EDITORIAL
Malcolm W. Bingay: in Memoriam
By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
Malcolm W. Bingay was a one-man institution whose
genius was reflected in Detroit's history. The past 52 years,
during which he was active in our newspaper spheres, were
enriched by his interpretations of our communal life, his im-
pressions of our personalities, his
encouragement to two generations
of reporters.
He was my first boss. As Man-
aging Editor of the Detroit News
he gave me my first earning rep-
ortorial assignment in 1918. We
worked together in the years that
followed in numerous community
projects and had occasion to meet
often. Our last meeting was his
last appearance at a Detroit pub2
lic function: at the dedication of
The Jewish News Building, on
Bingay
Aug. 17. His last photograph—
which featured our front page last week—was taken at our
dedication.
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He was in a happy mood at The Jewish News dedica-
tion. He spoke in glowing terms of his friends—Fred Butzel,
Judge Harry B. Keidan, Albert Kahn, and was especially
proud of the tribute to Fred Butzel he once wrote for The
Jewish News.
And he was in a reminiscing mood: his aspiration, he
Said, was to convene the alumni who worked with him. He
was speaking to one of them and he enlisted his aid for such
a project—an undertaking that, alas, now can not come true.
On March 25, 1949, I reviewed his last book, "Of Me I
Sing." I pointed out that he was often tough to work with,
but that his hardness was a part of the genius which re-
sulted in his towering over all his contemporaries in this
great city. The concluding paragraph of my review was:
" 'Of Me I Sing' reveals Bingay's better nature than
the rough part we knew in our cub reporter days. The
book is anecdotal as well as factual, brilliantly written,
certain to-keep every reader glued to the book until the
very 'last add Bingay.' That's the way I found it ; don't
you fail to read it."
There was naturally much more to the review than this
quotation, and Bing, on April 8, 1949, wrote me this flatter-
ing note:
"I have read your review of my book twice and both
times had tears in my eyes as so much that you said took
me back to the days when we worked together.
"You have written the most understanding review of
the book to date, and out of the depths of my heart, let
me say thanks."
U.S. Soldier Sues Farben For Torture by Nays
HEIDELBERG, (JTA) — An now practicing in Heidelberg,
Last month Norbert Wollheim,
American occupation soldier sta- are demanding some $180,000 in a German Jew now living in
tioned there, Pfc. Rudolph damages, interest, costs and at- New York who was a Monowitz
torneys' fees for permanent im-
Wachsmann, has brought suit in pairment of body and mind, and slave laborer at the same time
the court of the U.S. High Com- a further $18,000 in back pay.
as Wachsmann, but who did
mission against the IG-Farben Because he is a member of not claim irreparable impair-
chemical trust, asking the the U.S. occupation f or c e s, ment of his mental and physical
equivalent of $200,000 in back Wachsmann was able to bring health, won a $2,500 judgment
pay and dathages for slave labor this civil action before a court for back pay and damages in
performed and sufferings en- of the U.S. High Commission. a German lower• court. That
dured by him during the Nazi It is not yet certain, however, verdict has been appealed to
era in the notorious Buna-Mon- whether the American court will a German Superior Court by the
accept jurisdiction.
IG-Farben trust.
owitz synthetic rubber plant.
Solely because he is a Jew,
Wachsmann was taken to a con-
centration camp from his native
Oppeln, in Upper Silesia, when
ha was not quite 14 years old.
In 1943 he was transferred to
the extermination camp at Os-
wiecim and assigned to work at
Monowitz in a plant constructed
there by IG-Farben to reap
benefit from the unpaid exploi-
tation of concentration camp
labor. He remained at the camp
till 1945, then was shipped to
Buchenwald and later was lib-
erated by American troops. He
immigrated to the United States
under the DP Act and was
drafted into the Army last year.
