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Detroit Caravan Ready for Mission to Israel

Purely Commenter

By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ

Oil in Israel

We pray that the discovery of oil in Israel's Negev
should prove to be as significant as the early announce=
ments indicate.
Israel needs this bounty. With her back to the wall,
suffering from hostile neighbors, struggling against serious
economic odds, this . small state has had a tough time of it
since it has won its independence against seven Arab enemy
states. These enemies are continuing their economic 'boycott
against Israel, without realizing that they, themselves, have
as much to gain from a peace with Israel as the Israelis.
A stream of oil may literally extinguish the flames of hatred
that are being fanned by the Arab League.
Let us hope that the oil wells in Israel will be rich
ones and that they will,- very soon, help bring an end to
animosities and to speed peace for that entire area and for
the entire world.

Meetings with top Israeli government leaders will be included in the two-week tour of the
Jewish State which the Caravan of Israel will begin on Oct. 4. The Caravan has been, organized
by the Detroit Service Group for an official delegation of the Jewish Welfare Federation. Caravan
members are, left to right, standing: Arthur Fleischman, Esther R. Prussian, director of the Detroit
Service Group, who will serve as tour conductor; Emil T. Stern, Edward Fleischman, Irwin Green,
Alex Sklar, Allen B. Kramer, Benjamin Lieberman, Arthur Leebove; Seated: Mesdames Perry P.
Burnstine, Emir T. Stern, Edward Fleischman; George S. Jackson, Mrs.'Dorothy Weisman. Members
of the Caravan not shown here are: Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Edelstein, of Toledo; Mrs. Arthur
Fleischman, Albert Fruman, Mrs. Sara Klivons, of Toledo; Jack 0. Lefton, Max Osnos, who is
chairman of the delegation; Mr. and Mrs. David Safran and Jack J. Surnow.

The Mississippi Verdict

A -packed courtroom in Sumner, Miss., applauded the verdict
freeing two white men for the murder of a Negro boy.
Perhaps there would have remained a shadow of a doubt in
the guilt of the two men, and there might have been remote ground
for justifying the - jury's hesitancy to convict two men for murder
of a lad whose body, so we have been told; was unidentifiable. But
there was no effort to assure: official identification of the body
which was recognized by the boy's survivors; the two men
admitted kidnapping the boy; no other boy that age was missing.
Worst of all: the people in the courtroom applauded a verdict
they had expected because a Southern community, from the indica-
tions in Sumner, Miss., will not convict white men for the murder
of a black person.
Therein lies the tragedy, the injustice, the horror of the situation.
Therein also lies the warning that all who seek true justice must
continue to strive for decency—especially in the backward com-
munities of our South where bigots still are to learn the meaning
of true brotherhood, regardless of race or creed.
Nearly a hundred years ago, the Great Emancipator uttered
the right warning against the perpetuation of bigotry. Before
he had become President, in his indignation against the dreaded
Dred Scott verdict by the Supreme Court, headed by chief Justice
Taney (see Fred Rodell's excellent book on the Supreme Court,
"Nine Men," published by Random House, for an, evaluation of
that horrible verdict). Abraham Lincoln said:
"Familiarize yourselves with the chains of bondage and you
prepare your own limbs to wear them. Accustomed to trample
on the rights of others, you have lost the genius of your own
independence . . . And let me tell you, that all these things
are prepared for you by the teachings of history, if the elections
shall promise that the next Dred Scott decision and all future
decisions will be quietly acquiesced in by the people."
Apply this to Sumner, Miss., and- you have a ,guide for intro-
D.Tecl
spection in human relations. Substitute "Sumner", , for -:`,
Scott" and you have a warning against familiarization With
chains of bondage. We pray that the entire South may at least
learn the lesSon that was given us by Abraham Lincoln in the
late 1850's.
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Courageous Justice Justine Wise Polier

Mayor Wagner of New York has reappointed° Justice Justine
Wise Polier to the Domestic Relations Court but refused to re-
appoint her associate, Justice ..Hubert Delany. An interesting situa-
tion developed out of the Mayor's preferences, and the New York
Post published this editorial under the heading "Justic Polier
Dissenting":
"Mayor Wagner announced the other day that he was re-
appointing Justice Justine Wise' Polier to the Domestic Rela-
tions Court but denying reappointment to Justice Hubert
Delany. He cryptically explained' that he didn't agree with
some of Justice Delany's "positions."
"We have said what we think about this decision, but
there is a dramatic footnote to the episode. As she was being
sworn in for a new term in the presence of Mayor Wagner, _
Justice Polier spoke up eloquently in behalf of her missing
colleague. We quote:
"I accept this new responsibility in a spirit of gratitudeand
sorrow—in sorrow thatthe colleague I love and respect is not
. to be at my side, the colleague who sought the same object-
ives I did.'
"The Mayor said nothing, whioh was probably the best
thing he could say in the face of so ‘ gallant and pointed a
rebuke."
We quote this editorial because it indicates so well that the
charming Justice Polier has inherited courage from her father,
the late Dr. Stephen S. Wise. Her father probably would have acted
as she did. She displayed a great deal of courage. It is no wonder
that the Jewish movement she heads, the Women's Division of the
American Jewish Congress, is so proud of her.
- The issue which . caused Justice Polier's indignation has aroused
a great deal of resentment in the Harlem area of New York, whose
Negro residents . continue to protest against the removal from office
of one of their most distinguished leaders. But they are not alone
in their anger, as is evidenced by Justice Polier's fearless rebuke
to the man who reappointed her but failed to recognize the ability
of her colleague. Fearlessness of this sort usually brings the desired
results: of causing politicians to respect the merits of available
candidates for public offices and to honor the wishes of the people.

