Pa ge Five
THE JEWISH NEWS
Friday, July 30, 1943
Russian Emissaries Speak
At Masonic Temple Sunday
Name Director
Of Jewish Youth
Camp Project
Lord Wedgwood, Supporter
Of Zionism, Passes Away
Thousands of Detroit Jews Expected at the Reception
In Honor of Prof. Mikhoels and Lt. Col. Feffer;
Tickets Available for Huge Rally
Harold E. Tannenbaum, for-
merly of Cleveland, has been
designated as director of the
Work Camp Project to be spon-
Laborite Peer, one of Most Arden+ Non-Jewish Friends
Of Jewry, Succumbs at 7 I ; Favored Inclusion
Of Palestine as a British Dominion
Thousands of Detroit Jews are expected to attend the
reception in honor of the two emissaries from Russia—Prof.
Solomon Mikhoels and Lt. Col. Itzik Feffer—at the Masonic
Temple this Sunday, at 7 p. m.
Under the chairmanship of Fred M. Butzel, who heads
the reception committee, addresses will be delivered at
LONDON .(JPS)—Lord Wedgwood, Laborite Peer, one
of the most ardent non-Jewish supporters of Jewry and of
the Zionist cause in the British Parliament, died here at 71.
He had been ill for some time.
Born in 1872, Josiah Clement Wedgwood was educated
at Clifton College, Royal Naval College and Greenwich. He
this rally by the two guests and€
by spokesmen for national or-
ganizations; including the follow-
ing:
Eugene Kissilev, American
Consul General of the U.S.S.R.;
Aaron Rosenberg, secretary
Ben Zion Goldberg, one of the
of the reception committee or-
editors of the New York Jewish
ganized in honor of Prof. Sol-
Daily Day; R. J. Thomas, head
omon Mikhoels and Lt. Col.
of UAW-CIO; Rev. Francis J.
Itzik Feffer, Russian emis-
Cramer, chairman of the local
saries to this country, an-
Russian Relief Committee; Aaron
nounced on Tuesday that a
Rosenberg, secretary of the re-
farewell banquet in honor of
ception committee; Isadore Starr,
the two guests will be given
president of Pisgah Lodge of
at 8 p. rn. on Monday at the
Bnai Brith; Rabbi Leon Fram,
Book Cadillac Hotel. A dessert
speaking for the Zionists; Leon
HAROLD E. TANNENBAUM
supper will be served.
Kay, president of Detroit chap-
ter of American Jewish Congress;
Folks organizations h a v e
sored by the League of Detroit
James I. Ellmann, president of
Jewish Youth at Council Camp.
been especially invited to send
J e w is h Community Council;
large delegations to this ban-
Mr. Tannenbaum is a gradu-
Frank X. Martel, president of
quet.
ate of New College, Columbia,
the Detroit Federation of Labor;
Reservations are available
and taught at Park School in
Jack Ellstein, Detroit labor lead-
by calling Mr. Rosenberg at
Cleveland from 1937 to 1942.
er; Mrs. Oswald Gruhzit, Samuel
CA. 5690.
Last year he was the director of
Milgrom and Samuel J. Rhodes.
Camp Wise in Cleveland.
Music Arranged
He will supervise the social
The program will feature music
and recreational program, as
by the Russian-Ukrainian Chorus
well as make contacts with sur-
And the Freiheit Chorus under
rounding communities in order
the direction of Henri Goldberg.
to provide work opportunities
Mikhoels and Feffer, were wel-
for the . camp. The camp is sit-
The United Hebrew Schools
comed to Detroit by Mayor Ed-
uated on Lake Huron, north of
ward J. Jeffries at the City hall will be closed for vacation - dur- Port Huron, and is a beautiful
ing
August,
and
will
reopen
on
last Saturday. The two guests
vacation spot. In addition to the
were here for a day's stay, hav- Wednesday, Sept. 1, Bernard recreational facilities in camp,
ing come here from Pittsburgh Isaacs, superintendent, annuonc- horse-back riding and roller
where a public meeting was held ed on Tuesday.
skating are available nearby.
in their honor. They left for a
Parents are urged to have
The camp will provide Detroit
reception in Cleveland, then to their children return immediate-
Chicago, and from there are re- ly after vacation on Sept. 1, at Jewish youth with an opportu-
turning to Detroit Sunday.
which time sessions will be held nity of combining vacation with
fulfilling a patriotic duty. It is
Mayor Jeffries presented the in the morning.
expected that campers will work
two visitors with a gavel to be
It is very important that a minimum of 24 hours a week
taken back to the Mayor of
children should attend classes on neighboring farms, for which
Stalingrad as a token of Detroit's
the month prior to the High they will receive the prevailing
admiration of the valiant fighters
Holy Days, because during this rates of pay.
in that Russian city.
period a good deal of time is de-
Registrations are now being
Detroit Like Stalingrad
voted to the study of the High
Mikhoels and Feffer likened Holy Day prayers and the cuS- accepted at the Jewish Commu-
Detroit to Stalingrad as a key toms connected with these im- nity Center. Information can be
had by calling MAdison 8400.
city in the fight against Fascism. portant holidays.
They stressed the importance of
defeating Hitlerism through a
strong alliance of Russia, the
Convention
United States, China and Great
Britain.
