Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1944-03-17

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S[\w   Serving Colmnbus and Central Ohio Jewish Community \\7A\X
Vol. 22, No.  12    Entered as Second-Clnss Matter. . Postofflce   Columbus., Ohio.
COLUMBUH, OHIO, FRIDAY, MARCH  n, l!M4
D«TOt«d to Ameiluui ¦nd J*wl*h Ids&li
Strictly Confidential
Tidbits From BTorywhens By Phlneas J. Blron
ANTI-8BMm,SM , . .
Sb Fi n a n c c (1 by mysterious sources, a huge army of Invest! gator.-! i.s busily at worl< compii- ing statistics on sucti topics as how many Jews are running cars, the percentage of .Jews who go in for pleasure traveling in war time, the number of JeiVs in black marltet activities, and so on and so forth ... It goes without saying that such statis¬ tics, no matter how obtained, cannot be reliable . . The pur¬ pose of this group is to prepare false figures for anti-Semitic use in local election campaigns throughout the country . .'. In other words, the idea is to help put anti-Semitic candidates In the field ... So don't be sur¬ prised if anti-Semitic tactics in this country switch from inci¬ dents of physical violence to a super-smear-campaign . . . Here, on the other hand, is a story told by Thyra Edwards, the noted Negro writer. . . In Moscow she witnessed the trial of a famous stage designer charged wilh nar¬ rating joltes and anecdotes of an anti-Semitic character . . . His defense was that he coukl not be an anti-Semite, since he was himself a Jew ... He was pen alized none the less, because the judge, found that anti-Semitic I propaganda, whatever its source
SonaF*^esfloii Habbi Aaron Wise came to America in 1873 . Stephen S. Wise Is clebrhting his son Stephen, who was then one year old ... So says -the Univer¬ sal Jewish Encyclopedia . . . Yet Stephene S Wi.se is celebrating his TOth birthday this month. AVhat's tiie answer? ... in any event, contratulations lo iiahbi Wi.sq. who unciuestkmalily is America's outslanding .lewish leader . . The new llerzliah lie- brew Academy l)Uililing at Itivur side Drive and Dlsi SIreut. New York, which is buing dedicated this Monday, will have in its auclilorium a portrall' of Dr. Tlieodar Herzl, founder of mod¬ ern Zionism . . . .Nrtisi Jacijues Zuilcf]' is at worli on the por- Iraii at this wriling . . Anna Cen¬ ter Schncijlerman. vice pi'esi- ilenl of lhe. American .lewish Congre.ss. has boen inviied by the l,iNUli.A to proceed lo Europe on a very Imporlanl mission Sliil confineil to the house as a result of his recent accident is Isaac Carmel. %'eteran Zionist leader . . Hut he hopes to be up and about iiy i'esach , . .
sta<;k and wkkkn ...
|U\ Uve and learn department: Something we never knew he¬ fore and just learned is that . Hollywood's famous Lewis Mile¬ stone, director of 'North Star" "Th6 I'urple Heart" and any numl)er of other greal and sue ce.ssful films, is a cousin of vio¬ linist Nathan Milstein . . . Play¬ wright ami editor l.ouis Weit- zenkorn died last year, as you no doubt rememlier — but a new play of his may appear on Hroad way this sea.son or next . . lie left a drama in manuscript, and his widow is trying to ar range for a po.sthumous jiroiiuc tion-. . Sam Jaffe, who was starred in the short lived play "Thank You, Svoboda", Is off to Hollywood, to replenish his ex¬ chequer ...
MII/ITABY INTELLIGENCE .
{ffi Sergeant     Marc     Biitzsleln
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Red Cross Drive Determined To Go "Over The Top"
As Red Cross stickers appear In more and more windows throughout Columbus and Frank lin county each day that March brings the 1944 Red Cross war fund to a close, workers and di vision leaders seeking to obtam the largest Red Cross war fund ever a.sked for in this county are re-doubling their efforts .so that the campaign will go "over the top".
"TEACHKR ANI) I'RIHONEU
IN  .lAPAN" SUBJECT
OF HIS TALK
AN appreciation;
Through the kind coopera tion of Morris Brown and Leon Goldsmith of the Hart Mfg. <o., Morris N. Siegei ot the Columbus Window Clean ing Co., nnd Jos, L. Schwnrt^ of the Columbus Hide & Fur Co., the Red (Voss messitge on page five of this Issue was made  possible.