Wachsmann's mother and
By SHUSHANNAH SPECTOR and Rabbi JOSEPH ZEITLIN
brother were killed in the gas
Editor's Note: This special American Jewish Press feature is
chambers of Os w i e c i m. His
father was beaten to death be- the second in a series of easy lessons for self-study of Hebrew.
fore his eyes. He himself suf- Miss Spector, the author, with whom we have made a special
fered beatings and tortures, in- arrangement for the republication of her book, points out prop-
cluding hanging by the wrists erly that this is a "short cut to Hebrew." This lesson is a key to
in mid-air, as well as two skull the Hebrew pronunciation of vowels. The Sefardic pronunciation
fractures, two broken ribs, a is used in these lessons. The complete book, "Hebrew Made Easy,"
is available from Miss Shushannah Spector, 904 S. Miami Ave.,
broken arm, and a broken leg.
His American attorneys, M. Miami, Fla., at 81.50 a copy.
Philip Lorber and Henry G.
Mel-zar, be-vak-I:a-shah ten
Vogel, both of New York but Please, waiter, give me a
mix '7n '7/.
MADE EASY
Hebrew As It Is Spoken in Israel Today
American Teachers Urged
To Fight Religious Bigotry
PEORIA, Ill., (JTA) — Ameri-
can teachers were urged last
night to fight against racial, re-
ligious and national bigotry by
Dr. George S. Counts, Professor
of Education at Columbia Uni-
versity, in address at the 36th
annual convention of the
American Federation of Teach-
ers.
The convention voted to ban
racial segregation in its 400 local
unions throughout the nation.
The delegates balloted 219 to 80
for the amendment to the con-
stitution, and there was but one
dissenting voice. The resolution
noted that the federation was
a leader among educational in-
stitutions and labor organiza-
tions in the fight against segre-
gation.
Actually, it is we, the generation of newspapermen who
followed him, who owe thanks to him—for his guidance, for
his demands for understanding of people, for his readiness
to be of service. When we introduced him to Jewish Center
groups, when we rubbed shoulders at press tables, when we
heard him reminisce, we were together with a great news-
paperman—perhaps Detroit's greatest. We now pay tribute
to a co-worker who, when we were in different fields, never
turned down an assignment—whether in memory of Butzel
and Keidan, or in honor of a Jewish community anniversary,
or in comment upon personal work.
Yes, that's it: Bing never turned down an assignment,
and he always did his job well. He honored us often; he
shared the joy of The Jewish News Building's dedication with Columbus Book Dealer
us; he was a friendly co-worker. Blessed be his memory! Answers Israel Appeal
Whenever our and future generations speak of Detroit they
will always speak of Bingay.
melt borders then and are con-
tinuing to do so.
The Knesset's Economic Com-
mittee devoted a special meeting
to the economic affairs of Jeru-
salem, but, after hearing repre-
sentatives of various groups in
the city, still required more time
to work out a program to lift
the capital city out of the eco-
nomic doldrums.
Representatives of industry in
the city said the high cost of
water and electric power kept
the city's industrial development
down. Builders and industrial-
ists demanded that the govern-
ment grant priority to projects
designed to increase building
and development in this city,
Other witnesses reviewed the
food situation, pointing out that
the city had been cut off from
the rich Hebron area by the
Arabs, and that the settlements
in the Jerusalem corridor had
not yet developed to the point
of fully supplying the local food
market.
Labor officials, reporting on
the unemployment situation in
Jerusalem, suggested that if the
temporary immigrant villages in
the city's vicinity were liquidat-
ed and permanent housing built
for them, the building industry
would boom locally and would
the Arabs came •across the Is- help the economic situation,
li kap-pit -•
Be-chol ha-kallodr
‘Vhat else?
Malt 'od?
Herring
Dag ma-/u-alt
11Iarinated herring
Dag ma-lu-alp ka-vush
No, I want (f) eggs
Lo', 'A-ni ro-zah be-zim
A fried egg, Sir?
Be-zi-yah 'ado-ni?
No, please give me some
scrambled eggs
One egg or two?
Lo', ten li be-vak-l;a-shah
ha-vit-tah
Be-zall 'a-bat 'o she-ta-yim?
