Friday. March IS, 194

THE

Delegates to Community Council
To Hear Reports on Conference

Jewish Youth's Jewish Legion Story Reveals
LISTENING
Founder's. Faith in Zionism

"Seed He Sowed hi Adversity Will Assuredly Flower brio
Victory", Says Col. Patterson of Jabotinsky, in
Foreword to New Book

By LOUIS PANUSH

THE STORY OF THE JEWISH LEGION by Vladimir •Jabotinsky (tram-
lated by Samuel Katz), with a foreword by Col. John Henry Patterson, D.S.O.
Published by Bernard Ackerman, Inc., New York, 1946, 191 pp., illustrated with
photographs, $3.50.
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By Danny Raskin

JEWISH YOUTH came through
again . answering the Allied
' Jewish Campaign battle cry for
workers" with capacity attendance
at the -Junior Service Group
meeting last week . . . It proved-
the recent huge gathering was no
false alarm . The • guys and
gals are in there to fight this
year . . . and help put over the
greatest campaign in"Jewish his-
tory . . . There's never been any-
thing like it . . . and we younger
folks will play one of the major
roles in making it a success .. .
We've come - through in other
campaigns ... and we're coming
through in this one.

"The Story of the Jewish
Legion" by the late Vladimir Ja-.
botinsky had been published 'in
almost every major language. 'An
English translation of this im-
portant work was, long overdue.
This authorized translation will
therefore be welcomed not only
by the hundreds of thousands of
Jabotinsky's admirers and fol-
lowers but by every Zionist, by
Jew and Gentile, and by those
who help them in their long and
arduous struggle for Jewish na-
tional justice.
Although this is first of all the
story of fighting men who, strug-
gling and battling for a great
cause, for the first time since the
days of Bar Kochba, fought—as
representatives of the Jewish peo-
ple—for their own country un-
der their own Jewish flag, it . is
also the story of the one man who
was the founder and the guiding
spirit of the Jewish Legion, the
creation and activities of which
represented the "entrance of the
Jewish people upon the arena of
the nations of the world as one
nation, the equal of others, with
national aspirations and de-
mands" for a homeland of its

* * *
DON'T STAND on the side-
lines! Offer your aid as an
Allied Jewish Canipaign work-
er . . That "too little time"
is valuable . . . Every minute,
hour or day you can help is
much more important than you
may think! . . The world is
watching us . . . Our people are
depending upon us . . . with
assurance .. . . They know we own.
In Turkish Empire
can do it . . . and they're right
In 1914, at the outbreak of
... We will!
World War I, Eretz Israel was
* *_ *

DISA 'N DATA ... Site of the
Purim Ball by Northwest Hebrew
Congregation Sisterhood will be
Bonnie Brook Country Club . .
Sunday, March 17 . . . Capt. Al
Zletz will be discharged soon ...
The ultra-swanky Officer's Club
is due for a face-lifting ala com-
plete reversal . . . Will be head-
quarters for Allied Jewish Cam-
paign . . Junior Hadassah gals
did a grand job on. their donor
dance .... Plaudits to Chairman
Gertie Goldman and the mem-
bers . . . They showed how it
should be done.
* *
IN THE past six months, Jack
Fein has had six compositions
placed on the music-market . . .
His "Taking. My Chance With
You" on a Mercury disc by the
FoUr Vagabonds has hit the
juke-boxes . . . and hiS latest,
"Texas and Pacific," is being in-
troduced.
For 10 years, Jack has been
writing -melodies and forgetting
about them . . . Suddenly, every 7
thing seemed to happen, at once
. . . He went into the army . .
met Tim Morrel, producer of
Tin Pan Alley of the Air . .
and in special services school at
Washington & Lee .in
his room mate •turned out to be
Matt Fox, vice-president of Uni-
versal Pictures . . . and he at-
tended classes with Hank Green-
berg . To • top it off, the fol-
lowing year he returned to re-
peat the course with Red Skel-
ton . . . Moriel is handling his
works now and Jack is started
up that golden ladder . . It's
now just a matter of whether
or not the steps ,ar• -too wide
apart for him.

