-
lowing night, the police again raided the premises, seizing smaller
children, including a two-year-old infant. Both groups of children
were deported to an unknown destination.
Vichy Confiscates Blum's Summer
Rome
The Paris radio this week announced that the summer home of
former Premier Leon Blum has been confiscated under the law trans-
ferring Jewish property to non-Jews. Blum's home was located in
Narbonne, unoccupied France. where pro-Jewish demonstrations re-
cently resulted in the arrests of thousands of "Aryan" Frenchmen.
Jewish Refugees from Poland Adjust Themselves to Farm
Work in Russia
KUITYSI-IEV—Jewish refugees from Poland now stranded in
Russia have adjusted themselves to farm work and are of great help
to Russian agriculture replacing able-bodied Russian field workers
who are at the front, it was declared here this week.
Jews Evacuated from the Ukraine Find New Homes in
Volga Settlement
American journalists on a tour this week of villages in the
Volga district found that many Jews who were evacuated by the
Russian authorities from Kiev, Zhitomir and other Ukrainian cities
which are now under Nazi occupation, feel very much at home on
the collective farms in the Saratov and Kuibyshev districts here.
Nazis Execute 95 Jews in Toropetz
Ninety-five Jews, including 15 children ranging in age from one
to thirteen, were executed in the Russian town of Toropetz, in Kalin-
in province, in a mass-slaughter staged according to the familiar
Nazi pattern, it was revealed here this week by Misha Ivanov, a
non-Jew who survived until the Red Army recaptured the town.
Nazis Drive Jews and Poles Hundreds of Miles on Foot to
Devastated Russian Areas
ZURICH--Jews and Poles who are now being sent by the Nazis
from unoccupied Poland to the devastated sections of occupied
Russia for slave labor are no longer transported in trains but must
make the several-hundred-mile journey on foot under the super-
vision of Nazi guards, it was revealed in a report reaching here
from Cracow.
Nazis Open Swimming Pool in Poznan Synagogue
on Rosh Hashanah
STOCKHOLM—The Nazi authorities in Poznan, in the German-
annexed section of Poland, marked the first day of Rosh, Hashanah,
Sept. 12, by opening a swimming pool and public bath in the prem-
ises of the former synagogue of Poznan, it was reported here this
week. Arthur Greiser, German commissar for the annexed area,
participated in gala ceremonies opening the baths, the report states.
Using these figures as one of elusion of the Jewish Welfare
the factors in making its deci- Federation and the national and:
sion, the Detroit War Chest goal international agencies supported!..
of $5,800,000 was determined. Of through the Allied Jewish Cam-
this goal, $2,958,000, or 51 per paign which has been held so
cent, will go for war relief and successfully in Detroit each springs
service to the armed forces, and for several years. Last spring,'
$2,842,000, or 49 per cent, for the Allied Jewish Campaign
local all-time services.
raised $900,000 in Detroit. It has,
"This is the first time that any
Community Fund, serving the organization has set up a state been included in the War Chest ,
on a comparable basis, exclusive
needy at home.
percentage formula on so many of the civic-protective fund,
The Detroit goal was determ- different factors," said Percival which it was not felt should be
ined after two national commit- Dodge, managing director of the included.
tees on budgets and state quotas, Community Fund, who has been
The national agreement among
appointed at the request of com- named to the same position in
the national war chests and rep-
munity chests of the country, had the War Chest.
resentatives of the CIO and AFL
made their recommendations.
Many Factors Considered
has been approved by the execu-
The national budget committee,
"In arriving at its quotas for
representative of management, each state of the Union, the na- tive committee of the War Chest
labor and other citizen groups, tional committee took into ac- of Metropolitan Detroit as a sat-
studied the applications of var- count 15 factors affecting all the isfactory understanding for local
ious foreign relief organizations states. These included such fac- cooperation. This understanding
for inclusion in the national war tors as population figures, income has been agreed upon by the
local representatives of the two
chest movement.
tax collections, wholesale and labor organizations.
The Detroit admissions com- retail sales and payrolls, motor
Value of a War Chest
mittee has used the recommenda- vehicle registrations and many
One
way in which the war
tions of the national committee others."
chest plan will be valuable is in
as one measuring stick in de-
It should be noted that the assisting corporations and indi-
termining what organizations are Community Fund, as a member
to be included in Detroit's effort. agency of the War Chest, has viduals to determine the amount
of money they should contribute
State Quota 4.67 Per Cent
asked for the same amount of for these war activities. It also
The national quota committee money for 1943 as was appro- will enable them to determine
set up a formula for state re- priated to its agencies for 1942. by national comparisons of goals
sponsibility in the national goals Any adjustments to meet the in- the proper division of their po-
of the foreign relief agencies. creased needs of individual agen- tential contributions to both the
Michigan's quota was set at 4.67 cies will have to be made within combined services of the War
per cent, which means that the this total amount.
Chest and the service of the Red
State is responsible for that per-
The admissions committee has Cross.
centage of the national goals of accepted the recommendations of
The War Chest movement also
the recommended foreign relief the National Budget Committee
is designed to give these com-
agencies.
as to the inclusion of the major panies and citizens the assurance
Representatives of community national war appeal agencies and that their contributions will
be
chests in the state, meeting in- has recommended that the War used intelligently in meeting the
formally at Lansing, agreed to Chest accept a goal of 2.5 per needs of humanity in war-
this quota and set Detroit's share cent of the national goal for each scarred Europe, on the home
at 2.5 per cent, with the rest of of these agencies.
front and among our fighting !
the state agreeing to raise the
On Comparative Basis
men in the armed forces of the
remainder.
