THE JEWISH NEWS Futile Plea by Dove of Peace . Incorporating the Detroit Jewish Chronicle commencing with issue of July 20, 1951 Member American Association of English-Jewish Newspapers, Michigan Press Association, National Editorial Association. Published every Friday by The Jewish News Publishing Co., 17100 West Seven Mile Road, Detroit 35, Mich., VE. 8-9364. Subscription $5 a year. Foreign $6. Entered as second class matter Aug. 6, 1952, at Post Office, Detroit, Mich., under Act of March 3, 1879. PHILIP SLOMOVITZ Editor and Publisher SIDNEY SHMARAK CARMI M. SLOMOVITZ Circulation Manager Advertising Manager FRANK SIMONS City Editor Sabbath Scriptural Selections This Sabbath, the twentieth day of Adar Sherri, 5717, the following Scriptural selections will be read in our synagogues: Pentateuchal portions, Shernini, Parah, Lev. 9:1-11:47, Muni. 19:1-22, Prophetical portion, Ezek. 36:16-38. Licht Benshen, Friday, March 22, 6:28 p.m. VOL. XXXI—No. 3 Page Four March 22, 195'1 There Must Not Be Another Munich! The world faces the danger of a repe- tition of the Munich betrayals which pre- ceded the tragic second world war. Shocking bargaining is going on be- hind the scenes. 6First Dr. Ralph Bunche was reported to have acceded to Egypt's right to govern the Gaza Strip, then came a denial from Bunche that he had issued such orders, and on the heels of his denials an Egyptian governor marched in, con- trary to decisions of the United Nations that the area was to be governed by the United Nations Emergency Force. • It is no wonder, therefore, that the term "betrayal" is now bandied around, that there are charges of high-handed Welcome, Mr. Briscoe The remarkable thing about Robert Briscoe, Lord Mayor of Dublin, Ireland, is that he has the courage of his convic- tions and stands up for his rights. This became evident on two major occasions: when' he allied himself with Eamon de Valera, in the militant nationalist Sinn Fein movement in Ireland, and joined the forces of Vladimir Jabotinsky in the fight for Jewish rights during the critical years when the great British Empire had to be challenged by world Jewry to live up to promises for the establishment of the Jew- ish National Home in Palestine. Now, Lord Mayor Robert Briscoe is in this country to continue his efforts along both lines — to represent the Irish as a spokesman for his Free State, and to en- list support in defense of the embattled Israelis. He has already led St. Patrick's Day parades in New York and in Boston. Now he is in the process of mobilizing our forces for the protection of the rights of Israel as an autonomous state in the Mid- dle East. He has succeeded in the past -- on behalf of both the Irish and the freedom- seeking Jews. We are confident that the spirit of a man who has been described by a Detroit Irish leader as -"Faithfully Jew- ish, Fiercely Irish" will continue to see triumph for his two ideals- 7the freedom of the Irish and the Jews. Robert Briscoe has earned respect for other reasons. He is a successful electrical engineer. He is an observant Jew and he is credited with having been instrumental in introducing kashrut laws in his coun- try. He and his wife were active in find- ing homes for Jewish refugees after the last war, and themselves housed a number of them. This distinguished guest will help our community in a very great effort to up- hold the hands of the Israelis in their struggle for liberty. Lord Mayor Briscoe comes here to spur the activities of the great allied Jewish Canipaign, whose major allocation is for the United Jewish Appeal, the supporter of immigrants des- tined for Israel from the Moslem and Communist lands of oppression. The enthusiasm Robert Briscoe has for liberty invariably passes on to his audi- ences, and we expect that to be the result of his visit in our community. In wel- coming him to Detroit we, therefore, are boosting the Allied Jewish Campaign. He will no doubt have a full house at the Shaarey Zedek next Thursday evening. The result of his visit here should be to help us oversubscribe our enlarged Allied Campaign goal. It is the only way in which we can say to Israel that we are here to back her up against blackmailers and dictators who seek to destroy her. It is the only way of our proclaiming that we shall not permit tyranny to stand in the way of liberty, and that we are happy to have a - great libertarian share with us our battle for justice. . methods resorted to by UN officials, that the integrity of the United States is being questioned. Is it any wonder that many news analysts speak of the new Middle East situation as packed with "double talk" and others insist that Israel was "double-crossed?" Our Government can not afford to have it said that it was a party to a "double-cross," and if our Secretary of State is responsible for a policy that dis- graces us in the eyes of the entire world, the American people should speak up in protest against it. While this is a matter -that was primar- ily a UN responsibility, - no one forgets that the Eisenhower administration exert- ed the main influence in forcing Britain and FrAce, and later Israel, to leave the disputed areas. Now there are threats again that the Nasser regime will bar Israel's boats both from the Straits of Tiran and from the Suez Canal, contrary to assurances given Israel that her rights to the freedom of the seas will be pro- tected. It is in order, therefore, to demand that there shall not be another Munich, that there shall be complete adherence to - the assurances given by President Eisenhower, in his letter to Israel Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion, on March 2, "that Israel will have no cause to regret having thus conformed to the strong sen- timent of the world community as ex- pressed in the various United Nations resolutions relating to withdrawal." The hour for a showdown has been