Friday, May 7,1943
THE JEWISH NEWS
Ruth Bryan Owen to Speak
On Jewish Affairs Forum
Urge Synagogue
Honors for Those
Buying Bonds
Former Minister to Denmark, Daughter of William Jennings
Frederic H. Schader Praises
Bryan, to Talk on "The Place of Minorities,"
Passover Issue of The
at Center Wednesday
Jewish News
The Jewish community of Detroit will have an oppor-
The Jewish News is indebted to
tunity to hear an authority on world affairs discuss the Frederic H. Schader, Deputy
problem of minorities in the post-war world when the Hon. State Administrator of the War
Ruth Bryan Owen, distinguished diplomat, former U. S. Savings Committee of the State
Minister to Denmark, speaks here next Wednesday evening, of Michigan, for a copy of a let-
at the Jewish Community Center, under the auspices of the ter he has addressed to R. W.
Forum of Jewish Affairs of the
Jewish Community Center and
the Jewish Welfare Federation.
Mrs. Owen's topic will be "The
Place of Minorities in the World
of Tomorrow." The public is in-
vited, admission being free.
Silver Tongued Orator
Mrs. Owen possesses the "sil-
. ver tongued" oratory of her dis-
tinguished father, William Jen-
nings Bryan, and her own wom-
anly charm and magnetism have
made her stand out among the
greatest living women in the
world.
The first woman to represent
the "Old South" in Congress and
the first woman to serve on the
Congressional Foreign Affairs
Committee, Mrs. Owen, as Minis-
ter Plenipotentiary . and Envoy
Extraordinary to Denmark, had
the distinction of becoming
America's first woman diplomat.
Stumped for Father
Born in an environment of
public service, as the daughter of
William Jennings Bryan and
Ruth Baird Bryan, she began
her speaking career as a young
girl stumping for her father
when he was a candidate for
president.
During the last war she was
joint secretary - treasurer with
Mrs. Herbert Hoover of the
American Women's War Relief
Fund in London. She later served
as a nurse in the Egypt-Palestine
campaign.
Mrs. Owen is now engaged in
a variety of activities. In addi-
tion to writing and lecturing, she
is a member of the American
Greenland Commission, collabo-
rator with the U. S. Travel Bu-
reau, member of the adult edu-
cation board of the Columbia
Broadcasting Co., member of the
Board of Regents of the Univer-
sity of Miami, visiting professor
m government and social science
at Monticello College, Godfrey,
Ill.
Page Five
U. S. Expected to Take Part
In Solving Jewish Problem
Jews and Non-Jews to Look to U. S. and Britain for Aid
In Rehabilitating Europe's Homeless, Speakers
On Forum of Jewish Affairs Agree
Solution of the problem of millions of homeless who will
have to be rehabilitated after the war will depend in great
measure upon the assistance that will come from the world
democratic powers, especially in the United States and. Great
Britain, leaders of three great national movements agreed in
the symposium on post-war problems which took place Sun-
Coyne, Field Director of the War day evening at the Jewish Corn.-
lintME
HON. RUTH BRYAN OWEN
Local Brevities
League of Detroit Jewish Youth
will sponsor a symposium on the
subject "Minorities and a United
Nations Victory," Sunday eve-
ning, at the Jewish Community
Center. Participants in the dis-
cussion will be: Edward Strong,
Negro youth leader; Bridget
Paulson, young Englishwoman;
Y. K. Mao, Chinest youth leader,
and Norman Leemon, member of
Migdal Zionist youth group.
Shonnie Kulka is chairman of
the Youth Speaks Forum. Her co-
workers are Martha Gleicher and
Selma Jacobson.
' * *
Mrs. Jeanette Serling and
Abram Stein jointly raised more
than $800 for the Refugee Chil-
dren's Rescue Fund sponsored by
the Pioneer Women's Organiza-
tion. The fund is to be used to
place children in institutions
sponsored by the Pioneer Wom-
en's Organization of America, it
was announced this week. Mrs.
Naomi Lesowoder, UN. 3-5075, is
chairman of the group's drive.
* * *
Chenstochover Organization
will sponsor a card party for the
benefit of the Red Cross next
Tuesday evening at Jericho
Temple. Mrs. Samuel Sborow is
chairman.
* * *
Philomathic Debating Club's
members participated in a decla-
mations program May 2. Speak-
ers were Gerald Gilbert, Harold
Berry and George Reinbaumn
who was declared best speaker by
the critic, Myron Rosenthal.
Savings Staff, at Washington. His
letter to Mr. Coyne follows:
"I am sending you herewith a
copy of The Detroit Jewish
News that was issued for the,
Passover Holiday. You may not
know it, but it is a custom for
the people of the Jewish faith to
extend holiday greetings to their
friends through the medium of
their publications.
"For the Passover of this year,
the editors of The Jewish News
discouraged the usual type of
greeting and . asked their adver-
tisers to transmit a message in
behalf of the War Savings Pro-
gram.
