Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1941-07-11

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Si\/ Serving Columbus and Central Ohio Jewish Community ^A\X
Vol. 20, No. 29
C01.UMBU8, OHIO, FRIDAY, JIII>Y li, ID41
DerolM to AmeTiesB sad Jewish Ideal*
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Strictly Confidential
Tidbits Prom Bverrwhere By PHINKAS J. BIRON
THAT .lEWISH ARMY
We wonder where Broadway columnist Danton Waliter got this story, which he published In his column lasl wcelt ... "A story is due to breal< soon", he announced, "ahout an under¬ ground Jewish army operating in Palestine, numbering ahout 10,000 fully equipped men, with a reserve of 1.5.000 others, ready to defend their homeland when the time comes . . . Their arms, the story goes, wore liought from the Arabs" . . . The story, of course, is pure (if not itosher) baloney . . . The official Zionist leadership still contends that nothing can he done ahout a Jewish army before the British government permits its forma¬ tion . . . The New ZionLst Organi¬ zation, on the other hand, be- heves ihat Great Britain's hand must be forred by .lewish action .... So before long the New Zion¬ ist Organization is going to start a registration campaign in this country asl<ing Jewish youths whether they would volunteer in a Jewish army providing their draft obligations and U. S. Gov¬ ernment regulations permit . . . The Revisionist leaders think that if a sufficient number of Jews signify their intention of joining up, British official circles ¦.vWUl'iBoye.. faster on^the whole
- blitzltrleg against Russia, he will sponsor the most stupendous pogroms in Jewish history ... This in line with his promise to "save" Russia by exterminating her "Jewish Communists" . . . Incidentally, don't miss Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver's chapter about Jewish life in the Soviet Union, in his book "The World Crisis and Jewish Survival" . . . It is a courageous, sincere ap¬ praisal which many of the rabid Zionist antl-Sovietists will find far from pleasing . . . We tion't, as a rule, have much ct)nfidence in Mr. Wythe Williams' predic¬ tions or "private information" We hope, however, that he was right the other day when he an¬ nounced that he itnows that Julius Streicher, anti-Semite Number One of Nazlland, has been executed . . . And when he told us that Mr Hitler is a virtual prisoner in the hands of the German army we fervently murmured: "Allowei" . . . Mem¬ bers of the Nazi embassy staff at Washington are taking bets that the Red Army will have ceased to be a military factor by July 27th . . They've found few American military experts ready to risk their money by taking up such a wager, but it is said that several Soviet embassy staff members have, through stooges, placed quite a bit of money on the proposition that July 27th wiii see the Russo- German-war in a still undecided state . . . Right here, incidentally, we want to remark that we don't like Danton Walker's re¬ mark about the "biilzkrieg" be¬ tween Russia and Germany . . . It sounds like a crack that might have originated in Bund¬ lst circles . . .
SCREKN SHADOWS
The best line on Hitler's at¬ tack on Russia comes frOm Hollywood ... It seems that the Hollywood generals were as amazed as all the other, military experts at the sudden (Contlnned on r>n B)
Workers Intensify Efforts To
Attain United Jennlsii Fund Goal
150,000 B'nai BVith Volunteer For Drive To Salvage Aluminum
WASHINtJTON, n t'.;—A vol¬ unteer army of 150,000 men and women of li'nai H'rith in every state in the Union today enlisted in the national campaign lo col¬ lect alumni for national defense to i>c held throughout the coun¬ try from July 21st to July 28th under the (llrc<1ion of the Office of Civilian t)efpn.se. it was an¬ nounced toda.v at B'nai IVrith headquarters bv Henry Monsky, president and chairman of ils national defense committee.
Word has gone out to i.lJOO lodges, auxiliaries and chapters of Aleph Zadik Aleph, B'nai B'rith's youth organization, to cooperate to the fullest extent with ail stale, local, county and other governmental agencies a.-i well as with state and city de¬ fense councils in Ihe effort to salvage some .10,000,000 pounds of aluminum, ri'nal H'rilh acted, Mr. Monsky said, after B'nai B'rith headquarters had receiv¬ ed word from Mayor Florello H. LaGuardla, of New York, director of the Office of Clvlian Defense, Invltlnp, the cooperation of B'nai ;i|,'gf^m^^[itensl-i^e "-house-to-
Aid To Defense To Be Keynote Of A. Z. A. Nat'l. Convention
COI.UMBD8 APPEALS
The people ot Columhus are he¬ ing called upon by your service organizations and tiie Columbus Junior Chamber of Commerce to aid the National Defense Alum¬ inum Drive. The houscvvive.^- and all meml)ers of the family arc urged Io donate to the cause any old and broken articles made of aluminum. The houKowives can toss in some of those broken and leaky pans that are clutter¬ ing up their kitchens. Other members of the family may have ash trays, book ends, soap dishes, camera etjuipment, bottle and jar caps, electrical appliances and olher parts made of aluminum.
