EDITORIAL

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Display the Flag on Flag Day

Monday, June 14, will be observed as National Flag Day.
The Jewish War Veterans have inaugurated a movement
to encourage the display of the Flag in all homes.
This call should be honored as a nationwide demonstra-
tion of our loyalty to the Flag and our devotion to the prin-
ciples for which it stands.
Display the Flag on June 14—and on all. National Holi-
days.

By Danny Raskin

To all those confirmands, con-
secrants, Hebrew School gradu-
ates and bar mitzvahs, the LIS-
TENING POST welcomes you
into the ever growing youth com-
munity of Detroit. Yours is the
Opportunity to 'share in the im-
portant work which lies ahead
for the postwar youth.
A responsibility, greater than
ever before, is waiting to rest
.upon the shoulders of the Jewish
youths in Detroit, and you, as
new members of that community,
will be needed to lessen the bur-
den.
The many activities which are
open to youths are waiting your
participation and the vast number
of movements and enterprises
which necessitate the help of the
Jewish youths here, eagerly await
your interest and cooperation.
PVT. MAX VICTOR wrote
home from Florida that he was
worried because all the boys were
being transferred except him.
He went to the chaplain who
told him he would try to find out
the reason. The chaplain returned
without the reason, but with the
news that Max had attained the
highest score ever made in the
examination.
His joy was short-lived, how-
ever, as the chaplain told him
that the rabbi wanted to see him.
When he arrived he discovered
that the rabbi had planned a
Kosher meal for all the Jewish
boys in camp—in his honor.
Max called home last Thursday
night to tell the folks that he
didn't leave because the Army
was sending him to medical
school.
'ROUND TOWN . . . DAVID
ROSIN being congratulated on
his election as president of Louis
Marshall Lodge of Bnai Brith . . .
The hole in the wall near the
bowling alleys in the Jewish Cen-
ter where thieves tried to lower
the office safe down the stairs
and lost their grip . . . MARION
and JAY GOLDBERGER await-
ing deliveries from Mr. Stork
and Uncle Sam . . . The farewell
party at the JEWISH NEWS for
Benno Levi.
Junior Hadassah preparing for
their closed membership dance at
the Jewish Center, Sunday after-
noon, June 20 . . . PFC. JOE
ROSEN furloughing from Ft.
Myers, Fla. . . . The far-away
look in that grocer's eyes while a
lady customer bawls him out be-
cause he can't supply her with an
article of food . . . A gold star
hangs in his window at home . . .
BLANCHE HELLER and IDA
MILSTEIN reading cook books
for reference in the very, very
near future . . . News that LES
GREEN, somewhere in the Pa-
cific, was promoted to sergeant
only one month after he received
his corporal's rating . . . Dr.
MARVIN SCHWARTZ making
plans to go into private practice,
Aug. 1 (Lots of. luck and great
success, doc) . . . VIRGINIA
BRAND HOFFMAN back in
town . :" . The tipsy drunk help-
ing the straight walking blind
man across the street on Boston
and Dexter Blvds. . . . With the
result that the sightless gent ac-
tually helped the stew . . . LILA
JAFFEE visiting from Indiantown
Gap Military Reservation where
hubby, Sgt. IRVING JAFFEE is
stationed.
OSIAS GOLDSCHMIDT and
MRS. LILLIAN ROSEN start the
ball rolling in the•column's cigar-
ette campaign with two dollars
and one dollar, respectively.

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Conference Election Stirs
Wide Interest in Detroit

