THE JEWISH NEWS

Friday, June 22, 1945

Page Seven

What Shall We Do with Grandm a? Ellmann Describes Spread
Of s Community Council Idea

A Report Continued from Page Six

The children, too, in most cases, are willing to
make any sacrifices to give their aged parent
comfort and ease and some measure of happiness.
It becomes, then, a matter simply of finding the
right formpla for both.
The best solution, and, the one most commonly
adopted, is for both parent and child to make
some mutual adjustments. The parent should be
given the respect and courtesies his age and rela-
tionship deserve. He should have ample freedom
to accept outside invitations and a place where
he can invite guests to his home. But he should
also avoid completely any interference with the
routine of the home no matter how much tempta-
tion it is- to say "Now children, we used to do
it this way."
Just as man and wife must regulate their,own
relationships, each with his own privileges and
responsibilities, so must the grand-
parent adapt his life to that of his
children and grandchildren. When
grandma stays home to mind little
Willie so Mother and Dad can go to
a movie, maybe next time Mother

cal attention and nursing services which few pri-
vate -homes can' provide or afford. Yet in a well-
ordered institution, these services are all at the
command of its aged residents. In fact, most aged
homes are as much medical institutions as they
are homes of retirement.
The Jewish community of Detroit is fortunate
in having an institution, the Jewish Home for
Aged, which is enabled to provide a high stand-
ard of care through the financial subvention it
receives from the Allied Jewlsh Campaign,
through the War Chest. Although it occupies a
modern and attractive building, and is only nine
years old, it is filled to capacity, and faced con-
stantly with a long waiting list.
Recognizing the fact that the most urgent need
for ari institution comes from those aged persons
who are chronically ill and in need of medical
care and nursing, the Home for Aged makes
special effort to provide the service they need
and -accords them priority in admission to the

Skilled medical and nursing ser-
vices are provided for many of
the residents at the Jewish Home
for Aged who are chronically ill.

should sta•home and let Dad take Grandma to
institution. Plans are being drawn at present for
visit her girlhood friends at the other end of
an additional building, designed especially' to
town. That's mutual adjustment.
offer the highest standard of care to the chronic-
In addition, the old folks need recreation and
ally ill.
activity. They should feel that they have
The Jewish Social Service Bureau, another
something left to live for and that they can still Jewish Welfare Federation agency, also renders
enjoy themselves. But occasionally, it is truly
important service to the aged. Although hamper-
impractical for the aged parent to live with his
..21 by w- artitme housing and manpower shortages,
or her children, perhaps due to a clash of per-
the- Bureau seeks private homes for the aged who
sonalities, or perhaps because there simply isn't
are well but cannot maintain their own homes,
any room. Then it is time to realize that there are
and where necessary provides financial aid to-
other places where aged people can live happily
ward the cost of accomodations. It offers house-
besides a child's home.
keeping care for those who have their own homes
A blanket statement as to where an aged per-
but are physically unable to maintain them, as
son should live to be happiest cannot be made.
well as medical and other individual services. An
Too much depends upon such factors as health,
especially important service offered by the Bureau
mentality, finanical resources, family relations,
is skilled counseling help to the aged and their
and social status. The decision also must take into
families in making the perSonal and family ad-
consideration the aged person's wishes and - needs.
justments necessary for a happy old age.
He should live, if possible, where he feels that
Community research and planning activities,
he will be happiest.
geared toward keeping abreast of needs, are car-
If he cannot adjust to the home of his children,
ried on by the Jewish Welfare Federation and by
the Old Age Bureau, through which Federation,
and does not wish to live alone he may prefer to
the Jewish Home for Aged, the Jewish Social
live with some other, more compatible family
Service Bureau and North End Clinic meet for
group. Another solution would be to live in one of study and planning.
The problem of the aged is a growing one be-
the homes for the aged. The less a person is physic-
ally, mentally, or financially able to care for him- cause the proportion of old people in our popula-
tion is mounting steadily. Through Jewish Wel-
self, the more likely he is to need to live in an
fare Federation agencies, the resources of social
institution where his wants can be looked after
work and medicine, arid the necessary finances,
adequately.
meet to insure an ever improved and more effec-
This is particularly, true when the elderly per-
tive acceptance of responsibility by the com-
son is also ill or infirm. He needs constant medi- munity.

