Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1941-10-17

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Vol. 20, No. 43
COMIMBUH. OHIO,  PRIDAV,  OCTOBKR   17,   IIMI
Oevolcd to Am«rleao and Jewlflh Ideals
B'nai B'rith Membership Campaign Foiges Ahead
Strictly Confidential
Tidbits Prom Kvorywhere By PHINRAS .1. BIRON
U.S, FASCISTS RALLY AROUND AMERICA FIRST GROUP-TALK OF NAZI PARTY HERE
The obituary columns on .lus¬ tice Brandeis didn't reflect even a small fraction of his activities toward   the  solution  of  .lewish
. problems . . : Perhaps more than afty other Supreme Court Jus tlce, Brandeis felt that a mem¬ ber of our highest bench should not involve himself publicly in any action that could even re motely be classified as political . . . That's why his work for Zionism, (luring his tenure of office and even afterwards, wns carrie<l on so privately that few people knew ahout it , . . But many are the Zionist labor causes to which he made reffular finan¬ cial contributions . . And long were the hours he spent in his austere study struggling with the tragic issues confronting the .lews in Europe. . . His biograph¬ ers wjjjX not be able lo ignore at least tMq occasions on which his talks vlrith President Roose¬ velt had a drastic and favorable effect on the position of the Jews in Palestine . . . Because of
,|ils jucUsiM mind and his abhor- jl-jjcp ot dramatics he preferred tHe giving'of advice to person ¦¦ ilctiPJi% . .'Orie,polnt we're
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NEW YORK (WNS) — The America Firsl CommUtee hasl become a central organizing body for the forceR of American Fascism, with nativ.e fifth col- umnLst-s swarming into its ranks. The Hour, usually well-informed anti-Fa.sdst weekly. reported after completing a nation-wide .survey.
It is open t.alk among U. K. Fascists that the America First Committee will soon develop In¬ to an American National Social¬ ist, Party. The Hour disclosed adfiing ominously that "their hf)pc i.s by no means unfound ed."
Reports of an official Fascist party in the United Slates were suhstanliated wilh ihe announce¬ ment that Charles A. Lindbergh whose anti-Semilir address last month CTcatcfl a national scan¬ dal, had estal)lishe<l residence in Minnesota in order to go into politics. The pro-Nazi flier's father had been a Congress¬ man from Minnesota and was one of the founders of the Min¬ nesota   Farmer-Labor  Party.
Lindbergh has been mention¬ ed   in connection with the 1942
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Senatorial races in Minnesoti and New .Icrsy, Political nl)- .sorvers believed that Minnesnin represented Lindiiergh's best bet since New .lersey is less iso lationist than the Lonely P^agle s homo sUUe Shindd Lindliergh decide in run in Minnesota, he will proliahly be opposed by (^ov ernor Harold Sta;se?i. who ans wered the flier's anti-.Iewish at¬ tack by slating: "He who kindles Ihe liames of intolerance and bitlorness lighls a fire under hi own hon^-e." !
Kasrtst   Situation |
S'ummarizing the Fascist sit¬ uation in Ihe United States, The Hour said: "In New York City, the Cerman-American lUmd. the ChrisUan Front, the Christian Mobilizcrs, the American He.s- tiny Party, the Paul Flcvere Sen¬ tinels and a dozen other Irait orous bands are humming with I new activity. Revitalized un-' der the banner of Ihe America First Committee, they are har¬ moniously cooperating in their efforts to subvert American democracy.
