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THE JEWISH NEWS
Movement Started to Draft
Dr. Silver to Head Zionists
Charges McWilliams Has
Government War Job
NEW YORK (JPS)—Joe Mc-
Williams, anti-Semitic agitator
Group of 100 Leading American Zionists Launch Drive and pro-Hitler rabble-rouser,
has a job as industrial engineer
To Persuade Cleveland Rabbi to Seek Post
in which he visits war plants in
As President of ZOA at Convention
the Middle West, it is charged
PITTSBURGH (JPS)—A group of 100 leading American by PM, New York liberal tab-
Zionists from coast to coast have launched a movement to loid.
draft Dr. Abba Hillel Silver, Cleveland rabbi, national chair-
man of the United Palestine Appeal and also national chair-
E. Wallace Colvin, son of Mr.
man of the United Jewish Appeal, for the presidency of and Mrs. Joseph L. Colvin, has
the Zionist Organization of America, whose annual con- been promoted from Second
vention is to be held in Colum-
Lieutenant to First Lieutenant,
bus, 0., in September.
The group is headed by Charles
Rosenbloom, Pittsburgh philan-
thropist, as chairman, and Joel
Gross, Jewish leader of Newark,
N. J., as vice chairman.
(The first proposal that Dr.
Abba Hillel Silver be drafted for
leadership of the ZOA was made
on March 12 in the Purely Com-
mentary Column of The Jewish
. News. The Jewish News Com-
mentator at that time indicated
that Dr. Silver is the outstanding
choice for president, and listed
Dr. Israel Goldstein and Emanuel
Neumann as the second and third
choices in the event that Dr. Sil-
ver does not accept the call.)
The draft effort was made pub-
lic by Mr. Rosenbloom in a desire
to get the support of other Zion-
ists in persuading Dr. Silver to
"put aside all other Jewish com-
munal obligations in order- to
accept the leadership of the Zion-
ist movement in America."
Greatest Crisis
The group revealed that an ap-
peal had been submitted to Dr.
Silver asserting that "the Zionist
movement is faced with the
greatest crisis in its history, re-
quiring leadership that will be
courageous, stimulating and in-
spiring," and declaring that he
Was the one man in America to
take the helm.
The fight on the British White
Paper policy for palestine, due to
go into effect next year, was said
to be one of the important tasks
requiring the best leadership. Dr.
Silver also was reminded that
preparations must now be made
to prepare Palestine for mass
Jewish immigration after • the
war.
His Supporters
Zionist leaders from all sections
of the country have joined in
making the appeal to Dr. Silver
to state that he would be "ready
to serve if called upon."
The list includes Dr. Harry
Friedenwald, honorary v i c e-
president of the Zionist Organiza-
tion of America and one of its
first presidents, and the following
Detroiters: Abraham Srere, Rab-
bi Leon Fram and Philip Slomo-
vitz.
Famed Painting
Is on Display
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A world famous oil painting is
now on display at the Julian Art
Galleries,. 124 Penobscot t ldg.
The painting, entitled "My
Wife's Lovers," was made more
than 65 years ago by Carl Kah-
ler for Mrs. Kate Johnson, a San
Francisco millionairess, the .third
floor of whose palatial home was
devoted to the care of 300 An-
gora and Persian cats.
The artist sketched for three
years among the cats before
commencing the magnificent
work depicting 42 life-size por-
traits of Mrs. Johnson's feline
aristocrats. In her will she left
$500,000 for the care of the cats.
Eccentric though she no doubt
was, she also willed $10,000,000
for orphanages, indiscriminate of
race or creed.
Visitors are welcome to see
the famous painting at the Ju-
lian Art Galleries, frOm 9:30 to
5 p. m. Incidentally, a letter is
also on display from Maj or
Bowes who knew the lady and
was acquainted with the paint-
ing, and who had seen the cats
in her mansion.
