Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1939-06-02

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VOL. 18.     No. 23
COLUMBUS, OHIO, FRIDAY, .TUNE 2, 1».W
Strictly Confidential
Tidbits From ETcrytrhere By PHINEAS JT. BIRON
FROM THE ZIONIST FRONT
Oi'cliids to tlie leaders of the delegations tliat wont to Wasii- ington ten days ago to moliilisie tlieir Congressmen on behalf ot Zioni.st claims to Palestine . . . Phone calls from Congressmen kept the State Department wires busy for a couple of days . . . Swellest job ot all was done by Elihu Stone, head of the Massachusetts Zionist delega¬ tion. . , Newspaper reporters who attended the press confer¬ ences called by Dr, Solomon Gpldman in Washington and Dr, Stephen S. Wise in New York say that both Zionist lead¬ ers could teach some ot the big¬ gest political figures in tlie na¬ tion's Capital tlie art ot answer¬ ing questions. . . The reason why Dr. Weizmann went to Paris to malte his broadcast on the occasion of the dedication of the Jewish Palestine Pa¬ vilion at the New Yorit World's Fair is that he wanted to speak his mind freely, without inter¬ ference.'!, and tliat he felt he could not do so from British territory. . . FLASH
It's almost too late, but we may still beat the cable dis¬ patches, . . Dr. Chaim Weiz¬ mann will resign from tho presi¬ dency ot the World Zionist Or¬ ganization either now or in August, at the Worid'a Zionist Congress, . . If he doesn't re¬ sign ho may be forced to tjuit, by those who believe that he is following an appeasement po¬ licy toward England, . . The truth of the matter, as evidenc¬ ed by the vote in the House of Commons in connection with the White Paper, is that Chalm's hold over the members of the House is stronger than that of any other public man in Eng¬ land. , , II less than a hundred ot the I, P.'s who abstained from voting—because they were against  the  White  Paper,  but
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WASHINGTON (WNS) -Francios de Tessan, membor ot the French Chamber of De¬ puties, speaking at a luncheon given by the Congressional Commitee of American ORT, an organization devoted to the re¬ habilitation and training of un¬ wanted retugees, appealed for world-wide support ot a move¬ ment which would alleviate the plight of hundreds oJ thousands of refugees from the totalitar¬ ian countries of Europe. Ar ranged by Senator .lames M- Mead of New York, the meeting was attended by a distinguished group, including the Ambassa¬ dors of France and Russia, the Ministers of Poland and Ru¬ mania, and other diplomatic of¬ ficers and a number of Senators and Representatives. . M. de Tessan said tliere was no basis for the charges in some circles that .Tews were not suited for rural life. Thousands of Jew¬ ish farmers, who had come In¬ to France with their retugee families, had been settled on the soil in France and transformed into French farmers. He spoke of the training school founded b.y OUT in Paris, where hun¬ dreds of porsions have been taught new professions since 1933, "These Jewish families represented traders, clerks, engineers, lawyers, newspaper men, artists and members of other professions foreign to agriculture," said M. de Tessan "Today one could hardly dis tinguish them from the other country folic'
George Backer, President of American ORT, told the audi eneo that the program of the organization was far greater than the mere removal of re¬ fugees from the scene ot their troubles,        A more    practical
"Roots Of England's Position In Dire
Necessity"—Einstein
NEW YORK (WNS)—Urging Jews not always to look passive¬ ly to England for a determina¬ tion of their fate, Professor Al¬ bert Einstein appealed to the Jewish National Workers Al¬ liance to continue their peaceful work with -redoubled "effort. Speaking Irom his home in Princeton, N. J., Professor Ein¬ stein broadcast his address to the meeting held in Town Hall, While he said that England had in part "ignored Its sacred pledge for a homeland in Pales¬ tine," Professor Einstein said that England had given her word "in a dire hour" and was now acting in a dire hour. At the same time he called upon Jews to "remember in the midst ot your justified bitterness that England's opponents are also our bitterest enemies, and that, in .spite of everything, the main¬ tenance ot England's position is of utmost importance to us.
