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THE JEWISH NEWS

Croll Asks Canada to Act
On Partition Implementation

Council Honors,
Emma Schaver
On Wednesday

Friday, March 12, 1948

Histadrut to End $250,000
Campaign at March 21 Rally

In a stirring address Feb. 26, in the Ontario House of
Commons, Hori. David A. Croll, member of the Canadian
Parliament and former Mayor of Windsor, pointed out that
Emma Scheyer, famous De-
"Palestine is the supreme test of the United Nations," and
called for action by his government to help implement the troit singer will be honored by
the Jewish Community Council at
UN decision.

Referring to the effort of Mr.
Justice Rand without whose "pa-
tience and understanding it is fair
to say that the UNSCOP report
would not have seen the light of
day," Croll said:
"The work of Mr. Justice Rand
and the members of the Canadian
delegation to Lake SuccesS has
given Canada a new and an iin-
pressive position in international
affairs and has permitted her to
make a notable contribution to-
wards world peace."
He emphasized in his long ad-
dress that the peace of the world
is involved and that a great moral
issue is at stake and he concluded
with this appeal:
"The United Nations must im-
plement the decision and the main
responsibility lies with the great
powers. To fail now is to cast
dark shadows,. yes, to extinguish • HON. DAVID A CROLL
for a time justice and honor and mentation of the - United Nations
freedoni and libertY: implore decfsion to partition Palestine.
this government to. rise to the
'In .Parliament, Minister for Ex-
occasion; for if the United Nations ternal Affairs - Louis • St. Laurent,
fails at this time it b4-Ires its
in response to : direct - questioning
potency before the world and be- from the -floor, indicated that
comes a spent force. I am certain Canada will accept _her full share
that is not the wish of the people of responSibility for - any action
of Canada. As for me that is , an which • the Security CounCil may
impossible and unthinkable. posi 7 _undertake to implement partition
tion_for this- world to find itself 'or' restore peace to Palestine.
in at the present time."
An attack on Britain's Pales-
tine' policy was: '.voiced in the
Sentiment in Canada Shifting .
Manitoba . Provincial Legislature
To Support Palestine Partition
by M. A. Gray, - Labof M.P. and
OTTAWA _(JTA)--,-Despite the a .1„liew,• who expressed the hope
British position on Palestine. sen- that "Canada will continue to
timent in Canada is shifting "to-.
support the .Palestine partition
ward support of --cOrriplete imple- decision."
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Commentary.

. By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ

To Be Y. oarselves,; . is There
Anything .More. Exalted?'
It would be an utter Waste of words to argue with Lessing Rosen-
wald over the merits and demerits of his article in Collier's. This
abstainer from participation in the major responsibilities facing our
people, as represented in the UJA (JDC, URA., USNA), could have
written his piece 50 years ago, in the days of Dreyfus' imprisonment.
His views are a carry-over from the days of Munich Judaism. when
the Protest-Rabbiner sang the glories of Germanism while professing
to be of the Jewish persuasion. There are DP camps in Munich to-
day to belie the fallacies of a manowho dares to write on "The Fal-
lacies of Palestine." Had thesprotesting Jews assisted realistically in
genuine Jewish emancipation rather than resorting to mimicry and
imitation, the situation would.have been different today.
The purpose of this reference to the man who has chosen to be
outside the ranks of Jews who seek solidarity in the current struggle
for survival by the Jews of Palestine and the DP camps is to call
the attention of our readers to the stirring words of a man who, in
the days of Dreyfus, recognized the fallacies of Jewish self-abnega-
tion and mimicry (some have called such negatives self-hatred).
Bernard Lazare, the brilliant French-Jewish essayist, whose energy
and passion for justice stirred Frenchmen to action in the defense
of Dreyfus, frightened even the Dreyfus family by his frank expose
of the true political implications of the Jesuit drive to condemn the
innocent Jewish army officer. Lazare was equally blunt in his ap-
proach to the Jewish problem. His essays on Jewish nationalism,
published by Schocken under the title "Job's Dungheap," are an
excellent answer to any person whose fright drives him to doubt.
One of the essays is the text of his lecture of March 6, 1897, to
the Association of Russian Jewish Students in Paris, whom he told:
"You wish to be yourselves; is there anything more legitimate and
more exalted?" In that address, the brilliant essayist and fighter for
justice, who died in 1903 at the age of 38, said: "The Jews will find
no salvation except in themselves. It is through their own strength
that they will free themselves, that they will regain that dignity
which men have caused them to lose . . . Whatever the believers
may do, and whatever may be done by the unbelievers who will never
resign themselves to being turncoats, they will the more intensely
feel that they are free—they, themselves, as individuals—when the
collectivity to which they belong will be free, when this landless
nation which is the Jewish nation will have earth of.its own of which
it may dispose without restraint."
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The Duty of Human Beings to Defend Themselves
Courageous Bernard Lazare believed that "any Jew who does
not rise up against anti-Semitism plunges one degree lower in-moral
abjection." He declared: "1 have fought and will continue to fight
anti-Semitism because I think it is the duty of every human being
who. has been attacked to defend himself." This leader among the
Dreyfusards, the associate of Clemenceau, Zola, Jaures and the other
great leaders of his day, became a Zionist. He was warmly wel-
comed to the Second World Zionist Congress by Dr. Max Nordau.
He was-elected a member of the Actions Committee. True, he re-
signed this post because he differed with Theodore Herzl on methods
of organizing the masses, but he made it clear that "if I cut myself
off from you, I do not cut myself off from the Jewish people . .
I will continue to labor for its freedom, even though it be by means
which are not yours." It was this same Lazare the Zionist who in
another lecture; in 1899, said:
"When Cyrus allowed the Jews to return to Palestine, there
came back to Jerusalem only 40,000 men. - They were the prole-
tarians, the wretched, the righteous of the Psalms, the revolutionary
prophets; the rich remained in Babylon. They must still remain
there, for it is the poor who make nations; the rich do not know how
to create, they do not even know how to give."
Bernard Lazare would have been a happier man in our day. He
would have seen the rich among the builders of Judea, as people
who "know how to give," from among whom only a handful have
arisen to mock the will of the people of Israel.
The builders will find courage in the essays of Bernard Lazare.
e mockers and mimickers will find their greatest rebuke in "Job's
Dungheap." It is a good book for both elements: for the loyal, who
will- rejoice in-it,-and.-for the-disloyal,-whom $t-puts-to-shame.- - —

