Frankfurter— "Big 'Little _ledge"' and the Anti-Semites THE JEWISH NEWS A Weekly Review Editorials, Page 4 of Jewish Events .10. 7 the JDC The Annual Book Fair Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper—Incorporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle VOLUME 26—No. 13 40 Years of Mercy Work by Commentary, Page 17100 W. 7 Mile Rd.—VE, 8-9364—Detroit 35, December 3, 1954 $4.00 Per Year; Single Copy, 15c German Anti-Semitism Seen Spreading to a Wider Front Book Fair, Hanukah Fetes at Historical Museum, Yiddish Public Meeting Dec. 19, Scheduled in Observance of Tercentenary • American Jewish Tercentenary events in Detroit gathered new momentum this week with the formulation of plans for a number of public meetings. Four major events will feature the Tercentenary program during December: 1. Annual Book Fair, in observance of Jewish Book Month, at the Dexter-Davison Jewish Center. 2. The Yiddish public meeting at the Woodward Jewish Center on Dec. 19. 3. A series of Hanukah programs at the Detroit Historical Museum, Woodward and ' Kirby, where the exhibition, "Jewish Life and Culture in Detroit" will continue for another six weeks. 4. The children's and youth programs at Mumford High School on Dec. 26. Several prominent authors will appear at the Book Fair programs at the Davison Jewish Center, this week-end. At the opening program, Saturday evening, the speakers will be Louis Golding, eminent Anglo-Jewish author; Charles Angloff and Dorothy Kripke, American Jewish authors. Shmuel Niger and Dr. Ephraim Shmueli will address the Yiddish-Hebrew night Sun- day. The children's program will be conducted Sunday afternoon and a women's program Monday afternoon. Detailed Book Fair Story, Page 2; Editorial, Page 4 A major activity this month will be the Yiddish public meeting, at the Woodward Jewish Center, Sunday, Dec. 19, 8:30 p.m., first night of Hanukah. With major addresses scheduled by Dr. Jacob Shatzky, eminent author and lecturer, and Rabbi Mordecai Kirshblum, Mizrachi leader, this program will include the following: Yiddish readings by Vivien Goldstein of Chicago, the lighting of the Hanukah candles and the singing of appropriate hymns by Cantor Hyman J. Adler, accompanied by Bella Goldberg; greetings by Philip Slomovitz, representing the Detroit Committee for the Ter- . centenary, and Louis LaMed, who will represent the Jewish Community Council. Joseph Bernstein, who will preside, is in charge of arrangements for this event, to which the public is invited without charge. • The established principle of no-admission fees and no solicitations at Tercentenary events here will be adhered to at the Yiddish public meeting of Dec. 19. Through the efforts of Abraham Kastenbaum, of the staff of the Jewish Commun- ity Center, a series of special programs have been arranged for Hanukah week at the Detroit Historical Museum. On Sunday, Dec. 19, the first night of Hanukah, the Jewish Center will conduct the program. Temple Beth El and Temple Israel have taken over t h e program for the third Hanukah night, Dec. 21. On Dec. 22, the Adas Shalom Sisterhood will have charge of the celebration. The Bnai David Synagogue will take charge on Dec. 23. The programs during Hanukah at the Historical Museum will be conducted from 7 to 8 p.m. They will include the lighting of Hanukah candles, choral group singing with au- dience participation, playlets and dramatic readings. Elaborate plans are being made by the schools' committee, headed by Drs. Leon Fram and Norman Drachler, for the children's events, to be held at Mumford High School on Dec. 26. From 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon that morning, children 8 to 12 will be entertained at a program that will include the lighting of the Hanukah candles by the United Hebrew ' - Schools' choir, group singing and a play by the Temple Israel High School Group. The same day, 2:30 to 4 p.m., children 13 through high school age will have their -- celebration. Their program will include the lighting of the Hanukah candles by the Bnai Moshe children, singing by the Temple Beth El choir, songs by the Yiddish groups, a cantata by the Adas Shalom High School group. That evening, also at Mumford High School, the young adults will have a specially arranged program. A proclamation is being prepared by the schools' committee, a n d its printing on parchment is planned by Leon Wayburn, chairman of the Tercentenary public relations committee. This proclamation, which is expected to be suitable for framing, will be given to every Detroit boy and girl attending a Jewish school here. The League of Jewish Women's Organizations is planning a pageant