13-G Addressing Large Gathering
From Platform at the City Hall
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THE JEWISH NEWS
Friday, May 25, 1951
Kay Announces
Treasury Gifts
To Allied Drive
Israel Prime Minister DAVID BEN-GURION is shown heread-
dressing the large gathering from the specially-erected platform
in front of the City Hall. Shown in the photo are MAYOR COBO,
SELDEN B. DAUME, who resided, GOVERNOR WILLIAMS, Mrs.
BEN-GURION and a number of the state and city officials.
Shapero Worked for New Polio Center
The Common Council on May
15 approved a resolution creat-
ing a. Polio Center in Pavilion 7
of Herman Keifer Hospital.
Nearly $109,000 of Torch Drive
Funds was earmarked for the
Center.
Nate S. Shapiro, president of
Cunningham's Drug Stores and
vice-chairman of the Metropoli-
tan Detroit Polio Foundation,
played a major role in the cre-
ation of the Center.
He personally sought t h e
opinions of Eugene Taylor, lead-
ing consultant on rehabilitation
centers, and Dr. Ho'ward Rusk,
founder of New York's Rehabili-
tation Institute, on the plans
and methods finally agreed up-
on.
Purely Commentary
By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ -
Democracy and the Judeo
—
Christian Tradition
Leon Kay, chairman of the
organizations division of the
1951 Allied Jewish Campaign,
released the names of. Jewish
groups in Detroit that have to
date made treasury gifts to the
campaign. These gifts, Kay em-
phasized, are exclusive of indi-
vidual contributions made by
each member of the organiza-
tions. Groups contributing in-
clude:
Bereznitzer Aid Society, $2,500: Ber-
dichever Progressive Aid Society, $1,000;
Detroit Dynamic Club, $1,000; Zhitomer
Progressive Verein, $600; Eishisker So-
ciety, S500; Korostishever Aid Society,
$500.
Skverer Relief Society, $500; Yiddish
Folks Verein, $500; David Horodoker Be-
nevolent Society, $500; Jewish Home for
Aged, S450; Loinzer Loan Society, $400;
Pogrebishtcher Progressive Society, $300;
Sokolivker Progressive Verein, $300; Bia-
losktoker Aid Society, $300; Chernigover
& Loyever Aid Society, $300; Bnai Brith.
Harry B. Keidan Lodge, $250.
Sosnovitzer
Ben-diner "LTAIT Verein,
$250; Mogilover Progressive Verein, $200;
Beth Jacob, $200; JWF Post 135, $110;
BriSker Progressive Aid Society, $200;
Wilner Relief SoCiety, $150i Vinnitier
Progressive Society, $100; Pisgah- Lodge,
Bnai Brith, $100; Raskin Family Club,
$100.
Cong. Adas Yeshurirn, $100; -Indepen-
dent Detroit Lodge, $75; Bnai Brith
Louis D. Brandeis Lodge B o w ling
League $50; Cong. Nusach Harie, $50;
JWF Post 230, $50; Kiev Progressive So-
ciety, $50; Bnai Brith Israel Lodge,. $25;
Louis Marshall Lodge, Bnai Brith Bowl-
ing League, $25.
Rabbi Mandel M. Zager Lodge 1614
Bnai Brith, $25; Beth Tikvah, $25; JWF
Post 420, $25; JWF Post 510, $25; JWF
Post 530, $25; Sunday Evening Friendship
Club, $25; Gluklick Family Club, $25;
Goldsmith Family Center, S10; Bnai Brith
Donald Fox Lodge 1818, $10.
Comments in an article on "Justice and Righteousness' in a
recent issue of the Journal of American Judicature Society that
"democracy is not only religious—it is Christian," that demo-
cracy can be established, preserved and strengthened only where
Christianity is established, preserved and strengthened," have
inspired interesting repudiations by one of the most distinguished
American Jewish leaders, Judge Louis E. Levinthal of Philadelphia.
