Friday, November 19, 1943

THE JEWISH NEWS

War Chest Oversubscribed;
Workers Continue to Solicit

Israel Choir Has
Part in Community
Thanksgiving Fete

Page Five

Conference Failed to Accomplish
Its Purpose, R. P. Goldman Charges

Country - wide discussions re- cerned, from the one evidently
garding the place of the Ameri- intended."
can Jewish Conference as the
The system of cumulative vot-
ruling factor in American Jewish ing, Mr. Goldman reveals, was
life has brought forth a most suggested by a New York law-
place Thursday. morning, at 10:30, critical comment from Robert P. yer, Charles P. Kramer, then
Another great triumph was scored for the philanthropic in the auditorium of the Detroit Goldman, former president of the president of the National Federa-
spirit of Detroit with the success of the 1944 War Chest.
Union of American Hebrew Con- tion of Temple Brotherhoods, in
Institute of Arts. .
gregation, in a lengthy article in order to assure proportional rep-
At the concluding meeting of campaign workers, held
Cantor Robert S. Tulman and
Tuesday evening at the Book Cadillac, George T. Christopher, the Temple Israel Choir, con- the current issue of Liberal Ju- resentation for all groups. Mr.
daism.
Goldman writes: "While I do not
chairman of the drive, announced that the $8,250,000 quota
ducted by Dan
was oversubscribed and that the final result, after all un-
Mr. Goldman comes to the con- believe that the results of the
Frohman, will
solicited prospects have been
render the music clusion that "the Conference Conference would have been sub-
reached, will bring the total far
of
the service. failed to accomplish the express- stantially different had the Fed-
in excess of the original quota. Maurice Landau and Mrs. Eu
The
choir _ will ed purpose of the majority of erations and Welfare Funds been
gene Arnfeld were mentione d
sing a, new com- those who spoke at the Pitts- permitted to participate, because
The total announced raised
among the leading campaigners.
position by the burgh meeting (at which plans their membership is generally an
at Tuesday evening's dinner
Norwegian . Leader Tells
organist of Tem- were made for the Conference); over-all community membership,
meeting was $8,427,595—$202,-
Need for Rescuing Civilians
ple Israel, Karl namely, to secure unity on a it would have led to better feel-
595 in excess of the quota. It
The need for making known to
W. Haas, en- practical program for the imple- ing throughout the country had
was announced that this sum
the world at large and to posteri
titled "P salm mentation of Jewish rights in they been invited."
was raised from more than
Charges Violations
ty the wrongs that are being im
150." Cantor Palestine."
700,000 contributors. Every di-
Tulman will
Mr. Goldman charges that
vision in the drive reached its posed upon mankind by the Na
Describing the element a r y there were violation8 in the
Cantor Tulman sing the Hebrew
zis was emphasized at Thursday's
quota by Tuesday. The final
luncheon report meeting by Dr. song, ''The Prophecy of • Isaiah" steps that were taken to form the Pittsburgh agreement when a
day's total alone was $1,381;,-
Conference, in Pittsburgh, Mr. large majority of Zionists came
C. J. Hambro, president of the by P. Yassinovsky.
009.
Goldman states that it was the to the Palestine Committee
Norwegian Parliament and his
The
preacher
of
the
occasion
The success of the War Chest country's representative on the
opinion of leaders who partici- "bound to a definite resolution
will be Rev. Everett Moore
campaign assures continued sup- League of Nations.
pated in the early sessions, in- before any contrary arguments
Baker, Pastor of the First Uni-
port for the Jewish causes in-
"We never like to speak of the tarian Church of Cleveland, 0. cluding many Zionists, "that they were presented"; and during the
cluded in the drive through the
revolting and disgusting things," Rabbi Leon Fram of Temple Is- would be statesmanlike enough session at. which the Palestine
Allied Jewish Campaign.
Dr.
Hambro said, "but it is vital rael will -also deliver a brief ad- to adopt a practical program for Resolution was adopted. He
Jewish Causes Included
for
the
future that things that dress. Rev. Warren Wheeler Palestine on which all shades of charges that it "is neither demo-
