Ohio Jewish chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1944-03-10

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JgHROMCLE
lill^I/ Serving Columbus and Central Ohio Jewish Communily \V/A\X
Vol. 22, No. 11      Entered lis Second-Class Matter. PostofHce   Columbus., Ohio.
COLUMBUH, OIIIO,   FKIDAY,   MAIU'H   10,  1044
Darotod to Amerlmil •Dd miBb tdeala
Strictly Confidential
Tidbits Prom Everywhore By Phlncas J. Blron
Jr. Hadassah To Hold Region Conference Here This Week
NEAR BAST NEWS . . .
^The Kiplinger Wa.qhington Letter, which claims to know the Inside of everything, a few weeks ago told its readers that British "don't like America's In¬ terest in Arahla's oil pipeline, for it puts the U. S. into a trade area which heretofore has been dominated almost exclu¬ sively hy tho Briti.*" . . . This dope is all wrong . . . London and Washington have agreed on a division of oil interests in the Middle East not only among themselves, but also with Rus¬ sia . . . There arc, however, some unsavory iraliviiiuals, sev¬ eral of them clo,se to our State Department, who are letting themselves be used by the Brit- ish Colonial Office . . . The idea of these Tories is to intimidate official American circles and de¬ mand fUslnterest in Zionism In exchange for clear .sailing on the oil business . . . Did you know that Tel Aviv is no longer a hundred per cent Jewish city? ... Us bnundaries recently were extended to include a nearby Al-ab village . . Now all the I1-... municipal   notiges  of  Tel  Aviv
are published in both Hebrew and Arabic ... A rare treat was the recent dinner given at ^the .Potel Commodore to Freda klrchway, publisher and editor uijfc-Natipn,, .•,.,,l!lc|t sQ.inwoh;lie.
«S|f?, V'. son, .Raymbnla Gram Swlrii''and llSiK-;. ..Archibald MacLeish said, but bei cause of Freda's own great dnd realistic speech ... In contrast to   the   other    speakers,    Miss Klrchway   called   tlie   fpes     of democracy by their right names, and for the first time commit ted The  Nation to a  favorable stand    on    a   Jewi.sh    National Homeland in Palestine. . HOW COME? . . . fta Harry     Hershfleld     reports that in a Colorado prison camp for captured Nazi soldiers there were two Czechs who had been forced   to   servo   in   the   Relch- swehr, and who. as soon as they reached these free shores, threw away   their   iron   crosses   .   .   . But the    omnipresent    Gestapo had an agent on hand . . . This Himmlerite   took  one  of  these crosses, heated it to a red heat and   branded   the   two   Czechs with ,lt . . . And then he saw to it that  their  names  were   put  on the next list of prisoners to be exchanged between the U. S. and Naziland ... If Harry's informa¬ tion   is   really   authentic,   as   it may .well  he. we woultl  like to ask: How- come that anti-Fasclst Czechs can still be returned to Nazl-enslaved Europe? . .' . CURIOHUM . . . pa Not long  ago  a  commercial sponsor presented, over NBC, a radio story  presumably dealing with anti-Semitic and anti-Negro fifth L-olunuiisIs in this counti-y .   .   .  The  radio  play  was  well done, and was intended as good democratic   propaganda   ...   It failed, however, in one essential respect;     At  no  time  were  the words   "Negro"  or  "Jew"  men¬ tioned, nor for that matter,- the term  "antl Semitism"   .  .   . We wonder what percentage of the listeners got the idea behind the presentation . . . The great ma¬ jority  must   have  been  deeply puzzled . . . "We're puzzled too; Why the hush-hush policy? . . . MEN AND BOOKS . . . ^ Congratulations to Dr. Steph^ en S. Wise on the publication of (Continued on Page 8)
The Central States Region of Junior Hadassah, the Young Women's Organization of Amer¬ ica, will meet here at the Desh¬ ler-Wallick Hotel today ahd Sun¬ day, March llth and 12th. In announcing the conference. Miss S?Ima Gressel, president of the region, sa|d political problems concerning the future of Pales¬ tine and the role which Ameri¬ can Jewish youth can play in the upbuilding of the Holy Land for large numbers of Jewish settlers after the war, will be among the chief subjects of di.s- cii.ssion. Representatives from .lunior Hada.s.sah units In Mich¬ igan, Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia will attend
The principal speaker at  the conference, will  be  Rabhi  Leon Stitskin, of Warren, Ohio, well- known lecturer and author. Rab¬ bl    Stitskln's    subject    will   be "Restoration   or   Humiliation". On   Saturday   (today)   Senior Hadassah will entertain the dele¬ gates and guests with an Oneg Shabbot' in the Wallick Suite of the Deshler-Wallick Hotel, from three   until   five   6'clock.   Guest speaker   will   be   Mrs.   Charles Auerbach,     of     Cleveland,     O., Chairman of the Cleveland Zion¬ ist -youth Commission:    Ail Ju¬ nior Hadassah, Senior Hadassah and  Business and  Professional members are Invited to attend. . Registration to the conference ,-wlll take >iplace on: the sedohd ¦fledr^of-'ttte'Dfeshler Hotel-froiti: .7:30' iuilll aaO, after Which, the conference will be formally op¬ ened by Miss    Selma    GreSsel, president of the region.    Guest fjpeaker at  this  session will be Mr.  Harry lio-sen, Assistant Di¬ rector,   Irene   Kaufmann   Settle¬ ment, Pittsburgh, Pa.   His topic will be "Junior Hadassah Comes of Age".   From ten o'clock until twelve o'clock. Columbus Junior Hadassah will he hostess to their tielegates and guests at an infor¬ mal reception and dance.