"Mobilizer thugs peddle Llnd- (Contlnued  on  Page 8)
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Failure Of Anti- Semitic Angle
not rare enotigh . . .He answer¬ ed all his personal mail by hand, BO that there must be hundreds of thousands of his letters ex- " tant throughout the world . . . . . . But we doubt that any of these letters are more than five lines in length . . . Brandeis be¬ lieved in brevity . . . LOOK AT THIS
The figures on the Czech vic¬ tims of Nazi executions these days actually are much larger than those made public . . . And the proportion of Jews is more than fifty percent ... A plan for settling a specially selectetl group of 25,000 refugees in Al¬ aska is being worked out by the Reconstruction Finance Corpor¬ ation's Jesse Jones, we hear . . . That would be giving something of a break to those newcomers who have been having trouble finding their place here . . . Refugees yet to arrive on our shores, Incidentally, are going to run into a lot of new red tape that U. S. health authorities have had to Institute to cope with the unsanitary conditions on some refugee steamers and with the resultant spread of di.sease a- mong passengers . . . You'll be glad to hear, though, that some refugees are progressing tiulte nicely, thank you. . . Amongj them is Henri Bemslem, at this moment recuperating after an operation and at the same time readying a play for Broadway production . . , And Kurt Weill. who.se music will soon be heard again from another liroadway stage . . . THIS  AND  THAT
We wonder whether "Ivan the Terrible" the anonymous voice that adds sarcastic comments lo Berlin Broadcasts nowadays, Dr. Prledrich Wolf, the German playwright whose ¦'Sailors of Catarro" and "Professor Mam- lock" delighted New York theatregoers some years ago . . Dr Wolf has been living in Mos¬ cow for some years now, and at (Continued  on   Page B)
NKW YORK (JPS)—Because their "attempt to arouse anti Kemitism has blown up in their faces," the Jew baiting "Wheel- er-Nyo-CI irk appeaser bund" have sought to win sympathy l)y stressing monopolies in the movie industry, the Jewish Sur ve.y charges in an open letter to Wendell Wlllkie, courLsel to the movie industry in the Senate sub-committee's Investigation of alleged war propaganda in pic tures.
The magazine also suggests that former Ambassador to Great Britain Joseph P. Kennedy be forced to testify and asked whether he intends to buy con trol of any movie company and whether he had disc-ussed the In¬ vestigation with Senator Wheel¬ er.
In attacking the isolationist Senators and the movie probe the Jewish Survey declares: "We think it not unlikely that Wheel¬ er and company would like to see the fibn studios under the control of men who will turn out celluloid versions of the New York Daily News, the Chicago Tribune and Social Justice."
will   speak   on "Brandeis,   the' Jew  and  Zionist."      A  musical program   will   he   presented  by the Hillel Choir under the direc tion of Irving Newman.
A special invitation is l)eing extended to the faculty and stu dent bwiy of the Law School at Ohio State Universisty. as well as all .lewish lawyers in our community to attend.
Fraternity To Hold Memorial Services For Justice Brandeis
Memorial Services In memoi-y of l.ouis D. Brandeis, former Justice of the United States Su¬ preme Court and leading Zion¬ ist leader, will be held Friday evening, Oct. 2'1, at 8:00 o'clock, at the Hillel Foundation, 18 Six teenth Ave. The program will be in charge of Tau Epsilon Rho, legal  fraternity
Addresses  on    that    occasion
Complete Plans For Annual Bazaar Sunday Evening
All plans have been complete<^i. The diage is set and so—'/Aon Lodge Auxiliary of B'nai B'rith cordially invites tho Jewish com¬ munity lo attend its Third An¬ nual Hazaar lo be held this Sun¬ day, October 19, at K. of P. Hall 607 S. High St.. from 5 p. m., to 12 p. m. There will be fun ga lore for everyone and a most en¬ joyable evening is assured to all who attend.
In connection with this gala event, a jitney supper will be served from the menu listed be¬ low:
MENU
Itallun SpaghetU Meut Loof
Wiener Sandwiches Salami Sanclwlchea
C McDnnald, Chairman esidenfs Advisory Com- m I'r)liiical Rerugees. and former league of Nations High Conunissioner for Oerman Refugees, will he speaker for the inn Hadassah Honor Din¬ ner, it was announced this week by the local chapter.
With the coming of Mr. Mc Donald, an internationally recpg nized ^authority on foreign af r-ftrtrs/tHe- Colrnnbus-Ghaptet-oK ' Hadassah Is ^haintainiiig Its rec ' ord of offering to the local pub¬ lic the outstanding Jewish event of the season.
Mr   iMcDonald   is  one  of  the founders and  is now serving as Honorary Chairman of Ihe For¬ eign   Policy   Association   and   of the  National  Coordinating Com- iniilee for .Aid  in  Refugees and Kmignitii-    coming    from    Ger- main-     i National     Refugee   Ser- virci. ,1 ini^ir-e of the American Insf itute of Paei- nd  of  the  Twen- ¦'iind and a meni- rd of Directors of .Advisory Cnumi" in  Ilducation.      He  i.^ memlier of the etiitor
Zion Lodge's H'n/ii B'rith membership drive is now In full progress Re])orts frnm cam¬ paign committee, indicate a large cla.ss of candidates will he on hand for initiation at the fust meeting in November.
