Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1947-08-22

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Vol. 25, No. 33
COLUMBUS, OHIO, FRIDAY, AUGUST  22,  1947
Devoted to American and  Jewish  Ideals
Strictly Confidential
Tidbits  From  Everywhere By ihtineas J. Blron
UNFOiu;iirrABLE shame...
the Embassy of the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia at Wa.lhlngton has Just issued a slender, paper-covereti white book under the title '"The Case of Archbishop Stepinac"...lt tells the story of the 80,000 Jews in Yugoslayla, of whom 60,000 were killed, the gi'eat majority in Croatia.. .The' Yugoslavian Government officially charges that these Incredible atrocities were "committed with the full knowledge and active support of one part of the Roman hierarchy in Croatia. Archbishop Steplnac was the respon.<;lbIe head of that hierarchy"... .Th e elaboratley documented book quotes ex¬ cerpts fi'om Steplnac's official newspaper approving Hitler's atrocities against the Jews and inciting the Croatlons to exter¬ minate the Jews in their land.. These are facts, and should make certain American gentlemen of the Jewish faith shudder...'We refer to the gentlemen who ap¬ pealed to the United Nations in behalf of Steplnac...
WATCH STOCKHOLM. ..
The intensified anti-Semitic campaigns In Argentina, Mexi CO, South Africa, not to speak of England, lead experts to be¬ lieve th^t a group of Naziis has escaped to Sweden and estat)- lished an international anti-Se¬ mitic bureau in Stockholm... This Swedish headquarters of anti-Semitism seems to be in possession of a substantial por¬ tion of Julius Strelcher's artjh- (Continued on Page 8)
Hadassah Launches Membership Drive
According to the meml)ershlp committee, the local chapter of Hadassah Is going to enjoy another iranner year. Headed by Mi's. David Goldsmith, the mem¬ bership group, which al.'^o In¬ cludes Mrs. Jerome Fisher and Mrs. Maurice Levine, co-chair¬ men, and it.'; entire list of work¬ er;!, is going all out In an effort to sign up a record number of new members.
New members will be honored at a membership dinner. Wed¬ nesday, Sept. 10, at Rroatl St. Temple. Pald-Up membei's will ;ilso be guesls at this affair, which will start at 0:30 p. m.
In addition to the committee heads, the following are mem¬ bers of the membership- com¬ mittee: Me.sdamcs 1. M. Brenner. Louis Gertner, Abe Seff, Mailln i'olster, Sol Shaman, Sam 'Val¬ cov, Morrey Hleich, 'Willard Brenner, William Broner, San- fortl Llpson, Joiieph Plotnick, S. Myron Gurevitz, Maurice Sher, Louis Robins, Sam Gurevitz, Edward Emmerman, Jack Bra- hams, Abe Levln.son, Bernai'd Ruben, Max Kanter, Martin .SQijecter, Gus Reich, Burton Le¬ vitt, Moe Hirsch and Sam 'Was¬ serstrom.
Memt)ershlp applications are available from any of the above Hadassah members.
CHRONICLE READERS INVITED TO AlVnOUE E.XHIBITION
Gold, silver, copper, glassware. Jewelry and furniture of antique record,, comprising heirlooms of much worth will be exhibited In the Southern I-Iotei trallroom on .Sept. •!. 5 and (i. H. 0. Wlnter- muth will be in charge Qf the display.
Antique experts from a dozen KttUes and many citle« have al¬ ready sccuretl t»oths for the event which is alway.s attended b.y thousands of Columinis men and women. Collectors will have three field days, buylpg, selling and exchanging works of beauty.
Chronicle readers are invited to atteijd nnd participate.
Plan To Bring 25,000 DP Families. To U. S.  For Industrial Training Under Discussion
B'nai B'rith Women Show Producer Here Sunday
Leo Romberg, of Toronto. Can¬ ada, who has been producing and tiirccting hit musical produc¬ tions in that city for many years
NEVV VORK (JTA) —Details of a plan to bring to the United Stalas Ihou.sands of di.s-placed persons from iSurnpe and train (hem a.s IndustrhTl workers in Quoddy Village, Maine, for later Immigration to permanent homes in Latin American coun¬ tries,  were  revealed  at a  press
mforencc   here   this   week   by
and   who   last  yc.-ir  brought   to j (.-.-nnk Cohen, New York ,lewlsh
NAMED SHMOOS CHIEF Lou Berliner has been named Director of Publlchy tor tho National B'nal B'ritb Bowling Congress for llM7-4a Thla announcement came trom national B. B. headquar¬ ters.
