Jewish Agency Denies Reports of
Immigration Curtailment by Israel

JERUSALEM, (JTA) —Reports tember, as compared with 15,000
abroad that immigration into monthly before. There has been
Israel was being reduced either no change in the Romanian
with official or unofficial sanc- Government's policy on emigra-
tion of the authorities brought tion to Israel, it was pointed
a sharp denial from the Jewish out, but in recent weeks the
Agency immigration depart- procedure of notifying prospec-
ment. The falling off of immi- tive emigrants only a few days
gration during August and Sep- in advance of their scheduled
tember was described as "sea- departure forced many to delay
sonal" and is due to new tech- their sailing. It was predicted
nical procedures in Romania that immigration would pick up
which reduced by one-half the within the next few months,
normal transfer of 4,000 month- especially from Ira n. Two
planes now bring in about 200
ly from that country.
About 7,000 immigrants ar- immigrants daily from that
rived in Israel in August with country. This service will be
about 8,000 scheduled for Sep- increased.

Purely Commentary

By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ

A Glorious Yom Kippur Prayer

There is nothing more beautiful in any faith, in any language,
than this Yom Kippur prayer, whose origin is credited to the
Talmudic sages:

May it be Thy will, 0 God, that we return to Thee in per-
fect penitence, so that we may not be ashamed to meet our
fathers in the life to come.
Unite our hearts, 0 God, to fear Thy name; keep up far
from what Thou hatest; bring us near to what Thou Zovest;
and deal mercifully with us for Thy name's sake.
May it be Thy will, 0 God, that love and peace and brother-
liness dwell among us! May our hopes of Heaven be fulfilled!
Grant that the good inclination may uphold us. Fill us with the
desire to fear Thy name, and do Thou give us our soul's
peace. Amen.

In these few lines are incorporated the Jewish ideals for peace
and brotherhood, for amity: among nations, for faith and mercy.
May it be fulfilled in our time!

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A Great School Advances the American Ideal

The triumph of the American way of life finds confirmation
this week in the celebration of the 25th anniversary of a great
agency sponsored by our county—the Wayne Training School.
Here is an agency which has come to the rescue of boys and girls
who needed training and encouragement in a special way. They
had been injured, and the regular school system could not help
them. This Training School, whose quarter century of existence
is-being marked by special programs this week-end, has perfected
vocational guidance to a high degree for hundreds of youngsters.
It has fitted hundreds into useful trades and continues to build
good citizenship in its great Northville setting.
As a public agency, the religious views of all are fully respect-
ed. Jewish, Catholic and Protestant services are conducted by
trained teachers and the human element predominates.
One man is primarily responsible for the success of this
school: Dr. Robert H. Haskell, the school's medical superintendent,
who has served it from its very beginning in 1926. We salute him
and the school he directs as symbols of the highest type of Ameri-
can idealism.

Leonard Lyons — 'Trials and Errors'

Leonard Lyons, author of one of the best columns (The Lyons
Den) in the American press, was wrong when he wrote recently
that—"Henry Ford II learned that the new Republic of Israel
was in desperate need of rock-crushers, for use in getting ma-
terial for home-building. Ford then donated a complete rock-
crushing plant." The fact is that a group of Detroit Jews have
financed this project and that one of Ford's right-hand men,
Alfred May, a prominent Detroit Jewish lawyer, is one of the
investors in this interesting project.
According to Leonard Lyons, in the same column,—

King Farouk of Egypt was at the gambling casinos in
Cannes last week, contrary to the reports that he had stopped
his spree. At the high-stake chemin-de-fer table the King of
Egypt was asked by one of the players what he thought would
happen to the world in the next few years . . . "I believe that
soon there will be only five Kings left in the whole world," re-
plied Farouk. "The King of Hearts, the King of Spades, the
King of Clubs, the King of Diamonds—and maybe, the King of
England."
The Yiddishist would say, "fun zein moil in Gott's eiveren"—

from his mouth into the Almighty's ears. It is the prophecy of
doom for monarchs. But perhaps one does not have to be too
clever to predict downfall for a monarch like the Mitzri.
We question the interpretation of Dr. Chaim Weizmann's at-
titude on the Arab refugee question implicit in the following story
from another of Lyons' columns :

Secretary of Labor Tobin tells of his visit to Chaim Weiz-
mann, when he spoke of President Truman's disappointment
that Weizmann hadn't taken a stronger position regarding
protection of Arab refugees. "I'm- only a Constitutional Presi-
dent," replied Weizmann "and it's outside my province." He il-
lustrated by describing the day when he dropped his handker-
chief and an aide picked it up. "Thank you," said Weizmann.
"Thank you very miich." The aide was surprised at his grati-
tude. "My 'handkerchief is the only thing I can stick my nose
into," said Weizmann, "into everything else—it's Ben-Gurion's
nose."

