Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1938-11-25

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Vohiinc XVI[—No   257
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Paris refugee circlca hip -wKK- ppiing that the ns^na-^iimtuin oC lho Gorman embassy's third <^Gcrc- tmy hy a Volish Jew haa all the* cjirmtirkB of a second Keich'^tflg fu'o . . , The reasoning behind this Btnrtling theory is that Heiachel GrynKapnn, nn unknown Polish Jowiflh youth, could not hiwe gain¬ ed ndmilta«i:e„to the upper iloor of tho German embassy without some ono heing unxious to havo him get there , . . Thnl sppia one,, it in argued, miEht have been o Jewish Nazi agent provocateur— and there are nUmhers of them in all refugee centois—who Eiold Grynzspan tho   idea   of   shooUng
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'    selected    ai   the   victim—so   the theory   goes—because,  as  wo   re- l Wealed   last   week,   he    was   the \ wephew Of the late Roland ICocster, \ German envoy to Paria, who com¬ mitted suicide when he learned he was a non-Ax'yan. YOU SHOULD KNOW
None of the lengthy obituaries ort Kemal Ataturk, Turkish dicta¬ tor, mentioned the repoit, widely current in the Balkans, that he waa the eon of a pious Saloniki Jewess in whose veins ran the 'blood of Spanish Jews who found a haven from the Spanish Inquisi¬ tion in the land of the Turks . . . Reports of an anti-Semitic cam¬ paign in the Republic of Colombia will startle those -who know of the great preponderance of Jewish blood among many aristocratic Colombiang , , . The most, his¬ toric cemetery at Medillin is that of thb Catadavids, an aristocratic family of Jewish antecedents long prominent in Bogota ¦ . .-The next most prominent tomb In that exclusively Catholic cemetery ia over the grave of a Catholic Jew by the name of Jorge Isaacs, who was one of the most celebrated poeta of Latin Amorica . , . He was the author of a novel called "Maria," which gives- d picture of liffi,^in a Catholic-Jewish home in ^ [^ .C^^ombls ... It _ sold >,flOO,QOO .^-O&Q^fgg^'(i|)d 13-the best-seUlng. boolfc
fv^   '      Naziland's   ^eUdin'gf' race   expetts;   *^ iM ^ ^    ^-     . has authored ft treatise in which   "'="    '^"•' ho seeks to prove that freckles and red beards are Nordic . . . The name of Freud, world-J^mous in psychology, now adorns  a  dress shop in   London's   awanky   West End . . . The   owner   Is   Matilde Freud,   oldest   daughter   of   the daddy of paychoanalysis, NEWS PROM HOME -    Some highly influential Amerl can Christians nre reported to be drafting  a   petition  to   President Roosevelt proposing that he recom mend to Congu'ess legislation which would   permit   large   numbers of Europe's persecuted minorities "to obtain  temporary  refuge  in   the United States . . . The real slap Hitler will receive from the Ameri' ca.n Government will be adminis tered   at   the   forthcoming   Pan American Conference to be held at Lima, Peru . . . Rumors are cir culating that an all-embracing boy¬ cott   against   the   TWA-Lindberg air line is to be started aa a pro¬ test  agairist  Lindbergh's   strange tenderness for the homeland of the kidnap-murder of his son . . .'Fritz Kuhn, local Nutzl fuehrer, is said to be so scared these days that he hasn't shown up at his office for tho past week, at this writing . . . And wo're told that Bund members now wear Magen David emblems in their   lapels   as   a   protection agamst   the   indignant   Chrlstlah Americana   who   can't   stand jthe Bight   of   the   local   Nutxis   any more. SPECIAL UEPOUTS
Credit the Cleveland Jewish Independent with an A-i scoop: That weekly has recalled that Dr. Hans Borchers, the Nazi consul general Jn New York who recently attacked the Jews and American liberties, had been extremely friendly to Jews when he held a consular post in Cleveland before Hitler ... In 1929 Borchera con¬ tributed to the Lessing-Mcndela- 8ohn Good Will Fund , . . Two years later he spoke at an ob- Bfefvance of the 75th anniversary of the denth of Heine , .- ¦ Shavp. eared Leonaid Bloom of Los Angcleb repoils that whoever runs the musical woHU in Germany would ,havo had a hemorrhaKe had, he Uatencd to Station ICHJ in tliat ?ity at 1:15 p, ui. on October 28th » . 4 At that time there was sup- po&ed to be a special shortwave bioudcuat from ytattgart of Mo- (CotiUnu(.U on pays 3)
NEW YORK ''WNS)—The thunder of indignant protest') against Nn7,i persecution of the Jews incieaaed in volume throuRh- nut the world la-it week after Pre-^ddont Roosevelt, In an unprece- <Iented stntement voicing the de¬ nunciation of the American people said, *'I myitelf could scarcely be¬ lieve such things could occur in a twentieth-century civilisation."