Bartley C. Crum, liberal attor
ney who led the fight for justice .
to the Jews in their strugglg for
a free Palestine state, will'be- the
keynote speaker at the city-wide
Histadrut demonstration at Cass
a reception. Wednesday evening, Tech auditorium, • Sunday eve-
ning, March 21. The meeting will
March 17, at Shaarey Zedek.
conclude the 1948 Detroit Hista-
, The program will include the
playing of recordings from Mrs.
Schaver's new album of DP songs,
"I Believe." These include melo-
dies which she heard on her re-
cent trip through the camps of
Europe where she sang to dis-
placed persons and learned their
songs in return. The music was
recorded in New York recently
and the album jut, released.
Rabbi Morris Adler, chairman
of the Community Council Cul-
ture Commission, will be princi-
pal speaker. There, will also be
greetings from community lead-
ers. Seymour Lipkin, brilliant
young pianist, will appear on the
program in honor of Mrs. Schaver.
All members of the Detroit Jew-
BARTLEY C. CRUM
ish Community are invited. Both
the program and the reception to drut (Gewerkshaften) Campaign
follow will be open to the public. which this year will raise the un-
There is no admission charge,
precidented sum of $250,000 to
enable the Palestine- Histadrut
to meet emergency demands and
carry on its program of expand-
ing its -cooperative enterprises.
The March 21 meeting is plan-
ned to voice Detroit Jewry•s in-
dignation at the continued delay
in setting up the machinery to
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt will be implement the UN partition plan
named "The Woman of ' the and to express solidarity•with the
Year" in an award to be present- Histadrut and Palestine's Yis-
ed by the National Council
huv.
Jewish Women at a banquet
Mr. Crum, a member of the
March 15 at the
Anglo-American_ Committee of
Hotel Plaza,
Inquiry on Palestine, incorporated
New York, it
his observations of Palestine and
was announced
the DPs in his book, "Behind the
by Mrs. Joseph
Silken Curtain: A PerSonal Ac-
M. Welt of De-
count of Anglo-American Diplo-
macy in Palestine and the Middle
troit, national
president.
East". This "best seller" was an
indictment and expose of the poli-
Prominent fig-
tics played by Great Britain. Mr.
ures in national
affairs will. be
present to parti-
Prepare
cipate in the Mrs. Roosevelt
ceremonies, which will be pre- `Reunion
sided over by Judge Samuel 1.
Rosenman, special counsel to the
The steering committee for the
late President Roosevelt. Mrs. United Hebrew School's alumni
Roosevelt was selected for hav- reunion project has formulated
ing made the "most -notable . con- final plans for the reunion to take
tribution to human welfare" dur- place Thursday, March 25, Purim
ing the past year.
night. .. •
The • award ,will cite Mrs.
The event will feature a Purim
Roosevelt's outstanding leader- Seudah, entertainment and com-
ship in the United Nations Com- munity singing, led by members
mission on Human Rights as a of the alumni.
notable contribution to the free-
A novel feature of the evening
dom of all peoples; and her hu- will be the "Reunion Megillah,"
manity in championing the rights edited -by the publicity commit-
of minorities, both in this coun- tee, Ruben Isaacs and Max
try 'and throughout the world.
Chomsky. It will contain stories,.
Special recognition will also anecdotes and reminiscences of
be accorded Mrs. Roosevelt for alumni members during their He-
setting "an inspiring example of brew school days. •
the selfless devotion of women to
For information and reserva-
the betterment of mankind." Mrs. tions, call Esther Charnas, secre-
Lawrence G. Anathan, of New tary, TO. 6-5242, or the office of
York City, was chairman of "The the schools, TO. 8-0063. Allan L.
Woman of the Year" award com- Weston is chairman of the re-
mittee.
union.

