Friday, November 5, 1943
THE JEWISH NEWS'
American-Soviet
Friendship Rally
In Detroit Nov. 14
Christian Leaders Support
Zionists' Palestine Stand
Page Seven
Allies Must Avert Closing
Of Palestine, Wilikie Says
Congressman John M. Coffee Extent. of Jewish Immigration Musf Be Measured: by The
Judge Picard' Presides at Meeting Held in-Celebration of
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of Tacoma, Wash., will be the
Balfour Declaration; Messages from Senators
Needs, He Says in Plea for Abrogation of White Paper;
Principal speaker at the Ameri-
Vandenberg, Ferguson Hit White Paper
can-Soviet Friendship Rally in
Roosevelt Studies Palestine Problem
M as o nic Temple Auditorium,
Christian leaders - joined with Jewish spokesmen on
Tuesday evening in celebration of the 26th anniversary of
the Balfour • Declaration, at a meeting held at the Shaarey
Zedek under the auspices of the Zionist Council of Detroit
and the Michigan Branch of the American Palestine Com-
mittee.
Some of the speakers took oc-
casion to condemn the British
White Paper and to demand its
abrogation in order that Jewish
immigration to Palestine should
not be curtailed.
Federal Judge Frank Picard
was chairman of the meeting.
Speakers included Fred M. But-
zel, Dr. Benjamin Bush, presi-
dent of the Detroit Council of
Churches; Rabbi Morris Adler,
Abrahani Meyerowitz and Philip
Slomovitz.
Important Messages
—
the evening, delivered by Abra-
ham Meyerowitz, emphasized
the great contributions made to
Palestine by the Jewish settlers.
Mr. Meyerowitz reviewed the
history of Zionist activities and
told of the progress achieved by
Jews, often with bare hands,
against great obstacles.
He concluded with the asser-
tions that never will Jews per-
mit the White Paper to become a
reality.
Adopt Strong Resolution
Rabbi Adler, in a stirring ad-
Important messages, endorsing dress, made a plea for priorities
Jewish aspirations in Palestine, not for the Jewish people for
were received from Senators justice.
Arthur H. Vandenberg and Ho-
Pleading for justice and the
mer Ferguson and Rep. John D. rights of Israel, Rabbi . Adler de-
Dingell.
plored the fact that Jews had to
Judge Picard announced that meet to protest against the de-
former Gov. Chase S. Osborn spoiling of their rights at a time
and Rep. George C. Sadowski when there should be rejoicing
have joined the American Pales- on the anniversary of the Bal-
tine Committee.
four Declaration.
Judge Picard's Remarks
Rabbi Adler moved the fol-
Judge Picard, in his opening lowing ns rw
e olu tion
which
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ra
was
res
remarks as chairman, recollected adopted by t he audience by a
the days when Catholics were rising vote:
persecuted and the Klan was ac-
"BE IT RESOLVED that this
tive in Michigan. He said that, meeting addresses itself to the
having tasted of persecution, he President of the United States
felt a kinship with the Jews in with the earnest appeal that
their present plight.
all appropriate e action be taken
In - addition to reading the mes-
ithdrawal
sages of Senators Vandenberg its entirety of :the Palestine-
and 'Fel:Mason and Rep. Dingell, - white Paper of May 1939 with
Judge Picard also quoted from its unjustifiable restrictions on
messages sent to the meeting by immigration and land settle-
Wendell L. - Willkie, Governor ment. It urges that the gates ,
Dewey of New York and - U. S. • Of Palestine be opened to
Se for Robert Wagner. of. New
ish _immigration and that . PAL: : .
Yo
all of., whorii -associated estine he _ reconstituthd . ..4; 7a:
themselves --With the protest - Jewish. Commonwealth;..to::the.
NEW YORK
Declaring that the United Nations must
prevent the closing of Palestine either as a temporary haven
or as a permanent home, Wendell L. Willkie, 1940 Republican
presidential nominee, Monday night called for the abrogation
of the White Paper, which bars Jewish immigration into
Palestine next April.
CONGRESSMAN COFFEE
Sunday, Nov. 14, at 2 :30 1 p.--M., it
V. • announced by • Abner E.'
Lamed, chairman. _
As chair-Man of the 'Liberal'
bloc of the Ho_ of Repre§en:-
tatives, .Cdffee has been one: of
the outstanding • supporters -Of
President Roosevelt's measures
for winning the :Niar, ,
The rally aTill thintriemorate
the -nth- anniversary' of Atheri-
can-So-Viet,- diplOrnatie relatieris-
and will strive to establish closer'
feeling of • understanding and
friendship with .the. RuSsian =peo-
ple. Coffee has introduced -in-the
Hbuse various resolutions de-
signed to Proinote better rela-.
tions between .USA. and :USSR.
