THE JEWISH NEWS Page Eighteen Rosenwald Post Installs New Officers Friday, NovemIiir 5, Viht 3 Palestine Issue Stirs Country-Wide Discussions Zionist Organizations Condemn Commiitee; Reform Rabbis Endorse Conference; Richards Charges Marshall's Spirit is Deserted by Committee Julius Rosenwald Post 218 of the American Legion installed its new officers for 1944 at the Bnai Moshe, on Oct. 27. Sam Curtis was inaugurated commander of the post, succeed- ing Robert Morrison, who was presented with a watch by the Legionnaires. Other officers are: Robert Fenkel, senior vice-com- mander; Philip Barach, junior vice-commander; All _Curtis,, ad- jutant; Albert A. Davis, finance officer; Dr. R. R. Goldstone, his- torian; Leonard Sherman, sgt.- at-arms. Israel Gormer was re- elected chaplain. Retiring offi- cers are: Sam Curtis,.senior vice- commander; Joe Shapior, adju- tant; Leo Gold, historian; Harry Tuller, sgt.-at-arms. A presentation of service flags Detroit Acclaims `The Bartered Bride' was made by Joseph Shapiro, Mrs. B. Dickman, Mrs. M. Lam- pert, Mrs. A. Cohen, Mrs. Apple- blatt, Mrs, L. Gottlieb, Mrs. B. Armed Forces and a . program was Forman. Second row, left to right: Jo- started to send each son letters seph Shapiro, Robert Fenkell, and cigarettes. . Carl Goldfarb, Al Rosenbloom, Speakers inclUded Lawrence Philip Barach, Max Lampert, Na- Knox, department commander of than Agress, Morris Wolf, Al Michigan, W. B. Wald, member Weinberg, Pauline Pepper, Mrs. of the State Executive Commit- M. Waterstone, Meyer Water- tee, and Walter Scott, senior vice- stone, Celia Orley, Charles Smith, commander of the Detroit dis- Harry Stein, Abe Cohen, Dr. Ed- trict. ward Stern. In the accompanying photo- Third row, left to right: Sam- graph, taken at this celebration, uel Raskin, Isadore Philips, Ben appear the following: Snyder, Benjamin Edelstein, Mrs. Front row, left to right: Mrs. L. Milgrom, Dr. R. R. Goldstone, B. Goldfarb, Mrs. H. Stein, Mrs. Mark Freedman, M. Appleblatt, A. Rosenbloom, Mrs. L. Meyer, Max Borkin, Hyman Goldberg, Mrs. Bessie Vine, Mrs. M. Wolf, Samuel Festenstein, and two Mrs. G. Black, Mrs. G. Garmel, others. Americanization chairman, to I members having sons in the Sholem Aleichem Circles Prepare For Donor Affair Under the patronage of the De- troit Friends of Opera, a satisfy- Mrs. Louis LaMed is an active ing and wholly entertaining pre- sentation of Smetana's comic member of the committee on ar- opera "The Bartered Bride" was rangements for the 13th annual greeted Sunday night by an audi- donor luncheon of the Reading ence that crowded the Scottish Circles of the Sholem Aleichem Rite Cathedral. Primarily a local presentation, but in no way an amateur effort, the leading roles were carried by . Donald Dame of Cleveland, who has recently , joined the Metro- politan, and Marguerite Kozenn, Who is well known to Detroit audiences. Congress Women Hold Luncheon Detroit Women's Division of the American Jewish Congress announces that the second an- nual Armistice Day luncheon will be held at Hotel Statler, Wednesday, Nov: 10, at 12:30 p. m. Arrangements are under the supervision of the Inter- Faith Committee of which Mrs. William Grahm is chairman. Fast moving and colorful throughout, the entire production was in charge of Lothar Waller- stein, stage director of the Metro- politan, who, rumor . has it, will soon make Detroit his home. "Winning the Peace," subject of the .day, will be handled in three aspects by the following speakers: . "Through Economic Justice" by Rev. Claude Wil- liams; "Through Racial, Amity" by Dr. Alfred McClung Lee," and "Through Eliminating Anti- Semitism and Establishing a Jewish Homeland in Palestine" by Rabbi Leon Fram. The orchestra, under the lead- ership of Carl Bamberger of New York's New Opera Co., was drawn from the roster of the De- troit Symphony orchestra. Ruth Murray's Wayne University Dance Group and the Friends of Opera Chorus, Arthur Gnau, conductor, both contributed greatly to the success of the performance. The Congress has secured the talents of Henri Goldberg for the musical portion of this program. Mr. Goldberg comes from Berlin where he was• both cantor and concert singer. He has an exten- sive repertoire and is at present the director of the Liberty Choral Society. Mrs. Rosa Bassin Stein will accompany him. Other singers in the cast were Margit Kormandy, contralto; Dor- othea Oehinke and Rosina Bet- man, sopranos; Cyril Wezemael, George McLeod and Williath. Tennant, baritones; Alfonse Pe- droza, basso; James E. Richards