If quoted correctly, it is surprising that Dr. Weizmann should
have spoken in such vein about the actual Chief of State in Israel.
But what amazes us—if the quotation is true—is that Dr. Weiz-
mann should have differed in the matter involving the Arab
refugees. There is a very important point which the President of
Israel—even if he is President only in name—knows as well if
not better better than any one else. It is this: when "compensa-
tion" is spoken of, it is necessary to take into consideration the
Jewish losses. Jews have lost not only in Germany and have not
been compensated for the destruction of their property: Jews
have been robbed and deprived of all their possessions in Moslem
countries. When compensation is discussed, there must be taken
into consideration the compensation due the Jews who have
fled from Yemen and Egypt and Syria and the Old City of Jeru-
salem and Iraq. The Jewish losses are certain more than to over-
balance those of the Arabs. Dr. Weizmann's statement needs
explaining.

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THE JEWISH NEWS

Friday, October 5, 1951

AHC Great Lakes
Council Conclave
Here on Nov. 3,

The second annual convention
of the Great Lakes Council of
the Union of American Hebrew
Congregations will be held in
Detroit, at the Statler Hotel,
Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 3
and 4. Representatives of 30 re-
forin congregations in the states
of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michi-
gan and Illinois (outside of Chi-
cago), as well as national lead-
ers in Reform Judaism, are ex-
pected to attend the convention.
There will be an Oneg Shabbat
Nov. 3, 4 p.m., to be followed by
a cocktail party and reception
at 6 p.m. and a banquet at 7
p.m. There will be breakfast
meetings of committees on Nov.
4, to be followed by four work-
shop sessions, under the theme
of "Strengthening the Snya-
gogue," dealing with the follow-
ing subjects: "How to Make the
Religious School More Affective"
"Programs That Attract and
Hold Youth Groups," "How to
Secure Better Attendance at
Public Worship" and "Financial
Planning in the Synagogue." A
luncheon at 1 will be followed
by a business session at 2:15.
Temple Beth El and Temple
Israel of Detroit are acting as
the co-host congregations for
the convention.
Simultaneously with the con-
vention of the Great Lakes
Council,' the National Associa-
tion of Temple Secretaries (Re-
form) and the National Associa-
tion of Synagogue Administra-
tors (Conservative) will hold
their mid-western convention on
Nov. 2, 3 and 4 at the Statler
Hotel.

Israel Lines Streets
To Roar Its Welcome
To Mayor Impellitteri

JERUSALEM, (JTA)—The peo-
ple of Jerusalem gave an enthu-
siastic welcome to Vincent R.
Impellitteri, Mayor of New York,
"the most Jewish city in the
world."
Arriving from the Lydda In-
ternational Airport in a motor
cavalcade escorted by motor-
cycle police, Mayor Impellitteri
was greeted by cheering crowds
that lined the streets leading
to the King David Hotel.
After a short rest, the Mayor
visited Premier David Ben-Gu-
rion, at whose invitation he
came to the Jewish state, and
had a half-hour conversation
with him. Later he was the guest
of the Jerusalem City Council at
a reception and, accompanied
by Jerusalem's Mayor S. Z.
Shragai, he reviewed a police
guard of honor.
Mayor Shragai, who presented
Mayor Impellitteri with a geld
pin on which was embossed the
Jerusalem seal, called him "one
of Israel's staunchest friends"
and gave him the freedom of the
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city.
Impellitteri paid tribute to Is-
rael for doing "what no other
nation would ever do—main-
taining ah open door policy for
homeless thousands." He added
that Israel "deserves" the con-
tinued co-operation of the civ-
ilized world.
From this reception he left for
a tour of the Jerusalem area,
during which he laid a wreath
on the tomb of Dr. Theodor
Herzl. He was guest of honor
at a dinner given by Premier
Ben - Gurion and which was
attended by members of the Is-
rael Cabinet and Parliament
and the Jewish Agency executive.

Israel's National Income
Jumps 40% over '49 Figure
NEW YORK—Israel's national
income last year jumped 40%
over that of 1949 and topped the
1950 goals of the country's Four-
Year-Development Plan by 10%,
according to the current issue of
Economic Horizons, monthly
publication of the Economic De-
partment of the Jewish Agency,
New York. National income in
1950 was $935,000,000, compared
to $679,000,000 the previous year.
The number of gainfully em-
ployed, totalling 460,000, also ex-
ceeded Four-Year-Plan goals for
1950 by 4%.

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Council Sponsors High Holiday
Program on WWJ Sunday Evening

The culture commission of the Jewish Community Council,
headed by Lawrence Crohn and Louis LaMed, announces that a
High Holiday music program will be presented Sunday, Oct. 7, on
Radio Station WWJ, the first in a series of Holiday programs spon-
sored by the culture commission of the Council.
Featured on the program will be the Choir of Congregation
Shaarey Zedek, in a program of liturgical music. Cantor Jacob
Sonenklar will be the soloist, and the entire musical program will
be under the direction of Dan Frohman. Rabbi Max J. Wohlgel-
ernter, of Congregation Mogen Abraham, will deliver the High
Holiday message. Harry Goldstein will be the narrator, Ole
Foersch at the organ.
Pictured above are the participants in the broadcast: From
left, Burt Wright of WWJ, in charge of the program, Rabbi Wohl-
gelernter, Cantor Sonenklar, Dan Frohman and Harry Goldstein.

