Riot Victims Get Aid . . . 'No Let-Down in Rebuilding Detroit' size supermarkets, corner grocers, should have a fund, free of obliga- beer-wine stores and drug stores— tion, from which to realize sonic of their losses." among the casualties. Cooper stated that "The board Morton Feigenson, Faygo presi- would have funds available from dent, said 138, or slightly more group of Black Power advocates. (Only the Rev. Albert B. Cleage than 2 per cent of the nearly 6,200 the federal government to give to Jr., pastor of the Central United retail accounts served by Faygo businessmen and homeowners Church of Christ, was applauded trucks in Detroit, were so badly who meet certain criteria. The burned that, with the exception of study committ e e would, of after his militant speech.) a few supermarkets which may be "We are grief-stricken," said rebuilt, they have probably been Rabbi Lehrman, "at the loss of life so needlessly snuffed out on wiped out forever. * a battlefield of futility. We are simultaneously hopeful that out State Rep. Daniel S. Cooper has of this purposeless fury will introduced a resolution to study In a pastoral letter of reassur- emerge a new sense of dedication the feasibility of a riot disaster ance to his congregation, Dr. Rich- and rebuilding." compensation claim board. Cooper ard C. Hertz, senior rabbi of He added: All of us are responsi- stated that "many businessmen Temple Beth El, called for "testi- ble for the madness that hit our and homeowners were devastated mony by our deeds and by our by the holocaust which engulfed attitudes" for no backlash or let- city." down in the battle to rebuild De- More than 300 persons attended the city of Detroit." the service at Friendship Baptist Although the government will troit. Church, 3900 Beaubien. Ma yor issue loans to many businessmen, Calling for his people to be Cavanagh and Gov., Romney also the concept of a loan is not ade- "ambassadors of reconciliation" were present. quate, Cooper said. Millions of Rabbi Hertz stressed the need for dollars are going to go into pro- "understanding the social dyna- A route-by-route survey of riot- grams to alleviate the conditions mite that exploded here in the ravaged Detroit by Faygo Bever- which cause civil disturbances, massive revolution for social jus- age Co., second largest U.S. inde- "and that is as it should be; how- tice for the Negro, for better jobs, pendent maker and packager of ever, businessmen and homeowners for better housing, for better edu- carbonated beverages, has counted who were destroyed and have no 314 soft drink outlets—medium. insurance due to many reasons THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Crohn Elected Hebrew Free Loan President; Loans to Riot Victims Lawrence W. Crohn was elected president of the Hebrew Free Loan Association at the annual meeting Aug. 1. William Wetsman was chosen first vice-president; Jack Malamud, course, determine what pre- centage of loss should be paid." Cooper stated "the riots stern from a sickness in our society, and the total community should hear the loss rather than one unfortu- nate group who happen to have businesses or homes in the riot area." • Beth El to Continue in Present Location, Pastoral Letter Asserts cation for higher hopes for those alienated from society by poverty, misery and frustration." Aubrey H. Ettenheimer, presi- dent of the congregation, joined Rabbi Hertz in pledging that the congregation's educational and re- ligious programs "will continue in the present location as hereto- fore." "The physical presence of our beautiful edifice on Woodward Avenue remains a source of strength and stability to our con- gregation and to our city," Rabbi Hertz and Ettenheimer said. Friday, August 11, 1967-5 LAWRENCE W. CROHN second vice-president; and Henry Leopold, secretary-treasurer. Samuel Lieberman, retiring pres- ident, was given a rising vote of thanks for his dedicated services during five terms as president. Crohn announced the associa- tion's decision to make special funds available to merchants and others who were adversely af- fected by the recent riots. Funds are available from the Hebrew Free Loan on the tradi- tional basis of gemiluth hassodim without interest charges. Crohn stated that a special com- mittee has been named to pass on new applications for loans which, as in the past, will require guarantors and ability to repay. Samuel Lerner, director of the Jewish Family and Children's Service, told The Jewish News there has been great need for rental housing in the northwest area, and the riot has added new impetus to the agency's search for such quarters. Not only elderly Jewish individ- uals but some poor families, were living in the riot area. If not ac- tually made homeless by the fires and looting, these persons live in fear for their person and posses- sions; the Detroit Housing Com- mission's offer to settle the burned- out families does not apply to them. Lerner said it is increasingly difficult, also, to place refugee families in decent neighborhoods because of the unavailability of rental housing they can afford. Persons who may know of such housing are asked to call Lerner, DI 1-5959. Rabbi Moses Lehrman of Cong. Bnai Moshe expressed hope for the future Sunday at an interfaith com- munity memorial service for the 41 persons killed in Detroit's riot. Like other clergymen who spoke, Rabbi Lehrman was heckled by a • Drs. Luby, Mendelsohn Head Research Team Dr. Elliot Luby, professor of psychiatry at Wayne State Univer- sity, is co-director with Dr. Robert Mendelsohn, assistant professor of psychology, of a WSU riot research team. They hope to find answers to what causes riots and what socio- logical, physical and welfare changes are needed to avert future uprisings. The federal government has already awarded $130,000 to the group, which expects to spend more than a year on the study. 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