Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1945-01-05

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Vol. 23, No. 2
Entered aj Second-aasi Matter. Postofflce   Columbus., Olllo,
COLUMBUS, OHIO, FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1045
Devotsd  te  Amsrlcen and Jawlih  Idaali
Strictly Confidential
Tidbits   From   Bverywhere By Phineas J. Bli-on
Anti-Semitism
Repudiates
Constitution
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U8TEN HBRB! . . .
te The Gaelic American, Father Coughlin's New York organ, is being revitalized . , [ Edited by . Jamea MacDermott with the as¬ sistance o( the Rev. Edward Lodge Curran, the paper Is be¬ ing groomed for a larger role In the revived crusade for Iso¬ lationism , , . -We lilte that news story about Hubert Williamson of Grand Rapids, who some years ago was fined $10 for say¬ ing naughty things about the head of a then "friendly" gov¬ ernment—viz-, Hitler . . . 'Wil¬ liamson is now suing for a re¬ bate, on the grounds that the Judge who fined hhn should at last realize that he, Hubert, was right . . ,
JBWISH NEWS . . . IR The  crisis  in    the    Zionist ^   Emergency     Councii     brought alMut by the resignations of Drs. Wise and  Silver may  soon  be mended . . . Rabbis Silver and Wise may accept a new formula Of cooi>eratlon that is now being worlted  out by  a  special  com¬ mittee of which Louis Llpsky Is the moving spirit - - . You must not miss reading a little Ixiok- let,   "The   Jewish   People  -Will Live On", by Alex Bittleman . It  makes  a  poignant  case  for unity in American Jewry  .  .  . Erratum: In our last column the Item-on -Dr^Welztnann's politi¬ cal activities should have read: " , , , The Mandate for Palestine now held by Great Britain , , ," THE WINNAHS! ... te The winners in    our    prize cpmest,    -who    received    auto¬ graphed  copies  of  Pierre  van Paassen's "The Forgotten Ally" arec Dr. Harry G. Olken, Cam bridge,  Mass,;  LlUiain    Kaplan, Brighton, Mass,; David C. Gross, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Arthur M. Bob- rick, Mattapan, Mass,; Lillian S, Gurvitz, BrookUne, Mass.; Mary Fitzgerald, Boston, Mass.;  Ber¬ nice Y, Lewis, Mattapan, Mass,; Leo   Sadow,   Roxbury,   Mass,; Mrs. Nathan Mlnkoff,    Detroit, "^Mlch,; Mrs, H, Ludman, Balti¬ more, Md,; Ann Parker, Detroit, Mich,; Frances L, Hurwitz, Bos¬ ton, Mass,; Helen Meltzer, Mat¬ tapan,  Mass,; Ruth Greenfield, Chicago,   in,;   Musician   2c   D- Welslman,   Constitution    Base, Mass,; and Wave Pearl Gurvitz, Floyd Bennett Field Naval Air Station, N, Y, . . , Thai's the lot — please note that Massachus¬ etts ganged up on us, copping ten prizes out of sixteen ... As for the Initials the winners correctly    identified:    J.  R,  C. stands lor John Roy Carlson, A. E. K. for Albert E, Kahn and H. H, for Henry Hoke . , . MUilTABY INTELLIGENCE . . te Our hat is off to Ruth Spiv¬ ak, now a major In the Women's Army Corps , . , Major Spivak is a very charming young lady whose soft feminine eyes hide a determined and super- efficient personality . . , She is stationed at Washington,  D-  C„  and  oc¬ cupies the Important post of exe¬ cutive officer to the deputy chlet of  staff  (or  operations  of  the Army Air forces , . . The story cannot be told now, but Ruth Is Intimately connected with very sensational doings by our Intre¬ pid flyers , . , Some day she should be able to write a fascin¬ ating book  about  her  present activities , , . The   continental edition of the November 5th Is¬ sue otTCank features a tnost un¬ usual woodcut, the work ot your-I good friend Sgt. David Lax, who (Continued on Pag6?'8)'
LODGES CONTRIBUTE TO SCHANFARBER   MEMORIAL FUND CAMPAIGN
NEW YORK (JPS)—"To b.e anti-Semite is to repudiate our Constitution and to deny every syllable ot meaning in the story of America", Philip Wylie, auth¬ or and journalist, declares in an article titled "Memorandum on Anti-Semitism" appearing In the January issue of The American Mercury magazine, "Even in free America", Mr, .Wylie says, "no Jew has an exactly fair chance; and no Jew can tell when next the edge ot unde¬ served, Unexpectable Insult will cut him. Try to Imagine how you would behave if you discov¬ ered tomorrow that you k were not a Gentile, as you'd suppdsed, but a Jew
even for one day, you would re¬ member the effect of that hard, transparent wall all the rest ot your life",
Anti-Semites are victims part¬ ly of our "poor American educa¬ tion", Mr, ¦\yylle says. "In spite of the fact that America under¬ stood Its biologically superb and Idealistically wonderful function as a 'melting ixjt,' America's lit¬ tle red schoolhouse never taught -the similarity of people- It con¬ centrated on their dlfferent- neas''.
