Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1936-10-09

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Volume XVlI~No. 146
COLUMBUS* OHIO^ OCTOBER 9, 1936
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Strictly Confidential
By PHINEAS J. BIRON
Political Front
A jokester mailed a letter addressed to the "Chairman of the Wall-Strcct- Jevvs-for-Landon Club".., We wonder whether the letter was delivered to Felix M. Warburg, RoKcr'vi^. Straus , or .Harry Guggenheim,. .Which re- mhtds us that our boss, Joe lirainin. feels very much flattered by'a state¬ ment published in.the column of pui pale imitator to the effect that Bramin is on the payroll of the Democratic National Connnittcc... Brainin. sighed
to, us that his status as a volunteer re- .   .^ -
mains   unchanged,   alas...And   that'to make it impo.ssiblc for Jews to have
Nazis Launch Big Drive to
De-Judaize Legal and
Economic Sciences
BERLIN {WNS)~-Completion of the Nazi program of anti-Jewish racial Ic.^isliitiuti and the beginning, of a new intensive effort to cleanse the legal and economic .sciences from Jewish sc cnces was announced to the con¬ vention of university professors of the National Socialist Jurists' Association by Dr, Hans Frank, Nazi minister of juRtiGe, Outlining an eight-point pro¬ gram for" eliminating the remaining Jewish judges and lawyers and for re¬ moving all legal works by, Jews, Frank said the campaign was intended
400 N. Y. Retailers Join Anti-Nazi Boycott
NEW YORK (WNS)--Four hundred members of the Greater New York Retail Furnishings and Dry Goods Association at a mass meeting here took a pledge "to discontinue at once any and ail relations, with any imiinrting or wlioleHale lumse that bcUh German goods anywhere in this country and/nr uses the services of Nazi-control led vessels."
REPORT ARAB STRIKE TO END Tills WEEK
thcj.sc whii doubt it may infjuirc froni Jim Farley. ..Aside to the editor: That punch line about Natlian D. PerhnaiVs numinalion as-the Rcpubli- cnn candidate for .attorney-gener.il of New York was received by you a week before the Alhnny convention, at a time when nobody even wlii!>pere<l Pcrlman's name as a possibility... .Quarters sympathetic to Fascism are ([inctly attempting to suppress the Federal Theatre Project's dnimatiza- tion of Sinclair Lewis' "It Caii't Hap¬ pen Here". ..Political differences arc s[>litting some of our leading Jewish families...Kdward Filenc of Boston is a militant Newr Dealer, but his daugh¬ ter, wife of Jouett Shouse, executive director of the Ainerican Liberty league, has adopted. her hasband's political principles...Robert Lehman, a cousin.of Governor Lehman, is an important T.^ndpn worker.. .Mrs. Geo. Backer is a biggie among the Demo¬ cratic women, while her uincle, Fi:Iix H. Warburg, is plumping for the G.O.P.
Jcwidli News Although Palestine leaders arc call¬ ing frantically for an emergency fund to build defensive Wock-houscs in tlie colonies, link the Yishub with better roads and pay the Jewish share for added police protection, there arc Jew- ., ish leaders in the United States who are violently opposed to any such ad-] ditional campaign.. \ The American Committee for the Settlement of Jews in Birobidjan will before long be minus the services of Abe Shohan, its executive director, who did a swell job...That North Eergen (N. J.) Talmud Torah which made the head¬ lines when its Christian neighbors complained it was too noisy has doubled its memhership as a result of the attendant publicity..,There'll be no theatrical openings on Broadway on October 28th,.. The producers have agreed not to raise the curtain on,new shows that day in order to avoid a conflict with the "Night of Stars".,. Noah Heyman, one of the chief engineers of the Fisher Body Corporation, claims to have had the smallest succah on record on the back porch of his Detroit home...It ineas- ured 3 by 5 feet,..Jay Levy, a deaf mute, is the roller-skating champion of the Afiddle West...
