Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1925-07-10

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Volume VIII —No. 28.
COLUMBU.S, OHIO, JULY 10, 1925
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Hias Gets Confidence Vote After Committee Investigates Charges
Say)i   Recent   Charges   Against
Organization Were Based on
Misrepresentations
REPORT MADE AT HIAS
16TH ANNUAL MEETING
President John  L.  Bernstein in
Annual   Message   Describes
Varied Activities of Hias
NEW YORK (J. T. A.)-Tl)at thc charges' made agailist the Hias of al¬ leged misappropriation of funds, are based on a misrepresentation of facts, was the opinion of the committee in-^ vestigating, consisting of representa¬ tives of National Jewish organizations, appointed some tim6 ago to investigate the charges in its report rendered Sun¬ day afternoon at the sixteenth annual meeting of the Hias, attended by rep¬ resentatives of the Hias and of various Jewish organizations.
The investigation committee ' was appointed by various national Jewish organizations upon the invitation of the Hias, to investigate charges originally published by the "Kundes," a humorous .. and satirical Jewish publication edited by Jacob Marinoff, and consisted of the following:
Dr. A. J. Rongy, representing the American Jewish Congress; ~ ~ Wolinsky, the- Fancy Leather Goods Workers' Union; Louis Fabricant, the Independent Order B'nai B'rith; Adolph Stern, Independent Order B'rith Abra¬ ham; Martin O. Levy, Independent Order B'rith Sholom; Hyman Yacknitz, Independent Workmen's Circle Ainerica; Israel Feinberg, Max Amdur and Abraham Barofi, representing the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union; Nathan Zvirin, Jewish National Workers' Alliance of America; Brownstein, Joint Board of Furriers' Union; Jacob Weiss, Order B'rith Abraham; Samuel Weinstein, Order Sons of Zion; Samuel Siegel, Poale jZion Central Committee; Samuel H. "' 'Hfofstadter, JUnton ai Orthodox Jewish i~'-t:6tigregatrons;"ltabW 'A'. S.'' lETefier,' Union of Orthodox Rabbis of United States and Canada; Max Zuckerman, United Qoth Hat and Cap Makers of North America; M. C. Feinstone, United Hebrew Trades; S. Herbett Golden, United Synagogue of America; Dr., S. Silverberg, Workmen's Circle; Joseph Schlossberg, Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, and H. Rogoff, representing J. L. Peretz Writ¬ ers' Club.
Mr. Joseph Schlossberg and Mr. H. RogofI later withdrew as representa¬ tives upon objection of Mr. Marinoflf. . The investigating committee elected the following officers: Louis Fabricant, chairman; Dr. A. J. Rongy, vice chair¬ man; Dr. S. Silverberg, treasurer, and Samuel Weinstein, secretary. A sub¬ committee was also appointed to exam¬ ine the various issues of the "Kundes' and to formulate the charges. As s result this committee found fourteen points of alleged misconduct activities of the Hias, in this country and abroad.
The meeting which heard the report
of   the   investigating   committee
opened at 2:30 Sunday afternoon, with
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Will Report on Recent Zion¬ ist Convention at Herzl Memorial Meeting
Greater Hospital Bliilding Activity In
Palestine Determiiied by Hadassah
Convention
Hospitals Will Be Built in Haifii, Tiberias, and Safed —Con¬ vention Decides on a Budget of $547,000 for Medical Work — Equal Suffrage for Women Is Asked
RABBI ISAAC WERNE
Zionist Delegates Place Wreath On Wikon's Tomb
Bernard A. Rosenblatt Declares That the Late President Influ¬ enced Balfour to Issue Declaration
WASHINGTON.—In the early days of the war when Lord Balfour visited America it was President Wilson who determined to a large extent the issu¬ ance of the famous declaration pledging the establishment of the Jewish home¬ land, it was declared by Bernard A. Rosenblatt, who placed a wreath upon the tomb of President Wilson here. Judge Rosenblatt as vice-chairman of the Zionist Organization headed a^ Zion¬ ist delegation which made a pilgrimage to President ^^^ilson's tomb yesterday iqJ!l.o\»jnj^,the-,dose. oL the. conventiocu "In placing this wreath over the mor¬ tal remains of Woodrow Wilson, the American Zionist Organization pays in small measure a debt of gratitude to this great leader of American democ¬ racy," said Mr. Rosenblatt.
