Friday. June 8, 1945
THE JEWISH NEWS
Truman, Congress Urged
To Free Oswego Refugees
Shulman on Food
Shortage Committee
Citizens' Advisory Committee Declares That Fort Ontario
Shelter Has Taken on 'the Psychological Aspect of a
Prison'; Ask That They Be Released.
selves and families in an on-
rushing world."
In Washington, Dillon Meyer
of the War Relocation Authority,
when asked to comment on the
statement that some refugees had
been driven to insanity and sui-
cide, replied:
"I have nothing to say other
than that records show that one
HARRY M. SHULMAN
person committed suicide and
Harry
M. Shulman, secretary
four were placed in mental in-
stitutions since establishment of of Hammond-Standish Co., meat
packers, • vice-president of Con-
the shelter last August."
gregation Shaarey Zedek, was
selected a member of the nine-
man committee to gather facts
on, Detroit's food shortage for
presentation in a report to Wash-
ington.
Detroiter Pleads
To Our Statesmen
Article by Sgt. Saul Josephs
Appeals for Prevention
of Another War
In the Detention Times, an
overseas paper, published in
Marseilles, France, which ap-
peared on June 3, Sgt. Saul
Josephs, brother of Mrs. Ber-
nard Lachs, 224 W. Grand River
Ave., writes- a masterful plea to
our statesmen to make this
world a better place in which
to live. He points out that the
Allies are losing sight of the
most important factor in peace,
that is, the mutual trust in each
other.
On the other hand he appeals
to the servicemen, imploring
them to take a hand in shaping
After participating in 28 bomb- the world to come lest in 20 or
ing missions in the Europe Lt. 30 years from now we be faced
with another war.
Sidney L. Alexander has been
released from active duty and
is now on terminal leave await-
ing discharge from service.
Lt. Alexander, whose bombing
accuracy over Germany and Ger-
man occupied territory during a
period ending last September,
was awarded the Distinguished
Flying Cross for contributing "in Omena Inn Opened
a large measure to the destruc- Officially May
30
tion of many vital enemy mili-
tary objectives." His first mis-
Announcement has been made
sion took place on D-Day. On
his 28th and final trip his plane of the appointment of Lt. Alan
was shot down and was forced Tolmich as physical training
to make a crash landing along- director at Gowen Army Airfield,
side the Brussels Aerodrome in Boise, Ida. A former Wayne Uni-
Belgium. Luckily, it had been versity hurdler, be won the na-
taken, only a few days before, tional 110 and 220 yard hurdle
title in 1937 and recently com-
by the Canadians.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. peted in the west coast relays in
Sidney L. Alexander of 11534 Fresno, Cal. Tolmich's time of
Byron Ave. A brother, Maj. 8.4 for the 65 meter high hurdles
Martin Alexander, is stationed set in 1939, is the Amateur Ath-
as consulting flight surgeon at letic Union record.
Lt. Tolmich, 27, entered serv-
the air field in Montgomery, Ala.
ice in January, 1942, and had
been stationed at the air base at
N. Y. Soldier Locates
Portland, Ore., prior to his being
transferred to his present post.
Maurice Winkler's
With the Air Corps • he has served
Brother in Germany
as physical instructor.
When the Americans entered
Lt. Tolmich is married to the
Brunswick and liberated a Ger-
'man concentration camp there, a former Leanore Vass, daughter
New York soldier asked an el- of Mrs. Peter Vass of the Wilshire
derly Jewish man where he was Hotel.
from and he replied, "Munkacs,
Hungary." Remembering that
his father had come from Bere- Oswego Refugees
gsyasze in Hungary, the Yank
inquired if anyone in the camp Won't Be Returned
was from there and was told Against Their Will
that a dentist, Andre Winkler,
OSWEGO, New York (JPS)—
had been a resident before being
Thirteen Jugoslays, the first of
taken away.
The GI finally found him. the group of 984 "token" refug-
Seeing he was an American, ees sheltered for the duration at
Winkler asked where he was Fort Ontario to be returned to
from and the boy told him, New Europe by their own- choice,
York. Winkler's eyes lit up as sailed from New York aboard
he quickly stuttered, "My sister the exchange liner Gripsholm,
Malcom Pitt, acting director of
lives there!"
When the sister in New York the War Relocation Board's tem-
received the message, at first un- porary refugee shelter, announc-
believingly, she hurriedly put in ed here.
Pitt said that none of the re-
a long distance call to another
fugees
would be returned to Eu-
brother, Maurice Winkler of 3311
rope
against
their will, pending
W. Chicago Blvd.
a Congressional investigation to
determine whether some could
(Additional Servicemen's News be admitted into the U. S. under
on Pages 18 and 20).
regular immigrationquotas.
Lt. S. L. Alexander
Awaits Discharge
Lt. A. Tolmich Named
Physical Training
Director at Boise
Weinberg Leaves JVS Here
For Camden, N. J., Position
.
Resigns as Executive Director of Jewish Vocational Service
to Assume Leadership of Camden Federation of
'Jewish Charities; Came Here in 1940
OSWEGO, N. Y.—The Oswego Citizens' Advisory Com-
mittee this week declared that the Fort Ontario Shelter has
taken on "the psychological aspect of a prison" and asked
President Truman and Congress to "give our guests their
freedom."
Formed at the request of the War Relocation Authority
after establishment of the shelter
last August to house 984 Euro-
pean refugees a s "duration
"guests," the committee submit-
ted these recommendations.
"1. The refugees who would,
expect for their present peculiar
circumstances, be eligible under
our existing immigration quotas
should be permitted, should they
so desire, to become citizens of
the United States.
"2. Those who desire to return
to their homeland, or any portion
of the world, should be given the
opportunity as soon as conditions
permit.