Itcljgiuiis Notes Dr. C. C. Burns, maternal grand¬ father of pr. Frank Gavin of the Gen¬ eral Theological Seminary, one of the few non-Jews to have attended the Hebrew Union College, was among the lii;st contributors to the College ...When Isaac M. Wi.sc visited Greenshurg, Ind., Dr. Burns shocked the community by publicly entertain¬ ing the Jewish leader, ..Former Con- . stable Harry (Schlussel) Keys of De¬ troit tells us that the Jewish popula¬ tion' of the United States increased by several thousands during R6.sh Hasha- iiuh and Yom Kippur...This is how: . Many ntm-Jews in tlie CCC cauips. says Keys, iwsed as Jews when they learned that the Jewish boys were getting holiday furloughs,..Hitler be¬ came an anti-Semite because a Jewish gal turned him down, says Bernard Newman in. his hook "German Spy" ..."Good morning, Birobidjan," is the greeting you get when you telephone the American Committee for the Set¬ tlement of Jews in Birobidjan...Lord Marley, who is now visiting here, tells the story of a young girl who met him on the street and asked him the best way to get io Birobidjan..."Take the B. M. T, subway," said Lord Marley, , adding, as aii afterthought: "Afld go to the art office, w:here they'll be able to help you."
Profile Mrs. Dorothy Waring, who is suing ' the editors of the Deutsche Weckruf und Beobachter, America's Nazi sheet, for calumniating her daughter's scho¬ lastic record, is none other than the former   Dorothy  Kahn,  her   Nordic features notwithstanding . - - Dorothy's (Continued on page 2)
an opportunity to interpret or teach German law.
The , eight points. enunciated hy Frank, were: 1—It must be impossible in the future for any Jew to act in behalf of C^ennan law; '2—German justice must be reserved (or such Ger¬ mans a.<:;irc Aryans in the sense .of ^ the Nuremberg laws; ;i—No, publisher must print new editions uf German lawbooks by Jewish authors; l— Works of Jewish authors must be rc-r moved from public aud educational libraries; J)-^AI1 such hooks mu.^t be ti-ansferrcd to the institutes which deal with "exposing the evil influence of Jews and the Jewish nation"; 0—^ German jurists must not quote Jew¬ ish author.% except in cases when such ()uotiitions arc indispensable to "reveal the Jewiih mentality"; 7—Professors of law must not educate their .students to look for "clausular, harmless final truths", but as spiritual pioneer.s of the New Germany for the peace and free¬ dom of the German nation; 8—It must be recognized that "there is no science for. science's sake."
InstallaHon Banquet to Be
Held at Broad St, Temple
Sunday at 6 P. M.
All arrangements have been com¬ pleted for a^.very elaborate banquet which will be held in the Social Hall of tlie Broad St. Temple Sunday, Oc¬ tober U, at 6 p. m., at which time Rabbi Nathan Zclizer will install the newly elected officers of the Congrega¬ tion and Cantor liugenc Gottesman.
The following officers will be in¬ stalled by tlic rabbi: *Pres.L II. Schlezinger; Vice Pres., J. K. Born- stein; Recording Secy., Ben Gross¬ man; Treas., Nathan Wasserstrom; Financial Secy., Sol Roth. Tlic fol¬ lowing members constitute the newly fleeted Board of Directors: Max Weinberger, Dr. Arthur Zipser, Sam W^asscrstrom, I-ouis Gertner, Reuben Abramson, Ben Finkelstein and B. F. Levinson.
A very interesting program has heen arranged for the evening by Dr. Arthur Zipser who will act as toast- master for the occasion; Cantor Eu¬ gene Gottesman virill sing "Icli Beink Aheim" in honor of his parents, Rev. and Mrs. S. J. Gottcsniaii, Youngs¬ town, Ohio, who Avill attend the affair The Cantor will be acconipanied by Mardelle Thawl,. violinist, and by Harry Rosen, pianist. Miss Thawl, .willalso be heard in a number of violin selections, one of which will be 'A Hungarian Csardas." Vocal iium- hers will also be rendered by the fol¬ lowing well known local vocalists; Sam Fine, Miriam Berman Polster and Reva Zuravsky, with Harry Rosen at the piano.
