Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1944-05-19

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SfW/^ Serving Columbus and Central Ohio Jewish Ckanununily \^/\\X
Vol. 22, No, 21
Entered as Second-OasB Matter, FostoMlce   Columbus,, Ohio.
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D*vol«d  to   Am«r!can and   J«wlih   Ideals
Strictly Confidential
TldUta From BTerrwher« By Phlneas J, Blron
OHASTLY BUT TRUE . . .
Bo A young man who i.s .lewish; but doe.sn't look it, called at the Poli.sh Consulate in New York not long ago . . . Yes, we mean the Consulate of the Polish Gov- ernment-ln-EXIle , . „ The visi¬ tor was handed over to a Con¬ sulate official who treated him most courteously . . . And when the caller's business was finish¬ ed the official escorted him' to the door, and assured him that thjere was nothing to worry about . . . "All is not as bad as it seems in Poland", said the representative of a government that denies anti-Jewish bias . . . "The Germans are killing out all the .Tews for us{ so we'll have a pretty damn good country when we go back" . . . This story is told by Martha Chase, a reliable young lady . . . PM published it as a. Letter to the Editor ... It tells more about the Polish government's attitude toward .lews than do all the edi¬ torials in all the newspapers. . . INSIDE ETROPE , .. |!^ Nazi storm troopers patrol¬ ling Amsterdam streets recently were horrified to see displayed, in a shop window, a large poster carrying a Biblical quotation: "Hide the outcasts; betray not him that wandereth" . . . The stcrrm troopers recognized the reference to the good Dutch cus¬ tom of hiding Jews and.keeping them out of the Gestapo's clutch¬ es ... So many thousands of Jews are being thus protected In Holland that the Nazis stayed up nights figuring out schemes to get hold of tt)em . . . Finally they came up with an announce¬ ment that a thousand Dutch Jews were to be sent to Amer¬ ica as part of a prlsoner-ofwar exchange a^eement . . . This was a hoax, of course — but some scores of Jews fell for It and, in compliance with direc¬ tions, reported to Gestapo head¬ quarters . And there, as you've guessed, they found oneway tickets waiting for them . . . YOir SHOULD KNOW . . , (a Text of a resolution passed at an official meeting of the Anglican Synod of the' Diocese of Montreal: "This Synod strongly condemns the use of the name 'Christian' in hotel and other advertising as a .screen for pagan, commercial¬ ized anti-Semitism, such use be- ing contrary to the spirit of Christ and the universal rhe.ss- age of lhe Gospel" . . . An im¬ portant and courageous pro¬ nouncement, significant for many reasons , . . Here in the USA the Friends of Democracy are right now doing a Job that will prove of paramount im¬ portance in the political battle on the home front . . . Fascist- minded office-holders in the Sen¬ ate and the House are being made to feel the effect. . Have you noticed, by the way, that the drive against Zionism is hitting on ail cylinders on Capital Hill, in the churches and in big-cireulatlon magazines? . . . The campaign is well-organized, and only at its beginning ... Its sponsors, we're informed, are British Gov¬ ernment emissaries and Ameri¬ can oil interests . . . Lieutenant H. J. Berkowitz, U. S. Navy chaplain, delivered an Inspiring memorial address on the late Secretary of the Navy Frank (Continued on Page 8)
1.1.0. CONDEMNS ANTI-SEMITISM PALESTINE OPEN
PHILADELPHIA (JPS)_As a final action before adjourning, government industry and labor delegates from forty-one na¬ tions attending the twenty-sixth conference of the International Labor Organization, adopted a resolution condemning a n 11- Semitism, and demanding that persons giiilty of anti-Semitic acts be punished.
A statement demanding that the doors of Palestine be kept open for Jewish immigration, urging that free ports be estab- li,shed In democratic countries for refugees escaping from Nazi Europe, and that the remaining ,Iews In Hitler-controlled coun¬ tries he recognized as prisoners of war, was signed by the work¬ er delegates from twenty-four countries to the International Labor Organization's conference. The resoJution was made public by the Jewish Labor Commit¬ tee in New York City.
/Ijast Warning" to Germany
J^'"last warning" to Germany ¦that the perpetrators of any fur¬ ther terrorism, destruction of life and devastation of property in occupied countries, will "per¬ sonally answer for their deeds with their heads and their prop¬ erty", was unanimously passed by delegates of forty-one nations attending the I. L. 0. confer¬ ence at Philadelphia.
