U. S. Zionist Groups Urge
More Teeth in Ike Doctrine

Canal controversy and Arab-
Israel, relations.
Addressing several hundred
leading Zionists from all parts
of the United States who as-
sembled Sunday at an all-day
session of the national executive
council of the Zionist Organiza-
tion of America, Dr. Emanuel
Neumann, ZOA president, said:
"One searches in vain for a hint
of Administration policy regard-
ing the solution of the internal
problem in the Middle East,
such as the Suez Canal issue,
Egypt's, official belligerency
toward Israel, the fedayeen in-
cursions, the blockade of Israeli
Charles Angoff, the distin- shipping, the refugee problem,
guished Jewish novelist, was the bitter conflicts between the
an editorial associate of
Arab states, the constant incite-
Mencken , o n
ment to violence."
t h e American
Declaring that Washington's
Mercury, for a
referral of all these problems
number of
to the United Nations for solu-
years. Both be-
tion is nothing more than pass-
came good
ing the buck," the ZOA presi-
friends. They
dent asked: "Is it not high time
were together
that the Administration give a
a lot. Angoff
clear indication of the policies
came to know
it intends to pursue not only to
Mencken very
repel external aggresson, but to
intimately.
settle the internal problems in
They lunched H. L. rviea_.;en
the Middle East?"
together, they discussed world
Similar sentiments were
affairs, they spoke about re-
ligion and sex. Angoff made voiced at the opening session
voluminous notes of their con- of the four-day mid-winter
conference of Hadassah, which
versations, and he also possesses
is being attended by leaders of
a very retentive memory.
the organization from all parts
A result of this association
of the country. The conference
is Angoff's "H. L. Mencken, A
was called to map a program
Portrait from Memory," pub- of meeting emergency prob-
lished by Thomas Yoseloff (11 lems in Israel.
E. 36th, N Y 16).
Mrs. Rose Halprin, Hadassah
Mencken was kind to many
people. There is no doubt that leader and acting chairman of
he treated Angoff well. But in the AmeriCan section of the
his excessive craving for liquor, Jewish Agency, stated: "Al-
his coarse language, his vio- though all Americans will sup-
lently anti-religious utterances, port the far-reaching objective
of keeping Russia from greater
he was vulgar.
penetration into the Middle East,
Angoff was revolted by some the testimony of Secretary of
of the things Mencken said and State Dulles before the House
did, and the latter called him Foreign Affairs Committee last
"sentimental," which Angoff ad- week points up the need for
mitted. But there is evidence in very careful analysis of all the
several of the recorded Angoff- implications of the Eisenhower
Mencken experiences that the Doctrine and the means by
former's was much more than which its purposes are to be
mere sentiment: it was revul- achieved."
sion. And that is how the reader
Dr. Miriam Freund, national
will feel about Mencken after
president of Hadassah, told the
reading Angoff's story.
The Jewish readers will have delegates that unless the Eisen-
additional cause for resentment: hower Doctrine is "revised" to
Mencken's anti-Semitism. The encompass internal problems of
noted critic's best friends in- the Middle East, the United
cluded Phil Goodman. Men- States will be following "a dan-
cken's pro-German attitudes re- gerous, uncharted course of far-
sulted in a complete cessation reaching implications that will
in their friendly relationship. becloud the world with anx-
Angoff is rather kind to Men- iety." She said that the present
cken. He points to his many turmoil in the Middle East un-
kindnesses to Jews, to the many dersc ores the importance of
articles he published about Jews stepping up Hadassah work in
and Yiddish, the Jewish friend- Israel.
ships he cultivated, his respect
Former President Harry S.
for Jewish doctors. But he re- Truman came out with an
veals fully Mencken's p r o- article copyrighted by the North
Hitlerism.
American Newspaper Alliance
Phil Goodman explained to expressing his support of Eisen-
him why he broke the friend- hower's request for Congres-
sional authorization to use U.S.
ship with Mencken:
armed forces against Communist
"I've refused to have any-
aggression in the Middle East.
thing more to do with him,
At the same time, he empha-
since I learned he was a Hit-
sized that the United States
ler lover. But he still sends
must "do everything possible to
me all sorts of m a i 1, e m-
cool the passions of those ex-
balmer's cards, stuff like that.
tremists who want to destroy
But the other day he did
Israel."
something that made m e
squirm. The sob is really no
good. He sent me a note on Hadassah Discusses
the letter-paper of the Deut-
Psychiatry Exchange
scher Weckruf, a lousy Nazi
NEW YORK, (JTA) — An
sheet published in Yorkville. American-Israel exchange pro-
He asked me how my gall- gram in psychiatry, designed to
stones were, and he signed benefit the entire Middle East
himself, Heil Hitler. Funny, was proposed by Dr. James
eh? What do you think of Mann, directhr of psychiatry
that? . . We Jews never
and research of Boston State
learn .. . The Dark Ages are Hospital, to the midwinter con-
upon us again."
ference of Hadassah, the
The laSt issue of American Women's Zionist Organization of
Mercury edited by Mencken, in America.
December 1933, "almost con-
Dr. Mann urged creation of
,.-doned Hitler's acts," Angoff special fellowships in psychia-
points out. Mencken told him, try providing for advanced
"as a Jew, . you're inclined to training for Israeli psychiatrists
be emotional about Hitler.". And in the United States and the
that's h o w Mencken's anti-. sending of Anieriean psychia-
Semitism now is revealed as a trists for special studies • and
teachings in Israel.
matter of record.