Judge Levinthal's reply, addressed to Glenn R. Winters, editor
of Journal of American Judicature Society, Hutchins Hall, Ann
Arbor, and printed in the Philadelphia Jewish Exponent, urges
wider use of the term, "Judeo-Christian tradition," popularized by
President Woodrow Wilson, "in referring to the ideals which both
Judaism and Christianity share in common."
The challenger of the views expressed in the judicature
journal asserts that "Judaism" and "Jewish" could be substituted
Workers in the food division
for "Christianity" and "Christian" in the dogmatic linking of pledged a solid 24 hours of so-
the terms with "democracy." Judge Levinthal advanced this in- licitation for the Allied Jewish
teresting case in support of the Jewish viewpoint:
Campaign to clean up their out-
Certainly, Amos was a Prophet of Israel long before the standing slips this week, George
dawn of the Christian era. His passionate cry for justice and D. Keil, division chairman, an-
righteousness, the text of your editorial, may be regarded as nounced
the keynote of the Jewish Bible. "Righteousness and justice
Those who took time from
are the foundation of Thy throne," says the Psalmist. Judaism
businesses
and offices to help
considered justice as the basis of all ethical qualities in God
or man, and the dignity of all men, created in the image of swell the food total, which stood
God, as of paramount importance. "Thou shalt love thy neigh- at more than $350,000, were Tom
bor as theyself'" (Leviticus XIX:18) and "Ye shall have one Borman, Maurice Elkin, Abe
law . . . both for him that is born among them" (Numbers Gurwin, Joseph Keidan, Keil,
XV:29) are basic doctrines which Christianity took over from Sol Kurtzman, Herman Levine,
James Marks, Morris Mendelson,
ancient Israel.
Judaism required that human personality be respected in Morey Rosenthal and Al Weiss.
With 65% of their slips cov-
every human being—in the delinquent, even in the criminal
condemned to death. The lashes to be inflicted on the evil-doer ered, workers in the division had
must be strictly limited, "lest . . . thy brother should seem vile already secured 154 pledges from
unto thee" (Deuteronomy XXV:3); and if he be found deserv- people who had not previously
ing of death by hanging, his human dignity must still be re- given to the campaign.
spected : his body not to remain hanging overnight, but must be
buried the same day. (Deuteronomy XXI:23).
The tone of your editorial echoes the strange misconcep- Navy to Stage Exhibit
tion prevailing in certain circles that the national existence Of Combat Paintings
of ancient Israel was a mere preparation to Christianity - and
that democracy is the product of Christianity alone. That
By orders from Headquarters
view runs counter to the facts of history as marshalled by
Ninth Naval District, Lt. Comdr.
many scholars, Christian as well as Jewish.
"Down to modern times," says T. H. Huxley, "no state had Harry H. Meisner, USNR, will
a constitution in which the interests of the people are so serve temporary duty as chair-
largely taken into account, in which the DUTIES _so . much man of "Operation P a 1 e t t e"
more than the privileges of rulers are insisted upon, as that (paintings by Navy combat ar-
tists). Lt. Col. Henry G. Totz-
drawn up for Israel in Deuteronomy and Leviticus."
The late Judge Mayer Sulzberger, who was not only a dis- ke, USMCR, is vice-chairman of
tinguished jurist in Philadelphia, but also an eminent scholar the exhibition to be staged in
in the domain of ancient Israel's politics and government, said
what is generally accepted by enlightened Christians as well Memorial Build-
ing Rainbow
as Jews:
"There is no historical record of any other nation which, Room, com-
as early as a millennium before the present era, had over- mencing June 4,
come the -forces both of despotism and of unbridled democ- through June
racy. The Jewish people at large had as keen an outlook and 27.