The Julian Art Galleries ex-
hibit also includes other valu-
able paintings as well as a rare
collection of picture frF.mes. The
collection is changed from time
to time.
Henry Siegl, McLeod
On Center Program
Henry Siegl, well-known viol-
inist, and George McLeod, dis-
tinguished baritone, will give a
joint recital at
the sixth in a
series of open-
air concerts at
the Jewish
Community
Center next
Wednesday ev-
ening.
M r . McLeod
has appeared as
soloist in var-
Henry Siegl ious concerts
and oratories. His program will
include songs by Franz, Schu-
mann, Purcell, Gounod, Del
Riego, Friml and Elgar.
Mr. Siegl will play pieces by
Kreisler, Wieniawsky, Bach,
Brahms, Prokofieff, and Dinicu
Ileifetz"`Hora Stacatto."
High RiDout will be at the
piano.
There will be no charge for
admission.
his parents were • informed this
week. Lt. Colvin is stationed at
Fort Eustis, Virginia.
Friday, July 30, 1943
Jews in Uniform
Captain, 24, Gets DFC
For Downing 9 Planes
NEW YORK (JPS) — Capt.
Sylvan Feld, 24, of Lynn, Mass.,
has been awarded the Disting-
uished Flying Cross, on recom-
mendation of Maj. Gen. Doo-
little, for "extraordinary ach-
ievement in shooting down nine
enemy planes in the Northwest
African area since, March 22,"
it was reported here by the Bu
reau of War Records of the Jew-
ish Welfare Board.
Arthur L. Gold, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Sam Gold of 2640 Leslie
Ave., is stationed
at the U. S. Army
Camp in New
Orleans. A grad-
uate of Highland
Park High
School, he stud-
ied at Walsh In-
stitute of Ac-
counting. He
was a member
of Pisgah Lodge
of Bnai Brith.
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Local Brevities
Dr. Leo M. Franklin was one of
the speakers at the good will
meeting before the Army Air
Forces Technical' Training Corn-
mand in the Drill Room of the
Shrine Club of the Masonic
Temple on Tuesday evening.
Other speakers were Dr. Ben-
jamin J. Bush and Fr. Joseph
Foley.
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Emile Zolas, a branch of the
Workmen's Circle, will hold
their fourth annual Bob-lo moon-
light this Friday. Boat leaves
from foot of Woodward at 8:45
P. M.
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Sklar Family Club met July 25
and heard numerous messages
from soldiers in the service. Let-
ters were read from Ralph Stone
who is stationed at Great Lakes
Naval Training Station, Illinois,
and Cpl. George Maskin, who is
now in England.
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Muskegon, Mich., for the first
time in its history announces the
formation of a Zionist organiza-
tion according to Rabbi Aaron
Cohen. Max Rosenberg assisted
in the membership drive.
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Michigan Region of the Na-
tional Conference of Christians
and Jews, in collaboration with
the Detroit Round Table of
Catholics, Jews and Protestants,
sponsored the luncheon Wednes-
day in honor of Bishop Paul Yu-
Pin of Nanking, China, at the
Detroit=- Leland Hotel. Rabbi
Leon Fram gave the invocation.
The sponsoring committee in-
cluded Mrs. Lillian Aaron, Rabbi
Morris Adler, Charles N. Agree,
Dr. Leo M. Franklin, Israel
Hiriamelhoch, Julian H. Krolik,
Judge Charles Rubiner, Louis
Schostak, Alex Schreiber, Isa-
dore Starr; Murray J. Sutkin,
Henry Wineman, Harry Yudkoff.
Dutch Nazis Cancel
Insurance of Jews
ZURICH (J T A)—German
newspapers report that the Nazi
occupation authorities in Hol-
land have issued an order de-
claring that all insurance policies
held by Jews are cancelled as of
June 30.
The insurance companies are
instructed in the order to de-
posit the value of the lapsed
policies in certain banks assigned
to act as repositories for blocked
Jewish accounts.
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