B.B.Y.M. SPONSOR LABOR DAY CONVENTION
Columbus EMwln J. Schanfar¬ ber Chapter No. 74 B'nal B'rith Young Men Invitational Labor Day Conventlon-Tournament will take place on Saturday, Sun¬ day and Monday, August 30, 31, and Sept. 1, it was .announced this week.
Included in the socjal program for the tournanient are an Ice¬ breaker-mixer at the Hotel Fort Hayes on Saturday nite, a moon¬ light Hayrlde-Barn Dance at Oak Grqvp Park on Sunday nite, aofl on konday nite a huge Con¬ vention Banquet with guest speakers at which time new chapter officers will be installed. This is to be followed by a big Convention Dance with Earl Hood and his Orchestra in the Gold- Boom of the. Hotel Ft. Hayes.
Athletic events will consist of elimination toumamenta in soft-
bail, track ahd tennis to be run off Sunday and Monday morn¬ ings and afternoons at the Bex¬ ley School  Fields.
BBYM teams and representa¬ tives are expected to attend from Dayton, Cincinnati, Den¬ ver, St. Louis, Indianapolis, Louisville, South Bend, Cleve¬ land, Lorain, Youngstown and Akron.
.Pictured aboye are the chair- ¦Vnen for the convention. They include left to right seated; Sam Komessar, Athletic; Kenny Solo¬ mon, Dating; Si Sokol, General Chairman; Bob Rosenthal, Pub¬ licity; Marvin Franklin, Trans¬ portation. Left to rlgnt standing Bob Bender, Housing; Philip Beckman, Transportation; and Charley Young, Athletic. Not shown are Gil Zlsenwine, So¬ cial and Arnold Levinstein, Athletic.
Bryden Rd. Temple In Membership Campaign
Al a meoling of the Memlwr- ship Committee of Templo Is; rael, held Tue.sday evening, Aug¬ ust 12, at the.Temple, a member¬ ship campaign was Inaugurated. Rudolph Stern, Chairman, pi-o- posed that a record number of new inembers be brought into the Temple as the "Rabbi Folk- man Class", in making his pro- po.sal, he said."i ciin think of no finer tribute to our new Rabbi than to present him with a large group of new members who enter the 'Temple at the same time that his ministry l5e- glns. 1 would like to see a 'Rabbi Foikman Class' of record propor¬ tions. It would be a fine thing if a picture of this Clasp together with the picture of Rabbi Folk- man could be presented to him on the occasion of his formal in¬ stallation as our Rabbi on Sept. 26. This would be a con.stant re¬ minder to him of an eloquent tribute to the leadership h e brings to our community." The proposal was enthusiastically and unanimously adopted by the Membership Committee. Rabbi Foikman responded briefly.
Mr. Stern announced the ap¬ pointment of the following ad¬ ditional members to augment the committee:"
Leonard Kohn, Herbert Wise, Sid Levoff, Morton Gumble and Ben Neustadt.
Dr. William Engeiman, Co- chairman of the Membership Committee, stated, "I hope that all parties Interested in either joining or getting information with regard to Tempie Israel will feel free to call Rabbi Folkman."
At the close of the meeting the Chairman was host at a so¬ cial period during which re¬ freshments were servfed.
Coiumhus. through Ihe medium of tho B'nal Brith Women, hi,- spectacular musical show, "Pack Up Your Trebles", will arrive In Colnmbu.s this Sunday. The H'nai Hrilh Women will proscnt, early In November .innthor Rtnn- licrg production. "Aw;iko and Swing", and Mr. Romberg will rom.-iin in Ihc clly for the ondic week, beginning tomorrow, to consult and advise .lorry Gro¬ din. dlroctor of the new show, as  to f.-isting anil direction.
Final casting for solo ,nnd fea¬ tured musical and comedy rolo.s will take place while Mr. Rom¬ berg is horo, ami all tho.se in- torestc^l in being a part of this entertaining vcntui'e Into show ¦business are urged to attend the Sunday rehear.sal, which Is to begin at 2 p. m. lis not too late to Join the choi-us, or to .sign up for the man.v dancing special¬ ties which will be required in the show, and to date no final casting has been made of solo musical or comedy parts. Those desiring to be in an outstand¬ ing amateur musical pi^oductlon are asked to come out Sunday for the rehearsal. While Mr. Romberg Is In Columbus, re¬ hearsals will be held dally, and the cast is asked to try to take in as many of the rehearsals ar possible, in order to tienefit from the presence in our midst of the producer.
