THE JEWISH NEWS

Pa -3 Sixfeen

Pala and Anti-Semitism

Comments on FDR's Dog
And the Jewish Problem

Pfc. Kass Killed
In France, Sept. 6

Friday, October 6, 1944

Jewish Doctors in the War News

Carlisle Reports Deeds
Of Detroiters at Front

Battled Germans 5 Weeks;
Brother Inducted on Day
By DAVID SCHWARTZ
Copyright, 1944, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.
Doctors Stocker, Sugarman and Greenberg Performing
He Left for Overseas
It is good to see that no one study, calls for a revival of
Miracles in Hospitals Along the Moselle River, Detroit
has injected the Jewish question duelling.
Pfc. Thomas H. Kass, son of
News War Corre spondent Writes

into the attack on the President's
dog, Fala. No one has said that
Pala • is really a Jewish dog
whose original name was Fano-
yich or Fallstein. In fact, as the
President himself has said; Fala
is Scotch, though one would pre-
sume that a Scotch dog would
more properly be called Mac-
Fala. Still the President says
Fala is Scotch and we take his
word for it.
The Scotch . too are victims t4
abuse very much like that aimed
it the Jews. The charge of lov-
ing money unduly — of being
' tight and close—is often levelled
against the Scotch as against the
Jew, True, there is no anti-
Scotchism as there is anti-Semit-
ism. If there were, the Scotch
would scotch such a movement
very quickly. The better fate
of the Scotch may be due to
the fact that the Scotch have a
national homeland or it may be
due to the way the Scotch react
to abuse and attack. As the
President noted, Fala getting up
on his hind legs sharply resent-
ed the attack. - Fala carried the
fight against the enemy. Jews
don't normally react that way to
abuse. If a Jewish, dog were
attacked, he would issue a state-
ment showing how innocent he
was , and _ileading fOrTbetter un-
derstanding. He would -get up
organization_to promulgate an
appeal to the dog world, saying
that such abuse and recrimina-
tion by one dog against another
could only end by reducing the
brute world to the low level of
humanity.
People are Scared
Now people are scared of you
when you act offensively, as Fala
acted. When you act defensively,
on the other hand, your enemy
rejoices. He has you just where
he wants you He has you ex-
plaining—and the fellow w h o
has to explain is already pre-
sumed to be guilty.
But again we repeat, Fala is
Scotch and there. is no connec-
tion, strictly speaking, between
the Fala incident as such, and
the Jewish problem. And yet
all personal abuse, in another
sense, is related to the Jewish
problem.
, For, after all, all hates are
telated. 'Anti-Semitism is no dif-
'ferent from any other -hate ex-
: eept in the sense that one sulfa
drug is distinct from another.
All drugs whose base is sulfa
are related and all abuse and
recrimination, whether it is that
Of one individual against an-
other, or against a group, have
certain things in common.
This matter of hostility to in-
dividuals and ,groups is arous-
ing grave concern. today. So
much indeed that in the Atlantic
Monthly, David L. Cohn, a man
Who has done some excellent
work in the field of histcirical

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Lt. Grant Completes
Barracks Training

First Lt. Abraham Harold
Grant, son of Mr. and Mrs. Na-
than Grunt of Hazelwood Ave.,
has just com-
pleted his train-
ing at Carlisle
Barr acks, Pa.,
and is now sta-
tioned • at Torney
General Hospi-
t a 1, P a 1 m
Springs, Calif.,
where he will
remain for six
Weeks. ,
Lt. Grant
Prior to his
entrance into - the armed forces
Lt. Grant interned at the Detroit
Receiving Hospital. He received
his B.S. degree from Wayne Uni-
versity and is a_ graduate of the
University' of Michigan Medical
School, where he was affiliated
with Phi Delta Epsilon Fra-
ternity.
Lt. Grant is the husband of the
former Elaine Albert.

