Friday, November 27, 1942

THE JEWISH NEWS

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OBITUARY

North End Clinic Is Facing Crisis
As Armed Forces Take Physicians

Rev. Oscar Zackheim of Chi-
cago, formerly of Detroit, brother
of Maurice H. Zackheim of De-
troit, died on Monday. Funeral
services were held Tuesday. He
leaves, besides his Detroit
brother, by a daughter, Mrs.
Adolph Yaner; a son, Sam, of
Denver; two other brothers, Jo-
seph and Isadore of Buffalo, and
two sisters in Jerusaleth, Pales-
tine.

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Men In Service; Shifting of Population Presents
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By SELMA. J. SAMPLINER
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Executive Director, North End Clinic

North End Clinic is confronted with two categories of
problems, the first precipitated by the war emergency and
requiring immediate modification and adaption of pro-
gram, the second developmental in nature, less urgent,
but likely to be intensified at a not too remote day.
Community consideration of the first group might

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By BORIS SMOLAR

(Copyright 1942,

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The North African Front
President Roosevelt's order ab-
rogating the Vichy Jewish laws
in Northern Africa which affects
more than 300,000 Jews will be
especially welcomed by the brist-
ling-mustachioed Bey of Tunis
.. He has long objected to these
laws and even had a severe argu-
ment about them with the French
Resident-General in Tunis . . .
"I will have none of the Nazis,"
he was reported to have stated
• . . Though the French Resident-
General was recalled, the Com-
missar for Jewish Affairs who
came all the way from Vichy to
North Africa succeeded in "ex-
plaining" to Bey Sidi Moncef that
the Petain regime had to submit
to the Nazis on the Jewish ques-
tion .. . The Bey, although un-
convinced, could no longer con-
tinue his stand in favor of the
Jews, when Admiral Darlan him-
self came to "explain" . . . How-
ever, he remained highly dissat-
isfied with Vichy's imposition of
its anti-Jewish policy upon Tu-
nisia, since the best doctors there
were Jews who under the anti-
Semitic regulations could no
longer practice except among . the
Jewish population . . . His grumb-
ling against the Vichy laws will
be ended soon, when Gen. Eisen-
hower's forces shake hands with
him in Tunis.

prove unexpectedly productive.
Community thinking before very of service, constantly improving
long on the . second, will be im-
its physical facilities. Before long,
perative.
the Jewish community 'must de-
For the most part the differ-
ence brought about by the war termine the course of the Clinic's
are those generally experienced further development.
by many out patient departments , The Jewish population has
in urban centers throughout the moved westward and northward.
country. The uniqueness of The Clinic is located in .a neigh-
North End Clinic's organization borhood now exclusively colored
is, however, au aggravating fac- with three-quarters of the new
tor. We refer to the lack of patients now admitted Negroes.
hospital affiliation.
This shift of the Jewish popu-
Depletion of Staff
latton has several implications.
Over one-half of the active North End Clinic, constructed to
medical staff has already entered meet the medical needs of a
the armed forces; another one- largely Jewish neighborhood pop-
fourth is in the process of enlist- ulation, is no longer accessible
ment. Although the number of to the considerable number of
patients requiring service has Jews for whom clinic care must
lessened, the decline is by no continue to be provided, that . is,
means proportionate to the re- the Clinic no longer serves that
duction in medical staff. Hos- sector of the population for which
pitals are now calling upon their it was organized. Aged Jews,
in-staffs, composed of older men individuals suffering from chronic
in large part, to help carry on or complex illnesses involving
the care of the civilian population diagnostic study, mothers with
continuing to seek service from young children, find it extremely
clinics or out patient depart- difficult to utilize present facili-
ments. Such a reserve staff is not ties.
available to North End Clinic
Some Vital Questions
since not more than 10% are over
The
location of the Clinic also
50 years of age. Added to the
problem of numerical shortage adds to the difficulty in attract-
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is that of securing even a mini- ing Jewish physicians whose prac-
Then and Now
mum of service from those staff tice is largely in the northwest
The problems of the foreIgn-
men remaining in the community. section of Detroit. Absence of
Meanwhile the administration hospital facilities means that born in America are now being
has revised the schedule of clinic physicians must make a special intensively examined' from every
sessions, eliminating and com- trip to North End Clinic. Out angle . . . It may therefore inter-
bining departments, wherever patient departments of hospitals est many to learn that the Jew-
possible, allocating certain pro- find it relatively simple to exact ish Workmen's Circle, a fraternal
_ cedures, traditionally performed regular, punctual attendance organization, is among the first
by physicians, to trained person- since the staff visits to the out three most active foreign-lan-
nel, particularly nurses and patient department either pro- guage societies in the United
cede or follow immediately their States, the other two being, the
others technically trained.
daily visits to bed ,,patients. It is Polish National Alliance with a
Basic Daily Services
scarcely to be expected that Jew- membership of about 275,000, and
An effort is being made to offer ish physicians returning after the
assets of over 32 million dollars,
at least basic services daily. How- war will be content to work once
and the First Catholic Slovak
ever, even these have not always
again in an unaffiliated clinic, Union with a membership of
been available, because of un- located inconveniently, serving a
91,000 and asests over 13 million
expected absences of members of non-Jewish clientele.
dollars . . . The Jewish Work-
the staff. Men in the armed
mens' Circle membership is esti-
A
health
program
for
the
Jew-
services should have assurance
mated in a study as being over
that their families will be cared ish community cannot be con-
sidered only in terms of the 72,000 and its assets are estimated
for when they become ill.
aged, the chronic, and the un- as reaching $8,500,000 . . Pub-
More volunteers to assist the stable. If it is agreed that health lished in the Annals of The
personnel are needed. Many
services are an essential part of American Academy of Political
volunteers have not yet recog- the organized community social and Social Science, the survey
nized that day by day care of
services, then what direction shall also deals with the role of the
the civilian population is an in- planning take? Can we try to foreign-language press in this
tegral part of the defense effort. predict the place of Jews and country . . . It establishes that
They tend to activities somewhat Negroes in civic life after the there are today only . 991 foreign-
more obviously related to the
war? What community programs language newspapers as com- =
war emergency.
will each group want for its own pared with the 1,323 published in
Special health services to people?
1917 . . • Decrease of immigra-
clients of social agencies may
What is to be the role of North tion is given as one of the chief
have to be abandoned if the _End Clinic?
reasons for the decrease in the
hours of medical staff 'Service
foregm-language press including
What
are
next
steps?
the Yiddish.
continue to shrink. From a pro-
. gram of expansion which has
aimed to keep pace with medical
progress, we face a period of
contraction. Experimental, edu-
cational and staff development
activities have largely gone by
the board.
Course of Future Action
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The Clinic as a health agency,
operated under Jewish auspices,
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has for 20 years grown in volume