The Catholic Church in tbe United States protested oJTicially in a nationwide radio broadcast in which four leading prelates ond Alfred E, Smith raised their voices "in . grim indignation against the atrocities visited upon the Jews in Germany''. Partici¬ pating prelates were Archbishop John J. Mitty of San Francisco, Bishop John C. Gannon of Cleve¬ land, Bishop Peter L, Ireton of Baltimore, and Mon&ignor Joseph Corrigan, rector of Catholic Uni¬ versity. Cardinal O'Connell of Boston, issued a 'statemout to the Jewish community declaring "I jnih with you and all civilized peo¬ ple in asking Almighty God to soften the peipetrators of such crimes." The Board of Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church expressed itself as being "pro¬ foundly shocked by the un'jpeak- able persecutions of the Jews." William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, called upon all fedoxatlon affiliates to make redoubled efforts to strengthen the anti-Nazi boycott. Leaders of the sport world from many sections of the country, in statements sent to Jeremiah T. Mahoney, foiiner president of the Amateur Athletic Union, con¬ demned the terror in Germany as "a complete repudiation of all standards of humanity."
Also joining in the protest were the American Legion; Dr. Edward J. McCormick, grand exalted ruler of the Elks; the national board of the Tf. W. C. A.; the Americ^in Xoutb Congress;    the    Amedci^n
evGnt'5 of the last few dayi can baldly he erased from the mindi of mankind," the editorial said- "The hopes we had, often against our better judgment, have proved themselves to be false. The ex- cesaett of the mob, destroyino: property, maltreating people, are now being followed hy a cold ter¬ ror which, in its consequence will be much moie horrible than tho brutal nets themselves committed under the prctcn&e and offcial pal¬ liation of 'spontaneous' action." August II. Miller, German-Amcri-
Lloyd's Won't Pay Jews' Insuraince  To  Reich
LONDON (WNS)—Lloyd's of London, the world-famous in¬ surance society, tins suspended all payments on insurance policies held by Jews whose prflperties were wrecked during the recent pogrom. The purpose of the suspension is to prevent the German government from confiscating payments. The payments are to be impounded in London and paid out to policyholders only when they succeed in leaving Germany. There is a possibility that the funds may be Tclca&ed to rela¬ tives or friends outside of Ger¬ many or used to finance the project for mass emigration nnd colonization of German Jews.
- , . -. .-„ . .,„ pceaiidem of'tfi^ Mdtional-'Women's Chris-. ti,an Temperance Union; 'Ruth Ottaway, president of the Nation¬ al Coqncil of Women; Lola D. -Williams, president of the Camp Fire Girls; Maude W. Park, presi¬ dent of the National Federation of Business and Professional Wo¬ men; Dr. Daniel A. Poling, presi¬ dent of the International Society of Christian Endeavor; the New York City Council; John W. Stude- baker, U, S. Commissioner of Edu¬ cation; President Ray L. Wilbur of Stanford University; Dr., George Johnson, secretary of the National Catholic Education As¬ sociation; Mrs. J. K, Pettingill, president of the National Con- ¦rress of Parents and Teacheis; Mrs. Sadie Orr Dunbar, president of the General Federation of Wo¬ men's Clubs; the presidents of Rochester, Yale, Harvard, Chica¬ go, Wisconsin and North Carolina UniverBitles; and Samuel E. Hoyt, president of the Amateur Athlet¬ ic Union.