The hospitality committee, under the chairnianshiif of Mrs. J. Wider, with Mrs. M. Flejcher as co-chairman, are preparing an excellent menu for the supper. Mrs. Tobias Polster and Mrs, B. ICatz head the social, committee. Froin all uidications a very lurge at tendance is assured for this event. All those who have not made their reser¬ vations are urged to do so by calling Mra. Chijrleg Solomon, FA. 3510, or Mrs. Morris Brown, EV, 0629, presi¬ dent of the Tifereth Israel Sisterhood, the organization that is sponsoring this Annual Simchath Torah Banquet. A cardial invitation is extended not only to thie old and to the many new mem¬ bers of the Temple, but to the entire Jewish Community.   ,
Will  Celebrate  the 4Sth
Anniversary of Temple
Sisterhood Tuesday
In celebration of the forty-fifth :kn- niversary of the founding of the Rose E. 'Lazarus Sisterhood the. entertain¬ ment committee has arranged an elab¬ orate program for the first open meet¬ ing, of the year to be held Tuesday, October 13th, at 2 p.m.. in the vestry rooms of the Bryden Road Temple., The oldest and the newest mem¬ bers of the Sisterhood will portray its history in message, mirth and melody. Following the program there will bl* a tea for which Mrs. Lawrence Locw- enstein furnished the birthday cake.
Mrs. Melville Frank will furnish the musical accompaniment for the en¬ tertainment and will also play a piann selection precetling the program.
Following is a list of those who will take part in the presentation: the Mesdanies Marcus Burnstine, Harry Goldberg, S. W. Goldsmith, S. J. Goodman, Allen Gundershcimcr, Max Gundershcimcr, W. A. Hcrsch, Louis Kahn, Henry Loeb, AW. Locb, Paul Alode, A. B. Wcirtfeld, Herbert Wise and Miss Mary 'Loewenstein. Mrs. Kalin will, act as spokesman for the old members and Miss Sally Zeiger for the new.
New Sisterhood members include: the Mesdames Edward Broidy', David Gerstenfeld, Harry Greenberg, Samuel Grossman, Meyer Hoffman, Arthur Koven, Jlohett I^on, Morris Mason, Albert Meade, Joseph R. Nichols. Henry Piatt, Samuel Robinson, Louis Roth, Herliert Siagat, Arnold Youiig- ermati and Miss Sally .Zeiger.
Mrs. Millard Kominz, 2lfi S. Cass¬ ingham, is chairinan of the entertain¬ ment committee. Mrs. Allen Gunder- sheimer, 12 Park Drive* will preside at the meeting. ,
Anti-Defamation  League Issues Statement
In the pending poHticar campaign, a wholly false issue has been injected; one which would imply a special in¬ terest on the part of. Jewish citizens. This makes imperative the rcasscrtion of the principle that Jews are not and never have been an organized political group in America. They afliliate ac¬ cording tQ their individual convictions with the various political ])arties, aiid the right of franchise is exercised by Ihein free from any considerations of class or group distinction. This is true notwithstanding representations of zealous political advocates to the contrary.
The raising ot such issue is partic¬ ularly unjustified in the pending cam- p.-iign, because of the unquestioned rec¬ ord of tolerance, in accord with the finest traditions of our nation, of the Presidential canditkitcs of the recog¬ nized political parties and their com¬ plete freedom from any religious or racial prejudice.
(Signed)    Sigmund Livingston, Chairman, Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith.
