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THE JEWISH NEWS

Friday, June' IT, 1143

James I. Ellmann Issues
Call for Council Election

Officers and Executive Committee to be Chosen at
Meeting on June 22; Amendments to Constitution
Also to Be Acted Upon

Call Issued

For Congress
Membership

Abe Kasle, Rabbi Fram Ask
The Jewish Community Council will elect new officers For New Members to Aid
and a new executive committee at its electiOn meeting on
Conference Program
Tuesday ; June 22, at 8:15 p. rri., in the auditorium of the
JewiSh Community Center, Woodward at Holbrook.
A call to Detroit Jews to join
:.The nominating committee is composed of: Henry the ranks of the American Jew-
Abramowitz, Dr. Leo M. Franklin, Dr. S. Kleinman, Louis ish Congress and to assist in work

LeVine., Mrs. Louis James Ro- ;\
senberg, Rabbi Joshua S. Sperka, ber of delegates which can con-
and. Abraham Srere. Rabbi Spey-
stitute a quorum.
ka was chosen by the nominating
"The Community Council elec-
committee as its chairman.
These selections were made in tion meeting on June 22 is of vi-
order to secure a broad repre- tal importance to Detroit's 'Jew-
sentation of various segments and ish 'Community," stated James I.
groups in the Jewish community.
Ellmann, president of the Jewish
Each person was chosen because
he is an active leader in his par- Community Council. "By means
ticular circle of organizations, of this election, the democratic
and, at the same time, has direct processes and controls are put in-
knowledge of the program of the to operation, and expression is
given to the will and desires of
Jewish Community Council.
the total Jewish community. This
Limited to Seven
election provides the opportunity
According to the provisions of for selecting democratically the
the Community Council's con- men who_ will determine com-
stitution, this Committee is lim- munity policy for the next two
ited to seven persons, of which years.
number only three can be mem-
"The. right to criticize is inher-
bers of the present executive
ent in any democratic structure,
committee of the Jewish Coin-
but with it must go the respon-
munity Council.
sibility for participating in -the
The nominating committee has election , of those . persons who
held several meetings, and is make the decisions which affect
ready with its report. It's mem- the entire community. Therefore,
bers state that the committee has I wish to take this opportunity to
made sure that every segment in urge all Community Council del-
the Jewish community will . be egates to make sure , that they at-
adequately represented. At the tend this important election,
election meeting, additional nom- and to call upon all constituent
inations may be made fro m the organizations to make certain
floor.
that their representatives do
Several important amendments not fail to appear for them. It is
will also be voted upon at the urgent that all who have the right
June 22 meeting. The amend- to vote participate in electing our
ments have been approved by community leaders."
the executive committee, and
now require the vote of the dele-
gate body. These amendments
are the result of a careful analy-
Here
sis of the Constitution, made by
a special committee, including
Joseph' Bernstei n, Lawrence Sets
Crohn, Morris Garvett, Myron
Keys, Samuel W. Leib and Louis
Nathan R. Epstein, president
Rosenzweig. ,
of the Detroit Auxiliary of the
Los Angeles Sanatorium, an-
Plan Amendment
The constitution study commit- nounced on Tuesday that a
tee proposed a series of amend- "Town' Fair" and carnival, for
ments based upon six years' ex- the benefit of the sanatorium,
perience in the functioning of the will be held on Fullerton and
Community Council, and in the Dexter, June 11-20.
light of present day require-
Mr. Epstein points out that
ments. The amendments provide
funds are needed to care for pa-
for the enlarging of the Com-
tients and asks Detroit organiz-
munity Council's executive com-
ations and individuals to attend
mittee; a limit on the number of
terms which an officer can serve; the event.
annual eleetions of executive
committee members, on a stag- Seligman Elected
gered basis; a change in the num-

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L. A. Sanatorium
Auxiliary
'Town Fair'

R esponsibility for Crime of Murdering Jewish People
In Poland Falls Indirectly on Allies, He
Wrote in Plea for Rescue Action