The convention of the C. I. 0. in Pittsburgh adopted a resolution officially en d pr a in g President Roosevelt's statement on Jewish persecution in Germany. Prom Washington, the .National Negro Congress assailed the' "inhuman barbarism being practiced" on the tSerman Jews and. urged the President "to provide in America free haven for the 'oppressed Jew¬ ish people." Numerous govern¬ ment officiiils also joined in the protests, endorsing the President's stafiment an<l proposing a sever¬ ance of diplomatic relations with Germany. Among the U. S. Sena¬ tors recorded in protest were Borah'and Pope, of Idaho, Har¬ rison of Mississippi, Bauley of North Carolina, Logan of Ken¬ tucky, Capper of Kansas, Connolly of Texas, Smathers and Barbour of New Jersey and Lodge and Walsh of Maaaachuaetta, and Wagner of New York, Attorney- General Cummings also issued a protest. The governors of nearly 30 states voiced their protests in the form of proclamations urging their citizens to pray for the vic¬ tims of persecution. ;
The New Yorker Staats Zeltung und Herpld, the country's leading Gurman-langii4ge daily, published im editorial in which it asserted that^ it abandoned "as false" tlie hope it had held out to its readers I for "decency" from the present I iuler.s    of    Germany,    *'Teriiblo
can group chairman of the Na¬ tional League of American Citi¬ zens of Foreign Descent, called on 400 German-American organisa¬ tions to "express our indignation." The United States Association of Mayors made plana for a na¬ tionwide protest in response to a proposal by Mayor La Guardia of New York and Mayor Wilson of Philadelphia, More than a njiHio" Christians throughout the nation joined with Jews in prayers for NaziHm yictirng. ' Protests also tame^f torn lowla J. Mor^ natlon-
and the >few'York State Confet- fiince of Polish Clubs.
PROTESTS ABROAD
Abroad the protests continued to be equally vehementj and wide¬ spread. The ex-German Kaiser told friends at Doom that he was opposed to the anti-Jewish out¬ rages in the Reich. Lord Mount Temple, president of the Anglo- German Fellowship and long one of the leading pro-Germans in England, resigned from the organ¬ ization "because of the treatment of Jews in Germany and the atti¬ tude of the Germans toward the Catholic and Lutheran commun¬ ities," The Radical Socialist mem¬ bers of the French Chamber of Deputies, at a meeting called by Premier Daladier, took an indi¬ rect slap at Germany by adopting a resolutiop emphasizing France's "lack of racial prejudice" and as¬ serting she "has considerably bet¬ tered the material, intellectual and moral situation of the people which it has taken in charge.
Nazi pogroms were condemned in resolutions adopted by the Uru¬ guayan Chamber of Deputies, the House of Representatives of-Co¬ lombia and the city council of Capetown, South Africa. Nation¬ wide protest meetings were held in Chile and in the , Philippine Islands. Viscount Galwa^, gover¬ nor-General of New Zealand, said "the events in Germany, iparticu- larly in the last few days, almost cause one to despair' of peace." The Polish rabbinate forbade all weddings and feasts for 30 days beginning November 30th. Pravda, olflfial Communist Party organ, warned that "pogroms, did not save tlhe Czarist monarchy and tliey will not save German Fas¬ cism,"
Catholics and Protestants in England prayed last Sunday for the victims of Nazi oppression while a petition signed by 30,000 Catholics headed by Cardinal Hin¬ sley protested against Nazi ter¬ rorism. Prayers were also said in Christian churches in Canada, Car^ dinal Verdier of Paris and Car¬ dinal Van Hoey, primate of Bel¬ gium, joined in. the protests.
Medic;^! Frateraity Convention To Be Held Dec. 27-28.29
The 31st annual convention of tho Phi Lambda Kappa, national fraternity for Jewish physicians nnd medical students, will be held in New Orleans Dec. 27th, 28th and 29th it was announced recently by Dr, Ben B. Weinstein, General Chairman, Great interest nt this convention centers about the Gold Medal Award to bp presented to the Jewish physician whose cou- tributiona to the field of medical science have been deemed most valuable. More than^200 delegates and visitors, lepresenting the 50 under-graduatc and alumni chap¬ ters and units of the Ladies' Auxiliary are expected to attend,
The Gold Medal has been award¬ ed annually since 1028 and is the Fraternity's mean^ for recogniz¬ ing the contributions made to the medical sciences by Jewish physi¬ cians. It ig not limited to members of the fraternity, and any Jewish physician in the country is eligible for nomination. In previous years, tho fraternity in this fashion has" honored Dr, Solomon Solis-Cohen of Philadelphia for hia work in pharmaology; Dr. Jay Frank Schamberg of Philadelphia for ntudies in dermatology; Dr. Bela Schick of New York for his work in perfecting the Schick test for diphtheria; Dr. Charles Austrian of Baltimore for work on diseases of the heart; Dr. George B. Hassin of Chicago for studies on the ner¬ vous system; Dr. Emanuel Libman of New York for clinical contribu¬ tions in cardiology; Dr. Reuben Kahn of Ann Arbor for devising the useful blood test for syphilis; and Dr. Ira Kaplan of New York for the clinical application of use of the roentgen-rays.