It is hoped that everyone vvill cooperate in this very important part of national defense.
Regardless of how much or how little you are able to scrape together, save it and watch the Chronicle for the announce¬ ment of the date old aluminum will be collected in your neigh¬ borhood. i	
In response lo Mr LaGuardla's Invitation, B'nai B'rith immedia¬ tely offered the services of its 900 lodges and au.xlliarles and 400 A. Z. A. chapters in more than 700 communities. The Office of Civilian Defense has been fur¬ nished with the names of the presidents of all B'nal B'rith lodges and auxiliaries and the chairmen of ail B'nai B'rith locai defense committees.
in addition to contributing al. uminum-ware themselves and stimulating the collection In their communities, B'nai B'rith mem¬ bers have been asked to lake over tilrectlon of many locii sal¬ vage committees and to make sure that committees for the al¬ uminum collection are organized in their communities.
KKRRVIM,K, TKXAH.—Whal the young people of America who are under military age can rlo to further the national defense ef¬ fort will he the keynote of the 18lh annual national convention of Aleph Zadik Aleph. IVnai IVrith's youth organization, the largest national .lewish lioys' group in the country, which meets at Schreiner Instiluto. Kerrville. Texas, from .luly 121h to lath. More than -100 repre¬ sentatives from every state in the Union are expected to atlend
In keeping with the conven¬ tion's theme, the principal speak¬ ers will be Daniel W- Hoan, as¬ sociate of Mayor Florello H. La¬ Guardia. head of the Office of Civilian Defense, and Major Stan¬ ton Smith, commanding offifcr of the U. S. Air Corps Stjition for advanced training at Brooks Field, Texa.s,
Most of the convention's busi¬ ness sessions wiil be in tho form of seminars and work groupt al which the delegates, under the direction of qualified adult lead¬ ers, will deal with such problems as yguth in,il de^pocraiy^ the; r§-] sponsibUitles of citizenship, :fob problems of youth inter-group conflicts, intematlonai conflicts and propaganda analysis.
A detailed program tor youth participation in the defense activities of the nation is expect¬ ed to he adopted.
Finals of the national Aleph Zadik Alepii oratorical anti de- litiling tournaments, the partici¬ pants of which survived several hundred loral. regional and Dis¬ trict contests, and the presenta¬ tion of intlividual and chapter awartls for outstanding achieve¬ menl in Hoy Scout work, youth and democrac.v rallies, religious activity. Hebrew letter-writing, liook reviewing and communal service will also feature the con¬ vention, the first national Jewish a.ssembly to be held in Texas.
The convention will also be the occa.sion of the annual meeting of the Supreme Advisory Council, the governing Imdy of AZA. Mem¬ bers of the Council are: Sam Beber. Omaha, president; Jacob J. Lleberman, Los Angeles, 1st vice-president. Joseph Herbach, Philadelphia. 2nd vice-president; Hyman M. Goldstein, Washing¬ ton. D. C, treasurer: Alfred M. Cohen, Cincinnati; A. C. Horn, Ne\* York City; Wilfred B. Felga, Worcester, Mass.; Nicholas M. Brazy. Ft. Wayne. Ind.; Milton Mehl, Ft. Worth, Texas; Henry Monsky. Omaha; Sidney G. Kus¬ worm. Dayton, Ohio; Philip M. Klutznick. Omaha; Maurice Bls¬ gyer. Washington, D. C; Irving Kaler. grand aleph godol, Atlanta; Joseph Borensleln, Chicago; Saul Dizenfeld, Ambridge, Pa.; Julius Bisno, executive director, Wash¬ ington, D. C; Ben Barkln, assist¬ ant executive director, Washing¬ ton, D. C, and Irving Levllas, na- tional Educational Director, Washington, D. C.
Sliow yonr ¦pprMlation to the Oliroiiiole'i SO yoan ol lovitl and do- voted eervtee fo OolnnibUB lowlah Oommunltr tir pajrl&K roar eabsorlp- tlon Dov—fS.00 lor the yomr.
Says Defense Program Has Not Curbed Civil Liberties
As the current United Jewish Fund Drive entered its third wcelt, all indications point tliat less than 20% of tho quota remains to be raised. Despite the intense heat, the worlters in the Men's, Women's and Junior divisions arc intensifying their efforts to attain their goal within the next ten days. Urgent picas were renewed to the Jews of Columbus this week by Campaign Chairman, Robert Schiff, to make every effort to subscribe the full amouiit set for the 1!)41 drive. These funds, he said, arc needed at once to meet the imperative needs overseas, in Palestine, for the refugees in America, and for the various other cul¬ tural, protective and educational national agencies to which this drive contributes.
