Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1922-06-30

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COLUMHUS, OHIO, .lUNI^: 30, 1922
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U. OF A. H. C. TO SPEND $620,000 DURINGNEXTYEAR
Building   of  Proposed   Students'
Dormitory at H. U. C. to
Begin Shortly
GYMNASIUM ALSO
TO BE CONSTRUCTED
WELFARE  BOARD  TO
REOPEN  ITS  SCHOOL FOR CENTER WORKERS
(Special  to  Ohio Ji;wi.sh   Ciihonici.i;)
ChVCINNATI—Appro-xiinatcly .tfl20,- 000 will be spciu by thc Union of Amer¬ ican Hebrew Congregations for the inaintcnancc of its various institutions and in building activities next year.
To this will be Jiddcd a sum, as yet uiuletcrniincd, which is to be u.scd for the construction of an up-to-date fully- cquipljcd gymiia.siuni, donated by MriS. J. Walter Freiberg as a memorial to her deceased husband, J. Walter Frei¬ berg,  late prcsidcilt of thc union.
The above budget, which calls for thc largest outlay of money ever appropri¬ ated for a year's program of work by thc union was adopted at thc amjiial meeting held Sunday, June 11, at thc , Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati, Ohio, and represents a financial summary of the 'multifarious undertakings of the. largest Jewish rcligiou.s organization in this country.
Important  Decisions^
Some.of thc more important decisions arrived at during thc deliberations of the Fxecutive Board arc the authoriza¬ tion of the expenditure of not more than .'!'2-r)0,000 for the erection of. a dormi¬ tory for students at the Hebrew Union Cbllcge, the, permaiiicnt establishment of a Teachers' Institute in New' Yoi^k City, tlie calling into existence of a National Federation of Temple Brother- i hoods similar to the National Federa¬ tion of Templ.e Sisterhoods and the re- afih-tnanee of the stand taken by the special "committee and thc president of the union, in the matter of the Institute of Religion propo.sed by the Free Syn¬ agogue of New York City.
Because of the far-reachUjig effect of thc decisions made the meeting of the Executive Board was the most impor¬ tant held within the last decade. A krgc'hmiiiber'of both resident and- ouf- '''•'*'',"Pya\xiii.,mftwitea^ttiai!jftd,jin4.)iaTO,tft^^^
¦i:i£l!Zl!^ l™ORO -INVESTIGATION
NEW YORK. —The Jewish Welfare Board will again con¬ duct a training course for Jew¬ ish Center vrorkers similar to tho one which was so success¬ fully conducted by tho board in tho summer of 1921.
There are a number of vacan¬ cies at present in Y. M. H. As. and other institutions affiliated with the board and, pursuant to its policy, only men with the necessary training will' be rec¬ ommended. Tho board is now recruiting suitable men for the course, and applications are be¬ ing received at the national of¬ fice, 352 Fourth avenue. New York'City, ft is seeking pri¬ marily those who have already had some experience in Jewish communal work and have strong Jewish sympathies and who intend making social work their profession.
Sessions will be held in New York City and will begin July 31 and end September 19. In addition to ths regular students, the course will be open to others who are at present en¬ gaged in Jewish center work. There will be no charge for tuition and every effort will be made to place in positions these completing the course satisfactorily.
Prof. Julius Drachsler, who conduc'tcd the coursa last year, will again act as director, through the courtesy of the Bureau of Jewish Social Re- ssarch, of whose .staff he is a member.
Here is the second article in a series tiiat tells the dramatic and comic .story of a rich man's phobia and by whirh wc hope to do something to establish the principles of American free^ldin.
Departmental   Appropriations
Appropriations for the separate de¬ partments of.the union for the fiscal year beginning November 1, 1022, were apportioned as follows: Hebrew Union College,' $1-11,300; Department bf Syn- agague and School Extension, 405,102; Synagogue and School Extension in Metropolitan Centers, $.j3.2i)3; Exec¬ utive Board, !*1S,318; N.itional Fcdera- (Continucd on page 7)
HUGE SUM IS APPROPRIATED FOR UKRAINE
J. D. C. and American Relief Ad¬ ministration to Po-Qperate .in Great Feeding Program
$375,000 TO BE DEVOTED TO THE FEEDING OF JEWS
(Special to Ohio Jewish Chronicle) NEW YORK CITY, June 26.—Seven hundred and 'fifty thousand dollars has been appropriated by the Joint Distri¬ bution Committee for the feeding of adults in thc Ukraine, which it will do jointly with the American Relief Administration in accordance with an agreement between the two organiza¬ tions. The agreement provides that one-half of this sum, $375,000, is to be devoted exclusively to the feeding of Jiiws. The balance is for the combined work of both organizations in certain sections of the Ukraine without regard to race or religion, so that the Jews in those sections will receive their pro¬ portionate share of relief.
