Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1946-08-02

              3J\Q^ Serving Colurobus and Centra! Ohio Jewish Community \\7A\K
Vol. 24, No. .10
COI/UMBITS, OHIO, PRIDAV, AUGUST 2, 1046
Dtvolsd  lo AmitlcM •nd Jnlih  Idull
Strictly-Confidential
TIdblta From Eve?y^*here By Phlneus J. Biron
Guest  Cohiniijlst,  Pierre  Van Panssen
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Our good friend Pierre -van Paassen has generously consented to pinch hit for us this week. His exclusive story why he wrote his lat¬ est best-seller, "Earth Could Be Fair" Is a personal docu¬ ment of real Interest... We give you Pierre van Paas¬ sen  P. J. B.
"MY FATHFrRLAND 18 WHEKEVER LIBERTY 18 THREATENED"
by Pierre van Paassen j
.In the writing of "Earth ^ Could Be Fair" there has been no attempt to propagate or de¬ fend any cause or idea, unles^ it Is an ideal to deal with the only cause I can recognize, con¬ science.
I have sought In a simple manner to picture the life of a generation my own generation, which began tranquilly enough in the mellow atmosphere of the turn of the last century and which ends In the years, rr passing over us, years of'chal¬ lenge and of tumult that try the souls /Of men. I give the story of my school-fellows, and show how some of them waged the struggle,;of ft;ee raen.for the ?Tilhaylh'gtfatnerltodiwhidh Is be-' .ypiid the land ,¦ of bur, blrthi" * -.';, Yet "Earth -eoufd'Be Fair" v'ls'not-a -war booki although the war, • Inevitable; obtrudes here 'and there on the story. Faolng open-ey6d- all the dangers this Involves, some of these boys and men I knew would rather and actually did rather repudiate life than the leadings of the spirit. This was the case With Ary Brandt, the burgomaster's son, with David Dalmadeh, the Jewish charity student, with (Continued on Page Eight)
J. W. V, Commander Appeals to Truman
, Maxwell Cohen, National Com¬ mander of the Jewish War Vet¬ erans of the United Stales, this week wired President Truman as follows:
"Latest reports state you are urged by your representative to accept British Federation gcheme for Palestine, and agree Immigration ot lOO,000 homeless Jews be dependent on accept¬ ance of plan. Inconceivable to us, Mr. President you would agree to such complete reversal of v. S. policy as enunciated and reiterated by Cbngress and by yourself. Use of 100,000 human beings as hostages to force ac¬ ceptance of this scheme, ajSpears to us not only heartless and In¬ human, but ignominous sur¬ render position taken by you our onetime commander-in- chief. We urge you stand by position you have repeatedly enunciated which has support of Congress and American peo¬ ple and upon which hundred of thousands of people have built hopes for future. We respect¬ fully urge policy previously en¬ unciated be carried out, and not go down in history as Just another  promise."   ¦
E. M. Englander, local post commander, urges all Columbus Jewish veterans as well as members of the community to sehd telegrams to the presldeht supporting the. position of Na¬ tional Headquarters J. W. V.
A. J. Committee Sends Kepresentatives To Peace Conference
NEW YORK (WNS)—The American Jewish Committee an¬ nounced that four ot its repre¬ sentatives would submit t h e committee's proposals tor hum¬ an rights and provisions for their enforcement to the twen- ey-one-natlon peace conference opening In Paris this week.
The committee's representa¬ tives consist of its president, Jpseph M. Proskauer, former State Supreme Court Justice; Jacob Blaustein, executive com¬ mittee, chairman; Philip Forman, United States District Dr. Simon Segal, associate director Court Judge, Trenton, N. J., and of the foreign affairs department of the organization.   .
The committee's recommenda¬ tions call tor including in the treaties to be signed with Bul¬ garia, Hungary, Italy and Ru¬ mania basic civil-liberty and anti-discrimination guarantees. They urge the tWenty-one na¬ tions at the conference to rec¬ ognize that "It Is Indispensable from the point of view of en¬ during peace and international order to eliminate racial, relig¬ ious and national discrimina¬ tion."
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iaUNiCH (WNS)—For calling an officer of the military govern¬ ment 'a dirty Jew", an Ameri¬ can military court has sentenced Karl Gopfort, a municipal coun¬ cillor at Rosenheim, Bavaria, to one year's imprisonment and the payment of a $500 tine. Gopfort was found guilty of "attempt¬ ing to infringe authority of the military government and. mak¬ ing mean and libellous insinua-
Anglo-American Cabinet Palestine Plan "Act of Treachery," Says Dr. Silver
Conference On Palestine Situation Stirs Speculation
PARI8 (WNS)—British Prime Minister Clement R. Attle and Secretary ot State James F. here on the Palestine situation during which, it is believed, con¬ siderable time was devoted to the new British partition pro¬ posal.
Although Mr. Byrnes declined" to disclose the nature of the con¬ ference, it was recalled here that pi ior to his departure for Paris the Secretary of State held a conference -with Secre- lar of War Patterson and  Sec-
NE\V YORK (WNS)—Dr. Ab¬ ba Hillel Silver, Chairman of the Executive Committee ot the American Zionist Emergency, Council and President of the Zionist Orgartlation of America, attacked the , "Federalization Plan", recommended to the American and British Govern¬ ments by the Anglo-American Cabinet Committee on Palestine, as a "conscienceless act of trea¬ chery, dooming the helpless Jewish survivors in Europe to furthei death and humiliation and dtlving the Jews of Pales¬ tine to further desperation."
