Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1945-06-08

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I^l^I/ Serving Columbus and Central Ohio Jewish Community \\7A^
Vol a, No. 24
Entered as SecontKHass Matter. Postofflce   Columbus.. Ohio.
COLUMBUS, OHIO, PlilDAV, JUNK 8, 11)1.-.
Strictly Confidential
Tidbits   From   Everywhere By Plilnojis J. Biron
STORY OP THE WKEK . . .
Sa Walter Winphcll told it. .nnd it .should be reail by every Ameriran eiim-ernerl about the democratic way of life ... It. hppponcd near a Fli-e l.sland beach rocernl.v .sa.y.s Walter , . . .\ plane flew low and siuldenl.v zoomed into a dive and disap¬ peared into tho Atlantic . . . Tho pHiH'.s horl,v cradd mu be found . . Residents of (he sum¬ mer villnRe helped in the search, but in vain . . . Hut. a winj; of the plane was thrown hiRh on the lieach, as were some of the pilcjl's personal effects . . . S.ime photographs, ,a folded bit of |>aper citing Ihe pilot for hrav- eiT in action In the South Taci- fic . . and, some one found his wallet, with his nann' —l.t. ll. K. Coidstein ... It la.y a stone's ttirrtw from a signpost which reads: "Vou are now cnteriitf; Soaview. a restricted commun¬ it.v" . . .
VOr SHOULD KNOW . . . p3i One of these (la.vs we shall have to look into the affairs of a certain office located al ¦12nd Street, New York . . . iiecent- l.v that office s.vndicatod "Kx t.r.'icts from Remarks on tlie Problem of the .lewish Race" b.v a writer named Alico A. llailcv. A\'e.di<l nfit like tlu'sc- "remarks ' one bit. . . We shall rei)ori fur ther to Miss Haile.v . . . Secre¬ tary Morgpnthau is fighting for the Yalt.i agreement providing for the use of (lerman jirisoners in the rolinilding of deslroyoti properties in the .Soviet llnion . . He is encountei"ing strong oppo¬ sition from State Department ciuarters . , . Professor A. S. Yehuda, who is attending the San Francisco Conference as a member of the Zionist Revis¬ ionist delegation of observers, is iin(|uestlonabl.v the greatest authority oii Arab affairs at that international confab . . . There Is not, incidentally, a crumb of truth in the rumors that Rabbl Abba Hillel Silver will accept the presidency' of the Revisionist World Zionist Organization . . .
MTEHARY  DEP.ARTMENT  . .
Rg How come sonio of our fav¬ orite editors are overlooking one of the most significant features ever offered the Anglo-.Iewlsh press? . . . We refer lo the ex¬ quisite English translation of Mendele's Yiddish masterpiece "The Travels of Benjamin the third" . . . The pai)ers using this serial arc reporting an en¬ thusiastic family volume, is something you'll enjoy reading . . . R(irkon, publisher and edi¬ tor of' the Pittsburgh .lewish Leader, has written his hook In the form of thirty letters from Louie, a .lewish Imtnigi'ant. to Charlie, his soldier brother in the U. S. Army ... A vivid book that 1^ both witty and penetrat¬ ing . . . Tn ca.se you've been wondering, we can tell you that a major biographical work on the late Suprenie Court Justice Louis D. Hrandels is in the mak¬ ing . . . The author Is the hus¬ band of Hrandei.s daughter, Su¬ san Gilbert . . . Novelist Howard Fast is looking forward to com¬ petition from within his own family ... A new novel lo be publi.shed soon, entitled "Watch¬ ful At Night", is by tils brother, Sgt. Julias Fast . . . 'Variant Fry, who helped rescue so'.many ref¬ ugees from France early in the European war, reporta that the most difficult of the jobs he un- (Continued on Page Four)
United Jeivish Fund Canipaign
Gets Off To a Flying  Start
Women's Division Opens Drive With Workers' Rallv
Jr. Division To Be£;in U. J. F. Campaign With Ra|ly Thursday
One of the nrosi ii'ispiring mootLngs ever held by the Wn- men's Division of the Tnitcd .lewish Fund was the workers' Hally dinner last W'edncsdtt.y evening at tlie Soulliern Hotel. There was enthusiasm at the meeting, a solemn enll.iuslaSm of women workers going forth with delerminalion to do their ptirt and lo help others do like¬ wise for our peoide concerned wilh Ihc causes re|iresenteil by the United ,Iewi.sli I'tuid of (.'o- lumbiis.
¦ Appro.xiinately 201) women were in .-iltendanci' ;it the meet¬ ing which was i)residcil o\cr \>y Mrs. William Schiff, general cliairm-an of the 1!)I5 caniptiign The c\'ening's program began with the singing of the Star S|)angled Ranpcr^ with Mrs. Wfioif Solomon at Ihe piano and Ihe oiiening prayer was given by Mrs. Alfred .1. Kobacker. first organizer of tliC Women's Division.
Among those who were heard were Simon Lazarus, piesidenl of the Fund; Rolwrl W. Schiff, campaign chairman; T'l-od Laz- arii.s. memlier of the American .lewish committee and civic leader; and Mrs. IC. J. Cordon, representing the Majors of the Woinen's pivision.