NEW YORK (JTA) — While
voicing complete sympathy with
the general purpose of the Eis-
enhower Doctrine as an expres-
sion of the determination of the
United States to repel Commu-
nist aggression in the Middle
East, leaders of American Zion-
ist groups insisted that Presi-
dent Eisenhower must come to
grips with the internal situation
in that area, including the Suez

Mencken Exposed
As Anti-Semite,
Hitler .Defender

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Richardson,
LZO Leader,
Dies at 57

Obituaries

PAULINE KESTENBAUM,
11501 Petoskey, died Jan. 10.
Survived by a son, Solomon;
three daughters, Mrs. 'Abraham
Wolfe, Mrs. Murray Hirsch and
Mrs. Sylvia Fitzig; 15 grandchil-
Simon Richardson, 57, of dren; and 10 great-grandchil-
23871 Moritz, Oak Park, one of dren.
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Detroit's best known Labor
ADELLA IDA KLEIN, 19321
Zionist leaders, died in Sinai
Hosiptal, Monday morning, after Votrobeck, died Jan. 12. Sur-
vived by a son, Bernard E.; two
a brief illness.
Rabbi Morris Adler officiated daughters, - Mrs. Eli Shusterman
at funeral services at Kaufman and Esther Klein; a brother, a
sister and six grandchildren.
Chapel, Tuesday morning.
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Surviving him are his wife,
BESSIE ZOBROWITZ, 2976
Myra, who has shared his in-
terests in Labor Zionism and Fischer, died Jan. 12. Survived
is active in Histadrut and the by a son, Morris; two sisters
and three grandchildren.

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SIMON RICHARDSON

Pioneer Women's movement; a
son, Philip; a daughter, Ruth,
a brother, Hyman, and a sister,
Mrs. Saul Lipschitz.
For the past three year s,
Richardson was associated with
the United Hebrew Schools, as
a member of the teaching staff.
He previously conducted a
school of his own and a number
of years ago he taught in the
Windsor Hebrew School.
Born in Jerusalem, Israel,
April 28, 1899, Richardson came
to this country as a youth.
A leader in Histadrut, Far-
band and the Labor Zionist Or-
ganization, he was active for
many years in the Jewish Na-
tional Fund.
At the time of his death
Richardson was president of
the Detroit Hebrew Teachers'
Association.
He was a former secretary of
the Detroit Histadrut, was ac-
tive in the Jewish Community
Council and was a member of
Louis Stone Bnai Brith Lodge.
He was one of the pioneer
members of the Detroit Mac-
cabaean Society, which func-
tioned preceding and during
the years of the issuance of the
Balfour Declaration and the San
Remo Decision.

Alfred Kuschinski Dies
Alfred Kuschinski, 54, of 19013
Wildemere, for 35 years a prac-
ticing attorney here, died Jan.
10.
A native Detroiter, he was a
graduate of Central High School
and the University of Michigan
and received his law degree
from the University of Detroit.
He was associated with his
brother, Leo, in real estate ven-
tures. He was a member of the
boards of the Detroit Harbor
Terminal and the Flint Tavern
Hotel. He was a 32nd degree
Mason and was associated with
a number of local organizations
and Congregation Shaarey
Zedek.
Besides his brother he is sur-
vived by his wife, Lillian, and
daughters, Janice and Ellen.

850 Million Budget
Presented to Knesset

JERUSALEM ( JTA ) —I sra el's
1957 budget, totalling 850,000,000
pounds, was presented to Par-
liament by Finance Minister
Levi Eshkol.
In a two-hour address which
accompanied presentation of the
document, Eshkol reviewed Is-
rael's economic development in
1956 and the , government's
economic plan for 1957.

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ROSE RABINOWITZ, 11501
Petoskey, died Jan. 9. She
leaves a daughter, Mrs. Cecelia
Friedman; a brother and a sis-
ter.

