Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1946-07-19

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Vol. ai, \o. 20
COLUMBUS, OHIO, FKIDAV, ,rUtA'   Ht,  194(1
Strictly Confidential
Tidbits  From Everywhere By Phlneus J. Blron
Eight American Reform Leaders To Atteisd London Sessions Of World Union For Progressive Judaism
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The White Mouse I.s seriously con.'iklerlng .sending an Ameri¬ can ExpeclilUinai-.v Koire to Pal¬ estine as a move to force Brit¬ ain to open the gates of Pales¬ tine to the 100,000 refugees... There i.s a possibility that the U, S. War Dept. may permit the recruiting of a Jewish military comingent insteiid of detailing men from the regular forces.. The impending vi.-i' of Premier Attlee to America is directly con¬ nected with Palestine problems.
IT PAYS TO FIGHT...
In the editians of February Tth and May Tth, "Germany Today" — a weekly published newsletter reported that A. FVowein had been made a mem¬ ber of the Rljelnish Provincial Assembly and later iMlnlster of Economics of the British Zone by the British occupation au¬ thorities. ."Germany Today" re¬ vealed that Frovvein, one of the officials of the Bemberg rayon concern and vice-president of the International Chamber of Commerce, had used govern¬ ment ordinances against the Jews in 1938 to take pos.sesslon of those department stores of the Tl'fetz concern that were In Jewish hands.. The disclosure by "Germany Today" was re¬ printed  In-the  American  and
'-jjEUrpjpieah press A lew weelcs.
vfagp the British authorlUes ah-
' nounced that the German Econ-
gjiUc, Council Is to be reorgan-
¦' ized and that Frowein is to be eliminated... "Germany Today" kept up the fight against Fro¬ wein and finally won...If our big press would fight on the right side, fascism could be swept out from the British and American Zones of occupation. MAJf SUNNING HIMSELF..., On the lawn of Chester's Zun- barg (Sun Hill) near Wood- bourne, N. ¦y... .Youngsters—to a man of fifty everything under forty is young-browning them- (Contlnued on Page Eight)
Eight leaders of American Keform Jewry will I New Rochelle, M. Y., president ol the National represent the United Sta^M,at the first post-war  Federation of Temple  Sisterhoods;  Lee Fried-
conference of the World union for Progressive Judaism to be held in London from July 25-30. Discussing tlie subject, "The Task of Judaism in tbo'Ppst-WrtyJWorW. win beJUboral Jewish ,, jEokiSiSlMfplttEpjJfli^^^ many, ^Roli^n^; :IndlB,}&)Aw;4^rIca,. SoutE:.>^er- iea and |>al«stlnei. The American deleisation will include ftop row. left to rlgttty. Dr. Maurice N. Bisendrath, direistar of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations;  Mrs. Louis  A. Rosett,
man, Boston, member Sxecutive Committee, U,A.H.C.; and Rabbi Morris Lazaron, Baltimore. (Lower row, left to rigbti: Rabbi David Wice, Newark, American Field Secretary o{ the World
^^^^M'^3JS^iMWSit'^9<i^JSk^ NatiotuU y^^l^'^^!^mmSSnsmi Fan<i; KaiUFait ' Cl^> member Sxtiittlyi Committee, UJliH.C, and Miss Alice -Friedeh Cincinnati, representing the Natloilal Federation of Temple ¦youth.
BENJ. FRIEDMAN BRINGS S5,000,000 SUIT AGAINST AMERICM JEWISH COMMITTEE
A, J. C. OPPOSES RADIO LICENSE  FOR  N.   Y. DAILY  NEWS
Jewish Property To Be Restored In Russian Held Germany
BERLIN (WNB)—The pro¬ vincial government of Thuring- ia in Russian-held Germany has Issued a decree ordering the immediate return of all former Jewish property to the original owners The law assumes that all property Hales by Jews dur¬ ing the reign of the Nazis were made under duress and are therefore subject to restitution. Other German states in the Soviet zone are now preparing similar legislation. How to dis¬ pose of the property of Jews who died heirless has not yet been decided upon. At present such property Is handed over to the local Jewish community, and It Is expected that It will remain In the community's pos¬ session permanently.
