Oak Park Residents
to Sign Petitions for
Open Occupancy
Irgun Bandit'-Turned-Editor Urges
U.S. Public Opinion Ease
Woes
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, January 27, 1967-9
DEADLINE FOR W-2 FORM
Employers are reminded that' ployes- on . or before Jan. 31, ac-
By CHARLOTTE HYAMS -
world with 14 states . . . and much
A house-to-house canvass in sup-
When Dr. Meii. Kahan looks back of the territory is empty. - Putting Form W-2, showing income and cording to A. M. Stoepler, district-
port of open occupancy will be upon the good old days, he recalls the two together, Dr. Kahan social security tax information for director of Internal Revenue in
held in Oak Park in the early insurrection, illegal immigration again insisted that public opinion, 1966, must be furnished all em- Michigan.
spring, according to Robert Beat- and a bit of sabotage here and not war, will stop "the turmoil"
ty, chairman of the housing com- there.
in the Middle East, solving the
mittee of the Oak Park Citizens
Terrorism was the meat and Arab refugee problem and "restor-
Committee for Human Relations. potatoes of the Irgun movement, ing Jewish rights to the territory
Beatty - said that 100 workers the bane of British existence in promised to her by the Balfour
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will be needed to participate_in pre-state Palestine. To a desperate Declaration."
the effort to sign up Oak Park people, force was the only means
Dr. Kahan, who at one time head-
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home owners who support open toward their end. Meir Kahan's ed the export division of the Is-
occupancy for all citizens. Those life was the Irgun.
rael Manufacturers Association,
who sign the petition will also be
Today, with good humor — and contends the cut in German repara-
asked to sign covenant cards which some nostalgia — he admits that tions and the government-Histad-
state the following:
he and his comrades have worked rut controlled economy are the
"I believe that every person "the greatest miracle in the state underlying causes for Israel's cur-
TO
has the moral, and legal, right of Israel": "Once we were bandits; rent economic problems.
now we're peaceful citizens."
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But the direct cause, he said,
to rent, buy or build a home any-
Dr. Kahan, editor of the eco-
is the up-down trend in construc-
where without restrictions based
ON ALL
on race, religion, or national ori- nomic section of the daily paper, tion that accompanies elections in
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Hayom (Today), was in Detroit Israel. To win support at the
gin.*
kor
polls, said Dr. Kahan, the Eshkol
last week on a brief visit-with his
"I believe it is imperative for cousin, Helene Goldman. The trip
administration mobilized all
our metropolitan Detroit area that to this country was purely for building forces in 1964 and '65.
all persons of good will unite with pleasure — to see his children in This created an abnormal shift
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others of like conviction to take Champaign, Ill. — and while in in the economy toward one
an active role in helping to achieve
BIG SELECTION OF SIZES, STYLES & COLORS
Detroit, he was honored at a re- branch, however. When the elec-
this freedom of opportunity in ception given by the Zionist-Revis- tion was over, the government
Pick
from such famous brands as: Damon, Leonardo
housing.
ionists organization.
cut construction plans and the
Strassi, Prince Igor and many more .
"Therefore, I will welcome into
workers
lost
jobs,
he
said.
The
Zionist-Revisionists,
like
my neighborhood any responsible their Herut Party in Israel which He did not condemn Eshkol.
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person of whatever race, religion, was formed out of the Irgun, once however, saying only that Herut
USE MICHIGAN BANKARD—DINERS—SECURITY—OUR OWN
or national origin, and I will work were considered extremists. But "must convince the Israeli elector-
with him to build, improve and with time, and statehood, the tone ate that we s h a 11 do the job
maintain a community which is has softened. Dr. Kahan, a loyal better."
good for all."
Herutnik, speaks only of peace. -
Dr. Kahan, born in Warsaw 63
Public opinion, not terrorism, is years ago, was a graduate in law
the means toward Herut's ends,
and economics of the University
Radomer Society Board
Dr. Kahan said. Condemning the of Warsaw. Attracted by the goals
to Discuss Party, Banquet Arab boycott of American firms of the Zionist-Revisionist Party in
Poland, he became the representa-
Radomer Aid and Ladies Society dealing with Israel and the clos-
tive to the Polish government for
will hold an executive board meet- ing of the Suez Canal to ships
ing 8:30 p.m. Monday at the Work- bringing cargoes to her ports, he Zeev Jabotinsky, founder of the
Revisionist movement.
men's Circle Center to discuss a said. "The American public is
-games party in February and the totally uninformed. I find it
With the aid of the Polish gov-
annual banquet in March. Mr. and hard to understand why such ernment, Irgun officers were
Mrs. Morris Faxon will be host violations are tolerated. We are trained and provided with passports
being cut . off from our natural
and hostess.
out of the country. Dr. Kahan re-
trade, and it is hurting us very mained, however, and from 1938
much."
until the beginning of the war was
He responded with some warmth on the publishing board of the
to the old charge that Herut is ex- leading Jewish paper in that coun-
pansionist, qualifying thus his par- try, Moment.
ty's position:
In 1941, the Poles warned Dr.
"We have historic rights to the
territory beyond the Jordan. The Kahan that it was no longer safe
Arab nation is the only race in the for him, as the Hitler shadow
loomed ever closer. He was sum-
moned by Jabotinsky to England,
but before he could get there was
arrested by the Russians and sent
to a concentration camp.
Evacuated the following year,
Dr. Kahan finally made his way.
5 group departures BY AIR MAY-SEPT.
to Palestine, where he was ac-
tive once again in the Irgun.
Treasurer of its supreme com-
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mand, he played a behind-the-
scenes role in the insurrections
This sale isn't_ for any sweet tooth. It's for the pampered
sweet tooth.
against the British, and later, in
1947, had a similar part in the
save 500 on each one pound box — choose any of these
from New York including hotel,
Irgun's European operations.
three popular Barton's assortments, each regularly $2.39>
meals, sightseeing, transfers—
It is with some nostalgia that
Bartonette Miniature Chocolates — 1 lb. (P.'down above)
for 21 days-3 tour choices:
the "old soldier" recalls the blow-
a. tour of the Soviet Union,
Americana Favorites — 1 lb.
ing up of the British embassy in
b. visit the Ukraine,
(Assorted chocolates filled with nuts, fruits, cordials,
Rome, the British officers club in
cremes, caramels)
c. visit Armania
Vienna, "several railways." Some
Monte Carlo Assortment
lb.
operations were a little more hu-
(add $60 from Detroit)
(Authentic French chocolates with soft and semi-soft
manitarian, however, like the ship
centers)
INCLUDES ROUND* TRIP JET
he helped equiP for the illegal im-
AIR FARE TO MOSCOW
Don't
be shy about loading up at this sale, because after
migration. "The movie 'Exodus'
January 28, that finicky sweet tooth will cost you more.
was not as exciting as reality," he
said.
2 ship group departures via ALEXANDER PUSHKIN
from Montreal to Leningrad APRIL 28 and AUGUST 18
But came statehood, and terror-
from Leningrad to Montreal JUNE 16 and OCTOBER 8
ism could no longer be tolerated.
Irgun became the Herut Party, and
Dr: Kahan became the editor of its
rates
tourist class
paper. For five years, he was an
from
round-trip
official in the ministry of corn:
1 Block No. of Curtis
merce, and with the experience he
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gained, later headed the export
division of the Israel Manufactur-
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ers Association. For a time, he
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Dr. Kahan has been editor of the
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