Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1945-03-23

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Passover Services To Be Held By Jewish Soldiers Everywhere
VOV SHOUIiD KNOW . . .
feThe anti-Yaltaists of Ihl country, leading figures among whom are the two antl-Semltlc Congressmen, will within the next two weeks initiate an In¬ tensive campaign against Secre¬ tary ot the Treasury Morgen thau. Supreme Court- Justice Frankfurter and Judge Samuel RriscnnTati. to focus attention on what they call "Jewish Influ¬ ence on the peace formula" . . . The campaign will be opened with systematic filthy propa¬ ganda In the press . . . Joseph P. Kamp's book "The Un-American Gestapo", now in preparation, will set a new high in hate and poison spreading . . . Among Kamp's collaborators is one of the former editors of the Tablet, that anti-Semitic sheet cf the Brooklyn diocese . . . The World Trade Union leaders who are now blueprinting a permanent international labor organization will Include In their program an International agreement to out¬ law anti-Semitl.sm in every inember country of the United Nations ...
ON WAR CRIMINALS ... Bg Professor A. S. YaJiuda writes in   the Congress Weekly that of all  the  various  classes  among the German people the most al>- ject  cowards  were   the  profes¬ sors,     educators,     iuteHectuais and professional men, and that Is was with their help that Hit¬ ler became the- undisputed mas¬ ter of the German people . . . Right  .  .  . This should  be re¬ membered  when   the  time   for punishment of    war    criminals rolls  around  .   .   .  "Germany's War  Crimes  and  Punishment", by M. H. Myerson, published by the Macmlllan Company of Can¬ ada and out today, is regarded in government circles as the best book on this theme . . . Our un¬ derground   sources   Insist   that Goerings   long-anticipated   coup .-(gainst     Hitler     is     duo     any edition now . . . Tins AND THAT . . . (^ Montreal has inaugurated its first Interracial Committee for Democratic Action . . .   Among the leading figures of this new group, which Is pledged to fight anti-Semitism, are former Sena¬ tor Bouchard, who recently ex¬ posed   clerical   Fascism   in   the Province of Quebec, Leslie Rob¬ erts,     dl.stlngulshed     Canada author, and Moses Brainln, pres-_ ident of the Jewish People's Li¬ brary . . . The World -Education Service  Council,  headed  by  E. George   Payne,   is  planning  to send  a  commission  of  six  to Europe .  .  . Object: to investi¬ gate  the  status  of  orphans  of persecuted groups and to make arrangements for educational as¬ sistance to them . . . PALESTINE NEWS . . . |l% Just  propaganda,  and  pure bunk, are the rumors about Pal¬ estine    Arab    leaders  offering world  Jewry 300,000    Immigra¬ tion certificates by way of final payment on the account of the Balfour    Declaration,  with  the proviso that there be no Jewish State. . . . The Arabs of Pales¬ tine have no Jiurlsdlction over Jewish immigration . . . But the story  may well be a trial bal¬ loon sent up by the British Col onial Office to get Zionist lead ers to commit themselves to a formula that would nullify the Jewish State demands . . . One of America's top watchmaJcers has been comiplssloned to select (Continued on Page 8)
VICE   PRESIDENT   TRUMAN to GIVB PASSOVER TALK OVER CBS MARCH 26th
NEW YORK (WNS)—For the first time since 1933, Passover, the eight-day festival celebrat¬ ing the redemption of the Jews from Egyptian bondage, will be observed formally Inside Ger¬ many, Frank L. Well, president of the National Jewish Welfare Board, announced here.
He said that matzohs, sacra¬ mental wine and Haggadahs had been received In all parts of the world, ready ,for distribution among a half-million Jewish men and women In the nation s ;(rm«i services. The tinlidny begins on Wednesday evening, March 28.
Mr. Well's report disclosed that 350,000 boxes of malzoh. 5,- 000 gallons of wine and 115.000 Passover prayer books have been shipped by the board and (listrlbuteil thr-ougli r c R ii lii r Army channels. More than T.'j,- 000 holiday leaflets, describing the significance and observance of Passover, and 700,000 greeting cards have been made available. The Women's Division of JWB shipped Passover food packages here and abroad.
Mr. Weil said that Seder ser¬ vices, the ritual feast opening the Pa.s.sover holiday, would be observed In France, Belgium and Holland. "Wherever con¬ ditions permit, military authori¬ ties will allow passes to be Is¬ sued to service personnel of Jewish faith so that they may take part in Passover observ¬ ances arnuiKeil liy -I Wii at homos in conmiunitles near to their camps or in Jewish institutions'', Mr. Well said.
