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COLUMBUS, OHIO, FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, \tnr.
Strictly Confidential
Tidbits   Prom   Everywhere By Phineas J, Biron
De Gaulle Pledges Fight On Anti- Semitism In France
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A Those In tiie Itnow Insist that Gerald L. K. Smith Ls a real men¬ ace ... He Is hard at work or¬ ganizing "The  Nationalist Vet¬ erans" . . . Headquarters of this new organization will be located In Chicago ... In a recent conft- dental letter to his supporters O. L. K. Smith wrote: "Our crusade has now spanned the nation. At this very moment the servants of the cause are active from the Pacific to the Atlantic".   This is no empty boast . . Smith's key men are playing an important role In the    Hearst   .sponsored "Youth For Christ"  Movement, which   incidentally   Is   growing day by day ... All rumors to the contrary anly a few    thousand Jews remain  in Germany  .  .  . 721.612 Jews were listed as Ger¬ many's Jewish population in the 1933 census .. . Over 700,0(X) were eliminated  by  persecution  and deportation . . . These    figures are authentic and well known to our State Department .  .  .  It's time  that some of  our  corres¬ pondents stop holding Out hope for more survivors ... A TRUE STORY , , , te Dr. George N. Shuster, Pres¬ ident of Hunter College In New Yprk has been sent to Germany by the War Department ... He Is charged with the special mis¬ sion   of    "Interrogating     once- powerful German leaders on  a number of social, economic and political aspects of the Nazi re¬ gime" . . . Last June Dr. Shus¬ ter was a witness before the Su¬ preme Court New York County in the cpse of Professor F. W. Foerster against Victor Rldder, owner of the New York Staats- zeitung ... Shuster was a char¬ acter witness  for  Rldder  ...  . Cross-examination by Foerster's attorney,   Louis   Nlzer,   Shuster answered  a   few  questions    of great significance . . . Question: "Did you write any  place that Hitler is and has been a greatly perplexed   honestly      Inquiring and quite unsteady young man?" Answer; "Yes, I did" . . , Ques¬ tion; m 1935 you considered Hit¬ ler  'An    honestly    etc',  young man?" . . . Answer; "Yea" . • . Question:  "Did you  ever write that the Germans are 'a people upon whom the late Mr. Wood- row   Wilson   played   what   can only be called  a  dirty trick'?" Answer; "Yes". . . . Among other things Dr. Shuster told as a wit¬ ness are that Horst Wessel who wrote     the    Nazi    anti-Semitic hymn is not so bad . . . "Chaps like  him"   said   Shuster,   "have done worse at Harvard and llv. ed it down . . . "When Kenneth Leslie, Editor of the PROTEST¬ ANT   asked   Secretary  of   War Stlmson   to  recall  Dr.   Shuster because  of  his  distorted  views on  Nazi  leadership     Secretary Stlmson    refused    because    he could see nothing wrong about Dr. ShustSer . . . ABOUT PEOPLE , . . .|it Eva Rubensteln, twelve year old    daughte?   of   the   world's greatest   pianist,   Artur   Ruben¬ steln, is a genius of the ballet. . Her Interpretation of IVIassenet's "The Dying S%va,n" given before an Intimate audience, created a sensation . . . Artur may become known   as   Eva's   father   .   .   . Harry FYeud, nephew of the late Dr. Slgmund Freud Is a sergeant in the U. S. Army . . .He Is with Army intellgence, and was de- (Contlnued on Page 8)
Christian Meet Will Discuss Palestine Question
WASHINGTON (JPS)—Pledg¬ ing to extirpate all vestiges of anti-Semitism In France, Gener¬ al Charles de Gaulle admitted to Secretary of Commerce Wallace and other representatives of the American Antl-Blgotry Commit tee, that dlfflclultles were en¬ countered In . restoring rights and property to the Jews, but that these obstacles were tem¬ porary and will soon be over¬ come.
Besides Secretary Wallace, the delegation calling on General de Gaulle, Included Raymond Gram Swing, Radio commentator; Jamies B. Carey of the CIO; Rol> ert Watt, AFL, and former as¬ sistant Attorney General Nor¬ man M. Little. They submitted to him a letter which thanks the French Government for Its alxiil- tion of the Vichy anti-Semitic laws and for the ordinances re¬ storing property to the Jews. But the letter urged determined measures against vestiges of antl-Semltlsm which is still In¬ grained in France as a result of the Nazi occupation. France Acts As Legal Protector Of German And Austrian Refugees The French Government has been officially designated by the Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees to act as legal pro¬ tector for German and Austrian refugees In France, including many Jews, your correspondent has tieen Informed by an authori¬ tative source. The designation was in reply to a request by the French Government itself, which has been acting in that capacity ever since the country's libera¬ tion, granting certain minimum rights to the refugees. The In¬ tergovernmental Committee made similar arrangements for the Spanish Republicans In France.
