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Anti-Semites Picket White House;
Assail Bind Brith, Supreme Court

Exhibit at Detroit Historical Museum
Will Officially Open American Jewish
Tercentenary Observance Here Sept. 12

Detroit's celebration of the Amelican Jewish Tercentenary will be launched with
an exhibition of Jewish historical material, at the Detroit Historical Museum, Woodward
and Kirby, on Sept. 12, Charles E. Feinberg, chairman of the exhibits committee and
associate chairman of the Detroit committee, announced Monday evening, at a meeting
of the Detroit Committee of 300, at the Davison Jewish Center.

Titled "Jewish Life and Culture in Detroit," the Detroit Historical Museum exhibi-
tion will continue from Sept. 12 until Dec. 30. Scores of panels are being prepared for
the exhibition which will open with appropriate ceremonies. To mark the event, the De-
troit Tercentenary Committee has been assigned the 15-minute radio program on Station
WJLB, at 11:15 a.m. on Sept. 12, by the Jewish Community Council. The program is
being prepared by the Detroit Historical Society and Mr. Feinberg's committee.

Mr. Feinberg also announced that the Detroit Public Library is undertaking a dis-
play of historical documents and books, in the Main Library, in honor of the Tercenten-
ary. The dates of the Library Exhibit will be announced later.

Another important event planned by the Tercentenary exhibits committee will be the
showing here, from June 28 to Aug. 28, 1955, of the collection of oil paintings, sculptures and
water colors, at the Detroit Art Museum. Mr. Feinberg announced that this exhibition, which
is touring the, country under the direction of the American Jewish Tercentenary Committee, will
be taken to major American cities and will culminate with the long stay in Detroit, in the. Main
Auditorium of the Art Institute.

The major community event in honor of the Tercentenary will be the dinner, at Hotel Statler,
Sunday, Oct. 17, to be addressed by Dr. Abba Hillel Silver. Mrs. Hy Bernstein, 17380 Monica, UN.
3-4363, was named chairman of the dinner arrangements committee. Mrs. Bernstein is accepting
reservations for the dinner. It is planned to accept 500 reservations, and from present indica-
tions it may be necessary to close them within a month in view of the wide interest being
displayed in the event, especially because of the eminence of the guest speaker. Members of
the Committee of 300, who Win get first consideration in the assignment of seats at the
dinner, are urged to call Mrs. Bernstein for reservations as soon as possible..

Max Osnos, reporting for the music committee, reported at Monday's meeting that negotia-
tions are being conducted with the Detroit Symphony Society for a Jewish music program by
the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. A special committee, headed by A. C. Lappin, was chosen to
make the necessary arrangements for such a program and its possible nationwide radio broadcast.

Radio and television programs are being planned by the public relations committee headed by
Leon Wayburn, who reported that special scripts to mark the Tercentenary will be prepared by
able writers, for presentation on local stations which have offered free time as a public service.

Other events for the Tercentenary in Detroit, as outlined at Monday's meeting, include:

The women's program, at Temple Israel, Feb. 14, under the direction of the League of Jewish
Women's Organizations. Mrs. Irving Small, president of the League, also reported that the
League will have a special meeting on Oct. 21 at the Detroit Historical Museum to mark the Ter-
centenary and to tour the Museum during ,the Tercentenary exhibition.

Rabbi Max J. Wohlgelernter reported that the religious committee is arranging the observ-
ance of Tercentenary Sabbath, Nov, 26-27; special TV programs and a Young Adult Assembly
on Dec. 26

WASHINGTON — Pickets bearing anti-Semitic signs
picketed the White House late Monday and distributed lit-
erature which said "Free America from the Jews" and
"Vote Anti-Jewish."
About 4 p.m., a picket line was established in front of
the Executive Mansion. Signs were displayed reading:
"Jew-Communists and Jew-Controlled Press are
Against Sen. McCarthy. Please Help Him." Other signs said:
"Defy the Jews and Restore Segregation" and "Jew-Led
NAACP and Jewish Bnai Brith's ADL Made Supreme
Court Ban Segregation."
Pickets said they represented the "Christian Anti-
Jewish Party," organized in Atlanta, Ga., by J. B. Stoner.
Many passersby appeared embarrassed by the crude an-
tipathies exhibited on the signs carried by the handful of
young men and women who did the picketing. A special po-
lice detail stood by, but the picketing was allowed to con-
tinue. No violence occurred. Secret service agents observed
developments as the pickets marched only a few feet from
the White House entrance.
Application forms were distributed by the agitators.
These forms said "No Cowards Wanted" and spelled out the
program as one designed to "Send the Jew Devils Back."
The form said: "When the Jews are gone we Americans
will own rich America."