A talk by Vice Ptesident Tru¬ man, from Washington, and Passnver ritual and music from the Army's Halloran General Hospital, Staten Island, N. Y. C, will be featufed In a pre-Pass- overiprogram over CBS Monday, March 28 (WABC-CBS, 5:00-5:30 PM, EWT). The 8-day Pass¬ over, commemorating the flight of the Jews from Egypl, begins this year at sundown, March 28.
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT CONFERS WITH AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE DELEGATION ON POST WAR JEWISH PROBLEMS
Army & Navy Group To Conduct Seder For Servicemen
The Columbus Army and Navy Committee ot the Jewish Welfare Board will hold a Pass¬ over Seder Service at the Schon¬ thal Center, 555 E. Rich St., on Wednesday evening, March 28th, for the Jewish servicemen in this area, it was announced to¬ day by Harry Goldberg, Generai Chairman of the Committee.
Allan Tarshish, a member of the Committee, will conduct the KItual Service and will be assist¬ ed by several servicemen sta¬ tioned at the Lockbourne Air Base.
'jPIRST JEWISH  WEDDING IN PHILIPPINES — G. I. STYLE
Ohio's First Ladies To Make Appearance At C. J. W. Meeting
Ohio's two 'first ladles,', Mrs. Frank J. Lausche, wife of the governor, and Mrs. Howard Be¬ vls, wife of the president of Ohio State University, will appear at the next meeting of the Council of Jewish Women to be heid Tuesday, April 3, at the Bryden Road Temple.
Mrs. Lausche, charming and popular wife of Governor Laus¬ che, will be Introduced In one of her rare appearances before women's clubs by Mrs. Bevis who will be the speaker of the afternoor). Mrs. Bevis has chos¬ en for lier subject "If Winter Comes. Can H|iring lio Far He- hlnd?"
Prior to the recent election a reporter from her home city of Cleveland wrote. "Although she has not taken an active part In the campaign Jane Lausche has never lost her husband any votes". Known to Coiumbus chiefly through her press inter¬ views, she has already endear¬ ed |herself to the eommunity In the short time of her residence here.
In honor of the two dlstlng- ui.shed gue.st.s, ;i loa is lioiiiK planned by the hospitality com¬ mittee.
WASHINGTON
A program with respect to the treatment of the problems of post-war Jewry was personally presented here to President Roosevelt by Judge Joseph M. Proskauer, president, and Jacob Blaustein, chairman of the exe¬ cutive, committee of the Ameri¬ can Jewish Committee.
, Following the conference. President Roosevelt authorized Judge Proskauer and Mr. Bau- stein to issue a statement to the effect that he was profoundly Interested in the establishment of an International Bill of Rights ns well as In the other recommendations contained In the Interim Report prepared by the organization's Committee on Roo.sevelt said the report Indi¬ cated a serious endeavor to im¬ plement the Dumbarton Oaks program and that It would re¬ ceive his serious attention.
Drawn up hy a distinguished gi"oup of hisiorlan.s, Jurists, edu¬ cators and rabbis the program advocates, among other things, the creation of a commission under the structure to be formed at   the   San   Francisco   Confer-
(WNS) —i future growth and development,, and to prepare the country to become a' democratic common¬ wealth based on a con.stitiition and a bill of rights guarantee¬ ing equality to all Its citizens. The committee called the President's attention to the arm¬ istice agreements with the form¬ er aatellite countries and partlc-, ularly to article V of the agree¬ ment recently signed with Hun- gai-y by Marshal Voroshlloff, on behalf of the United Nations, which provides that Hungary will Immediately release all per¬ sons, regardless of nationality, held in confinement and will re¬ peal all discflmlnatory legisla¬ tion and take the necessary measures to insure that all dis¬ placed persons. Including Jews and stateless persons, are accord¬ ed at least the same measure of treatment as its own nationals. It called this clause a "forward step" and that It be incorporat¬ ed as a fundamental element In international action Insofar as possible.
A further statement on the sijhject of repatriation was pre- 1 sented to the Pre.sident and the
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(JPS)—The first Jewish wed¬ ding in the Philippines since the liberation ot the islands began, took place on February 20th, in a bamboo palm-topped chapel near the front line, where Chap¬ lain Morris Adler of Detroit, for¬ mer vice-president of a B'nai B'rith lodge, performed the tra¬ ditional Jewish marriage service for Staff Sergeant Harry Beck¬ er, of Eiyria, 0., and WAC Cpl., Evelyn Cowan, of Columbus, O. Evelyn was well known hefe. Her parents are not living.— Editor.
