THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
34—Friday, April 6, 1973

Socialite Auction
to Benefit Israel

Letters to Editor

Labor Zionists
to Host Speaker,
Honor Member

WSU Alumnus Exposes Tragedy of Poor Journalism

Branch Seven Labor Zion-
ist Alliance will meet 8 p.m.
Sunday at the home of Joe
and Shulamit Heit, 20108
Blackstone.
Douglas Ross, director of
the Michigan Citizens Lobby,
will speak on "How to Give
the Government Back to the
People." A discussion will
follow and refreshments will
be served.
conjunction with the
celebration of the 25th anni-
versary of the state of Is-
rael, Branch Seven will honor
Dena Greenberg, a lifelong
Labor Zionist, as its woman
of the year by the purchase
of Israel Bonds. For informa-
tion, call Mrs. Toby Slabo-
sky, chairman, 352-1874.

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Editor, The Jewish News:
Around April 1 of each
year, watch out for foolers!
There is one in the "Alumni
News," published by Wayne
State University, in the April
issue just out. It is a photo-
graph showing the presenta-
tion of a certificate of appre-
ciation to President George
Gullen Jr. by the Michigan
members of the Jewish War
Veterans of the U.S.A.
There couldn't have been a
worse time for the ceremony,
because the idea behind it
was the recent controversy
over inflammatory anti-Semi-
tic material printed by the
WSU "student" newspaper,
"South End." And that con-
troversy is by no means end-
ed. The paper spends about
$100,000 annually, in most
part tax money paid by all
of us, and its a free "throw-
away."
The tip-off is in the last
two paragraphs of another
article on the same page. And
we quote:
"As this issue of Alum•ai
News goes to press, the South
End editor has not acceded
to the request of the WSU
Board of Governors to resign.
The new Student Newspaper
Publication Board (SNPB)
has not yet been fully consti-
tuted and has therefore, tak-
en no offical action. The
South End has continued to
publish daily as before.
Alumni News will probably
continue the South End story
in its July Issue."
Don't hold your breath be-
cause, as many readers will
recall, the "South End" sit-
uation today stands just
about where it was in the
fall of 1967, near six years
ago.
The recent flareup occur-
red when "South End," after'
running many article on the

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"high purpose" of the Pal-
estinian guerilla movement,
superimposed a Nazi swas-
tika on the Star of David.
This brought forth wide com-
munity criticism, as it should
have.
But the editor, Gene Cun-
ningham, and his staff let it
be known, as have earlier
staffs of the same tempera-
ment, that they will not let
go of the paper. And Presi-
dent Gullen says he will con-
tinue to subsidize it.
The swastika incident was
merely a repetition of the
kind of "journalism" that
has been practiced by the
militants ever since they took
over the former "Collegian."
"We got 'South End' by a
fluke," said Ted Medvecky, a
staff member who went to
the Near East to observe
guerilla action, "—just like
Castro took Cuba!"
On Feb. 4, 1969, to cite
only one of several examples
of citizens' protest, eight
clergymen of different deno-
minations issued a statement
to the press, stating: "To at-
tack a whole people, to single
out a people for special
blame, to accuse other people
of 'losing their soul,' these
are manifest acts of racism,
in this case of anti-Semitism
. . . we cling to the hope
that discussion in the aca-
demic community, if nowhere
else, will be concerned with
the ideas and actions of ra-
tional men and women, not
their bigotries."
Jewish citizens, meanwhile,
have done their best to get
action from the WSU board
of governors, where the re-
sponsibility really rests. Ar-
thur Greenstone, a lawyer,
for one, made an appeal be-
fore the board and even talk-
er to members of the "South
End" staff in 1969. He tried
to establish "rapport" with
the staff. But they were pull-
ing his leg and nothing was
done.

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Plea for Vounteers
for Communal Work

Editor, The Jewish News:
A group of volunteers have
just completed a seminar by
the Jewish Family and Chil-
dren's Service under the
guidance of Joan Israel, a
caseworker, and Fayga Dom-
bey, staff member and co-
ordinator of volunteers.
We examined the reasons
why we do this kind of work
and the great satisfaction we
derive from it; also the frus-
trations we encounter.
The most appalling thing
is how few people in our
Jewish community find the
time to give a few hours a
week to the less fortunate
among us. There is such a
tremendous need for various
jobs to be done visiting old
age homes, nursing homes,
being drivers for the phy-
sically handicaped and aged,
taking them shopping, bring-
ing them to rehabilitation
centers or doctors, for friend-
ly visiting service for shut-ins
or even lending a sympa-
thetic ear on the phone. ,
We were shocked to find
out about the lack of involve-
ment of our people and I am
appealing for volunteers. It
calls for so little and means
so much. Please contact
Fayga Dombey at the JFCS,
DI 1 5959
A volunteer,
MRS. KURT J. HERTZ

