Page Seven 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- _ 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. 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