THE JEWISH NEWS

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M'Donald Asks Immediate
Action to Rescue Jews

Former League of Nations' Refugee Commission Flays
World's Neglect of Problem; Says Palestine Is
Only Solution Now

WASHINGTON—James G. McDonald, former League of
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, commenting on
the recent proposal of Secretary Hull that British and
American representatives meet in Ottawa to explore the
problem of refugees from Axis dominated countries, called
for "immediate emergency measures to save the Jewish

remnants in Europe" from exter-
m i nation.
Writing in the current issue of
The New Palestine, official pub-
lication of the Zionist Organiza-
tion of America here, McDonald,
who in 1936 resigned in protest
against the failure of the world
to solve the refugee problem,
says that "to the non-political
and the non-governmental ob-
server, it is quite clear that the
time for lengthy discussion of
this problem is long past."
Reviewing the proposals to
place Jewish refugees in Mada-
gascar, Guiana, Africa, the West
Indies and South America, Mc-
Donald considers these projects
as "palliative that hardly stand
critical examination."
The obvious first step, he
writes, lies close at hand. It is
offered by Palestine. In seeking
an immediate haven to relieve
life-and-death emergency, one
must choose the path which at
the very least offers no abso-
lutely insuperable obstacles. That
path, for many of the Jews in
Europe, points inexorably to Pal-
estine.

Marshal Smuts Foresees
Semitic Federation
NEW YORK (JPS) — Field
Marshal Smuts looks forward to
a Federation of Semitic States in
the Near East, with a Jewish
Commonwealth integrated into it,
according to a Reuters report re-
ceived here from Cape Town,
South Africa.
The South African statesman,
who played an important part in
formulating the Balfour Declara-
tion and has since that time been
a staunch friend of a national
status for the Jewish people, told
a delegation headed by Prof.
Israel Abrahams, Chief Rabbi of
Cape Town, that there might be
some justice in the deputation's
criticism of the British govern-
ment's policy on Palestine as set
forth in the White Paper of 1939.

Shertok Demands Jewish
State in Palestine
NEW YORK (JPS) — Arising
from a sickbed to address an
overflow audience in Carnegie
Hall, Moshe Shertok, political
chief of the Jewish Agency for
Palestine, demanded creation of
a free Jewish commonwealth in
Palestine in his one scheduled
public appearance in the United
States before his return home.
(Emma Shever, Detroit so-
prano, was a soloist on the pro-
gram.)
Mr. Shertok said that the Jews
never will accept a policy simi-
lar to the Balfour Declaration,

which was construed by some as
meaning a Jewish State; by
others as a ghetto, and by others
as a kind of Jewish Vatican
which would give Jews only a
spiritual bond with their ancient
homeland.
"Palestine should be opened to
tens of thousands of adults in
addition to thousands of chil-
dren," Mr. Shertok said. "The
question is not only one of imme-
diate rescue. What is the lesson
of the tragedy for the future?
The answer is: Give the Jews
their country back; restore their
statehood in it."
He pointed out that Arab prog-
ress is not inconsistent with Jew-
ish development of the country,
and that the Jews can be of
benefit to the Arabs in raising
their standards of living,

Family Group Wins
City Bridge Honors

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Baum
captured all major honors in the
recent city championship dupli-
cate tournament held by the
Knickerbocker Bridge Club at
the Detroit Leland Hotel.
First Mrs. Baum teamed with
Mrs. Harry Williams to win the
women's pair title last Friday
afternoon; in the evening Mr.
and Mrs. Baum topped the scores
for the mixed pair championship.
Mr. Baum paired with Arthur
Levy the next day to win the
open-pair event. On Sunday Mr.
and Mrs. Baum teamed with Mr.
Levy and Lt. A. E. Stein won
the team of four honors.

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Local Brevities

Detroit Group
Attends Zionist

Parley in N. Y.

1,000 Delegates at Confer-

ence to Map Program for
Jewish Assembly

A large Detroit delegation is
attending the extraordinary con-
vention of the American Labor
Zionist movement which opens
tonight at Hotel Pennsylvania,
New York.
The 1,000 delegates of the five
constituent organizations will
voice the attitude of 40,000 or-
ganized labor Zionists on the
main issues confronting world
Jewry, and will evolve a pro-
gram of action to be considered
at the forthcoming American
Jewish Assembly.
Groups Represented
Delegates at the convention
represent the Poale Zion-Zeire
Zion, Pioneer Women's Organi-
zation, League for Labor Pales-
tine, Jewish National Workers'
Alliance and the Habonim labor
Zionist youth movement.
Speakers at the convention
will be: Hayim Greenberg, editor
of the Jewish Frontier; Moshe
Shertok, head of the political de-
partment of the Jewish Agency.
for Palestine; Baruch Zucker-
man, Poale Zion leader; Dr. Leon
Kubowitski, former Belgian Jew-
ish leader.
Others to speak are Prof. Max
Laserson, of the Institute of Jew-
ish Affairs; Dr. Aryeh Tartakow-
er, of the World Jewish Con-
gress; David Wertheim, general
secretary of Poale Zion; Louis
Segal, secretary of the Jewish
National Workers' Alliance.
Detroit Delegation
Morris Lieberman and Morris
Schaver will head the following
Detroit delegates: Jacob Schrier,

The Nathan Strauss Executives
have elected the following of-
ficers for the ensuing year: presi-
dent, Harold G. Harris; vice-
presidents, Joseph G. Aller and
Maurice Schwartz; secretary,
Max Borin; treasurer, Alan J.
Stone; sgt. at arms, Simeon
Snider.
* * *
Emma Shever, Detroit soprano
who has been acclaimed in many
cities throughout the country, is
scheduled to appear in concerts
in the following cities during the,
coming months: St. Louis, Pitts-
burgh, Toledo, Toronto, Chicago,
Boston and Buffalo. Last year
she appeared in five concerts in
New York, two in Montreal, four
in Detroit and also in the • fol-
lowing cities: Cleveland, Toronto,
Philadelphia, London, Ontario,
Chicago and Syracuse. Last Wed-
nesday evening, Mrs. Shever was
the soloist at the mass meeting
at Carnegie Hall at the reception
in honor of Moshe Shertok, chief

of the Political Department of the
Jewish Agency for Palestine.
* * *
Mivi Erman, 13 - year - o 1 d
daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph
Erman, although a student in the
Shaarey Zedek religious school,
helped organize the band for the
Bnai Moshe Purim carnival. She
plays the viola.

Zamosc-TomashoverVerein
Affair Aids Red Cross

On March 17, the Zamosc-
Tomashover Verein gave an af-
fair for the benefit of the Red
Cross, and 40 couples contributed
$400. Harry Kaminer spoke on
Red Cross needs. Red Cross
movies were shown. Sam Freid-
lang and Jack Winer were in
charge of arrangements.

Miss Maity Falick, Miss Lena
Trock, David Sislin, William
Hordes, Mrs. David Sheraga,
Morris Gelfand, Mrs. Sophie Sis-
lin, Benjamin Rosenthal, Nathan
Linden, Mrs. M. Michlin, Mr.
Kolman, Mr. Kumoff, and Max
Chafets.
The youth groups also will be
represented.

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