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On Nov. 7, 1969, the then
president, William R. Keast,
sent a letter to a member
of the State Senate on the
situation, ending with the
statement: "I am asking Vice
President Gullen to keep you
fully informed of our pro-
gress." So it is clear that the
new president has been
aware of all aspects of the
matter for at least three and
a half years.
To date the costs have been
high. One president of the
university, Keast, had so foul-
ed up the situation that he
left town, claiming "presi-
dential fatigue." His dean of
students tried to improve the
paper, and had to resign, and
the faculty adviser of the
paper, a journalism profes-
sor, quit in disgust and re-
treated to a safe desk else-
where on the campus. Race
relations among students,
meanwhile, have not improv-
ed, but worsened. And the
effects have spread wherever
in the city the paper has cir-
culated.
After a workman in a
Chrysler plant shot and killed
three other workers, "South
End" published a poem eulo-
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Poultry Distributor
Defends Price on
Kosher Products

Editor, The Jewish News:
Is it expensive to be "Yid-
dish?" No, when you consid-
er what you are receiving
for the price of being "Yid-
dish." In order for "Empire"
to put the "U" on its pack-
ages, the poultry is ritually
processed, salted and soaked
under the strictest rabbinical
supervision of the Union of
Orthodox Jewish Congrega-
tions of America, the nation-
al authority for Kashrut
foods.
Poultry appearing under
the Empire label is specially
grown for Empire Kosher
Poultry, Inc. The feed used
is of the best quality, and
the methods of feeding are
under the most modern meth-
ods to produce the best poul-
try that can be packaged un-
der the registered trade
mark "The most trusted
name in Kosher Poultry."
We have a staff of rabbis on
the premises at all times.
Now, to compare the re-
cent increases in kosher poul-
try as compared to nonkosher
and its closest competitor
for the shopper's dollar,
meat.
Since the first of 1973 to
date, the average price of
Empire Kosher poultry has
increased 25 per cent as corn-
pared to nonkosher, which
has increased 53 per cent
over the same period of time.
In comparison to meat, the
increase of kosher meat has
increased on the average of
18 per cent to as high as
72 per cent. Kosher ham-
burger has gone up 72 per
cent since the first of the
year. The overall average
increase of nonkosher meat
has gone up 38 per cent for
the same period.
The basic reason for the
increases is due to the high-
er feed cost, as well as high-
er labor costs.
JULIUS KATZ
City Poultry Co.
Distributor of
Empire Kosher Poultp

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gizing the slayer, entitled
"Freemen, Foremen, Dead-
men." The crime had racial
overtomes. A similar crime
subsequently cost another
life. The paper also has con-
tinued its campaign against
new police methods to check
store and street robberies,
such as "STRESS."
"Alumni News" mentions
that two members of the
WSU board of governors
were absent from (too busy
to attend?) the board meet-
ing at which a vote on cen-
suring "South End" was tak-
en. They were George Ed-
wards and Max Pincus. Ed-
wards did send in a state-
ment agreeing to the censure
action, which had no effect,
as might be expected, on
"South End" policy. But he
has not publicly brought pres-
sure to bear on the univer-
sity administration to take ef-
fective constructive action.
Positive action by the WSU
board, such as re-establish-
ing the former "Collegian,"
is long overdue. The well-in-
tended "certificate of appre-
ciation" given to President
Gullen clearly was prema-
ture. It might well have been
accompanied by a "promis-
sory note" of some kind, with
the provision that the cer-
tificate be impounded and
presented with due ceremony
when and if the university
acts decisively on the "South
End" issue.
HENRY P. ZUIDEMA,
WSU Alumnus and
World War II Veteran

Detroit Socialites will spon-
sor its annual auction for the
Israel Emergency Fund 8
p.m. Sunday, at Berkley
Masonic Temple.
Co-chairmen are Bessie
Kutnick and Tillie Burnstein,
who announce that contribu-
tions of merchandise are
needed.
Art Kutnick will act as
auctioneer, assisted by Meyer
Green and Bill Sorokin.
There will be refreshments
and dancing and the public
is invited.
For
information,
call
Mollie Stern, 342-2791, or
Shirley Kaner, 398-2296.

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