Friday, March 12, 1943

THE JEWISH NEWS

Page Ten

Zionists Here Condemn
Misleading Fund Drives

Gewerkshaften
Workers to Hear
Official of JNF

Roosevelt Urges Jews
To Support U.J.A. Drive

Funds Sough+ to Rescue Nazi Victims Being Used for
Gives His Whole-Hearted Endorsement of 1943 Campaign
Palestine Funds Campaign
Propaganda Purposes, Declares Statement
For $25,000,000 by United Jewish Appeal;
Making Progress Here;
Letter Cites Help Given Oppressed
of Detroit Council
Belkin Aids Drive
WASHINGTON, (JPS)—President Roosevelt, in a letter
The Zionist Council. of Detroit this week severely con-

demned "irresponsible" campaigns which mislead Jews into
believing that funds asked by some groups are intended
to provide means for transporting Jews from Nazi-held
territories into Palestine, whereas the funds actually are
used for propaganda purposes by these groups.

The Gewerkshaften campaign
for labor Palestine is making
rapid progress here, according to
Morris Schaver, chairman of the
drive.
Alex Belkin, vice-chairman of
the campaign, who also. is presi-
dent of the
Odessa Progres-
sive Aid Society,
is rendering val-
uable service in
the drive.
Next Thurs-
day evening,.
Zvi Ehrenreich,
former general
secretary of the
Poale Zion, now
head of the la- Alex Belkin
bor department of the Jewish
National Fund, will address a
rally of Gewerkshaften workers
at Lachar's on 12th St.
This Saturday evening, a half-
hour program will be presented
on Altman's Jewish Hour on Sta-
tion WJLB in the interests of
the drive. Mr. Schaver will pre-
side and the guest speaker will
be Rabbi Morris Adler. Music
will be provided by Cantor-David
Katzman of Congregation Bnai
Moshe, who will be accompanied
by Mrs. Bella Gordon..
The special Palestine - evenings
are being sponsored before local
organizations. This Sunday, pro-
grams will be arranged for the
Chenstochover, meeting at the
Workmen's Circle, and the Michi-
gan Home Protective Assn., meet-
ing at Worker's Hall, 8951 12th
St. On Thursday evening there
will be a program on Palestine
at the meeting of the Minko-
witzer at the Bnai Moshe.