part of -the Turkish Empire. At
that time Jabotinsky, as corre-
spondent of Rousski Vedomosti,
travelled extensively through the
Moslem countries of North Afri-
ca.. The moment Turkey entered
the war on the side of Germany,
Jabotinsky became an active and
interested party, for it became
obvious to him that the Jews

could not remain neutral but
must participate actively in the
liberation of Eretz, Israel.
He began propagating the idea
of a Jewish Legion to fight in the
armies of the Allies. The result
of his efforts, with the assistance
of Joseph Trumpeldor, was the
formation of the Zion Mule Corps,
which, first under the command
of Col. Patterson and later under
Trumpeldor, took part in the
Gallipoli Campaign. This unit
was dissolved on May 26, 1916.
Went to France
Jabotinsky did not join this
unit, since he wanted the forma-
tion of a Jewish combatant foree.
Therefore he went to France,
Italy and England where for two
years he continuously propagated
his idea of forming' a Jewish Le-
gion. There was great opposition
to the formation of separate Jew-
ish military groups not only
among British government circles
but in Jewry itself "all the way
from the Zionist headquarters to
the poor Jewish masses of White-
chapel and the rich notables."
But Jabotinsky with his uncom-
promising determi t o n,
strengthened by his great devo-
tion to his ideal and his belief
and its truth, aided- by his iron
will, his dynamic personality and
power of conviction, won the
struggle for the creation of the
Jewish Legion.
Great Obstacles
.
The following incident will il-
lustrate the great. obstacles Ja-
botinsky had to overcome. He
was boycotted in his own city,
Odessa. "My old mother informed
me," says Jabotinsky, "while
wiping away her tears, that one
of the most prominent figures of
Russian Jewry approached her
in the street and said to her—
'Your son should be hung.' This
hurt her terribly. I asked her
then: !Advise me. What shall I
do?'—TO this day ram as proud
o her answer as one prides him-
Alf upon a document testifying
to his noble ancestry. 'If you be-
lieve that you are right—do not
give in'."
'Jabotinsky did not giVe in. And
in August, 1917, •there appeared
the first official order from the
War Office to form a Jewish Le-
gion which- should participate in
the liberation of Palestine. Al-
most - 10,000 joined, the Jewish
Legion, butorily about 5,000 came
to Palestine. The rest -could not
conie because the War ended-.
Were Real Soldiers'
Recruits came from England,
from America4 Canada ; and frorn
Palestine. These Jewish ,Legion-
naires fought like real soldiers,
coped capably with every diffi-
culty and carried out their most
arduouS tasks most admirably.
They gained the warmest praise

,

as errand boy after school.
"Dot's fine," she complimented
him. "How much?" Dey're
going to pay me t'ree dollars a
week," he said happily. "And
I'm going to give it all to you,
momma."
"Ah, you're a goot boy, Sammy,
she said proudly. "When he
handed her the first, week's pay
envelope there were two one
dollar bills and four quarters in
it. She thanked him very much.
The second week 'there was only
$2.94 in the envelope. She count-
ed it a second time. In a tone
of wrath she said:.."Ah 7ha. Run-,
riink around 1.71d. &IS awreddy,
huh?"
* * *
THEODORE, LEVIN, local
lawyer; may receive an appoint-
ment as Federal District Judge.
The wheels are moving.

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4 *

THEIR ANNUAL Szold Ball
is scheduled by Little Women of
Hadassah . . for March 23, in
the Statler Wayne Room . .
Is usually a formal, but dress
this year will probably be op-
tional . . . as it should . . .
Eddy Marshall will do the rhy-
thm chores.
• * *
JOE KWASELO W, senior
chemist at 'Hudson Motor Co.
and chairman of the Spring
Dance given by •Shaarey- Zedek
NATIONAL COUNCIL of Jew- Young People's Society, March
ish Juniors . . • always a com- 23, took over the job personallY
munity favorite when it comes of: selecting a punch for the eve-
to social doings . . . holds a Purim ning . . and- made a choice .
dance at Belcrest Saturday, with after spending hours analyzing
melodies by a Max Gail star ag- samples submitted by local ca-
gregation . . . Last year's affair terers!
glowed with a bit of love-light.
" '' ' •
when Audrey Huler met Leonard
Cohen, visiting from California:
They'll be wed soon.
* * *
Registered Public Account
Bookkeeping and
HUMOR. DEPT. . The week's
story comes about little Sammy
Accounting Service
running home to inform his
Phone TY. 6-7673
mother that he had landed a job