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Pisgah to Welcome
500 New Memberi

A special meeting of Pisgah.
Lodge of Bnai Brith will be held
in the main auditorium of the
Jewish Community Center on
Monday night, to welcome the
500 new members who were ini-
tiated at the 85th anniversary
celebration last Sunday.
A feature of this evening's pro-
gram will be a round table dis-
cussion of Bnai Brith activities by
Ben F. Goldman, Aaron Droock,
Louis H. Schostak, Leonard. Be-
love, Max Goldhaff, Harry Yud-
koff and Rudolph Meyersohn.

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Edward L. Feerer, 67, of 8700
Second
Blvd., died Sunday.
He is survived
by his
Irma„ Mrs. Arthur Levy and
Mrs. Arthur Baum; two sons,
David and Manford; one brother,
Joseph, of Toledo. Funeral ser-
vices were held from the Ira
Kaufman Funeral Home. Rabbi
Morris Adler and Cantor Son-
enklar officiated.
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Sarah Klear of 19590 Strat-
ford, died Nov. 19. She was the
widow of the late Isadore Klear,
and is survived. by two daugh-
ters, Mrs. Ben Rosenberg and
Mrs. Samuel Shewitz; three sons,
Jack, Samuel and Albert. Rabbi
Ma J. Wohlgelernter officiated.
Services were conducted by
Ira Kaufman.
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Aaron Parmanick, 79, of 3380
Monterey, died Nov. 19. Sur-
viving are two daughters, Mrs.
Ida Rubenstein and Mrs. Louis
Chad; four sons, Louis, Leon,
Max and Abraham; one sister,
Mrs. Sophie Dach. Services
were conducted by Ira Kauf-

man. Burial lAras in Hebrew
Memorial Park.
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Pearl Ofsowitz, 30 7 of 4210
Tuxedo, who died on Nov. 21; is
survived by her husband, Sam;
two children; her father, Hyman
Bernstein; three sisters, Mes-
dames H. Elkowitz, Morris Er-
lich, Charles Noble. Rabbi Isaac
Stollman officiated at funeral
services which were conducted
by Ira Kaufman.

`Kill That Rumor'
a Suffrin Program

One of the most interesting
programs broadcast from a local
station, serving to help our gov-
ernment prosecute the war suc-
cessfully by eliminating sabotage,
is "Kill That Rumor," presented
on WXYZ by Harry Suffrin, Mon-
day through Friday.
This program serves to en-
lighten the people on false ru-
mors and helps listeners to dif-
ferentiate between truth • and_
falsehood.

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Are You a Diabetic?

If jou are a diabetic you should be, and
probably are, under the care of a physician.
You know that only he is able to treat you
properly. He has been specially trained in
recognizing and testing for diabetes. He alone
can competently advise you the proper diet
to follow, how much and what type of in-
sulin you should use. If you follow his
instructions you will be able to live a life
normal in nearly all respects. You will be
able to do your share in war work, be able
to take your place as proudly as any other
American.

Some times, though, all of us are careless.
You diabetics know that carelessness in your
case
unconsciousness. If you
should be found unconscious you would need
prompt, and proper medical care at once.
If you were cared for by strangers it would
be difficult for a physician to accurately, and
immediately determine what your insulin
dosage, or what your diet, should be. In a
case of unconsciousness in a diabetic, min-
utes count. To forestall any such tragic de-
lay, Sam's have prepared a diabetic identi-
fication card as pictured above. The identifi-
cation card contains space for all information
needed by a physician. If you carry one of
these cards on your person at all
you will be assured of proper care in any
emergency.

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Sam's will present this card free of charge to
any diabetic writing to Sam's Prescription
Department or leaving his .name at the pre-
scription counter of either store. Do it now!

SAM'S

Drug Dept., Inc.

Prescriptions

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