All Jewish causes—overseas,
opinion in American Jewry could cratic nor conclusive" to adopt a
national and local — except the have happened shall not be for- Pickett, of the First Congrega- unite."
report like this without debate
tional Church of Detroit, chair-
civic protective movements, are gotten."
from the floor.
Actions of Anti-Zionists
Dr. Hambro pointed out that man of the committee whiclf ar-
included in the War Chest.
It is pointed out by Mr. Gold-
The United Jewish Appeal, more civilians fall as casualties in ranged the service, will be the
In the course of his article, he man that Louis Lipsky and Dr.
which includes the Joint Distri- war than men in uniform, and presiding minister.
expresses the view that the un- Nahum Goldmann were the
bution Committee, the United stated that in this war there will
Everyone is welcome and peo- timely publication of the state-
"controlling personalities of the
Palestine Appeal and the ational be losses to compare with the ple are seated as they arrive. No
ment of the anti-Zionist Ameri- Conference," and that the form-
Refugee Service, is the major last, as a result of which 40,000,- tickets are required. There is a
can Council for Judaism "made er's "guiding hand was evident
beneficiary of the drive;
000 civilians died of undernour- collection made in the course of
An appeal has been issued to ishment and starvation, coin- the service, the proceeds of which it impossible for the Reform Re- in all its work."
ligious Group to obtain the 10
Mr. Goldnian asserts that many
workers to continue soliciting pared with 10,000,000 who died go to the War Chest.
signatures of committee members delegates felt that matters "were
prospects whom they have been on the battlefields. He therefore
necessary to report out of com- badly handled and that it was not
urged wholehearted support of 845 was reported raised in the
mittee its moderate resolution. worth their while to have come
the
War
Chest
as
one
of
the
There are many people who
drive.
Had it not been for this untimely the distance and spent the time
means
of
relieving
suffering
on
have not been reached by
publication, the division on the that they did, to attend such a
Monday's Reports Pave
all fronts.
solicitors for the War Chest.
questions of a Jewish Common- meeting. In the plenary sessions,
Way to Drive's Success
Those who have not yet
Conditions Worse
Monday's report l u n c he on wealth and the control of Jewish there was practically no freedom
contributed are asked to send
Stating that in Norway, under
meeting
definitely paved the way immigration into Palestine would of discussion, and not the sem-
their pledges to the War
Nazi rule, every family is re-
to
success
for the 1944 War have been more apparent in the blance of a deliberative body.
Chest, 51 W. Warren Ave.
duced to one pound of meat ev-
Chest campaign, with the an- Conference itself. It thus pro- Too much time was wasted, there
ery three months, the speaker
nouncement that the campaign duced the opposite result, as far were too many speeches and not
unable to reach until now. It is said that conditions in Poland
total was $7,041,585, or 85.4 per as the Conference itself was con- enough discussion."
expected that all unsolicited De- and Czechoslovakia are even
cent of the goal.
troiters will be contacted in order worse. Urging the sending of
The highlight of Monday's
to secure the maximum sum for supplies, medicines and food
the War Chest drive.
to the sufferers throughout the meeting was the announcement
Fannie Hurst Stirs
world, he said that nothing is by Oscar Weber, chairman of the
Chest Workers to Action
more effective in establishing Commerce and General Division,
One of the most impressive good relationships between gov- that his teams had raised a total
gatherings of the entire War ernments than the feeding of of $1,999,695, or 107 per cent of
Chest campaign took place on children and the aged and of their original goal of $1,985,100.
Friday, when Fannie Hurst, sick and hungry men and worn-
Irving W. Blumberg, co-chair-
eminent novelist, was the guest en. "These things that you do man of the Industrial Division,
speaker.
will be remembered," he de- accepting reports from his co-
In an impressive resume of