Page Twenty-one

JEWISH NEWS

Next meeting of the delegates to
the Jewish Community Council,
scheduled for Monday evening,
March 25, at the Jewish Center,
will feature a report on the re-
cent session of the American
Jewish Conference and a discus-
sion on the 1946 United Jewish
Appeal.
Detroit's delegates to the Amer-
ican Jewish Conference in Cleve-
land during February will submit
reports. Similar report meetings
have been held by the Council
following the first and second ses-
sions of the Conference. Council
delegates voted support of the

Conference program following the
first session in 1943.
, Council delegates will give con-
sideration to the resolutions on
reorganization of the American
Jewish Conference for future ef-
forts on behalf of the American
Jewish community.
The forthcoming $2,000,000 Al-
lied Jewish Campaign 'will be
presented to the Council delegates'
by a spokesman of the . Jewish
Welfare , Federation and - . Detroit
Service Group.
.Delegates are requested to bring
delegates' card to qualify as
voters.'

from every general they served
under and they brought honor
to the Jewish name. They ob-
tained Palestine for us.
The book ends with the follow-
ing words of farewell that Ja-
botinsky said to his Legionnaires
at their last camp in Rishon: "Far
away, in your home, you will one
day read the glorious news, of a
free Jewish life in a free Jewish
country—of factories and univer-
sities, of farms and theatres, per-
haps of M.P.'s and Ministers.
Lose Self in Thought
Then you will lose yourself in
thought; there will come to your
mind a picture of the Jordan Val-
ley, of the desert by Raffa, of the
hills of Ephraim by Abuein. Then
you shall stand up, walk to the
mirror, and look yourself proud-
ly in the face, jump to 'atten-
tion,' and salute yourself—for 'tis
you who have made it."
Jabotinsky did not live to see
a free Jewish life in a free Jew-
ish' country. Providence has
spared him the witnessing of
Jewish humiliation in what is
supposed to be the Jewish Na-
tional Home for which he sacri-
ficed his entire life. But Jabo-
tinsky did not die a defeated man.
In the words of his great admir-
er and friend, Col. John H. Pat-
terson, in his glowing tribute to
Jabotinsky in the foreword: Ja-
botinsky "had vitalized and giv-
en hope to the youth of Israel,
and this seed, Which he sowed in
adversity, will, before a. genera-
tion passes, assuredly flower into
victory." To understand and
realize what were some of Ja-
botinsIty's seeds, planted for Is-
ael's liberation in his own coun-
try, one must read his "Story of
the Jewish Legion."

Little Women of Hadassah
Hold Szold Ball Mar. 23

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Little Women •of Hadassah will
hold 'their annual Szold Ball at
the- Wayne Room of the Statler
Hotel on March 23, Eddy Mar-
OaaIl and his orchestra will play.
All proceeds from tickets and
donor book sales will be donated
to Keren Hanoar, the Scout move-
ment in Palestine.
Elaine Shiffiman, president, an-
nounces that Ethel Cohen has
been selected as "Miss Eager
Beaver," -since she brought in the
most money for the patron book-
let. Miriam Coggan and Phyllis
Zieve are co-chairman of the
Szold Ball.

14,6.00 Jews In Shanghai's
Slum In Need of Housing
SHANGHAI, (JTA)—The 14,-
.000 Jews surviving in the Hon-
gkew slum section of Shanghai.
which the Japanese turned into
a ghetto during the war, are still
desperately in need of clothing
and housing, although they are
being fed by the Joint Distribu-
tion Committee and UNRRA, an
investigation by a Jewish Tele-
graphic Agency correspondent re-
veals. Most of the refugees are
deeply concerned over the pos-
sibilities of emigration and re-
establishing themselves in other
countries.

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