Friday, January 4, 1946
THE JEWISH NEWS
Leader Says 'Stern Gang'
At War Against Britain
Jane Evans Speaks
Before Sisterhood
Of Beth El Jan. 14
Fugitive •in Hiding Tells Organization's Plans to Battle for
Free Immigration and Establishment of Jewish
State; $2,000 Price on His Head
Director of Nat'l Federation
to View Her Experience
at UNO Conference
By CONSTANTINE POULOS
Mrs. Samuel B. Danto, presi-
JERUSALEM, (JTA)—Friedman Yellin, leader of the dent of the Sisterhood of Temple
Fighters for the Freedom of Israel, known as "the Stern Beth El, announces that Miss
Gang," who has a price of $2,000 on his head, last week gave Jane Evans, prominent lecturer
an interview to this correspondent somewhere in Palestine,
revealing plans and the policy of his underground organ-
ization.
"We are at war with the under recently enacted "em-
British Empire now," he said.
"There is no other way. The
British are determined that
Palestine shall • never become
a Jewish State. We are equal-
ly determined that it will."
All peaceful means of settling
question, he said, have been
exploited in vain. "It is clear
now that the aim of the Jewish
people cannot be realized through
conferences, commissions and
the writing of memorandums.
The chief issue of the creation
of a Jewish State cannot be ob-
scured by discussions about im-
migration."
the
Could Reach Agreement
ergency defense regulations."
When their attorney protested
to the court, the judge said that
he could not intervene, because
once he had rendered his de-
cision, "my job is finished."
The Demetrios was intercepted
by a British naval patrol on Nov.
23, after, it was charged, some
200 "illegal" Jewish immigrants
had disembarked from it, and
disappeared into nearby Jewish
settlements.
During a three-day trial the
prosecution failed to prove that
a number of persons arrested on
board the ship were "illegal im-
migrants" and, as the ship was
intercepted inside territorial
waters, the ship's company could
not be charged with aiding per-
sons to enter Palestine.
Yellin, who escaped from a
British internment camp in Pal-
estine, believes that if the British
withdrew from Palestine, the
Jews could reach an agreement Husseini, Arab Extremist,
with the Arabs "and it would Reach Cairo By British Plane
not be a question of imposing our
CAIRO, (JTA)—Four Palestine
will on the Arabs in Palestine,"
Arab extremist leaders—Jamal
he pointed out.
Dawood Husseini,
"It is true that we are mili- Husseine,
Kemel Osman Haddad and Amin
tarily stronger than they and
Buweika—arrived here by mili-
this would be a factor. But
tary plane from Rhodesia, where
the important matter is that we
they were detained during the
would be able to prove to them war.
that a Jewish state would be
An application for their re-
advantageous, rather than det-
lease
was granted by the High
rimental, to them."
Court in Salisbury, Southern
He contended that the appoint- Rhodesia, on Nov. 29, the at-
ment of an Anglo-American com- torney general stating that in-
mission of inquiry merely served formation had been received that
as a "camouflage." "We are detention was no longer neces-
sorry if the Americans have been sary.
taken in by this British maneu-
Jamal Husseini, who was one
ver and we believe that Jews of the instigators of the anti-
should refuse to appear before Jewish outbreaks in Palestine,
the commission," he said.
was arrested in 1941 and sent
Assails Military Rights
to Southern Rhodesia in 1942. He
He opposed a proposition ad- was elected president of the Pal-
vanced by many Jewish leaders, estine Arab Party in 1943. He
offering Britain the guarantee of was a member of the Palestine
strategic military rights 'in Pal- Arab delegations to London in
estine. He said:
1936 and 1939, and opened the
"It is naive to think that if Arab case before the British
Britain had a great naval base
Royal Commission on Palestine
at Haifa and airdromes and
in 1937.
•
thousands of troops throughout
Palestine she would allow Jews
any more freedom to conduct
their own affairs than she does
now."
Yellin said his organization has
no definite political program
along social and economic lines.
"But we are for a truly demo-
cratic, as well as free and inde-
pendent, Palestine," he declared.
"We are opposed to every kind
of exploitation. We are not anti-
Socialist. We believe in a strong
state encouraged by cooperative
methods. The majority of Jew-
ish people in Palestine are work-
ers—we believe they will govern
the country well."
