Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1947-06-27

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Vol. 2.1, No. 2,'5
COLUMBUS, OHIO, PRIDAY, JUNE, 27, 1»47
Devoted to American and Jewtsh Ideala
United Jewish Fund Drive At "CnuasA" Point, Needs All-Out Push For Success
Chairman Roth Reviews Campaign To Date; Calls
For Top Effort Now On The part Of Men's
Women's and Junior Divisions
United Service Assures Government American Jewry Will Provide Care and Adjustment of Refugees, Head pf Agency Tells UJA Leaders
A clear commitment to the Feileral Government that Amer¬ ican Jew.s will provifle for the care and adju.stment of refugee.^ aflmitled lo tiii.s country i.s one nf tlie major re.sponsibllitie.s wiiicii leaders throughout the coUnlr,v are posing lo their com¬ munities this weelt in the emer¬ gency drive for the United .Jew¬ ish Appeal following the U,IA national conference at Werners¬ vllle,  Pa.
The leaders brought word from the conference that the Governfnent'.s favorable policy toward atlmission ot refugee.s and (lisplacetl per.sons was based largely On thesie assurances and on the record of good, adjust¬ ment df immigrants resulting from the program of United Ser¬ vice for New Americans, .sup¬ ported By the $170,000,000 U.IA campaign.
The vital importance of main¬ taining the full program of llnited Service had been present¬ ed to them by Edwin Rosenberg, President of the agency, who pointed out that the success of this work "has a direct beaTlhg on the fate and future of hun- dretfs of thousands of displaced persons."
"Clear commitments have tieen made, to the Federal Govern¬ ment from the White House down," IMr. Rosenberg declared, "that Jewish immigrants will l>e cared for by the Jewish Com¬ munity, that these people will not require public assistance, and, even more, that they will be helped con.structively to be¬ come well-adjusted in the short- (Continued on Page 8)
Local Men To Attend 50th Annual Zionist Convention
The following delegates and alternates were elected by the Columbus Zionist District to represent it at the 50th Annual Convention of the Zionist Org¬ anization of America .which is taking place at the Penn.syl¬ vania Hotel in New York City from  July  3rd  to  (ith.
Delegates: Dr. D. W. Aliram- son, M. Chanis, Wm. GivJBts, Geo. Goodman, Ruben Green¬ berg, Henj, Grossman, i-larry Schwartz.
Alternates: Harry Beckman, Wm. Glvets. Geo. Goodman, Reuijen Greenberg, Benj, Gross¬ man, Harry Schwartz.
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The Ohio .fcwish Chronicle
Offensive Hotel Adv. To Disappear In Illinois
Degree Team Of Zioh Lodge Receives Ovation At Zanesvilie Meeting
Allan Tarshish, niemlier ot the General Committee of Dis¬ trict 2 IVnai Brith, Insta.lled the new officers of Zanesvilie li'nai Brith Lodge'and Women's Aux¬ iliary, and also delivered the principal address at the dinner meeting held last Sunday at Zanesvilie, Ohio, Gihon Lodge, a,s the Zanesvilie Lodge is of- fi<!laily known, is one ot tlie oldest in District No. 2, B'nai B'rith.
Zion Lodge 62 degree team composed of the following, Aar¬ on M. Neustadt, Jay Prlgosln, Burt Levitt, Leon Friedman, Don Snider anci Allan Tarshish, were present to initiate the new membership class. Each member of the tSam performed in a masterful fashion with true eloquence.
The meeting was held at the Itlle Hour Country Club «nd was well attended by groups representing everj^ element in the community.
A tine, sumptuous repast was served prior to the induction ceremonies, Folloiying the cere¬ monies, the outgoing President of Glhon Lodge, Joe Geltand, held a reception at his home to 'Which Mr, Neustadt and the Degree Team members were also Invited.
CHICAGO-r-Offensive "restric¬ ted" and "Gentile only" phrases wiii disappear from hotel and resort advertising in Iliinoi.s— because hotel operators want It that way.
Taking'positive action in what is long a sore spot of social dis¬ crimination, tile Board of Direc¬ tors of the Illinois Hotel As.so- ciation, representing approxi¬ mately 300 hotels and resorts, has unanimously adopted a resolution, assailing discrimina¬ tory practices on the grounds of religion or'creed.