Subjected to Attack
No man's reputation is safe
today, says Mr. Cohn. Every man
of any worth is subjectdd to mud
slinging and attack, as never be-
fore, says Mr. COhn and the
only way to repair the situa-
tion, he says, is to revive the
practice of duelling.
When a man knows. that for
some ' unjustified attack on -an-
other, he may ,get an invitation
to have it out with pistols on
the field of honor, he will check
Kiser evil tongue. • Such is t h e
theory.
Major Mordecai Manuel Noah
of Smith Carolina and New York,
the gentleman who in 1820 want-
ed - to found a world Jewish
asylum in America, disposed of
one or two anti-Semites on the
field of • honor—and yet on the-
whole, I do not believe it is an
effective method.
Imagine Dr. Wise or some
other prominent Jew g6ing up
to Gerald L. K. Smith and hand-
ing. him his card, ,saying, "Sir,
you have tarnished my honor. I
will meet you with pistols at
Weehawken, Sir, tomorrow at 10
in the morning, Sir."
Doubted -It Would Work
Theoreticallyi it might he pre-
sumed to work, but I don't be-.
lieVe it would work. Let • Mr.
Cohn recall that. Germany was
the last country to- give up• duell-
ing and what -people have less
honor than the Gerrhans?
Of course, Mr. Cohn was not
talking of a duelling as a cure
for anti-Semitism, but of the per-
sonal abuse so widely prevalent.
But if it works for one kind of
hate, it should be possible per-
haps to apply it to another.
I
Personally, I am not sure that
we have more of this abuse and
recrimination today than we
had in earlier-: years. The past
always looks more innocent than
it really is. It's always "the good
old days" to the people of the
older generation.
If Mr. Cohn thinks that Mr.
Roosevelt, for example, or Mr.
Hoover, has had to suffer an
undue amount of abuse, let him
think of what Mr. Jefferson and
Mr. Lincoln had to undergo. Yes,
it's an old diseases--th:., human
hostility and it got under wa y
long ago—in the Garden of Eden.
More Practical Man
There are those who believe
that it will never be cured until
the economic system is changed.
There are those who believe that
it will not be cured save by a
moral regeneration of the world.
I .arn a more practical man. I
am • not looking for its complete
cure but for its amelioration and
I have a plan. Yet I fear to men-
tion it. I know what happened
to Galileo when he announced
that the earth moved around the
sun, I know the mocking at Co-
lumbus when he said you could
go east b _ y travelling west, I
know of the hemlock which
Socrates had to drink because
of his advanced ideas. Yes, I
have long hesitated to propound
my idea.
But I shall hesitate no longer.
Shove • over, Columbus, Socrates
—I am ready to speak the truth
and suffer your fate. Here is
my plan: Create a National Ill-
Will Week. We can have one
day set aside to hate the Jews,
another to hats. the President
and so. on.
This plan will work a revolu-
tion in society . We have made
the mistake hitherto of creating
Good Will Societies. Did you
ever see anyone attracted by the
idea of being good. Being good
'is being a "sissy." But an Ill Will
society, that is quite another
.thing. Applications will come in
by the millions.
It will be the duty of every_
one during Ill Will Week - to hate
with all his strength—and during
that week, he will get the hate
out of his system.
• After a week of intensive hat
and spite a n d mud-slinging,
everybody will feel better and
will intense'y long "to be good
and decent. After a week of in-
tensive hate, enemies will be
kissing one another in the street.

Mr. and Mrs. Albert Kass of 2224
Blaine Ave., was killed in action
in France. on Sept. 6.
His death occurred five weeks
after he had landed in France
wth his infantry division. His
last letter told of the ferocity
of the Germans
but emphasized
how their cow-
a r d ice became
evident when
they were push-
ed back froth
their pogitions.
Among • h s
last messages to
his parents was
a letter he had
Pvt. Kass
written on sta-
tionery he had. secured from a
captured German prisoner.
Pfc. Kass -was 23 years old.
He was a 1938 graduate of North-
ern. High School and was a stu-
dent at Wayne University prior
to induction. He ..entered ac-
tive service on March 26, 1943,
and left this country. for England
on June 23, 1944. He was sent
to France froth England.
HiS departure from England
was on -the same day on which
hiS younger brother, Herinan
Leo, was inducted into service.
Pvt. Herman is now stationed at
Camp Blanding, Florida. They
are the only children of Mr. and
Mrs. Albert Kass.

