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THE JEWISH NEWS
Friday, March 3, 1944
No Compromise on Palestine
Resolution, Says Dr. Silver
Dinner of Men's Dr. Hershman's
Clubs March 22 Book Praised
More than 60,000 Requests Pour Into Capitol from Detroit
Urging Adoption of Resolution, Temporarily Delayed
By Opposition from War and State Depts.
Father Flanagan to be Guest
Speaker of Annual Event
at Bnai Moshe
Opposition stemming from the War and State Depart-
ments has delayed Congressional action on the Palestine
Resolutions, it was indicated this week in reports from Wash-
ington.
Hundreds of thousands of messages have reached Wash-
ington the past month, urging adoption of the resolutions.
The Rt. Rev. E. J. Flanagan,
diredtor of Father Flanagan's
Boys' Home in Boys Town, Ne-
braska, will be the guest speak-
er at the annual intercongrega-
It was indicated this week
that from Detroit alone more
reiterating that it was responsible
than 60,000 requests were re-
for the bombings of the Palestine
ceived by members of Con-
Government immigration offices
gress in favor of the pend-
in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Haifa,
ing resolutions. It is believed
but denying that any of its mem-
that President Roosevelt has
begs were involved in the assas-
received more than 2,000
sination of two police officials in
telegrams from this area urg-
Haifa last week. The letter also
ing his support of Jewish
denied that members of the Irgun
claims to palestine.
had invaded the Hashomer Hazair
Sees No Compromise
Club in Tel Aviv and wounded
Dr. Abba Hillel Silver, chair- two youths.
man of the executive committee
of the American Zionist Emer- Question on Palestine
gency Council, stated this week Withdrawn From House
that there will be no compromise LONDON (JTA)—Lord Stra-
on the resolution to make it "ac- bolgi, pro-Zionist peer, this week
ceptable" to opponents of the announced that important negoti-
Jewish State ideal. Sponsors of ations with regards to the future
the resolution—Reps. Wright and of Palestine are now taking place
Compton—are believed to be in London, and that "prospects
backing him strongly in this for a . sensible policy with regard
declaration.
to Palestine seem to be better."
Another report from Washing- Because of these negotiations,
ton, coming through the Inde- Lord Strabolgi has decided to
pendent Jewish Press Service, withdraw, for the time being, the
states that the Saudi Arabian oil question. on Palestine's future
deal, which is reported to be de- which he submitted to the House
laying the Wright-Compton Jew- of Lords with a view to stimula-
ish Commonwealth Resolution, is ting debate on the post-war status
facing growing opposition in Con- of Palestine. "As soon as the
gressional circles. Rep, Jerry . Government is ready, I shall bring
Voorhies, (D.) California, charged this question up again," he added.
that while ostensibly the Govern-
ment will be exploiting the oil Palestine-Egypt Trade
concession, it is the big oil com- Will Aid Relations
panies that are it, and their
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Closer
representatives in Government trade relations between Egypt and
agencies had approved the pro- Palestine will help to foster Arab-
gram. Charging that the deal Jewish rapprochment in the Mid-
would only strengthen the oil dle East, Egyptian Finance Mini-
monopoly, Rep. Voorhies said that ster Amin Osman told the Jew-
"monopoly practices are next ish Telegraphic Agency following
only to the dictatorships of Japan the successful conclusion of trade
and Germany, the greatest dan- talks between the two countries.
gers to democracy, freedom and
The Finance Minister advocated
peace."
the establishment of Palestine-
British Mission Due
Egypt chambers of commerce in
A British .mission is expected both countries and also the ex-
In Washington stiortly to confer change of students, in order that
on the oil deal.