Professor Einstein declared that the Arabs ctiually were in¬ terested that England's jiower should not he shattered by tbe "Totalitarian adventurers." He said that there could be no greater calamity than perman¬ ent discord between tho Jew.s and Arabs. De.spite the wrongs done to the .Tew.s, he insisted that the Jews "must ,strive for a just and lasting compromise with the Arab people."
were not ready to vote against program, he said, was to take their government in the existing [},„ dispossessed out of the class
European crisis—had joined tho ¦ anti-Cliamberlaiiiites, the White Paper would never have been approved. . . And this extraordi¬ nary show ot strength again.st tli^ abrogation of the Balfour pledge was due entirely to Weizmann's amazing diploma¬ tic skill and his work among the various Parliamentary groups. , , TRUE STORY
King George's secretary was a bit startled tiie otlier day to receive a Iilackbordered letter, addressed to His Majestj'. , .On opening the letter the secretary found that il contained a for¬ mal announcement ot the death of the Baltour Declaration, . . It ho reads this, ho'U learn that this announcement was sent by a well-known Zionist-Revision¬ ist leader, , . , THIS AND THAT
Tlie importance of tho sensa¬ tional exposures of anti-Semi¬ tism to which the Dies Commit¬ tee has at last got around should not be minimized just because Congressman Dies is said to have Vice-Presidential ambi¬ tions. . . It's a fact, tliough It may seem strange that the Na'iis frequently help German .Tewish groups to get out ot Naziland, provided they prom¬ ise to go to Palestine, , .It's all jxirt of a plot devised by a cun¬ ning Nazi brain on the theory that the more Jews get into BChodulod  for early  release  is
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NEW KDITOR OP J. P. S.
La Guardia Made Honary Citizen Of Tel Aviv
of "penny traders, and store- Iceepers," and so to change their lives and vocations as to malte them sulistantiai contributors to tlie economy ot those coun¬ tries whero now they were re¬ garded merely as a problem In excess population.
Important Notice From Tlie Columbus Hebrew School
At a special meeting to be held noxt Tuesday, June Gth, at 8 p, nl., at the school building located at 558 E. Rich St., the Columbus Hebrew School will be reorganized and new officers elected tor the en¬ suing year. The poor financial condition of the school, caused liy tlie failure of all interested groups in the community to support It, makes a reorganiza¬ tion absolutely imperative.
Unless all interested groups in the community get behind the school and place it on a sound financial basis it will have to close Us doora at the end of the current fiscal year
All members and parents are urgently Invited to attend this meeting in order tliat the prob¬ lems facing tlie school may be ijoivcd for tlie best interest pf all concerned,
NKW YORK (W.VS)— Mayor LaGuardia was made an honor¬ ary citizen ot Tel Aviv,'the all- Jewish city of Palestine, at the dedication of the .Tewish Pales¬ tine Pavilion in the Court of Peace at the Court of Peace at the New York World's Fair this week. Tho request that New York's Mayor LaGuardia be in- eluded in the citizenship rolls ot the only Jewish' city in the world came by cable from May¬ or Israel Rokach to the Jfational Emergency Committee for Pal¬ estine, It is believed that May¬ or LaGuardia ia the tirst non- Jew so honored.
(Tel Aviv, which -was a stretch ot sand dunes adjacent to Jaffa, with a settlement of only sixty porsons in 19D9, is to¬ day tlie largest and most mod¬ ern city in tho Holy Land. Its harbor, built in 1030, during the outbreak of Aral)- riot.s, has be¬ come a regular port of call for freight and pas.senger vessels. Its sympliony orchestra, launch¬ ed undor tho baton of Arturo Toscaninl is the only one in ihe Middle East. The city con¬ tains about 3,000 factories and worltshops. The 400 'etreets ot Tel Aviv aro named after great men in Jewish history, from the time ot the prophets and tlie icings to the present era, Mr, Rolcach is the second Mayor of Tel Aviv, The first, Meir Dizzongoff, served from 1921 when the city was charter¬ ed until he died three years ago,)
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Ttie Jewish Publication So¬ ciety of America announces the appointment . of Dr. Solomon Grayzel as editor to till the vacancy caused by the death of Dr. Isaac Husik,
Dr, Grayzel received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the College of the City of New York in 1917 and his Master of Arts degree from Columbia University in 1920, He was ordained at the Jewish Thcolo gical Seminary in 1021 and for five year.s afterwards officiated as Rabbl of Congregation Beth El in Camden, N. J. In 1927 he received the degree of Doc¬ tor ot Philosophy from Dropsie College  in Philadelphia,
He spent a number of years abroad in study and research. Since 1929 ho has been Professor of Histor,v and Registrar ot Gratz College in Philadelphia. His publications include a vol¬ ume on "Tho Church and the Jews in the XIII Century," a considerable number of articles on the history of tlie Jews and several translations from Ger¬ man into English.
