Plan SOS Drive on Oct. 31
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THE JEWISH NEWS
Friday, August 27, 1948
Griffiths to Meet Greenbergs
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0. L. Dorworth of Board of Commerce
Helps Unite Families of War Buddies
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Women's League
To Aid with SOS
Mrs. Samuel B. Danto, presi-
dent of the League of Jewish
Women's Organizations, has
pledged the 'woman power" of
300 women—and their cars—to
assist in the single-day SOS
Drive Oct. 31.
This year's SOS Drive has a
quota of 500,000 pounds of food
and clothing for overseas sur-
vivors due to leave for Palestine.
The Supplies for Overseas Sur-
vivors Drive is a part of the Joint
Distribution Committee's pro-
gram, and the collection of food
Discussing plans for this year's one-day SOS Drive which will and clothing items releases funds
for rehabilitation and transporta-
fake place on Sunday, October 31, are: ISIDORE ROSENTHAL,
tion of displaced persons in Pal-
Congregation Beth Itzchock; MEYER LEIBOWITZ, Bnai Brith East estine.
Side; MORRIS KLAUS, Congregation Shaarey Zedek; BENJAMIN
Mrs. Danto pledged the aid of
BAGDADE, Temple Israel.
the women's organizations in the
single-day door-to-door SOS col-
lection. Among the plans set by
the League is a breakfast meet-
ing for presidents and commu-
By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
nity relations chairmen of all af-
filiated groups. At this meeting
Quoth the Koran:
outstanding leaders of the com-
'We Said to the Children of Israel: Dwell Ye in the Land.'
munity will speak on SOS needs.
The Bible is Israel's mandate to Palestine,—and so, also, is the
Koran. To quote the sacred book of the Moslems:
JDC Regional Parley
"Pharaoh and his people--verily they are a people who act
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abominably. And we wished to be gracious to those who were
weakened in the earth, and to make them models, and to make
them the heirs; and to show Pharaoh and Haman and their hosts
The East Central Region of the
what they had to beware of from them.
Joint Distribution Committee
"But we saved the Children of Israel from shameful woe!—
will meet in Cincinnati in the
from Pharaoh, verily, he was haughty, one of the extravagant!
Netherlands Plaza Hotel, Sunday,
And we did choose them above the world.
Sept. 12, it was announced by
"And we did give Moses to guidance; and we made the Chil-
Lester D. Alexander of Toledo,
dren of Israel to inherit the Book, as a guidance and a reminder
regional chairman.
to those endowed with minds.
Representatives from six East
"Moses said to his people: 0, my people! enter the Holy
Central states will hear first-
Land which God has prescribed for you; and be not thrust back.
hand, authoritative reports on
"And we said to the Children of Israel: Dwell ye in the land;
the most recent developments in
and when the promise of the hereafter comes to pass, we will
bring you in a mixed crowd."
the overseas scene as well as an
There is one thing to remember: Farouk, one of Israel's adver- account of future JDC recon-
saries, is the modern Pharaoh whom Israel has outwitted. Israel struction and emigration plans.
acts in accordance with the Koran's prophecy, but the "spokesman
Officers of the JDC East Cen-
for the Arabs" defies the Koran. "The promise of the hereafter"
has come to pass. No wonder the wiser Arabs are with Israel and tral Region from communities to
be represented at the one-day
are defying the Mufti-Farouk crowd.
meeting include Mrs Henry
Wineman of Detroit.
Most Arabs Not Anti-Israel
Through the efforts of 0. L.
Dorworth of the Detroit Board of
Commerce, the family of a war
hero who gave his life for this
country in the last war will be
able to meet their son's buddy
and his family in , Detroit.
Warren Griffith, son of 1.k!!:,r. and
Mrs. C. 0. Griffith, of 201 Lin-
coln St., Greenfield, Ind., was
killed in action in the last war.
One of his closest friends was
William Greenberg, a Detroit
serviceman. Mr. and Mrs. Grif-
fith, retaining their son's affec-
tion for his :..rmy buddy, desired
to continue the friendly associa-
tion but were unable to reach
Organizations Mobilize for 1948
SOS Campaign to be Held Oct. 31
Purely Commentary
An important point must be emphasized: the Arabs are not so
easily fooled and most of them are not opposed to Israel. As a mat-
ter of fact, many of them are pro-Israel. Here are some interesting
facts:
A survey conducted by Kenneth Bilby, New York Herald
Tribune correspondent in Israel, shows that King Abdullah of
Transjordania is ready to negotiate peace terms with Jewry, that
King Farouk of Egypt would welcome an opportunity gracefully
to withdraw from the fight without loss of prestige; that King
Ibn Saud of Saudi-Arabia has made little contribution to the
Arab fight on Israel and that Lebanon is too weak to play a de-
cisive role in the conflict and is not keen for more fighting.
Only Syria and Iraq are antagonistic, but Abdullah could halt
Iraqi attacks.
While Egypt continues to appease its ultra-nationalist Moslem
Brotherhood and Saudi-Arc• bia has snubbed a U. S. loan offer, it has
become clear that much of the fighting in Palestine was inspired by
a desire to prevent uprisings against existing Arab governments.
