Friday, 'July 2, 1943
Jews Express Grave Concern
Over Detroit Racial Strife
Coordinating Committee of Jewish Groups Dealing With
Employment Discrimination in War Industries
Fears All Minorities Are Threatened
WASHINGTON, (JTA)—Grave concern over racial out-
breaks in Detroit was expressed this week in a statement
issued by the Coordinating Committee of Jewish Organiza-
tions Dealing with Employment Discrimination in War In-
dustries.
"When one minority is threatened, all minorities are
threatened," Claude A. Benjamin, chairman of the Commit-
tee; said. He issued his statement after a 40-minute interview
with Msgr. Francis J. Haas, newly appointed chairman of
President Roosevelt's Committee on Fair Employment Prac-
tice.
The full text of the statement follows:
"The Coordinating Committee of Jewish Organizations
Dealing with Employment Discrimination in War Industries,
representing 70 national and local Jewish organizations, is
gravely concerned over the violent disturbance in race rela-
tionships which have recently occurred in Detroit and else-
where. These outbreaks violate the democratic way of life
and hamper the successful prosecution of the war effort.
Must Be Able to Work Together
"Full use of available labor supply for maximum war
production requires that all groups of employes must be able
to work together harmoniously and effectively. The strength-
ening influence and calm judgment of the President's Com-
mittee on Fair Employment Practice is needed more than
ever before to assure the full and equitable participation of
all workers in war industry without discrimination because
of race, creed, color or national origin.
"Therefore, the current reorganization of the Fair Em-
ployment Practice Committee should provide that agency
with ample budget and authority. The Committee • should
be encouraged to complete its reorganization promptly and
effectively. We are certain that resolute action on its part
will contribute immeasurably towards solving existing diffi-
culties and preventing future outbreaks."
Rankin Attacks FEPC for Detroit Riots
WASHINGTON (JPS)—To John Rankin, Jew-baiting Congress-
man of Mississippi, the Detroit riots, with their 34 deaths, 26
of whom were negroes, can be simply explained "by the crazy
-policies of the so-called Fair Employment Practices Committee in
attempting to mix the races in all kinds of employment."
His' expression of opinion came during a brief flurry on the
House floor when Rep. Samuel Dickstein observed that "the riots
in Michigan must be a great comfort to the Nazi government and
the Axis countries." He pointed out that two years ago • he had
called the attention of the Dies Committee to the Ku Klux Klan in
Michigan but nothing was done.
But Rep. Joe Starnes of Alabama dissented. A few days previ-
ously he had attacked the 0. W. I. as a menace because it had circu-
lated copies of a pamphlet describing the Negro's contribution to the
war effort. As far as the Detroit situation was concerned, it was
an exaggeration to say that the -K. K. K. was responsible. He de-
fended it as having "only 10,000 paid members throughout the
country."
Sentences Won't Cure Riots, Lawyers Feel
"The manner of determining guilt and the imposition of max-
imum sentences on the defendants involved in the recent race riots
without due regard to the facts and their fundamntal rights will not
cure the existing causes of racial hatred and deep-seated prejudices,"
the National Lawyers Guild, Detroit chapter, feels.
The local branch of the NLG believes the sentences handed
many for participation in the riots will cause even greater racial
tension than heretofore existed.
"For example," the local chapter says in a statement signed by
Alan W. Brown, recording secretary, "if a defendant was unwitting-
ly and unwillingly drawn into a mob, or happened to defend him-
self from attack—his imprisonment for 90 days will only cause
greater resentment and ill-feeling which he will blame on color
discrimination, intolerance and injustice by the courts."
Anti-Semitic Agitation
Protested in Copenhagen
Page Tilted.
T-•.E JEWISH • N'EWS
Weekly Review of the News of the World
(Compiled From Cables of Independent Jewish Press Service)
AMERICA
The text of a recent protest by the Ger-
man Catholic Bishops of Slovakia against
the persecution of the Jews has been
broadcast to Germany by the Vatican ra-
dio, according to a British broadcast re-
corded by the Columbia Broadcasting Sys-
tem.
Sixteen thousand dollars was raised at
a Sponsors' Dinner in New York to inaug-
urate the Brandeis Camp Institute for
Zionist leadership training of Jewish
youth, it was announced by the American
Zionist Youth Commission, joint agency of
the Zionist Organization of America and
Hadassah.
During the 1942-43 season, the Jewish
Education Committee of New York, sup-
porting Hebrew, English and Yiddish re-
ligious school education, spent $310,000,
according to a financial report made avail-
able here.
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Danish Population Displays Hostility Against Nazi Author-
ities Over Tailoring Firm's Manager Who
Insulted Jews in Company Cafe
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STOCKHOLM (JTA)—A minor incident reported in the
newspaper Social Demokraten this week is indicative of
the hostility of the Danish population to the anti-Semitic
agitation of the Nazi occupation authorities and the Danish
collaborationists.
The Social Demokraten reports that the staff of a large
Copenhagen tailoring firm, Scheuer & Morch, decided un-
animously to boycott the company restaurant because its
manager insulted several Jewish members of the staff. The
employes declared that they would continue to refuse to
patronize the place until the management. was changed.
Demand Quiz Into Death of Jewess Deported by Nazis
STOCKHOLM (JTA)—Acting on the request of a Jewish
woman, who is a Swedish citizen, authorities here lodged an official
complaint with the German legation asking an inquiry into the
death of her sister, a Swedish citizen who was deported by the
Nazis from Norway to Poland.
The sister was transported together with other Jews from Oslo
in a cattle train and died en route before their destination was
reached.
German diplomatic representatives said that the woman would
not have been deported had the Nazi authorities there known she
was a Swedish citizen.
2,000 Polish Jews Starving in Italian Camps
SOMEWHERE IN EUROPE (JTA)—More than 2,000 Polish
Jews interned in Italy as enemy aliens are faced with starvation
unless relief from Jewish communities in neutral countries reaches
them shortly. The internees are held in various camps, the largest
of which is situated at Ferramonti.
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