J E R US A L^E M (WNS—Palcor Agency)—The nati<)"-wide Arab gen¬ eral strike, now in jits 'ilth week, is L'xpcctcd in high An'di circles to end within the.week, it W-is reported after a sevch-hour' meeting of the Arab Higher Committee.' The strike will Jie terminated, it Is said, after the Arab sovereigns Of Saudi Arabia, Iraq. Transjordan .'tiid Yemen i-ihiic an appeal to their Palestine c<»tn- patriots and the Aral) Higher Com- mittcLf issues another proLlaniation based upon the me^^age of the kings. The text of the appeal from tbe neighboring rulers, includes no po¬ litical promises to the Arabs in re¬ turn for their agr eiiieiit to end the strike and tlic accompanying campaign f)f terror, it is nc|w reported.. The meeting of the Higher Committee was concerned with a sjudy of the text of the .-ippeal sent jointly by the kings. Several amendmeilt'i were inserted. and the revised document sent hack to the kings for their_ approval. It was proposed that the Ifeiipplcnicntary ap¬ peal to be made bj? the Higher Com¬ mittee be signed also by the local strike connnittecs:
.Arab chieftains who have kept alive the Arab general strike and campaign of terror are.reported in Arab circles to have held a s(^ret conference at which it was decided to abandon their terroristic activitiej) pending the de¬ cision of the Royal Commission, headed by Lord Peel, which is coming here to investigate the disorders. The chieftains, one of yiliom is a former Iraqi army olTiccij, Fauzi Bey Al Kawkagi, arc said to have determined to Jiold their roving bands in check immediately after tjie Arab king's ap¬ peal to discontinue the strike is pub¬ lished. If the Commission, however, should decide unfavorably on the three principal Arab den^ands, it is reported, the campaign of terror will be re¬ newed. The three'; demands are stop¬ page of Jewish imoiigratioii, a ban oil land sales to Jqw^ and establishment of an Arab nationai. government.
Great Britain lias agreecl to a formula for mediation of the Arab general strike prujused by rulers of the Middle East, it i^ stated in th^ Arab press. According to Ad Difaa, Arabic daily, one of the Arab govern¬ ments concerned in the negotiations proposed to Britain that she unite Palestine and Transjordan with one of the Arab States in tlie Peninsula This suggestion emphasizes the desire of the Palestine Arabs for unification with the other Arabs of; neighboring lands. I
World Jewry Is Called Upon To Rally To Safeguard Palestine
Brundage Says U. S. Olym¬ pic Team Financed by German-Americans
NEW YPRK (WNS)—What was tantamount to an admission that the American ,team that went to the Ber¬ lin Olympic Games, over the t>rotcst ^ of large scctioiLs of American public' ! opinion was financed in considerable [nieastire hy funds obtained from pro- Nazi and Gernian-Amcrican sources was made by Avery Brundage, chair¬ man of the AUierican Olympic Com¬ mittee and leader of, the fight for American- participation in the B'erlin games, in a prp-Nazi'speech at the German Day. celebration in Madison Square Garden here. Cheered, by, 20,000 gathered under the auspices of the German-American Bund, successor of the Friends of the New Germany, Mr. Brundage said that "thanks to the support of yoii people oi German de- 'scent in America we were able to get oiir Olympic team abroad^ The ques¬ tion, then was whether a yociferoxis ; ihinprity,, highly prgaliiztd and highly financed, could impose its will on 120,- 000 people.*'
In an atmosphere heavily larded with Nazism, and with "Heil Hitlers" and swastikas dominating the scene, Brundage received an ovation whfen he lauded the Nazi regime and urged the United States to' take a lesson from it, "We, too,- if we wish to preserve our institutions, must stamp out Comr munism," he said. "We, too, must take steps to arrest the decline of patriotism.! -If we are-to preserve the America we all love so well we must stanip out these false theories.''     ,
Brundage also, praised Germany's handling of the Olympic Games, deny¬ ing the Nazis, had.used them,fpc.prppi aganda purposes, and asserted that "Germany has progressed as a natiofi out of her discouragement of five years ago.into, a rtcw spirit of con¬ fidence- in herself." Other speakers were Dr. Hans Luther, German am¬ bassador at Washington, and Karl Strochlin, mayor of Stuttgart, Ger¬ many, Part of the entertainment was a political tafaleaii by uniformed .Nazi storm troPpers and the. singing of the Horst Wessel song.''.' :
THOUSANDS    IN    OHIO MOURN HIS PASSING
A^uAath   Achim    Religiou School Refristration Sun¬ day Morning:
Ivreeyoh Card Party Oct, 27
The Ivreeyoh Society will hold its aiuiual card party Tuesday afternoon, October 27, at the Neil House. The organization is expecting a huge turn¬ out. Tickets may be obtained for 35c from any member or Mrs. Simon Handler, chairman of the affair. There will be an array of fine prizes for all tables.