Acepted in Desperation
Acknowledgement that the ref-
ugees had agreed to return to
their native countries after the
war, the committee said, "it does
not seem fair to enforce commit-
ments which are inhumane and
which are accepted only in desp-
eration."
"Regardless of what they
signed," the committee continu-
ed, "they cannot all go back to
their homelands, for, in some
cases these have been destroyed
and approximately one - third
have been deprived of citizenship
in the countries of their origin.
"We cannot keep them confin-
ed for an indefinitely longer
period, inactive and desperate to
the point, in some cases, of in-
sanity and suicide) as they see
life slipping by with no oppor-
tunity to make a place for them-
Page Seventeen
State Bnai Brith
Council Elects
Feder President
Delegates From 12 Michigan
Lodges Discuss Plans for
Future at ,Meeting Here
The Michigan Bnai Brith Coun-
cil, at its annual meeting at Ho-
tel Webster Hall on Sunday, at-
tended by representatives from
12 lodges throughout Michigan
and seven lodges in Detroit, con-
ducted seven morning clinics
and a session that lasted all aft-
ernoon.
Reports were discussed on fu-
ture plans regarding war service,
ADL, Hillel, membership, con-
servation, youth groups, voca-
tional service and other activi-
ties of Bnai Brith.
The following new officers
were elected:
Jess Feiler, Detroit, president;
Rabbi Morton M. Applebaum;
Flint, first vice-president, Abe
Drasin, Grand Rapids, second
vice-president; John Merdler,
Saginaw, treasurer. Milton M.
Weinstein and Alfred W. Keats
of Detroit were re-elected re-
cording and corresponding sec-
retaries, respectively. Abe Ro-
man of Bay City was reelected
for a fourth term as district gen-
eral committeeman and Samuel
W. Leib of Detroit was reelected
for a third term.
Mr. Feiler is a past president
of the Detroit Louis Marshall
Lodge and the Greater Detroit
Bnai Brith Council.
Sidney G. Kusworm, treasurer
of the Supreme Lodge, was the
principal speaker at the banquet
held Sunday night.
DON'T JUST ASK
FOR ASPIRIN
Harvey H. Goldman, president
of Jewish Vocational Service,
this week announced the resign-
ation of M. William Weinberg
as executive director.
M r . Weinberg's resignation
will go into effect on June 15
when he w ill
leave for Cam-
den, N. J., to as-
sume the post
of executive di-
rector of the
Camden Federa-
tion o f Jewish
Charities.
Mr. Goldman,
expressing, r e -
gret over Mr.
Weinberg's r e - M.W. Weinberg
signation, declared that he and
the board of directors of the
Jewish Vocational Service ap-
preciate the splendid job done
by Weinberg in setting up the
bureau and in establishing ex-
cellent community relationships
between employers and employ-
es.
Became Head of JVS
Coming to Detroit in Septem-
ber, 1940, Weinberg became the
head of the newly-organized
Jewish Vocational Service which
succeeded the former Commun-
ity Employment Service which
functioned as a department of
the Jewish Community Center.
The placement service was ex-
panded under his ,direction to
include vocational guidance ser-
vice and to serve the social
agencies and the entire com-
munity.
Underlying the objectives of
the Jewish Vocational Service,
under Mr. Weinberg's leadership,
was the program of
a. Moving social agency clients
into suitable jobs;
b. Developing an equable dis-
tribution of Jewish workers in
accordance with their skills and
abilities so that individual econ-
omic adjustments may be effect-
ed;
c. Combatting job discrimin-
ation by placing the right per-
sons in the right jobs.
Moved in With JSSB
The new agency moved into
quarters shared with the Jewish
Social Service Bureau, at 5737
Second. After the merger of
the JSSB with the Jewish Chil-
dren's Bureau, the Jewish Voca- '
tional Service moved into its
present quarters x in the Com-
merce Bldg., 320 W. Lafayette.
Mr. Weinberg, 34, is married
and has two daughters. He was
educated at Alfred University,
New York University and the
College of the City of New York.
He did graduate work in per-
sonnel administration, vocational
guidance and social work at Co-
lumbia University. He is a mem-
ber of Phi Beta Kappa and Zeta
Beta Tau fraternities.
For the past four years, in
addition to building up the Jew-
ish Vocational Service to the re-
cognized position of being the
leading agency of its kind in the
city, Mr. Weinberg served as
secretary of divisions of the Al-
lied Jewish Campaigns, the Com-
munity Fund and the War Chest.
Other Positions
Among the positions he held
are: chairman of the Detroit
Council of Guidance and 171ace-
ment Agencies, chairman of., the
executive committee and secre-
tary of the board of directors of
the Council on Fair Employment
Practices, , re-employment com-
mitteeman for the Wayne Coun-
ty Board and examiner for the
Michigan State Civil Service
Commission, member of the ex-
ecutive committee of the Detroit
Council for the Physically Han-
dicapped, consultant to re-em-
ployment section of Selective
Service System, consultant to
War Manpower Commission,
member. of Wayne County Com-
mittee of the Governor's Com-
mittee - on Veterans' Affairs,
member of Veterans' Service
Committee of Jewish Welfare
Federation.
National Positions
Prior to corning to Detroit, he
served as assistant to Louis H.
Sobel, executive director of the
Federation Employment Service
of the New York Federation;
was assistant area administrator
of the Brooklyn adult education
program; assistant personnel su-
pervisor of WPA of New York
and counselor and assistant di-
rector of the Brooklyn Boys' Vo-
cational High School.
The Jewish Vocational Service
is a member agency of the Jew-
ish Welfare Federation of De-
troit and derives its support
from the Allied Jewish Cam-
paign through the War Chest.
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