"contacts may be maintained not
King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia, only through governments, but
according to reports from Cairo through people."
and Jerusalem, is the most anx-
Discussing the results of the
ious among all Arab rules to have trade conferences, which have
Arab statesmen decide now on a been going on here, Mr. Osman
policy regarding the future stat- revealed that concrete agreements
us of Palestine.
have been reached for the ex-
change of commodities between
Report Arabs Abandon
Egypt and Palestine and perinan-
Federation Scheme
ent machinery has been estab-
LONDON (JPS)—The plan for lished for future economic rela-
a Federation of Arab states, un- tions.
der discussion for many months
The following arrangements
hi Cairo, Egypt, has been aban- have been concluded, he declared,
' cloned by Arab statesmen, " ac- First, Palestine will export to
cording to information obtained Egypt citrus fruits and some
from reliable sources by the In- manufactured goods, principally
dependent Jewish Press Service phamaceuticals, in exchange for
London office. Jealously among which Egypt will ship Palestine
Arab rules as to who should rule some foodstuffs and raw mater-
is reported to have been the chief ials; Second, an agreement for
obstacle to the culmination of the the control of prices of products
exported; Third, establishment of
plan.
The Independent Jewish Press a standing committee in each
Service also has learned that a country to continue trade rela-
number of "moderates" among tions; Fourth, a decision to find
the Arab statesmen meeting in means to overcome present visa
Cairo are in favor of a Jewish difficulties impeding trade rela-
autonomous region in a part of tions; Fifth, a "very satisfactory!'
Palestine as the best solution to settlement of the problem of ex-
the Palestine problem. They pediting Palestine imports trans-
have not, however, indicated the ported by way of Egypt. -
location or the size of the region
Ask 19 Million Dunans
which they propose.
of Uncultivated Land
JERUSALEM (JTA)—The de-
Jewish Vigilant Group
mand that Jews be given an op-
Formed in Palestine
JERUSALEM (JTA) ==.- In a portunity to secure 19 million
move to combat the terror that dunams—approximately 4,500,000
flared up in Palestine this past acres—of land in Palestine which
week, a Jewish vigilante organ .- are generally considered not to
ization calling itself "Mishmar be "fit for cultivation," was
Hayishuv," which means "Yis- voiced here by Bernard Joseph,
huv's Guard," has been formed acting head of the political de-
partment of the Jewish Agency.
here..
Speaking at ceremonies mark-
The new group posted placards
throughout Jerusalem denouncing ing the planting of a forest in
the terrorists and warning that it memory of Brig. Frederick Kisch
will not allow anything—"even who was • killed in Tunisia, Mr.
civil war in the Yishuv"—to stop Joseph emphasized that Jews are
it, if the terrorists "do riot cease riot. depriving Palestine Arabs of
their land.
their stupid crimes."
"Irgun Zvai Leumi," secret
Jewish military organization. Revisionists Favor NZO
which was reported to have as- Unity with Histadruth
sumed responsibility for the ter- NEW YORK (JTA)—Denying
ror, sent a letter to the Jewish that the Zonist-Revisionist move-
Telegraphic ' Agency office here ment is anti-labor, Benjamin Ak-
FATHER FLANAGAN
tional Men's Clubs' dinner, to be
held Wednesday night, March 22,
at the Bnai Moshe, Dexter and
Lawrence.
Herman Jacobs, executive di-
rector of the Jewish Community
Center, will be the toastmaster.
Vocal selections by Cantor David
Katzman of Bnai Moshe and
violin renditions by Arthur
Grossmann of the Detroit Sym-
phont Orchestra will be addi-
tional features on the program.
Reservations should be made
through the Men's Clubs of the
following synagogues which are
sponsoring the intercongregation-
al dinner: Bnai David, Shaarey
Zedek, Temple Beth El, Temple
Israel, Downtown Synagogue,
Shaar Shomayim of Windsor and
this year's host, Bnai Moshe.
zin and Elihu Ben-Horin, two
leaders of the New Zionist Or-
ganization (Revisionist) in the
U. S. and members of the world
executive of that organization,
have published an article in the
current issue of the "Zionews,"
official N. Z. 0. organ, favoring a
revision of the social-economic
views held by the Zionist-Re-
visionists movement.
