Technion Reopens, State Officials in Solemn Afornent
At Swearing-in of Judge Kaufman
Kay Is Notified

Purely Commentary

Leon Kay, local Zionist leader
who is one of the national vice-
presidents of the American
Warning by 'The Nation': 'Father Coughlin's Reappearance'
An editorial note in The Nation under the heading "Father Technion Society, was informed
Coughlin's Reappearance" sounds a warning against a possible that the Technion was enabled
impending danger to our democratic way of life. The Nation's to reopen last Sunday. Mr. Kay
received the following wire from
editorial reads:
J. W. Wunsch, president of the
On December 5 Father Charles E. Coughlin broke a four-
American Technion Society:
teen-year silence and addressed a public meeting in Detroit.
"Have just received following
Back in the 1930's Father Coughlin was "silenced" for having
cable from Haifa: 'Minister of
declared in a radio broadcast that membership in the United
Education issued statement ap-
Automobile Workers was inimicable to membership in the Cath-
proving full tuition fee and
olic church. But he took the occasion of his first speech after
classes at Technion resume Sun-
all these years—before the First Friday Club, an organization
of Catholic laymen—to urge support for one of the U.A.W.'s day.' Problem apparently clari-
fied."
major current objectives; the guaranteed annual wage. From
October to . November factory employment registered a drop of

By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ

300,000, six times as great as that usual for the period, and the Dr. Katz to Deliver
Michigan State Employment Commission reports 125,000 un-
1954 Ballin Lecture
employed as of November 15. Is Father Coughlin being brought
back into public life for the purpose, perhaps, of providing Sen-
ators McCarthy and McCarran with an appeal which the late Dr Louis N. Katz, director of
Huey Long once heavily stressed but which they have conspicu- the cardiovascular department,
ously neglected—namely, the appeal to social justice? Unlike
Medical Research Institute of
Huey Long, McCarthy has risen to power in boom times; are we Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago,
As Rabbi ISRAEL I. HALPERN delivers the invocation at the
now to witness a resumption of social fascism? will deliver the annual Dr. Max swearing-in of Common Pleas Judge NATHAN J. KAUFMAN,
The question as worded here, "are we now to witness a re Bailin Memorial L ecture,
dignitaries from public office bow their heads in reverence. Shown
sumption of social fascism?" has been posed by others. Perhaps day, Feb. 2, at the Sheraton- at this solemn moment are, left to right, Judge Kaufman, Rabbi
those who are concerned over McCarthyism and the re-emergence
Halpern, JUDGE LIDDY (in back of the rabbi) and GOV. WIL-
of Fr. Coughlin are unduly worried. But our traditions call for
LIAMS. In the foreground are JUDGES JEFFRIES and I‘TED
vigilance, and unless libertarians are on guard whenever new
SMITH. On the platform is a floral horseshoe sent by Beth Abra-
threats to our democracy become visible, we may not be able to
ham Synagogue, of which Judge Kaufman is a member. It was
cope with the problems when they become real.
one of 50 floral bouquets sent to wish the Judge well. They were
later sent by Judge Kaufman to the Jewish Home for Aged where
A Note from Milwaukee: Reality of Fascistic Threats
they cheered up residents. Last week was another special event for
At times, the fascistic threat appears very real. Striking ex-
the Kaufman family, as Judge Kaufman's son-in-law, Marvin
amples of such dangers are shown in an article by Michael Marsh
Blake, sponsored by the Judge, was sworn in as an attorney by
in the Jan. 2 issue of Labor, the official weekly periodical of 15
the Bar Association.
Standard Railroad Labor Organizations.- Mr. Marsh calls atten-

