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Vol. 2.% No. .34
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COLUMBUS, OHIO, PRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 1945
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Tidbits .From   Everywhere By Phineas J. Biron
World Cooperation, Urged By Jewish Woman Atom Pioneer
F'ROM ABROAD . . .
te The  war  may be  over,  but strange .scenes may yet be seen In the Jewish quarter of Paris . . Jewish   refugees,    former   resi¬ dents   of  France,  can  be  seen picketing   their   own   business establishments, sold In their, ab¬ sence trf  FVench   collaborations by the Nazis . . . Now these new French owners refuse to vacate thslr   Illegally   acquired   stores or factories . . . And so the refu¬ gees  march  up  and  down  the sidewalks, telling their sad stor¬ ies    on    posters  .  .  .  Another strange public reaction reported from    Paris:   Whenever   Leon Blum    appears    on a  newsreel screen he gets booed, while Pe- taln    has    been    greeted with cheers . . . Perhaps Petain's con- %ictlon  of  treason, will  change this . . . Did you know that the,) Riisslans    have   Issued   special identification cards to the Jews and half-Jews of Berlin? . . Each card carries the bearer's photo¬ graph, declares that he Is a vie. tim  of  Nazi  Fascism and asks that he be given special consid¬ eration ... In other words, the Jews have been segregated for special and better treatment THE BRITISH SCENE . . . Jffl Leslie   Hore-Beiisha,   once Britain's  Minister of  War,  but since the last election no longer in  M.  P.,  win become one ofl England's'    largest     newspaper publishers . . . The   prediction that Harold J. Laski will be the successor   ot   Lord    Halifax as Britain's ambassador   to   Wash- ton ha's no foundation . . . Laski, however, may come to America for a short series of public lec¬ tures . . . Don't forget to read Laskl's   article  on   the   British elections In the current issue of this Month . . . Ada Slegel, edi¬ tor of this magazine, used to be one of Laskl's students. . . PALESTINE DEPT. . . te The fund  for pro-Arab and antl-Zlonlst   propaganda   In  the United States is   i^ch    larger than has been announced in the public prints . . . We're told that some of the big   American   oil companies have kicked In many millions . . . America's Foreign Policy Association,  in its Jujy, 1945, Report discusses "Palestine and America's Role In the Mid¬ dle East" . . . The author of the report. Grant S. McClellan con¬ cludes:   "If conditions of econo¬ mic and political stabilization in Palestine can be assured by in¬ ternational  agreement,    contin¬ ued Jewish immigration and fur¬ ther   Zionist   development   may plso then prove possiljle" ... In other words   the report rejects the Jewish Commonwealtli idea and  states  that the  most  that may be expected is further Im migration and the establishment of more Zionist institutions JEWISH NEWS . . . |la Do the Jewish relief organi¬ zations   realize   that   the   posl tion of the Greek Jews deserves emergency measures? . . . Only .    siOOO are left of .80,000'. . , The survivors all of them—are home¬ less   and   without  pny   means whatsoever . . . All   that   talk about large Jewish immigration into  Australia  in  the  post-war period is a lot of bunk . . . The total  yearly  Immigration quota to AustMlla will be 2,500 for the next illfade ¦ . . The American Jewish    Committee    has    some high-powered public relation ex¬ perts on its staff now . . , Ua, latest "press book", on an "In- (Continued on Page 8)
Germans Killed Over 5,000,000 Jews In Europe
NEW YORK IWNS)—Cooper¬ ation between nations for future control of the atomic bomb was urged this week hy Dr.. Lise Meilner, the woman scientist whose research aided In its de velopment, in a radio interview with Mrs. Franklin D. Roose¬ velt.
Dr. Meltner spoke from herj home in Leksand, Sweden, the counti"y to which she fled after being exiled from Germany be- caase of her Jewish 'H-igln. Mrs. Roosevelt was in the NBC news¬ room. The interview was Dr. Meitner^s first over the radio. After the broadcast over the NBC network, Mrs. Roosevelt spoke over the Swedish net work. In the latter interview she said the late Presiident had told her of the atom research project, but never had revealed the secret of the atomic tximb project ^   ^
in opening the Interview, Mrs. Roosevelt declared that if a wo¬ man was given the opportunity to discover this tremendous force, "certainly other women throughout the world have an obligation to see to it that it is used now to bring the war to a close and to save human lives, and that in the future it is used for the g(K)d of all mankind and not for destructive purposes".
She then asked Dr. Meltner it she realized, when she heard 6t\ the bomb being dropped, wheth¬ er if might bring the war to a ck>se.
