Friday, November 27, .1942

THE JEWISH NEWS

Demand for Foster Ho mes Taxes
Facilities of Children's Bureau

Urgent Demand Created by War Forces New Standards;
Personal Appeal Begun

By CLARICE FREUD
Executive Director, Jewish Children's Bureau

I. Foster Homes
The problem created by the
war - that is most acute in the
child placing agencies, nationally
as well as locally, is seen in the
shortage of foster homes. Foster
families are being evicted from
their homes, foster mothers have
the opportunity of working away
from home, or taking in the

HEARD in
the LOBBIES

by David Deutsch

(Copyright 1942 by Independent
Jewish Press Service, Inc.)

Times Says No
A recent item in this column
seems to have gained the at-
tention of Lester Markel, Sun-
day Editor of the New York
times, according to a letter to
my boss from Meyer W. Weisgal,
once-famous editor who intro-
duced new standards into Eng-
lish -Jewish journalism. Mr.
Weisgal, it seems, is pretty mad
about an item which said that
the' Times had been somewhat
unkind in S. J. Woolf's inter-
view with Dr. Chaim .Weizmann
in the Sunday Magazine section.
"You try to convey the impres-
sion that the article was blue-
pencilled because of Mr. Mark-
el's alleged anti - Zionist pro-
clivities.
"I happen to know the facts,"
says Zionist leader Weisgal and
adjutant to Dr. Weizmann, "and
they are totally at -variance with
your , item. As the representa-
tive of Dr. Weizmann, I was
asked by the Emergency Com-
mittee to arrange for the inter-
view. Mr. Markel not only read-
ily agreed but assigned his best-
known interviewer for the job.
When the interview was finished,
Mr. Woolf, according to prear-
rangement, submitted the proof
to Dr. Weizmann 'for final ap-
proval. Because of Dr. Weiz-
mann's pre-eminence in the field
of chemistry, it was only nat-
ural for the New York Times to
want something about his scien-
tific work. That necessitated cer-
tain cuts in the article on Zion-
ism in order to introduce a few
paragraphs on chemistry. There
was no anti-Zionist bias in-
volved. It was merely a question
of space and the article of 'Mr.
.Woolf did not in any way suffer
from these new insertions or the
dele .tions. I am not attempting
to make any apologies for the
New York Times' attitude to-
wards Zionism, but in this par-
ticular case I think it was emi-
nently unfair to say what you
did. On the contrary, the Times
and its Sunday editor deserve
nothing but praise."
Which reminds readers of the
New. York Times that Mr. Sulz-
berger's speech at Baltimore re-
cently seems to have been a
godsend to the promotion of the
Zionist • cause. Mr. Sulzberger's
paper has been publishing al-
most a column of Zionist talk
virtually every day since then.

families of their married sons
whO are in the armed forces.
These factors make it extremely
difficult to obtain' new foster
homes and the critical situation
calls for increased ingenuity.
A course of action is being tried
by the Jewish Children's Bureau
staff, whereby each professional
worker is spending a part of each
week personally contacting fami-
lies in an effort to enlist their
interest in becoming foster par-
ents. At this point we cannot
say how successful this method
is, but we do know that it is
bringing us more applicants than
we have had for several months.
Such a plan is time consuming,
for even when volunteers are
used for first contacts, much
"weeding" or "sifting" must be
done before actual foster homes
are obtained. In order to work
as efficiently as possible, and
in an effort to use as many
homes as are available, the Jew-
ish Children's Bureau staff is
in the process of re-evaluating its
method of foster home study as
well as reconsidering its stand-
ard for foster homes,
II. Emergency Placements
Although there have been few
requests for emergency place-
ments due to the housing short-
ag, it can readily be 'seen that
they will be frequent in the
future. If the Jewish community
is to continue working on the
basis that children shall not be
placed away from their parents
because of lack of housing, then
some provisions must be made
whereby families can be given
emergency shelter.
HI. Care of Children of
Working Mothers
The care of children of work-
ing mothers is • a problem being
considered by the community as
a whole, and, like the housing
shortage, is not essentially a
Jewish problem. But both of these
problems affect the functioning
of the Jewish agencies as they,
attempt to meet the needs of the
Jewish community. A method of
giving day care to children of
working mothers that would be
of direct concern to the Jewish
Children's Bureau is that of fost-
er day care. Since Detroit child
placement is done on a sectarian
basis, foster day care for Jewish
children should be provided by
the Jewish Children's Bureau.
IV. Personnel
There has been considerable
turnover in professional staff as
a result of the war situation. At
this time there are no vacancies
but there is a constant threat of
workers leaving since their own
situations are apt to change at
any time.