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Winkle voiced his plea in a
message to a meeting of New
York Jewish leaders at Carnegie
Hall, marking the 26th anniver-
sary of the Balfour Declaration,
in which the British government
pledged its support for . the es-
tablishment of a Jewish National
Home in Palestine.
"The policy of the White . Pa-
per mirrors the era of appease-
ment which gave it birth, and,
as that philosophy has been dis-
credited, so must the White Pa-
per be abrogated," Willkie wrote.
_ A Shameful Blot
"The " extent ' of ;Jewish hi:Mil-
' gratioh_. rtb ,.. Palestine': must -be
measured by the. needS of the
jewish7people: and; by- their abil-
ity to develop their hOmeland in
accordance- with • the' internation
al .
made :with them.. .
"It Will be a shameful blot oh
the conscience of mankind if
this pramise is extinguished."
The meeting adopted 5: reso :
lutioh ackh•essing ail appeal to
President.Roosevelt "that all ap-
propriate action be taken to en-
Sure- the 'withdrawal int- its en--
tirety of - the Palestine Whit
Paper "With its :unjustifiable re-
strictions - oh inimigratin a ri d
land 'settlement?! .
under whose auspices the meet-
ing was-held, presided,
Studying. Palestine's
Probleins Says •FDR
WASHINGTON-- (J.PS)—Reply-
ing to an- appeal from .Congress-
man Samuel :A,-.WeisS, of Penn-
sylvania, who sought White
House intervention for the nulli-
fication of the British White
Pape r, President Roosevelt
wrote that the "complex prob-
lems which arise in connection
with Palestine" are being given
close attention."
• 'Elie: 'President's letter follows:
".i have - ..receiVed your letter
of OctOberAV 1943, in regard to
Palestine. have taken careful
note of your - remarks and can
Assure- you that matter has
received and will - continue to re-
ceive the most careftil 'thought.
There .are - many _ difficult a ri d
complexk--problems which arise in
Connection- with Palestine, and
you may --be certain that these
are receiv i ng the. - Close attention
_which- is fully :jtiatified by their
iMportance." •
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Pisgah Locike
Plans Pro g r am s
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Open Palestine's. Gates
The resOlUtion 'urged that the
gates of Palestine be opened to
jeWish. -immigration. -and, that
Palestine, be . reconstituted - . as
Jewish CoMmoiii,vealth "to the
end that the Jewish people may
be enabled to take its rightful
place in the progressive order
of mankind, which, we pray,
may issue from this struggle."
The meeting was addressed by
Miss Dorothy Thompson, com-
mentator on international af-
fairs, Dr. Stephen S. Wise, chair-
man of the American Zionist
Emergency Council, Mrs. Judith
Epstein, president of Hadassah,
Rabbi Joseph H. L oo k stein,
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Pisgah Lodge .No, - 34'. of .Bnai
the .agreement _ recede from ::bur
Brith announces the inaugura-
original position: -._Ank . alteratibn:
tion of - a: series: of Cultural pro-
in _:the. future course or relation--
grams. . -
shipibetween Great Britain, the
The committee on arrange-
United States and Palestine
ments consists of three past pres-
inusti
ag4pst- the White _Paper.
of
necessity
come
about
by
end. _lhat the- . Jewish book, -
idents, Henry M. Abramovitz,
• Ar. DO,shrs ._Siieech
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May - be enabled_ tO__ take its negotiation and agreement be-
Morris Shatzen and Sam Maza.
tWeen
.
the United States and
Dr: Bush told_ Of this visit. in - rightful place in the progres
Members of their committee in-
Palestine and the touching im- Sive : order of InankMd;
inch Great Britain, and it seems to
clude Louis James Rosenberg,
pression made. upOn hum by - jew- we pray May . issue ...10m this me :proper and fair, and in con-
Aaron Kurland, Ben F. Gold-
ish pioneers:On the :way
formity
with
justice
to
consult
to
Pales,
struggle."
