Friday, November 5, 1943

THE JEWISH NEWS

Louis G. Redstone
Heads Local Blanch
Of Haifa Institute

Rep. Rogers Urges Unity
In Jewish Rescue Efforts

Page Nirief

Henry Monsky to Address
Bnai Brith Here Dec. 12

Louis G. Redstone, Detroit ar- 4•
Coast Congressman Says Jewish State in Palestine
chitect, was elected president of President of Supreme Grand Lodge to Speak at 100th
Would be Blow to Anti-Semitism, in Address to
the Detroit Chapter of the Ameri-
Anniversary Celebration; Set Goal of 1,500
War. Chest Workers at Temple Beth El
can. Society for the Advancement
in City-Wide Membership Drive

Declaring that he "hates to see (Jewish) committees
split . from committees" in the present hour of. crisis, Rep.
Will Rogers Jr. of California, in . his address before War
Chest. workers and contributors at Temple Beth El, on Sun-
day afternoon, stated that there is "one problem on. which we
can agree—the saving of Jewish lives."

"This is not a Jewish problem,
but an American and a human-
Jewish Welfare Federation and
itarian problem," he said. "Amer-
the Detroit Service Group, was
ica -will be the weaker unless
presided over by Abraham Srere .,
we can solve this problem. The
Federation president, who intro_
progressive forces believe -that• a
duced Rep. Rogers .
crime against a minority is a
.Butzel, Mrs. Ehrlich Speak
crime against all the people.
.
.
Fred
M. Butzel, in brief re-
.
Favors Jewish State
"I want you to .rely. on Amer- marks, told of the objectives of
ican justice. We must .join : in the . War Chest. Hardly a week
passes,. he stated, without -spe-
erasing from the minds of people
cial emergencies calling -for action
the ordinary picture of the Jew,
by the Joint Distribution Com-
and build up the true picture of
mittee which cares for refugees
the Jew as a pioneer and a build-
who continue to come to this
er," he added.
country through Portugal. Land
In a strong plea that England
LOUIS G. REDSTONE
purchases in Palestine continue,
open up the doors of Palestine
he stated, and the needs for cur-
of the Hebrew Institute of Tech-
to Jews, Congressman Rogers
rent and future immigration are
pointed out that only two coun-
nology in Haifa, Zalestine.
carefully provided for.
tries close their doors to Jews
Fred M. Butzel was again
Mr. Blitzel described the other
because they are Jews—Germany
chosen honorary president of the
and England, the latter in her agencies receiving their support
through the War Chest, including Detroit Chapter.
restrictions affecting Palestine.
Other new officers of. the De-
Continuing his comments on Prisoners' Aid, the USO and the
the Palestinian situation, in the Jewish Welfare Board, and he troit Chapter are: Samuel J.
course of a discussion of anti- emphasized that the wort not Caplan and Leon Kay, vice-
Semitism, Rep. Rogers declared: only must be' continued, but presidents; Martin Sclar, secre-
"One of the great blows to anti- "there must be no diminution of tary; Ben Wilk, treasurer.
Semitism would be the'establish- our standards."
Members of the board of direc-
Peace and Affection
ment of a Jewish State in Pale-
tors are: Max J. Kogan, Arnold
stine."
"It is marvelous that in the A. •Kosarin, Louis' R. Gelf and,
•`More Yelling' Prescribed '
city of Father Coughlin and Ger- Karl B. Segall, HarVey Goldman,
'Asked to comment on - the ald L. K. Smith we have one David Segal, M. H. Sobell, Philip
White Paper, the California lib- group, composed of all faiths and Slomovitz, Morris Mendelson and
eral 'Congressman warned . that races, that meets in peace, and Dan Mendelsohn.
the British will try to enfOrce it, affection," Mr. Butzel added, in
Mr. Redstone succeeds to the
and he urged 'pressure to stop its paying tribute 'to the War Chest presidency Karl B. Segall.
iniplementation._ He stated that idea.
The Haifa Technical Institute
"it will take more yelling" to get
Mrs. J. H. Ehrlich, the only is an important agency engaged
U. S; • officials to protest against other speaker at Sunday's meet- in preparing skilled men who
the British restrictions.
ing, described the women's re- are assisting,-in the war effort
He -attacked the' British Colon- sponsibilities in the campaign and in the Middle East.
ial' policy and urged militant ac- outlined the reasons why women
In normal times, as well as
- .tion by Jews.
should make independent gifts in now, the Institute trains mechan-
In his discussion of anti-Semit- addition to thdse of the men.
ics and professional men to carry
ism, Rep. Rogers similarly urged
on the important industrial pro-
"more ' militancy" by Jewish
jects in Palestine.
groups, and he inferred that in-
terference - by certain Jewish
groups has prevented aggressive
action by non-Jews. ' • •
R o vner . Progressive Verein
Srere Presides
Describing his visit hi England, served refreshments on Oct. 25
as a representative of the•Emerg- . at the Downtown USO. Those
ency Conference to Save the who assisted were Mesdames
Jews of Europe, Rep. Rogers des- Philip Yanovsky, Morris Wasser- Solicitors Praised by Mrs.
cribed his interviews with British man, Isaac Gruskin, Samuel
Twersky; Resnik Has Prize
Parliamentary leaderS, who are Kempner, Jacob Frankel, Louis
Boxes, With $98 Total
working on rescue programs for Saginaw, Abe Saginaw, Abe Ap-
Jews. He revealed -that Senator plebaum, Harry Broder ; M.
Mrs. Abraham. Twersky, chair-
Gillette is preparing a .resolution Brooks, Morris.Kahn and Joseph
man of the Blue and White box
for. the .U. S. Senate to recom- Siegel.
colleCtion.s of the Jewish Na-
mend, aggressive action to save
Zedakah Club and Bnai Brith tional Fund, reported this week
the European Jews.
Pisgah Girls were among those that all expectations have- been
In the opening portion of his
who sent food packages to Fort exceeded in the solicitations con-
address, Rep. Rogers described Brady.
ducted during the past two
the manner in which, American
Food packages also were sent weeks.
fliers attack German strategic
to Fort Custer during October by
Mrs. Twersky praised her co-
, points in Europe.
The meeting at Temple Beth Pogrebishcher Ladies' Society, workers for their devotion, and
Chenstochover
Rajoner
Verein,
stated that collections were not
El, which was arranged by the
Vinitzer Progressive Verein and only conducted promptly during
David Horodocker Ladies' Soci- the assigned period, but most
ety.
boxes had increased' sums over
For further information call the last period.
Mrs. A. H. Brodie, chairman of
It was announced by Mrs.
the USO-JWB food committee, Twersky that S. R. Resnik of
TO. 8-8180.
Dexter and Elmhurst had the
Works of Three Detroiters
prize box of all, setting a rec-
ord for collections here. During
Davis Says Sieff
Are Now. on Exhibit at
the past four months, the sum of
Never With OWI
the Jewish Center
$98 was collected from Mr.
Resnik's box.
NEW YORK. (3 113 S) — Elmer
Two former students in the
Center art classes, Bertha Rosen- Davis, director of the Office of
baum and Frieda •Bassin, have War Information, gave the lie to
been awarded grants from • the anti-Semitic fiction that Israel
Center Art Scholarship Fund; it Moses Sieff, British merchant
is announced by Mrs. David B. and noted Zionist, was the
Werbe, chairman of the art com-- "brains" behind the OWI.
NEW YORK. — International
Speaking before the Overseas action involving the co-operation
mittee. Both are now enrolled as
students at the Art Students' .Press Club, Mr. Davis enumer of the 'British Foreign Office., the
League in New York City.
ated a number of unfounded ru- governments of Spain and Por-
Mrs. Werbe also announced mors circulated by "smalltime tugal and the services of the
that classes in the Center Art fascists just beyond the reach of Hias-Ica Emigration Association,
School are now meeting regular- indictment!' .
is now under way for the pos-
ly as follows: adult classes, Sun-
Referring to the rumors about sible rescue of 29 spiritual lead-
day morning and Tuesday eve- Sieff, he said:
ers of the Jewish communities in
ning; children's classes, Tuesday
"The story obviously was in- Poland, Holland and Slovakia,
and Thursday afternoons.
cited from anti-British and anti- Abraham Herman, president of
The art appreciation commit- Semitic sources. It came as a HIAS, the Hebrew Sheltering
tee, under the direction of Mrs. complete surprise to us, as none and Immigrant Aid Society of
I Walter Laib, chairman, has ar- of us at OWI had ever heard of America, stated here.
ranged the exhibit of the works him. The fact was that Mr. Sieff
The effort, if successful, will
of three Detroit artists, Lillian about a year ago was a member result in the rescue through
Desow, Harry Glassgold and of an advisory committee to the emigration of the 29 rabbis and
George . Van Saake, now shown Office of Price Administration. their families a total of 99 per-
in the Adult Lounge of the Cen- But you. can't. expect. these ,p.eo- sons, who are now in Nazi con-
•
ter,
pie to know., the alphabet. •
rentration and slave ‘'camps•..'

