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THE JEWISH NEWS
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Christians Urging Congress
Pass Palestine Resolutions
Men, Women of All Faiths Send Thousands of Letters,
Wires and Petitions to .Washington to Encourage
Passage; Detroiters Send 35,000 Cards, Letters
Men and women of all faiths, numerous Christian and
Jewish organizations, Zionist as well as community groups,
during the past two weeks sent many thousands of letters,
telegrams, resolutions and petitions, to the sponsors of the
Palestine Resolutions and to members of both Houses of
Congress in Washington, urging them to encourage passage
of the resolutions. Hearings be-
fore the House Foreign Affairs
Committee were resumed on
Tuesday.
Taft resolutions on Palestine
now pending in the House at a
rally to be held on Sunday eve-
ning in the auditorium of t h e
(At the hearings on Tuesday,
City College of New York.
an impassioned plea for a Jew-
ish Homeland was made by Dr.
Sponsored by the Young Zion-
Stephen S. Wise. Another sup-
ist Actions Committee of New
porter of the Resolution at the
York, the rally will feature
resumed hearings on Tuesday
Maurice Samuel, author and lec-
was Rep. Walter Lynch, Dem-
turer, as the principal speaker.
ocrat, of New York).
The Hatikvah Youth Choir and
William Hordes and Max Ro- the Kinor Symphonietta will pre-
tenberg, co-chairmen of a com- sent a recital of traditional and
mittee representing the Zionist modern Palestinian music.
Council of Detroit, reported on
Tuesday that more than 35,000 U. S. Leaders Endorse
post cards and letters have gone Jewish Commonwealth
through the hands of committee
WASHINGTON (JPS)—There
members for mailing to Wash-
ington in support of the resolu- is practically "no ceiling" to the
absorptive capacity of Palestine
tions.
if industry will expand, Dr. Wal-
- Young Zionists Help
ter C. Lowdermilk, soil expert
Mr. Hordes, president of the of the U. S. Department of Agri-
Jewish National Fund Council of culture, testified before t h e
Detroit, and Mr. Rotenberg, who House Foreign Affairs Commit-
is associated with Chapter One tee on the resolution demanding
of the Zionist Organization of the end of the White Paper and
Detroit and with Migdal Zionist the opening of Palestine to free
Group, are assisted in this effort Jewish immigration with the
by a committee of youth Zionists view to the establishment of a
as well as adults.
democratic Jewish Common-
Public meetings are b e i n g wealth.
planned here in support of the
In the course of the two-day
Congressional resolutions, a n d
hearings at which religious, labor
the local committee states that
and Jewish leaders and 10 Con-
it is encouraged in its efforts by
gressmen testified, the only wit-
a hearty response from churches,
nesses opposing the resolution
labor groups and Jewish com-
were Lessing Rosenwald • and
munal groups.
Rabbi Louis Wolsey, both speak-
ing for the American Council
Committee Hearings
for Judaism.
Show Strong Support
WASHINGTON — Dr. Abba
Silver, chairman of the executive
committee of the American Zion-
ist Emergency Council, declared
that the initial hearings on the
Palestine Resolution (HR 418-
419) before the House Foreign
Affairs Committee "have shown
unmistakably that the pending
resolution commands very strong
support both in the Committee
and the House."
Warning that "our own battle
is not yet won, and it may be
prolonged," he pointed out that
"apart from the handful of Jew-
ish die-hards there are o t h e r
forces working against our cause.
As we gather strength, the oppo-
sition of all categories grows
more desperate. - They are justly
apprehensive of the tremendous
wave of pro-Zionist sentiment
that is sweeping the country."
Fear Delaying Tactics
Opponents of the resolution,
which calls for free entry of
Jews into Palestine and the re-
construction of that country as
"a free and democratic Jewish
Commonwealth,". may have re-
course to "delaying tactics de-
signed to hold up the passage
of the resolution in the hope
that something may h a p p en
which will help to defeat it," Dr.