PKA N K VV RT (WNS) —Ac¬ cording to a decr.ee promulgated In Greater Hesse, Jews who paid a, 25 percent property tax to the Nazis in l!J:i8 as a "fine" following the assassination of Ernst vom'llath in Paris will receive a complete refund. Per¬ sons who paid the tax or their heirs now living in Greater Hesse must apply to the provin¬ cial finance office where, after proving that they paid the' as¬ sessment, they will receive a rebate.
NEJW YORK (WNS)—Ah ac¬ tion for ?5,000,o6o has -been brought in New York Supreme Court by Benjamin H. Freed¬ man, JOO Central. Park West, of "The League for Peace with Justice In Palestine," against a number of officers and members of the Executive Committee of the AmericSia Jewish Commit¬ tee. Among those named as de¬ fendants are; Joseph ^L Pros¬ kauer, president of the Ameri¬ can Jewish Committee; Jacob Blaustein, chairman of the Ex¬ ecutive Committee; David Sher, chairman of the Administrative Committee; Nathaniel Ohrbach, treasurer; Edward Lazansky and Fred Lazarus, Jr., vice-presi¬ dents; Alan M. Stroock, vice- chairman. Executive Committee; and Ralph E. Samuel, chairman of the New York cihapter of the American Jewish Commit¬ tee.
I On JVlay IT, 194U, the Ameri¬ can Jewish Committee circula¬ rized a memorandum concern¬ ing Freedman and "The League for i^cace With Justice in Pal¬ estine' which recently Inserted full-pa^e pro-A rab advertise¬ ments in various newspapers, opposing the admission of 100,- OOO Jews into Palestine, as long recommended by the American Jewish committee and proposed recently by the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry. The American Jewish Committee stated in its memorandum that the advertisements which claim¬ ed to speak for Christian, Jew¬ ish and Arab groups, .really rep¬ resent only Mr. Freedman, who has no backing of any or¬ ganization oc group. In his news¬ paper advertisements. It was stated that Freedman represents
the Jewish groijp; P. M. Schoen¬ dorf, the Christian group and H. I. Katibah, the Arabs. The American Jewish Committee, In its memorandum, revealed that P. M. Schoendorf Is Mr. Freed- man's mother-in-law and that Katibah is an Arab propagandist in this country. The Committee bulletin further stated that Freedman was collaborating with certain Arab Individuals in- a propaganda effort to keep the gates of Palestine closed to Jewish Immigration.
, Dr. .lohn Slawson, executive vice-president of the American Jewish Committee, declared, "This suit brought by Mr. Freed¬ man, v/ill give us an opportuni¬ ty to demonstrate in court the nature ajid character of the so- called T-eague fur Peace with Justice In Palestine' and Mr. Freedman's role In It "
NEW YORK (WNS)—The American Jewish Congress will be allowed to bring witnesses to testify In opposition to the application of the New York Daily News for a broadcasting license on Thursday, July ISth, according to a ruling this week by the Hearing Officer for the Federal Communications Com¬ mission. The Congress, through Will Maslow, Director of its Commission on Law and Social Action, claims that the News is not free from bias toward minority racial and religious groups, particularly Jews and Negroes
American ^Groups Condemn Satement By Polish Cardinal
NKW yoiSK (WNS)—Several American organizations, Jewish and non-.tcwish, have joined in condemning the statement by Cardinal Hlond of Poland that the recent Polisli pogroms were due to tlie fad,that .lews occupy leading positions in the Polish Go\'ornment which :lie inajo.'- ity of I^'oles oi)poses. Among tlie organizations which ;s>„ied state¬ ments wCre the World Jewish Congress, the American Jewi.sh Conference, the American Fed¬ eration for Polish .lews and the Methodist Federation for Sortal Service.