ROv. ner Verein group .
Serves at the USO

ENT' Collections
Set a New Record

2 Center Artists
Get Scholarships

Take Action to Save
29 European Rabbis

Henry Monsky, president of the Supreme Lodge of Bnai
Brith, will address, the joint meeting of Detroit's Bnai Brith
lodges at Temple Beth El on Sunday evening, Dec. 12, it was
announced this week by Louis H. Schostak, 'president of the
Detroit Greater Bnai Brith Council. This meeting will mark
the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Bnai Brith
Order.

A feature of this
ga lh mg will
this
be the initiation of the new mem-
past president of Pisgah Lodge,
bers enrolled in Bnai Brith in the is
editor.
current membership drive.
Aaron Rosenberg, chairman of
the city-wide memberShip drive,
announces that one-third of the
city goal of '1,500 new Members
has already been secured.
Mr. 'Monsky's share in the cre-
ation of the American Jewish
Conference and his dynamic lead-
ership in the movement to estab-
LONDON, (JTA)—In a move
lish unity in Jewish life have
placed him in.'the forefront of to end the quarter-century sep-
Jewish activities in this country, aration between the Jews of So-
and his address here is expected viet Russia and Jewry in the rest
to throw new light on the in- of the democratic world, the con-
ternal Jewish situation in this ference of the British section of
country...
the World Jewish Congress
In honor of Bnai Brith's 100th adopted a resolution inviting -So-
anniversary, a souvenir book will viet Jewry to join the Congress.
be( published and dedicated to At the same time the meeting
Mr. Monsky. This book will con- pledged full support of the Jew-
tain a history of Bnai Brith and ish Anti-Fascist Committee in
local groups. Milton M. Wein- Kuibyshev. The resolution, unan-
stein, first vice-president of Pis- imously adopted by 200 dele-
gah Lodge, has been appointed gates, 'was introduced by repre-
chairman of the committee for sentatives of the Workmen's
this bdok. Rudolph Meyersohri, Circle.

Jews of Russia

Invited to Join
World Congress

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