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. •A 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 •t70'7 0 c*. rirt nrM ,a'? ?i4PP .41 1P 04 r314 "?ti ,N*7 ?roam .r h o arit2