The following workers' dele¬ gates signed the free-ports reso¬ lution: Robert J. Watt, U. S. A.; Percy J. Clarey, Australia; Jef Rens, Paul Finet, Belgium; Darlo de Mattos, Peru: Joseph Halls- worth, .Anne Loughlln, British Empire; Percy R. Bengough, Norman S.. Dowd, Canada; Ar- turo V. Quiroga, Chile; Chu Huseh-Fan, China; Fernandez R. Carlos,. Cuba; Josef Kosina, Czechoslovakia; Jose Maria Mor¬ ales, Dominican Republic; Char- les Louis Laurent, Albert Gui- gul, France; Jamnadas Mehta, India; Vicente L. Toledano, Ale¬ jandro Carrlllo, Mexico; Jacobus H. Oldenbroek, Roelof A. Schot. man, Netherlands; Francis C. Ai- lerhy. New Zealand; Konrad Nordhal, Einar Johansen, Nor¬ way; Juan P. Luna, Peru; Alojzy Adamczyk, C. Wasser, Poland; William J. Vries, Union of South Africa; Gunnar Anderson, Swed¬ en; Cezar Milos, Yugoslavia, I. Mereminski, Palestine, and 'Wal¬ ter Schevenel, General Secretary, International Federation of Trade Uninns.
.IEWISH  WAR VETERANS TO   HOLD   MEMORIAL SERVICES, MAY SOth
The Jewish War Veterans, Capitol Post No, 122, in conjunc¬ tion with the American Legion, will hold their Annual Memor¬ ial Services at the Jewish Ceme¬ tery, on Infirmary Road, on Tuesday, May 30th, at 3 P. M. Rabbi Harry Kaplan will give the   Memorial   Day  address.
Dave Pastor, past commander and present Chaplain ot the Post, will be in charge of the services.
SYNAGOfiUE COUNCIL ANNOUNCES D-DAY 8ERVICBI3
NEW YORK (JPS)—All Rab¬ bis were requested by the Syna¬ gogue Council of America to read from the pulpits, from now until D-Day, a call to their con-
Radio Play By Corwin To Describe Jewish Palestine At War
A fJramatic pi<?ture of Tel-Aviv and its people at war against the Axis will be presented over the Columbia Broadcasting System next Tuesday evening. May 23rd, as a  feature of the  "Columbia
Norman Corwin
Presents Corwin" series.
Written by Radio's foremost write rdirector-producer, Nor¬ man Corwin, and starring film actor Roliert Young, the Broad¬ cast will tell the story of Pales¬ tine' ,lewry's whole-hearted de votion to the cause of the United Nations and will describe life in the Jewish National home.
Palestine's contribution to the war has been the subject of much dlscu.ssion tn recent monlhs. E*ritish Information Services report that more than 30,000 Palestinian Jewish volun¬ teers, out of a total Jewish popu- lallpn of 550,000, are serving with British forces on various ))attlefront.«. Working three shifts a (lay, Jewish workers have increased Palestine's pro¬ duction by 274 per cent since 1941. Twenty - five thou-sand doses of precious typhus vaccine were shipped from Palestine to the beleaguered Red Army in the crucial months of 1942. Mr. Cor- wln's play emphasizes this war effort of "the arsenal of democ- rac.v in the Middle East".
Mr. Corwin is the winner of rriany awards for his work in radio and a number of his plays have been included in antholo¬ gies of the year's best dramas. Two volumes containing his outstanding scripts have been published and are entitled "13 by Corwin" and "More by Cor win".
PROF. HARLOW TO ADDRESS SENIOR HADASSAH
The final Oneg Shabat of the year, sponsored by Senior Ha¬ dassah., will be held this Satur¬ day, May 20, at the Bryden Road Temple, at 2:30 P. M. Prof. S. Ralph Harlow, Chairman of Re¬ ligious Education at Smith Col¬ lege, will l)e the speaker for the afternoon. All members and friends are invited to altend.
Mrs. n. Feitlinger will be a.s¬ sisled in serving by Mesdames Theo. Beckman, William Kahn and Saul Schlff.
gregants to assemble in tlie house of worship for a special service at 8 P. M., following the announcement of the United Na¬ tions invasion of Europe, and to keep the synagogues opep for prayer all day on D-Day,
B'NAI B'RITH APPROVES CONFERENCE NEUTRAL ON JEWISH COMMONWEALTH VOTE
CAPACITY CROWD WILL
ATTEND BROTHERHOOD
STAG TUESDAY
Prom the rertervations al¬ read.y received from the mrm- ber.olilp, a c^ifarit.v crowd wiil he on" hand for the Bryden Road Tem))lo Brotherhood Prcsidont'R Slag which Is ho- Ing held next Tuosdaj', May 23, at (he Seneca Holp|, The nsnal fine dinner at r>:;lO P. ,M,, will he followed, with an oul- (itnnding program of enter¬ tainment throaghout the eve¬ ning.
The affair In free to all paid- up members of thp Brother¬ hood, A nominal charge of $2.00 Is to hp madp for guests.