Report  Split In  Fascist, Anti-Semitic Ranks Hero A split In the native    fascist network la  reported by Victor rRfesel, "New YorKTost column¬ ist, who reveals that some of the twenty-six defendants at the recent  mass   sedition   trial   in Washington have accused Fath¬ er Charles E. Coughlin, Rev. L. K. Smith and other leading iso¬ lationists of "desertion".
Detroiters among the defend¬ ents have turned against Smith, jeering because he can no long¬ er attract crowds and because he is prhiting less than 10,000 copies of his "Cross and The Flag" magazine. Detendent Edward James Smythe, charged recently that Coughlin "did not hesitate to use the misery and suffering of fellow patriots to fatten 'his' purse , . ." Joseph McWiiilams Is described by for¬ mer colleagues as "susceptible to Irresponslljle women".
Subscriptions of three more B'nai B'rith lodges to the Edwin J, Schanfarber Memorial Fund are announced by Julius W. Steinhauser, treasurer of the fund.
They are: Zanesvllle and Mansfield lodges and the St. Joseph, Mo., lodge.
Goal of the fund is $100,000 and the memorial is to be a new home for the Ohio State Uni¬ versity chapter of B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation:
Large Turnout For Van Paassen Assured
AGMMENT IS REACHED ON ELIMINATION OF CONFLICTS BETWEEN NATIONAL AND LOCAL JEWISH DEFENSE AGENCIES
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(Sidney Katz, chairman of the ""'Were"vou*'a"jewT^^ Paassen Committee set up ' by the Zionist District to pro¬ mote the appearance of the fa¬ mous author In Columbus, has this week* again reported- an¬ other increase In the demand for tickets for that lecture.
Mr. Katz Is urging Zionists to return their cards requesting tickets at once as the officers of the Zionist District are anxious to have as many members as possible to hear Mr. Van Paas¬ sen.
The request for tickets that have been coming in are from both members and non-mem¬ bers, Jews and non-Jews, and the demand is approacjiing the capacity ot the hall- The lecture Is to be glveii-on Jan. 18tH, at East High School auditorium at 8 P. M.
Leo Yassenoff To M. C. B'nai B'rith Installation Event
The annual Installation ot of¬ ficers of Zlon Lodge B'nai B"rlth win take place Tuesday, Jan, 18th, at 6 P, M„ at the Broad Street Temple. The pro¬ gram will be Under the direction of Leo Yassenoft as Master-of- Ceremohles. Others scheduled Include Rabbl Harry Kaplan, Isadore M, Garek, Justin L. Sillman and Ed Schlezinger, out¬ going president.
The principal speaker will be A. J, Granoff, president ot Dis¬ trict No- 2, B"nal B'rith.
Reservations tor the dinner meeting are under the direction of Walter Katz, 1093 S, Ohto Ave,, and all who Intend to be present tor the dinner meeting, are advised to forward their reservation cards within the next few days. No reservations vrtll be accepted the night of the dinner meeting.
Further details will be an¬ nounced In next week's Issue of the Chronicle.
"A Night Of Music" For Bryden Road Temple Meeting
"A Night of Music", followed by a social hour with refresh¬ ments, will feature the annual Joint meeting of the Temple Is¬ rael Brotherhood and the Rose E,' Lazarus Sisterhood . next Tuesday, Jan. 9th, in the Tem¬ ple Vestry. \
The program, arranged by Sidney L, Katz, will Include Mrs. Augusta Frank, pianist, vocal selections by Mr. Jerry Grodln and Miss Jeanne Dhume. Corporal Elwood Klester, violin¬ ist, will play several selections, accompanied by Miss Marie Lewis.
Mrs- Frank has been honored by the Columbus Philharmonic Orchestra as,a featured soloist and Is recognized in local music circles as a talented artist.
The Sisterhood will arrange the social hour tollowing the musical program and serve re¬ freshments. Mrs. Harry Freld¬ enberg and Mrs. Harry Mellman are in charge.
The annual meeting of the Brotherhood and Sisterhood has been an outstanding social event of the Bryden Road Temple for several years, and arrangements will be made for a record at tendance.
The public Is welcome.