An analyst of the Christian Science Monitor pointed out that in-
ternal situations in Arabic countries are becoming explosive as a
result of the poor shovvitig made by their armies. Lebanon has re-
shuffled its government, "sacrificing convenieV scapegoats to the
angry population." Anti-British sentiments are aggravating the
Iraqian situation, with the leftist pro-Russian groups gaining ground,
in spite of Russian support for Israel. The Monitor's writer comes to
this conclusion:
"Observers of Middle Eastern conditions believe that west-
ern influence in the Arab world is doomed irretrievably unless
the Anglo-Saxon powers succeed in setting up a Middle Eastern
economic federation, including the Arab countries and Israel,
and in backing up the new organization with a comprehensive
development scheme not unlike the European Recovery Plan."
The Government of Israel certainly has no objection to such a
solution, provided that the unquestioned existence of the State of
Israel is acknowledged not only by the world's powers, but also by
the Arab entente.
Of special interest in the Arab-Jewish conflict is the important
story that was cabled to the New York Times last week by Julian
Louis Meltzer, its Jerusalem correspondent. We learn from Mr.
Meltzer's dsipatch that Sheikh Yussef Abu Ghosh, 28-year-old Mos-
lem feudal landlord and clan chieftain of a large area west of Jeru-
salem, declared that he ardently desires Arab-Jewish peace, that he
is ready to negotiate with Israel, that he hates this war and is "ready
to give my soul for peace," that he had been a member of the Fight-
ers for Freedom of Israel (Stern Group) and that he had arranged
the successful escape from a British prison hospital of the 23-year-
old pretty Yemenite girl, Geulah Cohen. He first met The girl whose
escape he planned on the day of his interview with the New York
Times correspondent last week at his hillside residence above the
hamlet of Enab, and Miss Cohen confirmed in every detail his ac-
count of her escape when she "walked out of the hospital doors in
full view of British policemen while wearing the attire of a veiled
Moslem woman that the Sheikh had brought to her."
Mr. Meltzer quotes Sheikh Yussef as admitting his hatred for
the British. His dispatch states:
"Sheikh Yussef stated that he had not joined the Stern
Group for financial reasons. He said: am the head of my fam-
ily now and a wealthy man. I have contributed large sums to
the war chest of the Fighters for Freedom of Israel.' He said_
that he intended to devote his further efforts to 'counteract the
pro-British Arabs and to making peace between the Arab and
Jewish people.' "
Evidence is piling up that the Arabs want peace with their
"Jewish cousins," that those whose minds have not been poisoned
by Mufti and British propaganda resent the anti-Israeli efforts of
their self-seeking chieftains and that there are excellent opportuni-
ties for peace — provided pro-British and pro-Mufti agents are re-
moved from the scenes of battles and discussions. It is no wonder,
therefore, that Israel's government leaders have least fear of the
Arabs and are chiefly concerned that there should be an end to
sabotage from antagonistic governments withill,the United Nations.
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Woodhull Gathering
Responds to Hordes'
Appeal With $1,000
Responding .to an appeal made
by William. Hordes, chairman of
the administrative committee of
the Jewish National Fund Coun-
cil of Detroit, an audience that
attended a concert last Sunday
night at Woodhull Lake contrib-
uted the sum of $1,000 to the
JNF.
In addition to Mr. Hordes' ad-
dress, there was a program of
entertainment, including the
showing of • a Palestine movie.
Sam Weissman was the chairman
of the evening.
The affair was sponsored by
the . Woodhull Lake Property .
Owners' Association. Mr. Weiss-
man was assisted in arranging
the affair by Isadore Gussin, Jos-
eph Ainbinder, Jock Levitsky,
Louis Raskin, Nathan Rubin and
Sam Siegel.
Windsor Borrows
$50,000 for UPA
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him for lack of a proper address.
The Griffiths wrote to Mr. Dor-
worth, but the many Greenbergs
in the telephone book made it
difficult to reach the proper fam-
ily. The Jewish News was pre-
pared to assist him in reaching
the proper persons. Just as we
were going to press, however, Mr.
Dorworth called to say that he
reached William • Greenberg's
mother and had arranged for a
meeting of the Griffiths and the
Greenbergs.
William Greenberg's father
died in May, 1944. The Green-
bergs reside at 2000 Leslie.
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At a meeting at the Jewish
Community Center, plans were
formulated for the city-wide
SOS drive to be held on Sunday,
Oct. 31.
Representatives from organ-
izations set a quota of 600 cars
and jumpers to pick up material
for the one-day Supplies for
Overseas Survivors drive. The
following appointments of key
drive positions were made:
Goldie Levinstein, director of the
non-intensive area; Morris Suss-
man, chairman of men's organiz-
ation; Corinne Perlis, chairman
of dispatch center; Mrs. Helen
Singer, acting chairman of the
women's committee. One-half
million pounds of clothing and
food is the quota set for this
year's campaig-n to raise material
for overseas survivors embark-
ing from Palestine.