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tion to a sensational article in the Milwaukee Journal showing
that millionaire Texas oilmen are financing Senator "Jumping
Joe" McCarthy. .The Milwaukee Journal is quoted as follows:
"Almost all of McCarthy's new cronies have two things in
common—immense wealth and a fierce contempt for liberals.
They are men who are looking for new worlds to conquer; they
have made all the money anyone could possibly want and they
now have entered a new field—that of influencing public opinion."
Eugene M. Biggers, we are informed, is one of these million-
aires. He recently undertook to raise a fund to give McCarthy a
$6,000 Cadillac with all the trimmings, plus some extra cash "to
buy gas." This Texan millionaire Biggers told the Milwaukee
Journal reporter:
"The Republicans are all through unless they embrace Mc-
Carthyism completely. This country is in great danger and Joe
is about the only one who knows it." Biggers then proceeded to
state that a large part of the trouble is that "there are too many
Jews in Washington." Biggers also said he is not worried about
Russia—"we could shut them up in 48 hours; just give them an
ultimatum"—and that the only real danger to America is "being
swallowed up by liberalism, socialism and whateyer you want to
-
call it."
At this point, we know on what grounds to face the danger.
We know, for example, that Biggers would welcome an open
threat to war with Russia, something which, we believe, the Eisen-
hower administration would reject most forcefully. We doubt also
whether the President and his advisers would tolerate such open
repudiation of liberal thinking—even in the attempt to besmirch
it as socialism. Socialism stilnis not Communism.
But we especially doubt whether any responsible American
leader—and we believe that McCarthy himself would repudiate
Biggers on this score—ever would permit the word to go the
rounds and the nonsense to be tolerated that "there are too many
Jews in Washington.' The moment such charges are given cred-
ence, we shall surely be under the heel of fascism.
Let us face the facts squarely. There were times when Jews
advised their kinsmen not to accept public office out of fear that
they might be accused of gaining too much ground in govern-
ment. It was—in the days of Hitler and of Coughlin—a period of
panic.- We overcame it,_ We fought it as unjustified terror and as
demoralizing fear. If ever a man like Biggers is taken seriously,
we are doomed to disaster, because—
If it ever is permitted to be said too frankly by more than one
man—Biggers already said it—that there are too many Jews in
Washington, what will prevent him and those who think like him
from saying that there are too many Jews in Detroit and in Los
Angeles and in Cleveland and in Philadelphia and in Chicago?
(They have already said it about New York and Hollywood).
Perhaps the danger is exaggerated, but the evidence of some
one encouraging it is here. Therefore: let us be on guard!

Middle East's 'Surprising Educational Levels'
The London (England) Jewish Observer and Middle East Re-

view recently revealed some very "surprising educational levels"
in the Middle East. Cultural advances are being made in several
countries, with Israel far in the lead in literacy. Pointing out that
in 1937 a census showed that 85 per cent of the Egyptian popula-
tion over 10 was illiterate, the London periodical presents the
following current facts:

With 161 primary school enrollments per 1,000 inhabitants,
Lebanon in 1949 led the rest of the Middle Eastern countries, ac-
cording to a recent UNESCO pamphlet on basic education world
facts and figures. The comparable figures for other Middle East
countries were per 1,000 population:
Egypt, 67; Iran, 21; Iraq, 39; Israel, 122; Syria, 81.
Regarding enrollments in higher educational institutes, the
proportion changes significantly. Israel led in 1950 with 225 en-
rollments per 1,000 inhabitants, followed by:
Lebanon, 199; Egypt, 116; Iraq, 97; Syria, 70; Iran, 95.
It now remains to be seen whether education will aid in ad-

Between You and Me

By BORIS SMOLAR

(Copyright, 1954, Jewish. Telegraphic Agency)

Community Developments

DR. LOUIS N. KATZ

Cadillac Hotel. This year's lec-
ture, under the auspices of Sinai
Hospital, is titled "Recent
Trends in the Understanding of
Artheroscierosis," and will deal
with the cause and prevention
of coronary trombosis, the most
common cause of sudden death,
and diseases of arteries in gen-
eral.
President of the , American
Heart Association from 1951-52,
Dr. Katz was named an honor-
ary life member of the organi-
zation in 1952. He is a member
of the American Society for the
Study of Arteriosclerosis and is
the author of 360 communica-
tions in national and interna-
tional journals and collaborator
in more than 230 other com-
munications by colleagues and
associates in. the Cardiovascular
Department at Michael Reese
Hospital.
The Dr. Max Ballin Memorial
Lectures have been conducted
annually since 1934 by the out-
patient department of Sinai
Hospital which opened its doors
in January of 1953.
The lectures serve as a memo-
rial to the great Detroit sur-
geon, Dr. Max Bailin.
Chairman of the program
committee for this year's lec-
ture, to which all members of
the Wayne County Medical
Society are invited, is Dr. Laur-
ence Segar.
Reservations for the lecture,
which will begin. with dinner at
6:30 p.m., may be made by
calling Sinai Hospital, BR. 3-3000
Extension 321.