Zion Jews Need $40,000,000
For Returning Veterans
JERUSALEM, (JTA)—F or t y
million dollars will be needed to
finance the repatriation and ab-
sorption of discharged Jewish
soldiers, it was diSclosed here
by Dr. Joseph Bart, an official
of the finance department of the
Jewish National Council, ad-
dressing a meeting on veterans'
problems.
The Palestine government, he
said, is providing 424,000,000
which includes the soldiers' own
savings, while $16,000,000 must
be collected from Jews through-
out the world. The Palestine
Jewish community will be asked
to contribute $6,000,000 of the
latter figure.
Not All Aboard Held
`Illegal Immigrants'
HAIFA, (JTA)—The captain of
the Greek ship Demetrios and
five of his crew were acquitted in
district court here on charges
of "aiding and abetting persons
to enter Palestine illegally." They
were . immediately re-arrested,
however by British police acting
Sen. Pepper Says Palestine
Can Absorb More Immigrants
WASHINGTON, (JTA)—Sen-
ator Claude Pepper, who has
just returned from a four-months
tour of Europe and the Middle
East, told newsmen that in his
opinion Palestine could accom-
modate more people.
Pepper spoke to reporters after
leaving the White House, where
he met with President Truman.
He praised the excellent work
done in Palestine by the Jewish
Agency in improving agriculture
and production, and said that
the work being done in the Jew-
ish collective colonies was the
nearest thing he could imagine
to early American pioneering,
LONDON, (JTA)—Emir Ab-
dullah, ruler of Transjordan, is
coming to London next month to
lay before the British Govern-
ment a plan for uniting Iraq,
Transjordan and the greater part
of Palestine into a single state,
the Daily Mail reports in a dis-
patch from Jerusalem.
Page Seven
Bnai Brith Lodge
Jewish Center Initiates Class in
Activities
Sidney Baron to Direct
Center Photography Club
Center members are offered an
opportunity to learn more about
photography and to have a great
deal of fun. A photography club
is being organized, with Sidney
Baron as leader. Baron, a former
Center member, recently re-
turned from service. He has ex-
tensive experience in photogra-
phy as an amateur and as a pro-
fessional.
The purpose of the club, he
said, "is to learn to take pictures,
to learn to do a better job of de-
veloping, and to learn all of the
latest tricks."
The first meeting of the Pho-
tography Club is scheduled for
next Tuesday at 8 p. m. Mem-
bers are asked to register. with
Mr. Neimand.
* * *
Mothers' Clubs to Have
25th Anniversary Dinner
JANE EVANS
and executive director of the Na-
tional Federation of Temple Sis-
terhoods, will address the local
group Monday, Jan. 14, at the In-
stitute of Art's Lecture Hall.
A luncheon will precede the
meeting, and a reception in Miss
Evans' honor will be held in the
Romanesque Hall at 1 p. m.
Mrs. Henry Meyers, state sis-
terhood president, who will in-
troduce Miss Evans to the audi-
ence, will be presented by Mrs.
Morton Snyder.
Miss Evans, former interior ar-
chitect, designer and adult edu-
cation lecturer, became executive
director of the national federa-
tion in 1933, which under her
guidance has become one of the
world's largest Jewish women's
organizations with 400 affiliated
sisterhoods in the U. S., Canada,
Cuba, Scotland, England and
South Africa.
In 1943 Miss Evans was grant-
ed a leave of absence to serve as
director of the National Peace
Conference. She was appointed
as a consultant to the U. S. dele-
gation to the UNO conference in
San Francisco.
Miss Evans will speak on "My
Experience at the Conference."
Mrs. Harry Kron, member of
the national board of Temple
Sisterhoods, will be a guest, and
women from sisterhoods in Pon-
tiac, Flint and Saginaw will at-
tend.
"Mrs. David Ruby, vice-presi-
dent in charge of meetings, will
be chairman • of the program.
East Side sisterhood members,
headed by Mrs. Ellis Fisher, will
be in charge of the luncheon ar-
rangements. Mrs. Benjamin Jack-
son is social chairman.
YIVO to Review Work
On 20th Anniversary
The 20th anniversary Yivo con-
ference will open Jan. 19, in New
York, for five days.
