Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1944-10-13

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Vol. 22, No. 42
Entered as Second-Class Matter. Postpfflce   Columbus,, Ohio.
COLUMBUH, OHIO, KKIDAY, OCTOBER 1.1, 1944
Strictly Confidential
TIdblls   From   Everyivlicro By Phlncns J. Biron
B'nai B'rith To Hear Message From Battiefront
UHTRN irKRR! ...
PH Edward A. Koch's "The Oulldsman" is a inaga-/Jne thnt should have attracted the at¬ lention of our FBI long ago . . Better still. liberal Catholic leadership should brand II as what It Is ,". . -'The fiuildsman" advocates a "cooperative order", openly defends Nazism ahd vociferously attacks "Jewish Communism" . . . Uniform of¬ ficials lake note: Reports of antl-Semltlc incidents have come to us from certain shipyards near New York . . . It seems, however, that union officials are reluctant lo demand the dl.'^- mi.s.sal of the culprits . , , This because Ihey — mistakenly believe thtit such action on their part might jeopardize pro ductlon . , , These union offi¬ cials tire wi'ong , , . It's a mor¬ ale thtit permlls anil- Seniiiism which i.s detrimental lo the ua lion's war effort, . \VIi,"l{K TKIJilNt; VO,l' . . . ha When the full story of th battle of the Warsaw (llietto is told one of the most heroic c h ;i p t e r s will be that on Mordectii Anielewicz, com¬ mandment of the Jewish fight¬ ing organization .' . . Anielewicz was the leader of the Hashomer Ifatzair of Warsaw ... A most ¦vigorously anti-Fascisi motion picture is now being shown in special houses, is the British- film "T h u n d er Rock" . It- tells a moving story of European refugees who came to America in the middle of the nineteenth century . It's strange but true that some of the machine politicians who most vehemently decry the sug¬ gestion that a "Jewish vole" may be cast In the Presidential election are the very ones who are most active In making a til- rect appeal for such a vote . , .
JBWISH NEWS . .
)^ 111   England     many     Polish jews  are  volunteering  for  the Jewish     Brigade  .  .  .  Reports from  insiders state that before long the Brigade will  have de¬ veloped Into a full-fledged army ... A number of delegates to the second session of the Amer¬ ican   Jewish   Conference,   to   be held at Pittsburgh on December 2nd, are now organizing with a view to achieve  representation in the inner councils of the Con ference   .   .   .   These   delegates claim that the Conference needs (lemocratlzatlon . , . The recent death   of  former  Governor   Al¬ fred E. Smith reminds us of the Incident,   which   occurred   back in 1939 . . . Endless negotiations were    going    on    between the Stale Department and the spon¬ .sors of the Palestine Pavilion at the New York   World's  fair, con¬ cerning  official   permission   for the   biue-and-white   flag  to   fly alongside    the    other    nallonal flags al the Fair . , . When Al Smith was told of these negotia¬ tions  he   put  up  the  bluc-and- white   l)annei'   on   the   'World's Fair  model   on  display   In   his building, the Empire State , His  comment  was;  "That's  the least  we  can  do  to  show  our protest against lllller" . . . ItOOK NOTEH . . . )E5 Novelist  Ernest  Hemingway proudly tells all comers that he has jusl sold  the  Hebrew lang¬ uage rights to "For Whom the Bells   Tolls",   and   that   a   He¬ brew dramatization of that nov- (ConUnued on Page 8)
Henry  Sch-wartz   To   Tell Ot North African Exper¬ iences    At    Meeting Next Tutisday
llepry   1,.   Schwartz,   recently returned   from   the   balllefronts
War  Cliest Campaign RaUy To Be Held Tuesday Evening
Music by (he Columbus Boy Choir and an adflre.ss by Ed¬ ward lllythin. Cleveland' civic letider. tire on the program for the I'ally of volnleer workers for the Coniniunity War Chest campaign lo be held next week.
The rally ivill be at the Desh¬ ler-Wallick Hotel Tue.sday. Oct, n. at T.-I.'i p. m.. on the eve of the opening of the campaign for .$1.I.S7,000.    Other  speakers  will
he   Robert   Iv. ^I.ev.y.   campaign
chairman, and Xttwrt M. Miller, p r e s 1 (1 en t of l! h e W a r Chest board-of trustees. Rev. Marshal L. Scott, preslflent of the .Miiiisteri.'il A-^socialion of Columbu.-.- and Fr, ,iklin County, will   give   tli.o   invocation.