Bingay Relates Experiences
On Visit to Horror Camps

Warns Against Rabble-Rousers in This Cbuntry in Address
Before 1,500 at Civic Protective Meeting of
Jewish Welfare Federation

Malcolm W. Bingay, editorial director of the Detroit
Free Press, who addressed an audience of approximately
1,500 that filled to overflowing the large ballroom of Hotel
Statler last Monday evening, supplemented his description
of Nazis horrors with the warning to America lest Nazi '
ideas prosper in this land.

As a member of the commit-,,
tee of American editors who
Recalls KKK Threats
went to Germany to investigate
Placing the question: how
charges of brutality against the could men stoop to such fiend-
Germans, Mr. Bingay returned ish criminality?, Mr. Bingay said
with a message which horrified that he found the answer when
his audience.
he learned how the gangs arose
Describes Nazi Methods
in Germany and took control of
He described the methods that the land.
were used by the Nazis in gas
Using as an example "this lit-
chambers and extermination tle gang of pefty criminals,"
buildings for mass killings of in- Mr. Bingay gave a review of
nocent victims.
the gangsterism from which
Mr. Bingay told of his experi- America has suffered, the KKK
ences in Dachau and Buchen- threats of 22 years ago, the
wald, of finding scores of bodies bigots and rabble-rousers, and
that had been left by the Nazis, warned that the thing to fear is
of the evidence given him an8 not Russia, as some do, but our-
his committee by Catholic priests selves if we permit new types of
and others.
gangs to rise to power.
Devoting the concluding por-
He placed emphasis on the
fact that Jews are always the tion of his address to a warning
first victims of bigotry, that of KKK-type of movements and
Catholics come next, then people rabble-rousers, Mr. Bingay de-
of other faiths and finally entire clared that the only thing that
native populations.
can save us is the Moral Law

Repatriated Trainees
Get Tools From ORT

NEW YORK—In order to in-
sure that every repatriated ORT
trainee will have the means to
practice his trade, plans to pro-
vide ORT graduates with tools
or machines before they return
to their homes have been an-
nounced by the World ORT
Union in Geneva, according to
a cable received this week at
the New York office.
Previously the ORT had dis-
covered that many artisans, es-
pecially in France, were unable
to work because they lacked
tools and other equipment.

that is based on the Ten Com-
mandments.
Introduced by Friedman
Mr. Bingay was introduced by
Judge William Friedman, presi-
dent of the Jewish Welfare Fed-
eration of Detroit, under whose
auspices the meeting was held.
The rally, which was called in
behalf of the civic-protective
campaign now in progress here,
also was addressed by Irving W.
Blumberg, president of the De-
troit Service Group.
The campaign's next report
meeting will be held it Hotel
Statler next Tuesday evening.
Quentin Reynolds, noted war
correspondent, will be guest
speaker.

Retiring President Views 7-Year History of Organization
in Detroit; More Than 200 Groups Affiliated;
Restates Original Purpose of Council

Development of the Jewish
Community Council idea
throughout the land since the
formation of the Detroit Council
nearly seven years ago was out-
lined in the presidential address
delivered at the election meeting
last week by the retiring presi-
dent, James
I. Ellmann.
.
Mr. Ellmann called attention
to the unchanged original pur-
pose of the Council which states
that it was formed "to help pre-
serve and maintain the dignity
and integrity of the Jewish peo-
ple; to defend and protect its
civil, political, and religious
rights, wherever such rights are
in jeopardy; in general, to ad-
vance and promote the cultural,
social, economic and philan-
thropic interests and the na-
tional and spiritual aspirations
of the Jewish people."
Different approaches to com-
munity interpretation were de-
scribed by Mr. Ellmann. He
pointed out that the executive
committee has been made more

representative, that the Coun-
cil's budget has grown from
$11,000 to $35,000, with an in-
creased request for allocations
for civic-protective work for the
coming year.
The Council now includes
more than 200 constituent or-
ganizations, 23 new groups hav-
ing been accepted during the
last four years.
Mr. Ellmann expressed thanks
to committee heads for their ef-
forts under his chairmanship.

Anti-Zionist Statement
Was Signed Under Threat
LONDON (JPS)—Representa-
tives of the Jewish Council of
Bagdad were forced, under
threat, to sign a statement de-
nouncing Zionism and praising
Iraq's treatment of the Jews,
Berl Locker, Labor-Zionist lead-
er, declared at the Poale Zion
(Labor Zionist) Party's annual
conference here. He asserted that
"the position of the Jews in Iraq
is exteremenly tragic."

Frank aL Seder

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