Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1946-08-16

              SlM^~Serving Columbus and Central Ohio Jewish Commtmity ^P^
Vol. 24, No. 32
COLUMBUS, OHIO, PRIDAY, AUGUST Ifi,  1040
Davotad to Am«r(can «nd Jswilh  Idiall
Strictly Confidential
Tidhlts From Everywbeiie By Phlnetis J. Blron
THE TIMK IS NOW,,..
V/e agree wtn L, M, Birkhead of "The Friends of Democracy" ..He Is urging Heiiry Ford, Sr:, to clear himself completely of his anU-.Seniitlc past, .Birkhead says that Ford should carry out an intensive campaign In the pres,s and radio counteracting the use of his name by Fascist groups abroad and in this coun¬ try, .Birkhead writes: "A cam¬ paign of this kind could easily be carried out by a man of Mr, Ford's means.. .Furthermore it should be "launched now while Mr. Ford is alive and can speak for himself, .After he is gone the Ford family can do nothing to prevent his name from being linked with the sinister i-acial and religious passions of our time,',,,Yes, THE TIME -IS NOW!
YOU'RE WELCOME, .>1BS. ROOSEVELT,.,,-
Mrs. Frankin D. Roosevelt asked us to give space to the following letter. ."Since my re¬ turn from Europe at the begin- ing of this year I have been deeply concerned with the problems of the people for whom the United Jewish Appeal must raise a minimum of $100,- 000,000,
In Germany I visited four dis¬ placed persons camps, where I saw   Jews-^nien,   women   and
Discuss Situation Of Jews In DP Camps
BRITAIN APPEAL TO EUROPEAN POWERS TO HELP HALT FLOW OF JEWS TO PALESTINE
LO.VDON IVVNS)—An request to Rii,o,';la, France, Italy and a number of les,ser powers in Europe, urging them to .qtop the mass movement of Jews to Pal¬ estine at the source, has been forwarded by the British Gov¬ ernment, it was disclosed here hy a Foreign Office spokesman, who said that a ship was wait¬ ing in a Rumanian port for loading of Jewish immigrants.
Government sources .here claim that approximately 15,000 'visajess" Jews were on their way to PaLsetine and that 100,- 000 more were waiting to make the Irek, It is believed here that the relea.se of the requesit at this time presaged a stiffen¬ ing of .Briti,''h policy with ret. gard to "Illegal" Jewish immi¬ gration into Pale.'itine ami that : it wa.i a forerunner to the gov¬ ernment's intention of institu¬ ting ,T  strong blockade of  Pal
FRANKFURT,   GERMANY:—I to RaMi Bernstein, and Lt, Col, Important problems relating to  Elliott    A,    Niles    of    Boston
the situation of European Jews in the displaced persons camps were discussed at Frankfurt by Rabbi Philip Bernstein ot Ro¬ chester, N, y., (left, seated), ad-
^^lAri^^Zf^ ^iSf?»r^2 visw on Jewish affairs. tP Gen, childrienT-tCrot^'ded   together, ta,(T^jJ'„^,m;->^ :j^;,*oiiijgsW:::lg'Jun foseplitT, M3Nai^ey,.ttie Ainer-
f aiielters; i-wlthbtit'' ahy-p ifVltJg on a diet based on poia- to soup, .the pifey Df all kinds- of disease. In the short time I was th^re I became more con¬ scious than ever before of what human misery can be.
Seeing how these people must live today gave me the feeling that we Americans have been saved untold misery, and that tve must have been saved for a reason. That reason must be that we were expected to give leadership—spiritual, mor- (Contlnued on Page Eight)
Local B'nai B'rith Women Named To Important Posts .
lean cojnmiaaaer.iaJSutippei'iMajs lEinahuel Habkriiah is NStv York. 'Gity, chaplain apd military aide
agree to aid in the federall2a- tltm plan. These sources quoted a Colonial Office spokesman as having recently said that the 75.000 quota for Jewish immi¬ grants set by the 1830 White Paper was near exhaustion and that If Britain allowed more Jews to enter "the Arabs prob¬ ably will rise .against usi,"
In a broadcast Beamed by the secret radio of Haganas, it was statefj that Britain had concen¬ trated many troops around the Haifa area and that the presence of SG many troops In that port of inflow "foreshadows Ihe com¬ plete stoppage,of immigration" and "renewed police and mili¬ tary operat-ions,"
A statement on Driti.ih policy was expected thlg week follow¬ ing a meeting of Cabinet, Jt is. believed, however, that no ac¬ tion would be announced be¬ fore President Truman official-
estlne waters agaln.s-t the influx  ly   tr-ansmit.-!   his   position   on of "vi.tialess" Jews. Evidence that  the partition proposal. It Is re-
(right), active la B'nai B'rith affairs. Col, Niles, on a special mission for the Adjutant-Gener¬ al of the U, S.. Army, toured the DP camps and was particularly interested. In,, .th?,.aceommodaT tlpte'^'ifW-¦thp:' tlfewly>^arrlVlrig JeVv's jfrbnj iESitferii- Europe Into'' the A't^ericari. zone arid the,(;bn- ditloria In the existing camps.