The resoiulion, announced by J. A. Jones, vice president of the Hotel Sherman and a board member of the association, reads:
"He It resolved that the Board of Dineptors of the Illinois Ho¬ tel Association strongly recom¬ mends to the membership of this associaiion that t)iey do not discriminate because of re¬ ligion or creed in performing their service to the American public.
The resolution was released by Harold Lachman, chairman of the Chicago Ixiard ot directors of the AntiiDefamation League of B'nai B'rith. League spokes¬ man hailed It as "a step In the right direction."
It is understood that the American Hotel Association is considering a similar declara¬ tion to cover all hotels and re¬ sorts.
Announce Winners Of Declamation Contest
The Second Annual llelirew Declamation contest l>y Ihe pu¬ pils of tho Columbus lieiirew Scliool look place last Tuesday eveninK. .Iune '2llh at the He¬ brew school auditorium. Rablii L. Grcenwaiil, Mr. Julius Itaker and i^lr. Robert Mellman were the judges. The ivreeyoh So¬ ciely provided the prizes in the amount of $.'!5.00. The following were the winners of prizes In the contest: Junior Groui)—Mar¬ tin Brody, First Prize, .$5.00; Larry Berman, Second Prize, $4.00; Rosle Gefan, Third Prize, «3.00; Gilbert Davis, Fourth Prize, .$1.50 and Jerry Cooper, Fifth   Prize,  $1.50.
Intermediate Group—Sanford Bloom, First Prize, $8.00; Rhoda Lee Solomon, Second Prize, $6.00; Lee Yahr, Third Prize, $'1.00 and Herbert Greff, Fourth Prize,  $2.00.
Greetings were extended liy Dr. Max P, Kanter, president of the Hebryw Schixji, and Mrs. Jack Schilling, president of the Ivreeyoh Society.
Mrs. Jack Schilling, president of tlie Ivreeyoh Society and Mr. Daniel Harristm, principal of the Hebrew School formally acknowledge tlieir grateful ap¬ preciation to Messrs. Harry and Max Silversteln of the Colum¬ bus Pipe and ISciuipment Com¬ pany for their generous gift lo the l-iei>rew School of two elec¬ tric drinking fountains, In mem¬ ory of Iheir father, the late Kl'ed Silvertstein.
TKlAi INITKl) ;iKWI,SH Fl'.NO OF  POTKNTIAI,  GIVEK.S
AN   APOliOGY
Due to an oversight, the an¬ nouncement ot the unveiling In memory of the late Samuel Mai-ks was omitted from the Jupe 13tK Issue of the Chron¬ icle. The ceremony took place at the Ahavas Sholein Cemetery on Sunday, June 15lh with Bab¬ bl Julius Baker officiating.
Mrs. Marksi and children, do¬ nated $100.00 tor an Inscription In memory of their httsband and father In the Golden Book ol the Jewish National Fund.
That the next few weeks are "crucial" in tho IMT United Jewish Fund Campaign now In iirogre.ss was I his week stressed ily the leaders of tho drive which this .year are determined to raise $725,000, the largest i|uota in the history of Columbus Jew¬ isb community. Harry I!. Roth, Campaign (iMiairman, issued an urgent call to all workers in Ihe various divisions to make an all-out  drive to bring  this  year's  goal   within  sight.
"Tile campaign must not lag now at all costs", Roth empha¬ sized. "Our goal is attainahlc. Every worker must go forth today to make his or her greatest effort in the drive to secure the money needed to put us over the top", i^oth staled.  —— , Full confidence that Colum¬ bus .lewry would not betray its res))onsil)iiity was expressed hy Abe A. Wolnian, Campaign Or¬ ganization Chairman, who stat¬ ed "Our workers owe it' to the joi) they began so well on bejialf of .Ihe greatest emergency uf our people overseas. 1 am sure Ihey will give it the addi¬ tional time required to assure the success of this years drive," Wolman  concluded.
