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of Jewish Events

In Communal Work

Editorials, Page 4

VOLUME 20—No. 23

Michigan's Only English - Jewish Newspaper — Incorporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle

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During
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eparations Claims Hit Snags
On Eve of Conference in Paris

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ondays Set as JWB Days for
Armed Forces by Reorganized
Committee Headed by Meyers

The JWB Armed Services Committee, which was known dur-
ing the last war as the Metropolitan USO, has been reorganized.
At a meeting on Feb. 7, Henry Meyers, who during the last
war was president of USO, was elected chairman. Mrs. Maurice
Landau and Hyman Safran were elected vice-chairmen. Barney
Ross was named treasurer and Irwin Shaw secretary.
It was announced at the meeting that a new downtown USO
lounge will be opened Feb. 22 at 147 W. Lafayette. As during
the last war, Monday will be JWB Day and all
Detroit Jewish organizations are being called
upon to man the USO Lounge each week. Each
day will be divided into three shifts: 10 to 2, 2 to
6 and 6 to 10 p.m. Organizations are being asked
to provide six volunteers and $15 for food, for
each shift. They may accept assignments for
one, two or three shifts a day. In addition, or-
ganizations will be needed to man the Fort
Wayne Induction Center, as before.
. The National Jewish Welfare Board is the
agency recognized by the government as the
H. Meyers authorized organization for the coordination of
efforts in behalf of service personnel by the Jewish Community of
America. It is a constituent member of the national USO.
Locally the JWB Armed Services Committee is a constituent
agency of the USO of Metropolitan Detroit.
During 1951 the committee mobilized Detroit Jewish organiza-
tons for service at the Fort Wayne Induction Center under
the chairmanship of Mrs. Daniel Krause and Mrs. Samuel Gale.
Staff service for the committee is provided by the Jewish
Community Center. Information may be obtained by calling TR.
5-8400 or writing to the Center, 8904 Woodward.

A seriep of urgent conferences with European Jewish leaders and Israeli officials
will commence within a few days in Paris to coordinate claims against Germany and the
procedure to be followed to secure reparations. The arrival in Paris this week of Dr.
Nahum Goldmann, chairman of the Jewish Agency, head of the praesidium of the Con-
ference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, focuses attention on the issue of
restitution and on the temper of the Bonn government which has approved a plan for
nekotiating with Jewish spokesmen.

Major Jewish organizations on Tuesday urged the United States government to reject any
deal with the German government which might defeat the program of restitution to Jewry.
Deep concern was expressed by the organizations over the conditions set by the Bonn Par-
liament last Friday to the rearmament of West Germany, particularly the condition that the
German Federal Republic must have the freedom to decide what laws imposed by the occu-
pying powers can remain in force.
a telegram to Secretary of State Acheson, the American Jewish Committee, the Ameri-
can Jewish Congress, the American Joint Distribution Committee, Bnai Brith, Jewish Agency
for Palestine, Jewish. Labor Committee and the World Jewish Congress declared: "As it effects
restitution, we view with great concern the recent Bundestag resolution that the Federal
RePublic must be free to decide which occupation laws should be retained. Any further con-
cessions in the field of restitution will seriously undermine the limited rights of persecutees
now guaranteed by occupational legislation and will further stimulate the prevailing German
tendency to impede the objectives of restitution. We respectfully urge clear and prompt
rejection of any attempt to defeat the restitution program."

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Reports from Bonn this week indicated that the negotiations may hit many snags.
While most Germans are reported conceding that claims should be paid, they neverthe-
less fail to see how the West German government will be in a position to pay the amount
demanded by world Jewry.
It has been estimated at Bonn that the Jewish claims could be covered by 3,000,000
'German marks, but this does not tally with the demand for $1,500,000,000 by' Israel and
world Jewry. On Tuesday, the value of the mark was 23.8 cents.
The many snags which Jewish reparations claims are meeting include the under-
ground anti-Semitic reactions in Germany. Newspapers are flooded with poison pen let.
ters attacking Jewish. claims. It has been stated that even those who strongly approve
Jewish restitution demands are not free of anti-Semitism.
The West Berlin municipal council this week extended until Oct. 31, 1952, the
deadline for Nazi victims to file claims for compensation for damage and loss result- -
ing from Nazi action. The original deadline expired last Thursday.
German - JeWS will refuse to serve in any future German Army, Heinz Galinsky,
chairman* of the Berlin Jewish community, declared in Berlin. "I cannot visualize a.
German Jew,serving under officers who may have taken part in anti-Semitic atroci-
ties a few years ago," he said.

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Although the United States is all one country we
,tore made up of many different races, creeds and cul-
kwes. Sometimes these differences cause friction be
tif•90€1t groups—Management against Labor—Christian
ogainst Jew and White against Negro.
America's great strength is is unity. Our peoples

have got to learn to get ,along with each other or
our strength is going to ebb away.
Nobody's asking you to love everybody. Just don't
turn' thumbs down on anyone just because you don't
happen to like his name, religion or the color of his
skin. Judge him as you would like to be judged---om
his worth as aoi

Prejudice can creep into our daily lives without
our knowing it. Little words are dangerous whem
they are not true. Speak out against prejudice when-
ever you can. Help. keep your country united coed
strong.

DON'T BUST UP OUR FAMILY,
This is the message of Brotherhood Week, Feb. 17446