NEW   DEPT. HEAD  NAMED POR  TEMPLE  ISRAEli RELIGIOUS SCHOOL
FINAL NOTICK ON NBW YEAR GREETINGS
Next Friday, Augui^t 2»th, win be the .last day we will accept personal New Yoar greetings which are to appear | tn the Chronicle's 25th Anni¬ versary niagoxlne edition tori the High Holidays.
The cost Is small — $2.00; and It Is convenient, digni¬ fied, modern and elfeoUve.
Tho Chronicle New Year! Issne will reach the Jewish homes of Columbpa and Cen¬ tral Olila on Monday, Sept. Wtb.
Mrs. M. J. Papurt, Principal of the Temple Israel Religious School, has announced the ap¬ pointment of Mr. Ezra 'Vogel as Director of Audlo-'Visual Educa¬ tion  for the Religious School.
Mrs. Papurt said, "There are many splendid materials avail¬ able in motion picture and trans¬ cription form. It is the policy of the Temple Israel Religious School to use these modern aids to education as fully as ¦possible. We f«el that the ap¬ pointment ot Mr. 'Vogel as our Director of Audlo-'Visual Educa¬ tion is a historli; step In the his¬ tory of Jewish education."   '
The newly appointed direc¬ tor will be charged with the responsibility of coordinating audio-visual aids to jewdsh edu¬ cation in the class-room and as¬ sembly activity at Tempie Israel.
SWEDEN CONSIDERING LAW WHICH  COULD CURB ANTI-SteMITISM
STOCKHOLM (JTA) — T h e Minister of Justice this week told the Swedish -Parliament that the government Is consid¬ ering a law which would be ap¬ plicable to anti-Semitic propa¬ ganda.
The government will not pro¬ pose that Parllment pass a spec¬ ial law against group hatred, He said, adding that "you have to fight anti-Semitism chiefly by the use of widespread, sei^ lous information.
industrialist, who is the promo¬ ter of the plan.
The plan, Mr. Cohen said, pro¬ vides for ftocurlng temporary U. .S. vi.sas for 2!),0(I0 DP families, of whom eighty-five percent will he .lew.s and fifteen percent Crooks and Czechs, it is planned to bring in S.OOO familioK this year at the rate of 1,000 per month and later accelerate the rate nf immigration to bring in Ihe remaining 20,000 families by June, Ifl-lS. Family unlls will consist of hu.sliands, wives and tholr children only.
The displaced persons are to be selected on the basis of their willingness to settle in Argen¬ tina, Uruguay and Brazil, where thoy will obtain permanent resi¬ dence anti work in loCal indus¬ tries under an arrangement reached by Mr. Cohen with the respective governments of these countries. Thoy will enter the United States for a period of six to nine jnpnths, after Which they will leave for South Amer-' lea. -
"The criteria for selection of DP's shall be their desire and aptitude, their physical and mental fitness for a vocation in the South American countries, either as farmer, dairyman or cattle raiser, a.s mechanic, car¬ penter plumber or printer, as nurse, doctor, pharmacist, as chemical, electrical or mechani¬ cal engineer, as worker in shoe, clothing, shirts, sweaters, hosi¬ ery and leather Industries or as worker In fish and meat can¬ nery, Jam and candy Industry," Mr. Cohen said, adding: "A task force of 500 families shall be admitted at once to prepare Quoddy for the first 1,000 fam¬ ilies, it shall be set up as a skeleton unit which the future arrivals shall fill in." Tromnn Offers His Support; State Department WUI Grant VIsoH A special meeting of President Truman and the Senators from Maine, who are sponsoring the project, wae held in the White House and the President gave his approval and offered his sup¬ port, Mr. Cohen reported. "The Preaident agreed to issue a di¬ rective to urge and hasten the cooperation of all govertunent departments and has designated an administrative secretary tor this purpose," he said.
Mr. Cohen emphasized that "the State Department wlU furn¬ ish the visas for entrance either as transit, qr for trainees" and will also giv? its active support before all other government de¬ partments. It haa appointed a special deputy for this purpose, Mr. Cohen revealed.
Meetings have also been held with high officel's of the Army which Is to be responsible for the transferring of the displaced families. According to Mri Co¬ hen, arrangements are being- made for the Secretary of War to Instruct the occupation au¬ thorities to push the project, 'Continued on Page S)
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