Dr. John B. Horwitz Dies
Dr. John B. Horwitz, 55, of
8326 Huntington, Huntington
Woods, died Sunday night at
his home.
Funeral services were held at
Kaufman Chapel Wednesday.
Surviving him are his wife,
Rose; son,, Frederick; daughter,
Mrs. Albert Rosenthal; sisters,
Mesdames Peter Sleiss, Baton
Rouge, La., Clara Brown, Los
Angeles, and Etta Levin.
Dr. Horwitz came to Detroit
with his parents, from Russia,
51 years ago, and practiced
medicine here for 30 years. He
was a graduate of Detroit Col-
lege of Medicine and was on the
staffs of Sinai and Grace Hospi-
tals.
He was a major in the army
in World War II, was a member
of the Jewish War Veterans and
Congregation Shaarey Zedek
and of the Wayne County and
Michigan State Medical Socie-
ties.

JACOB SCHWARTZ, 846 S.
Cary, died Jan. 10. Survived by
five nephews, Alex, Joseph and'
Nicholas Leichtman, William B.
Mayer and Andre Merosi; three
nieces, Mrs. Helen Dietrich-
stein, Mrs. Arthur Klein and
Margaret Liechtman.
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FREDA GONEK, 21961 Sus-
sex, Oak Park, died Jan. 12, in
Miami, Fla. She leaves her hus-
band, Ben; three sons, Jerry and
Marvin D. Gonek and Murray
Sheldon; a daughter, Mrs. Wil-
Judge Jerome Frank Dies
liam Glieberman; a brother,
Judge Jerome N. Frank, an
four sisters and six grandchil-
early New Deal associate of
dren.
President Roosevelt, died Jan.
JOSEPH B. KAMIL, 25430 13, in New Haven, Conn. He
Hereford, Huntington Woods, was Judge of the U.S. Court of
died Jan. 13, in Miami Beach, Appeals for the Second Circuit
Fla. He le!ves his wife, Flor- and fOrmer chairman of the
ence; a son, Dr. Richard; a Securities and Exchange Com-
daughter, Mrs. Max Blugrind; a mission.
sister and five grandchildren.
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LAWRENCE ELLIOT KAHN,
19713 Snowden, died Jan. 14.
He leaves his parents, Mr. and
In loving memory of our clear
Mrs. David Kahn; a brother, mother, Esther Passerman, who
Mark; a sister, Andrea; and his passed away on Jan. 15, 1954.
grandparents, ' Mr. and Mrs.
Sadly missed by her children
Jacob Koss.
and grandchildren.
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NATHAN RUBIN, of Wood-
In cherished memory of our
hull Lake, Mich., died Jan. 14, dear son and brother, Victor
in Miami Beach, Fla. He leaves Passerman, who passed away
his wife, Sarah; two sons, Mau- Jan. 16; 1945, in the service of
rice E. and Charles; five daugh- his country.
ters, Mrs. Hyman Lieberman,
Sadly missed by his father,
Mrs. Louis Kozin, Mrs. Leo brother and - sisters.
Furst, Mrs. Ben Jacobson and
Mrs. Irving Sacks; a brother,
two sisters, 15 grandchildren
MONUMENTS
and eight great-grandchildren.
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SENDER BENSMAN, 80, for-
merly of Detroit, died Dec. 25,
in Milwaukee, Wis. In addition
to the survivors mentioned in
last week's notice, Mr. Bensman
left 19 grandchildren and 21
•
Great grandchildren.
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Manual Urbach & Son
. MORRIS EDER,. 7193 W.
7729 TWELFTH ST.
Outer Dr., died Jan. 7. He
TY. 6-7192
leaves a son, Samuel; two
daughters, Mrs. Louis Freedman
and Mrs. Morris Greenstein;
two sisters and eight grandchil-
dren.
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In loving memory of
BLANCHE K A H N, 15344
our dearly beloved
James Ct., died Jan. 10. She
brother
leaves her husband, Ben; a son,
Jordan; a daughter, Mrs. Wm.
S. Frank, two brothers, four
sisters and two grandchildren.
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Who passed away on
JACOB WALDON, 18278 Bir-
Feb. 14, 1955 (22 days
wood, died Jan. 10. He leaves
in Shvat)
his wife, Esther; a son, Dr. A.;
Always in our hearts
You will never be forgotten
a daughter, Mrs. I. Ingram; a
Sadly missed by his
sister and seven grandchildren.
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brothers, Jacob,. Man-
uel and Henry and
LILLIE HALPERIN, 3749
sister, • Leah.
Grand, died Jan. 11, in Chicago.
She leaves a daughter, Mrs.
Bertram Finnk and three sisters.

In Memoriam I

INOMMEMEMEW
In Memoriam

- ABRAHAM
FELDSTEI N

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