'In the darkest day of the World War, when our country was grappling with the angel of death in a terrific struggle our great president beheld the vision of a promised land peopled virith of the ancient race of Israel strong and courageous enough to interpret that dream into fact. It is not generally known that in the early days of the great war when Lord Bal¬ four visited our country it was the voice of President Wilson that determined to a large extent, the early promulgation of the now famous declaration of 1917 which England pledged itself to the upbuilding of the Jewish homeland in Palestine. Woodrow Wilson was largely instrumental in transl|ting this dream of the ghetto into an international com¬ pact and our great hearted president lived to see the day when fifty nations of the world accepted his guidance and bound themselves to restore the land of Israel once more to the children of Israel with the League of Nations as faithful trustee in the execution of this mandate.
'Lord Robert Cecil once said tbat at least two great results came from the World War: the League of Nations and the promise of the restoration of the land of Israel.    ,
President Wilson was the great btrument in the hands of beneficent providence for the realization of both these ideals, Mr. Rosenblatt stated. "He the prophet who saw far beyond ^he present hour and to his eyes were revealed days 'when men shall learn war no more.' Spiritually he belongs to our forefathers who thundered from the hills of Judea and uttered the prophe¬ cies from Israel. As Jews wc can never forget the role played by this great, generous, tolerant and just spirit in the annals of our history, as Americans we voices in prayer that this great prophet of Ainerica shall forever remain symbol of tolerance, justice and righte- jsness in our land," the speaker con¬ cluded.
WASHINGTON, D. C —Thc development of a large .hospital building program in Palestine, the announcement Of ollicial recognition of Hadassah as thc exclusive Women's Zionist Organization of Aiilcrica by thc;Zipnist Organ- in, and the adoption of a budget of iflof^fiiW for Hadassah medical work in the Holy Land, were thc outstanding features of the eleventh annual of Hadassah, thc Women's Zionist Organization of America which has chidcd a two-day conference in this city. The .sessions were lield at the Hotel Mayflower, and there were present three Inindrd delcKates from all parts of the country, from as far west as San Francisco, and as far south as Florida. Robert Szold of New York City was the permanent chairman of the and  Miss Ruth  Cohen, secretary.
Foremost among the accomplishments of the convention was the deci erect a series of hospitals in Palestine through funds raised in this country by Hadassah.    The crying need  for additiolial hospitals  in  that country
ibed by delegates who visited Palestine recently.    Three hospitals are already She course of erection, one in Haifa, anftther in Tiberias, aiid another in Safed.
Site AlreadJ^ Donated
The first hospital is planned to be erected in Haifa, which is destined to be¬ come the seaport of Palestine, according to plans made by Great Britain which holds the mandate over that country. A Site has already been donated by Baron- Rothschild for this building on the slope of Mt. Carmel overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, and the Baroness, it was reported, also made a pledge of one thousand pounds towards a building fund. The Hadassah organization will turn over a reserve fund of $20,i000 whicH, it has available for building purposes, and has received, it was announced, the promise of financial support from thc community of Haifa.
In addition to the Haifa project, a hospital is soon to be constructed Tiberias through a gift of Mrs. Peter Schweitzer of .New York City, who giving this building as a memorial to her husband, a leading figure in Zionist circles. The plans for this institution have been gone over by Dr. S. S. Gold- water, of Mt, Sinai Hospital of New York City. This hospital will be a modern structure built with possibilities for expansion and will serve the population of Upper and Lower Galilee.
