U

•

Page Sixteen

THE JEWISH NEWS

,

Friday, July 2, 1943

USO Unites All Americans for War Effort

LL LINES of demarcation based on color or
creed, or rank of office, were completely
w ► ped out when the United Service Organizations,
meeting in annual Reveille Luncheon on June 24,
gave an account of its splendid work.
Acting on behalf of the Young Men's and the
Young Women's Christian Association, the Coun-
cil of Social Agencies, the Jewish Welfare Board,
National Catholic Community Service, Salvation
Army and National Travelers Aid Association, the
USO emerges today as one of the strongest fac-
tors for the creation of amity among all elements
in the American population.
Henry Meyers, president of USO of Metro-
politan Detroit, presided at the colorful affair on
June 24. Among the servicemen at the speakers'
table, men and women, from buck privates to
colonels, was also Lt. Rachel Finegold of the
Marine Corps. •

A

Jewish Leaders Introduced

Among those who were introduced to the au-
dience—directly or among the groups of com-
mittees who were called upon to rise in recogni-
tion of their services—were:
Fred M. Butzel, Samuel H. Rubiner, chairman
of the Detroit Army and ,Navy Committee of the
Jewish Welfare Board, and Mrs. Henry Wineman,
who, in addition to Mr. Meyers, are members of
the beard of directors of the Metropolitan Detroit
USO.
Herman M. Pekarsky, acting executive direc-
tor of the Jewish Welfare Federation and a mem-
ber of the USO executive committee.
Jack Spencer, director of the J. W. B. Army
and Navy Committee, and Miss Hannah Ferman,
member of the J. W. B. staff in Detroit.
Isadore A. Berger, in charge of the volunteer
Auxiliary Photo Service of the USO.
Pvt. Jay Handelsman, Guadalcanal hero here
on sick leave, who was a guest at the luncheon.
Philip Slomovitz, member of the public rela-
tions committee, of which Father Clancy is chair-
man.

Left to right: Herman Pekarsky, acting
director, Jewish Welfare Federation;
Nathan Weisman, director of public
relations of American Jewish Joint
Distribution Committee; who • was a
guest in_ the city in the interest of
J.D.C. activities; Fred M. ,Butzel, mem-
ber of USO executive committee; Ches
B. Larsen, vice-president of Cunning-
ham Drug Stores, Inc., and Samuel If,
Rubiner, chairman of the Detroit Army
and Navy Committee of the Jewish
Welfare Board and a member of the
executive committee of the USO.

ABOVE:

On the right is Henry Meyers, president of the USO of Metropolitan
Detroit, who presided at the luncheon. Left to right - are: Lt. Rachel
Finegold, U. S. Marine Auxiliary , Col. Wright, Selfridge Field ; Lt.
Helen Stewart, WAVES; .Lt. Katherine Burlingame; , of WAACs.

Prominent Song-Writer Applauded

Seymour Simons, prominent Detroit song-
writer, who was present at the luncheon with Mrs.
Simons, received the plaudits of the audience
when his song, "At the USO" was sung by Jean-
nie Rand and Seaman Jack
In addition to the address by Dr. Paul T.
Rankin, chairman of the executive committee of
the USO, who outlined the work of the United
Services Organizations, the audience heard a re-
port by George F. Pierrot, executive director of
Detroit USO.
Mr. Pierrot's report, distributed among all
present at the luncheon, predicted that the year's
total number of service men and women to be en-
tertained in Detroit will exceed 1,800,000. The re-
port describes in detail the various USO activities
carried on in 20 centers.
A thrilling moment at the luncheon was the
extemporaneous address of Flight Lt. Griffith
Williams, an English officer stationed at Grosse
Ile, who pointed to the need for better under-
standing among the American and English peo-
ples in order to assure a better world after the war. •

BELOW: .

On the extreme right is Pvt. Jay Handelsman, Guadalcanal hero who
is home oil sick leave. To his left, back to the 'camera, is Alex Schreiber.
Left to right are : Mrs. H. C. Broder, her son, William ; Mrs. Sidney
Barnett, Mrs. Edward Atlas and Mrs. Harry Jacobson. To the right of
Mrs. Broder is her son, Brewster.

