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Issued by the Detroit Election Comm
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N COMMON WITH ALL MEN,
we Jews have a vital stake in the general peace that is to come after
Victory. The right of Jews to freedom, equality and justice should
find place in the new world that will emerge when peace comes.
The economic rehabilitation of Jewish life should be integrated in-
the plans for world reconstruction. And the rights of the Jewish
people with respect to Palestine should be fully implemented.
This situation makes imperative a reaffirmation on the part of
the Jews of America of their duty to themselves and their fellow-
Jews under oppression. The desirability of establishing a program
of common action to deal with post-war Jewish problems has been
recognized by all American Jewish groups. To that end, a Pre-
liminary Conference of delegates representing thirty-two national
Jewish organizations met in Pittsburgh on January 23-24, 1943,
and resolved to take the initiative in summoning an American
Jewish assembly where the terms of such a program should be es-
tablished and a delegation elected to act for the Jews of America
in co-operation with the accredited representatives of Jews
throughout the world.
You are therefore given notice that at a meeting held on April
17th, the Executive Committee for the Organization of the Ameri-
can Jewish Conference was authorized to make public the follow-
ing information:
To Att Detroit Jewish Membership Gro
Organizations, Synagogues and Te
Unaffiliated With An
At a meeting held on May 12, 1943,, it .accordance with the
rules of the National Board of Elections, the Detroit Provisional
Committee selected the Detroit Election Committee for the pur-
pose of making all necessary arrangements for the election of dele-
gates to the American Jewish Conference.
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The Detroit Election Committee is vested with exclusive juris-
diction over the nominations and election of delegates to the
American Jewish Conference. It is responsible to the National
Board of Elections and is subject to its rules and decisions.
Nomination of Candidates
A meeting of the Detroit Election Committee will be held on
June 7, 1943, to record nominations of candidates for election as
delegates. Each local group has the right to nominate nine candi-
I. That the American Jewish Conference will be convened
on July 1, 1943, the place to be decided later.
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dates to be listed on the election ballot. The Election Committee
will arrange the names of the candidates in alphabetical order and
prepare the official ballot for submission to the Detroit confer-
All Jewish mem
II. That a National Board of Elections has been appointed,
the rules of election adopted and authorized to be published; that
ence. Decisions by the Election Committee will be by a majority
ized prior to Decemb
vote of those present and voting. The Election Committee does
nized Jewish activitie
delegates are to be elected through local groups represented in
community or regional conferences and by national organizations;
and that the elections in the local Jewish communities or regions
not have the right, however, to exclude any nomination unless such
nomination is in violation of the rules.
in the local communit
shall be held not later than June 14, 1943.
the projected Americ
One hundred members of any local Jewish community not
entitled otherwise separately to representation at the Election Con-
III. That the national Jewish membership organizations
shall be entitled to representation in the American Jewish Confer-
ence to the extent of 125 delegates, and that the communities or
regions shall be entitled to elect 375 delegates.
ference shall have the right to- nominate a candidate for delegate
to the American Jewish Conference by petition, and shall file the
delegate for their firs
same with the Detroit Election Committee. All such nominations
tional delegate for ev
by petitions must be made not later than three weeks prior to the
date of the election.
major fraCtion thereof
IV. That the agenda of the said American Jewish Confer
ence shall be the following:
1. To consider and recommend action on problems relating to
the rights and status of Jews in the post-war world.
Such organization
Any recognized local group may singly or in association with
entitled to nominate
delegates in your loca
another local group participate in the district or regional election
of delegates under a designated name which may be placed after
the name of its candidate or candidates.
2. To consider and recommend action upon all matters look-
ing to the implementation of the rights of the Jewish people with
respect to Palestine.
NO NOMINATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER JUNE
7TH.
3. To elect a delegation to carry out the program of the
American Jewish Conference in co-operation with the duly ac-
credited representatives of Jews throughout the world.
Eligibility Rules for Local
Organizations
Any local Jewish membership group organized and function-
Your own delega
ence should be elect
:
your own members ca
should be held without
Your Nomination
for in the local Elector
warded to your local E
A community is entitled to one delegate for each 10,000 Jew-
ing prior to December 7, 1941, and engaged in recognized Jewish
ish population, or major fraction thereof. In accordance with this
provision Detroit is entitled to elect nine delegates to represent
activities with a membership of more -than 50,• shall have the right
the community at the American Jewish - Conference.
tion Conference and to participate in the election• of delegates - to
Notice of time an
the American Jewish Conference. This shall include local branches
of national organizations entitled to representation on the Execu-
dure for holding Comn
Organization of Detroit Election
Committee
For the purpose of organizing the Detroit elections, the Na-
tional Board of Elections of the American •Jewish Conference ap-
pointed Abraham Srere as Convenor of the Detroit Provisional
Committee. The Convenor called together an equal number of
representatives of the local groups affiliated with the national or-
ganizations which have membership on the Executive Committee
of the American Jewish Conference, to meet as a Provisional Com-
mittee.
than June 7.
to'nominate and send a delegate or delegates to the .Detroit Elec-
tive Committee, as well as synagogues and temples and other or-
ganizations unaffiliated with any national organization.
will be issued by your
Abraham Srere, Chai
yard, Detroit, Michiga
Method of Electing Delegates to
Detroit Election Conference
Every recognized local group shall be entitled to one dele-
gate to the Election Conference for the first 50 of its membership
and one additional delegate for each additional 75 members or
major fraction thereof.