H. Y. Bank President
Heads  B'nai   B'rith
Membersliip Drive
Dr. Louis J. Uotli To Speak Dr. Louis J. Kotli, well known Jewish pliyaician, will address thtj loeiil chapter of A, Z. A. this Sun- <fuy, Nov, 27, at 2:00 p. m., at the Sdiuiithal Cimte"., His .topic will be ono of unusual intevest to Jew- isli youlh.
Jewish Agency Adoffts
$5,000,000< Budget  '
, lUaNHbN- (WNSJ'^VThe p^A Sf.ths'jowiah'Ageney'for, tho'nS year 1938-39, which Is popplicd the Keren, Hayesod, was set al $5,000,000 by the Agency's Adrain- istrative Committep at; Its meet¬ ing here. This sum. is sepaVnte from the obligations of the Jew¬ ish National Fund, which Is ex¬ pected to require at least another $6,000,000 during the same period, The Agency's budget includes S237,000 for colonization; £160,000 for security an^ political purposes; S150,000 for aid of labor activi¬ ties; £80,000 to stimulate trade and Industry; and S40,000 to aid immigration. The budget of the Zionist Executive, ns distinct from the actual upbuilding program of the Agency Executive, was fixed at $200,000, based on a sale of 1,000,000 shekolim during the next year.
A series of resolutions reaffirm¬ ing the stand taken by the Jewish Agency Executive on political is¬ sues in connection with Palestine was voted at the closing session of the Zionist Actions Committee. The major political resolutions re- .iected Jewish minority status; ex¬ pressed readiness to cooperate with the , Arab.=i for the general wel¬ fare of the country; denounced the. Woqdhead Commission report; voiced apprehension at the intro¬ duction of representatives of other Arab countries into the Arab- .Tewish discussions;,reaffirmed the Balfour Declaration and the Man¬ date as tho only basis upon which the Jewish Agency can participate in, such discussions; approved the course of the Executive In its nego¬ tiations v^ith the Revisionists; and appealed to Great Britain to open wider the doors of Palestine for the German Jews,-
The political resolutions were adopted unanimously except lor the dissent of the Jewish State Party representatives, who sub¬ mitted separate resolutions ex¬ pressing regret that tha Execu¬ tive had agreed to negotiate with the participation of the Arab states,, and demanding that tliy Executive should not negotiate on the basis.of parity or partition. The State Fatty's proposal for the appointment of a committee to join the London discussions was voted down, the exiating political committee named at Zuiich last year being authorijecl to cooper¬ ate in the negotiations. The Actions Committee also voiced in¬ dignation at the desecration of th^ Wailing Wall by tcnoilsis.
JMAX j. SCHNEIDEK
NgW YORK—The appointment of Mta J. Schneider, president of, the Nntional Safety Bank and Trtts^'Company of New York, as Chaleman of the New York B'nai B'rith Membership Campaign was annnnhcod hy Henry Monsky of Omaha, national President of B'nat' B'lith, in a statement out- llning:^ a national membership ef¬ fort On the occasion of the ninety- fifth ' anniversary of the Order, oldest .Iewish fraternal group in America.
"With a raenibership of." over, sixty thousand representative Tews ,in 450 communities in:every State) in the Union," declared Mr. Schneider in accepting the ap¬ pointment, "B'nai B'rith seeks to further enlarge its ranks so that it may play an even gi qat^r part than 1 ever before in the iight for the^ ,preservation' of democratic Anieiicon ideals. Challenged by "isms" of hoth the left and, right, Amcrjea faces a crucial era in its hlstoiy. -In this flght for the pre^df 'ation of democracy', '¦ B'nai "B'iitjf aspires lo hold high the ban))$ of Judaism. It is our.be¬ lief ^|.it organizations steeped in lis tradition must gird them- fht problems that may ;|he future, the.'fight tanUm and matfeHalism
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ig the apppintmettt.
laid tributej-',fo: Mr.
'a  sturdy '.warrior
-.¦yjinrojic   causes¦' of   all
^ distinguished citizen and
of high ^haractyr and i:e-
¦ Idealism."
