Friday, June 16, 1944 THE•JEWISH NEWS gaveAteseetkfreems BUY MORE THAN BEFORE Page Eleven and Keep Them . • • This Advertisement Sponsored 13• ; Brass Rails 'WAR LOAN Michigan at Griswold 20 W. Adams 6545 Woodward Infants Service Group Installs Its New Officers Warsaw Ghetto Rally Asks Opening of Refugee Havens r Anfi-Semitism Condemned by Archbishop Mooney; Mayor Jeffries Condemns Bigotry at Meeting of Com- The Infants Service Group in- stalled the following officers for munity Council Held at Cass High • Condemnation of anti --Semi- I tism marked the address of Archbishop Edward Mooney at ; the Cass • High School public !meeting on June 7, Comniemo- rating the anniversary of the Battle of, the Warsaw Ghetto. ' Other highlights of the meet- ing, besides the addresses of I Rabbi Maurice Eisendrath, ex- ecutive director of the Union of ;American - Hebrew Congrega- Itions, and Mayor Edward J. jJeffries, included -the following: Presentation of a resoltition by Rabbi Leon- 'Fram. The . singing of the National Anthems under the leadership of Manfred F. Kuttner of the U.. S. Navy, a former German cantor, accompanied by Betty Kowalsky. Drama of Battle A sketch outlining in drama- tiZed form the events • which had led to the battle of the ghetto' : - .and the martyrdoin of the Jews who perished there. The partici- pants. ' were Aaron - Rosenberg,• weft. ario-Wn - Detroit attorney; Hari f: Goldstein, narrator; Abra- ham. Cohen, Gerson Chertoff and Reva'Reichman; the-latter three metiers - of the . staff of the Jew- , ish Community Coundil under whose auspices the meeting was held: T James I. Ellmann, president of the Council, was chairman of the meeting. - * * * Exalts Religious Role In the course of . his comments on anti-Semitism, • A r,c h bishop Mooney said: "Catholic tea chi n,g _directly and by manifold implication em- phasizeS the dignity of the hu- man person which anti-Semitism outrages. Catholic teaching ex- alts the historic religious role of the Jewish people, and glories in - the heritage f r om Judaism 'which is an essential element in "This is what Pope Pius XII had in mind when, referring to the words every priest recites in the Mass, he said: 'Abraham is • called our patriarch and an- cestor. Anti-Semitism is not compatible with the sublime reality of the text. It is a move- ment in which Catholics cannot participate. We are spiritually Semites.' " * * * The • resolution presented by Rabbi Fram pointed to the Nazi aims to exterminate the , Jews, referred to the martyrdom o 2,000,000 who have already per- ' iShed and to the heroism of the members of the underground movement, commended Presi- dent Roosevelt for setting up the War Refugee Board, and urged the following action: Prodigious Task the prodigious task involved. We ask that every encouragement be offered neutral countries ' to which fugitives may escape, to give refugees TEMPORARY shelter pending the victory of the United Nations and the redistri- bution of the fugitives to their home', or to new homes. We ask that every possible gate that can be opened to receive refugees. and to give them PERMANENT homes, be opened wide. We ask that all artificial and arbitrary barriers, that now prevent refu- gees from going to places where' homes and welcome await them, shall be removed. Every day, every hour, every minute counts. In the name of our own honor and the integrity of our civiliza-. tion we ask the speediest and the most:. effective action to rescue the victims of premeditated mur- der, to arrange for their shelter, and to provide them with .perma- nent and secure homes," Pales tine_ .._ Demand ... Before - this risolutfon was adopted '. unanimously by the gathering, an amendment, offer- ed by JoS.hda Joyrich, was adaPt- ed incorporating a demand that Palestine be opened for the set- tlement of large numbers , of refugees. * * * In an interesting address, Mayor Jeffries condemned big- otry and urged -that action be taken to save the unfortunate sufferers from Nazism. Mayor Jeffries stated in his address that it seemed to him inconceivable "that men could be as cruel to men as have been the Nazis to the Jewish people." Major portions from the ad- dresses of Archbishop Mooney and Rabbi Eisendrath were pub- lished in last week's issue of The Jewish News - Synagogue Fire 'Exaggerated', Paper Charges QUEBEC (JPS) — The news- paper L'Accion Catholique, pub- lished here, charges that t h e Jews "exaggerated" the damage caused by arsonists to the new Synagogue of Quebec, and ob- serves that "as expected, t h e Jews broadcast through the land that a criminal set the - fire." The newspaper says that "elemen- tary caution requires waiting for the completion of the investiga- tion before pronouncing judg- ment." the year 1944-1945 