Brought to
as wide a vision in political as in religious affairs; and while
the modern monotheistic conception of the universe is largely Detroit by t h e
the product of their genius, so the modern conception of a Reserve Officers
\ rational, democratic, representative government owes its or- A s sociation,
igin to the same ancestry. The remarkable phenomenon that Navy Chapter,
the English people and their American descendants, the only in c o op erationComdr. Meisner
nations that have really comprehended and utilized the prin- with the Navy recruiting office,
ciples of parliamentary government, took the Jewish Bible as under the direction of Com-
their textbook in times of stress and storm, will thus be ex- mander Meisner, the exhibition
plained."
represents a selected group of
Judge Levinthal has rendered an important service by chal- 100 outstanding works of Navy
lenging the claims of the judicature journal. His illuminating combat artists. Among the
statement will be incorporated in our historical data as a coura- paintings will be some by De-
geous presentation of a just claim against those who assume, as troit's own artist, Comdr. Al-
he asserts, that "ancient Israel was a mere preparation to Chris- bert K. Murray, USNR.
tianity," without due regard to the Judaic principles which re-
Many of the pictures have be-
main the guiding factors in all religious teachings. Judge Levin- come familiar to the public
thal's challenge has another significant aspect: the readiness of through reproduction in several
an eminent jurist to speak up for truth and to be heard in a magazines and books.
matter involving the dignified position of the Jewish people as
These paintings give a deeper
participants in the advancement of the democratic ideal. We insight into the every day lives
commend him highly for the firm stand he has taken in advan- of the men who fought and won
cing the Jewish viewpoint on democratic ideals.
• the war.
Food Division
Forges Ahead
In 1951 Drive
-
Ben-Gurion Describes Histadrut's
Objectives to CIO and AFL Leaders
Among the highlights of Is-
rael Prime Minister David Ben-
Gurion's visit here was a confer-
ence he had, prior to the dinner
meeting Monday with CIO and
AFL officials.
Frank X. Martel, president of
the Wayne
County Federa-
tion of Labo r,
outlined the dif-
ferences be-
tween the two
labor groups. It
was admitted
that only minor
matters d i v i de
F. X. Martel the groups.
Mr. Ben-Gurion described the
functions of the basic, central
labor movement in Israel — the
Histadrut — and in answer to a
question by Miss Florence
Sweeney of the Detroit Federa-
tion of Teachers expressed the
view that in this country, too, a
single labor organization should
be able - to function efficiently.
The Jewish News representa-
tive took occasion to comment
that on one question both CIO
and AFL always cooperate:
their wholehearted support of
Israel and Zionism, and all the
labor leaders assented heartily.
In the course of his conver-
sation, Mr. Ben-Gurion point-
ed to Ted Kollek, Israel Minis-
ter Plenipotentiary, and re-
ferred to him as a typical ex-
ample of an agricultural work-
er who is a member of Hista-
drut representing the collec-
tive settlement of Ein Gev.
When the question was posed
whether the collective movement
in Israel is temporary or perma-
nent, both B-G and Kollek em-
phatically stated that it is per-
manent, and Kollek commented
that third generation settlers al-
ready are continuing the work
in his settlement.
On Tuesday morning, an
hour before his departure for
Cleveland, B-G conferred with
a group of Detroit Histadrut
leaders.
A warm message of greeting
was telegraphed to Mr. Ben-
Gurion by Michigan's U.S. Sen-
ator Homer Ferguson. A verbal
message also was transmitted
.
to the Prime Minister from Sen-
ator Blair Moody.
National lead-
e s in the Israel
bond drive were
heartened by the
Prime Minister's
meeting w i t
"IHenry Ford IL
:Mr. Ben-Gurion
and a group of
Israel officials
.:were the guests
of the Fords at
lunch. Impor-
tant issues were
discussed for co-
, opera tion be- .
Henry Ford II tween the Fords
and the state of Israel. On Mon-
day morning, B-G and his asso-
ciates visited the Kaiser-Frazer
plant and conferred with K-F
officials.