"PAIiBSTINB SPH-AKS" BROADCAST TO BB RESUMED APRIL Tth
The bfoac^cast '^Palestlne Speaks" will not be-, heard on Sunday, at 1:45 P. M., for the next two weeks. It will be re¬ sumed on Saturday, ^prll 7th, at 8:16 P. M.
DANIEL   HARBISON   TO SPEAK AT ZIONIST SABBATH MARCH 30
ence, to formulate an Interna- report ot the Committee with tlonal Bill of Rights providing for human rights, racial equality, religious liberty and fundamen¬ tal freedoms, it urged that the commission have charge of a course of procedure for the Im¬ plementation and enforcement ot the 13111 ot Rights.
The report suggests the treat¬ ment of the post-war problems of world Jewry as part of the entire peace structure, and rec¬ ommends special treatment tor the Jews only insofar as nec¬ essary to meet their special situation. The report further states that every recommenda¬ tion made Is consistent with the primary objective ot aiding in the establishment of a world or¬ der that is Just to every human being. Irrespective of race, creed or nationality.
Envisaging the possibility that the .scope of the San Fi'an- clsco Conference might include the question ot mandates creat¬ ed by the League of Nations, the Commitlee stated that whatever the ultimate decision as to its political status, Palestine should be made the responsibility of the United Nations under an International trusteeship with a view to safeguarding the Jew¬ ish settlement In the Jewish Iro- rajgration Into PaKfstlne and guaranteeing adequate scope for
respect  to  migration  was   also laid iiefore him.
The report submitted also call' ed attention to the great haz¬ ards Involved In the existence ot statelessness and In the prac¬ tice of donatlonallzatlon, and declared that statelessness Is a condition injurious to the exist¬ ence of the national state, to the human community and to the dignity ot the human personal¬ ity
It urged that In furtherance of the Dumbarton Oaks propos¬ al to "achieve International co¬ operation In the solution ot In¬ ternational economic, social and other humanitarian problems", a Convention on Statelessness .ihould be {idopted by the United Nations and that a Commission on Statelessness should be set up as an International author¬ ity to protect the rights and be concerned with the welfare of the stateless. The report fur¬ ther contained suggestions as to details of this project.
Recommendations To Be Submitted  To   San Prnnclsco Conference FoUolwIng   their     conference with   the  President, 'Judge  Jo¬ seph    M.    Proskauer   and Mr. Jacob Blaustein    declared at a press conference that copies of
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Christian Group In Appeal For Jewish Palestine
DjinJe)  Harrison
The Columbus Zionist District will present Daniel Harrison, at a Zionist Sabbath to be heid at the Broad Street Temple on Fri¬ day evening, March 30th, at 8:00 P. M.
Mr. Harrison Is the principal of the Columbua Hebrew School, Director of the Bureau Of Jew¬ ish Education, and Exectlve Sec¬ retary of the Ohio Valley Zion¬ ist Region. His topic'wi^^ be, "Deliverance From Ensteve- ment". His subject will deal with the deliverance of the Jew¬ ish people from the enslave¬ ments of the past and the pres¬ ent.
Mr. Harrison's many sided ex-
WASHINGTON (WNS) -.- An appeal for Palestine to be opened to Jews and addressed to President Roosevelt, Prime Minister Churchill and Marshal Stalin, was presented at the White    House thla week by a
perlences with, and broad Icnow¬ iedge of Jewish life and letters, promises to make his address of unusual Interest and most appro¬ priate for the PasBover holidays. The ZlonJdt District Invites the general public to attend the evening services which will be followed by an Oneg Shabbat In tha social hall of the Broad St. Temple.
delegation on behalf of the Ministerial Associates of The Protestant which haa a member¬ ship of 5,00O Christian ministers pledged to fight anti-Semitism in all Its forms.
The appeal urged the opening of Palestine to the Jews "now while there Is stlU time to save the Jewish survivors from the fascist terror" and stated "there can be no just peace for tha world until there Is a just peace for the Jews".
The delegation was received by Jonathan Daniels, Acting Press Secretary, who promised that It would receive careful consideration. It also submitted the appeal to the British and Soviet Embassies for transmis¬ sion to London and Moscow.
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