The Nazi Lie—Challenges to. the Triumphant

H einrich Heine's Hundredth Anniversary Featured

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In the 1955 Volume of the Jewish Book Annual

A revealing analysis of the
spiritual and literary evolution of
the great 19th century German-
Jewish poet, Heinrich Heine, is
featured in an article in volume
13 of the Jewish Book Annual,
published by the National Jewish
Welfare Board—sponsored Jewish
Book Council of America.
The Council is the coordinator
of the annual nationwide obser-
vance of Jewish Book Month, to
be marked this year from Nov.
4 to Dec. 4.
The article by Dr. Sol- Liptzin,
a former Council president, on
Heine, "who meandered along
many erring paths before home-
sickness for Jewishness brought
him back to his ancestral roots,"
is presented in connection- with
the centennial Yarhzeit (100th
anniversary of the death) of the
poet, to be marked during Book
Month. •-
The 170-page tri=lingual Jewish
Book Annual features eight bib-
liographical studies of Jewish
books in Hebrew,- English and
Yiddish published within the past
year - in the U.S., Europe and
Israel.
Included among the biblio-
graphical articles are: "American
Jewish Non-fiction Books, 1954-
1955," by I. Edward Kiev; "Amer-
ican Books on Israel and Zionism,
1954-1955,"- by Solomon Kerstein;

A recent JTA report from Frankfurt quoted "Die Europaeische
Nationale," a neo-Nazi organ, as claiming, in an article entitled
"The Lie of the Six Million Killed Jews," that "only" 365,000 Jews
were killed during the Nazi regime.
This reads like the early Nazi denials that they were persecut-
ing Jews. While they were murdering innocent people, they were
charging that Jews in Germany were • living "in luxury." We have
just come across this WNS story from Berlin, from the late 1930s:
. . . Bitterly attacking the officials of the Paris International
Exposition for allowing the sponsors of the Palestine Pavilion to il-
lustrate Jewish sufferings in Germany, Der Angriff, mouthpiece of
Propaganda Minister Goebbels, complains that the Pavilion is merely
anti-German propaganda. The paper offers to present photographs
proving that German Jews continue to live in "luxury."
Now the defenders of Nazism are resorting to old propaganda
methods not only to deny that Jews were murdered—contrary to the
accumulated facts—but to accuse Jews of distorting truth.
These developments represent a challenge to the present Ger-
man regime whose triumpant international relations are spreading
from West to East. Chancellor Adenauer has repudiated Nazism.
His repudiations must be put into action, lest the neo-Nazi gain
an upper hand, to the detriment of the new Germany and the civi-
lized world.

"American Jewish Fiction Books,
1954-1955," by Mary N. Kiev;
"American Jewish Juvenile
Books, 1954-55," by Fanny Gold-
stein; "American Hebrew Books,
19-544-955," by Daniel Persky;
"American Yiddish Books, 1954-
1955," by Dina Abramowitz; "Re-
cent Jewish Books in English
( published outside the U.S. )
1952-1955," by George J. Weber;
"Hebrew Books of Israel. 1952-
1955," by Menahem G. Glen.
Other articles on Jewish au-
thors, the anniversary of whose
birth or death will be marked
during Jewish Book Month, are
"Meyer Waxman: An appreciation
and Bibliography," by Leonard

Mishkin; "Solomon Ettinger," by -
Jacob Shatzky; "Maimonides, a
Selected Bibliography," by Jacob
I. Dienstag, and "The Principle
Theme in the Novels and Stories-
of Joseph Opatoshu," by Shlomo
Bickel.
Also included are: "An Ap-
praisal of American Hebrew Lit-
erature," by Jacob Kabakoff; "In
the Realm of Beauty: Books on
Jewish Art," by Alfred Werner;
"Trends in Contemporary Yiddish
Literature," by Sh. Niger; "Jew-
ish Literary Anniversaries: A
Listing," by Moshe Starkman, and
"The Dropsie College and its
Contribution to Jewish Litera-
ture," by Mortimer J. Cohen.