"Women have a great respon¬ sibility and they are obliged to try, so far as they can, to pre¬ vent another war", the scientist replied. "I hope that the con structlon of the atom bomb not only will help to finish this aw¬ ful war, but that we will be able, too, to use this great energy that has been released for peace¬ ful work".
Asked by Mirs. Roosevelt how she believed the new force should be controlled, Dr. Melt¬ ner replied:
"I hope that by the coopera¬ tion of several nations it will be possible to come to, better rela¬ tions between all the nations and to prevent such horrible things as we have had to go through in the last few ytfars". Mrs. ¦ Roosevelt congratulated Dr. Meltner and said she lioped the United States \li(ould se/e her some day, "Just as we-saw Ma¬ dame Curie".
WORLD ZIONIS^ONFERENCE CONCLUDES WITH DEMAND FOR IMMEDIATE DECISION ON JEWISH STATE IN PALESTINE
LONDON (WNS)—Dr. Steph¬ en S. Wise, president of the World Jewish Congress, declar¬ ed here at the opening session of a four-tlay conference of European Jews, that ths Ger mans had killed between 5,000, 000 and fi,000,000 Jews In Eu¬ rope.
Assenting that "all the would forgets that we are a people yet". Dr. Wise said he was con fident that the U. S. Congress would reaffimi "three .simple tiiiths": that Jews throughout the world were one people; that .lews were greatly reduced in numbers and personal posses¬ sions and must help each other in peace as well as war, and .that Jewish communities could only help each other through recog¬ nition of a common faith and comn'ion destiny. -»
The conference is concerned principally with relief and re¬ habilitation of European Jews, reparations, punishment of war criminals and Jewish represen tatlon at the peace conference.
On the eve of the, conference it was disclosed by Fred C, Hoehler, director of the dlsplac ed persons division of the UNRRA, that the U. S. War De- partment had granted permis sion for three Jewish organiza- I tlons to work under UNRRA In the U. S. occupation zone in Europe. The    organizations
are: The World Jewish Congress, the American Jewish Conference and the Vaad Haazaiah.
DU. CHAIM WEIZMANN TO TESTIFY BEFORE CRIMES COMMISSION
LONDON (WNS)—The Inter¬ national War Crimes Commis¬ sion has extended an invitation to Dr. Chaim Weizmann, presi¬ dent of the Jewish Agency, to testify on Axis atrocities against Jews, it was' disclosed here by reliable s.ources.
The Invitation was said to have been made at the initiative of Associate Justice Robert H, Jackson. The American Jurist and the Jewish leader met here this week at a luncheon.
No information is available at this time as to whether other Jewish leaders will be Invited to testify before the International War Crimes Commission.
Temple Israel Will Celebrate Its lOOth Anniversary
Temple Israel was established In Columbus in 1S46. That makes this the year for a Cen¬ tennial Celebration,
Plans are being made to de¬ velop an appreciation ot the splendid record of the congrega tion (luring this first one hund red years by devoting this Cen tennial Year to worthwhile spe. clal activities.
A start has already been made by remodeling the structure It¬ self. In addition, activities will be planned to promote upify and fellowship In the Congregation, stimulate Interest and pride in Reform Judaism and Jewish worship, strengthen public re- 1 a t I 0 n s with other syna- Eogues In Columbus and with Christian.rclgious gi-oups In the community, and to integrate the Temple as an American religious Institution more strongly into the life of the larger community.
All members will be called up¬ on to take part personally in, these activities. Every organi¬ zation associated with the Tem¬ ple will also participate.
A part of this program is to add one hundreri new members, one for each year. All members ape asked to take part in this first' effort by furnishing names of prospective members. Recent¬ ly, fl letter was addressed to the entire membership enclosing a self-addressed stamped card and requesting Temple members to note the names and addresses of anyone interested in Joining the Congregation, A member,«t the Centennial Membership Commit¬ tee, already organized and work¬ ing, will contact them.^person ally.
This is an important milestone and it is hoped that ail will co. operate fully now and through out the year.
