THE JEWISH NEWS
A Weekly Review
VOL. 6—NO. 16
2114 Penobscot Bldg.
RA. 7956
of Jewish Events
Detroit 26, Michigan, January 5, 1945
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Thousands of Hungarian Jews
Slain Smuggled Report Says
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Dr. Wise is Re-Elected Head
Of ZOA's Emergency Council
Dr. Silver's resignation as co-chairman of body is accepted and
Dr. Stephen S. Wise is re-elected as sole leader . . . Demand
for emergency ZOA convention made by Eastern Zionists in
resolution urging "that complete unity be restored in the
leadership" . . . Council re-affirms stand, charging differences
are not over program.
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Wylie Says Anti-Semitism
Repudiates U. S. Constitution
Mark Bill of High is Day:
Guarantee of individual
liberties for all persons
throughout the world was asked by Judge Joseph M. Proskauer, president of the
American Jewish Committee,' at Special Press Commemoration of the 153rd anhi.-
vertary of the Amerkan: Brill of Rights.'Held at St. Paul's Churcii; VIt. Vernon,
Offieial-,shrine dedicated to American journalism's preservation of "freedbm of the
press," first of the many guarantees of the Bill of Rights, the . speakers included:
(left to right, foreground) KENT COOPER, executive director of the Associated
Press; JAMES S. STILES, former president of the Newspaper Publishers Associa-
tion of New York State; JUDGE JOSEPH M. PROSKAUER, president of the
American Jewish Committee; the REV. W. HAROLD WEIGLE, D.D., rector of St.
Paul's; (rear) the REV. F. HAWKS POTT, D.D., president emeritus of St. Paul's
University, Shanghai, China (left) ; and NICHOLAS ROOSEVELT, who presided
(right). The day also marked the issuance by the American Jewish Committee of
its Declaration of Human Rights, signed by 1,326 distinguished American leaders in
public life, religion, labor, education and the press.
Author's article in American Mercury charges that anti-
Semites are victims of our "poor American Education . .
Riesel reveals that some of 26 defendants in sedition case have
accused Fr. Coughlin, Smith and other isolationists of "deser-
tion", in reporting split in fascist ranks here.
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Page 3
Gewerkshaften '45 Campaign
Opens at Conference Sunday
Meeting at Shaarey Zedek this Sunday will officially open 1945
drive for funds in behalf of Histadruth. . . . Louis Segal and
Peretz Hirshbein td be guest speakers . . . Schaver, Lieberman,
Schumer, Rabbi Fram to participate in program, starting at
1:30 p. m. . . Detroit delegates to national convention to sub-
mit reports.
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Dr. Wendell Phillips to Speak
At Zionist Rally Here Monday
New York Minister, former professor in Cairo and expert on
the Near East and its problems, to speak at meeting honoring
Dr. Weizmann's 70th birthday and luncheon of Christian
Friends of Zionist movement . . . Mrs. Van Auken among
speakers.
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Retraining at
Oswego Camp
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—Wide World Photo
Nazi disrespect of all sacred
feelings is shown in this
photo. The picture shows a German strongpoint at Salonika.' When
Indian troops landed there, they found this strongpoint with slit
trenches lined with tombstones from Jewish graves. In -the back-
ground can be seen concrete emplacement adjoining the slit trenches.
NaziDesecration;
,
..:•"•••••":'
Many residents at the
Emergency Refugee
Shelter at Oswego, N.
Y., recently have be-
gun attending classes
in vocational retrain-
ing offered within the
camp. Jointly estab-
lished and financed
by the National Refu-
gee Service and ORT,
the project includes
courses in machine
shop, auto mechanics,
woodworking, carpen-
try, cabinet making,
and beauty culture.
NRS is a beneficiary
of the United Jewish
Appeal..