Silver warned.
"Arguments on the ground of
`military necessity' may be used
against the resolution as they
were used a year ago to prevent
or delay the restoration of the
rights of the Jews of Algeria
under the Cremieux Decree."
Asserting that "those charged
with responsibility are vigilant
and will continue to do all that
is necessary," Dr. Silver said
that the intensive campaigns
which have been conducted for
the abrogation of the White Pa-
per and for a Jewish Common-
wealth in Palestine, "combined
with the quiet political work
which has, been carried on, have
produced a cumulative effect.. I
have reason to hope that we shall
see evidence of this gradual im-
provement in the near future."
Palestine Resolution •
Rally Sunday in N. Y.
NEW YORK — Two thousand
Jewish young men and women
will voice their support of the
Wright-Compton a n d Wagner-
'
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Own Food Resources
Lowdermilk reported that
Palestine could f e e d an addi-
tional 1,800,000 from its own food
resources. But, he added, if in-
dustry should expand then there
is "no ceiling" to the absorptive
capacity of Palestine. He also
spoke of the projected Jordan.
Valley Authority program which
he compared to the Tennessee
Valley Authority.
Reporting on 25 years of health
work in Palestine, Mrs. Moses
Epstein, president of Hadassah,
Women's Zionist Organization,
told how the Arabs have bene-
fitted by the work. Only re-
cently, she said, two . of Ibn
Saud's sons were patients at the
Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem.
In his testimony in opposition
to the resolution, Lessing Rosen-
wald insisted that the Jews are
only a religious body and he de-
manded that the reference to a
Jewish Commonwealth be re-
moved from the resolution.
- Arab Population Up
Dr. Abba Hillel Silver, coun-
tering the charge that the Jews
seek the evacuation of Palestine's
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Schlossberg Speaks
Here Next Thursday
For Gewerkshaften
Friday February 18, 1944
Alliance Israelite
Is Re-Constituted
• NEW YORK (JTA)—The Alli-
ance Israelite Universelle, lead-
Palestine Labor Campaign ing organization of French Jewry
which was in existence from 1860
Inspired by Visit of Mrs,
to the German occupation of
Irma Lindheim
France, .has been re-constituted
in Algeria, a report from Algiers
Inspired by the visit here on stated.
Thursday of Mrs. Irma Lind-
President of the provisional
heim, former national president central committee of the Alli-
of Hadassah who has just re- ance Israelite is Prof. Rene. Cas-
turned from a prolonged stay in sin, former minister of justice in
De Gaulle's committee in Lon-
don, now president of the Comite
Juridique, the Supreme Court of
the French Committee of Nation-
al Liberation.
The provisional committee of
the Alliance Israelite also has
chosen a number of Jewish lead-
ers residing abroad as members,
including M. Montefiore, presi-
dent of the Jewish Colonization
-Association, and J. Philippson,
member of JCA board, both of
London, and P. Dreyfus, Max
Gottschalk, Louis Oungre, Mau-
rice Stern and G. Wildenstein,
all now in New York.
JOSEPH SCHLOSSBERG
London where she conferred
with important British leaders
in behalf of Palestine redemp-
tion work, the Gewerkshaften
drive was spurred here to new
accomplishments.
Mrs. Lindheim addressed the
meeting of workers on Thurs-
day evening and was honored at
a luncheon at the Book Cadillac
by prominent community lead-
ers.
The speaker at the rally of
workers at Lachar's on 12th St.
next Thursday evening will be
Joseph Schlossberg, rioted na-
tional labor leader, chairman of
the National Labor Committee
for Palestine.
Mr. Schlossberg is a member
of the Board of Higher Education
of New York.
Reception by League
Mr. Schlossberg will be honor-
ed at a reception ' at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Shrier, 4271
Cortland, next Friday evening,
Feb. 25.