The adult-feeding program is to be carried on in addition to the child- feeding program, also conducted by these two organizations, and under which,the daily needs of 850,000 chil¬ dren in the Ukraine will be met by July 1st.
Principles  Agreed  Upon
The principles of the adult-feeding program were agreed upon by Secre¬ tary Herbert Hoover, chairman of the American Relief Administration, and Lewis Strauss, acting chairman of the Russian Committee of the Joint Dis¬ tribution Con'iinittee, and was developed in detail at a conference in London between Edgar Rickard and Walter Ly¬ man Brown, of the American Relief Administration and James Rosenberg and Dr. Joseph Rosen of the Joint Distribution Committee. Mr. Rickard, (Continued on page t.)
Acceptance of Mexico's Offer to Jews Urged By Israel Zangwill
It  Would Be a Crime,  He As-
.^erts, Not to Take Advantage
of Unusual Offer
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Last month wc told some of thc most important facts about Ford's persecu¬ tion of the Jews. We sliowed how closely connected it w.-is with thc per¬ secution of thc Jews carried on in this country by those Rus.sians who are at¬ tempting to get a Romanoff back on the throne. Wc described in a general way how the Ford investigators functioned like a detective agency, they being headed by a brother of Joscphus Dan¬ iels. The workings of that organiza¬ tion !ue more fully told in the present article
Since .knowing I was' to tell an inside story of Mr. Ford's doings .igainst'the Jew.s, a number of persons have asked how I got the material.
An   Easy  Question
It is an easy question, and I have no secrets.
The time is late December, 1921. The scene opens in a private dining room in a New York club. In the room are four persons,'eating together.
One is a distinguished American novelist,  tr.iveler, and comi,ncntor.
One is a Russian, let us call him Mr. M_.. who occupied one of the hi^ghest positions in the Russian government, under Prince Lyov, that followed the o\erthrow of the Tsar.
'ihe third, whom ,we may call Mr. -•v., was at thc head of the Con.stitn- I tional Government at Omsk, until, he" I was o\ erthrown by the militarists anc! ari.-,tocrats who had appointed Kolchak dictator; those who enlisted the support of our sovernmtnt, and. other govern¬ ments,   for that \vould-bc dictator.
had had any education he would not have/, fallen into a persecution-mania that ;vll over Europe -is always associ¬ ated 5,with   reaction.'
"A,Jw.iys," said Mr. M.    '
"Ajways," said Mr. A.
Tli'F^n one of these Russian statesmen proc'lcdcd to tell mc a fact. I do not suppo.sc he realized that it was large- scale'-''news." He has not a newspaper mind; I have. So when I heard this statement, the news centers in my brain begart to jump.
"I have seen," said Mr. A., "the doc- umcllhry proof, that Boris Brasol has received inoney  from Henry Ford."
WHAT FOOD COSTS IN RUSSIA
NEW YORK, June 27.—In a letter describing the joy in a Russian town over the arrival of the food packets of the A. R. A., which are sold at various agencies established by the J. D. C, the writer gives some idea of the terrific cost of food in that country. Here are a few items: Milk, 15,000 rubles a glass; flour, 75,000 rubles a pound; sugar, 200,000 rubles a pound; butter, 350,000 rubles a pound; meo-t, 85,000 rubles a pound; eggs, 25,000 rubles each; black bread, 30,000 rubies a pound; white bread, 80,000 ru¬ bles a, pound; potatoes, 10,000 rubles a pound; rice, 95,000 ru¬ bles  a pound.
The values of a food packet, based on present Russian ex¬ change,, would be 13,000,000 ru- ' bles. The J. D. C. sells them at $10'each. Kosher food packets to the value of $649,000 have been supplied through the J. D. C. since last November by per¬ sons having relatives in Russia.