Assisting Miss Gressel in pre¬ parations for the conference are Miss   Helen   Gi-uber,   Regional (Continued  on  Page  Four)
WORKERS ARE URGED TO DOUBLE EFFORTS FOR RED CROSS CAMPAIGN GOAL OF $859,000
TKRHE IIAUTK—One of the best-known   Jewish   leaders   in
Some five thousand workers in the various city artd county di¬ visions of the lOI'l Red Cross War Fund have brought in funds totaling more than .$2nn.nO() Ihls week anfl George K. Landis is¬ sued a plea to workers to double tlieir efforts in obtaining res¬ pective divisional (juotas as soon as pos.sible to complete the SR.")!).- 011(1 goal for Columbus and I-'ranklin County-.
More Ihan DO per cent of the war fund is bcipg collectefl lo¬ cally and throughout the Cf-rvm try will be u.sed for .services to the arrned forces, including col¬ lection of blood for plasma; rec- roatinn woi-k in military hos¬ pitals; provision of aid to fam¬ ilies of .servicemen, shipment of food parcels to prisoners of war, jrroduction of surgical dressings, operation nf overseas clubs and recreation centers, and recruit¬ ment of Army and Navy Nurses.
The .'Nmorjcan servicemen. ()\-crseas timid strange faces and customs can still find a cross- section  of  the  America  he  left
line hostesses, salesmen, minis¬ ters, hotel managers, athletes, accountants, and radio artists. That they are really accomplish¬ ing the good for which tl-iey have been sent overseas is prov¬ en in the many reports on Red Cross perstmnel and Rod Cross work which is constantly pour¬ ing in lo families from their men in the service tolling of personal contacts   which   thoy   have   had
AN    /»PrBEC75»TION.'
Through the kind coopem- tinn of /Vltllartl M. Cummins, of the Thurman Machine Co., and Sun Kliisli Oil Co., the Red Cross message on pag^ five of this issue was made posHible.
Our thanks nnd thnt of Red CrosH are extended (« Mr. Cummins for his thoughtful nnd patriotic gesture.
this city, who is presiiient of nisi. .\'o. 2 of li'nai H'rith. com¬ prising lodges in eight states, was inducted into the navy at Evansvillo. Monday. Feb. 28tb. The father of two boys, Mr, Sutln is a practicing attorney. and at. one time, assistant city attorsiex'here. .Hls.iSrlfe, Elolsej :!a-n'WeU'Itnov«'n:''tliroti|h6iit~the. Middle^ West;' where she often has accompanied her husband on speaking engagement.?. Mr Sutin is thirt.v-five years old.
In addition to the IJistrlct presidency, Mr. Sutin is a mem¬ ber of the Central Ailiniiiistra tivo C'ouncil of li'nai H'rith. liis other iictivities include tho past presidency of tho local Welfaro Fund and the loi-al Zionist Dis¬ trict Ho was vice president of Temple Israel, whore he has of¬ ten occupied Ihe pulpit in Rahhi Taxay's tUisenco.
the Middle West. Lewis Sutin, of | behind', and'uko.s ' to'¦rcmeml'io'r
in tho civilian army of Ited Cross workers stationed in clubs, hospitals, camps imd in tho field. | Charged wilh the respon.sibility to serve /t.mer'ican men In behalf of their families at home. Red Cross personnel overseas are re- crultea .from the ranks of law
with   the   Red   Crfiss   and   iiow i much 'hoy iiiiprociate it.
"Doughnuts and coffee mean a lol to a flior after he's spent i-iours in tho air fighting enemy craft and fltik" litis been the comment of several men. What sounds like a small, common¬ place effort to us here in this country becomes a thing of real value    -In morale, anti,.physical,
il^litactgrt^ijSta^ldubatdSl  welfariSilddcl^r^a^JbniJSIsfiSfe miJslclans,  social  worite'rs,  air-     (Continued on Page Ftour)
HULL, STIMSON, GENERAL MARSHALL ARE REPORTED OPPOSED TO THE JEWISH COMMONWEALTH RESOLUTIONS
Kaplan To Attend Dr. S. S. Wise's TOth Birthday Event
Rabbi and Mrs. Harry Kaplan, of the H'nal B'rith Hiilel Founda lion at Ohio Slale University. 'are leaving for New York and I'iltsfiold, Mass., this Saturday evening, March Illh. While in New York, they will be guests at the TOth birthday, dinner of Dr. Stephen S. Wise to be held at the Waldorf- Astoria Hotel Sunday evening, March 12., Rab¬ bi Kaplan i's to be one of the speakers as a representative of the Alumni Association of the Jewish Inslitute of Religion
While in Piltsfleld, Raijbl Kap¬ lan will bo the speaker at the Hadassah Donor Dinner on Tues day evening, March  1-itb.
