Detroit Musicians Join in Protest Against Concert by Wail Led' Berlin Orchestra Many Detroit musicians have joined in the protest against the planned appearance here, March 17, at the Masohic Temple, of the Berlin Philharmonic Or- chestra which is being directed by a Nazi. A JTA report from New York states that a petition calling for cancellation of three scheduled concert_s at Carnegie Hall by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, which arrives in the Knited States next Sunday to open a six-week tour of 21 cities in the United States and Canada, has been signed by about 750 mem- ' hers of the American Federation of Musicians. The JTA reports that the pet- 'tion, which hundreds of musi- sians in New York had signed by Wednesday when it was sub- mitted to an executive board meeting of Local 802—on whom it calls for action to halt the concert—charges that the con- ductor of the orchestra, Herbert von Karajan, and its manager, Gerhardt von Westerman, were members of the Nazi Party. The text of the petition de- clares: "We musicians strenuously object to the appearance of the Nazi-led and Nazi-man- aged Berlin Philharmonic Or- chestra in New York. The con- ductor, H. von- Karajan, as well as the orchestra manager, was an active party member who „bears responsibility for the death and exile of countless musicians from. Hitler Ger- many. "We also protest the United States Government subsidy of this orchestra while American orchestras are denied such sup-. port. We urge you to act to prevent this performance." An official of Columbia Artists' Management, which is handling the Berlin Philharmonic Or- chestra's tour, declared that the petition was in error in stating that the U.S. Government had subsidized the tour. He insisted - that the West German govasen ment was subsidizing it entirely. Well-informed Detroite rs stated this week that von Karajan belonged to the SS Storm Troopers, that he was among the very few, perhaps less than 100, who could not pass the denazification board. It is pointed out that while Furtwaengler, Giesseking and others were found "innocent", von Karajan was punished and was not allowed to con- duct in Germany for three years. One very well informed musician, whose name can not be used because of family .relationships in Germany and Austria, said that Furtwaeng ler himself had said that Kara- jan was "a Nazi who stepped over corpseS." A serious effort is being made here to cancel the proposed con- cert and to spare Detroit the humiliation of a performance here by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of a Nazi. . The Bnai Brith Hillel Founda- tion at Wayne University in co- sponsorship with the university's department of philosophy will present the sixth annual Hillel Lecture. at 8:15 p.m., Tuesday, in the Kresge Science Library auditorium, 5250 Second. . On the occasion of the 750th anniversary since the death of Maimonides, the subject will be "Science and Religion, the Philo- sophic Synthesis of Maimonides." The guest lecturer will be Dr. Irving M. Levey, Hillel director at Princeton University. The lecture will stress the relation: ship between philosophy and re- ligion and Maimonides' views on the subject. Dr. Levey was ordained from Hebrew Union College, and re- ceived an MA and PhD from Harvard -University. He served previously as rabbi of Temple Israel, Brockton, Mass., and was librarian and a faculty member of Hebrew Union College. Dr. Max Kapustin, Wayne Hil- lel director, is chairman of the meeting. 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