reached. Whatever happens, we are cer- tain that Israel will not again submit to humiliation, that she will acquire her rights to free passage through interna- tional - water s, that all the combined threats of the Arab nations will not suf- fice in the enforcement of her rights. The State Department has denied having given assurance to Israel, but if it is true that the Department had seen an advance copy of Mrs. Golda Meir's address to the UN General Assembly on March 1 and had made some changes in it, then it must be viewed as a pledge and the State Department must be held to its assurances. We pray that our Government should not again have to be asked to make good on its promisory notes, and not to permit the assurances and encouragement given Israel to be defaulted. A firm stand by the United States—as firm as that which was taken against her 'best friends„ in- cluding Israel—will assure world peace. Any other stand will perpetuate chaos and lead to world warfare. What's to Be Done? A legitimate question is posed by those who are anxious to help Israel and to assist in avoiding a war in the Middle East: what's to be done? It is becoming evident that the time has come for all libertarians to let their voices be heard against a betrayal of Israel, to demand justice in the Middle East, to protest against the support -that apparently is being given Egypt's dictator Nasser by UN elements, after he had gone down for a count of ten last November. This is the time to bombard the White House, the State Department and our rep- resentatives in Congress with requests for action for Israel's defense and with de- mands that U. S. promisory notes be honored. The time has come to demand that technical aid be restored to Israel and that the ban on travel to Israel should be removed forthwith. Congress 1956 Institute Annual Reviews World Jewish Affairs While the population figures of Jewish communities through- out the world—already enumerated in our issue of Feb. 15— forms one of the most important chapters in "The Institute An- nual 1956" of the Institute of Jewish Affairs of the World Jewish Congress, it is only one of the basic questions covered in this volume. Wolf Blattberg's analysis of cultural Jewish developments is a very important portion of the book. Similarly, Dr. Jacob Lestschinsky's studies of migrations and geographical distribu- tion of the Jewish people and Gerhard Jacoby's analysis of Un- ited Nations activities, are valuable collections of data. Dr. Nehemiah -Robinson's review of the reparations, resti- tution and compensation status in Germany and Austria, and their implementation, provide authoritative information on one of the most vital subjects that has faced Jewry in the present era. The reports on various countries include the Arab states and an analysis of the position of the Jews in Egypt. The section on Poland is especially interesting in this critical period. Other essays deal with Fascism, Poujadism and anti-Semi- tism in France; the war criminals' question; and the anti-Semi- tic issue in the United States. The latter section makes reference to a story in the Michi- gan Catholic regarding the flood, as of last April, of anti- Semitic propaganda that is reaching newspapers in this country, "coming from a variety of unknown or half-anonymous sources—an indi- cation that the sheets were still very much alive." A number of these sheets are mentioned in the article. Congress Survey of World Jewish Press Lists 1 036 Publications , A revised edition of "The Jewish Press of the World," by Josef Fraenkel, published by the cultural department of the World Jewish Congress_ (55 New Cavendish St., London, W. 1, England), contains all the basic facts regarding the publications —daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly—of Jewish communities throughout the world. The 80-page brochure contains the facts about 1,036 publica- tions. It provides the results of a statistical survey, based on geographical and linguistic distributions. A new feature in the revised edition is an index of the editors, editorial boards, political affiliations and circulation of most of the periodicals. There are a few errors. For instance: a weekly listed as still published in Chicago is hardly ever seen by any one other than advertisers. Copies that have been seen do not carry any news, and the jokes that are reprinted periodically—in rotation— and a few features, also frequently reprinted, hardly rate to be called contents of a newspaper. This survey also lists more than one Jewish weekly in Mich- igan: that, too, is an error. There are, also, many exaggerated circulation figures. The largest number of publications is in Asia, which is credited with 422. But of this number, 416 are printed in Israel, and it would have been proper, perhaps, merely to list Israel rather to refer to the entire continent of Asia. Of that total, 22 are daily papers, 73 weeklies, 18 fortnightlies, 131 monthlies and 1'78 other papers. The second largest number of Jewish newspapers appears in the United States-254, three of which are Yiddish dailies, 74 weeklies, 16 fortnightlies, 76 monthlies and 85 in other cate- gories. Europe has the third largest number-158—also with three Yiddish dailies. - Central and South America has 123 papers, including four Yiddish daily newspapers. There are 45 papers in Africa, 18 in Canada—two of them Yiddish dailies—and 16 in Australia and New Zealand. Linguistically, the 1,036 periodicals are divided as follows: Of the 34 dailies, 14 are Hebrew, 13 Yiddish, two German, one each in English and French and three in other languages. By virtue of the large number of English weeklies-82; monthlies-115; fortnightlies-17; and otherS-138, making a total of 353 English publications. The English publications constitute 34.07 per cent of the total, while the Hebrew are 28.38 per cent of the total.