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The Zionist groups of Detroit,
together with the Detroit chapter
of the American Jewish Con-
gress, have selected the following
slate of candidates for delegates:
Rabbi Morris Adler, Fred M.
Butzel, Mrs. Joseph H. Ehrlich,
Rabbi Leon Fram, Leon Kay,
Morris Schaver, Abraham Srere,
Daniel Temchin and Henry Wine-
man.
The Zionist-Congress slate will
be known as the Zionist Com-
munist Slate.
United Community. Slate
The United Community Slate
was set up by the Bnai Brith, the
Michigan Synagogue Conference,
the Jewish War Veterans and a
group of Landsmanschaften. It
includes the following:
Rabbi Morris Adler,, Fred M.
Butzel, Aaron Droock, James I.
Ellmann, Dr. B. Benedict Glazer,
Samuel J. Rhodes, Aaron Rosen-
berg, Abraham Srere and Rabbi
M. J. Wohlgelernter.
Call Meeting Sunday
The sponsors of this slate in-
clude Morris Mohr of the Michi-
gan Synagogue Conference, Nate
Lerner of the Jewish War Vet-
erans, Harry Yudkoff of the Bnai
Brith and Frank Mersky of the
Landsmanschaf ten.
The United Community Slate
has called a public meeting of
Electors at the Workmen's Circle
Educational Building on Linwood
Ave. for Sunday morning at
10:30. The speakers will be Dr.
Glazer and Rabbi Wohlgelernter.
Zionist Meeting Monday
The Zionist Community Slate
has arranged for a meeting of
Detroit Electors to be held Mon-
day evening, June 14, at the
Rose Sittig Cohen Building,
Waverly and Lawton, for a pre-
sentation of the Zionist-Congress
platform.
The speakers at this rally will
be L. Shpiesman, eminent Polish-
Jewish author who escaped from
Warsaw and arrived in this
country a few months ago; Rabbi
Morris Adler, Lawrence W.
Crohn, Irving Schlussel and Leon
Kay. Mr. Shpiesman is the author
of a volume, "The Jews in Nazi
Poland," which has been trans-
lated into English.
Labor Rally Sunday
The Labor Zionist groups have
issued an appeal to Landsmans-
chaften to support the Zionist
Community Slate and to attend a
meeting for clarification of the
issues at 2 p. m. Sunday at the
Farbaind Folkshule, 1912 Taylor
Ave. The speakers at this rally
will be Mr. Shpiesman, Rabbi
Leon Fram and Morris Schaver,
the Labor Zionists' choice as can-
didate on the Zionist Community
Slate.
Youth's Statement
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Youth hafve issued .a statement
expressing the view that at least
one of the younger element in
the community should be among
the local nine delegates, and se-
lected Aaron Sumitz to represent
them on the ballot.
The youth groups — Avukah,
National Council of Jewish
Juniors, League of Mt. Sinai
Hospital Association, Delta Ome-
ga Iota Sorority, Agudath Hanoar
Haivri, Jewish Youth Forum,
YPS Bnai Moshe, YPS Shaarey
Zedek, Hashomer Hatzair, Sigma
Theta Delta, Bnai Brith — Re-
becca Fraetz, Junior Home Re-
lief, Zionist Youth Council, Mig-
dal, Young Judea Leaders Coun-
cil, YPS Bnai David and YPS
Temple Israel—present the plat-
form of their candidates as fol-
lows:
1. The right of Jews to re-
presentation at the peace
table.
2. Full indemnities to dis-
possessed European Jewry.
3. United Nations rehabili-
tation for homeless and pov-
erty stricken European ,
Jewry.
4. Immediate recognition of
Palestine as a National Jew-
ish Homeland.
5. Cooperation with other
groups to fight for a truly
democratic post war world.
On June 20, the League of
Detroit Jewish Youth will spon-
sor a forum discussion of this
platform at 8 p. m. in the Jew-
ish Community Center.
Folkman Elected
Meeting in Grand Rapids last
Sunday, delegates from commun-
ities in Michigan outside Detroit
elected Rabbi Jerome D. Folk-
man as state delegate to the Con-
ference.
The report' of the Election
Committee revealed that 71 votes
had been cast in behalf of 50
different organizations of the
various Michigan communities.
Of these, Rabbi Folkman received
44 votes; Israel Sendler, Flint,
16; Rabbi Edward M. Tenen-
baum, Saginaw, 6; Max Subar,
Grand Rapids, 3; Osias Zwerd-
ling, Ann Arbor, 2.
Rabbi Solomon Fineberg, Flint,
offered the invocation at the
State meeting. Mrs. Louis Lebster
of Flint, was elected secretary,
and David E. Weiss of Grand
Rapids, treasurer.