V. Psychiatric Service

The war has caused a shortage
of psychiatric service that has
made it impossible to find a
psychiatrist who could serve as
consultant to the Jewish Child-
ren's Bureau. For that reason
we have been utilizing the ser-
vices of several analysts on a fee
basis. This method has advant-
ages as well as disadvantages,
and has not been given sufficient
trial to warrant an opinion of its
merit at this time.

Jews in U. S.
War Service

Page Three

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1,225,000 Jews Reported
Saved by Africa Victories

Palestine, Near East Also Benefit by Allied Successes, But
Conditions in France Have Become
More Critical

LONDON' (JPS)—Prof. Selig Brodetsky, president
of the British Board of. Jewish Deputies, at a meeting of
the Board officially expressed the joy of Biitish Jews
Technical Sergeant Alfred E. over the United Nations' victories in Africa and declared
Berkowitz, son of Mr: and Mrs. that, although the position of the Jews in France had
I. Berkowitz of
became worse as a result of the Nazi occupation of the

3 7 3 4 Cortland R.
Ave., has been
in the service
for 18 months
and has recent-
ly left for duty
somewhe r e
overseas. Until
recently he was
stationed at Sal-
inas, Calif. He is a druggist.
The Berkowitz family is active
in the Arlazaroff branch of the
Jewish National Workers' Alli-
ance.
* * *
Mrs. Jeanette Jacoby of the
Wilshire Hotel, has received a
touching letter from her son,
P. • F. C. JOseph Jacoby, who has
been in service
19 months and
now is stationed
"somewhere" in
the Pacific. He is
a graduate of
Highland Park
H i g h, attended
Highland P a r k
Junior College
for two year s
and Wayne Uni-
versity, where
he was a pre-medical student for
three years. P. F. C. Jacoby was
fornierly a state c h amp i on
breast-stroke swimmer, and is a
swimming instructor at his post.
A member of the Jewish Com-
munity Center and Phi Alpha
Fraternity, he was a corporal in
the infantry at Ft. Devens, Mass.,
and after being sent overseas,
was transferred to a medical .de-
tachment, starting again as a pri-
vate. He is 25 years old. His let-
ter contains an interesting poem
describing the confidence of a
soldier in the ultimate triumph
of justice.

"Thank Your Lucky Stars" is
the picture that's featuring Dinah
Shore, radio's gift to Hollywood.
What's more, John Garfield will
sing for you too in that film.

whole of that country, the Al-4.
lied victories had saved a mil- the Arab radio in Rome and the
lion and a quarter Jews in Pales-
tine, the Near East and North pro-Nazi Tunis radio.
Africa.
A prpclamation has been is-
Prof. Brodetsky expressed the sued by Gen. Herring, German
hope that all Jewish refugees military commander of Tunisia,
doing forced labor in Africa urging the Arabs to help the Axis
would be released immediately.
He declared that the Jews must by defending Tunisia against the
expedite their postwar policy "British, Americans and Jews
aims.
who have come to destroy Is-
15,000 Still Interned
lam."
A French DeGaullist officer,
who escaped recently from Al-
Vichy Denounces F. D. It.
giers, states that 15,000 refugees
WASHINGTON (JPS) — The
from Germany, most of them
Jews, are now interned in special Vichy radio, acquainting the
camps in French North Africa. people of France with President
Their immediate release is being Roosevelt's decision to liberate
American-occupied North Africa
demanded.
from the intolerable pro-Nazi and
Blames Jews For Arrests
That many Fascists are being anti-Semitic laws of the Laval
arrested because the Jews in Al- regime, denounced the act as
giers and Morocco are denounc- interference with French sover-
ing the local anti-Semites and eignty.
pro-Nazis, as well as the Fascist
commissars in charge of "Aryan-
ized" . Jewish business enter-
prises, is the contention of the
Nazi press, which has intensi-
fied its anti-Jewish agitation in
the whole of France.

The

Jews Worried About Darlan
TANGIERS (JPS)—The ap-

pointment of Jean Darlan as
chief civil administrator of
French North Africa is a source
of worry to the Jews who live
there because of his association
with the Vichy anti-Jewish laws.
However, Lieut.-Gen. Dwight D.
Eisenhower, commander of the
American forces in Africa, re-
assuring the Jews that he has
not altered his decision to abolish
the anti-Jewish laws in North
Africa, has appointed members
of the Jewish Kehillahs of Al-
giers and Morocco to a commis-
sion entrusted with the prepara-
tion of a decree abolishing all
these laws.
Gen. Eisenhower's intention to
abolish anti-Jewish regulations
has called forth denunciations by

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