Mr. Lazarus paid high triliute to the late Edwin J. Schanfar¬ ber who during his lifetime had made the Uniletl .lowlsh Fund the outstanding achievement for a united Jewish community. Mrs. Simon Lazarus, co-chair¬ man of the <lrive, explained the mechanics and solicitation strag- eiiy which the workers were lo carVy out in canvassing every Jewish housoholil.
In urging the comnaunity to continue its vv^onderful work for which Columbus.has boon noted, the siieaker's pointed out the im¬ portance ot the work of tho JDC and the IJPA and the fact that tho future of world .lewry dejiends upiin u'hat Americtin Jewry will do anil how Its lead¬ ers carry on camiiaigns such as the United Jewish Fund. 'Thanking the speakers. Miss Leah Rosenfefft, Fund Secretary; and the Ohio Jewish Chronicle, Mrs. Schiff, pointed out the im¬ portance c)f unity and that the Jewish women of Columbus have acquired a united front through the medium of our Unt- tckl Jewish Fund. . She hoped that this unity will be^continued and that the campaign'tvill wind up as successfully as In all pre¬ vious efforts.
Those seated at the speakers table were Mrs. Allen Gunder¬ sheimer, Mrs. Jos. D. Schecter, co-chairman of ia42-'13 drive; Miss Helen Gruber, Junior Di¬ vision etiairman; Mrs. Simon Lazarus, 194,5 co-chairman; Mrs. Alfred J. Kobacker, Mrs. E. J. Gordon, Slmen Lazarus, Fred Lazarus and Robert W. Schiff.
.\11 ]iI;mis ha\-(* been comiilct- oil for the offici.il o|)ening of Ihe .Itniior Di\ision camiiaign for the rnito(| .lewish l-'und which is to t;il<j> pi.-ice next Tbursdjiy e\'enlng. i;;;ui, at the Winding Ih.llow Country Club. II is to be a lUiffet Supjier to which till beads, caiitriins :md lieutenants of (he junior group are in\-itc<l to ti'teird,
Youth's .AlIlliKli' In commenting on (he wori< of Ihe Youtli Division. Miss I lel en .Gruber. lOl.^i general chai-r- man of Ihe .lunior Division, de¬ clared that it was ;i demonstra¬ tion of the realizatioit on the jitirt of i>resent-day youth of Ihe seriousness of the iiroblems the\- ftice.
"We know th;it this iiosl-wtir world will be one df trial and struggle", she decltircil. ''It will be a \'jlal period for the entire civilized world, but for us .lews it will be a crucial test of ()ur tibility [o recover from the tei'- rible effects of this war. which litis almost oblilertited Euro¬ pean Jewry, and which has hail .1 deep emotional effect upon Americtin .lews. The youth of to¬ day, 'especially .lewish youth, cannot face the future lightly, thougl"; we do face it with hope and determination Tho United Jewish Fund offers tho .lewish youth of the community an op¬ portunity to do .something about their future and they eagerly .seize that opportunity and privi¬ lege".
That the spirit of Edwin ,J. Schanfartior lives and will foiilinuc lo in.spiro hia co-workers who look up his tmfin- isheil wijj-k in the ttreulest (if all htimaniutr'an. efforts.. The l'i>ile(l'.lewish Ktind of Columhus, was iiiuch in evidence nl l.ist Thiii'.,day night's annual dinner'meeling ;it the ¦VVintling Hollow Country Cluh. The aljfair, which every .\eai' hlglilights Ihe heKinnin},' of the local fund-raising ef¬ fort for over .T) aj^'eneies vital lo .lewish t>('«tence. welfare anil pro'ecrtion throufihoiil llie world, wtis without douht the'iiiosl otitsl;jndinf,' event front the standpoint of enlhtus- iasni and respon.se. The ,larf,'esl sum e\er rtii.sed was re- liorleil Ihtil e\-enin,t' hy lurned in suliscriplions.
.\o Ifuer expression of his feeliiif,' tihoul the Columhus .lewish communily was (.jiven than Ihat of Simon Lazarus. ))ii-si(lenl of the i''und, when he said Ihal here we find a united .Ic'.vty with-a response to .lewish needs Ihat is rare in the liiiti.'d States. It was the l.'nited .lewish Fund, which is elosi^ and de:ir lo all of us. thai lirought ahoul such unity. .Mr. Lazarus deelareil.- President Lazarus eominended ,ill leaders iind workers .for the vi^i^y enthusias- lir tinil'(horough way in whii'h tho eampaipfi htid heen or- f:.iiiized, for Ihe maf,'nifieent response Ihal'already had heen ; mtido h.v the conlrihutiirs and for the enthusiasm and zeal of the solicitors in the drive to put the 1!)1.') effort over the toi)
I     Siieaking   in   tin   earnest   but .iiniiie      manner.     Robert     W.