,

•

,.*•••••

ABOVE:

Isadore Arnold
Berger is shown
in the act of tak-
ing some of the
photographs o n
this page. Mr.
Berger. is head
of the volunteer
Auxiliary Photo
Service of t h e
USO.

guide for non-Jews in their deal-
ings with our people, and as an
assurance to ourselves that "so-
ciety cannot be trained to des-
ecrate the human personality in
any direction -Without destroying
its own soul and writing its own
His Anti-Jewish Statement
Dr. Baron's "Stars and Sand," Newest Book of Jewish Publi- doom."
From
Augustine
to
FDR
In Life is Republished
cation Society, Acclaimed as Great Collection of
The
great
value
'of
this.
work
is
In Personal Paper
"Jewish Notes by Non-Jewish Notables"
evident also in the selection of
authors. The quotations go as far
JERUSALEM, (JTA) — King
The Jewish Publication Society of America has to its
Ibn Saud of Saudi-Arabia has
credit many outstanding achievements. It has published the
republished in his personal paper,
`,`History of the Jews" by Graetz, has introduction Israel
Oinel7 Kura, the full text of his
Zangwill to America, sponsored the translation of the Bible
anti-Zionist statement which ap-
by leading world scholars and published Dubnov's "History
peared in the American maga-
of the Jews in Russia and Poland" and Prof. Louis Ginzberg's
zine, Life, it was learned here
"Legends of the Jews." Scores of€
other excellent works attest to eras. "Stars and Sand" reveals
the splendid record of the So- that in many periods in history,
Jewish Publication Society —
Ciety.
"Candles in the Night: Jewish
when everything seemed dark
Tales by Gentile Authors." He is
Even this great record is en- and gloomy for Israel, there were
the author of a score of other
hanced by the June, 1943, publi- champions who spoke in behalf
books and monograms. He has
cation — Dr. Joseph L. Baron's of our people's safety.
been a contributor to numerous
"Stars and Sand: Jewish Notes
Author's Fine Judgment
periodicals, is professor of phil-
by Non-Jewish Notables."
osophy at the Milwaukee State
It
is
a
most
revealing
work,
A Reflect Spirit of Many Eras
Teachers College and is a leader
and its selection of chapter titles
It is a magnificent work which and its sub-division into such
in numerous Jewish movements
quite evidently required a great studies as "The Quality of
in his city and state.
deal of research and labor. Dr. Mercy," "The Medieval Inferno,"
"Stars and Sand," which in-
Baron himself points out that "The Br6wn Terror," "The Gos-
cludes 18 full page illustrations,
DR. JOSEPH L. BARON
this work is "a compilation of pel of Hatred," "The Plea for
can be secured as one of the
more than 400 brief statements Toleration," "The Quest for a
and excerpts from the larger Home," "In • the New World," back as Augustine, Latin Church membership books of the Jewish
works of Gentile notables that "The Voice of the Nations," and Father (354-430), and bring us up Publication Society. Membership,
breathe the spirit of humaneness the excellent material incorpor- to date in the selections from at $5 per year, entitles members
statements by President Roose- to three of the Society's books
toward Israel."
ated in each grouping, are proof velt and Wendell L. Willkie.
and to a discount on other books.
This anthological work is, of of the 'author's fine judgment.
Dr. Baron, rabbi of Congrega- Full details may be secured by
mai course, much more than merely
Dr. Baron's scholarly introduc-
writing to the Society's executive
such a compilation. It is a birds- tory essay is a splendid study of tion Emanu-El B'ne Jeshurun of director, Maurice Jacobs, 320
eye view of non-Jewish opinions the good will movement. The en- Milwaukee, is the author. of an Levis Tower Bldg., Philadelphia
which reflect the spirit of many tire book ought to serve as a earlier book published by the 2, Pa.

Anthology Reveals Spirit
Of Humaneness for Israel

Ibn Saud Prints Anti-Zionist
Attack in the Arab Press

when a - copy- of the issue dated
June 11, reached Palestine.,

AFL- to Demand Allies
Guarantee Jewish Home
NEW YORK, (JTA)—The Am-
erican Federation of Labor is de-
termined to obtain from the Uni-
ted Nations a guarantee that Pal-
estine will be established as a
permanent Jewish National home
at the close of the war, William
Green, president of the AFL said
this week in a message delivered
by long distance telephone from
his home at Coshocton, 0., to the
Louis D. Brandeis Colony ban-
quet tendered in his honor at the
Hotel Commodore. The dinner
was attended by 1,800 union
leaders, representatives of trade
associations and figures promi-
nent in American Zionism.

`King of Lampedusa' •
In JNF's 'Golden-gook'
LONDON, (JTA)—The name
of Sgt. Sydney Cohen, the young
Jewish RAF pilot who secured
the surrender of the Italian is-
land of Lampedusa when he was
forced to land there . because his
fuel supply had run out, will be
inscribed in the Jewish National
Fund's "Golden Book" in Jeru-
salem, it was announced here. It
was suggested that the JNF set
aside a special. page for men and
women who have distinguished
themselves in 'thilitalY 'service.

,