_S<!hi*Mer, who has long jetivfl'in communal and Jew- ^¦pilanthropic activities, was the Democratic candidate In 1936 for the presidency of the dity Connoil of New York, He Has been actively associated with many communal and Jewish educational and chfttitable projects.
Ohio Valley Zionists ToMeetHereDec.34
The Columbus Zionist iDistrict will lie bpst to the visiting dele¬ gates of the second annual con¬ vention of the Ohio Valley Zion¬ ist leglon on Saturday and Sun¬ day, Dec. 3ld and 4th, at the Sen¬ eca Hotel.- On Saturday evening, Dec. 3, 'a reception will be held for the .visitiirB at 8:30. Representa¬ tives of local leading Jewish or¬ ganizations will extend a word.of welcome that same evening withi Eabbi Tames G. Heller of Cincin¬ nati, 0.,' a-H the main speaker, A social hour will follow.
On Sunday morning, Dec. 4 from 1« A. M. to 12:30 P. M,, a discussion "A Cultural Platform for Our District" will be led hy Dr. Emanuel Gamoran, head of the educational department of the Union ol American Hebrew Con¬ gregations, The speaker at the luncheon, scheduled at 1 o'clock, will ba Harry Montor, national di¬ rector of the United Palestine Ap¬ peal. Tha afternoon session will deal with tha subject "Problems and Programs of Our District" and will be led by Samuel Frisch of Indianapolis, Ind.
It Is Safe To Send Haavaramarks To Jews In Germany
Because of the recent event.'* in Germany, there have been numer- om inquiries as to whether lla- -waramarks may still be sent to Jewish people there. The New York ORlce nf Intrla, 120 Bvoad,- way. New York, finds it neccs- -inry, therefore, to announce that a cable arrived from its . main office in London, England, stating that the whole machinery of pay¬ ing out Haavaramarks in all parts of Germany and Austria is in per¬ fect order. Haavaram.irks, there¬ fore,- may be sent as usual, thrjligh. the various banks and liavel bureaus.
Special Chanukah Gifts Permitted . ' Until New Year As you know, it is only permit¬ ted to send 200 Haavaramarks to a person In Germany during one month. But before certain holi¬ days, ¦ 200 extra marks are allow¬ ed, Chanukah has been recognized as one of those holidays. From now until January Ist, therefore, one may send 200 extra marks as a special ¦Chanukah gift to some¬ body in Germany, but orders must arrive iri Germany not later than December 31, 1938. Why   It  Is  Advis.-lblc To Send
Haavaramarks.. l
The Haavaramarks. in Gei'many have ¦ the same value as the Reichsmark..It is not a cheaper mark.. The. Haavaramarks have exactly the ¦ same ' purehaaing power as the Reichsmarks. The difference is only in buying the marks. The Reichsmarks" ¦ cost about twice aa much ' in foreign exchange as the Haavaramark..in other words. If you send dollars or Reichsmarks from here to 1 someone in Germany, that person receives about two-and-a-half marks for a dollar. On, the other hand, if you send Haavaramarks, that party will receive about five marks for every dollar you paid here. This means that your dollar brings the person in ' Germany about twice as much when you send Haavaramarks.
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B'nai B'titK' To HpM
' 1st' Nomin&tite^^M-- Of ficer^ MoAday
Zion Lodge, B'nai B'rith, will hold a closed business meeting and .the first nomination of officers next Monday evening, Nov. 28, at the' East Bvoad St. Temple,, the regular tneeting place.
With an all time high in mem¬ bership, as a result of the recent membership campaign during which effort 180 men were enrolled in the Order, capable officers to guide the destinies of Zion Lodge in the future are most essential, It is therefpre being urged by the executive committee that a large turnout be. present for the first' nomination meeting Monday eve¬ ning, at 8 o'clock*
Wm. Wasserstrom, president, also announces that .-Dr, Max Lerner, profcasoi' of Political Science at Williams College and former editor.of The Nation, will address the group on' Tuesday, evening, Dec. 13.