and Avery Crew, tenors. Crew deserves special praise for his capable interpretation. Due to wartime restrictions, all those desiring reservations must Folk -School, to be held this Wed- call before Nov. 8, at UNiversity nesday noon, Jan. 5; at the Book- 1-4184. Cadillac. Members are requested to in- In preparation for this event, vite their non-Jewish friends to an evening of games will be held this meeting which is open to the this Sunday evening at the Work- public. men's Circle Educational Center, 11529 Linwood Ave. Mrs. Ethel Shorr is chairman of the donor luncheon. Many hosts and hostesses are being enrolled for this event. A pep rally will be held Satur- day evening at the home, of Mrs. At the last meeting of the Shorr, 18111 Muirland. Members and friends are invited. There membership enrollment project of the United Hebrew Schools, will be an interesting program. at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ru- dolph Zuieback, Herman Pekar- LOIS CRAFT, HARPIST sky, acting director of the Jew- SOLOIST WITH SYMPHONY ish Welfare Federation of De- Lois Adele Craft, harpist, solo- troit, stressed the importance of ist with the Detroit. Symphony Jewish education as a communal Orchestra in the Masonic Temple, endeavor. Nov. 11, was born in Chicago The meeting was conducted by and began her study of the harp with Salvi. This study was aug- Morris Fishman, associate chair- mented by voice lessons and bal- man of • the enrollment project. let, with the result that Miss Dr: A. E. Bernstein is the chair- Craft is a most versatile artist, man, and the other associate chairman is Julius Berman. and a well-rounded musician. For the past 10 years, Miss Brief talks were delivered by Craft has been solo harpist with Rudolph Zuieback, president of the Kansas City Philharmonic, the schools, Harry Cohen and B. reserving time to fill a busy con- Isaacs. cert schedule in the middle and . The next meeting will be held far western parts of America. on Thursday, Nov. 18, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Meyer Milton Berle says the reason Shugarman. his nephew can't get out of the third grade is that his teacher is a Republican and 'doesn't believe in a fourth term! It is to be hoped that this suc- cessful first performance will lead to the presentation of other operas under the same sponsorship that will include many of the other singers in our midst who are capable of carrying operatic roles. —A.R.B. ORT Representative On Tour of South American Countries The American ORT (Organiza- tion for Rehabilitation through Training) Federation announces, in - a statement issued by Louis B. Boudin, chairman of the board of directors, that Dr. Boris A. Surowich, representative of the World ORT Union, and an out- standing leader in the field • of constructive relief, . has left for an extended tour of the Central and South American countries, where he will supervise ORT work. The ORT is one of the bene- ficiary agencies of the War Chest of Metropolitan Detroit, through the Allied Jewish- Campaign. MRS. LOUIS LaMED UHS Membership Committee Hears Herman Pekarsky Buy War. Bonds! Zionists Protest Action Richards Says Marshall of Jewish Committee I Deserted by Committee NEW YORK, (JTA) — The In a special 'article syndicated Zionist Organization of America, by the. Independent Jewish Press the Mizrachi Organization of Service, under the heading America, the Zionist Laborite t "American Jewish Committee De- Party and other Zionist groups I serts Marshall," Bernard G. Rich- this week issued statements criti- I ards, one of the organizers of cizing the American Jewish Corn- the_ American Jewish Congress mittee for its withdrawal from who was secretary of the Amer- the American Jewish Conference. ican Jewish delegation to the A meeting of the executive of Versailles Peace Conference, the American Zionist Emergency draws an analogy of the Commit- Council decided on action to be tee's leaders and actions in 1918 taken by Zionist groups in the and at present. He writes in part: U. S. with regard to the situation "The American Jewish Corn- which has developed as a result mittee stood by the Jewish people of the withdrawal of the Amer- in the crisis of World War I. ican Jewish Committee from the Under the leadership of the late Conference. Louis Marshall, a man of under- Dr. Israel Goldstein, president standing, vision and moral force, of the Z.O.A., issued a. statement the Committee made the people's to the press declaring that "the cause its own and thus not only American Jewish