"At the suggestion of one of
the members of the editorial staff
of The Jewish News, I am send-
ing this copy to you so that you
might pass the word on to editors
of similar publications through-
out the nation that they might
utilize this idea with the issue
which commemorates Rosh Hash-
anah which I believe falls in Sep-
tember. Incidentally, it might
not be a bad idea to suggest to
these editors that with the corn-
ing of Yorn Kippur, which fol-
lows Rosh Hashanah, that their
communities follow the example
that was set in Detroit last year,
and in their synagogues bestow
the annual honors on those that
purchase the greatest amount of
War Bonds.
"For precedent in this, you
might go back to the revo-
lutionary history as we did
and recall that during the darkest
hours of Valley Forge, there was
a Jewish patriot who went before
his congregation on this holiest of
all days in the Jewish faith and
made the appeal that the people
of his faith give their money in
support of the American strug-
gle for independence. Maybe one
of your research men can dig
deep enough into the archives and
get names and addresses, etc."
She holds honorary Doctor-
ates from Rollins College, Rus-
sell Sage University, Women's
CARD OF THANKS
College of Florida and Temple
Mrs. Sarah Kasman and family
University.
of Toronto wish to extend their
As a member of the advisory
sincerest thanks to their Detroit
board of the Federal Reforma-
friends for sympathies extended
tory for Women at Alderson, W.
them on the recent death of
Va., she has first-hand knowl-
Abraham Kasman.
edge on prisons and prison re-
form.
Open
Mrs. Owen's address next
Men's Wear
Evenings
Wednesday will be the fifth in a
series of lectures and symposia
arranged by the Forum of Jew-
ish Affairs.
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Previous Lecturers
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WEBB
Those who preceded her were
Frank L. Weil, president of the
Jewish Welfare Board; Joseph C.
Hyman, executive vice-president
of the Joint Distribution Com-
mittee; Dr. James G. Heller,
president of the Central Confer-
ence of American Rabbis, and
the four participants in last Sun-
day evening's symposium on
"The American Jews and the MAY 9th IS MOTHER'S DAY . .
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Post-War World," held last Smi-
day evening — Dr. Max Gotts-
. . . On that day you will surely honor your mother
chalk of the American Jewish
. or you will pay tribute to your mother's
Committee, Dr. Jacob Robinson
memory . . .
of the American Jewish Congress
Why not use the method that Mother will like!
and Charles B. Sherman of the
The Jewish National Fund Council of Detroit pro-
Jewish Labor Committee.
poses that you do a good deed while honoring
Mother.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Siegel, of 2682
Elmhurst Ave. were honored by
You can do this good deed by planting trees in
a group of members of Poale Zion
Palestine. Here is what tree-plainting in Zion does
Branch 1 and their sons, Lt. Sol
. . . It increases land purchases in Palestine . . .
Reforestration makes the land fruitful . . . Tree
Siegel and Boaz Siegel, on their
planting provides work for Jewish pioneers and
30th wedding anniversary. Their
makes it possible for Palestine to produce food for
names were inscribed in the
the democratic forces in the Middle East.
Golden Book of the Jewish Na-
tional Fund. Mr. and Mrs. Siegel
When you plant a tree in Palestine, you receive
a beautifully engraved certificate. To plant trees in
redeemed a dunam of land in the
Palestine, at $1.50 each, call:
Brandeis Colony of the J.N.F.
* * *
Emma Lazaroff Shever will be
WILLIAM HORDES,
soloist with the Farband Choir in
Pres. Jewish National Fund Council of Detroit
New York Town Hall this Satur-
day night. On April 24, Mrs.
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Shever appeared in concert in
Boston.
munity Center.
Sponsored by the Jewish Com-
munity Center and the Jewish
Welfare Federation, the sympo-
sium, with Fred M. Butzel as
moderator, brought forth consid-
erable discussion on a number of
the issues introduced in the ad-
dresses.
The participants were Dr. Ja-
cob Robinson of American Jew-
ish Congress, Dr. Max Gottschalk
of the American Jewish Com-
mittee and Charles B. Sherman
of the Jewish Labor Committee.
Gives Background
Dr. Robinson's address gave
the background of the present
position of the Jews of Europe
and showed how the numerous
blueprints and declarations of
principle of the United Nations
are confusing the thinking of
people.
Comparing the position of the
Jews with that of other subju-
gated peoples, he stated that
Poles, Belgians, the French, and
others, despite hardships imposed
upon them by the Nazis, remain
on their own soil, whereas the
Jews "have lost their addresses."
"This," he declared, "throws a
shadow on all our planning."
Questioning the report that
only 350,000 Jews remain in Po-
land, Dr. Robinson said that
based on reports from neutral
sources there is reason to believe
that at least 1,000,000 Jews sur-
vive there. In the main, how-
ever, he indicated that there is
no way of ascertaining how
many there are in Europe today
and what their relative position
is. "All we know," he said, "is
that they are completely up-
rooted."
Immigration Problem
Jews and non-Jews will look
to the United States and Britain
for help in solving the problem
of the homeless, he said. He said
that there are no divergencies of
opinion on the main issues facing
Jewry today among the various
elements in the Jewish popula-
tion of this country. "That places
us in a happier situation than
after the last war," he said. "We
are not divided even on Pales-
tine."
Ultimate Solution
Speaking of the ultimate solu-
tion of the problem, Dr. Robin-
son said: "The United States can
not be indifferent to what is hap-
pening to the Jews everywhere.
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