Two, please
She-ta-yim be-vak-ka-shah
And for the lady?
Ve-la-ge-ve-ret?
I want (f) poached eggs
'Ani ro-zah
0.K,
Va-feh
And where is the salt?
Ve'-ei-foh ha-me-lab? ,
Here is pepper, too
Hin-neh gam pil-pel
And now please give me
toast
Buttered toast or French
toast?
No, I want toast with jelly
Ve'-ach-shay ze-nim
be-vala-shah
I want (f) whole wheat bread
24 — D ETRO I T JEW I SH NEWS
Friday, August 28, 1953
'o me.
tug-gan
Lo', 'a-ni ro-zeh ze-nim be,
rib-bah
Ve-ha-ge-ve-ret?
'A-ni ro-zah le-bens su-bin
I am very sorry, Miss, we
haven't any; we do have
rolls
Have you white bread?
Tar
mc'od, ge-ve-ret 'en.
la-nu, yesh lal?-ma-ni-ot
We have plentyt
Yesh va-yeshl
And what (do you care) to
drink?
Please give me some coffee
tf-mah lisp-tot
With milk or sweet cream?'
With sweet cream
Be-ha-lay 'o be-sham-me-net
me-to-kah?
Be-sham-me-net me-tu-kale
And the lady?
Ve-ha-ge-ve-ret?
I wish (f) to have a glass of
milk
Hearty appetite
'A-ni ro-zah
Thanks very much
Frank C. Long, proprietor of
Long's Book Store, Columbus,
Ohio, points to 14,463 technical
books now ready for shipment to
Israel. Long contributed the
books in response to an appeal
on "Books for Israel," made by
the "National Jewish Monthly,"
the Bnai Brith magazine. Ar-
rangements were made by the
local Bnai Brith Zion Lodge. It
is believed that this is the larg-
est single contribution of books
ever made to Israel.
'a-lu-mah
Waiter, please give me a Mel-zar, ten li be-vak-ka.
shah sa-kin u-maz-leg
knife and fork
And the lady?
King David, Not David Ben-Gurion
Established Jerusalem as Israel Capital
TEL AVIV, (JTA) — "We have
not established the Israeli capi-
tal in Jerusalem; it was King
David, who established Jerusa-
lem as Israel's capital, "Premier
David Ben-Gurion told a group
of 38 Christian educators and
clergymen here. The g r o u p,
headed by John Hoffman, presi-
dent of the Winona Lake School
of Theology, left here after a
three-day visit to continue a
tour of the Near East.
The Premier met with the
group at his vacation head-
quarters on Mt. Carmel. He
agreed to submit to their ques-
tining, and the meeting lasted
half an hour. At its end, one
of the Americans commented
that they had learned more
about the problems of Israel and
the Middle East in the short ses-
sion than during their tours of
Egypt, Jordan and Syria. The
group was also received by
President Ben Zvi.
Replying to a question about
the establishment of the state
of Israel and the War of Lib-
eration, Ben-Gurion pointed out
that "we had agreed to the
United Nations resolution on
partition, but on the second day
(after the state was established)
we were attacked. We are still
being attacked." He said that
teaspoon
With pleasure
Ha'im yesh le-Item so-let?
Be-yak-I:a-shah ten li kale
kos
ha - lay
Le - te'a-von
To-dal rab-bah
Please waiter, give me
Be-val0:a-shah met - zar, ten
(some) sugar
11 suk-kar
The sugar is right here on 'Ado-ni, hin-neh ha - suk - kar
the table
'al ha-shut-hart
I am very sorry
Se.li-hah (far 1i me'od)
Never mind (it doesn't
matter)
Please give me the bill
'En da-var
What does the meal cost?
tae-vak-ka-shah ten li 'et
ha-besh-bon
Mah me-hir ha-'a-ru-bala??
It is expensive
Zeh be-yo-ker
No, it is cheap
Lo', nett be-zoi
Here is a tip for the waiter flin-neh ha-'a-na-kah
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