Resitonsihility for the success or failure of this drive rests not on our hands or on the hands ot Ihe voluntary workers, who have sn graciously and conRcientiousl,v Riven of their time, but squarely and direct ly nn the entire Jewish (Ommunity here." Mr. Schiff de- dared.
'¦Man.v men and women here", he contlnuefl. "seem to feel that this appeal does not affect them closely, as it is for outside needs. Hut I want lo say right here and now. that the condition of the .lewish people in Europe and i'.'ilestine directly affects every¬ one of us here. Disregarding the fact that eac^h one of us in Colum¬ lius holds in his own hands the fate of one or more of his breth¬ ren in the terrible ghettos of Europe, the destruction of the Jewry of Europe and Palestine will make It impossible for the Je\v3^,pi America and the West- Jews we'cah nlvly survlv^if oS?- brethren abroad survive Once let us forget our duties aiid obli¬ gations as Jews to our brethren, and we perish as Jews," conclud¬ ed Mr. Schiff.
The drive will continue and it is hoped that the extra effort the woi'kers will make during the next ten days will accomplish the desired goal Columhus has prom¬ ised fo raise for the great hu- maniijiriiin causes for which the iippcal this year is intended. rules Set Now Records Twenty-c i g h t communities Ihrf>ughout the country have estal)lishe(l new records of response in over - the - top cami)aigns in behalf of the Unit¬ efl .lewish Appeal for Refugees, Oversells Needs and Palestine, it was announced this week. Deter¬ mined to answer the Nazi blitz¬ krieg of terror against tbe Jew¬ ish rieopie and democracy with concrete action, twenty Jewish communities oversubscrib¬ ed their quotas during the "past fortnight in all-out drives for the unifietl war emergency effort in behalf of the Joint Distribution Committee, the Uniled Palestine Appeal and the National Refugee Service.
Reports reaching the national headquarters of the United Jew¬ ish Appeal indicate that during the month of June American Jewry achieved a new high in mobilizing Itself to bring hope and help to harassed Jews In European lands, to the Jewish community of Palestine and to the refugees In the United States. The over-the-top results in im portant communities throughout the country this year were con sidered especially encouraging since the quotas In almost all of them had been set at a higher mark than In any other previous campaign.
In calUng upon Columbup Jew
ry 10 respond generously to the
United  Jewish   ICund  campaign
president, E. J. Schanfarber said
(ConUnued on Ps^e 4)
NKW YORK (WNSl—While] acknowledging that "growing Intolerance of minorities out of step with the national effort ' in evidence, the Ameriian Civil l.itiertios Union dechirecl in ils 2]sl annual report that the de fense prognim anti the tinlimil efi national emergency have to fiate resulted in "remarkably few casualties" in the field of civil liberties.
Pointing out that "no Feder¬ al prosecutions for opinion have been undertaken despite the power in law, to do so," tho Civil Liberties Union reported that a 'nUraUeri' ^f'-J^deqil^iona^'Tanildiga down by the United ^ States Supreme Court has strengthen ed civil rights at man,v places.
The report declared that in more than half of the Stale legislatures, liills designed lo curb the political rights of the Communist party or of the Ger- nian-Americtin Bunfi had not been passed "itirgely on the per¬ suasive argument that it is sf)ijnfl polif.v to keep in the open. rather than to tlrive unfler- ground. movements with for¬ eign loyalties."
KDWARD G, ROBINSON, JKWIHH    KII.'M    STAR, <;iVKS $1(M),(KI0 TO I'. S. O.
NKW YORK (WNS)~Ed ward G. Robin.son. popular Jew ish film star, has contributed $100,000 to the nation-wide Unl- teti Service Organizations' cam¬ paign for $1().70.'>,0(X1 for cultural anfl recrealional facilities for men in the country's armetl force- and defense industries, it was announced here. In making his contribution, the motion picture actor said that represented only a "small down payment on the privilege of be¬ ing an American."
ANTI-SEMITIC PAUL RKVKRB SKNTINBLH UIHBANU
NEW tORK IWNSI—The Paul Revere Sentinels, anti- Semitic follfiwers of Father Coughlin, have flisbanded as result of financial difficulties, it was flisciosed here- The anti Semitic, super-patriots were ousted from the New York head quorlers for non-payment of rent.
Admitting that the Sentinels were no longer able to conduct their activities, James O'Kelley, chieftain of the Coughllnltes, declared that the organization wiii be revived "when the coun- I try needs our services."
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