In addition to an address on 20
years of the Yivo's work in Jew-
ish social research, papers will be
read on the research of the He-
brew University in Jerusalem, of
Jewish research institutions in
the U, S. and the Soviet Union
for 20 years. At other meetings,
topics will deal with Jewish life
in the U. S. and with Jewish set-
tlements throughout the world.
"What Is New In Medicine"
will be presented by Dr. Mary
M. Frasier and other physicians
at Mothers' Clubs meetings.
Members of the Dexter Moth-
ers' Club will be entertained at
tea by Mrs. Liza Lipkin, honor-
ing the return of her grandson,
Seymour Lipkin, from a global
tour with the USO, at 3260 Webb,
Tuesday at 1:30 p. m.
On Tuesday evening, Jan. 22, a
banquet honoring the 25th anni-
versary of the Mothers' Clubs
will be held in the auditorium of
the Jewish Community Center.
Reservations should be made with
club presidents or at the Center,
not later than Jan. 15.
Farewell Program Set
For Departing Pioneers
NEW YORK—A call to Amer-
ican youth to participate in the
upbuilding of the Jewish Home-
land will be voiced next Wednes-
day, at Carnegie Hall, where the
League for Labor Palestine and
the Hechaiutz Organization of
America will stage a farewell
demonstration to the first large
contingent of American pioneers
leaving for Palestine since 1939.
Scenes from the only Hebrew
Opera, "Hechalutz" by Jacob
Weinberg, will be presented with
a full symphony orchestra, chor-
us and ballet.
The meeting is sponsored by
the League for Labor Palestine
and the Hechalutz Organization
of America, both of 1140 Broad-
way.
Aviation Council In Palestine
Will Train 250 Jewish Pilots
TEL AVIV, (JTA)—Two-hun-
dred and fifty .Jewish pilots will
be trained in Palestine, it was
announced here by the Council
for Jewish Aviation. The sum
of $120,000 will be raised for this
work. The Council now has five
training planes and intends to
secure others.
Rothenberg's Name
As a tribute to the late Jerome
A. Rothenberg, Detroit Lodge No.
1374 of Bnai Brith and Detroit
Lodge Auxiliary will hold a joint
meeting Tuesday night in the
Workmen's Circle Educational
Building on Linwood Ave.
The Jerome A. Rothenberg
Memorial Membership Class of
50 members will be initiated that
night by a degree team from the
Pontiac Bnai Brith Lodge. Guest
speaker will be Val Clair, CKLW.
A second group of new members
in the Rothenberg Class will be
initiated in June.
Members of the immediate
family of Mr. Rothenberg have
been invited to attend the meet-
ing. Friends are welcome.
Mr. Rothenberg, who died in
November, was co-chairman of
the membership committee of
Detroit Lodge and was a member
of its board of directors.
NCJW Has Messages
From Detroiters' Kin
Detroit Section, National Coun-
cil of Jewish Women, is anxious
to locate the following, in order
to deliver messages from rela-
tives abroad. Anyone having such
information kindly call at 8904
Woodward, Room 203, Detroit 2,
MA. 6970.
Hells. and Ester Mermelstein were
listed among 476 Jews of Czechoslovak
nationality who arrived in Sweden in
July, 1945. They seek Samuel Teurs-
ton, a Detroit relative.
Chaja Rosenberg. now at Fort On-
tario, Oswego, wishes to locate her
brother, Harry Stabholz, who resided
in Offenback am Main, Germany, until
1907, then emigrated to Detroit.
A cablegram from Katowice, Poland,
to locate Louis Rosenberg for a niece.
Dora, daughter of F. Syma.
A Mr. Gelbardowicz, formerly of Po-
land, is being sought by Rywka Wi-
dawska. 26, of Ozorkow.
Karoly Berger of Detroit is being
sought by Erzcebet Goldmann of Camp
Salz•edel, who is a relative.
Lewis Mark is sought by his niece,
Eda Silverman, daughter of Lia, who
was a daughter of Ester Elena. Mr.
Mark at one time visited these people
Poland.
SYDNEY—The Joint Distribu-
tion Committee has ordered
through the United Jewish Over-
seas Relief Fund in Sydney,
Australia, 20,000 blankets for
Jews in Poland, Yugoslavia and
Czechoslovakia.
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