In Safed, Hadassah will maintain a tuberculosis san'atorium, the funds for which will be supplied by the Hadassah organization of Canada. It will have fifteen beds, and will be the first of its kind in that country. A telegram was read at the convention from Mrs. Lillian Froiman, Dominion President, accept¬ ing the project as Canada's financial responsibility. The telegram read: "Project for fifteen bed sanatorium has been approved by our executive."
Will Preside at Herzl Me¬ morial Meeting at Agu¬ dath   Achim   Syna¬ gog ToinoiTow
DR. B. W. ABRAMSON
Jewish Refugees Are Settling in Forty Cities of Canada
Will Participate in ^1,000,000 Campaign
In connection with the hospital building program, Hadassah will also par¬ ticipate ia a campaign to raise $1,000,000 in America for a hospital building de¬ partment of the Hebrew University. This it will do in cooperation with the American Jewish Physicians' Committee which has this prtjectin charge. The University Hospital will be a national institution, serving all of Palestine and ¦wilLbe-tht training_place for physidalils.'^-'ilnd. surgeons and, experts in medical work.
The building program came up at the Convention after the adoption budget of .$350,000 for hospital and medical'work in Palestine, Hadassah n tains four hospitals in the Holy Land, with a bed capacity of three hundred and thirty-two. The hospitals are located in Jerusalem, Tel-Aviv, Haifa and Safed. In addition, Hadassah has a training school for nurses with accommo¬ dations for fifty pupils, and provides dispensary and medical service at fifty- three points in Palestine.
The ,need for hospital buildings in the Holy Land was dwelt on by Miss Henrietta Szold, National President of Hadassah, who has spent many years in that country directing Hadassah activities, and by Mrs, A, Silverman of Provi¬ dence, R, I„ a member of the National Board of Hadassah, who has just come back from a visit to Palestine, The present bed capacity of the hospitals is woefully inadequate, the speakers pointed out, and there is considerable crowding
the existing institutions.   There is practically no room for expansion 01 the installation of new departments.   As an instance. Miss Szold pointed out that when an X-Ray outfit was given to the hospital in Jerusalem by the American Physiciai;is' Committee, a special building had to be built to house it.   In Haifa a surgical department is a necessity..  The present building does not permit of establishment.
The delegates themselves gave evidence of their desire to build hospitals Palestine as a contribution from American Jewish women.   They were all of the (Concluded on page 4)    .
John Hertz started life as a poor boy. Today he is, the dominant figure in the taxicab business of America, In a very short period of time he has amassed a fortune of over $20,000,000.
Herzl Memorial Day To Be Celebrated On Sunday, July 12
Large Attendance is Expected at the
Exercises to  be  Held  at  the
Agudath Achim Synagog
Tomorrow.
Local Zionists and all Chronicle readers interested in the perpetuation of Jewish nationalism are urged to be present at the Herzl memorial exercises to be held tomorrow (Sunday) evening at the Agudath Achim Synagog.
This is a most significant occasion on which we honor the memory of a man who did more for the revival of Juda¬ ism, and Jewish ideals than any m-in in the history of our people since the Dis¬ persion. The local Zionist districi, which is in charge of the arrangements for the' occasion, has prepared an elab- ! program jncluding fine musicians and eloquent speakci;^.
If you desire to learn more about the. great Viennese journalist wh" revo¬ lutionized Jewish life and thought and his indelible impress upon thc se of the history of Israel, come to meeting. No collections and no solicitations.    Fverything free.
.   genuine,   old-fashioned,   hilarious, exhilarating  outing   in   the  great ¦of-doors  will certainly be appreci¬ ated.   Come and enjoy yourselves. More details will appear in the next sue of the Ohio Jewish Chronicle. Dr.  Samuel  Edelman is chairman  for the affair. •
Come and help us honor the memory of the beloved Dr. Theo¬ dore Herzl at the Agudath Achim Synagogue tomorrow  (Sunday)
Remember the 1. 0. B. B. Picnic at Oak Park On Sunday, July 26
All Ben B'riths of Columbus ar< minded that Zion Lodge's annual picnic has been definitely scheduled  for Si day, July 26, at Oak Park.   Everyone is urged to set this date aside. .