By Scholars
Nationally prominent scholars
and heads of Hillel Foundations
throughout the country have
written Congregation Shaarey
Zedek of Detroit commending
the local Conservative synagogue
and its Rabbi, Dr. A. M. Hersh-
man, on the appearance of Rab-
bi Hershman's book, "Rabbi Isaac
Perfet and His Times."
Dr. Louis Finkelstein, presi-
dent of the Jewish Theological
Seminary of America, writes:
"It is indeed a magnificent
contribution to . Jewish history.
You have succeeded not only in
bringing together a vast amount
of information, but in present-
ing it in such a way that even
the lay leader will, I am sure, be
deeply interested."
Dr. Alexander Marx, Librarian
of the Jewish Theological Sem-
inary, who wrote the foreward to
the book, again praises the vol-
ume as a "work of labor and
toil."
Express Gratitude
Directors of Hillel Foundations
have written to- Morris M. Jacobs,
chairman of the committee for
the distribution of Dr. Hersh-
man's book, expressing gratitude
to Irwin I. Cohn who purchased
a copy of the book for every
Hillel Foundation in the coun-
try. The following directors of
Hillel Foundations have written
Mr. Jatobs and have commend-
ed the book in highly laudatory
terms:
Dr. Abram L. Sachar, Cham-
paign, Ill., national director of
Hillel Foundations; Rabbi Isaac
Rabinowitz, Foundation at
Brooklyn College, former direc-
tor of University of Michigan
Hillel Foundation; Rabbi Mau-
rice B. Pekarsky, Northwestern
University; Rabbi Benjamin M.
Kahn, Pennsylvania State Col-
lege; Rabbi George Ende, Foun-
dation at Burlington, Vt.; Rabbi
Abraham S. Milgram; University
of Minnesota; Dr. Alfred Jospe,
West Virginia University; Rabbi
Amram •Prero, - University of
Florida; _Rabbi Gilbert Klaper-
man, State University of Iowa;
Rabbi Avraham Soltes, Cornell
University.
Tgught at Shaarey Zedek
Rabbi Pekarsky writes in be-
half of Hillel Foundation of
Northwestern University: "I am
especially glad to have this book
Council Affiliates
With National Civic
Protective Agencies
Action of Executive Com-
mittee Up for Approval
of Delegates March 13
The Jewish Community Coun-
cil will become one of the bodies
affiliated with the newly created
National Community Relations
Advisory Council which was
created as a result of the Pitts-
burgh Assembly of the Council
of Jewish Federations and Wel-
fare Funds as a first step toward
a coordinated national program
of combatting anti-Semitism.
Affiliated with this Advisory
Council will be the four national
civic protective organizations:
American Jewish Committee,
American Jewish Congress, Anti-
Defamation League of Bnai Brith
and Jewish Labor Committee,
together with representatives of
the larger communities which
have local civic protective of-
fices. They will meet regularly
to formulate policy in this field.
The Community Council's ex-
ecutive committee unanimously
decided to become officially af-
filiated with this national body.
James I. Ellmann, president, and
Isaac Franck, executive director,
have been designated represen-
tatives of Detroit's Jewish com-
munity. The executive commit-
tee's action is to come up for
ratification by the Community
Council's delegated at their
meeting on Monday, March 13.
The agenda of the March 13
meeting will also include a re-
port from Rabbi Leon Fram on
the Conference on Anti-Semitism
held recently in New York, un-
der the auspices of the American
Jewish Congress.
in our Library since I know per-
sonally Rabbi Hershman and ad-
mire him. I used to teach in the
Shaarey Zedek Sunday School
while a student at the University
of Michigan."
Rabbi Rabinowitz writes: "The
book will make a valuable addi-
tion to our collection, forming, as
it' does, an admirable companion
to Dr. Neuman's work on "The
Jews in Spain," and will doubt-
less find its way to a wide circle
of readers."
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