The Religious School of the Agu¬ dath Achim Synagogtie will ^old its registration tomorrow (Sunday), Oc¬ tober 11, between 10:30 and 12:00 o'clock. Rabbi Hirschsprung requests alt stgdents to be punctual, in order to be placed in their proper classes.
The teachers of the religious school, who wish to retain their positions, are asked to be at the Synagogue Sun¬ day morning at 10 o'clock for no other teacher. applications will be accepted after the above date.
B. R Auxiliary io Meet
Through the (Courtesy of Mrs. Harry Kaplan; the. Board of the Ladies' Auxiliary of Zion Lodge will meet Wednesday evening, October 14, at 8 o'clock at the Hillel Founda¬ tion, 40 Ifilh Ave.
Hebrew Sdiool Bd. Makes First Pledged
A special meeting for the 103C-1»37 membership drive was held by the board of directors of the Hebrew Sdiool on the evening of Tuesday, Oc¬ tober 6. The board, witli spirits high and enthusiasm rampant, started the membership drive with pledges ap¬ proximating a thousand 'dollars.
The final details of the drive were presented to the hoard for their ap¬ proval by the .secretary, "I believL- that with our most capable committee consisting of the board members; aiid considering the improvement in busi¬ ness conditions and the cooperative spirit of the entire conununity, the drive for HOO members will culminate successfully. In fact, the results should far exceed our expectations," said B. L.: Moser, secretary of, the Hebrew School, who is in charge of the mem¬ bership drive.
The members of the,drive commit¬ tee consist of the entire board of trus¬ tees of the Hebrew School, headed by A. Goldberg, chairman, with Leon J. Seff and Harry Masser, vice chairman, and Simon Handler^ treasurer.
Dr. CarlWittkeof O.S.U. To Discuss Fascism Be¬ fore Zion Lodge
As we pick up our newspapers each day wc arc constantly confronted with tlie problems of "Fascism" as it. makes its inroad.'i into the various nations of Europe; first thru.sting forward its tentacles to gain a footing and then soon to fake control of. the govern¬ ment; stifling life, freedom and the pursuit bf happiness.
Zion Lodge, B'nai li'rith, has been most fortunate in securing the services of Dr. Carl F. Wittke, professor of history at Ohio State University, to discu.ss the subject of Fascism Monday evening, October 12, at the Broad St. Temple.
Dr. Wittke is a world traveller and lecturer and the author of seviiral books, including "The History of Parliamentary Privilege" and the History of Canada." He has made a particular study ,of Fascism while traveling abroad. Thus, he is quite capable of discussing this particular subject which should prove most in¬ teresting to the members of Zion Lodge. All members of Zion Lodge are urged to attend this meeting and to bring their wives and friends.
Allan Tarshish Radio Chair¬ man for Ohio Legionnaires
Allan Tarshish was appointed this wt;ek by Sam Cobb, newly-elected Ohio De[>artment Commander of American U'gion.vas Cliairman pf Radio for the state of Ohio for the coming year. Tarshish wall have comjilete charge of assignment of all speakers who will address radio au¬ diences on the program and purposes of the American I-egion. Radio sta¬ tions in Youngstown, Cleveland, To¬ ledo, Dayton, Cincinnati, Portsmouth, Zanesville, Akron and Columbus, have all signified full cooperation, accord¬ ing to letters received by Mr, Tar¬ shish this week.
