Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-01
Jewish Pundi+
Joins Forces
FightingHitler
Famed Chemist at Work
on Explosives in u. S.
BY EDWIN C. HILL

BY EDWIN C. HILL
T ON ONE side of a table in
dingy old No. 10 Downing
street sat Lloyd George. On the
other sat dark, intense. bald.
bearded man. man with yea
lots eyes and long, restless, def
fingers.
Lloyd George and his visitor
were casting up accounts, Lloyd
George taking note of a service
by the visitor which in the
afterlook of history may have
turned the tide of war for
Britain and her allies.
What do you want 2" LLOYD
George asked abruptly.
Palestine" was the answer.
II was thus that DIR. Chain
Weizmann won Palestine for the
World Zionist organization.
under the Balfour mandate. 10
become for 10 years president Of
the Hebrew University at Jeru-
salem and head of the World
Zionist movement.
IN 1914, Britain was fighting,
as General Haig said. with
her back 10 lhe-nlalll /" In tire
making Of munitions there had
been not only a lag but also con-
fusion and inadequate and I'M
safe products.
The deadly explosive. cordite,
was one of the. worst problems.
II was being made in sufficient
quantities and its explosive
powers were all that could be
desired, but the best brains Of
the Allied scientific command
had failed to stabilize it.
II constituted drea dfuI
danger 10 all who handled it. at
a critical time when the utmost
dependability was required. II
appeared that England might be
defeated by her own jittery
cordite.
There came forward from the
faculty of the University OF
Manchester chemist who said
he had done special research in
this field and believed he could
devise a formula which would
tame the cordite.
ll4ls-sf'4>- f1r[ Chain Welz-
mann. who had come TO Eng
land by way of several CONT
mental universities. from the
ghetto Of PinSk. Russia.
IT WAS Just by chance. and a
4 lucky chance al that. that his
message penetrated through a
SargasSo Sea of red tape 10
Lloyd George. Lloyd George
may have had too light a trigger
finger when II came 10 impulsive
action. but at any rate. In any
given situation, he would do
something and do il quickly.
He sent Tor Doctor Weizmann.
told him frankly he lacked tho
technical knowledge 10 pass
judgment on his proposal. but
added that nothing could be lost
by trying. He provided labora-
tory and assistants for Doctor
Weizmann.
Tho cordite Stabilizer came
through II made the cordite az
tame as house cat and az
savage as A legion Of demons
when turned loose.
The problem was one Of 0iIan.
THY production. II required a
vast amount OF eaFH-Afnertca1
held corn, not the generic corn.
or g grain, Of the British. IfoVd
George sent Doctor Weizmann
TO Terre Haute Ind. whore he
could get plenty OF corn-l3
tons OF corn for one ton OF
stabilizer.
For months. secretly. in this
secluded byway of the Corn Belt
Doctor WeiZmann worked night
and day. He roped and hog-tied
the cordlte. enough Of il for
Furnishing effect in beating back
VIZ ~ VI 4 AflS WIVES OI herman
conquest. He returned 10 his
laboratory.
IN 1917 Lloyd George promised
4 hun that the Jewish home
land should be established and
defended by England. Then came
the Balfour mandate. the years
OF sowing and reaping and
building and cenquering the
desert in Palestine.
Now Doctor Weizmann is here
again TO pit his skill against the
powers Of darkness.
If there is in the modern
world a benevolent Caglinstra
brewing potent essences against
evil. II is he
Doctor Weizmann has never
faltered in his belief that hjs
people will find peace and full
fillment in their homeland. Both
as a leader and sustainer of this
hope and as a chemist he has
come TO America.
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