Accordmg to Campaign head- <iuarlers. hundreds of prospects stili remain to be seen. "The drive conductet] in response to the desperate cries tor help by our brethren in Europe will not be a success if known givers have remained unaoiicited. Every card covered means a life saved. The Chronicle wants to a.ssure its reatlers that the grim nee- ccssity of the present ail-out push is not a publicity stunt... it is. unfortunately, all too real. Lives hang in the balance. Every dollar donated is an al¬ mighty mes'senger for good. Every dollar will soften the hardships and suicidal sorrow- of .some feliow-Jew. if ever we rallied to an emergency, now must be that time. The Jewish heart must stili humanize mis¬ fortune and must continue as the deep mural fountain of Jew-' ish life. Our lirothers shout tor liread and life. Do we not hear them';
It you know of someone who ha.s not given heretofor to the Cnltcil .IkwInIi Fund anil sUouUl he added lo (he long list of donoi's, send his or her name (o runipaign heiKhiiiarters at t-'id K.  Brond St.    '
An appeal for help In this dl- vecilon Wiis Issued this week hy eanipiUgn leaders a.i they pressed plans to carry the so* licitittion to every member of (he local Jewisli community.
B'nai B'rith Young Men Plan A Summer Stag Affair
Junior Hadassah Pledge Party Saturday Evening
A weiner roast tyill be given this Saturday evening, June 28, 1947, honoring those mem¬ bers' of Junior Hadassah who have subscribed as Pledges tor the  past  fund-raising  affair.
Working with Estelle Covel, Pledge Chairman will be Thel¬ ma Swartz and Thelma Zisen- wln§. . '
All pledges and their friends will meet at Schonthal Center, 7:30 P. M. and transportation has been arranged to Y-Park where a fiill evenings entertain ment  has been scheduled.
With the advent of summer the E. J. ..Schantarlier chapter of H'nal U'rith Young Men geared ita five-fold program to full production. Its summer pro^ gram wiii lie inaugurated with a "bang", the loud explosion iio¬ ing a stag for members only on Wednesday night al the Broad Street Temple, commencing at K o'clock.
Under the chairmanship of "ike" Cohen, the social commit¬ tee lias promised plenty of re¬ freshments. In addition, there will be a card parly and oilier entertainment.
Plans are also being formu¬ lated for an all-day picnic and hayride, and a mwmlight swim¬ ming party, to he held sometime in  the  immediate  future.
A regional convention will be held at Dayton on July 12 and 13, where athletic and social events are scheduled to take place. In the last regional con¬ vention, the Columbus chapter walked off With all the athletic honors.
,I.D.C. COOPERATIVJB OPENS TEXTILE FACTORY IN BRATISLAVA
RADIO BROADCAST
The "Lest We Forget" series will be broadcast over Radio Station WOSU every Prlday^ af¬ ternoon at 4:15, an^. also Satur¬ days at 6:30 P. M., It was aft- nounced this week.
BRATISLAVA (JTA)—A Jew¬ ish cooperative textile factory established by the Joint Distri¬ bution Committee has been opened here.
Moses A. Leavltt, executive I vlce-chalrihan of the J.D.C, who ' Is now In Czechoslovakia, at^ tended the opening ceremony. Local government officials at the dedication pledged full sup¬ port to the, Jews' efforts at ecbnomic rehabilitation. Mr. Lea¬ vltt also visited various local Jewish Institutions.
Sweden Promises To Curb Flood of Anti- Semitic Propaganda
The Swedish Government, through Acting Minister of Jus¬ tice Quensel and Secretary of Stale Lindell, has assured the American Jewish Committee that it will do everything In its power to stop the worldwide flow of vicious Nazi propagan¬ da emanating from that country, according to a cable received to¬ day (Jun? 19) by the'* A.J.C. from David Bernstein, Commit¬ tee representative now in Stock¬ holm.
Mr. Bernstein, who waa form¬ erly adviser to Presidents Man¬ uel Quezon and Sergio Osmena of the Philippines, cabled that the Swedish Cabinet officials' promised to take immediate steps to Investigate the Circula¬ tion of anti-Semitic literattire from' Sweden by Elnar Aberg, former Swedish Army officer, who Is mailing hate literature from, Norrvtken, Sweden. "The Swedish Government points out that its constitution and laws make   speedy   action   cUfflcult,
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