Dr. Leo Schram
Dr. Leo Schram, (18 years old, city physician of Dayton' .since 1!>1I and active on the medical staff of Miami Valley hospital for 23 years, /lied at 8:30 o'clock Monday night at Russels Point following a heart attack.
Dr. Schram had attended the annual clambake given by Columbus spon¬ sors, ht^aded by Max Ricser, and scores of his acquaintances from Day ton and other sections of the country were in attendance. It is said that he never missed this.annual'event once.in twcnty-fivc years.
Dr. Schrain vvas a conspicuous figure in the public and parochial schools for years as he regularly con¬ ducted health examinations for" the student body of Dayton.
He was elected prcsideiit of the Montgomery County Medical associa¬ tion in IflOS. He belonged to the In¬ ternational Medical association, I Vienna; was a Fellow in the Ameri¬ can Medical association, and a mem¬ ber of Pi Epsilon Rho fraternity.
For more than 20 years. Dr. Scbraip was a member of the board of trustees of the Jewi.sh Federation of. Social Service and active as a member of the conference comniittee. Since the founding of the Jewish Infants' Home of Ohio by the late Joseph Schonthal, he served on the board of this insti¬ tution. He was a member of the B'nai B'rith and Temple Israel of Dayton, Ohio.
Native of Wisconsin A native of Sparta, Wis., Dr. Schram was educated, in the public schools of that city. He read medi¬ cine and later was graduated front the University of Wisconsin, at Madi¬ son. He also attended Rush Medical college, Chicago, l^efore coming to Co 'lumbu.s; Ohio, to start the practice, of medicine, 44 years ago.
lie married soon after moving to Columbus. He would have been mar¬ ried 'JO years last Thursday.
?le was Columbus city physician for eight years. For five years he prac¬ ticed medicine in Canton before mov ing to Dayton HI years ago.
Dr. Schram was appointed a niein her of the executive board of Miami Valley hospital in 1!»H before, the flood ;and was'active in relief work during the catastrophe. He was active on the medical staff for 23 years and was chief medical consultant. As member of the board he rewrote the by-laws.
Surviving him are Ins wido^y, Dr. Bertha G. Schram, who was his con¬ stant companion; and two brothers, John, pf Cleveland, and Edward, of San Francisco, Cal.
Funeral services were held in- Day¬ ton Friday at 2:30 p. pi, with many of his friends from CoUinibus and other cities in attendance:
FRATERNITY PLEDGES
Phi Beta Delta: Sidney Zucker, I Brooklyn, N. Y.; Bernard D, Pollack, Akron; Afortpn Newman, Cleveland; Sydney Melvin, Brooklyn, N, Y.; Harold London, 10010 S. Boulevard; Isadore.Lader, Cleveland; Newton A.^ Hirsh, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Paul Her- wald, Cleveland; Alvin A. Father, Cleveland Heights; Myron H. Brcs- nlck, Mt. Vernon.
Alpha Epsilon Pi; Sidney Israel, Newbury, N, Y.; Paul Saltzman, Pcekskill, N. Y,; Stanley I. Fried- lander*, Cincinnati; Myron Feinberg; Cleveland; Harold Fassbqrg, E. Pales¬ tine; Alex Epsteui, Brpnx, N, Y.; Leonard Bauuiann,' New York City.
Rabbi Zelizer to Resume Fri¬ day Evening Lectures
Rabbi Nathan Zelizer 'will speak at the Broad St. Temple, Friday, Oc tober 18, at 8 p. in. on the theme— Israel's Modern Deluge," a modern interpretation of the beautifully-told narrative of tlie Bible. Cantor Eugene Gottesman will conduct the Services, after which the member¬ ship will gather iti the Social Hall for an Oneg Shabos Hour, Arranger ments are being made for tHe choir to sing every Friday night and for the teaching of inodern and medieval Jewish folk and religious songs to the audience. Tlie Jewish Coin- ninnity is cordially invited to attend the Services in tlie Temple on Friday evenings.