at Temple Is- rael, on Feb. 14. A music festival, at Mumford High School, Feb. 20, is planned by the music com- mittee headed by Morris Schaver and Dan Frohman. There are plans, being formulated by Mr. Wayburn, for three television programs, with Conservative, Orthodox and Reform spokesmen as participants. Henny Littman, chairman of the Tercentenary military participation committee, an- nounces that plans are proceeding for the presentation of the pageant, "Heritage of Free- dom," by the Jewish War Veterans, in cooperation with the Greater Detroit Bnai Brith Council, in celebration of the Tercentenary. The event will be held at Mumford High School Auditorium on Sunday evening, Dec. 12. The drama will show the part played by Jews in the building of this country, tracing their share in all wars, through the Korean conflict. Daniel Kahn of the Jewish War Veterans and Joseph Edelman of the Jewish Community Council prepared the, script,. - Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News BERLIN—The effects of last week's anti-Semitic de- velopments at the German party rally here, when a number of persons were beaten and called "Jewish Swine" for fusing to sing an untra-nationalist song, spread Tuesday re- to a wider front, as the Bonn Minister of Transport, Chrisoph Seebohm, and Berlin's Mayor Walter Schreiber, exchanged attacks over the affair. - Herr Seebohm, who was the major speaker at the rally, threatened to bring a libel suit against Heinz Galinski, president of the Berlin Jewish community, who had ex- pressed surprise that the Minister would address a meeting at which anti-Semitic acts and statements were made, while Herr Seebohm challenged the veracity of Herr Galinski's statement. Mayor Schreiber came to the Jewish leaders' defense, asserting that the Jewish leader had truthfully re- lated the incidents which took place while the Minister was at the German party rally. Herr Seebohm, who minimized the anti-Jewish inci- dents which occured at the rally and charged that they had "undoubtedly been provoked by our political foes," defended fully the Berlin section of his party which all observers here describe as neo-Nazi in character. He also protested against the Berlin City Council's plastering the streets of Berlin with posters expressing the Council's "indignation" at what had occured at the German party rally and describing these developments as reminis- cent of Nazi activities prior to 1933. Shorten' Calls on UN Powers To Speed Release of 'Bat Galin,' Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News JERUSALEM—Israel Premier Moshe Sharett summoned the envoys of the Soviet Union, United States, Britain and France to his office here Tuesday morning to confer with them on the Egyptian refusal to release the Israel vessel "Bat Galim" and on Israel's request to the United Nations Security Council to re- sume consideration of Israel's complaint against the Egyptian blockade of the Suez Canal. Mr. Sharett pointed out to the envoys of the Big Four that the Israel-Egyptian Mixed Armistice Commission resolution that the Bat Galim's entry into the Suez Canal did not violate the Israel-Egyptian armistice agreement was a confirmation of Is- rael's position, and opened the way for a clear-cut decision by the Security Council declaring the ship's seizure illegal and order- ing the ship and crew released. The Premier stressed the common interest of all maritime nations in guaranteeing freedom of navigation of the Suez Canal. He said that Israel would not acquiesce indefinitely to a state of affairs where the vessels of all nations except hers were guaran- teed the right of passage through the Canal. It has been three years since the Security Council resolution of 1951 upholding Israel's right to passage through the water-. way, and Israel refuses to tolerate its victimization any longer, Mr. Sharett stressed. Finally, Mr. Sharett drew the attention of the envoys to the illegality of Egypt's insistence that it has belligerency rights to halt Israel shipping in the Canal. He also hit as "empty" the Egyptian assertion that the Constantinople convention of 1888 under which the Suez Canal is administered gives Egypt the right to interfere with Israel-bound traffic. (See Related Stores on Page 28). Ilanukah Torch ! Rabbi S. 7. Cahana (fourth from right) , director general of the Ministry of Re- ligious Affairs and Custodian of Mt. Zion, is shown on Mt. Zion as he dedicates a special torch which will be sent to the United States for use at an Israel Bond Hanukah Festival in New York's Madison Square Garden on Dec. 23, and at Hanukah celebrations in other major cities throughout the country.