The Intergovernmental Com- mltee also has a resident repre¬ sentative in Belgium to look af¬ ter German and Austrian refu¬ gees, but no formal request has yet been made by the Belgian Government that it he designat¬ ed as the legal protector Of these refugees in Belgium.
The Intergovernmental Com¬ mittee will, in all probability, have a full plenary session be¬ fore the end ¦ of this year, pre¬ sumably in London, at which the question of the stateless and non-repatriable refugees will be taken up.
HEADS JOINT DEFENSE COUNCIL IN SOUTH
NEW YORK (WNS)—Plans for a World Christian Confer¬ ence for Palestine In Washing¬ ton on Novemi)er 1 and 2 to co¬ ordinate world-wide Christian support of Zionist aspirations were announced by Dean How¬ ard M. Le Sourd of Boston Uni¬ versity and Dr. Carl Hermann Voss, co-directors of the Ameri¬ can Christian Palestine Commit¬ tee.
Dean Le Sourd and Dr. Voss "were Interviewed at La Guardia Field following their return on the Capetown Clipper from the World Zionist (Conference In London, which they attended as observers.
The co-directors said that their committee would Invite to the conference delegates from more tlian a score of countries In Europe, North and South Amer¬ ica, and the British Dominions. It will insist, they reported, on removing the barriers to Jew¬ ish Immigration Into Palestine, call for more Jewish colonization and land purchase there, and lay the foundations for a democratic Jewi.sh Commonwealth In Pales¬ tine.
"Throughout the world there Is a growing Indignation over the barbarism and the unspeakable cruelty of the mass murders of six million Jews hy the Nazis'" they asserted. "Virtually noth¬ ing was done to stop this car¬ nage of European Jewry."
"But now we must see to it that the pitiful remnant of a mil¬ lion and a quarter Jews left In Europe are rescued trom their miserable plight. Their status today as displaced persons Is as tiad, and is In some cases worse, than under the Nazis".
Dean Le Sourd and Dr. Voss said that the fulfillment of the Zionist program is the only prac¬ ticable answer to the problem. In addition, they announced, they got assurances that the new government in Britian Intends to fulfill Its commitments on Pal¬ estine as soon as possible.
Big Open Meeting Planned By B'nai B'rith Sept. 18th
Cardinal Faulhaber Recommends Nazis
NB'W YORK (JPS)—Germans, known to have been members of the Nazi Party and Nazi affil¬ iates, for as long as 18 years, have been given letters of inter¬ vention signed by Cardinal Faul¬ haber, head of the Catholic Church in Bavaria, recommend¬ ing them to American occupation authorities on grounds-that they are good Catholics, Victor H Bernstein, PM correspondent, re¬ ports trom Munich.
"I know specifically ot the ex¬ istence of at least three letters along these lines signed person¬ ally by the Cardinal and bearing the official seal of his office. Copies of the texts ot two are now in my possesion", Mr. Bern¬ stein writes.
One ot the most ambitious programs ever launched by Zlon Lodge No. 62, B'nai B'rltl; Is now lieing formulated by the organization's program commit¬ tee headed by Sam Luper, it was announced this week by Allan Tarshish, president.
Tuesday, Sept. 18th, has been set tor the opening meeting of the fail season at which time there will be an'official welcome for all Columbus Jewish men discharged from military ser< vice. Color bearers of Capitol Post No. 122, Jewish War Vet¬ erans, will participate. An im¬ pressive memorial service is also to.be held that evening.
This outatandUng meeting, which will l>e open to the gener¬ al public, will be held at the East Broad Street Temple at 8 P. M. More details are to be given in future issues of the Chronicle.
SOMMERSTEIIJf COMING TO AMERICA
George A. Levy, former e\'e-1 cutive director of the Dallas Jew-1 Ish Federation, has been appoint¬ ed Southern representative of the Jolht Defense Appeal of the American Jewish Committee and the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, 11 was announced by Nathan M. Ohrbach. national JDA chairman. Mr. Levy will make his headquarters at Dallas, In his new capacity, Mr. Levy will supervise all activities of the Joint Defen.se Appeal in his territory, enlisting the widest poe.sible financial support ot the Southern communities in the fight against anti-Semitism. In conducting his duties, he will make frequent appearances as a speaker l)efore U'nal B'rith lodg¬ es, temples and synagogues, con¬ ventions, canferences. welfare fund meetings and budget com mittees.