Committee, by fulfilled a great historic obliga- the decision of its executive corn- organization f r o m the onus, mittee to withdraw from the tion but in part redeemed the American Jewish Conference on borne for many years, of being account of its Palestine resolu- a self-constituted body. tion, is taking a step which wil- Charges Retreat in 1943 fully would retard the most "In the unparalleled tragic time promising effort in a generation of World War II the American to achieve unity in the ranks of Jewish Committee hesitated and American Jewry." halted, hemmed and hawed. Fin- ally, it joined in a union of all Reform Rabbis Endorse American Jewry and then—made Conference Actions its retreat. This rout was planned CINCINNATI (JPS) — Within and executed under the leader- 48 hours after the American Jew- ship of Judge Joseph M. Pros- ish Committee executive board kauer, a die-hard reactionary and voted to withdraw from the isolationist—who in 1933 sought American Jewish Conference, the to stifle the wrath of the Jewish executive board of the Central masses against Adolf Hitler. Conference of American Rabbis, "Mr. Marshall had favored a speaking for the Reform rabbin- Conference of limited scope as ate in America adopted a resolu- against an all-inclusive Congress. tion endorsing all actions of the After long discussion, he and his American Jewish Conference. associates agreed to the plan of a democratically elected Con- gress. Furthermore, he said • he would not sit in that Congress if he were not chosen in the popular elections. He was chosen. Mar- shall was opposed to special min- ority rights for the Jews in East- ern Europe and especially to the Other Speakers Listed for conception of national or group rights. Report Luncheon Meetings Stood by Majority of the War Chest " There was a memorable night in December, 1918, when the Fannie Hurst, one of America's President of the American Jewish outstanding novelists and short- Committee, as delegate to the. story writers, will be the guest American Jewish Congress, speaker at. the luncheon report wrestled until morning with a meeting of the War Chest of committee of 52 persons — a Metropolitan Detroit, at the merger of all convention com- mittees—over the question of na- tional rights. He held his own against Pref. Isaac A. Hourwich, Dr. Chaim Zhitlowsky, Dr. Na- hum. Syrkin, Dr. Herman Zolo- taroff and many others. But there came an hour when he realized that if the Jews did" not receive special rights such as prevailed for other nationalities, they would not have the rights of free citizens which he demanded. He joined in a unanimous vote. Did he lose his battle? No! He had the courage and the intellect to recognize a new idea and •won a high place in the leadership and esteem of his people. "All the way through this great enterprise, at the Congress ses- sions, at the Peace Conference of Versailles (where he served as a FANNIE HURST. vice-chairman and then as chair- man of the Committee of Jewish Book Cadillac Hotel, next Friday, Delegations), and through the Nov. 12. It will be Branches and task of establishing the Jewish Schools Day of the campaign. Agency for Palestine, Louis Mar- This Friday, Nov. 5, Commerce shall stood by his guns and ful- Day, the luncheon report meeting filled every obligation he assumed will be addressed by Cecil Rob- in behalf of his people. erts. . "The American Jewish Con- Monday will be Armed Forces gress of 1918 adopted a resolu- Day, and the address will be tion for 'the development of Pale- delivered by a prominent mili- stine into - a Jewish Common- tary man. wealth.' In accordance with pre- Raymond C. Massey, eminent vious -agreements and under- actor, will be the speaker on standings, the AJC concurred in Tuesday, Industry Day. the decision with only one • of Wednesday, the speakers at seven delegates dissenting. He the Labor Day program will be was A. Leo Weil, of Pittsburgh, John Green and Abraham Blue- who, with one other man, Sydney stein. L. Herald, of New Orleans,. (now Thursday, Nov. 11, has been set an ardent Zionist) voted against aside as United Nations Day, and the resolution. the speaker will be Dr. C. J. "The American Jewish. Coin- Hambro. mittee was represented- at the Monday, Nov. 15, will be Met- Congress by Mayer Sulzberger, ropolitan Day, and the speaker Oscar S. Straus, Abram I. Elkus, will be Dr. B. A. Liu. Jacob H. Schiff, Ephraim Leder- The closing victory dinner has er, Julius Rosenwald and A. Leo been set for Tuesday, Oct. 16. Weil." . annie Hurst SpeaksNov.12 . .