MOW YORK 1.11'SI ^Secret ary of State Cordell Hull. Socrcltir.v nf War Henry I.. Sijm.sfin. and Chiof of SUlff Cciioi-al M.-ii-shall wore ro[inrtoi| b>- tho molfnpoti- lan no\\-spaiicrs ;i.s h;ivin^', de- clarod ihomsoKos. in pi'i\'aie communications and o.xoi-tilive to^liinony, . against the Jewish t'oinnionwotillh resolutions now pending before I louse anil Son ale  Commiltecs.  Tho   Indopond-
lacob Clavman. general cotin-i^'"'  ¦'"^¦'^!!   ''"if" '"'¦''^¦'"'   ''"'^' .j, I reported \\ ;if Depiirtment  opiKi-
' ¦ sition a fortnight ago.
lioih tht' New York Times and
"War Time Economy" To Be Discussed Tuesday, March 14th
CELEBRATIONS MARK DR. WKiE'S TOth  BIRTHDAY
f tho Ohio C. 1. O. Counc and Rov. Harold Lancaster. mln-| isler of tho King Ave. Methodist Church, will heatiiine next Tues¬ day evening's program of the Tiryden Road Tomiile Brother¬ hood meeting, il was announced this week hy President Leonaj-d J. Stern. They will tiiscuss the subject "War Time Economy" and the important rule,played by the labor movement tn America. A <iuestion and answer period will   follow  tholr  talks.
The meeling. which is open to all members of tho brother¬ hood, their wives and fritmds wi liegin promptly at 8 o'clock in the Temple vestr.y with ti social hour following.
NKW VORK (JPS)—A series of celebrations are Ijeing arrang¬ ed in this city for the week be¬ ginning March 12th to mark the seventieth birthday of Dr. Stephen S. W(se. The celebra¬ tions will culminate with a din¬ ner in Dr. Wise's honor given jointly by the American Jewish Congress and the Zionist Organi¬ zation of America on March 16th.
('APT.   I.Ol'I'KR   ARRIVKS SAFELY   OVKR8EAS
Among the families of officers in the Allied Military Oovern- ment branch of the War Depart ment which received word that the men have arrived safely "iiomewhere overseas", was that of Capt. Morris Lopper, 1237 E. Livingston Ave. ,
Lopper was a well-known local attorney before joining the armed forces.
the Herald Tribune speak of op¬ position to putting Congress on rocord "as favoring .lewish im migration lo Palestine", which would indicate that even timend oil rosoiutifins. omitting refer¬ ences lo a Jewish C'ommon- woailh. are unacceptable to tho opponents. The retisons given by tho.se who seek the resolu tions' postponement is •-military expediency"
Senator C.erald P. Nye, mem¬ ber of the .Sonale l-'oreign Rela¬ tions Committee, revealed thai (ionoia! Mttrshall litid urged dc ferment of tho rostiiuUon in testimony at tm oxoculive ses¬ sion. TheCommittee hasn't held any open hearings yet- The New York Times reports that conversations with .Senator Rob¬ ert 1'". Wagner, co-sponsor of the resolution, indicated "that there was little chance of the Commit¬ tee's reporting the resolution soon".
The Herald THbune states that Mr. Stimson's sentiments \vere expressed in a letter he address¬ ed to Senator Tom Connally, chairman of the Senate Foreign
-M
Relations Commitict'. - unti his h'ttiT was .shown to al least ono tri''(n((cr of the (fousc Foreign Affairs ("ommittt'c. The New York Herald Tribune also 7'e- porls that "there was ample in¬ dication that Congressional ioad- el's believe that if the present resolutions are shetved, some favorable nclion' on the rales- tine ciuestion will he f'nrlheom- inji in about six months"
It is rumore<i in Zionist cir¬ cles that the reascm Zionist loa<i- ers stud'iously avoided all sharp criticism, nf Hritish policy in their testimony heff>re the Mouse Committee was that they had Iteen told that I^ritain would is- sne a favorable document on Jewish Palest me hefore the White I'ai'f' Mpcs into effect after March iH.st.
The Herald Tribune story, ap¬ pearing two days before the Times rei)ort, made no mention of alleged opposition by Secre¬ tary Ilul). Zionist leadei-s were shocked and disconcerted by tho New York Time,'^ report that he. too. was opposed to the resolu tion. The Independent Jewish I'ress Service learned fro*m authoritative sources Ihat Mr. Hull luul given assurances to ¦ Jewish leaders and to Senator Hobert A. Taft, eo-sponsor of the resolution, that he was favor¬ ably disposed to the resolution. It was learned subae(ment}y that Sec'y Hull had given the War Department "right of way" on the issue. However, the re¬ port that he has declared him- Belf against the resolution, re¬ ported only by the New York Times, comes as a total sur- (Continued  on Page  Four)
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