at a luncheon June 6 at the Book-Cadillac Hotel: Mrs. David King, president; Mrs. S. L. Merson, - Mrs. Manny Schare. and Mrs. Eve Sherman, vice-presidents; Mrs. Sarah Gut- tentag, treasurer; Mesdames Ju- lian Grace, Abe Young, David Mattes and Solly Abels, finan- c i a 1, corresponding, recording and social secretaries, respective- ly; Mrs. Sam Katz, memorial fund chairman; Mrs. Maurice Shepherd, delegate. Board of directors:: Mesdames Mauride Aronow, George Tree-- ger, Moe Gantz, William Katz, Arthur Leebove, Lewis M. Levin, Maurice Hasnas, Earl Shewach, Al Sklar, LoUis Wagner, Harry Weingarden and L. Weingarden. Honorary directors: _Mesdames Louis Fried, Manny Schare, Sam- uel Banks and Julius Hackman. Mrs. Eve Sherman and Mrs. Ben Rochlen were in charge of arrangements ,and the program that followed included: Mrs. Moe Gantz, :piano selections: . poem read by: lYirs: Mautice - Shepherd; playlet written and directed by Mrs. Eve Shermansand "Carmen Miranda" by Mrs: Manny SChere. Charge Quebec Officials Silent on Anti-Semitism MONTREAL (.ETA)—The Ca- Congress . this week made public a statement expressing regreat at the fact that "not one wOrd. of public protest or - public: expression of disapproval" has been uttered by any of the responsible members of the Provincial Government of Quebec, or the clergy, condemn- ing the anti-Jewish acts in Que- bee City„ which culthinated in the recent attempt to burn down the new synagogue there. "Whilst the Jewish community appreciates the statement' attrib- uted to Attorney General Leori\ Casgrain that 'this Province . is one where freedoin Of worship exists in its complete form,' it is regrettable that these senti- ments are apparently not shaped by many' influential citizens of this Province, and 'certainly not by the Majority of the civic au- thorities of Quebec City;" the statement says. nadian - Jewish - BUY MORE WAR BONDS Investigators found home-made kerosene torches on the site of the- synagogue. The Jews, prevented for 10 "We urge that the War Refu- gee Board be given every .pos- years by municipal action from : Bible facility; and that it bet im- erecting the synagogue, took the plemented with organizational case to the courts and -won sev- ! machinery adequate to perform eral - litigations. The case is still pending in the higher courts. Protestants endorsed the Jewish MENDELSON'S ATLANTIC position, with some liberal Cath- RESORT/ HOTEL - olics also joining. nos Right on the Lake . Private Beach—Tennis Golf—All Games Cement Government pier for fishing, only 100 yards from from hotel. Rooms with or with- out 'private Isiah. Private Cottages Alio Available Write for rates or Phone South Haven 511 65 North Shore Drive South Haven, Mich. Roosevelt, Ickes Honor Prof. Einstein's Birthday President's Message to Banquef -Honoring Scientist Praises His Humanitarian Activities; Einstein Asks Jews, Arabs End 'Childhood Complaint' NEW YORK, (JTA)—More than 600 prominent men and women gathered this week at a dinner in the Hotel Waldorf- Astoria given in honor of the 65th birthday of Prof. Albert Einstein by the American Fund for Palestinian Institutions. Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes was one of the prin- cipal speakers, while President Roosevelt sent a message of greetings - stating - that Prof. Ein-'e stein's "great . accomplishments a land of milk and honey to a not only in the field of science, barren waste after the expulsion but in support of social welfare of the Jews, so Hitler's Germany, and humanitarian activities, en- as a result of the massacre of the title him to the respect of all Jews, is on its way to becomihg who Work for the betterment O f an impoverished country." Emphasizing the American mankind." Jewish participation in World Prof: Einstein hlinself was un:._ War I and in the present war, the able to attend the dinner, but in Secretary of Interior said: "Here a message sent from Princeton, in in the U. S. we cannot ignore the which he praised Jewish achieve- stark, cold fact that we ha,ve a ments in Palestine, and expressed . .racial problem of significant pro- confidence that the Jews there portions. After refreshing our "will succeed in a good measure spirits from the Declaration . cf of 'cooperation with the Arab Independence and the Bill of people, if only both our lie9P 1-ej Rights, we soinetirries wonder and -the Arabs succeed whether the America that was quering- that childhood complaint our fathers' dream is the America of a narrow-minded nationalism, that their sons and daughters are imported from Europe and aggra- carrying on. vated by professional politicians." 51115-61515-216/111112MiniirMliirra $65,000 to Palestine Remittance of $65,000 from the American Fund to the 52 educa- "were va