The following arc serving un- di t   ihr-  respcflivn    co-chairmen 1^ separate teams: F^ldney Kalz, I h nrmaii: Hr   l{. .laffce. Ben Tol pen.  Waller Kat.z.    \V,    Wasser stiom.   Harry   fJolrlstcin,   E.   J S( h uifarher,   .lulius     St.einhaus I    Abe Yenkin and Gilbert Sle- gt i     Allan  Tarshish, chairman; Rabbi   Harry   Kaplan,   J.   Wais- man.     Sanforti     Lakin,    Morris M \tllin.    Robert   Mellman,   Ben Yenkin;    Bernard    Feitllnger, thurman: J. Slaven, Sam Luper, M.   Topson.   .Sam   CJurevltz,   Isa- I (lore    Harri.s;    Ed    Schlezlnger, ithurman;     Kd     Schiff,     Harry I Ki ikoff.   Frank   Kaufman.   I.   B. Martlin.   A.   A.   WoTman,  Harry Goldstein,     Isadore   Garek,   M. Herzberg and  Herman Luckoff. I     According lo Ben Tolpen, na- , tional     president    of  the  B'nai B'rith    Bowling    Congress,  the Zion   Lodge     Bowling    League, which meets every Sunday has taken   a   quota   of  fifteen   new members      in   the   membership campaign.
SPRINGFIELD RABBI TO
ADDRESS  T.  I.  MEN'S
ClvUB   WEDNESDAY
DAIBV  MENU
Cheese    Sandwiches PoUto   Sulad
Baked  Beans Cole Slaw
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Pop Coffee
UKSSUKT
Cake Pie Ice Cream
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Mr, McDonald received the American Hebrew medal "for outstanding service in promoi- ing better undei-suinding be¬ tween Christians and Jews "in V.y.W as a tribute to his work as high  commissioner.
The Honor Dinner will he held on Sunday. Dee 7th, at the Neil Hou.se
Race-Bias Victims Asked To Appeal
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WAHHINCiTON      (JPS anyone believes he has been de-l nie<l a job in a defen.se lndustry| because   of   race   prejudice,   he should   write   to  the  lYesident's Committee  on     Fair    I'racllce, i Frnployment      Social      Security As this la the big fund raising| Building,      which     investigates affair of    the    year it is hopetl
that all friends of tbe organlza Hon will turn out and thei-eby make it possible for the group to continue Us many worthwhile projects In our community.
LONG BRANCH, N. J. (JPS)- A close friend of the late Pres¬ ident Theodore  Roosevelt,   Her
will be made by Professor Frank! man Stetn. Executive of the Strong of the Ohio State Univer-j Helmllck Motor Company, died sity Law. School, on the subject here at the age of 73.
cases of di.siTimlnuiion in de¬ fense industries due to race, creed, color or national origin, it was officially urged here.
In a statement on the sub¬ ject by the Kxecullve Secretary of the Conunitiee. l^iwrence \V. (?ramer, it was said that a letter of c*omi)laint would lae sufficient to start an investigation and that it would not be necessary for a lawyer to draw up the papers for the case.
Ilabl>l .)acob Polish
Itabl.i Jacob Polish, of the Kttuifi l-'ounuiln Avenue Temple. S[iringfield. Ohio, will addi-ess the first open meeting of the Tifereth Israel Men'.v Club next Wednesday evening, Ocl 22. in the Social Hall of the Tcnii>le on Ka'-l Brrmd St.
nai)l)i Polish is a gradua'.e of Hebrew Union College where he was Presifient of Young Judaea for three years. At presenl he is vice-president of the Ohio Val¬ ley Zionist Region which in¬ cludes sections of Ohio, Indiana. Kentucky and West Virginia.
Having gained an enviable reputation as a public .speaker, Rabbi Polish was chosen chair¬ man of the llnite<l Service Or¬ ganizations drive in Springfield, and has also spoken to groups in many cities on behalf of the Unlle<l Jewish Appeal ynd the Zionist Organization. His ad¬ dress next Wednesday lias no connection with the aforemen¬ tioned groups. Klnce he cornea lo Columbus solely by invitation of the Men's Club.
Tbe meeting, which is sdiedul- ed for 8:00 P. M., will also be open Lo the ladies. Refresh¬ ments and a social hour wlU fol¬ low Ihe meeting.