Louis   Uni^rmeyer   To
Speak Here Monday, Dec. 5
T(0uia Untermeyer. one of the country's foremot^t poetry-anthol¬ ogists an4 parodista, is being brought here for a lecture on Monday evening, Dec. 5th, by the Brydeh Bd. Temple Brotherhood, uccurc bg to Sig. I,. Weisskerz, pr8aid=n$ of the organization. The lueeti! g will' h& open to men and womei ft? Temple Israel and their frienc *. . Moj-e detail» regarding the m Eti4 author will be published In   HI tt   wesk's   lanue   of   The
Station Rebukes Coughlin For Misstatements On Jews
NEW YOKK (WNS)—A .radio station took public issue with a spealier on a commercial program for the fii'st time when Station WMCA followed up a broadcast by Father Coughlin with an announce¬ ment that "unfortunately Father Coughlin has uttered certain mis¬ takes of fact." The station did nnt specify the "mistakes" in the radio priest's broadcast which' was made on a national hookup from Detroit but the Non-Sectarian Anti-Kaa^ League called WSlCA's attention to, "incorrect and deliberately mis¬ leading" statements by Father Coughlin who had devoted his apee*;h to rehash of the faniiliar allegation that Jews play a lead¬ ing part in Kussian Communism. The Detroit priest denounced Nazi persecution but claimed that Naz¬ ism was defense mechanism against Communism.
ANNOUNCES SERMON Rabbi Nathan Zelizer spoke at the Broad St. Temple this Friday, Nov. 25, on the aubject, "The Ue- lationship of the pngrims to the Jews," a Thanksgiving Day eur- mon.' The Kabbi bus chosen for hia sermon on Friday, Dec. 2nd, "I Wish God' Were Back." Cantor Kugene Gotteamnn will sing the traditional Bcrviees. All are wel¬ come.
WASHINGTON, D, C. (WNS)— That the whole question of what part the United States will play in aiding the, 700,000 persecuted .lews in Germany and how for it wiH go In extending aid will come bcfoi'e the 7Cth Congress, became a certainty when Presi¬ dent Roosevelt declared hia in¬ tention of laying the entire refu¬ gee problem before the nexit ses- aion of Congress. Ho made this announcement in a statement re¬ vealing he had instructed- Secre¬ tary of Labor Perkins to extend for six moriths the visas of be¬ tween 12,000 and 15,000 refugees from Germany, now hi this coun¬ try on visitors' permits.' Seeking to prevent the enforced return of these refugees until their ulti¬ mate destiny is determined, the President said he took thifl un¬ precedented step becflUHe all pre- ccptg of human decency 'foi-bade ejecting them to face the, terror in Germany. He also said he liad ordered the Secretary of Labor to extend the visitors' permits for additional periods if necessary.
While the President emphasized that there was no intention of seeking changes in existing immi¬ gration quotas, some members of Congress proposed to mortgage the German Immigration quota f9r the next three years so that' 81,000 refugees could be admitted at once. This' suggestion dreiW a warning ,^rom Senator Borah that Con¬ gress would oppose any revision of the Immigration laws! Chair¬ man Dies of the House Committee on' Un-American Activities chal¬ lenged the legality *>f the Presi¬ dent's action in extending ,the visitors'¦ permits. The State De¬ partment meanwhile annbunced that President Roosevelt had ask¬ ed Myron Taylor, American repre¬ sentative on the Intergovernmental Refugee Committee, to return to London to meet with the commit¬ tee because of the increasingly critical refugee p)robkm. Secre¬ tary of Slate HoU also'severed
to r^ply to a proposal that Georg^ Rublee, director of the contmittee, shoiild go'to London to negotiate for the solution of the refugee problem.
The president again emphaaized his concern oyer the refugee situa¬ tion when he asked the nation lo pray for the "unfortunate peopl> in other lands who are in dire distress.". In his Thanksgiving Day proclamation he said" ¦'in the time of our fortune It is fitting that we offer prayers".for unfortunate pfeople In other lands, and urged that we "remember them in our families and churches when, on the ,day appointed, we offer our thanks to Almighty God." At the same time Justice Louis D. Brai- deis. conferred with the President for the second time in two weeks, presumably on the refugee situa¬ tion. A report waa also current here that the President might, ask former President Hoover to head the propbsed. international organi¬ zation for settling the refugees in a new homeland.
Meanwhile, Mrs, Roosevelt sug¬ gested that the United States might possibly give temporary shelter to a considerable number of the refugees. "Perhaps those, suffering from racial persecution could he given viaitora* permits," she said. "I think we should be quite, willing to leave to Congress what steps should be taken to admit people beyond our present quotas, which I do not think should be changed. For ourselves, I hope we will do, as individuals, all we ean to preserve what is a tradi¬ tional j'ight in thia country—free¬ dom for different races and dif- ''event religions."