G. Kent Seriously
Injured in France

George Kent, Detroit attorney,
Was in service a year and three
days when he was wounded in
France.
H i s'• parents,
Mr. and Mis.
Jonas Keywei:.
of 2205 W. Eu-
clid Ave., and
h i s wife, the
former J e nnie
Levin, of 2484
Pingree, we r e
notified this
week of his ser-
ious . injuries in
- France.
Pfc. Kent
Kent is a grad-
uate of Northern High School
and Wayne University.
A Private First Class, Kent,
whb -received his Jewish educa-
tion in the United. Hebrew
Schools of Detroit, went overseas
in July. His injuries were sus- .
tamed on Sept. 11.
Prior to -his induction, he was
engaged in industrial defense
work.
His- nephew, Second Lt Frank
Keywell, son of Mr. and. Mrs.
Ben Keywell of Los Angeles,
Calif., formerly of Detroit, has
been in active service two years.
A brother-in-law, Pvt. Paul
Siegel, husband of the former
Evelyn Keywell, is also in active
service, and another brother-in-
law, Louis Klein, husband of the
former Marjorie Keywell, -will
inducted into active service
on Oct. 13.
Pfc. and Mrs. Kent have a
year-old daughter, Carol.
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Paratrooper Weiss
Is Killed in France

Mr. and Mrs. Sam Weiss , of
3284 Tuxedo Ave., have been
notified that their . son, Herbert,
27, a paratrooper, was killed in
France on June 7. He -previous-
ly was reported misOng.
A graduate of Pershing high
school, Pvt. Weiss received his
Jewish education in the United
Hebrew schools. -He was com-
pleting a business course when
he volunteered as a paratrooper
in the army on Dec. 7, 1942...
First stationed in North Caro-
lina, he was shipped overseas to
England in January, 1944. He
participated in the Normandy
invasion..

According to John Carlisle,
staff correspondent of the De-
troit News, the 3rd Army is wag-
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ing a terrific battle on the banks
of the Moselle River. The enemy
is striking back with furor, the
heavy fighting resulting ih a
multitude of casualties. Carlisle,
in his dispatch, tells of the mir-
acles being wrought by our. med-
ical men in their treatment of
the wounded. . -
In describing the work of these
medical units, he praises 'Capt.
LaWrence L. Stocker, Maj. Mar-
cus Sugarnian and Capt. Morris
Z. Greenberg of Detroit. Capt.
Stocker is in charge of the collec-
ing station to which soldiers are
brought for immediate treatment,
Maj. Marcus H. Sugarman is the
medical inspector for a large
Yank combat force and Capt.
Greenberg is a surgeon for a
medical group at' the front lines.
Wayne U. Graduate
Capt. Stocker received his
medical degree from Wayne Uni-
versity, and in-
terned at Re-
ceiving Hospi-
tal He was as-'
sistant resident
physician at Elo-
ise Hospital be-
fore he was
commisiso n e d
into the army
in May, 1942.
He is the son of
Capt. Stocker Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Stocker of 3202 .Pasedena.

