Friday, November 5, 1943

THE 'JEWISH NEWS

Metropolitan War Chest
Drive Off to Good Start

Second Day's Reports Put Pledges at $1,695,045, or 20.5
Per Cent of $8,250,000 Goal; Noted Speakers
Inspire Campaign Workers '

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a most successful drive.
Thus, the humanitarian spirit
of Detroit is in evidence through
the great relief effort which is
being conducted by all elements
in the community—representing
all races and all creeds.
Jeffries' Address
Frank Eaman, president of the
Detroit War Chest, opened Mon-
day's meeting, and the drive
officially commenced with the
message to workers delivered by
Mayor Edward J. Jeffries.
Declaring that Detroit has been
singularly free in relation to the
troubles being endured by the
entire world, Mayor Jeffries
pointed out that this country is
now fighting for its existence and
that it is of the utmost import-
ance that all needy be helped—
here and abroad—as part of the
struggle to free the world from
the totalitarian forces. He re-
minded the workers that the War
Chest has three objectives: to
help our fighting men, our allies
and our neighbors.
Similarly, Mr. Christo p h e r
stated that "the job we are doing
is essential in winning the war.
What we are doing through the
War Chest is also good post-war
work." He added that he likes
to think of the group of workers
as a football team. "Call your
own plays," he admonished them,
in an appeal that the march to
victory by this team should lead
to - complete success of the drive.
Czech Leader Speaks
Of interest at the opening re-
port meeting was the • address by
Dr. Jan Papanek, - Czechoslo-
vakian minister to the U. S. He
stated: "We Czechoslovaks have
been in this war for 10 years.
First we helped thousands of
refugees escape to our country.
from Germany. Later this nuin-
ber increased to tens : of thou-
sands. When Austria was occu-
pied it increased to hundreds of
thousands.
"Then, when Czechoslovakia
was invaded, we became refugees
ourselves. Many of our people
joined the armed forces of the
United Nations, and other had to
depend for help upon the United
States. Knowing what you are
doing, I am certain that by Nov.
16 you will be over the goal, and
those who work through the
Czechoslovak Relief movement
will do their full share."
Wineman Gets Reports
Another speaker was Frank
Pierce, General Motors official,
co-chairman of the corporation
gifts committee, who stated: "Our
job is to get the war over with
sooner, and with a minimum loss
of life, and our victory will come
sooner if we join in every effort
with a will to win. The success
of this campaign, is the responsi-
bility of every person here."
Henry Wineman, chairman of
the advance gifts unit of the War
Chest, presided at the portion of
the meeting at which advance
gifts were reported.
Tuesday's Meeting
Charles P. Taft, director of the
Office of Community War Serv-
ices of the Federal Security
Agency, was the speaker at the
meeting on Tuesday.
Mrs. Frank Couzens presided
at Tuesday's luncheon.
In his address, Mr. Taft de-
eared that the only thing that
gets people together is the Com-
munity Chest idea—the spiritual
foundation being that everyone
is our neighbor. He outlined the
major War Chest objectives and
told of efforts that have to be
made, in war-time, t o solve fam-
ily problems of war workers and
to care for the children.
A message of encouragement
to the workers was received at
Tuesday's luncheon from Per-
cival Dodge and Isidore Sobeloff,
former directors of the Detroit
Community Fund and Jewish
Welfare Federation, now associ-
ated with the National War Chest
in New York.
Dr. Goldstein's Address
Wednesday's meeting, arranged
jointly by the War Chest and

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the Detroit Round Table of
Catholics, Jews and Protestants,
featured as speakers Dr. Israel
Goldstein, president of the Syna-
gogue Council of America, Zion-
ist Organization of America and
the Jewish National Fund; Dr.
Emory W. Luccock of the First
Presbyterian Church, Evanston,
Ill.; and Fr. R. A. McGowan,
assistant director, Social Action
Department, National Catholic
Welfare Conference.
In his address Dr. Goldstein
charged that "there is a tendency
among liberals to wish-think the
Jewish problem out of existence."
He termed as dangerous the as-
surances that the Jewish problem
will be eradicated in a post-war
Europe.
Anti-Semitism Divides People
In a comprehensive paper on
racial and religious minorities, he
declared that "Jews in the Eu-
ropean countries under discussion
have been and will continue to
be for a long time to come, a
minority group which, like other
minority groups, has a separate
corporate identity distinguished
by ethnic, cultural and religious
characteristics."
Tracing the motives underlying
the growth of anti-Semitism, Dr.
Goldstein said that "anti-Semitism
has been kept alive in Europe
because it has had a functional
value for reactionary politicians.
It is, as we have seen, one of
the most effective tools in divid-
ing and conquering first their
own people and subsequently
other peoples.
"It is necessary, therefore," Dr.
Goldstein said, "both for the pro-
tection of the Jewish minority
which is exposed to this special
menace • as well for the sake of
removing a danger spot from the
intra-national and international
peace of Europe after the war,
that anti-Semitism shall be out-
lawed tomorrow in the whole of
Europe as it is outlawed today
in Soviet Russia." The speaker
maintained that in. Russia anti-
Semitism has been banned, "not
as a special favor to Jews, but
as a part of a general policy
against every attempt to exploit
racial and religious differences
for divisive a n d -destructive
ends."
Practical Measures
Dwelling upon the practical
measures needed to solve the
problem, Dr. Goldstein declared
that "linked with the' unique
status of the Jewish people. is
that solution of the Jewish prob-
lem which is known as Zionism.
The essence of' Zionism is the
normalization of the status of the
Jewish people by the restoration
of Palestine, the historic Jewish
homeland, as a self-governing
Jewish Commonwealth."
The 25th anniversary of the
Detroit Community Fund was
honored at the luncheon meeting
on Thursday.
The speaker on Friday will be
Cecil Roebrts, British War cor-
respondent.
Next week's speakers are listed
elsewhere in this issue.