TO   .\l)l)Ki;SS   EXECUTIVE
.MEETINt; Ol' OHIO VALLEY   /.lOM.ST   ltl:(;iON
Jewish Community     1 Council To Meet Next Thursday
The next (juarteriy meeting of the Jewish Community Coun¬ cil will take place Thursday, June Mth, at 7::)(l P. M,, at the Schonthal Center, S.'i.') E. Rich' St., it was tinnounced today by Harry Gilbert, Pre.-iident. • All delegates of the resiiective organizations wdio ;ire members of the Council are urged to Ik- present.
The latest develoiiments con¬ cerning the proposed new .lew¬ ish Community Center and re¬ ports of all committees will lie mtiiie at this meeting.
A.   .1.   KOhACKEIt   HONOIIKI) IN ,1. N. K. (JOLDE.N  BOOK
$1,121.58,1   OOST^tlBUTED TO UPA bY N. Y. WOMEN
NEn^VoRK (JPS)—A total of $1,121,583 has been contributed to the 1945 campaign of the Uni¬ ted  Jewish  Appeal  of  Greater
The name of the late Alfred J. Kobacker, well known Jew¬ ish leader of t^olumbus antl member of the Hillel Advisory Board, has been Inscrllied in the Golden Book of the Jewish Na¬ tional Fund by the -students of Hillel through their United Jewi.sh Student Fund.
The announcement wtis offi¬ cially made at the recent annual awaixls banquet of Hillel and marked the sincere tribute hy the Jewish students to one of their devoted and honored friends.
New York, by women's groups in ttte metropolitan area, ac¬ cording to final reporta. Last year the Women's campaign raised $812,101.
Oerold Friiiik
Geidld Frtink. well known wtir correspondent, author, mag¬ azine writer tiiiil world travelci-. will address the luncheon ses¬ sion of the Ohio Vtilley '/.ionl.st Region at its executi\'e meeling this Sunday, .lune to, Iieing held at the l.lnioln Hotel in I'li diantipolis, Ind. The first ses- s'ion is to begin at 10:;i(l in thu morning. |. During Ihe war in Euroiie Cer¬ oid Frank devoteil most of his time lo Palestine and the Mid¬ dle East tmil was one of the few American correspondents lo tittenil the recent trial in Cairo of Eli'iihu Iftikim and l-^liahu Het-Souri, Palestine youth who assassina.toil Lord Moyne, Brit¬ ish Resident Minister in the Middle East. He will reveal some of tho undisclosed detidls of this trial Sunday. . Also on the agenda for the ^ay's' ifesslon will be reports by the Regional Executive Secre¬ tary, Daniel Harrl.son, Columbus, 0.; Fred R. Marks, treasurer, Charleston, W. Va.; Jacob H, G 1 lb e r t. Chairman Regional Merhbershlp, South Bend, Ind.; Cantor Myro Glass,' Chairman Regional J. N. F., Indianapolis, Ind.; ami Rjubbi Jacob Agus, Chairman Regional Youth Acti¬ vities, Dayton, O.
The Ohio Valley Region is comprised of IH Districts In¬ cluding Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, and West Virginia. Paul J. Galser, attorney, of Dayton, 0., is president of the Region.
Srliirr. fnr six years Gen¬ eral Ctimptiign CiiairnKin of the riiited .lewish Fund, saiii that the largest sum in the history is nciTssary for lllir,. He laud¬ ed the hundreds of subsci'ibers who by tlieir increased giving re- N'eaied their tiwareiiess and .deep appreclatJ.on of the stupetidptis needs that exist and the tre¬ mendous oiliiortunlties for re¬ lief jiliii rehabilitation that are offered with tho lilK'ratlon of all Eurojiean countries from the doailly blight of Hitlerism.
Increased giving, Mr. Schiff said, is also testimony that the members of this great .lewish community have taken full con- gnizaiice of the fact that this Is the first time in years Ihat so much posilh'e work can ho done for some million antl a half Vic¬ tims of llltleiism, an^ that they are detei'inined tii^iKike the most of Ibis oii|)Ort/nlty lo help our suffering brilthren ticross the seas.
Mr. Schiff further added that these hundreds of thousands of our iieoiiie that li;i\e survived the .Nazi systematic externtlna- tlon, will need our help. They will neejl more than food, cloth¬ ing and a roof o\'cr their heads. We wU\ will have to hoiii them rebuild their lives—uprooted, torn asunder ami strewn about by the iN'azi hurricane and by the fury of the war. It is colos- . sal enterprise of reconstruction . of the lives of Ihoivsamls of fam¬ ilies -- a task so great that oven witli our most liberal aid will retiiuro the asslstiince of such liislrumenuilitles as the i;NRRA. Ina statement to every mem- Ixir of the Jewish community .Mr. Schiff through the Chron¬ icle had this to say;
"On the ^VB of the formal opening of the United Jewish Fund campaign we ask you "Did the li.OOO.OOO who lie in the mass.graves on the blood-soaked continent of Europe die In vain? This Is the question which our martyred dead ask of us. They ask It not for their sake, but for the sake of the shattered remnant that has survived the tragedy and w'holesale extermin¬ ation of the past twelve years. The 6,000,000 did not die in vaini In their hallowed name we must give new hope (ind new life to the Uvlng. The era ot death and destruction has, now CContlnued on Page FoutQ
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