His wife,. Lillian, and their
daughter, Dianne, 11 months old,
whom he has never seen, live at
18200 San Juan Dr.
Capt. Stocker, who went over-
seas in October, 1943, in a letter
to his wife, writes that he hates
the Germans, but that, neverthe-,
less, they are given the same
treatment as the Yanks and in-.
jured civilians.
'
• Parents Reside Here
Maj. Sugarman, 34, is the -son
of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sugar-
man, 2261 Philadelphia Ave. W.
His wife, Eleanor, lives at 13641
Dexter Blvd.
. .
A graduate of the Wayne /Vied
ical School at the age of 22, he
interned at Receiving Hospital'
and served on the staffs of the
Jewish Home for the Aged and
the North - End. Clinic. He alsO.
did research work at Harper
Hospital, and took' post-graduate
work in disorders of the stomach,
at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester
Minn., to which he was sent on a
scholarship in recognition, of his
services at North End Clinic.
Entering the army on Nov. 13,
1940, he was stationed at Ft.
Custer 'until shipped overseas on
May 1, 1942. He was promoted
to the rank of Major in October
of' 1943.
Attends Services
Maj. Sugarman, who always
has been a student of Hebrew
and of Yiddish, has been attend-
ing religious services 'whenever
possible. He wrote his parents
that he is ever thankful for his
knowledge of the prayers and of
the Jewish language.
Capt. Greenberg is the son of
Mr. and Mrs: - Henry Greenberg,
3259 Sturtevant. Ave. He, too, is
a graduate of the Wayne Univer-
sity College of Medicine. He in-
terned at Receiving Hospital and
practiced in Detroit until Decem-
ber, 1940, when he entered the
service, going overseas in Janu-
ary, 1942.

Pfc. Riemer Editing
Paper in N. Guinea

Pfc. Martin Shubin
Wounded in France,

Mat Sugarman. Capt. Greenberg

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Pfc. Martin Shubin, 33, who
Son's Name Inscribed in JNF
was wounded in France on July
Golden Book by Grand-
17, has been returned to this
parents at Pidyon HaBen
country and is now at the Crile

Hospital in Cleveland. He is the
Pfc. Arthur Riemer, son-in- son of Mr. ;and Mrs. Ben Shubin
law of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Lip- of 2464 Taylor Ave.
schutz of Santa Rosa Dr., is edit-
In service 43 months, Pfc. Shu-
bin was among the first to be
drafted. A grad-
uate of North-
western High
School, he at-
tended the De-
troit Business
Institute before
becoming asso-
ciated with his
father in the re-
tail produce
Pfc. Riemer Pvt. Lipschutz business. He
was drafted on Pfc. Shubin
ing and aiblishing the medical Feb. 26, 1941; and was stationed
corps newspaper at his- base in at Ft. Custer until sent overseas
New Guinea. His wife, Rhoda, in March, 1942. In Iceland for
15 months, he was transferred
resides with her parents.
Pfc. Riemer, whose home is in to England, then to Ireland, and
Jersey •City, N. J., where his from there to France. He was
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elick Rie- with the infantry.
Pfc. Shubin, who is a recipient
mer, reside, entered service in
October, 1942, and trained at of the Purple Heart, arrived in
Fort Custer. and Camp McCoy, New York on Sept. 12 and from
Wis., before going overseas a there proceeded to Crile Hos-
year and half ago. He is a pital.
graduate of the school of jour-
Staff Sgt. JOSEPH ZWERD-
nalism at the University of
LING, who was stationed at Fort
Michigan.
Rosecrans, San Diego, Calif., is
The Riemers have a son, now assigned to the Judge Ad-
Robert Leslie, a month. old.
vocate General School, Arm Ar-
On the occasion of the Pidyon bor, Mich. He is the son of Mr.
HaBen of Pfc. and Mrs. Riemer's and Mrs. Osias Zwerdling of Ann
son, last Sunday, the grandpar- Arbor.
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Lipschutz,
contributed $100 to the ' Jewish
National Fund to inscribe the Lipschutz, is a private in the
newborn baby's name in the army air corps stationed with an
Golden Book in Jerusalem. Ad- air corps supply base at Topeka,.
dresses at the Pidyon HaBen Kan. He enlisted in April, 1943,
were delivered by Rabbi Leizer and trained at Fort Custer, Jeff-
Levin and William Hordes, presi- erson Barracks and Topeka.
dent of the Jewish National
Additional Servicemen's News
Fund Council of Detroit.
on Page 14
-Mrs. Riemer's brother, Sidney

