70 Friday, October 22, 1982
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Pierre Mendes-France Dead at 75
PARIS (JTA) — Pierre
Mendes-France, a former
prime minister of France
and a man who made a deep
imprint on France's post-
war era before Gen. Charles
de Gaulle's rise to power,
died Oct. 18 at age 75.
Born into an old French
Jewish family of Por-
tuguese origin, Mendes-
France always took an avid
interest in Jewish affairs.
Two months before his
death, in the middle of Is-
rael's siege of Beirut, he, to-
gether with the late Dr.
Nahum Goldmann and
Philip Klutznick, signed an
appeal calling for Israel and
the Palestine Liberation
Organization to mutually
recognize each other.
Mr. Mendes-France,
who was in power for
only seven months —
June 1954 to January
1955 — is remembered in
France as the man who
ended this country's war
in Indochina and granted
Tunisia its indepen-
dence. France's decol-
onization process, which
he began, was completed
later by President de
Gaulle.
Mr. Mendes-France was
considered this nation's last
"wise old man." Last May he
was hailed by President
Francois Mitterrand as the
man who inspired and
paved the way for the
Socialist electoral victory.
He entered politics in his
20s and became France's
youngest pre-war member
of Parliament at the age of
29.
He volunteeredas a com-
bat pilot in the French Air
Force at the outbreak of
World War II but was
nonetheless arrested and
charged with "desertion" by
the Vichy government of
Marshal Henri Petain for
having refused to obey or-
ders to surrender to the
German army by fleeing to
North Africa.
He escaped from jail
and joined de Gaulle's
Free French fighting
forces in London, flying
dozens of missions over
Nazi-occupied Europe.
After the war, Mendes-
France became finance
minister in de Gaulle's gov-
ernment but resigned when
he felt that the administra-
tion chose a policy of expe-
diency by refusing to im-
plement his austerity pro-
gram.
De Gaulle later wrote in
his memoirs: "I respected
this man for having been
true and loyal to his princi-
ples." Later he admitted
that Mr. Mendes-France's
policy would have been an
economic salvation for
France.
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Gloria Cannon
Gloria Cannon, a member
of Jewish women's and
communal organizations,
died Oct. 18 at age 79.
Born in Poland, Mrs.
Cannon lived 53 years in
Detroit. She was a member
of Golda Meir Chapter of
Pioneer Women/Naamat,
the Bnai Zion Sisterhood,
Vladimeritzer Society and
was a life member of Hadas-
sah in Detroit and Los
Angeles.
She is survived by her
husband, Aron; a son, Ab-
raham; two daughters, Mrs.
Shirley Munch of Los
Angeles and Mrs. Mason
(Anna) Himelhoch; a sister,
Mrs Fay Plotnick; and
eight grandchildren.
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Henry J. Blank, Cantors' Dean,
Symbolized Synagogue, Yiddish
Henry J. Blank, whose
death occurred on Sunday
only a few weeks after he
had been named the dean of
Michigan cantors, repre-
sented two generations of
synagogue singers and the
major activists in Yiddish
cultural ranks here.
In more than 70 of his 93
Banker S. G. Warburg Dies
LONDON — Interna-
tional banker Sir Siegmund
George Warburg, who
headed S. G. Warburg and
Co.,- the merchant- bank he
founded in 1946, died Oct.
18 at age 80.
Born in Westphalia, Sir
having signed a peace
treaty with Indochina.
Ten days later he secretly
flew to Tunis and
negotiated a peace treaty
with rebel leader Habib
Bourguiba, who re-
mained his life-long
friend and still serves as
Tunisia's president.
Mr. Mendes-France never
had a large constituency.
After his fall in early 1955,
he never returned to power.
Both friends and enemies
said he was far too outspo-
ken and frank to win a large
following.
In Jewish affairs, he algo
often drew fire from Israeli
leaders and leaders of the
PIERRE MENDES FRANCE Jewish establishment. He
always preached Arab-
teetotaller, Mr. Mendes- Israeli understanding and
France won international was a warm supporter of the
prominence when he told Camp David agreements.
the French Parliament in
He also advocated mutual
June 1954, after France's Israeli-PLO recognition and
defeat at Dien Bien Phu, the creation of an indepen-
"Give me 30 days and I will dent Palestinian state on
end the war in Indochina." the West Bank and Gaza.
He was authorized to But he refused to be drawn
do so and, 31 days later, into inter-party squabbles
returned from the or to play an active role in
Geneva Conference after Jewish affairs.
CANTOR HENRY BLANK
years, he devoted himself to
advocacy of Yiddish educa,
tional activities and of-
ficiated as cantor in a
number of synagogues.
He belonged to a generation
of Yiddishists who ad-
vanced the lingual cause.
His brother, the late Leon
Blank, was for many years
the editor of the Detroit sec-
tion of the now defunCt
Jewish Day (Der Tog).
Cantor Blank was a de-
voted associate in the
Labor Zionist movement
and he had two brothers
in Israel. His survivors
believe they may still be
alive, not having been
heard from recently, and
they would therefore be
above the age of 100.