25,000 Moroccan Jews. Seek
Emigration; Warned to Leave

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JERUSALEM, (JTA)—Twenty-five thousand Jews in Morocco
have registered with the Jewish,Agency for emigration to Israel.
In view of, the tense situation in Morocco, the Agency has
negotiated with an Israeli shipping company for their trans-
portation. Sixteen hundred Moroccan Jews are to arrive here
this month and 2,000 in September.
A number of well-to-do Jews in Morocco have received
threatening letters from Arab terrorists, ordering these Jews to
leave the country within three months, it was reported here by
David Rubino, a' merchant, upon his arrival from Casablanca.
Mr. Rubino, in giving the first eye-witness report on the
Moslem terror against Jews in Morocco, said that seven Jews lost
their lives in the pogroms in Fez and Petitjean last week. Many
other Jews, he reported, were injured, shops were looted, busi-
nesses and artisans' booths that had been maintained by Moroc-
can Jews for generations were smashed by the rioters.

Morocco Jews Tell of Pogrom Atmosphere

HAIFA, (JTA)—The first group of 599 Moroccan Jews escap-
ing from the pogrom atmosphere now prevailing in Morocco ar-
rived here Sunday. Most of the immigrants are young people
and come from Marakesh, Fez, Rabat and Casablanca.
The immigrants are the first of a stream of 25,000 Moroccan
Jews already registered for entry into Israel by the Jewish Agen-
cy. They left aboard the Israeli ship "S.S. Jerusalem" two days
after the start of the anti-Jewish attacks, which resulted in at
least seven Jewish dead and many injured at Petitjean and Fez.
Most Moroccan Jews, rich and poor alike, want to leave for
Israel, and "the sooner they are transferred, the better," the
refugees declared. They told how, in Casablanca, when they were
on their way to board their ship, Arabs shouted: "We'll start war
against the Jews within a week."

In observance of Jewish Music Month, the music committee is arranging a musical festival,
at Mumford High School, Feb. 21.

Three assemblies for children attending our congregational and community schools will be
held at Mumford High School during Hanukah week.

Of special interest is the announcement, made by Mrs. Harry L. Jackson, that Jewish Book
Month this year will be dedicated to the American Jewish Tercentenary. The annual Book Fair,
Dec. 4-6, will feature the world famous Jewish novelist, Louis Golding, as guest speaker.

Irving Katz reported that the preparation of a chronological history of Michigan Jewry, for
which he is gathering the data, is nearing completion and will be published shortly.

In order to assist local organizations in the preparation of their individual Tercentenary
programs, the chairman of the Detroit committee, Philip Slomovitz, announced the appointment

of the following committee to guide local groups in programming: Allen Warsen, chairman;
Walter Farber, Mrs. Alex Brooks, Mrs. Jacob Levine and David Miller.

Irwin Shaw, executive secretary of the Detroit Tercentenary Committee, reported the com-
pletion of the personnel of the local committee and announced the assignment of several Jewish
Center workers as aides in planning the Detroit programs.

In the preparation of historical data, for th e exhibits as well as the chronological history,.
Detroiters who possess important documents, letters and other information, as well as those
who can provide information regarding pioneer families in Michigan, are asked to communicate
either with Mr. Shaw, at the Jewish Center, or Mr. Katz, at Temple Beth El.

are:

Officers of the Detroit Committee of 300 for the American Jewish Tercentenary celebration

Chairman, Philip SlOmovitz; associate chairman, Charles E. Feinberg; secretary, Irving I.
Katz; treasurer, Leon B. Kay; executive secretary, Irwin Shaw; vice-chairmen, Dr. A. M. Hersh-
man, Joseph Bernstein, Jacob A. Citrin, Samuel H. Rubiner, Samuel Sigal, Philip Stollmaia, Sid-
ney M. Shevitz, Dr. Leonard Sidlow, Mrs. Irving H. Small, Leon Wayburn; committee chairmen,
Rabbi Morris Adler, Dr. Norman Drachler, Rabbi Leon Fram, Dan Frohman, Dr. Richard C.
Hertz, Bernard Isaacs, Morris L. Schaver, Allen Warsen, Leon Wayburn, Leonard N. Simons,.

Rabbi Max IT. Wo41geIernteL

Tercentenary and Israel:

Dr. MOSHE .DAVIS, provost and assistant professor of history
at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, (right) , is
shown with President ITZHAK BEN ZVI, of Israel, with
whom he discussed plans for the American Jewish Tercen-
tenary, which will be celebrated from Sept. 12 through May
29, 1955. Dr. Davis, who has returned from a five-week
lecture tour of Israel under the joint auspices of the Ameri-
can Jewish Tercentenary Committee and the Jewish Agency
for Palestine, presented recordings of "Eternal Light"
broadcasts, dramatizing the lives of Dr. Ben Zvi and his wife,
Rachel Yaanit, to Israel's President.