JJCC Chorus To Singr At Ohio State Fair
At the annual convention of the B'nai B'rith Women's Grand Lodge, District No. Two; held recently ifi St, Louis, Mrs, H,, Kornbleet, Kansas City, Kansas, President, announced the ap¬ pointment of Mrs. Joseph D, Schecter of this city as AnU- Defamatlon. League Chairman for the District, Mrs, Schecter was also elected io the General Committee. Another local wom¬ an, Mr, Harry Schwartz, was appointed by Mrs, Kornbleet to head the Committee on Laws and Legislation,
In a contest embracing sixty- three chapters, the Columbus chapter wis awarded first prize for the befet Publicity Scrap Book in the District, Mrs. Her¬ man,Cohan^ former Chairman of PublleJty, was In charge of the winning book.
In the District Membership race, third prize, was awarded the local chapter, with a total of two hundred and twenty one new members attained by Mrs, Jack Shilling, Membership Chairman, and her Committee,
Representatives from Colum¬ bus attending the Grand Lodge convention included- Mrs. Wal¬ ter K.ltz, Mrs. I. W, Garek, Mrs, J'ustln Sillman, Mrs, Jack SWI- "ling, Mrs. Joseph D. Schecter, and Miss Gertrude Zweig from the B'nal B'rith B. & P. Girls.
Having been Invited to par¬ ticipate in the Ohio State Fair Music. Hall Program, the choral group of the Jr, Jewish Com¬ munity Council will present a half hour program of musical excerjjts from its recent suc¬ cessful production, "A Pageant of the Strorg", on Monday, August 26 at 6:30 P, M,, at.the Ohio State Fairgrounds in the Hall of Music The group will be under the direction of Mr, Jerry -Grodin, ind Mr, Ellis Rlfkin, compo.'5ei' of much of the rtiusic to be .iresented, will serve as accompa.iist.
Vai-lous groupf throughout the city .ihd slate will present music;': programs during the week of the Fair, August 24 thro' gh August 30.
Al members of the JJCC chori i are requested to report to St. onthal Center Monday, August Ji), .u TM P M„ for rehearsal and to velve their admission  tickets to   ''e Fair,
Prominent Men Join Advisory Board Of Jewish Congress -
BIG   TURNOUT  EXPI JTED FOR VOMNER SOCII.rV PICNIC 'J HIS SUNlWir
A re"oord turnout is anticipat¬ ed for the annual Voliner So¬ ciety picnic which is to be held this Sunday, August ISth, at Edgewater Park, on Lancaster Pike, It will be an all day affair with free admission to the pub¬ lic. Many valuable prizes are to be awarded to thf winners of various contests. An attractive radio, electric roaster and 100 piece set ot dishes are to be giv¬ en away.
Ben Kosen, 733 Ann St„ is chairman qf the picnic commit¬ tee.
NEW YORK (WNS) — Dr, Stephen S. Wise, president ot the American Jewish Congress, announced last week that forty nationally prominenj, lawyers and social-scientists had agree.l to serve on the advisory board of the congress commission on law nnd' social action. The list includes such eminent person¬ alities as Louis Adamic, Bartlev ,Crum, Thomas I, Emerson, James L, Fly, Abe Fortas, Frank Graham, Robert Nathan, Charles Poletti and 0, J. Rogge, with David Stoneman, noted Boston attorney, as chairman of the advisory body.
During the last year the com¬ mission has been waging a vig- erous campaign against a 11 forms of raci.sm and discrimin¬ ation in America, particularl/ In the fields of employijient, ed ucation, housing and civil liber¬ ties. Major public actions launch¬ ed by the committee Include a suit to cancel Columbia Univer- slty's tax exemption because of alleged discrimination in the admi.sslon of students, interven¬ tion before the federal com¬ munications commisslqn to pre¬ vent the granting of an FM ra¬ dio license to the New York Dally news and several pend¬ ing cases designed to test the validity of restrictive housing covenants.