Organizational SOS represent-
atives at the meeting were: Ben-
jamin Bagdade, Temple Israel
Men's Club; Isidore Rosenthal,
Beth Itzchoch Synagogue; Mor-
ris Klaus, Shaarey Zedek, Men's
Club; Meyer Lebowitz, Bnai Brith
men; Bob Warren; Mrs. Belle
Fields, Bnai Brith women; Dr.
Martin Naimark, chairman, out-
state SOS; Goldie Levinstein, SOS
non-intensive area division di-
rector; Mandell Berman, city-
wide SOS chairman; Norman
Naimark, SOS intensive area
drive director; Helen Singer, re-
gional SOS chairman; and Lena
Brotsky, secretary, non-intensive
area drive.
Between You and Me
By BORIS SMOLAR
(Copyright. 1948, •Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.)
A Zionist '.New Deal'
Although it is very quiet on the American Zionist front, there
will be lively action here next month, after the American delegates
return from the current session of the Zionist Actions Committee
in Israel . . . The issue will be whether the Labor Zionists in the
United States should practically merge with the ZOA under the
leadership of Dr. Abba Hillel Silver or not . • Such a possibility
is foreseen in connection with the forthcoming parliamentary elec-
tions in Israel . . . Without the aid of the General Zionists in Israel
the Labor Party, led by David Ben Gurion, may not gain sufficient
strength to keep Ben Gurion and Shertok in their present leading
positions in the Israeli Cabinet . . . Dr. Silver, who is now in Israel,
is willing to secure the support of the General Zionists in Israel for
Ben Gurion providing the Zionist Laborites in the United States
reciprocate . . . Such reciprocation would involve putting the Labor
Zionist movements in this country under the domination of the
ZOA leadership, including such institutions as the Geverkshaften
campaign, the fund-raising organization of the American Labor
Zionist movement . . Some of the Labor Zionist leaders in the
United States are inclined to accept Dr. Silver's terms, as long as
this strengthens the position of Ben Gurion and his Labor Party in
Israel ... Others oppose these terms . . . The issue will become ripe
in New York with the approach of election day in Tel Aviv .. .
Who said American Zionists will have no influence on the march of
political events in Israel?
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Attention! Attention!
• There is a good deal of confusion now in this country in con-
nection with continued arrival of persons from Israel who claim
that they represent the Jewish state . . . Some of them release
statements to the press which cause embarrassment to the authoriz-
ed representatives of Israel ... No wonder that the Israeli Office
of Information in New York is now warning the press not to accept
any statements before checking whether the persons making them
really represent the Government of Israel.
Is it true that an Egyptian, Nekrashi Pasha, is now concluding
the purchase in the United States of 12 jet fighters, available within
a month? ... Would such a transaction not fall under the U. S.
arms embargo order for the countries of the Middle East? . . . And
is it true that Turkey is delivering to the Arab states weapons and
war materiel coming from the United States? . . . And what about
the intelligence report received in this country that 16 medium-
sized bombers of English make were delivered during the first two
weeks of August at the Egyptian port of Alexandria? . . . They
were sent in crates, in separate parts, labelled "agricultural im-
plements," and are now being assembled at Marash Matruh . . .
And where were the UN observers when a Turkish cargo ship, the
Jawuz Ali, unloaded on Aug. 15 about 2,000 tons of war materiel
in the Lebanese port of Latakieh for delivery to Arab hide outs
along the Palestine border?
• It seems that the machinery set up by UN mediator Count
Folke Bernadotte to prevent delivery of arms and ammunition to
the belligerent countries during the Arab-Jewish truce is not work-
ing in perfect order ... There is not even a UN observer stationed
at Latakieh at the time these lines are written!
In response to an. urgent plea
from the United Palestine Ap-
peal, the Windsor Jewish Com-
munity Council has negotiated a
loan for $50,000 from two Wind-
sor banks.. The funds have been
forwarded to UPA by the Wind-
sor Jewish Welfare Fund.
A number of community lead-
ers signed the bank notes, and
the Community Council Board of
Governors has ordered that re-
payment of the loan is to have
priority on all funds collected in Plans and Action
the community.
American. Jewish groups deserve great credit for an order issued
this week by Gen. Lucius D. Clay, establishing the Jewish Restitu-
tion Successor Organization in Germany .. . Much planning was
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carried on in New York and in Washington prior to the establish-
ment of this new body which will trace heirless Jewish property
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and see that its proceeds go to benefit Jewish victims of the Nazi
On account of Labor Day,
regime ... The value of such unclaimed property runs into millions
of dollars and a small mission may now be sent by Jewish groups
it is necessary to set an earlier
in this country to Germany to aid the new organization in the
deadline for our issue of Sept.
early stages of its work . The board of directors of this new or-
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ganization is composed of representatives of the Jewish Agency,
All copy, including photo-
Joint Distribution Committee, American Jewish Committee, Ameri-
graphs, for that issue must
can Jewish Conference, World Jewish Congress and Agudas Israel.
reach the office of The Jewish
. Non-American Jewish groups represented on the board include
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the Board of Deputies of British Jews, Central British Fund, Central
Friday, Sept. 3.
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cil of the Jews of France.
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