Numerous Plans Offered , Meanwhile, a variety of other ¦lans and proposals for aiding the German Jews were advanced in many parts of the world. From Berlin it waa reported that the German government was nego¬ tiating, ditectly with a number of I.iatin-Aniet lean countriea, includ¬ ing the Dominican Republic, for a deal by which they would open their dou.va to a substantial num¬ ber of Jewish refugees as part of a German export drive \n Latin^ America. A United Palestine Ap¬ peal conference in Washington urged President Roosevelt to make lepresentations to England to open the doora of Pakatina to German refugees. From Barcelona, the Spanish Loyalist government offeied political and  facial  refu¬
gees of whatever raop or rolisrio'i a haven in Spain if the govorn ment wins the civil war. Thp .3rfl7.ilian foiclgn minister an¬ nounced that his country "wel¬ comes the Jews with open arms" Colonel Fulgcncio patista, Cuban dictator, said in New York thai hia country would facilitate the entry of refugees. William Ran¬ dolph Hearst proposed that the former German colonies in Africa, together with Portuguese Angola and the Belgian Congo be con¬ verted into a permanent homeland Cor the Jews under the protection of the United States, France and Kn gland.
Three membera of the British cabinet—Chancellor of the Ex- chciiuer Sir John Simon, Secretary of State for India Marquess of Zetland and Minister for Coordina¬ tion Sir Thomas Inakip—declared < that the govemment would do everything possible to find new homes for the German refugees. All three expressed themselves as "shocked" by events in Germany. Former Foreign Secretary An¬ thony Eden spoke in similar vein in a speech broadcast to the United States. Sir Andrew Calde- cott, governor of Ceylon, informed the Colonial Office, that the recommended the admission of jpws "of eminence" but no mass colonization. Prime Minister Lyons of Australia announced that 'hia government "is firmly determined to prevent a mass alien immigra¬ tion and will not tolerate any form of block settlement."
Denmark, Norway and Sweden have agreed to accept 400 refu- guees each from the Sudeten area of Czechoslovakia. Holland under¬ took to allow the imnrediate entry of child refugees from Germany and indicated its readiness to ad¬ mit adult refugees on a large scale as soon as detailed plans of settlement are worked out in Lon¬ don'. The Jewish Committee for Emigres in A,rasterc|am*has ereat- ^^')3. guaE^^»;£tm4/«t._llQC>OiO0O; i.
ixt Holland. Jeiwlsh refugtee^ cross¬ ing into Belgium from Germany will no tdn^r he turned back as daring recent months. Foreign RUnister Paul Spaak promised af- -ter conferring with the Dutch minister, Spaak said Belgium would do her share if other na¬ tions agreed to cooperate in find¬ ing asylum; for the refugees. Switzerland also granted permia~, sion for the temporary admission of a limited number of German- Jewish children.
Irt London the Central Council for German Jewry asked the Brit¬ ish government for unrestricted admission of German-Jewish chil¬ dren Up to the age of 17 on con- iit',on that they are maintained and guaranteed by the Jewish com¬ munity. Under, this plan 5,000 cliildren would be placed in hostels or camps and trained for ultimate opirgration elsewhere. Tleanwhile, the Assembly of the €1 urch of England launched a drive for §250,000 to aid German refugees, and the Earl of Selborne urged that all British dominions "should dare and do a great thmg" by lift¬ ing all immigration laws. The Jew¬ ish Women'a Labor Federation of Palestme began a movement by which every economically inde¬ pendent Jewish family in the homeland would he asked to adopt one liGiman-Jowioh child and pro¬ vide it wilh fo't and shelter v/hile Jewish institutions furnish cduca- .10 n.
In New York Hadassah launched a nationwide emergency campaign ^o raise funds for the transfer of thousandii of starving and home- leas Jewibh children to Palestine. Mrs. Mary Riis, widow of the late Jacob A. Riis, noted civic leader, tiuggested that 1,000,000 Ameri¬ cans might be found who would bo willing if uecessavy to under¬ write the admission of one refu¬ gee apiece for ns long as lu'ce.-*- ^,ary. President Frank Kingdon of Newark University appealed tn churchgoers of all denominations to contribute an amount uqual to the coat of their ThunksgiviniC,, celebration to create a fund fui' . Jewisli und Chri.<itian victims of oppression abfoad, A reported plan lo iietllo Jewn J!i Lower California 'Irew btrong oppoi^ition in Mexico*
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