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THE - JEWISH NEWS

/- Friday, May 30, 1947

Four Million MarrReached in Driire
With Many Prospects Still Unsolicited

Joseph Sandler, Service Group
Leader, Marks 50th Birthday

One of the leaders of Detroit's Service Group, Joseph P. Sandler,
reached a milestone May 18, when he celebrated his 50th birthday.
MacRae Commends Spiritual Values in Giving, Extolls Fred
Now a prominent member of the linen supply business, Sandler
Butzel's 'Acts.of Kindness,' Molly Picon Sings
is an example of the American story of the immigrant boy who
made good and has expressed his gratitude for the opportunities
Translation of Partisan Song
The English Version
afforded him through service to the community in which he achieved
-
Arranged
by
Molly
Picon
As this issue Of The Jewish News goes' to press, ,there
success.
are assurances that the 1947 Allied Jewish Campaign Already Come what may,
Sandler was born in Russia in vision. Sandler is a member of
has reached the $4,1000,000 mark and that additional sums are You mustn't say
1897. He came to Detroit in 19111 the board of the Detroit Service
certain to be raised from among the thousands of prospective This is the end,
and attended the. Bishop School: Group and is co-chairman of the
though you walk
contributors who thus far have not been reached by volunteer Even
on the East side. Forced to earn ,
Without a friend.
Services Division of the 1947
workers.
– For the day we all
a living at an early age, Sandler Allied Jewish Campaign.
the
Al-
which
have
distinguished
was
unable
to
complete
his
edu-
Campaign activities reached
Dreamed about, is near,
He is a member of Knollwood
lied Jewish Campaigns. He list- When we'll show to all the world cation.
Country Club, Harry B. Keidan.
new heights at the luncheon ed
theSe philosophical reasons for We still are here.
age
of
17,
he
In 1914, at the
Lodge of Bnai Brith, Craftsman
report meeting on May 21, at giving: the common Judeo-Chris- From the land of sunshine
went into partnership with his Lodge of the Masonic Order, the
Hotel Statler, at which - Robert H. tian religious heritage based on To the land of snow
brothers, William and Reuben,* Probus Club and the Michigan
MacRae, managing . director of the individual's sacredness, the We'll be corning and
and a brother-in-law, Jacob! Linen Supply Board of Trade.
the Detroit Council of Social • desire to rescue fellow-humans We'll bring our song of woe
Pines, to found the Reliable Linen
With his wife, the former Pau-
Agencies, and Molly Picon, emi- and the value of growing in per- And where a drop of
Supply Co:, an organization that line Seltzer, he lives at 950 Whit-
neat actress, were the guests.
sonality and character by iden- Jewish blood fell yesterday
now serves Detroit and surround-I, more Rd. They have one married
The total reported at that time tification with causes greater On that very spot
ing communities and Northern daughter, Mrs. Muriel Burke, and
was $3,501,000-69 per cent of than the individuaL
We'll build again today.
Michigan.
two grandchildren who, Sandler
the quota, attained on coverage
MacRae took occasion to de- The morning sun
His community service is con- confesses, are his main interest in
of 63 per cent of the prospects. I clare that this country was im- Will banish all our woe.
centrated 'in the fund-raising di-: life.
Milton K. Mahler, co-chairman! measurably enriched by the peo- All our yesterdays
ple
whom
Hitler
expelled.
Will
vanish
with
the
foe.
the
mechanical
_trades
divi-
bf
If the sun does not appear
sion, who presided at the lunch-
Describes DP Experiences
eon, read a list of campaign see-
Miss Picon, in her moving de- To bring us light
tions which already have raised scription of her experiences in Then this song will be
their quotas, and praised the DP camps where she entertained Our beacon in the night.
By MORTON WISHENGRAD
t h e survivors, For we wrote this song
• chairmen of these divisions who ,
succeeded in attaining .their •
_ said that she no With blood and not with lead
MR. WISHENGRAD, WHO IS AUTHOR OF THE IMPOR-
goals. Louis Berry called for the
longer appears When we lived not with the liv-
ing
day's reports.
in public main-1
TANT
NATIONAL RADIO PROGRAM BY THAT NAME
ly as an actress! But with the dead;
MacRae, in one of the most in-
and radio enter- And we sang the song --
HEARD EACH SUNDAY MORNING—AND THROUGH OUR
teresting addresses heard at cam-
"tainer, but also Behind the ghetto walls,
paign meetings, declared that
LOCAL STATION WWJ—PRESENTS THIS VOLUME WHICH
,as a Jewess. She When we cried for help
"the great massacres in history
declared that ) And no one heard our calls.
grow pale beside the suffering of
CONTAINS TWENTY - SIX RADIO PLAYS FROM THE
after seeing the I That's why they'll never
the Jews of our time." He assert-
SERIES, AND A SECTION
rubble of the Make us say—
ed that "anything we can do to
Warsaw ghetto This is the end,
help them will be a step in the
ON THE ART AND TECH-
she is able to For we know:
direction of achieving our hu-
state that it is Somewhere, some day
NIQUE OF WRIT- 0
man goal."
limpossible toj We'll find a friend.
Community Debt
ING
FOR THE RA- 49
write or speak And the day we all dreamed of
Expressing appreciation for the
of the horrors • Will be near •
o.e
she
p
DIO.
community efforts of the Allied
When we shout to all the world
that were experienced by Jews.
Jewish Campaign chairman, Fred
Referring to Warsaw, where We still are here.
M. Butzel, MacRae declared that
she has appeared many times,
'the community owes him more
than it can ever repay." He whose' Jewish population of 500,-
000 has been reduced to 5,000, she
lauded Butzel's "acts of kindness
pleaded in behalf of the remnant
for which many of U3 are indebt-
of survivors and said that it is
ed," and asserted that "his warm, the duty of American Jews to
friendly, human spirit enriChes
keep them alive:
the lives of all of us."
"We can't speak of them as
Describing that philosophy of
she said. "They are like
giving as "a concept of the sa- they,"
us. They are we." Describing
credness of the human person- some of her experiences, and re-
ality," he commended the spiri-
lating anecdotes she heard among
tual values in dollars and time
the survivors, she told of the life
of men, women and children,
stated that youngsters of 5 look
like old men and women and said
that girls who lived in forests
for six and seven years are fight-
ing for such small possessions as
shoestrings, which have become
valuable.