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man, Samuel B. Keene, and
tine. -
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In his message- to the ,meeting; the -Palestinian government, tak-
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Aaron Rosenberg.
ing_into account its basic needs,
He referred.' .tO . Pierre . Van 7 Senator Vandenberg Wrote
Paa§sen's latest • book . in.. Which
Cultural plans include ar-
"As - an . .original' and coritinu-7.. welfare of its people, and the
the- charge is made that JeWish- ous - member_ of _ the - ArneriC'an securtiy of the future. There
rangements for a symposium on
contributions to the War , are the •Palestine.eornmittee; I - ain glad Can-be no arbitrary unilateral
anti-Semitism. The subject, to
by Great Britain; we speaking for orthodox Jewry, be discussed on Monday, Nov. 22,
best kept secret" of the present to - send my warmest greeting-SAO dictum
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struggle, and he .paid - tribute to 3r:our - Meeting and with all the- -shall, and we must be consulted. and Baruch Zuckerman, repre- will be "Anti-Semitism — Its
Jewish efforts in Palestine.
etnphasis at: my coMmand, to :re- It _is : -desirable that my uncom- senting Labor Zionists. Dr. Is- Causes and Cures." A panel of
.1Vr.-Butzel's Address
endorse the' Jewish National promising attitude in the matter rael Goldstein, president of the outstanding speakers will partici-
Mr. Butzel recollected the im- Home project on this 26th anni- be fully understood."
Zionist Organization of America, pate in this event.
pressions he retained from the versary of the Balfour Declara-
first Balfour Celebration in De- tion whiCh should never cease
troit, 26 years ago, held here . at to mean what it'said.-
the old Detroit Opera House, "The bitter events of _recent
where Rabbi A. M. Hershman cruel years have made more 613 7_
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and the late. Hirsch Masliansky vious than ever the •necessitY
were the speakers. He recalled for the swiftest possible dev-ele0-
that when some rabbis at that ment of this _ great sanctuary
time sent a protest against a Jew- which already has made : such -
ish Palestine to President Wilson notable and historic progress.•
the latter was so bewildered
Great Enterprise
that he sent their protest to the
"The unspeakable outrages-
secret service for investigation. which murderous Axis tyranny
Confidence was expressed by has inflicted upon innocent Jew-
Mr. Butzel that Jews will survive ish -victims demonstrate not only
in Palestine- and will: provide the need - but the justice in
there a .great center for culture, ,s_peeding this -. great enterprise to
for economic - . - advancement, for its maximum development - It is
agricultural r e s e t t 1 e--ment - by required ioday, in the name : of
Jews. - • -
- uni3zersal hUmanity, as _never_be-
Referring : to :_the controversy- fore; and every helpful exertion.
- Sax-Kay's beautiful casual "coats,
with the American Jewith- Corn- to this end is urgently justified."
mittee, Mr. Btitzel. expressed ,.the
The message from: Senator
cut full and boxey' . in fine 100%
belief that we are..overexeited-.Ferguson reads:
by recent eVeitts.",-/Ie . declared:
- "When our 'men are fighting
wool Cashmeres and camel hair,
"I think that the p6Sitive aspects on sa many_world fronts for jus=
and - crowned with flattering pouch
should be emPhasized. Politics Lice and freedonr- and the right
are never 44 ore - one side. The of self-determination, _I feel it is
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calars 'of creamy lynx-dyed fox.
significant fact_ is that the Coin- well for me to_reiterate my stand'
The perfect coat for so many, many
mittee • has re-endorsed the Bal.- in behalf . of the -Balfour -Deelar-
four Declaration; - insists on the ation for a Jewish. National
occasions . _
155.00; also, similar
abrogation. of the : White Paper HOme, and disagreeing with the
and pledges itself, to 'encourage White _Paper which - would cur-
- styles With natural Canadian lynx,
in the _pwchase bf_"land in.
tail Jewish. _immigration to Pal,
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estine. . I_ hope a. new - declaration
"Jews have proven their ca- of pOlicy may be forthcoming_ at
pacify to build - Palestine,"-- Mr an early. date."
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Butzel 'said; "We •-haye, become•
-Dingell: Hits White Paper
such
bleSsing in.•-.that part of
Sending along to the _Meeting
the ;World" that
- is the only_ the text of an address he delivev-
place Where - Arabs 'want to - go ed at the Shaarey Zedelc on -May
to." -
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.21,- 1939; condemning the White
Mr: :-Butzel -,cOnclu
his-
Paper; Rep. Dingell wrote to the
dress: by - declaring •thit.:- °the - meeting
Jews of Palestine - 11-4ve: We:guts;
•"There _ban be 'titi compromise
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the brains "and. the: fight:' to
about 'the rights of the , :Palestin-
build Palestine."
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The only Yiddish address of date, nor can we as a party to
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