ZIONISTS PROPOSE RECRUITING OF U. S, INDUSTRIAL SKILI FOR PALESTINE
Convention Opens October 14th
H,-ihbj llaii-y K<-tpl<-tii, tlU'vc- tar of the Hlllel Kuiiiulation .'({ <>. .S. ('. ts a mi-iiiber oi' the cliin-cli coopcrnthin conitnit- (r<* arraiigitig fi»i- the obsci-v- ance o! Coiilitilllllty W a i- Cliest   tills   SliiKliiy,  Oct.   I.'ilh.
Henry   I.. .Scliwart/.
of (\t)rth Africa where he serv¬ ed as it Field Director with the Anierlcan Red Cro.ss. will ad¬ dress the ne.M meeting of Zlon Lodge, B'nal B'rith. at the Broad Sli'eet Temple, next Tues¬ day. October  17.  at K I'. M.
Schwartz served two years with the Red Cross and spent a full year with the United Sla¬ tes Armed Forces In North Africa.    He will tell of his ac-
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811111 Imper,- Olialrman of the locnl B'nui B'rith mem- llorshlp drive, aniiouneetl thnt In the first week one fourth of the gonl of 100 new nieiiibers has heen reached with Ihe teiini Ntiindlngs as follows:—¦
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tual experiences in the foreign service.
.^n experienced speaker, he is a graduate ot Ohio State Uni verslty and attended the Jewish Instsltute of Religion In New York City. He has occupied pulpits in New York, Youngs¬ town and New Castle, Pa.
Schwartz Is now a resident of Columbus and Is associated with the    Uyron-Hollywood   Studios.
Another feature of this meet¬ ing will be the attendance of members of the A. Z. A. and B'nai B'rith Girls. Guests are welcome.
Included in the goal of SI.IK' (KID Is $.').'I.').H11 for the Naticmal' War l-'und. Of Ibis timounl. the| larger share. .'Slii I,Itlfj to be ex¬ act, goes to I'SO, War rri.soner.s- Aid and United Seamen's Ser¬ vice, and $192,70(1 goes to agen¬ cies furnishing material relief to the people in Russia, China. England, Greece, Poland, France, Belgium, Czechoslova¬ kia, Holland. Norway, Luxem- bourg, Denmark. Italy, Yugos¬ lavia, Philippines and Llthuan- nla.
Approxlmaitely two-thirds of the money will be spent here In Franklin"" County, for hospital and health services, child care, youth guidance, family aid, altl for the physically handicapped, and assistance to returning vet¬ erans.
In all. there are 88 agencies in the Community War Chest Of these, 22 are in the National War Fund, three are national non-War Fund agencies, and hi ate local agencies.
"There is a complete list of the 88 agencies on every pledge card", Mr. Levy said. We want everyone to know where their money is to go. Knowing that, and of the good this money will do we ' believe everyone will want to have a part In this once a-year drive for human bet ferment".
The rally at the Desiiier- Waillck one week from Tues¬ day night is open lo everyone interested in the War Chest, Mr. Levy added. There will be no admission charge.
¦ f I'al- ileroic ilerensf by a tiny grouji of iK'sleged col- nnists In the I'l'oiiiisi-d l.titul, will he tolil over si.j'ioii WHKC. .11 l.liti I', .\1,. this Sunda,\. Ocl, l.'.fh. The distinguished tic'tor Sidney Bhickmer stars in tills chapter of 'Palestine Speaks!" the dramatic radio (irogram pre¬ sented each, week by tbe Co¬ lumbus UlstTict of the 7.ionlst Organization of America.
Mr. Blackmer appears as the Davy Crocket of the Promised Land, one of Palestine'.'; gi'eat- est frontier heroes. HeiU'tl with him arc Juano Hernandez. Rog¬ er de Koven. and Maurice Tar- plln. together with the regular announcer of "Palestine Speaks!",  Ben Grauer.
TO   BE   INWrALLKD   AS T.  I.  TS:.MPI.,E  PRE8II»KNT
Students In Battle Zones Subscribe To Memorial
NFW YORK t.II'Si-.DecIar- Ing thai "while agrictillure in Pulesiine will have to continue to expand, the expansion of .lewish intl^strles will be the primary re(|uisite for Increasing the ab.-;orpilvc capacity of Pal¬ estine". Dr. Israel Goldstein, president ()f the Zionist Organi¬ zation af America, called for "in¬ dustrial ch.tlutziuth"" which he said meant that "the Industrial skill of American .lewish youth can he' made available to Pal¬ estine jii.-Jt as. American skills will undoubtedly be made avail- alilc for Ihe rcronstruciion of othtf lands".