NEW 130RK (WNS)—Elim¬ ination of conflict between "na- tional and local defense agen¬ cies has been achieved by the unanimous adoption of a resolu¬ tion by the executive commit¬ tee of the National Conimunity Relations Advisory Council at its recent meeting in New York- The resolution provides that na¬ tional agencies "will not, with¬ out the approval qnd consent" of local civic protective agencies, "undertake any activity which in the opinion of the local organ¬ ization, duplicates or conflicts with the local organization ac¬ tivities, or which such local or¬ ganization opposes." " ^Lorig a question on which there have been considerable differences of opinion between national and local civic protec¬ tive agencies, the adoption of the resolution was hailed by members of the executive com¬ mittee of the NCRAC as a great step forward in Jewish civic protective activities in the Uni¬ ted States.
The full text of the resolution adopted follows:
"While it shall not be the responsibility of the NCRAC to undertake to indicate to any of the national agencies if and where^ tjiffiy shall "eStabUsh of¬ fices nevertheless in communi¬ ties where Jocai organizations are set up by the cominunity it self,to operate within the com¬ munity in the field ot commun¬ ity relations, the national agen¬ cies Will not, without the>appro- val and consent ot such organl zations,, undertake any activity which. In the Opinion ot the local organization, duplicates oy conflicts with the local organiza tion activities, or which such local orgranlzatlon opposes. It difficulties arise between    any
national agency and a local or-' ganlzatlon, such difficulties shall be submitted to the NCRAC for final determination". Significance Of Agreement "The resolution", said David Sher, chairman of the NCRAC, "is significant because It gives practical assurance to the Amer¬ ican Jewish community that the national and local civic proteoJ- tive agencies recognize the ab¬ solute necessity for coordination of activities through an agency such as the National Relations Advisory Gouncil. In providing _^ that in diiputes' betweeji.-local'' and tiational organizatlons)'such difficulties should be submitted to the NCRAC for final deter¬ mination', the six national and eighteen local agencies of the NCRAC have set up a supreme authority tor coordlhatlon of activities that will prevent dup¬ lication Of efforts.
"What is most encouraging", continued Mr. Sher, "is the fact that this resolution vvas adopted unanimously by our executive committee. It be¬ speaks a sincere and determined effort on the part of both the national and local agencies to set aside organizational loyalties in deference to the best inter¬ ests of American Jewry as a whole".
rrRe membership of the NCRAC is composed ot six na¬ tional agencies — the American Jewish Committee, the Ameri¬ can Jewish Congress, the B'nai B'rith of the Anti-Defamation League, the Jewish Labor Com¬ mittee, the Jewish War Veter¬ ans of the United States and the Union of American Hebrew Con¬ gregations—and eighteen local civic protective agencies thru¬ out the country,
—Boy War Bonds—
HADASSAH DONOR DINNER PROGRAM  CONTRIBUTED BY MRS. J. 8HAPIRA
To honor the memory ot her husband, the late Joseph Shap¬ lra, Mrs, Rebecca P. Shaplra, 1445 E, Broad St,, has this week contributed the enth'e cost of the 1944 Donor Dinner Program which was distributed to those In attendance on Sunday eve¬ ning, Dec- 17th„ at the Deshler- Wallick Hotel.
Realizing that the entlr^ pro¬ ceeds ot this yearly event goes to the humanitarian efforts of Hadassah In Palestine, Mrs- Shapira hopes to continue to support this as well as all other worthwhile et^deavours which were always ocar to her hus¬ band.   ¦
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RABBI GUP TO BE HEARD ON CHURCH OP THE AIR BROADCAST JAN. asth
Rabbl Samuel M. Gup, ot Bry¬ den Road Temple, has been hon¬ ored with In hivltatlon from the Columbia Broadcasting System to deliver the sermon on the Church ot the -Mr on Sunday, Jan. 28th, 12 M., to 12:30 P. M. This particular national broad¬ cast will originate In the studio of Station -WBNS, In our city. The Temple Chplr will assist In the service.
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MEN ARE renamed/
Allen Gundersheimer, Her¬ man Katz, Herbert Levy and S, M, Melton, were recently re¬ elected to the national councll of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee at the organization's thirtieth annual I nieetlng In New York,
Manrlce P. Chesler
Lt. Maurice P. Chesler, of Cleveland, O,, hailed as "A Sweet Singer In Israel", by thousands who had the privi¬ lege of hearing his program of Jewish songa, will be heard at the annual Vollner Society Din¬ ner Ijelng held this. Sunday, Jan, 7th, hi. the East BroW St, Temple auditorium. The affair will begta promptly at 5:30 p. M, Lt. Chelser haa won wide aeclahn for his Interpretations of the phases of the life bf the (Continued on Page 8)
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