It also has recommended in- United States.
Magnus Admits
only Agency Can
Deal With Arabs
Other News From Palestine
Compiled by Palcor
JERUSALEM — "The Jewish
Agency for Palestine has the ex-
clusive competence to negotiate
politically," it is admitted by the
Ichud, group organized by Dr.
Judah L. Magnes, president of
the Hebrew University, to foster
a bi-national State in Palestine
in an Arab Federation, in a com-
munication addressed to the Zi-
onist Actions Committee asking
it to withhold judgment on the
group until after its full politi-
cal program has been announced.
The document was read at a
continued session of the members
of the Actions Committee resid-
ing here who had started a dis-
cussion of the Magnes activities
in relation to the Arabs and the
Government.
The meeting resolved to con-
firm the decision of the board
of directors of the Jewish Na-
tional Fund to re-elect as a di-
rectorate of the Fund Rabbi
Meier Berlin, Eliezer Wilkansky
and Samuel Ussishkin, son of the
late president of the J. N. F.
Monument to Ussishkin
Surrounded by soil compound-
ed of earth taken from every
one of the Jewish villages of
Palestine, a simple tombstone of
white marble, quarried in Jeru-
salem, was unveiled at Nikanor's
Cave on Mt. Scopus on the first
anniversary of the death of Men-
ahem Ussishkin, "Iron Man" of
Zionism and president of the
Jewish National Fund.
Refugees From Libya
TEL AVIV—The first Jewish
Late News Brevities
By Independent Jewish Press Service
AMERICA: A group calling itself Committee for the Preserva-
tion of Christ's Cause in America is calling on Catholic and Protest-
ant clerics to intercede on behalf of indicted anti-Semitic Rev.
Gerald Winrod . . . Hunter College President, Dr. Shuster, apologizes
to students, 80 per cent Jews, for Yom Kippur opening . . . The
Bolivian Chamber of Deputies passed a bill barring all Jews per-
manently from the country . . . The 600,000 readers of Esquire were
asked in an article by Ben Hecht to support a Jewish Army in
Palestine.
Mrs. Roosevelt attacked Congressman Dies for concentrating
on "exposes " of Communists and never revealing the Fascist men-
ace. Dies said he would do so soon ... Jewish employment agencies
reported the ratio of Jewish hiring is up in the first six months of
1942 . . . The armed services are discriminating against Jews, espe-
cially candidates for officer training, Prof. Horace M. Kallen report-
ed . . Harassment of Jews in New York City revealed in court
hearings in various boroughs . . . Dr. Lee J. Levinger completes
study showing there is expanding need for rabbis in America .. .
Criticism of the Zionist Organization of America policies was ex-
pressed in a new publication started by the Zionist League of
New York.
OVERSEAS AND PALESTINE: The Palestine Government issued
1,000 immigration certificates, 800 for youths, for three months end-
ing October 1st .
Palestine Jewry launches campaign to raise
£250,000 for Jewish National Fund in two years . . . Statistics show
Palestine Jewry spent nearly £2,000,000 on health and social services
during past year, with Government contributing only £95,000 . .
Production of bombs and mines, repairs of tanks and other machines
of war now occupy Jewish factories in Palestine.
Not deportation but extermination of Jews is Nazi aim, observer
at Geneva reports . . . Nazis infuriated because Sweden elected 82
Jews on various municipal tickets . . Tightening barriers against
influx of Jews from France, Switzerland announced 2,000 such
refugees would be interned . . . Pierre Laval tells newspapermen
that his deportation of Jews will continue regardless of protests,
which mount. Lyons paper suggests ghetto for all Jews in unoccu-
pied France outside Vichy . . . A new test alleged to be able to
differentiate between an "Aryan" and a "non-Aryan" on the basis
of blood has been announced by a Sorbonne professor . . . Jews
exiled from Rumania will be shot without trial if they try to return,
the government warned . . . All the Jews in the Czech Protectorate
are virtually liquidated by deportation and otherwise, the Nazis
boast . . . British Chief Rabbi, Dr. J. H. Hertz, once in Syracuse,
is honored by distinguished meeting on his 70th birthday, with
forest named for him in Palestine by Jewish National Fund.
Church Conducts
Jewish Service
er of French Protestantism, has
protested to Marshal Petain
against the wide-scale deporta-
tion of Jews.
Other News Selected From Heads of British Churches Lead'
Religious News Service
New Council of Chras
NEW YORK—A worship serv-
refugees who escaped from Libya ice, based entirely on selected
into Egype before the last Ger- readings from the Jewish
- Prayer
man-Italian push have now ar- Book, was conducted by the
rived in Palestine. Most of these
Church School of the Madison
people, who lived in Benghazi, Avenue Presbyterian Church.
numbering some hundreds, left
during the second British occu-
Protestant Leader Protests to
pation. Some have gone to Eri-
Petain on Jews
trea and Ethiopia. Fifteen have
LONDON (By Cable)--Pastor
now joined the British Army.
Marc Boegner. top ranking lead
-
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LONDON
and Jews
(By Cable)—Forma-
lion of the British Council of
Christians and Jews w*s an-
nounced here in a joint staitement. -
signed by the Archbishop of Can-
terbury, the Moderator of the
Church of Scotland, the Modera-
tor of the Free Church Federal! !
Council and the Chief Rabbi of I
England.