J)r, Goldstein made Ihis state¬ ment tit a jjress confei'cnce here at which be outlined the mtijor is,<nes before the forthcoinittg Z().,\ coincnlion to be held In Allatltic City (ill October 1 1-17, I'liiiinu cnipii;i,<i,-; on [iruate ill- M',<lnii'iils ill Palestine, the ZO.V hc.'iil siiiil; ¦Wilh its iiH'inbci ^hip and following I'rcdomin- anlly a middle class coi),-,titi)e:)- e\. the Ziiinist Organii'.ation of .Amci'lcti is unitjuely fitted to mtike a specitil contrlbullon lo the econotnir development of Palestine. Wilh that end in vle'w. I shall recommend to the convention the establishment of an Economic Department in the Zionist Organization of Amer¬ ica charged with helping to carr.y out this Important phase of the Zionist program'. The ZOA has al.so given ".serious consideration" U) aiding in the re-establishment of Zionist Or¬ ganizations in liberated Europe. Reporting on ICducatlonal ach¬ ievements and tentative plans, he staled that "we shall en-. deavor to spri^ad the Zionist in¬ fluence In existing educallonal Insliliitions and to' encourage all-day   .lewish   Schools".
The convention will open with a public session on the evening of October 1-1. at the Casino Theatre of Ihe Steel Pier in Alianlic Clly.
E. I. Kaufmann, Former Head Of Z. 0. A. To Speak Here
Contributions to the Etlwln J. Schanfarber Memorial FUhd are coming in from former Hll lei students now In battle zones all over the world, according to Rtibbl Harry Kaplan, director of the B'nai B;rlth Ohio State University  Foundijtion.
Dr. Kaplan also announced the appointment of two addi¬ tional men to the National Hll¬ lel Alumni Comraittee. They are Lt. j. g.. Eduard Goodman,
with the United Stales Fleet In the Pacific, and U. Robert Jaffe, with the Army Signal Corps in France. Both are for¬ mer student presidents of the local  Hlllel group.
Among recent subscribers 10 the proposed $100,000 fund to lake the form of a new home for the Ohio State Hlllel Chaji¬ ler, is Ur. Abram Sachar, na- tioiial dlreotor of Hiilel.
Other contributions, Ixilh lo¬ cally and nationally, are coming In steadily, according 10 Julius W. Steinhauser, treasurer of the Memorial p'und, with head¬ quarters at the F. & R. Lazarus Co.
—Join   B'nal B'rlth-
Win. WtiHSerstroiii
Once again it Is the pleas¬ ure of the Tifereth l.srael Sis¬ terhood lo si)onsor their annual .Simchas Torah Dinner being held this Sunday evening, Oct. l.'ith. at li P. M,. in the social hall of the Broad St. Temiile,
Installation of the newly elected officers of the congrega tlon will lake place following the dinner. Mr Wm, Wa.s.ser- .Strom, who has served the con¬ gregation so faithfully In the past, will again he Installed as president, Al.so lo serve with him are Louis P. Schlezlnger 1st vice-pres,;Reuben Abramson, 2nd vice pres,; 11. J. Gutter, treasurer; Hernard Feitlinger, secretary. Board members In- (Contlnued on Page Five)
The Zionist District of Colum¬ bus announces the appearance of former Zionist Organization of America, President, Edmund I. Kaufmann, at the Bryden Rd. Temple, on Thursday, Oct. 26th, at 8 P. M. Mr. Kaufmann will discuss the current state of World Zionist affairs.
Mr. Kaufmann Is so well knoivn in Jewish life for his participation in both non-Zion¬ ist and Zionist aollvltles. that his coming to Columbus Is ex¬ pected to alti'act a large luiii- oul from the Columbus Jewish community.
Aside fj-om . being a noted Zionist ami enlisting the sup- poit for Zionism of many out¬ standing Jews In the country, he Is also known as a staunch advocate of unity in tho funtJ raising activities in,the Ameri¬ can Jesvlsh community, ami has taken a leading rule In this en- . deavor, Mr, Kaufmann has been a Zionist throughout his adult life, and a leader for many veins. He is a close friend and ci^Uaborator of Dr. Chaim "Welz- (Cpnlinueo on Page Fiye^