AMERICAN PRESS REACTION TO PRESIDENT TRUMAN'S RECENT PALESTINE STATEMENT
Dr. Morgep stern Favors Jewish State In Palestine
NEW VORK (JPS)—The lead¬ ing newspapers have comment¬ ed at length on President Tru¬ man's Palestine statement. John C. Metcalf of the Herald Tribune begins his front page double' column story, headlined "Tru¬ man Ujtged British to set up a Jewish state in Palestine", as follows: "The United States Gov. ernraent for the first time in its expanding foreign policy was on record today as in effect to op¬ posing the 193D British White Paper oh Palestine ... Mr. Tru¬ man's dlsciosiu-e (Is) a far reach¬ ing diplomatic implication". Mr. Metcalf says that "diplomatic observers saw in Mr. Truman's remark hot only this govern¬ ments denouncement of the British White Paper, which end¬
ed Jewish immigration to Pal¬ estine, but also abandonment, under which it had curcumvent- ed the question throughout tlie war on grounfls of "military ex¬ pediency"; thilsNioiicy of "mili¬ tary expediengy^ had been en¬ unciated by Cordell Hull, former Secretary ot State, at the time of Pearl Harbor. Under It the department had argued Arab opposition to further Jewish immigration into Palestine must be heeded' in the course of deli¬ cate negotiations with Saudi Arabia . . . The State Depart¬ ment's official position/in the past has been that thfe United States should not support these Jewish claims to Palej ;lne, since the matter was strlctijr Britain's (Continued on Page Four)
INDIAN.4P0LJ8 (WNS)—Dr Julian' Morgenstem, head of the Hebrew Union College in Cin¬ cinnati and formerly one of the leading opponents of political Zionism, has abandoned his op¬ position to Zionism and is now a non-Zionist with "a sympath tic understanding and apprecla. tion of Zionism", accordlhg to Gabriel Cohen, editor of the Jewish Post.
In an interview carried in the current issue of theJewish Post, Dr. ^lofgenstern is quoted by Gabi-iel Cohen as having stated that he "would not be disturbed, even a lutle bit, by a Jewish Commonwealth".
Mr. Cohen disclosed that Dr. Morgenstem intends devoting his annual message, next month, at the opening ot the new term of the Hebrew Union College, to the subject of Palestine.
Dr. Morgenstern Is quoted In the Interview as having said that he was opposed to Zionist leadership stressing Jewish na tlonalism in this counti-y.
IX)M)0\" (WNS)—The World Zionist Conference here con¬ cluded after two weeks of de¬ liberation with the Issuance of an appeal, addres.sed to the prin¬ cipal allies of the Hrltlsn Gov¬ ernment and all the United Na¬ tions, ilemanding the creation ot a Jewish state In l'ale.stine, that the JewLsh Agency be empower¬ ed to settle as many Jews as possible In Palestine and devel- hp all the country's resources, that an international loan be gU'en for transferring a million Jews.to Palestine and for econ¬ omic development, that Ger¬ many pay reparations In kind to Jews for the rebuilding ot Palestine witli German property in Palestine to be used for the resettlement of the Jews from Europe ami that international facilities for the exit and trans¬ fer of all Jews who wish to .set¬ tle in Europe.
The closing session also Is¬ sued a political manlfe.sto In which it was noted, "with deep regret and resentment" that the White Paper limiting Jewish immigration to Palestine was still In fo/re even after the end of th'e war. The White Paper, the manifesto stated, with a re¬ pudiation of the international pledge to the Jewish people and a violation of the '"natural and ^istorlo right of the Jews. • -•^The White Paper, the mani¬ festo continued, was a concess¬ ion to Arab terrorism "which raged In Palestine from 1936 onwards with the support of Hitler ami Mussolini", and was Issued without the approval of the League of Nations and with¬ out consulting the United States. Pointing out that "but for the White Paper hundreds of thou¬ sands who perished in Europe could have been saved in time by being admitted to Palestine", the manifesto stressed that the "vast majority of the Jewish people throughout the world feel that they have no chance of of 'freedom from fear' unless the status of Jews as Individuals and as a nation,has been made equal to that of all normal peo¬ ples and a Jewish SUte of Pal. estine has been established".
Calling for an "undivided" Jewish Palestine, the manifesto added:
"There can be no solution to the inseparable twins problems of the Jewish people and Pales¬ tine except by constituting Pai- evtine undivided, and imdimin- Ishetl as a Jewish state in ac¬ cordance with the purpose of the Balfour' Declaration.
"Any delay In the solution of the problem, any attempt at iialf measures, any decision which, however favorable, re¬ mains on paper and is not faithfully and speedily Imple¬ mented, would not meet the tragedy of the hour and might only increase suffering among the Jewish people and tension in Palestine".
Prior to ltd closing the confer¬ ence adopted a $24,000,000 budget and a resolution empowering the World Zionist executive to raise additional loans for Zionist ac¬ tivities.
Speaking at the closing ses¬ sion. Dr. Abba Hiliei Silver stressed that the forthcoming year would be a crucial one in Jewish lilstory. Speaking with pride of the fact that more than a million Jews had fought in the Allied armies and that tens of (Continued on Page Foui)
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