Speaking for the entire IZIon- 1st moverftent In the United States—the Zionist Organization of Am.erica, Hadassah, Mizrachl and Poale Zion—Dr. Silver de¬ nounced as "revolting" and "im¬ moral' the Cabinet Committee's
ANNOUNCE NEW FIVE-YEAR pIjAn fob BIRO-BIDJAN
. MOSGO'W (WNS)—More than eifedO.OOD riibles, or apteoidnjate- ir «I;300;oOO,"?(vin •ljefBi)ent?«>i-: iniinicipa] improvemeiits-iii the Jewish autonomous region of -Blro-Bld3an during the next five years. It was annuonced here.,At the same time the Jew¬ ish physicians In BIro-Bldjan Is¬ sued an urgent appeal for ad¬ ditional medical books and sci¬ entific  periodicals.
tlons as to the racial ancestry of an officer ot the military government."
Kappa Tau Zeta Fraternity Contributes to Jewish Center
American Cabinet Committee 1!?'^.^'°". ° and that, following the session, the three Secretaries met with President Truman at the White House. Mr. Byrnes also cen¬ tered with Henry F. Grady, who represented the State Depart¬ ment at the (Cabinet Commltee's talks at which the new par¬ tition  plan  was  developed.
The result ot the secret talk between the British Prime Min¬ ister and the American Secre¬ tary of State may evidence it- eelf thla week; when the'House .dftCoaiMops ,is ..expectea'tb: dfe^ hartevth^'I^testhte^i-iiiifeSUph. ¦ *¦';""
' '   BejD.Cinrloii^Deiabiinces White Paper
~ David Ben GlJrlon, chairman of the Jewish Agency executive declared here at a press confer¬ ence that the telegrams referred to in Britain's recent White Paper on Palestine were not authentic and that the Agency was planning to counter the British paper with a "Black Book" on British "violence" and "terrorism" In Palestine. Point¬ ing out that of the. eight tele¬ grams mentioned In the White Paper "only onS contains, tlie names of the sender and the ad¬ dressee," he asked: "If the Brit¬ ish Government knows who sent and who received the other seven, why do they not con¬ tain the names?" "While de- (Continued dn Page Eight)
100,000 homeless European Jews to Palestine, first urged almost a year ago - by President Truman and unan¬ imously recommended as an Im¬ mediate step by the Anglo-Amer¬ ican Committee of Inquiry, be made "conditional" on the adop¬ tion of the "federalization" pro- posal.
"In plain English, this means that   100,000   lielplesB   refugees are to be used as hostages by Britain and the, United States    . in ordei.!.,ito5; extort JErpm tlittV,- 'JewlWTedpfti ;-acceptance "'¦ot.'S^.'. i^bHticai:-'fdmuiWlon.-:-whjlvch^^^^^ clearly ' rlepiitltafes' every: ihtei"''' national  commitment made  to   ¦ tlie Jewish people with respect to Palestine a forraulater which the government concerned sure¬ ly  know  the  Jewa  cannot  ac¬ cept," Dr. Sliver said.
ON THE MESSAGE OF ISRAEL PROGRAM
Dr. Allan Tarshish, Rahbl of Beth Israel Congregation, Haz- elton Pennsylvania, will deliver a radio address on the "Mes¬ sage of Israel" Program, Sun¬ day, August 4th, at 10 A. M. EDST over the America ij Broad¬ casting Company Network. Hjs subject will be "The Amazing Power of Prayer".
The Ritual Service will he conducted by the ministry and choir of Central Synagogue, New York City.
Over 300 Servicemen Have Not Returned Information Records
More than 300 discharged Jewish Servicemen of Colum¬ bus have thus far not complied with the request for informa¬ tion required on the War Re¬ cord Report which are now be¬ ing prepared for the Ohio War History Commission and the Jewish Welfare Boajd along with the files of tht Jewish community.
Allan Tarshish, the ciairman ot War Recorrls, uln' nas this resppnsibiiitx- urges Immediate attention ti this important mat ter.
If for s me reason the forms, have beei -misplaced or lost, the World \'ar H veterans are advised eithe. ii - ill AD.-'6195, or drop a card to All. Tarsh ish, 21 E. StiSte St., Cu.u.. 'ms, 15, Ohio.
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Dr.   Tarshish   Is   a   cousin   of Allan Tarshish <if Columbu , 0.
(FroiU'loft to right)  past   jjresident   Mel   Greenfjeld;   President  GoVdoii   Schlffman
and Suinuel Summer.
On Wednesday, Jujy 24th, members ot the Kappa . Tau Zeta Fraternity presented to General Chairman Saniuel N. Summer a clieok for $210.00 a&, their coptiibutlon to the new J-ewlsh Center wWch is to be erected Ih Columbus as soon aa necasaaiT materials are availa¬
ble. A sum ot over $422,000 was' recently raised here for this project with approximately 900 contributing In a clty-wlde ef¬ fort.
The ICappe Tau Zeta Fratern. Ity was organized June 5, 1041 with Bd Freundllch, Pres.; Har¬
ry Kohn, Sec'y.; and Fred Wechsler, Treag. present offi¬ cers of the social organization are: President, Gordon Schlff¬ man; Vice-President, Dick Neus- tadtj Secretary, Leonkrd. Ozer¬ off; Tr^BUrer. Jim Neustadt; Historl/i, Dick Soskin.
Jewish Center Building Fund Pledges
Collection of pledges to tho Jewish Center Build¬ ing F'und Is now 'being handled In the-office of the United Jewish Fnnil, 150 East Brond Street, Colunibiu 15, Ohio.
Please make checks payable to J. S. Resler, Treas¬ urer, Jowlsb Center Bnlldlng Fnnd, and mail to ISO East Broad  Street,  Cofombus  15,  Ohio.
Telephone MA, 4833
SAMUEL N. SUMMER, General Chairman
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