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The statement reads:
"The Zionist Council of Detroit
condemns as thoroughly- irre-
sponsible a recent effort to gather
funds in Detroit under the pre-
tense of saving the Jews of Ru-
mania for settlement in Palestine.
While the newspaper appeal it- Harry Cohen Chairman of
self sought to arouse sentiments
1943 Campaign, Which
for a movement to rescue Jews
Opens Thursday
who are suffering under the heel
of Nazism, the coupon attached
Harry Cohen, chairman of the
to the advertisement clearly in- 1943 membership drive of the
dicated that the funds to be gath- Zionist Organization of Detroit,
ered will be used to extend the this week announced that the
propaganda work of the commit- campaign will open officially
tee sponsoring this type of adver- next Thursday
tising.
evening, with a
meeting at the
Misleading Appeal
"This sort of appeal to the home of Mr. and
emotions of our people is mis- M r s . Maurice
leading in character and is irre- Landau, 2 2 9 2
sponsible in principle. There are Longfellow.
Mr. Cohen said
responsible bodies, recognized in
this country and overseas, which that wi thout
are charged with the duty of much effort on
carrying on the work of resett- the part of his
ling Jews and assisting them with committee, 2 0 0
n e w members Harry Cohen
all possible relief measures.
"The Jewish Agency for Pale- already have been enrolled in
stine and the World Zionist Or- the organization as a start to-
ganization are the movements re- wards a successful 1943 cam-
sponsible for the work of recon- paign. •
Al Borman, a member of Mr.
struction in Palestine and the
Cohen's committee, has enrolled
settlement of Jews there.
"The American Jewish Joint 60 new members, and has set a
Distribution Committee is the re- goal of at least that many more
sponsible organization carrying for himself in the drive. Mr.
on the relief work in Europe, Cohen highly praised Mr. Bor-
wherever such activities can still man's work as indicative of what
can be accomplished in an effort
be conducted.
"The Zionist Council of Detroit to double Detroit's Zionist mem-
charges that any group seeking bership.
to capitalize on the misfortunes
of Jews through misleading ad- Mrs. Rachel Bernstein
vertising, by claiming t6 be stim-
ulating a movement of relief for Dies at the Age of 56
the persecuted of our people, is
Mrs. Rachel Bernstein, wife of
rendering a disservice to the ex-
Joseph Bernstein, manager of
isting Jewish causes.
"In order not to be misled by the Detroit edition of the Jew-
undeserving appeals, the Zionist ish Daily Forward, died March
if IS your duty
Council of Detroit urges the Jews 4 at the age of 56.
to
exercise . . .
of Detroit to consult responsible
Funeral services were held at
to stay fit. Med-
Zionist leaders and to call the noon Sunday at the Workmen's
ical aid of every
Zionist Council's officers before Circle Educational Center on
kind is hard to
responding to requests for funds Linwood Ave. Burial was in the
get . . . so do
for work in Palestine from new- Workmen's Circle Cemetery.
ly-formed organizations.
your duty . .
An overflow assembly of
Consult Federation
friends paid final tribute to Mrs.
stay well.
"The Zionist Council at the Bernstein at the funeral services.
same time urges the Jews of De- The eulogies were delivered by
Your doctor's
troit to consult the Jewish Wel- Rabbi Leon Fram and Chaim
prescription
fare Federation or officers of the Radin, one of the teachers in the
compounded
accurately.
Allied Jewish Campaign before Arbeiter Ring School.
responding to calls for European
Mrs. Bernstein died of a heart
relief work from newly-formed attack at her home, 2726 Leslie
committees, since the Federation Ave.
and its fund-raising agencies are
Besides her husband, she is
responsible for the raising of survived by a son, Lt. Eli Bern-
funds for European relief through stein, a medical officer stationed
the Joint DistributiOn Commit- at Hammond Base Hospital, Mo-
Over 52 Years of Service
tee."
desto, Calif., and two daughters,
Detroit
Included in the Zionist Council Mrs. Betty Wolfe and Gertrude
of Detroit are the following con- Bernstein.
Birmingham Grosse Pointe
stituent organizations:
Zionist Organization of Detroit,
Senior Hadassah, Junior Hadas-
sah, Hadassah Business and Pro-
fessional Division, Poale Zion,
Jewish National Workers' Alli-
ance, Mizrachi, Jewish National
Fund Council, Zionist Youth
Council, Pioneer Women's Organ-
izations, Ladies' Auxiliary of the
Jewish National Fund, League
for Labor Palestine, M i g d a 1
Young Adult Zionist Group,
Hashomer Hatzair, Avukah, Ha-
bonim, Little Women of Hadas-
Because of wartime labor shortages, it now requires
sah.

Zionist D rive
For Members

to the National Chairmen of the United Jewish Appeal for
Refugees, Overseas Needs and Palestine, gave his whole-
hearted endorsement for the 1943 campaign of that or-
ganization to raise $25,000,000 for the Joint Distribution
Committee, the United Palestine Appeal and the National
Refugee Service.
The President's letter, addressed to William Rosenwald,
Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver and Rabbi Jonah B. Wise, National
Chairmen of the U. J. A., reads as follows:
"Throughout the past decade of destruction of human
life and decency by the Nazi regime, the American people,
through private relief and constructive agencies, manifested
their deep concern. and sympathy for the victims of racial
and religious oppression.
"The reconstructive help that has been extended through
the United Jewish Appeal has been a great physical and
spiritual bulwark for many victims of oppression. It is my
hope that the 1943 campaign of the U. J. A. will make
possible a continuance of this contribution to the alleviation
of human suffering.",

J. D. C. Grants $25,000 to Yemenite Refugees

NEW YORK, (JPS)—The J. D. C. has appropriated
$25,000, matched by the Jewish Agency for Palestine rela-
tives of Yemenite refugees now in Aden, to enable 600
Jews of Yemen to reach Palestine, it was announced by
Joseph C. Hyman, J. D. C. executive vice-chairman.
From January 1, 1939, through December 31, 1942, the
United Jewish Appeal for Refugees, Overseas Needs and Pal-
estine collected in cash a total of $50,300,233.08, it was re-
vealed here. Of this sum, the Joint Distribution Committee
received $25,458,227.50; the United Palestine Appeal, $13,617,-
005.58; and the National Refugee Service, $10,975,000.

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