_

NEW YORK (JPS)—The last words written by Szrnul
Zygielbojm, Jewish representative on the Polish National
Council who committed suicide in London recently, protested
the "inactivity with which the world is looking on and per-
mitting the extermination of Jewish people" and appealed
for immediate action "to save from extermination the Polish

of defending the Jewish position Jews who are still alive."
The letter, made public here their hands in their last heroic
by the Polish Information Serv-
impulse.
ice, was typed in Polish and ad-
dressed to President Wladislaw "It was not my destiny to per-
Raszkiewicz and Premier Si- ish as they did, together with
korski of the Polish Government- them, but I belong to them and
in-Exile. It read in part: their mass graves.
"I take the liberty of address-
"I trust that the President and
ing to you my last words, and Prime Minister will direct my
through you the Polish Govern- words to all of those for whom
ment and people, the govern- they are destined and that the
ments and people of the Allied Polish Government will begin
States and the conscience of the action in the diplomatic and prop-
world.
aganda fields in order ..to save
"From the latest information from extermination the Polish
received from Poland, it is evi- Jews who are still alive.
dent that without doubt the
"I bid farewell to ai and
Germans are now murdering the everything dear to me and loved
few remaining Jews in Poland. by me."
Lists Responsibility
"The responsibility for the
crime of murdering all the Jew- Congress
ish population in Poland falls
on June
ABE KASLE
in the first instance on the perpe-
trators, but indirectly also it
at home and abroad was issued weighs on the whole of humanity,
The Detroit Women's Division
again this -week by Abe Kasle, the peoples and governments of
vice-president of the Detroit the Allied States, which so far of American Jewish Congress
Chapter and chairman of the lo- have made no effort toward a will hold a shower on Friday,
June 18, at Kern's auditorium.
cal membership drive.
concrete action for the purpose of
Mrs. Harry Dunitz, chairman of
Pointing to the all-inclusive curtailing this crime.
this affair, is assisted by Mes-
program issued for the American
"Out of the- nearly 350,000 Po-
Jewish Conference and published lish Jews and about 700,000 Jews dames Harry Thomas, Samuel
in last week's Jewish News, Mr. deported to Poland from other Ratkin, Sidney Sidell, Louis
Kasle stated that our position can countries, there still lived in Goldberg, Aaron Carlstein, Har-
be made easier in fighting for April of this year, according to ry Coggan, Robert Drews and
Jewish rights by upholding the the official information of the Julian S. Tobias.
Proceeds will further the ac-
hands of Dr. Stephen S. Wise, head of the underground Bund
president of the American Jewish organization sent to the United tivities of the Women's Division
Congress, and Congress workers States through a delegate of the in the Service-Camp project, lo-
throughout the land.
government, about 300,000. And cal Congress activities and the
An appeal for Congress mem- the murders are still going on Congress Defense House in New
York.
bership also was issued by Rabbi incessantly.
Leon Fram, another vice-presi-
Perished As Heroes
BROTHERS—
dent of the Detroit Chapter of
"I cannot be silent and I can-
the American Jewish Congress, not live while the remnants of
Made to Measure and
Ready to Wear
and by Leon Kay, president.
the Jewish people of Poland, of
Leon Kay was selected the whom I am a representative, are
Congress delegate for the Ameri- perishing.
can Jewish Conference on the
"My comrades in the Warsaw
Zionist ticket.
ghetto perished with weapons in

Women's

Shower

Blatt to Direct
Camp Play f air

Meyer Blatt, well known De-
troit athlete, former member of
the Jewish Center staff, will be
director of Camp Playfair, lo-
cated in the wooded country of
Michigan, between Charlevoix
Head Shaarey
and Petoskey.
Registration of new campers—
Zedek Men's Club
boys and girls 6 to 15—is now
Maurice Seligman, a former, being accepted at TO. 8-8382.
president, was elected again to
A high rating has been given
head the Men's Club of Shaarey the camp by the Michigan Board
Zedek, at a recent election.
of Health.
Daniel G. Cullen was chosen
Men Who Hauled Material, vice-president; Morris Karbal,
Open
Men's Wear
Evenings
treasurer, and Ben S. Sidlow,
Soldiers to War Fronts
secretary for a sixth term.
Believed Drowned
Phil Kanter, Milton Mahler,
DEXTER
JERUSALEM (JPS - Palcor)— Abe Kasle and Henry Fried-
With each of the men having kin man were elected members of
at WEBB
scattered throughout cities and the board.
villages, the loss of 138 Palestine
Jewish drivers has. plunged the
Yishuv into mourning: Many of
them had seen action on the most
trying fronts, as they and their
trucks transported men and ma-
teriel to the theaters of war.
The list of the ,missing was is-
sued by the Palestine
authorities, which stated that the
138 were two warrant officers
and a number of non-commis-
sioned officers.

Palestine Mourns
Death of 138 in

Zygielbojm Suicide Note
Appeals for Aid to Jews

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