Tifereth Israel Picnic At Oak Park Will Take Place on Sunday, July 19
Entire Community is Cordially Invited
to  Attend  Affair as  Guests  of
East Broad St. Congregation.
Arrangements are rapidly being com¬ pleted for the annual picnic of the Tifereth Israel congregation which will ;ike place at Oak Park on Sunbury Pike,  Sunday, July  10th,
large attendance from outside towns as well as the city is expected. ThohC planning to go are-guaranteed a
ust delightful  time.    Every  form of
lUisenient is promised.
You are cordially invited to spend the day of July I'Jth at Oak Park, as
lets of the congregation whether you
c afliliated with it or not.   Don't deny
lurself of this  privilege.
The   committee   in   charge   is   doing
'erything within its power to make this picnic a grand success. Special efforts will be exerted to please every guest.
The park having been engaged for the entire day, Chronicle readers are urged to come out early and stay as late as they desire.   Bring big lunches.
Council Immigrant Aid i Lauds   Generosity   of the Canadian Government
NEW YORK CITY. —"Although the Canadian immigration law closely par¬ allels that of the United States," de¬ clared Miss Fiorina Lasker of New York City, National Chairman of the Department of Immigrant Aid of the National Council of Jewish Women, in discussing "The Immigration Situation Canada," "the outstanding feature and distinction of the Canadian law is i flexibility,"
She asserted that scarcely a day passes the office of "the Council's Depart¬ ment without the receipt of an inquiry from persons having relatives stranded at ports, asking if it is not possible to send the .transmigrants, into . Canada.; Analyzing the Canadian law. Miss Las¬ ker stated: "As the law now stands, in addition to subjects of Great Britain and the United States, only the follow¬ ing persons may enter Canada as set¬ tlers: Wives and children under 18 of Canadian residents; farmers and agri¬ cultural laborers; domestic servants. /
"In admitting agricultural laborers and domestic servants, the regulation requires reasonable assurance that the emigrants will have employment upon their arrival. Thus, unlike the laws the United States where such employ¬ ment would be deemed contract labot and therefore entry to thc emigrant de¬ nied as being illegal, Canada fosters,— in fact, insists upon—arrangements for employment to be made in advance.
"Two splendid practices maintained by the Canadian government have elimin¬ ated many of thc immigration problems hitherto attendant upon our policy this country. To begin with, Canada has for several years maintained agents various countries, whose duty it has" been to give counsel to applicants desir- of entering Canada, assisting those who in all probability could comply with the admission regulations, and warning possible inadmissibles ' of the danger of deportation should they dis¬ regard the advice of the agent. Tlien again, a scheme for distribution, under the auspices of the Canadian Coloniza- Association, controlled jointly by the government and the railways, makes possible for emigrants to go to thc less thickly populated sections of the country, where by means of loans, etc., the settlers are able to make a rapid adjustment in their new homeland.