J !•: K U S A L E M (WNS-Palcor Agency)—The entire Jewish people is CRiIcd \i\vm to safeguard the gaiii.s in the Jewish Homeland through the pro- vtsidii nf ;i ii;l,.')fiO,000 defense and se¬ curity fiiiid in a statement issued by the Jewish Agency for Palestine on the ix-.casion of the close of the sixth iiioiith of. violence which marks, the Ar.ih revolt against the Jewish Na¬ tional Home policy of the British gov¬ ernment. The. problem is one that cannot be borne by tlic Jews of Pal¬ estine; alpne,' hut must be shared by ic Jewish people everywhere, it i.i declared in the statement, which reads as follows;
"For six months the Yishub has been faced with aii economic onslaught and incessant murderous attacks. The Arab .strike committees aiid the ter¬ rorist bands have been attempting to 1 check the peaceful and redemptive Jewish endeavors in a , renascent Homeland^ through dastardly and cow¬ ardly outrages, the murdering of old and young front ambush, the burning of crops and the uprooting of trees. This attempted war of extermination is not solely dircctefl against the lives and toil of the Homeland's 400,000 Jews but against the hopes of the en¬ tire Jewish people and their centuries- old aspiration to return to rebuild the long-neglected Homeland and to be rebuilt therein,
"Yet the Yishub has not been dis¬ mayed by this assault. The bloodshed and destructive fury launched by the Arab brigands has recoiled and been unsuccessful against the living steel wall of the Homeland's builders. The brutal provocation implicit in tht acts of, lawlessness lias been withstbod ami civil war prevented. The Yishub re¬ mains steadfast at its post with valiance, responsibility and judgment
and   with- unflinching-  dctcnninnlion:	
It maintains an unflagging watch as in one hand it holds its working tools ¦ and in the other the weapon of de¬ fense.
'The Arab strike, stained witli the innocent blood of Jews, Arabs and British, has not deterred the develop¬ ment of, the Jewish economy, nor has it baited the Jewish creative activity. The insecurity of the highways has not stayed Jewish transport nor sev¬ ered communications between; tovim and village,
"Our people's pioneers of the land .have not confined their efforts to the protection of existing achievements or , the continuance of previous activity. During the very height of ¦ the dis¬ turbances, when the sword of destruc¬ tion still was braiidished over their heads and the hopes of the Jewish people were threatened by the gravest danger, the Yishub won new perma.- lient footings, promising expansion, and thrust its roots more firmly into the soil. The world's first Jewish city carved a way to the sea. and a Jewish port is beginning oa the Tel Aviv shore. Jewish labor has been consolidated in the Jewish villages and thousands of new Jewish workers have been absorbed in the Jewish set¬ tlements. Jewish agriculture has won new markets and the labor settlements have adniittcd, hundreds of new pio¬ neers. Building's basic industry, ,quarrying has absorbed added Jewish labor. The Jewish defense forces have had an .uhprccc<lented increase, with the enlistment of thousands of Jewish youths iii the supernumerary police who arc now guarding Jewish life and property. Not the. letist achievement during these months of crime and unleashed passions has been the entry into Palestine of thousands of newcomers of all types and ages who, by settling on the* latid, have demonstrated the absorptive capacity of a rebuilding Homeland despite ter¬ rorism. '
"For six months the Yishub alone has borne the weight of these strug¬ gles, paying for its faith in our.re¬ demption undertaking with the fruit of its toil and capital and the lives of its sons and daughters. But the Yishub will not retreat or falter ^rom any aacrillce, remaining steadfast and prepared for the trial forced upon it by fate.. But this cannot be regarded as a battle to be fought by the Jew¬ ish cpmniuiiity in Palestine alone. It is not the lives and rights in the land of 400,000 Jews which it is guarding hut the prerogatives of the entire Jew- (ConlittUed on page 2)