Mrs. Roosevelt
Cited As NCJW
`Woman of Year'

VHS Alumni
Megillah'

Butzel Re-Elected
Vice-Pres., Council
Of Social Agencies

Crum is carrying on his fight to
,obtain justice for the Jews as
National Chairman of Americans
for Haganah.
Mr. Crum has a long record as
a champion of human rights. He
was counsel for the late President
Roosevelt's Committee on Fair
Employment Practices and has
been in the forefront of efforts
to revitalize the Republican
/
Party.
A musical program has been
arranged for the demonstration.
The Halevi Choral Society ; under
the direction of Pavel Slavensky,
will open the program. Leib
Glantz, celebrated cantor and
concert singer, will be the fea-
tured artist.
Admission cards to the demon-
stration are being distributed to
contributors, workers and friends
of Histadrut and are available at
the office of the Detroit Histad-
rut Campaign, 13722 Linwood, or
from organizational representa-
tives.

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Bader. Will Address
Histadrut Thursday

Menahem Bade r, prominent
world labor Zionist leader, mem-
ber of the Palestine Histadrut
Executive and of the Agricultural
Council, will ad-
dress the final
workers' rally of
the Detroit His-
tadrut Cam-
p a Pg n, next
Thursday e NT e-
n i n g, at the
Labor Zionist In-
'stitute. Mr.
Bader was ac-
tive in rescue
Wont in Turkey
M. Bader
from 1942 - Co 1944. He is a leader
of the Association of Collective
Settlements of Palestine and a
member of Solel Boneh, the His-
tadrut contracting society. Plans
will be made at Thursday's ral-
ly for the concluding event on
March 21, at Cass High School
with Bartley Crum as speaker.
With $220,000 already .raised, it
is expected that the $250,000 will
be achieved. •

American Troops Raid
DP Camp in Germany

MUNICH (JTA)—More than
100 displaced Jews were arrest-
ed in a raid by U. S. constabulary
troops on a Jewish DP camp at
Eschwege, in the northern part
of the American zone. A rarge
crowd of jeering German civil-
ians congregated outside the camp
while the Americans searched the
barracks and rounded up every
Jew who•- • had an excessive
amount of goods in his posses-
sion.
All of the 100 were subsequent-
ly released, some on bail. Offi-
cial. Jewish reports say that the
troops' behavior toward the DPs
was good, with a few minor ex-
ceptions.

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Between You and Me

By BORIS SMOLAR

(Copyright, 1948 Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.)

UN Reflections _

With the revolUtionary political changes in Czechoslovakia, there

Mrs. Charles Lakoff Chosen was fear in Jewish circles that Karel Lisicky, Czechoslovakian head
Member of Board; Frehse of the UN Palestine Commission, might be recalled by the new gov-
ernmcnt • .. This would have betn a tremendous blow to the efforts
Retained as President
to haire the UN- partition decision on Palestine implemented, since

Fred M. Butzel was re-elected
vice president of the Council of
Social Agencies at the annual
meeting of the Council Thursday
at the Central YWCA.
Newly elected to' serve on the
board of directors of the CoUricil,'
a Red Feather agency, was (Mrs.
Charles Lakoff, president of the
Jewish S'Ocial Service Bureau
and member of the board of the
Jewish Community Center (both
Community Chest agencies) and
the Jewish Welfare Federation.
Mrs. Lakoff will be a member of
the board for a three-year term.
Robert M. Frehse was re-
eleeted -president, --- -
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Lisicky is the principal fighter for implementation . . • Private in-
formation indicates, however, - that for the time being there is no
groun.d - for• fear.-
Zionist -leaders in New York make no secret of the fact that
they suspect the U: S. Government is seeking to compel the Jews
to make new coin promises on the Palestine issue . . . Dr. Emanuel
Neumann predicts that the Palestine question will be kicked around
in the Security. Council for weeks to come.
There is a good deal of anxiety in Zionist circles over the forni-
ation in Washington of a new "Committee for Justice. and Peace. in
the Holy. Land,' headed. by Dr. Virginia Gildersleeve . . . The in-
fluence of this group is not underestimated, and it is taken for
granted_that- American oil interests will be only too willing to sup-
port it ... The fact that Kermit Roosevelt, known for his pro-Arab
position, is the executive director of the new group indicates what
the group is up to ... Its leaders make no secret of the fact that they
will seek reconsideration of the UN partition decision on Pales-

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tine . .. The State Department seems to be interested in the work

of this group, and so are some leaders of the American Council for
Judaism . . . Rabbi Morris Lazaron of -Baltimore is one of the mem-
bers of its national council of 100 citizens which will be the govern-
ing- body of the Committee

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