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Jews Are Small Percentage
Of Prisoners in Michigan

Figures Quoted by Rabbi Joshua Sperka, Jewish Chaplain;
Urges Corrective Measures and a Chance in Life
For Parolees

. Pleading for proper corrective
measures for prisoners and for
a chance to rebuild their lives
when they are paroled, Rabbi
Joshua S. Sperka, Jewish chap-
lain of the Bureau of Prisons of
the State of Michigan, this week
issued a report describing his ac-
tivities and presenting factual
material on Jewish prisoners in
this state.
Declaring that prison inmates
are neither objects of curiosity
nor of pity, Rabbi Sperka opens
his report by describing prisoners
in these categories: "Some can
be aided with little effort; some
need medical attention or moral
correction and few are beyond
improvement."
Recalls Experiences
Presenting his" report as a
semi-annual statement, Rabbi
Sperka recalls his experiences as
Jewish chaplain as of Nov. 27,
1941, when he first received his
appointment. At that time he
found 75 inmates in the State
Prison of Southern Michigan in
Jackson, 10 in Marquette, 3 in
Ionia Reformatory, 4 in the House
of Correction and 3 women in
the women's division of House
of Correction—a total of 95
Jewish inmates in a total prison
population of 7,699 — .0123 per
cent of the total.
Before the appointment of a
Jewish chaplain, Rabbi Sperka
states in his report, the Jewish
prisoners were friendless, did not
have regular religious services
and had no contacts with the
community.
60 Jews in 5,0'71
At the present time, the State
Prison of Southern Michigan in
Jackson has a population of 5,071,
of whom 60 are Jews. In Ionia,
there are 3 Jews out of a total
population of 1012. In the House
of Correction .and in Marquette
there are 10 Jews out of a total
population of 720. Rabbi Sperka
also reports that there are 2 Jews
out of a total of 45 in the Mar-
quette Honor Camp and 4 Jews
out of a total of 31 in the
Plymouth House of Correction.
There is one woman among 214
in the women's division of the
House of Correction.
Many Requests
Rabbi Sp e r k a enumerates
many requests that have been
made of him by Jewish and non-
Jewish inmates. In one instance

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he discouraged a request for con-
version 'by a non-Jew. He has
arranged for religious services,
provided prisoners with Bibles,
praperbooks, Taleisim, skull caps
and Jewish magazines.
Stating that "preaching strikes
him (the prisoner) as blaming
and downing him," Rabbi Sperka
declares that the prisoners "must
be led to an appreciation of a
true adjustment of one's commu-
nity and its people and that it
pays to be good."
"Only one out of 15 reads
Hebrew, and that one is usually
foreign-born," his report states.
First Passover
The first Passover celebration
arranged by Rabbi Sperka in-
cluded a Seder and provision of
sufficient Passover food for each
Jewish inmate. The practice was
repeated this year at a cost of
$400 which was raised by a com-
mittee consisting of Joseph Block,
Max Charness, Joseph Davidson,
Herman Lapidus, Louis Please,
Saul Waxman and Sidney Gord-
man.
Dedication of an Ark of the
Law and a Scroll was the occa-
sion of a solemn event. The
Scroll was presented by Joseph
Block, president of Congregation
Bnai David.
Of the 34 Jews paroled during
Rabbi Sperka's service as chap-
lain, he has succeeded in secur-
ing employment for 25. Not one
of the men has violated his pa-
role, Rabbi Sperka reports.
The plea for a proper correc-
tive system and for a chance in
life for the paroled prisons is
accompanied by an additional re-
quest by Rabbi Sperka for the
establishment of library shelves
of Jewish books and periodicals
in all state prisons. He states:
"From the point of view of
inter-faith activities, a Jewish
Library Shelf will provide the
best information about Jewish
religion, history and literature. I
appeal to those who have good
Jewish books to send them to me
or to the prison. I am anxious
to secure Bibles, Jewish Publi-
cation Society books and other
volumes. If you desire you may
send me a check for this purpose
or send contributions to Prison
Library Fund to Joseph A. Block,
president of Congregation Bnai
David."

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