AUTHOR OF SLIGHT AT NAVAL ACADEMY IS REPRIMANDED
No Attempt at Racial Discrimi¬ nation, Asserts Assistant Sec¬ retary of Navy ,,
KAPLAN ASKS THAT
MATTER BE DROPPED
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SOON TO BE MADE
(Special'to Omo Jr.wrsii Ciiroxicli;) LONDON (J. T. A.).—Israel Zang¬ will, noted Je.wish author an,d leader of tbc Jewish Territorial Organization, told the'Jewish Telegraphic .'Vgency that thc ofler of the Mexican Government to gr^nt Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe facilities for settling on the land iShould be accepted, if President Obre¬ gon's Government is "in earnest." It would be a "crime," he said, to neglect to take advantage of the ofter in view of the desperate position of the Jewish people in Russia and the Ukraine.
¦ Mr. Zangwill stated also that the Mexican offer should not be taken as a competition with Palestine, which is regarded' by Zionists as the recognized haven for homeless Jews.
Particularly   Important
The offer is particularly important, lie ' said, because the territory offered adjoins the United States, American Jews being in a position to direct the settlement. It is essential, Mr. Zang¬ will said, to establish a coinpany to de¬ velop the country along business lines, which must be backed by responsible Jewish .organization!,. Mr. Zangwill also said he was ready to come to Amer¬ ica to discuss the matter if ofhcially invited by President Obregoft 'and the American Jewish Congress.
Commenting on Mr. Zangwill's readi¬ ness to come to America, Joseph Baron¬ dess, chairman of the coininission ap¬ pointed by the Executive Commission of the American Jewish Congress to in¬ vestigate and report on the Mexican offer, he said:
Pleased  to  Learn
We are pleased to learn of Mr. Zang¬ will's statement and to know of his readiness to co-operate with the Amer¬ ican Jewish Congress with regard to this plan. It was to be expected that Mr. Zangwill would be specially interested in a plan offering new opportunities for Jewish emigration and at the proper time we - shall deem it a privilege to have the co-operation of a man of his standing and of other Jewish leaders abroad.' But we must, first of all, complete the thorough investigation of this reported offer, which we are now making, and nothing will be done by us to encourage, emigration into Mexico until after' we are fully assured of the reliability and feasibility of the plan."
naturally   enough Ford   and   his   latest
a'sks
¦ Ine   conversati falls   on   Henry va.q^ary.
"What is the matter' with him ? one of the Russians.
I undertake to reply: "He is a great manufacturer," I explain; "probably the greatest ihanufatturcr who ever lived. Rut he is not only ignorant of the world and of history, he is proud of this ignorance. He is .boastful of it, Having been a gt'eat money-maker, he ha.s been flattered and spoiled until he has decided he can understand every¬ thing without knowing anything.   .
Easy   to   "Pull   His   Leg"
"This vanity makes it easy to 'pull, his leg,' as we say. in choice American. One Jewess pulled his aforesaid leg for a large sum, on a moonshine errand, and this feat is supposed to have helped his mind give way on the Jewish issue. It was his, first persecution complex. He is,   at heart,  all  right,  and if he
Over $200,000 has already been pledged towards the $600,000 fund which is be¬ ing raised fpr the National Farm School at Farm School, Pa.
\     No Need to Explain
''\Aiilat!" I "exclaimed. "Are you quite|sure of that?"
¦No'need for any of us to explain what ..that short statement meant polit- icallyj although I was thc only one who fully,?knew what it meant journalistic-' ally. I
Pb^licaliy, it meant that history was repeating itself. As Brftsol was chief in this <!|piintry of the expatriate Russian^ tryin|:'..to pul the Romanoffs back on the t^fioiie, it meant that Ford's perse- cutioijlf,had, with thc logic. of events, joiilecp'wifli that crusade, centuries old, that'^fb'^ despots of Europe stirred up re.pe'pSgejlly,-iiv order to inflame, for their owijl rtj;!Tp(),ses, the ignorant religious passion*.! of thc dark masses. ', Jof^lfhiifotically, it meant much. "'Well," l''^!Ai^J,^''ti Ford money has found its 'VvayiVo-v ri.rasbl, I .think we Shall give 'Mr. For^ '''j.'^incthing to think about. Per- ha'pav r'^hall educate him." j-»,!i€4rjLiissi.ijrsr6£ course, did not know what I"meant, in terms of journ.ihsm, but they understood in terms of human histoiy. H&ving seen and suffered from the dark methods .of the Tsar, they un¬ derstood.