Between You and Me

By BORIS SMOLAR

(Copyright, 1955, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.)

The American proposal to help Israel with an - international
loan sufficient to assure the payment of compensation to Palestine
Arab refugees is now a subject of informal talks at the United
Nations General Assembly. . It will become a public discussion
at the Assembly next month when the question of the Arab refugees
reaches the floor. . . . Israel Ambassador Abba Eban and Francis
0. Wilcox, Assistant Secretary of State for UN Affairs, have had
a meeting on this subject. . . . The American delegation at the
UN is sounding out various of the Arab - nations on the project. . . .
The projected loan should not be confused with the financial aid
which Israel is receiving from the United States for the develop-
ment of the Jewish State. . . . About a dozen members of Congress
will visit Israel during the next month to acquaint themselves
with the extent to which American aid has benefitted Israel . . .
U.S. governmental assistance to Israel in loans, grants, technical
Truman
aid and gifts in kind reached a total of more than $430,000,000 since
the establishment of the Jewish State. . . . This includes $226,000,000
Harry S.- Truman heads a list in grant-in-aids, more than $6,000,000 in - technical assistance, and
of distinguiShed Americans who $135,000,000 in loans from the U.S. -Export-Import Bank. . . . How-
ever, American aid to Israel is gradually being reduced. . . . This
will address the
year it will amount to less than $35,000,000, which is just half of
1 . 6 t h biennia7
what it was three years ago. . . . As a -rule, the money received by
convention o
Israel in American grants-in-aid can--be used only for the purchase
the Nationa
of commodities and capital equipment in the United States. . . .
Federation c
This year the U.S. Government will convert part of the grant into
Temple Brother
a long-term loan, repayable in Israel pounds, and will make the
hoods, Nov. 3 t
other part available in the form of surplus commodities. . . . The
6, in New Or
latter provision limits, of course, the range of goods . which Israel
leans.
will be able to obtain in the United States.
President Tru
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Meet Adolf Kiesler of Denver—one of the great Jewish philan-
Peace" at a ban
thropists of this country. . . . His total charitable contributions
quet -in the
have now passed the $1,250,000 mark. . . . By this inspiring per-
Roosevelt Hotel.
sonal example of his own interest in the United Jewish Appeal, he
The premier
has transformed the Denver Jewish community into one of the
Truman
showing of "This
outstanding supporters of the UJA—on a per capita basis. . .
Is Our Faith," a motion picture While many other community campaigns affiliated with the UJA
produced by the Jewish Chau- have declined in recent years, Denver can point to increases. . . .
tauqua Society, the Brotherhood's Mr. Kiesler's pace-setting gifts of $60,000 to the UJA-Allied Jewish
educational project, also will be Campaign kept Denver moving upward. . . On the local scene,
featured.
he has been the veritable builder of Denver's Jewish community
NFTB with a membership of and the mainstay of philanthropic achievements . . . His $50,000
55,000 men now comprises 330 gift launched a building drive for the - new Beth Israel Home for
Reform temple men's groups.
the Aged . . . He helped organize the Allied Jewish -Community
Council and served as its president. . . . He also was a founder of
Believe All Romanian
Denver's famous JCRS sanatorium. . . . This rugged, many-sided
Romanian-born metallurgist not only leads Denver's Jewish phil-
Prisoners Now Released
TEL AVIV, (JTA) — Authen- anthropic work, but also gives liberally to every worthwhile cause
tic information reaching Israel in the community at large. . . . He makes the largest individual
gave reason to assume that all donation to the Community. Chest and holds the post of honorary
Zionist leaders imprisoned for vice-president. . .. He is a generous benefactor of Denver University
several years have been released and donates scholarships to the Catholic Loretta Heights College.
. . . A lover of art and music, he has collected many priceless
by now.
paintings and has given some of the most valuable ones to the
The report lists a number of Denver Art Museum and the Tel Aviv Art Museum. . . . In this,
Jewish leaders released very re- his 75th year, he received an , honorary doctor of public service
cently, in addition to those whose degree from Denver University. . • . On his 70th birthday he was
release had been reported be- greeted by President Harry S. Truman for his "munificient gifts to
fore. It states that the latest re- worthy causes." .. . He learned metallurgy in Europe and started
lease was a result of an appeal here from the bottom- as a young immigrant working for 15 cents a
to Romanian authorities of Chief
day and finally saving up enough money to open his own one-room
Rabbi Rosen of Bucharest.
smelter with. a plumbers' pot and pot-bellied stove. . . . At a recent
2—DETROIT JEWISH NEWS UJA conference in Washington he received a tumultous ovation
for his humanitarian works.
Friday, September 30, 1955

to Address
Reform Men's Parley