Our thunks and that of Hed Cross are extended to them for their thoughtful and pa¬ triotic gesture.
liu.sy wllh a thousand and one duties each day. Red Cross di¬ rectors and recreational workers stationecl wilh our armies both in this country and abroad, are never too busy to give attention with  out   armies  both   in   this
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AND CHURCHILL DISCUSS THE JEWISH COMMONWEALTH
Tho Brydon Road Temple Hrothorhood \i^ extending an in¬ vitation to Columhu.s .Jewish community to hear a noted auilv orUy nn .Japan next F'riday eve nlnK. IVhiiTh 2-Mh. H o'clock, at the Temple. He is ChHrleK Win throi) Copp. who returned on the exchan;?e .Khip Gripsholm and for two decades was a teacher of Knglish in .Japanese Govern¬ ment schools and imprisoned there as a spy with the out¬ break of the war     T]ie subject
WAHHINGTOX. (.IPR)—Presi-, dent Roosevelt and Prime Min¬ ister Churchill are engaged in an exchange of views on the riucs- lioT) of a Jewish Commonwealth. Ihe Indepondent .lewi.sh Press Service has learned from unim- peachaljle sources. The pi'olest.^ of the Arab states against the .lewish Common wealth resolu¬ tions .hcff>re the Hou.se of Repre¬ sentatives and the Senate were not intenrled as much to curh Congressional action as to In¬ fluence tho outcome of lhe ex change of views hetweeq the two Anglo-American loaders.
Washington rumor has it that the Presideju may lake an im portant announcement within the next week or twn as a conse quence of these ccmsultaliops. Whether such an announcement. will actually be fcn'thcnming has not been definitely ascertained, althnugh the independent .Iew¬ ish Press Service has establish¬ ed that the .Jewish Common wealth ilemand is being given immediate consideration by the President and the Prime Minis¬ ter. Sonne observers believe that the presentation of (he .Iewish C'om mon wealth resolutions has placed tho problem oii the agenda much sooner than was intended by the United States and Hrlt¬ aln.
and the Palestine Mandate", it was revealed by Dr. Abba Hllle] Silver who. together with Dr. Stephen S, Wise, met with the President. Dr. Wise and Dr. Silver, co-chairmen of the Amer¬ ican Zionist Kmergency Council, were authorized at the time to declare in the President's name Ihat the United States had never apppftved fhe White Paper policy and that he would .see to it that '•when future decisions are reached full justit'e Ik* done to ihttse whn .seek a .Iewish Nation¬ al Hnme".
Dr. Si!v<'r declare<l that the' views the Presidenl has convey¬ ed through Dr. Wise and him "must be seen against the proper backgi'ound: a) the President's slatement, fnilnwing the protest of the Arab states, may he re- ^arfJed as a retort to these pro¬ tests; bl this is the first time the United States takes a stand on the White Paper; c) it clears the way fnr Ihe .levvish Com¬ monwealth resoh]tions, hociiuse once the I'residont himself has declared himself on Ihc .Iewish National Hnme. Congress will be less hesitant al)Out   it.'
Hnwever. the Independent .lewish Press Service learns that opinion is divided as Ui what should be done wilh the resolu¬ tions nnw in both Houses of Con-
Impntlent with the argument i gress.    Some feel, as Dt. Silver
country  and  abrpaa, are  never M/^^"^^^"^^ Teacher and U^^at   the   United   States  shoUial does^,'that it has gained strengtH
trio huav to fflv^attention to each i««*s tQiic w»l be    ieacber and   ^^^^^ qieat'.olthe;p^iestlne.:|)rol>  and
t(io busy to gljVQ. attention to each
question; 'whetnfilr important or unimportant.      The     following
letter, sent by a Red Cross di¬ rector overseas to a Columbus mother and father, Mr. and Mrs Fi-ancfs Hunt, 84 Hayden Ave., evidences the thoughtfulne.ss which prompted It, even though it concerns no vital problem:
"it i.4 a i)leasvu'e for me to bring you greetings as direc tor of the American Red Cross fcclub which ynur son. Wayne, -visits i)ractically every nighl. I assure you that he is in very fine physical condition, and in a happy frame of mind. You no doubt look forwai'd to the time when he will be back with ynu again; he shares that same "feeling. I trust the time wdl no( be (no far distant when the reunion will take place".
More than i)U per cent of the war fund will be used for sei vif.es tn the armed forces.
A. Z. A. Director Will Address Local Group Next Thursday
Ii5iJ!0inprc la-Japan'
For 21 years Mr Copp was in dally contact with Japanese youth anci their teachers, at school and in his home. He l<no\vs the pswchology of the people, their strength, tlieir weal^ness. their liopes and Ideal.'^.