Well, I started to get that simple doc- nmeiit, if I could. I wanted, merely, thc • receipt for an amount, however sm.ill, that once belonged to Henry Ford and came to belong to' Boris Brasol. I cared not if it, was pnly a dollar; But I wanted the proof. • • 1 started an investigation in'the town where, according to Mr. A., the docu¬ mentary proof existed. Then there hap¬ pened what often happens in serious investigations. We go after one thing and we find a nest of other things.
Any  Piece ' of  Writing
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writing that would make the connection
between Ford's' anti-Semitic raging and
the  Tsarit  anti-Semitic  raging,  and   I
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Big Success Predicted for Joint Picnic of Three 1.0. B. B. Lodges
Elaborate  Plans  Formulated  at
Meeting Held at Chittenden
Sunday
JULY 16TH IS DAY SET
FOR THE GALA AFFAIR
SAM BERNARD, AMERICAN JEWISH ACTOR, OWES HIS SUCCESS TO A CHARITABLE IMPULSE
Volunteered For Benefit Performance and Foimd Oppor¬ tunity— Is One of,the Wealthiest Actors in the Country and Has B^en Widely Known for Many ^Years
Sam Bernard, born in England, noted wealthy actor and the hus¬ band of the daughter of a million¬ aire, owes his success to a chari¬ table impulse.
The name Bernard, which was given to him legally in after years, would never have been his at ail had he not been bashful. He has since got bravely over his timidity, with occasional relapses.
When he and his brother ap¬ plied for a joint job in dialogue and clogs at a five cent museum in the Bowery neighborhood many years ago, he was Samuel Barnet. FI^ said his name so haltingly that the manager understood him to say Bernard, and billed the brothers under that name. They were so glad to have their names in type that they never made any protest about the spelling. What they wanted was a hearing and a seeing — that was sufficient.
In  fact,  the  Brothers  Bernard
had'been trying in many an obscure little hall and in many a New Jer¬ sey village to get noticed.
.Wlien they felt that the time had come for them to be appreciated by a high class clientele, they volun¬ teered for a benefit performance, and were thus introduced to an audience better than they had ever encountered.
From that time the star of Sam Beinard was in the ascendant. He parted from his brother and started out, leaving the other half of thc sketch to go his way. Sam Ber¬ nard, monologue artist, was soon in much demand. He finally over¬ came his natural shyness enough to go to England, from which land he had come at a tender age. The London music halls received him with favor and he returned to the United States with a European reputation and a bjgger earning capacity than he ever believed it would be possible fpr him to at tain.
An unusually interesting and elaborate program has been arranged for the gala affair of the season, which will take place on Sundaj', July 16, in the form of a joint picnic of the B'nai B'rith lodges of Columbus, Dayton and Spring¬ field.
Never in the history of Central Ohio Jewry has there been displayed' such great enthusiasm over an event of this kind.
„>,At_a mcetinK held,_at.,,the_Chii'i-cndeji .Sunday, 'June 25, it was 'definitely' de¬ cided to hold the picnic at Tecumseh Park, about twelve miles west of Spring¬ field.
Looked Forward To .
This extraordinary affair is something that has been looked forward to with the keenest of interest and anticipation for a long time by many enthusiastic Ben B'riths. Now that the idea is ma¬ terializing, its initiators and. sponsors are overjoyed.
They are anxious to have the family of every Ben B'rith' in Central Ohio represented at the picnic.
Friends of Ben B'riths, together with their families, arc also cordially invited to participate. in this splendid and ex-; emplary as well as joyous celebration.
Very Fine Program
There' will be dancing and baseball ganies, and many other interesting fea¬ tures which inevitably will please every¬ one-^" young and old — most highly. The arrangements committee irt charge of the affair has requested that all those who have machines and have room for additional passengers should please co- ojierate with the committee by advising thqm accordingly.
Those who will not be accommodated by automobiles will be given free pas¬ sage on the Ohio Electric Railway. As this will be a basket picnic, everyone coming should remember to bring aloiig a basket of food.