Mr. Ohrbach in hailing the new appointment to the staff of the Joint JDefense Appeal, declar¬ ed: "We are fortunate to have obtained the services of Mr. Levy, who combines a broad background nf experience In Jewish affairs with an acute un¬ derstanding of the problems fac¬ ing American ,/ewry. He wlli add expert leadership In enlist¬ ing support for the agencies en- ^ged In combatting anti-Seml- tlsrh at a time which particularly calls for the utmost effort.
^'Although we have won the war In Europe and Japan, and destroyed'the external threat to our country, we still have the same fight to win In the United States.
"The war on the home front requires men highly trained and skilled in the techniques of com¬ batting religious and racial bigo¬ try. Men who know the anti- Semites for what they are. Men who can unleash the power ot printed and spoken word-weap¬ ons of truth and decency for our protection. For In our midst, our Internal enemies are seek¬ ing to undermine our American way of life.
"Mr. Levy will bring this message to all the people of the South and also this simple trath: 'Anti-Semitic hate propa¬ ganda endangers America and the freedom of every Ameri¬ can'."
The new Southern representa¬ tive df the Joint Defenes Appeal has long been associated with many outstanding activities In civic and social welfare circles. For over 50 years, he has been a member of the B'nai B'rith Or¬ der. In recognition of his half- century active membership, the Destroyer Escort No. 406 was serviced in his honor by the Or¬ der. As a further tribute to his faithful service to the Dallas Jewish community, the Dallas B'nai B'rith lodge furnished and dedicated the foyer of McKlnney Hospital In his honor.
Mr. Levy once worked for the famous old New York World as
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a reporter, it was then that he began his study and survey of muolclpal government of the leading cities jn the United Sta¬ tes. Which won tangible recogni¬ tion in his- appointment to the post of City Mlanager of Denver. Leaving Denver, he founded and published in Pittsburgh a news¬ paper called "The Spectator", and also served a.s efficiency chief of that city.
Mr. ijevy Is a noted author, his work iricludlng; "Standardiza¬ tion, A New Fetish", "The Effi¬ ciency of City Government". "Economics Versus Politics". He Is also the author of many mono¬ graphs, Including "Economics", "Municipal Government", "In¬ dustrial Planning", "City Plan¬ ning".
Besides all these activities, he has won a high place in Jewish welfare life as a former execu¬ tive director of the Jewish Fed¬ eration for Social Service In Dal¬ las, a post that he held for 10 years. He was also a member of the local board ot managers and later a national trustee of the National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives at Denver; an^ national director of the National Jewish Home for Jewish Chil¬ dren at Denver; national trustee of the Leo M. Levi Memorial Hospital, at Hot Springs, Ark¬ ansas: past president, Texas State Conference of B'nai B'rith; and presently as secretary tor the past nine years ot the Dai- las B'nai B'rith Lodge.
In his devotion to religious, so¬ cial welfare and community problems, Mr. Levy continues a long family tradition. His father, the Rev. S. Levy, served his congregation for 49 years. His brother, the Rev. Dr. J. Leonard Levy ot Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, has also won dis¬ tinction as a member of the Rab¬ binate.
Call th« Obioalsl* fQT yonr next prlnltiit Job. On voik l> dlsUsottn. yet rduontble Is Mit, AO, I8M,
NEW YORK (JPSl-Dr. Emil Sommerstein, President of the Jewish Central Committee ot Po¬ land, has acpepted the Invitation ot Dr. Stephen S. Wise and Dr. Nahum Goldman to visit the United States soon under the auspices ot the World Jewish Congress.
A. B. C. Not Guilty Of Censorship
NEW YORK (JPS)—Censor¬ ing an attack on the Dartmouth College quota system, out of a "Jergen's Journal" radio pro¬ gram script, was the work of the Lennen and Mitchell advertising agency ot New York, and not the American Broadcasting Com¬ pany, as originally believed, it was revealed here
In a statement Issued here, the American    Broadcasting
ot permitting freedom of expres¬ sion to Its commentators and any censorship would be contrary to this policy. There was no men¬ tion, in the script submitted to the American Broadcasting Com¬ pany, of Dartmouth College's al- 1 e g e d discrimination against Jews".
IMMIGRATION BAN
CHICAGO (JPS)—The Illinois
Veterans of Foreign Wars, at a
convention here, called for cut-
Com-1 ting of all immigration Into the
pany stated that It "has a policy' United States.
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