"To   invoke  a   disputed   politi¬ cal situation as reasons for the murder of innocent men, women and   children   is   most  certainly in act that runs counter to all rules of humanity and religion", declared a statement by the Con¬ gress,   while   the   Interim  Com¬ mittee of the American Jewish Conference said that "to justify the murder of Jews by the alle¬ gation   that   Jews   'occupy   the leading    positions    In    Poland's government'   is   tantamount   to absolving the murderers of their guilt  and  serves  to  undermine the earnest efforts ot the Polish Government   to   extirpate   anti- Semitism."   Dr.   Joseph   Tenen¬ baum, president ot the Federa¬ tion tor Polish Jews who 'un- Buccessfully  appealed  to Card- IpSi Hlond whlJ,«.J,a.,)aDlan(J,6rgs-„,, oently ¦ to; issue a paatoifai -letter cbnd^mhlhg     anti-S e in i 11 s rn, charged    that    the    Cardinal's statement was  "reminiscent  of Hitler dogma."
In a statement which was in¬ corporated In a telegram to President Truman, the New York Chapter of the Methodist Federation for Social Service declared that "the Cardinal re¬ peats the main propaganda line that brought the HUler regime into power and which has been voiced coQtinuousiy by Father Coughlin, Gerald L. K. Smith and even by representatives of the Wood-Rankin committee In . this country."
' It 'was recalled here that in 1936 Cardinal Hlond had issued a pastoral letter in which he had attacked Jews as "the van¬ guard of atheism, Bolshevism and revolution" and said that they were enemies of the Cath¬ olic Church. In that letter he al.so advocated a boycott of Jew¬ ish businesses.
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NAZI  ABOl'T TO  BK HANt;KI>   BO.VHTS  OK miAANtl JEW,S
BL'UAI'ISST (WNS)—As he stood' upon the gallows .waiting to be lianged, a Hungarian named Kaesman Baritz shouted from the .scaffold that he had killed hundreds more Jews and partisans than was brought out at his trial, and added that ho hlmse,r was of Jewish descent. When Ihe executioner moved toward him, Baritz kicked him away. '      i,
, This so enragetl the crowd which had gathered to witness his death agonies that it broke through a cordon of police and ripped the hood from the head of the condemned Nazi. He was finally overpowered and hanged
Temple Sisterhood Vacation Day Event Next Tuesday   /^
Vacation Day plana for the Ko.se K. Lazarus Sisterhood have lieen completed, and wili be vixvvied out rain or shine on Tue.sday, July 23rd. The picnic will be a Ikix lunch affair with each member bringing her own -sandwich^. The Sisterhood will serve dessert and coffee.
Tho.se driving their <)wn cars will meet at the Winding Hol¬ low Country Club at eleven o'clock next Tue.sday and pro¬ ceed in a body to the Goldberg farm' on Westervllle Road. Any¬ one who needs a ride may se¬ cure it by calling Mrs. Allen Gundershelmer, K\'. 1.527, before Sunday..
After lunch two door prtzes, each a pair of nylons will be given ¦ away. Then bingo, cards, or mah jong games wlli be ar¬ ranged, each member bringing her own cards or mah jong set. The telephone .squad will call ¦for reservations.
HBBRKW SCHOOL \VILL HOLD IMPORTANT MEETING TUESDAY
.A very importaVit meeting of the board of dit;ectors of the Co¬ lumbus Hebrew school will be held next Tuesday evening, Ju¬ ly 23, at 8:30 P. M., at the He¬ brew Sctujol building. Every member is asked to make a special effort lo attend. Rabbi M. Hirschsprung is to Install the newly elected pfficers and board of directors that evening. Refreshments-Will be served.
PORi'M   NEW   B'NAI  BTIITH YOl'Nt; MEN ORGANIZATION AT t'ONKERENCE
PORT JERVI8, N, Y. (WNS) —A nnvj organization; the B'nal B'rllh Young Men, was formed here this week at a nation-wide confersfnce of delegates from a'naX H'rith youth chapters. A constitution for the group was adopted and national officers were elected. Harold Rhein of Chicago was chosen as the first president of the organization.