DR. WISE WARNS JEWS AGAINST PARTISAN VOTING
NEW YORK (JPS)—Warning that Jews should not vote In elections as partisans of a par¬ ticular racial or religious group, Rahhi Siephen S. Wise, of the Free Synagogue, declared that "nothing could be more unfor¬ tunate than that any racial or religious group should vote ag such".
Dr. Wise made one reservation, however, when he staled: "Who would .say that Jews who hap¬ pen to live in a certain Congres¬ sional .Jistrict in Mississippi or Michigan ought nol to vote against the re-election of a can¬ didate for Ihe House who util¬ izes his place in Congress not only to deal foul blows against Jews, but uses his high place for deadly di.sservice lo the Ameri¬ can democracy?"
(Representative Rankin, who has bitterly attacked Jews on the floor of Congress, represents a Mississippi districlK
"If I believed that there were danger that either of the two political parties favored a Fas¬ cist regime", Dr. Wise said, "it would be my duty to say to my fellow Jews thai you must do what you can to prevent such subversion of .¦American life and Ideals"'. At the same time, he declared there are times when .lews must vote against anolher Jew wh.'i is unfit for the office he seeks.
('<)niniittpp Warns of Anll- Heniitism   In   Elpctlons
Pointing out that "it does not take any great political wisdom to anticipate Ihat the approach¬ ing campaign will be a bitter' one, and in the light of recent events we'^can expect that anti- Semitism .will play a part in it", an editorial in 'I'he Committee Reporter, published Ijy the American JewLsh Committee, ex presses confidence that "what¬ ever may l)e done by the lesser politicians there is little (langer that their c(mduct will be con- donefl or approved by the na. tional   parties or candidates".   '
Council For JudaiHm Warns -\galnst  Zpatol.s
Also warning again.st "appeals to racial and religious passions in the forthcoming eleclions", the American Council for Juda¬ ism struck a different note, de¬ claring (that ''overwhelmingly, of' course, the American Jews will resent, as they always have
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NEW YORK (JPS)—Contin¬ ued participation in the Ameri¬ can Jewish Conference and its Interim Committee was approv¬ ed hy B'nai B'rith at the close of a .'our (lay convention "here which took no action, however,' on Ihe .lewish Commonwealth resolution of Ihe American Jew¬ ish Conference.
.lewish Commonwealth resolu¬ tions were.withdrawn from the resolutions committee by their sjKm.sors after Henry Monsky, re-elected for a third three.year term as president of B'nai B'rith, appealed that recognizing "the right of each member to deter¬ mine his own attitude on any such issue, B'nal B'rilh as an or- ganization take no position either for or against" the Jewish Commonwealth resolutions, stat¬ ing that "we must not attempt, by Ibe rule of the majority to regiment the thinking or en¬ croach upon the freedom of ac¬ tion of the minority, however smail". lie .said thai "the adop¬ tion or defeat of these resolu¬ tions would be contrary to this principle".
The convention went on rec¬ ord as favoring the continuation of the policy of the Anli^Defama- tion League in assisting local communily councils in- Anti- Defamation work in communi¬ ties where Ihis kind of work is neglected or inefficient. Poinl- ing out that no agency can be a panacea against artti-.Semjlism under present circumstances when "Ihe major impetus of anti- Semites" is "stimulated from abroad" by "the declared ene¬ mies of our country", the con¬ vention asserted that the Anti- Defamation League "has done with singular purpose and ef¬ fectiveness" as much as "was humanly  possible".
The re.'"olutions adopted by the convention include approval of the H'n.ii B'rith war .service ac¬ tivity program, and endorsement of the ""|)urpose and achieve¬ ment" of the Fair Employment Practices Commitlee appointed by lhe President.
Mrs. Roosevelt, who participa¬ ted in an interfaith meeting Call¬ ed hy R'nai B'rith in connection with its convention, endorsed in her syndicated column the nexl .lay the attack made on anIi-Seniitism liy U. S. Supreme Court Justice Frank Murphy in a speech at the meeting. She wrote: "" , . . 1 know my hus. band wouid have been glad to attend this meeting and to hear Justice Murphy's fine speech. Since that was Inposslble, he asked me to take his place, and I was vei-y happy lo hear the Justice take his stand so cour¬ ageously against all religious and   racial   intolerance".
WELL KNOWN RABBI WILL  ADDRESS COLUMBUB JEWRY
Rabbi Maurice Goldblatt, of Temple Beth El, Indianapolis, Ind.. and director of the Jewish Puhlic Relations Council of that city, wiil deliver an addre,ss here on Thursday, June 1, in the Hall of'Mirrors, Dushier-Wallick Ho¬ tel   at ,'<:30 P. M.
The Ralibi, who is being brought, here by the Colilmbus Zionist District, wiil discuss the problems raised in Pierre Van Paassen's "Forgotten Ally".
More details of this event will be given in next week's Chron¬ icle.