Siegmund was the first
Jewish student to be admit-
ted to the Evangelical Sem-
inary in Urach, Germany.
According to the New
York Times, the Warburg
family's ties to finance date
to 1559, when one member
of it obtained permission to
do business in the Westpha-
lian town of Warburg, from
which the family took its
name.
In 1920, Sir Siegmund
joined M. M. Warburg
and Co., founded by his
ancestors in 1798. He
later worked for N. M.
Rothschild and Sons in
London, started the In-
ternational Acceptance
Bank in New York and
joined the investment
firm of Kuhn, Loeb and _ He would have celebrated
his 66th wedding anniver-
Co. -
He fled Nazi Germany in sary next month, and his
the 1930s and became a wife who survives him was
British subject in 1939. In always at his side in his
England, he established the many community services.
Born in Russia, Cantor
New Trading Co. and in
1946 he founded the S. G. Blank lived 75 years in De-
Warburg and Co. merchant troit. He was the cantor
emeritus of the Livonia
bank.
Jewish Congregation.
Among his charitable ac-
tivities, Cantor Blank sang
for the residents of Prentis
Manor and Borman Hall.
He was a founder of
Sholem Aleichem Insti-
tute and was the first
conductor of the Halevi
Singing Society.
Cantor Blank is survived
by his wife, Louise; two
sons, Robert and Marvin; a
sister, Mrs. Pessie Green of
New York; and five grand-
children.
Howard Sackler,
Playwright, 52
NEW YORK — Pulitzer
Prize-winning playwright
Howard Sackler died _last
week at age 52.
Mr. Sackler won the 1969
Pulitzer Prize for drama for
his play, "The Great White
Hope," which also earned
acclaim as a film. '
He also wrote "Godbye
Fidel," "Semmelweiss," and
at the time of his death was
finishing a play called
"Klondike."
He wrote the film, "Saint
Jack," and was a co-author
of "Jaws II. Mr. Sackler
also worked in the theater
as a director in London,
Dublin, Paris and Los
Angeles.
Disobedient children, if
preserved from the gallows,
are reserved for the rack, to
be tortured by their own
posterity.
In Mohammedan Spain in were well-treated and
the early Middle Ages Jews Christians were persecuted.
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The family of the late Dr.
Mendel Ettinger an-
nounces the unveiling of a
" monument in his memory
10:30 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 31,
at Hebrew Memorial Park.
Rabbi Goldschlag will of-
ficiate. Relative's and
friends are asked to attend.
The Family
of the Late
DR. SIDNEY
ADLER
Announces the un-
veiling of a monument
in his memory 3:30 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 24, at
Clover Hill Park
Cemetery. Rabbi
Roman will officiate.
Relatives and friends
are asked to attend.
The Family
of the Late
OSCAR
BAKALAR
Announces the un-
veiling of a monument
in his memory 11:30 a.m.
Sunday, Oct. 31, at He-
brew Memorial Park.
Rabbi Yolkut will of-
ficiate. Relatives and
friends are asked to
attend.
The Family
of the Late
MIRIAM L.
CANTOR
The Family
of the Late
HARRY B.
HOFFERT
Announces the un-
veiling of a monument
in his memory. 1 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 31, at
Clover Hill Park
Cemetery. Rabbi
Groner will officiate.
Relatives and friends
are asked to attend.
The Family
of the Late
ABRAHAM M.
KLAPER
Announces the un-
veiling of a monument
in his memory 10:30 a.m.
Sunday, Oct. 31, at He-
brew Memorial Park.
Rabbi Gruskin will of-
ficiate. Relatives and
friends are asked to
attend.
The Family
of the Late
BARBARA
SIMON
LURIA
Announces the un-
veiling of a monument
in her memory 11:30
a.m. Sunday, Oct. 31, at -
Adat Shalom Memorial
Park. Rabbi Spectre
will officiate. Relatives
and friends are asked to
attend.
Announces the un-
veiling of a monument
in her memory 1 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 24, at
Machpelah Cemetery.
Rabbi David Nelson will
officiate. Relatives and
friends are asked to
attend.
The Family
of the Late
The Family
of the Late
DAVID
GOLDMAN
HERMAN
SHAPIRO
Announces the un-
veiling of a monument
in his memory 2 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 31, at
Machpelah Cemetery.
Rabbi Schwartz will of-
ficiate. Relatives and
friends are asked to
attend.
Announces the un-
veiling of a monument
in his memory 12 noon
Sunday, Oct. 31, at He-
brew Memorial Park.
Rabbi Goldschlag will
officiate. Relatives and
friends are asked to
attend.
The Family
of the Late
The family of Alec S.
Walters, who died on April
24, 1982,. wishes to an-
nounce the unveiling of the
monument in his memory at
8:30 a.m., Sunday, Oct. 31,
1982, at Adat Shalom
Memorial Park, Livonia.
Rabbi David A. Nelson will
conduct the service. All lov-
ing friends are invited to
attend.
DR. HENRY
GREEN
Announces the un-
veiling of a monument
in his memory 2:45 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 24, at
Machpelah Cemetery.
Rabbi Groner will of-
ficiate. Relatives and
friends are asked to
attend.
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