Mr. Rosenberg interpreted the
At
remarks of the two guests at the
Plans for the 46th annual con-
reception at the City Hall as well
An
interesting concert
at
as at the luncheon in their honor vention of the Zionist Organiza-
Stein's Clover Lodge, Omena,
tion
of
America,
to
be
held
in
at the Book Cadillac Hotel after
Mich., last Friday evening, fea-
the City Hall gathering. Prior to Columbus, 0., Sept. 11-13, are
tured Mrs. Rebecca Frohman
meeting with the Mayor and the proceeding according to sched-
and Mrs. Bella Goldberg, both of
reception committee, they met ule, it is declared in a statement
Detroit, as guest stars.
with newspapermen at a press issued this week by the national
Z.
0.
A.
headquarters
in
Wash-
conference.
There were also literary read-
Speakers at the luncheon were ington.. Unauthorized reports ings and other features. Little
Mr. Butzel, Mr. Rosenberg, Rabbi appearing in the press to the ef- Miss Marcia Rosen was one of
Leon Fram, Dr. Leo M. Franklin, fect that the site of the conven- the entertainers.
Ben Zion Goldberg, Judge Ernest tion had been changed to At-
Mrs. Goldberg's singing of
A. O'Brien and Senator Stanley lantic City are said in the state- Sabbath hymns impressed the
ment to be erroneous.
Novak.
gathering.
Of considerable interest were
Simon Shetzer, executive dir-
An appeal for funds to aid
some of the questions placed to ector, declared that the Deshler- Jewish refugee children was
the Russian emissaries at the Wallick Hotel, Columbus, in made by Strauss Ganz, editor of
luncheon.
which all sessions would be held, the Wyandotte News, who is a
No Discrimination
possessed all the necessary re- guest at Stein's CloVer Lodge,
They stated emphatically that quirements for accommodating and the sum of $115 was raised
there is no religious discrimina- comfortably a large convention. for the Children's Refugee Fund.
tion in Russia. On the contrary,
they pointed out that during
Passover the Soviet officials con-
verted bread rations for Jews
into matzo rations and the
Christian observance as well as
Jewish are permitted.
They also stated that while
there is no need for Zionism in
Russia, since there are no per-
secutions there on racial and re-
ligious lines, the Soviet govern-
ment is deeply interested in the
position of the Jews and will
strive for the protection of Jew-
ish rights everywhere after the
war.
Tickets for the mass meeting
on Sunday are available at 603
Barium Tower or at the box of-
fice of the Masonic Temple on
the clay of the rally. Since the
seating capacity is limited, it is
urged that tickets be obtained at
once by those planning to attend.
2 KINDS -BROWN AND' - YELLOW
served in World War I from 19161
to 1916, during which time he
was wounded and received the
D. S. 0.
Among the posts which he held
were: Chancellor of the Duchy
of Lancaster; Chairman of the
Committee on House of Commons
Records; Vice-Chairman of the
Labor Party; Mayor of New-
castle - under - Lyme. He was
elected chairman of the British
Parliamentary Committee on Pal-
estine in 1935. He was the author
of a number of books, including
"The Seventh Dominion," in
which he proposed the inclusion
of Palestine as a Dominion of
Great Britain.
Winston Churchill at one time
paid tribute to Lord Wedgwood
as "a man whose whole life has
been devoted to the principles
of liberty and justice. He has
been a great friend of Jewry and
of all mankind. Every individual
every section of the community,
every minority group that has
suffered tyranny and oppression,
Banquet to Honor
Russian Delegates
Hebrew Schools
Closed in August
Zionist
Set for Columbus
Stein's Clover Lodge
Features Detroiters
Sabbath Concert
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under the heel of whatever great
power—when they have sought
the help of Josiah Wedgwood —
they have found a champion in
him."
(The Jewish News will dedi-
cate the main feature of its next
week's issue as a tribute to Lord
Wedgwood.)
UHS Students Guests
of Tigers on Aug. 17
Trough the courtesy of Walter
0. Briggs of the Detroit Base-
ball Co., the students of the
United Hebrew Schools were in-
vited to see the Philadelphia-
Detroit baseball game which
will be played on Tuesday; Aug,
17. About 600 students will re-
ceive tickets for this game.
This is one of the several rec-
creational projects sponsored by
the United Hebrew Schools for
the children during the summer
months.
Come and Meet the
MISSION from MOSCOW
Russia' s fighting People
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* PROF. SOLOMON MICHELS
People's Artist of the U.S.S.R.
Chairman, Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee
* ITzIK FEFFER
Outstanding Jewish Poet
Lieut. Colonel in Red Army
SUNDAY EVE., AUG. 1, 7 P. M.
at the MASONIC TEMPLE
For more than two years, the Soviet people and the courageous Red
Army by their sacrifices and valor held the fort against Hitler's
hordes. The mighty battles of Leningrad and Moscow—the immortal.
defense of Kiev, Odessa and Sevastopool—the encirclement and annihila-
tion of 330,000 of Hitler's crack troops by the magnificent Red Army
at Stalingrad—these epic deeds have turned the tide for humanity
and have paved the way for the complete destruction of the fascist
axis by the United Nations.
PROGRIall
Prof. Albert Einstein
Honorary Chairman
National Reception
Committee
Greetings front
Outstanding
Detroit Leaders
•
R. J. Thomas
F. X. Martel
Rabbi Leon Fram
James I. Ellmann
Aaron Rosenberg
Leon Kay
Isadore Starr
Mrs. Oswald Cruhzit
Jack Ellstein
Samuel Milgrom
Samuel J. Rhodes
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