The resolution prepared by
Councilman Charles O a k m a n,
w e 1 coming
Ben Gurion to
Detroit, s e tting
aside last Mon-
day as Ben-
Gurion Day and
the entire week
as Israel Bond
Week, was wide-
ly acclaimed
throughout the
community. Oakman
The- Michigan State Senate
adopted a resolution introduced
by Senator Charles Blondy, con-
gratulating the state of Israel
on its third anniversary and ac-
claiming the visit of the Prime
Minister in Michigan.
. :
—P.S.
Israel's Bond Issue Might
Be Subscribed in "Over a Year,"
Kaplan Says in Washington
WASHINGTON, (JTA) —Israel
Finance Minister Eliezer Kap-
lan met with Assistant Secretary
of State George McGhee and
later told reporters that the
$500,000,000 .Israel Bond Issue
might be subscribed in "per-
haps over a year." Mr. Kaplan
stated that financial and eco-
nomic problems were discussed
at this meeting.
Between You and Me
By BORIS SMOLAR
(Copyright, 1951, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.)
Current Events
Now that Premier David. Ben-Gurion's visit to the United
States is coming to an end, alt kinds of estimates are being made
of how much his appearance in this country helped in raising
funds for Israel . . Authoritative Israeli circles here are certain
that Israel will receive two or three times as much financial assist-
ance from all sources in this country as compared to last year . .
Incidentally, during his talks with President Truman, the Israeli
Premier discussed not only American financial aid to the Jewish
state, but also how the U. S. Governinent can help Israel get rep-
arations from Germany for Nazi-looted Jewish property ... Dur-
ing his stay in New York, Ben-Gurion startled members of the
United Nations with his linguistic abilities . . . The Turkish dele-
gates discovered that Ben-Gurion speaks Turkish fluently ... Not
to speak of the fact that in addition to Hebrew, Yiddish, and Eng-
lish, he also has mastery of Greek, Russian, Polish and GeilMan
In honor of Ben-.Gurion a New York publishing house—the Bloch
Publishing Company—arranged a window display of the works
written by the Israeli Premier — . They included five heavy vol-
umes, in addition to his latest book "Israel in War" .. . The win-
dow display, decorated with Ben-Gurion's photos and the Israel
Flag, attracted a good deal of attention.
Facts and Figures
Keep your eyes on Chicago this week-end . One of the most
significant and far-reaching gatherings in American Jewish life
will take place at Palmer House there ... Community leaders from
all parts of the country will gather to talk over UJA matters in
the presence of Premier Ben-Gurion . On the whole, the UJA
is doing very well this year . .. Here are a few facts illustrating
the situation up to this month. . San Francisco, which has
passed the $1,000,000 mark, is five percent ahead of last year .
Atlanta is beyond $533,000 and maintaining a five percent increase
. . . Baltimore stands at better than $3,155,000 and is running
eight percent ahead of last year ...Detroit has topped the $1,900,000
mark and is running 1.5 percent ahead . . Kansas City has raised
more than $1,000,000 and is five percent ahead of 1950 .. . Newark
has gone by the $1,350,000 figure p,nd shows an increase of better
than 15 percent . ..Cincinnati has about $900,000 in, with the
increase standing at 12 percent ... Cleveland is just about at the
$3,000,000 mark and running 14 percent ahead of last year . .
New York City has passed the $20,000,000 mark and is ahead of
1950 results in the corresponding .period . . . Philadelphia has
raised more than $3,500,000 thus far and shows a 17 percent in-
crease . . . Pittsburgh has raised well • over $1,500,000 and is eight
percent ahead . . . Dallas has raised more than $746,000 to date
and is already ahead of last year's final total . . . Memphis has
passed the $350,000 mark and is running 22 percent ahead . . .
Houston has more than $540,000 recorded and is already past the
total amount raised last year . . Washington has exceeded
$1,300,000 and is maintaining an eight percent increase.
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