Labor Zionist Forum
To Feature Dr. Heller

"Currents and Undercurrents
in Jewish Life—in Zionism" will
be the topic of Dr. James G.
Heller, president of the Labor
Zionist Organization of Ameri-
ca, as he opens the lecture series
sponsored by the Labor Zionist
Forum.
Dr. Heller, who has just re-
turned from Israel, will report
on his most recent trip at 8:30
p.m., Jan. 25, at the Davison
Jewish Center. Tickets are avail-
able by calling UN. 1 - 1642 or

vancing better relations between Israel and her neighbors, or
whether it will serve to encourage an increase of recalcitrance
towards the Jewish state among the Arabs masses. Naturally, we
must gamble in favor of. understanding, After all, it .is the feudal-
ism from which the Arabs suffer that has impoverished them and
has caused them to become not only the vassals of their effendi
masses but also their tools in destructive activities.
The success of an expanded educational program will depend
in great measure upon the earnest efforts of the United Nations'
supervision of activities in these countries. If these efforts will be
directed in positive channels the results undoubtedly will be pro- WE. 4-2024.
ductive for good. But if demagogues will take hold of them, ;they
may lead to the destruction - Of the best intentions Of all nations 2—DETROIT i\A/IS1-1 NEWS
concerned with the peace of that area.
Frilday, January 15, 1954

The staff of the Israel bond campaign is going to be drastical-
ly reduced in New York and other cities . . . The organization
budget will be streamlined . . Particularly, for the new Bond
Issue which is expected to be launched after April 1 . . . This does
not foreshadow any expected decrease in income . . . On the con-
trary, leaders of the bond drive anticipate that considerably more
will be raised in 1954 than in the previous year . .. Having sold
more than 600,000 bonds, the Israel . Bond Drive already has a
large nationwide clientele which can be stimulated to buy new
bonds on the basis of the economic progress in Israel and with-
out elaborate propaganda.

Behind the Scenes

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The behind-the-scenes story of how the Jewish Brigade. was
formed in World War II as part of the British armed forces has
been revealed by Winston Churchill, war-time Prime Minister of
Britain, in his "Triumph and Tragedy," the last of his six volumes
of war memoirs, published by Hughton Mifflin Co. . • . Mr. Church-
ill tells the-story in an hitherto secret letter on this subject sent
by him to the British Secretary of State for War, who had sub-
mitted to him the proposals for a Jewish fighting force . The
letter is important not only as a secret war document which has
finally been made public, but also because it reveals Churchill's
sympathy for the Jews . . Expressing agreement with the pro- -
posal to form a Jewish Brigade, the British Prime Minister wrote
to the War Secretary that he liked the idea of "the Jews trying
to get at the murderers of their fellow country-men" in Central
Europe . . . He also thought that "this would give a great deal of
satisfaction in the United States," . About the proposal that
the Jewish Brigade should have its own flag, Mr. Churchill wrote
that he would consult the King ... "I cannot conceive why this
martyred race, scattered about the world and suffering as no oth-
er race has done at this juncture, should be denied the satisfac-
tion of having a flag . . However, not only the King but the
Cabinet might have views on this," he informed the Secretary of
State for War . . . Among other things, he also reveals that Dr.
Weizmann's request for the formation of a Jewish fighting force
was put forward in a letter by him, as president of the Jewish
Agency dated July 4, 1944 ... Six days later, on July 10, Churchill
warned the War Office not to drag out the matter, but to present
it within the same week to a meeting of the War Cabinet.

Ch ristian Views

The formation of an American-Israel Friendship League, corn.;
posed of American non-Jews, will be announced at the end of this
month . . . The new group is being organized on the-initiative of
Gov. Theodore McKeldin, of Maryland, who recently visited Israel
. Leaders of the American Zionist Council clOubt the necessity.
of the formation of such a group .. They point out that such
an organization is already in existence under. the name of the
"American Christian Pro-Palestine Committee" . . . Carl Herman
Voss, one of the leaders of the latter group, has publiShed a val-
uable book, "The Palestine Problem Today," in which he ably
analyzes the Arab-Israel issue ... The author reviews the ques-
tions which are usually asked by 'audiences at public lectures on
the Arab-Israel problem, and gives basic answers ... Among the
questions the author deals with is whether ZiOnisin implies "dual
allegiance," what is the actual stand of the. United States towards
Israel and the Arab world, how recent is American Christian sup-
port for the Zionist movement and does Israel's existence en7.
danger the West's oil interests in the Middle East . . . The author .
who has made several visits to Israel and the Arab countries,
finds that among • the many problems facing Israel, the following
demand immediate attention: 1. Arab-Israel peace, because Israel
cannot enjoy territorial- security as long as the Arab states con-
tinue to talk about a "second round" of Warfare and refuse to
negotiate a permanent peace . 2. A stable independent economy,
in view of the fact that Israel is now importing about 78 cents
worth of goods for every 22 cents 'exported ... ..3. Cultural inte-
gration, since the Jews in Israel today are people who came from
many countries, speak many languages and are products of dif-
ferent cultures . .. Mr. Voss' book can be well recommended to
every American, who has little time to read: but who wishes to get
as much inforniation as possible 4th problems
rael and the Arabs.