Refugees Find Adjustment Hard In Far East
SHANGHAI (WNS)—The re¬ fugees from tho European lands of oppression who cherished hope of finding a haven in the Far East, find their adjustment to the conditions in this region of the world extremely difficult and it lias become necessary to caution prospective immigrants lo the Far East against immi¬ grating here at this time. Such is the report submitted to the HIAS-ICA Emigration Associa tion by its affiliate in Harbin Manchultuo, tho Jeivi.sh Infor¬ mation Bureau.
It is reported tha* Shanghai now iiartiora 4,500 Jewish re¬ fugees from Germany and Au¬ stria who recently arrived liere. The Jewish Retugee Committee has registered   3,9'15   ot these.
While many ot the immi¬ grants liave succeeded in estab¬ lishing themselves In their pro¬ fessions, trade or business enter¬ prises, there ia a oonaidorablo numher who find it extremely difficult, however, to remain in Shanghai or to proceed to tlie Frencli,
NEW VORK (WNS)—More than 100,000 jammed tho Court of Peace at the New York World's Fair for tlie dedication of the Jewish Palestine pavil¬ ion and were stirred by words ot Professor Albert Einstein, Senator William H. King, of Utah, Mayor LaGuardia and American Zionist leaders. - An address liy Dr. Chaim Weiz¬ mann in Paris was brought to the listeners by short-wave broadcast.
The danger that threatens the place of refuge was the mournful note in Dr. Albert Einstein's address as he offi¬ cially opened the building. "In Palestine a handful of people Is threatened by the political intrigues ot the Powers," he said, "Sheer mob violence would rob It of achievements viron at the price of hard work and bit¬ ter sacrifice. It is exposed to constant attadt, and every one of its members is forced to figlit for his very lite, even over and above tho bitter economic - struggle tor survival."
LaGnardia Siicalcs Mayor Florello H. LaGuardia stirred the multitude by calling the pavilion a temple of thanks¬ giving. "This is no exhibit, no advertisement," said the Mayor. "It is a token of grati¬ tude from' a' peuple-whir-fcrat gave tho world culture, a peo-' pie who gave us the fundamen¬ tals of lavif and order, a people who gave the world tho Ten Commandments. Tliey are now grateful for a tiny piece of land in the world where their op¬ pressed brothers may find ref¬ uge." The Mayor declared world contributions ot the Jew¬ ish people could be found in all of the exhibitions that' typify the aims ot the Fair, particu¬ larly in tliose of science and medicine.
It would be a tragic anti¬ climax if at this most critical moment in .Tewish history, Jcw¬ isli immigration to Palestine should be stopped or greatly curtailed and the obligations lecogni'zed in the Palestine man¬ date repudiated," said Governor- IjOhman in a message read by Lieut. Gov. Charles A. Poletti.
Senator King went further by declaring that "It is inconsist¬ ent witii common conception ot democratic policy for Great Britain to close the door.s of Palestine to homeless, to re¬ ward Arab brigands and gang¬ sters and at the same time to penalize the courageous Jewish pioneers who heroically defend not only .lewish colonies but the entire country. Certainly as a great democracy she cannot fol¬ low tho example.s ot the dicta- tor.s of the world and reduce to a scrap of paper the Balfour Declaration and the League ot Nations mandate which was en¬ trusted to her by 52 nations, in¬ cluding the United States." Senator King praised the cour¬ age ot the Jews in shunning the 1^36 ot violence in registering tlieir protest and indignation against the British White Paper. Charging that the' decision of the Britisli Government amount¬ ed to a reaction, of the pledge It made twenty-two years ago. Dr. Weizmann, speaiung b.y radio trom Paris, said that this act  deeply   stirred  the   cousci-
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