British land, sea and air forces were being made re;idy to stop Jewish immigration was seen a report that the British Medi¬ terranean Fleet had been order¬ ed to make "a summer cruise" in Grecian waters, where it would be in the best position to detect the movement of su¬ spicious vessels and intercept before they reach the Holy lyand's shores, Thig has been denied by the British Admiralty W'toe faffe of the admlssldti by a Itoyal J^favy spOiceBrnan that the'fleet WM "coxistantly on the lookout for any Illegal imhil- grant ships."
- -Reports ar& current here that Britain had " not only taken water blockade measures, but that it had strung hundreds of miles in Palesllnes with barbed wire. At Cyprus, in the eastern Mediterranean, several camps have been set up for immigrants, .May Stop All Imnilgnitioii In the meantime it was in¬ timated here by informed sour¬ ces that Britain may halt'all Jewish immigration to Palestine if  the  United  States  does   not
llably reported here that the Cabinet is to vote for retention of the British Palestine mandate and Implementation of the par¬ tition scheme in any event. This was Indicated hy a report in the Dally Herald, officials La¬ bor Party organ, which said that a new statement on Brit¬ ish policy on Palestine would be Issued within tlte next few days.
At laat Wednesday's Cabinet Mteetln^, ilt', wh". fejiorjted'reH'- ably, a cohii^unlcailon waa re-' ceived from Pj-esident Truman which Indicated neither accep¬ tance nor rejection of the fed¬ eralization proposal. However, sources close to the government were in view that Mr, Tlruman's reaction was a negative one. Added significance to the Cab¬ inet meeting -was seen in the fact that it was attended by. Field Marshal Lord Montgomery and by Food Minister John Strachey,. who Is not a cabinet member. Though 111, Foreign Secretary Bevin w.is reported to have actively pariicipated In the deliberations.
Truman Rejection Of Palestine Partition Plan Predicted
HADASSAH  DONOR   DINNER DATE IS SET
Mrs,   Aladar   Zipser,   general ehabTOSn of the 1946 Hadassah
I Donor Dinner, announces that the affair will be held on Sun- day, December 8, at 6;30 P. M.,
WASHINGTON (WNS) — President Truman's rejection of the prpposed Palestine partition proposal is predicted by many Informed Washington circle.';, according to unconfirmed re¬ ports circulating on Capital Hill following closing of last week's many conferences on the Pal¬ estine issue.
Although there has-been no official intimation as to the ac¬ tion to be talten, it Is believed the President was Impressed by the arguments of the Amer¬ ican members of the Anglo- American Committee of Inquiry on Palestine, who were reported to have advised Mr. Truman that ac&ptance of the plan would be a nulliflcatlcn of the recomm/endations of the Anglo- American committee and that the proposed federalization scheme violated the terms un¬ der which Britain was given the Palestine mandate by the ;.,eague of Nations It had been reported, too, that the group argued that because the United States v/as a party to the con¬ vention of -1942, which provided that no chafige in the mandate was to be Instituted without American consent, acceptance of the partition propo^sl wovld b,e
a constitutional violation. How¬ ever, White House seci-etary Ross denied that such conten¬ tion had been made.
Judge J, C, Hutcheson, Amer¬ ican chairman of the Anglo- American committee, waa said lx> have called the partition plan a "complete 'sell-out, a very pretty, even grandiose, sell-out, but a sell-out nevertheless,"
Henry F, Grady, chairman of the alternate deputies on the special Cabinet Committee on Palestine, said the deputies' rec¬ ommendations included parti¬ tion. He added however that the recommendations were merely of an advisory nature and that approval was up to the regular members of the Cabinet Com¬ mittee, consisting ot Secretary of State Byrnes, Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder and Secretary of War Patterson.
The Cabinet Committee was reportefl to have decided on an early meeting where both the Grady group's recommendations and others are to be considered. Acting Secretary of State Dean Achfison, who ia chairman ot the Cabinet Committee, sat in during the conference of the two groups. Although he gave no Indication on the basis Ot which report he expects to base his recommendations to Mr. 'Tru¬ man, It is reported here tiiat' Mr. Acheron is cool to the pair-- (Continued on Page Five)
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