The Partisan Song

THE ETERNAL LIGHT

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Conference Plans
A Permanent
National Setup

• Picked Vp Heartackes

NEW YORK (JPS)—T h e

American Jewish Conference last
week made public a tentative
plan for creation of a permanent
onganizatien, representative of
t& American Jewish community.
The plan is the basis for nego-
tiations now in progress with or-
ganizations within and outside of
the Conference and with local
Jewish community organizations.
It will be submitted, probably
with some revisions, to the fourth
national session of the American
Jewish Conference in Chicago,
from Aug. 30 to Sept. 1.
The purpose of the permanent
organization, according to the
tentative plan, will be to "secure
and protect Jewish rights and to
protect the general welfare of
the Jewish people here and
abroad" in the field of interna-
tional affairs; all matters effect-
ing rights and status of Jews

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with regard to Palestine; in de-
fense of Jewish rights in the
U. S.; in the field of overseas re-
lief and rehabilitation.

16,883 Canadian Jews
Served in World War II

Final statistics on Jewish en-
listments in Canadian military
forces during World War II have
been published by the Canadian
Jewish Congress, showing a tot-
al of 16,883 Canadian Jeirs in
service.
Of these, 10,071 were in the
Army, 121, CWAC; 13, Nursing
Auxiliary; 5,792, Royal Ca: liar
Air Force; 97, RCAF, Vicknetes
Division; 578, Navy and 18,
WRCNS; 163 Canadian Jews

Revved in Allied Forces.

"Those who are left want to
live, and it is our duty to pro-
vide them with life's necessities,"
she said. She told of picking up
pages from talmudic volumes and
soles from children's shoes in the
rubble of Warsaw, and added,
"we picked up heartache after
heartache."
Tears streaming down her face,
Miss Picon sang the Partisans
Song in the English translation
she had prepared. The Jewish
News is pleased to reprint her
text of the song, which already
was sung in Yiddish at campaign
gatherings by Mrs. Morris Schav-
er and the Gottlieb Brothers.
Eva Franklin, Miss Picon's ac-
companist, was at the piano.
Fred M. Butzel, campaign
chairman, expressed satisfaction
wit/tithe spirit of the campaign.
Pointing to the contrasts in the
addresses of MacRae and Miss
Picon, he said that "the measure
of success is the prosperity of
American Jewry."
The Jews of the world, he said,
"depend on our sense of secur-
ity," and he pleaded. for con-
tinued effort in the drive . in or-
der to assure the uninterrupted
functioning of the local agencies
as symbols of American Jewry's
constructive inner strength.
Referring to the encomia show-
ered upon him, Butzel said: "I
will accept all the compliments
if it will help the campaign."
A survivor from Nazism, Yosek
Birnholtz, who came to this coun-
try a week ago from Stuttgart
with his twin sister, Dora, was
introduced to the campaigners
by Tom Berman. The Birnholtz
twins' story appears elsewhere in

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this issue.