workers, urged redoubling of ef-
clared.
the responsibilities that face
forts • so that the entire quota
"Only
if
we
solve
the
prob-
the democratic countries to
should be reached by Tuesday
lem
of
relief
and
rehabilitation
preserve the ideals of freedom
will it be possible to speak of night.
for all races and creeds, Miss
Mrs. Hobart Hoyt was chair-
boundary
problems," Dr. Ham-
Hurst touched briefly on the
bro added, pointing out that man of Monday's meeting, and
Jewish question and declared
there may not be people left to the speaker was Dr. B. A. Liu,
that "a world that has stood
resettle in various countries as a former president of the China
by and watched the atrocities
result of the • horrible German Industrial Training Institute,
against them without taking
Nanking, China, now assistant
devastation.
preventive measures also needs
moral rehabilitation."
Frank Eaman, president of the director of the speakers' bureau
Emphasizing that the Jews
War Chest, presided at Thurs- of the Chinese News Service.
Describing China's part in the
have been a productive people,
day's meeting. Thanks to the
nevertheless they were se- press and to many of the cam- war, Dr. Liu declared that the
lected as major sufferers for
paign workers were expressed Chinese "think of only one front
the attacks by the barbarians
by Robert H. MacRae, managing because we are all fighting to-
gether on the same front," re-
of Europe, Miss Hurst directed
director of the drive.
gardless whether it is in the At-
her plea to workers in behalf
International Day
lantic or Pacific, and reminded
of all races and creeds, "for
Observed as International Day, his audience not to forget the
the regeneration of all min-
Cyril Cane, British Consul, was fight on the home front.
orities."
GLOVES HAVE PIGSKIN PATCHES OR PIG GRAIN
"Every dollar gathered in the asked to introduce members of
War Chest is a bullet shot at the Consular Service here who
PALMS FOR BETTER GRIP WHEN DRIVING
our enemies in bringing the war were guests at the luncheon.
to a victorious end," Miss Hurst Among those present were Saul
declared. "The War Chest is a R. Levin, Consul for the Hondu-
A. SET
symbol of our national deter- ran Republic in Detroit, and
mination that the enemy shall Louis James Rosenberg, Consul
in Detroit for the Republic of
not pass."
STRING GLOVE AND MUFFLER SETS—COMFORT-
Urging that "the War Chest Panama.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wineman
monies must pour out of our
ABLE, FASHIONABLE, COLORFUL . . • IN CANARY,
pockets without a twitch of the were mentioned for honors among
nerves," Miss Hurst pointed to the leading workers in the ad-
MAROON, GREEN, BROWN AND OLIVE DRAB. A
the freedoms enjoyed by Amer- vance gifts division of the cam-
YOUR LIFE is protect-
icans and challenged her aud- paign.
ed by the experience,
MOST ACCEPTABLE AND EQUALLY PRACTICAL
ience to "appraise your blessings
knowledge and skill of
On Thursday, a total of $5,108,-
our pharmacists who
and see if a million dollars can
CHRISTMAS GIFT.
have been filling your
buy them."
prescriptions accurately
700,000 Hear Talks
Made to Measure and
for so many years. Long
Howard A. Coffin presided at
Ready to Wear
practice and the confi-
Friday's luncheon, at which it
dence of the medical
was reported that the drive had
profession qualify us to
reached a total of $6,136,504.
supply your medical
Walter Laidlow, campaign di-
needs.
GIVE A
rector, spoke briefly. Edward R.
SCHOLNICK
Grace, chairman of the speakers'
bureau, reported that a corps of
GIFT
240 speakers, besides 200 speak-
CERTIFICATE
ers recruited in local high
Over 53 Years of Service
FOR ANY
schools, had already addressed a
Detroit
total of 700,000 Detroiters in be-
AMOUNT
half of the drive.
Birmingham Grosse Pointe
WASHINGTON BLVD. at GRAND RIVER
In the_report of the work. of

The annual community
Success of Campaign Assures Continued Support of
Thanksgiving Day service of De-
Jewish Causes Included in Drive Through
troit, which is sponsored jointly
Allied Campaign
by Christians and Jews, will take

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$5.00

BROTHERS

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Scheftler Drug Co.

the Meti-Oic;olitan Division, Mrs.

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