Community Council Approves
P4aclver Report In Principle'

Delegates representing more
than 140 of the Jewish Com-
munity Council's affiliated or-
ganizations met Sept. 25 at the
Dexter-Davison Center under
the chairmanship of Dr. Shmar-
ya Kleinman, president. .
Samuel J. Rhodes, chairman
of the community relations
committee, reported on the stat-
us of municipal FEPC. Five
members of the Detroit Common
Council who indicated they will
support the ordinance are Mary
Beck, Edward Connor, John
Kronk, William Rogell and Eu-
gene Van Antwerp. Assurances
have been received that a' bill
for state-wide FEPC will be in-
troduced into the forthcoming
session of the Legislature by
Rep. Louis Crampton (R) of La-
peer. Included in Rhodes' report
was a statement of action taken
by the Council in respect to the
findings of Prof. Robert M. Mac-
Iver, whose report on an evalu-
ation of the national Jewish
community relations agencies
has been completed. Prelimin-
ary consideration has resulted
in a statement approving in
principle MacIver's findings. A
detailed discussion of the report
is planned for a delegate assem-
bly to be held Nov. 18.
The Council's executive direc-
tor, B. M. Joffe, reported on cur-
rent activities and projected
plans for the season. He men-
tioned the Council's participa-
tion in Detroit's 250th anniver-
sary celebration which was fea-
tured by a concert by the Can-
tors' Choir at Grand Circus

Park. He stated that investiga-
tion on the "bombing" of anti-
Semitic leaflets on the Detroit
Tank Arsenal is continuing by
local and national law .enforce-
ment agencies.
His report also included men-
tion of the Hebrew courses at
Wayne University which the
Council is sponsoring, and an
announcement of the three
members of the Police Depart-
ment wh6 have been sent to a
humari relations course at Fisk
University through scholarships
provided jointly by Probus Club
and the Council.

Rabbi Morris Adler, Coun-
cil vice-president, speaking on
"The Role of Jewish Educa-
tion," impressed upon the dele-
gates the importance of pro-
viding adequate Jewish edu-
cation for the children of the
Detroit Jewish community.
The Yiddish culture commit-
tee is planning four programs
in observance of Jewish Book

Month, Jewish Music Month,
Hanukah a n d Purim. Radio
prograrhs include participation
in the Detroit Pulpit Series on
Station WJBK and a Rosh Ha-
shanah program on WWJ on
Oct. 7 at 5:30 p. m.

Louis Rosenzweig-, chairman
of the internal relations com-
mittee, related to the delegates
problems his committee is
considering of unethical soli-
citation of advertising for
Jewish periodicals and the
holding of religious services in
a residential section of the
community.

On the Record

By NATHAN

ZIPRIN
(Copyright, 1951, Seven Arts Feature Syndicate)

The Adenauer Declaration . .

Chancellor Adenauer's declaration in the Bonn Parliament;
admitting German responsibility for the Nazi crimes against Jews-
and offering to negotiate Jewish restitution claims with Jewish
representatives and the State of Israel, is an important pro-
nouncement whose full significance cannot be evaluated before
all the facts are known.
His offer to make material amends is no act of generosity.
Not only Hitler but many Germans had enriched themselves when
the Nazis slew 6,000,000 Jews and stripped them of whatever ma'
terial belongings they had. It is only legal and moral, as Dr. Na-
hum Goldmann stated in his reaction to this development, to
force the criminal to yield the profits of his crime. Moreover, it
Germany should ever make full material restitution it will not
suffice to compensate for the lives that had been lost, for the
cruelties they sustained and for the horrors to which they were
submitted before the hand of death mercifully closed on them.
Nor can there ever be compeusation for the broken hearts and
minds and souls that survived. There can be no material compen-
sation for the six million dead.
Is Germany in a mood to make moral amends for its crimes
against Jews? We would like to believe that what the Chancellor
said is true. Unfortunately for us and the world, every objective
survey has shown that Germany is still not in a penitent mood.
On the contrary, there are disturbing reports of neo-Nazi move-
ment. And even the Bonn Government has been accused by Jewish
bodies of harboring in its official servicemen who had been as-
sociated with the Hitler regime.
And yet Adenauer's declaration raises for us a moral prob-
lem. Is one to refuse a hand that stretches out in forgiveness?
But there is also the alternate moral question. Can one hold the
hand of a brother's murderer? It is true. that Adenauer's govern-
ment had no hand in the commission of the crimes. But the
German people did. We cannot hold. their hands before they
cleanse themselves of Jewish blood.