Mr. Copp is a dytiamic .-^peali- ef and iii.-^ lectures are full of in- terestiug informatidn. pei'sonal experiences and anecdotes, liis message next Frida.v.night at the Temple Servicers should jirove a real treat for ihose v\ho hear him.
NATIONAL COMMANOKlt OP .IKWIHH VIOTKKANS SI'KAKS HKKK TONIGHT
On Thursday evening, March 2.'), at R o'clocii, Columiius Chap ter No. 1.% ot Aieph Zadlii Aleph, will celei)rate its Twelfth Anni versary, as a nationally recogniz¬ ed fraternity, at the Hroad St. Temple.
Milton Co¬ hen, of Wash ington, U. C, Naliotui A.s¬ sislant i-^ X e- cutive direct¬ or of all A. Z. A. C h a p t ers, M   Coh.n will    be    the
guest spealier for the evening's I>rogram.
Cohen started his career in A. Z A. as a member of the Achdus Chapter 27 ot Springfield, Mass and served as Aieph Godol of his chapter. Later he became an advisor of Maiden Chapter 349
lem, Preglderit Hodsevelt'l'emai-k- ed that "some people seem to for¬ get that Government and people of the United States have endors¬ ed l^oth the llalfour IDeclaralion
hbwever, beUeVelhat the I'rSSt' dent's   indirect  statement,   ahd' his   imminent   direct   statement make   the   resolutions   unnece? sary.
PM'S FOREIGN NEWS EDITOR WILL ADDRESS B'NAI B'RITH MEETING NEXT TUESDAY EVE.
on^'  of 111    llie
Arelile   H.  (Jrccnberg
Capitol Post .\'o. 122. of lhe .lewish War \'eterans, has lieen liusy during tiie past week with final arrangements for tile Na¬ tional Commander iianijuet vvhich wdll take place at the Deshler-Wallick Hotel this Sat¬ urday (tonight), at li:aO i>. itt.. In the main ballroom. National Commander Archie H. Green¬ berg, of New York City, of the In 1938 he graduated from  Jewish War Veterans of the Un
What is undoulitedly tile Iliggesi atiraclions li'nai H'rith calendar of events for Hill, will lie an address by Alexander II. fid, foreign news editor of I'M. next Tuesday evening. March 21. at the F^ast Hroad .St. I'emple. Those who ha\e lieen reading I'M, one of the most (liscussetl daily news p.'ipers of New Vork Cit.v luive an opportunity to hetir a message of Ait.'il importance from one who plays a leading role on its foreign news coverage staff I'hl is l."i years of age, was educalcil al the fnllcge of Ihe Cit.v of .\ew York and Coluniliia riiiversity Schciol of .lournalism In 11121. while tllteiiding Colum bia. he gut his fir>i nevyspapcr job on the .Newark Slar-Kagle lie joined the staff of the Associated Press In 11122. work¬ ing on llie domestic staff as re¬ write man, wire editor and re¬ porter In lil2(; he tiansferi-ed to the loreign service ill New York wliere he remtiinetJ fivi' yetifs. one of whicii was spent as i''orelgii .News iMlilor.   '''
ill l!i;il I'lil went to i'aris where he reiiiailied four years, covering l-'itince during lhe early Hitler period, the l'"rench riots of liKil. the war detit debate and kilxir agitation. lie was In Spain during tho next two years as chief of Hureau for the Associa-
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' led Stales, will be the guest of
.Mc\aii(lrr  H.   I'M
111' lived in Madrid year precceding the 1(1 more tlian a year ¦ lege of tlu' cily.
ling  to  tijc   Ciuled   Sla-
honor and the principal speaker. Among the distinguished guests who will attend include Major Gen. John Collins^Com- mander of the Sth Service Com¬ mand; Richard A. Llndeman, (Continued on Page'Two)
ted   Press during   tile Civil War during the
1(eliir tes iu llti? I'hl ri'.^jigned from the Al' and look a years trip around till' I'liiled Slates Ile came to I'M in .lune HHO and was ap pointed i'^oreign News Editor in .lune  Hill.
According to program chair¬ man, Sidney L. Kalz, and Ed Schlezinger, iiresident of Zion Lodge, H'nal H'rith, ample seat¬ ing accommodations are to be provided for Tuesday night's meeting which is open to ail members, their wli/es and friends. It vvili begin promptly at 8 o'clocli.