Further information regarding the af¬ fair will be published in forthcoming is¬ sues of the Ohio Jewish Chronicle,
The various committees are headed by the following: Brother Shamiin of Dayton, general chairman of the affair; Brother Ebner of Springfield, chairman of the Transportation - Committee; Brother Goldzweig of Dayton, chairman of the'Refreshments Committee, and Brother .Weinfeld of Columbus, chair¬ man of the Program Committee.
Local Comntittee on Publicity and Tra-nsportation — Julius Zeckhauser, Al Schottenstein, Bert Wolman, I. B. Jash¬ enosky, Abe Segal, Lawrence Polster, Monte Block and Benj. Neustadt.
I'royram Committee — A. B. Wein¬ feld, Leo Yassenoff, Roy Frush, Lester Jacobs and Mose Schlessinger.
(Special  to Omo Jewish  Chronicle)
BALTIMORE, MD.—Ensign Leonard ' Kaplan, who was insulted in the mid¬ shipman's year book at Annapolis, re-' cently issued, was quoted here today as willing  "to  let the  matter drop."
Ensign Kaplan, who is visiting rcla- tivcj in Baltimore, said that he pre¬ ferred to consider the matter closed, for thc good of the Academy, since hc wished to save it and his classmates from being accused of racial or religious prejudice.
WASHINGTON, D, C—As Acting Secretary of thc Navy, Theodore Roose¬ velt, Jr., today oflScially reprimanded En¬ sign J. L. Olmsted, editor of The Lucky Bag, the year book, of this year's grad¬ uating class at Annapolis, for "cruel and unwarranted" treatment of Leonard Kaplan, a classmate.
Others, the secretary asserted, were undoubtedly guilty in. some measure of thc affront to Kaplan,, which consisted in perforating the page in the year book containing ,his photograph • and biog- - raphy so that it might be removed, but thc primary responsibilify rested on Olmsted, Mr. Roosevelt said. '
The reprimand, as announced in a formal letter to Olmsted, who is at¬ tached to the battleship Wyoming, is as follows:     . ,
"1. Your statement of May 28 to the Superintendent of the Naval Academy concerning the treatment of one of the membqrs of your class in The Lucky Bag, of which you arc editor-in-chief, has been received, and is satisfactory neither td the Superintendent of the Academy nor to the department.
"2. The department considers that your action in permitting the issue of this publication- was cYuel and unwar¬ ranted. Others, especially your .asso¬ ciate   editors,   are, unqucstionahlyi, fakffii'
but the primary responsibility must rest upon you as editor-in-chief.
"3. At the outset of your career in - a service which requires the closest co-operation and mutual trust among its members, your conduct by its cruelty to a comrade merits the department's strongest condemnation.
"4.   You have been guilty of an ac¬ tion which casts a grave doubt as to your possession' of those qualifications (Continued on page 6)
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BALFOUR NOTIFIES LEAGUE'S COUNaL OF PALESTINE PACT
Asserts    That    Anglo-American
Agreement Removes the Last
Obstacle.
MOVES FOR RATI-
.   FICATION OF MANDATE
Three New American Companies In Palestine
JERUSALEM, (J. T. A.).—An- 'nounccment has been made that 72 lim¬ ited companies have been registered with the Government of Palestine since the ina,uguration of the Civil Administration. These include forty-four Jewish, twelve British, three American, two French, and one Italian, Companies.
GENEVA, June 18.—(J. C. B.)—Of¬ ficial notice of tlie agreement reached between Great Britain and the United States concerning rights of • American citizens in Palestine, has been given to ,the Council of the League of Nations by the Earl of Balfour, author of the British Government declaration pledg¬ ing Britain's aid in the re-establishment of the Jewish ' National Honie.
In bringing the agreement to atten¬ tion of the Council, the Earl of Balfour declared that the last obstacle toward immediate ratification of - thc Mandate had been removed, adding that as soon as permission had been secured from the American Government to publish the ,text of the agreement he would move for its confirmation by the League.
Not a Hindrance
The fact that the agreement is only between Great Britain and the United
States is not regarded as a hindrance, since the principal members of the League had given earlier expression of their approval. It is said, .however, that unless a separate agreement exists be¬ tween Great Britain and France, the latter may seek to block immediate ac¬ tion.
Announcement has 'been made that 72 limited con^panies have been regi$tered with the government of Palestine since the inauguration of the civil administra¬ tion. These include 44 Jewish, 12 British, 3 American, 2 French and 1 Italian.
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