This reception is being ar-
ranged by the League for Labor
Palestine, and members of all
chapters in Detroit are urged to
be present and to confer with
Mr. Schlossberg on matters af-
fecting Palestine.
Statement on Education
Writing a few days ago in the
Jewish Daily Day on Jewish
education in the United States,
Mr. Schlossberg stated:
"Numerous Jewish groups are
doing, each in its own fashion,
something for -Jewish education.
But this something is insuffic-
ient. The students . . . retain
only Jewish memories, but not
Jewish possessions, Jewish con-
tent, not a foundation for a full
Jewish life. The most energetic
builders of Jewish consciousness
are the loyal workers for Pales-
tine. But with all my profound
respect for them, I must state
that with that alone they can-
not mature a Jewish generation
YESHIVATH BETH YEHUDAH
DETROIT, MICHIGAN
Annual Yeshivah
Morith
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COMMUNITY PROGRAM
Monday, Feb. 28, 9 P. M. Yeshivah Bldg. Dexter at Cortland
EDUCATIONAL . SYMPOSIUM
Jewish Education and Jewish Survival
Isaac Franck, Executive Director, Jewish 'Community Council of Detroit
Jewish Education and the Synagogue
Dr. A. M. Hershman, Rabbi, Congregation Shaarey Zedek
The Roots of Yeshivah Education in Jewish History
Dr. Nathan. Drazin. Rabbi, Congregation Shaarey Tefiloh, Baltimore, Md.
2nd ANNIVERSARY BANQUET
Smiday, March 5, 6:30 P. M.
Social Hall, Shaarey Zedek, Chicago at Lawton
Guest Speaker: RABBI SAMUEL COOPER,
Charlestown, W. Va.
Every contributor of $25 or more will receive two
admission cards to the Second Anniversary Banquet.
in the United States. Should Ju-
daism consist only of work for
Palestine, there is a great dan-
ger that this Will eventually
evaporate a n d nothing should
remain for Jewish life here . . .
"Zionism, however, is the on-
ly Jewish moverhent that is
universal, uniting the Jews in
all countries. And that 'places on
Zionism extensive, exhaustive
concern and obligations. Now-
adays, and also .. after the war,
Zionism must bear responsibil-
ity for all Jewish activity in all
lands and for conscious and
strong bonds between the Jews
in the whole world. Perhaps we
have reached the time when the
term Zionism must becom ex-
pandable, just as in ancient
times the term Israel was ex-
panded to include all Jews in-
stead of just the Israelites."
Anti-War Author,
Mayer, Won't Go
To War, He Says
CHICAGO (JPS)—"I think
I'll Sit This One Out," MiltOit
S. Mayer titled an anti-war arti-
cle in 1939, and he has now in-
formed his draft board here that
he would rather go to jail than
be drafted.
An article by Mayer entitled
"Unconditional Surrender — oP
What?" published in The Pro-
gressive, the organ of the Wis-
consin La Follette organization,
is being circulated by the Peace
Now Movement, which wants at
immediat e negotiated peace
"with existing governments"---.
Hitler and Tojo.
Mayer was the author of any
article on the Jewish problem in;
the Saturday Evening Post, two
years ago, which was widely
tacked by Jewish leaders as?
bound to stir . up anti-Semitism.;
Jewish Prisoners Kill
200 Gestapo Azents
LONDON (JTA) — More than
200 Gestapo agents and Ukran-
ian guards in the "Jewish exter-
mination camp" of So bib o r„
occupied Poland, were killed
during a revolt of the Jewish
internees organized with the aici
of the underground movement;
the Polish government-in-exile
reported this week.
The revolt, which is the second
largest Jewish uprising against
the Nazis, surpassed only by the
"Battle of the Warsaw Ghetto,'
started in the so-called "penal
huts," where Jewish prisoners
attacked the huts and released
the tortured Jews who joined
them in disarming the guards }
and in resisting the Gestapo
units which rushed to the scene
to crush the revolt.
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