'As already indicated, the Canadian regulations are flexible. When in 1921, it became necessary for the Jewish Col¬ onization Association of France to find emigration country for five thou¬ sand Jewish Russian refugees who, by courtesy of the Roumanian government, were temporarily lodged in that land, the Canadian government very gener¬ ously authorized the admission into Canada of -bona fide refugees, on con¬ dition, naturally, that these emigrants would not become charges upon the communities. Immediately there was trganized the Jewish Immigrant Aid Society of Canada, with headquarters at Montreal, whose duty it was to receive these refugees at the ports as they came ipecial transports each month, to dis¬ tribute them to the various cities and towns throughout Canada, allocating groups according to the ability of the local community to absorb them, and according to their special occupational training and fitness. In all, about 3000 women and children reached Can- I'Concluded on page 4>
Conclusion of Polish Jewish Agreement a Big Historical Event
Agreement' Formula   of   Jenivish Club Recognizes Poland's Pol¬ icy  as  Great  Power and . Immunity of Republic's Frontiers
UKRAINIANS WILL CALL
JEWS THEIR ENEMIES
Special Proclamations Announc¬ ing Arrival of Ugoda Will Be Exchanged and Pub¬ lished
WARSAW. — "Adhering continually to the standpoint of immunity of the frontiers of the Polish Republic and of ' the defense' of Poland's policy as a great power, adhering to the view of the necessity for an internal consolida¬ tion within -the Republic, the Cldb of Jewish Deputies in the Polish Sejm establishes that its policy in the Sejm with regard to general matters concern¬ ing Jewish national questions was con'- ceived and conducted in conformity with the mentioned principle for the purpose of protecting the interests of the Jew¬ ish population in the Republic."
This is the preamble to the compro¬ mise formula which was passed by a majority of the Club of Jewish Depu¬ ties, the Kolo, following an all night session at vii'hich the agreement reached between thc Club's representatives and the government was finally ratified.
The   oppositional   group   within   the Club demanded that the first phrase in the preamble be changed fro.m "adher- itinually" to "adhering as hith¬ erto."
It appears that the final steps with regard to the ratification of the Polish Jewish agreement will be made an event the history of the Polish Jewish problem. Special ceremonies with an exchange of documents between the rep¬ resentatives of the government and. the leaders of the Club of Jewish Deputies will take place. Minister of Education .StanisiavK. Grabslo^wbo- plft)Fed< »• prom~- inent part in the negotiations, is ill and for this reason the final ceremony was postponed until Friday. Count Alexan¬ der Skrzynski, Foreign Minister, had to postpone his departure for America for days fn order that he might par¬ ticipate in the ceremony of exchanging 'declarations,
expected that both the presidium , of the Club of Jewish Deputies and the Polish government will issue ofiicial statements on the conclusion of the agreement. The agreement will then be considered by th^ Section for the Na¬ tional Minorities vvhich is a part of the Council of Ministers and will be sub¬ mitted to the Council of Ministers. Fol¬ lowing the fulfillment of these formali¬ ties two declarations will be issued, one' by the government and one by the Kolo. It is also expected that the Kolo will issue a proclamation to the Jewish pop¬ ulation, of the Polish Republic and the Government will issue a special proc¬
lamation to the general population af the country announcing a new era in Polish Jewish relations and declaring the arrival of the Ugoda (peace agree¬ ment) between Poles and Jews'.
WARSAW.—The effect of the con¬ clusion of the Polish Jewish agreement the other national minorities of the. Polish Republic was given expression by group of Ukrainian deputies in the Polish Sejm.
The Ukrainian deputies expressed their dissatisfaction with jthis agree¬ ment, particularly with the agreement formula passed upon by the Gub of Jewish Deputies. This formula speak¬ ing of the "immunity of the frontiers of the Polish Republic" sanctions the ter¬ ritorial status quo in Poland which is igainst the claims of the Ukrainians. The Ukrainian deputies indicated that they would be compelled to proclaim the Jews as the enemies of Ukrainia.
Other tenders also expressed doubt concerning the effectiveness of the agreement. One Jewish leader, member of the Kolo, in an interview with the Jewish Telegraphia Agency's corre- sjJondent predicted that a crisis within the Club of Jewish Deputies will be inevitable in tha autumn when the Sejm will again convene. It will then be ap¬ parent that the agreement reached be¬ tween the Club of Jewish Deputies and the representatives of the Polish Gov¬ ernment had no results, he stated.
Come and help us honor the memory of the beloved Dr. Theo¬ dore Herzl at the Agudath Achim Synagogue tomorrow  (Sunday)
evening.
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