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Zedakah's Victory
Luncheon Tuesday

Zedakah. Club's victory lunch-
eon next Tuesday, at 12:30, at
Hotel Statler, will feature Gus
Howard, comedy star, as master
of ceremonies, it was announced
this week. Mr. Howard's all-star
cast of the General Motors Vic-
tory Caravan will be presented.
Mrs. Irving Shevin, UN. 1-4525,
and Mrs. Maurice Knopper, UN.
1-8459, are co-chairmen of the
luncheon arrangements commit-
tee. Due to food rationing, all
reservations must be made at
once.
This affair is Zedakah's major
fund-raising affair. Its proceeds
enable the organization to con-
tinue to care for indigent aged
and to finance pledges for the
war effort.

Page Five

GUEST EDITORIAL

I Maurice Aronsson Elected
Repaying a Debt Standard Club President

By SAMUEL H. RUBINER

Chairman, Army and Navy Com-
mittee of the Jewish Welfare
Board

The refugees who have. found
a haven in the United States are
paying back their debt of grati-
tude with deeds of courage on
the battlefields of democracy. The
other day a young American
soldier was cited
for bravery and
awarded the Or-
der of the Purp-
le Heart f o r
heroic action
against the Japs
somewhere i n e
Pacific.
Ten years ago
that soldier had
arrived in the
S. H. Rubiner United States as
a child refugee from Germany.
The files of the National Refugee
Service, which helped this young-
ster and employed him in its of-
fices for a period Of five years,
bulge with the names of many
young newcomers who today are
fighting bravely with American
forces in the European and Pa-
cific theaters of war.
The case of Pvt. John Goetz
who now is recovering from
-wounds he received in his en-
counter with the. Japs is an out-
standing example of how the ad-
justment aid given to refugees
in the United States with the
funds of the United Jewish Ap-
peal has helped them make a
distinguished contribution to the
winning of the war.
To enable the . agencies of the
United Jewish Appeal to continue
their program of assistance for
newcomers in this country, to
provide relief and rehabilitation
for many hundreds of thousands
of Jews in European lands and to
promote the upbuilding and de-
fense of the Jewish homeland in
Palestine, we must establish new
standards of giving in behalf of
the War Chest. Only by maxi-
mum participation in the War
Chest can we provide the funds
necessary to meet the needs of
all of the agencies included in
the Allied Jewish. Campaign and
the Community Fund, USO and
War Relief organizations.

Organization to Continue Its Services to Men in Armed
Forces Through USO and JWB; Sponsor University
of Michigan Scholarship Fund

Maurice A. Aronsson was elected president of the
Standard Club at a meeting of the board of directors held
Monday.
Samuel Gerson was chosen vice-president; David Idzal,
secretary, and Irving Blumberg, treasurer.
Additional members of the board of directors are: Harry

Grant, Harry Alvin, Samuel
Rubiner, Harry Hyman a n d under the leadership of Harry
Abraham Srere.
Hyman, chairman of the house
It was announced that the committee.
club's functions will continue
Standard Club has the distinc-
tion of being one of the centers
that serves the needs of service-
men.

MAURICE A. ARONSSON

For more than a year, Standard
Club members entertained serv-
icemen at weekly parties at its
clubrooms at the Book Cadillac
Hotel.
At present, Standard Club
sponsors servicemen's parties
through the USO and the Army
and Navy Committee of the Jew-
ish Welfare Board.
Standard Club's major activity
is to provide scholarships for stu-
dents at the University of Michi-
gan. Thus far, more than $8,000
has been advanced to worthy
students at the U. of M.
Mr. Aronsson stated this week
-that the social service activities
of - Standard Club will be ex-
panded and that the scholarship
fund will continue to function.

LET'S GIVE THEM

A CHANCE TO LIVE

Two smart children. A household hastily packed in those

heavy valises. The memory of her husband, lying in a common

grave with the other martyrs. Ws a heavy load for her to

carry alone. But one of the many War Chest agencies will

ease that burden.

Zionists to Hear
JNF Aide Here
On Wednesday

M. Morton Rubenstein, direct-
or of the religious groups con-
tact department of the Jewish
National Fund of America, will
be a guest in Detroit next Wed-.

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M. MORTON RUBENSTEIN

nesday to address Mizrachi chap-
ters in the interest of the J. N.
F. Palestine land redemption
program.
Mr. Rubenstein, a delegate to
the American Jewish Confer-
ence, and an alternate member
of its Interim Committee, is a
member of the administrative
committee of the American
Jewish Congress and former
editor of the Anglo-Jewish
Monthly Courier.
He was for three years na
tional vice-president of the Miz-
rachi Organization of America
and then ' for three years chair-
man of its National Council.
As a -delegate, Zionist Con-
gresses, Mr. Ruenstein is well-
versed in Zionist affairs, having
traveled extensively abroad.
He also visited Eretz

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