Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1939-01-06

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Strictly Confidential
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Jewish Veterans
Imergency Conference
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NAZM STUPF
Thcro arc refuRPos and refu¬ gees . . . There are those who jiouldn't stand it any longer, and there are other.'; who didn't Icax'c until they were actually Mcked out ... In the latter category is a man now in Lon¬ don, who was the Austrian consul in Bruenn, Czcchoslo- "V'ltia, until the Nazis marched into Vienna . . . Tills non-Aryan millionaite flew the swastika flag over his factory to cele brate Hitler's capture of Aus¬ tria . . . The Nazi propaganda ministry is all a-jitter because Uncle Sam is watching the short waves carefully to see that nothing Is put over on him . . A tight watch is also being kept on local Nazis *for subversive propaganda . . . Did you read tho interview Dorothy Dunbar Bromley had with Lady Astor in London the other day? . . . It seems that the peeress assur¬ ed tUe American journalist that she is "so much against Hitler that 1 wouldn't think ot accept¬ ing an invitation to meet him if one were offered me" ... To top it, the American-born M. P. referred to Hitler as a "lunatic" . . . The Nazi government's re¬ ward to Carl Hofer, Gerinan A.ryan. artist, for winning first ¦prize in the' Carnegie Interna' tional Exhibit this year was a degree forbidding; .hi^);,,!!}. paint ";--'"'.' They' don't' like American medal-s' in Naziland, it seenis , . . Messrs. Ford and Lindbergh please note. .HliJAH VE
Warning to editors of great American dallies: Before print¬ ing letters to the editor signed with typical Jewish names and protesting that the majority of Jews are Communists, check the source . . . This Nazti new propaganda trick has been de¬ vised by Hitler-lovers here . . . Clarence H. Low, dynamic trea¬ surer of tbo N. Y; State Demo¬ cratic Committee, is now .spend¬ ing all his time setting up an anti-Hitler organization ... Its purpose will be to enlighten the American people on the real character of der Schoone Adolt . . . Don't lot any, one tell you that Oskar Maria 'Graf, presi¬ dent of tho German writers' a.s- .sociation in America, has anti- Semitic leanings ... A real son of tho German soil, of pure Aryan stock, he was fighting Fascism long before Hitler came to power ... Those German Jew¬ ish refugees who recently criti¬ cized him at a meeting must have forgotten his famous open letter to the Nazis a few years ago, entitled "'Verbrcnnt mich!" (burn me!) ... In this letter Graf protested against tho republica¬ tion of one of his books l>y the Nazis . . . Don't bo surprised if Fritz Kuhn, un-American Nazi fuehrer, will succeed in getting Father CoughUn to address the big Nazi rally at M;ldison Square Garden on February 20th. KEFUGBB llKFEKKNUUItl
Some time next month fists will fly and blood will flow be¬ cause of the Nazi peivsccutlon of Jews . . . The occasion will bo a benefit bout between two Maxies—Baer and Rosenbloom —for a California refugee fund . . . We're all tor the idea, re cently broadcast from Los Angele.^, that every American community sponsor one refugee lamily . . , There are plenty of iiryan refugees to suyjily the towns where there aren't enougli Jews to take   care   of   Jewish
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Leaders Honored for Humanitarianism
Due to tho aggravated condi¬ tions confronting millions of Jews in Europe and tho gi'ow- ing trend of un-American and anti-Semitic movements in , the United States, Hon. Isador S. Worth, National Commander of the Jewish War Veterans of the United States, has issued a Proc¬ lamation to tho two hundred posts of Jewish War Veterans throughout the United States, commanding them to attend an Emergency Conference at At¬ lantic City, New .Jersey, Jan. 7th arid Sth. This is tho first time in the R2 years existence of the organization that such a mid¬ year Conference has been called. Not less than 2,000 veterans will attend. The Convention Head¬ quarters will at at Atlantic City, at the Hotel President.
Commander Worth explained that among the topics on the Agenda for tho Conference will be the enlarging of their efforts to combat all subversive "isms" without preference or distinc¬ tion; tho furtherance of the Boy¬ cott against Nazi goods, shipping and services. There will also be discussed a proposal to af¬ filiate with the Jewish War Vet¬ erans, as a subordinate group, Americans of Jewish faith, be¬ tween the ac(p%.ot 21 and 35 who are interiM      '-a-s^ie program
too ytimiKi*. i^v''^0bf%e' "World Wair^o enter the service, In addition, a special Anti-Com¬ munist Committee will be ap pointed.
Among the speakers invited to address the Banquet on Sat urday evening, .Ian. 7th, will be Senators Key Pitman, and Wil¬ liam H. King, Hon. Harold Ickes, Secretary of Interior, Mayor Fiorella H. LaGuardia of New York. Ilarry Hershtcld will act as Toastmaster of the evening.
Arrangements for the confer¬ ence are being pushed by Past National Commanders Col. Mor¬ ris J. Mendelsohn, J. George Fredman and Abraham Kraditor.
NEW YORK (WNS) — A pei-manent Intercollegiate Com¬ mittee to Aid Student Refugees was formed at a meeting of stu¬ dent representatives of twenty- three colleges.
NEW YORK (WNS) — Five Jewish leaders were honored by Zeta Beta Tau, national college fraternity, at its annual conven¬ tion here. Those who were in¬ ducted into membership in the society were Professor Felix Frankfurter of the Harvard Law School; Dr. Cyras Adler, educa¬ tor; Dr. Ludwig Jjowisohn, au¬ thor; Edward Lazanslcy, Presid¬ ing Justice of the Appellate Di¬ vision, Supreme Court; Dr. Mor¬ ris Raphael Cohen, former Pro¬ fessor of Philosophy at the Col¬ lege of the City of New York.
Professor Joseph P. Chamber¬ lain of Columbia University re¬ ceived the 1D3S Pi Lambda Phi Medal for his service to refu¬ gees from Germany. The medal was awarded to "that American who has most courageously achieved recognition as a true exponent of tolerance." Past re¬ cipients of the award are Mayor La Guardia and the Rev. Henry Sib'*,1i Lelper.;
'TO SUPREME COURT
WASHINGTON—Felix Frank¬ furter of Massachusetts, profes¬ sor of the Harvard law .school, was named by President Roose¬ velt Thursday to be an associate justice of the supremo court. _ Frankfurter was named to the vacancy -created by Ihe death la.st July ot Benjamin N. Car¬ dozo of New York.
Frankfurter has had a long legal background. His ' chief sponsor on capitol hill was Sen¬ ator Norrls (Ind) of Nebraska, one of the leading liberals in con¬ gress.
Frankfurter, who ia oG years old and a native of Vienna, form¬ er Au.strla, has been law pro¬ fessor at Harvard since 1914.
More details on Felix: Frank¬ furter will appear in next week's Chronicle.
Schanfarber and. Kussworm To Be Heard
On B'nai B'rith Installation Program
The big event of tho year for Zion Lodge, the Installation banquet, will be held next Mon¬ day, Jan. Oth, 6:30 p. m., at the Broad St. Temple. The affair, which will be open to all B'nal B'rith members and their wives, win climax one of the most suc¬ cessful administrations in local lodge history, headed this year by genial William Wasserstrom. Jt will also mark the beginning of an ambitious program for 1031) being planned by the in¬ coming officers with Frank V. Bayer at the helm.
Tho noiv officers will be of¬ ficially Installed by Edwin J. Schanfarber, a man who has de¬ voted the greater part of hia life to B'nai B'rith and lo whom tho work ot this great Order has been his very religion. Those who will assume their respec¬ tive offices are:—
Frank V. Bayer, President; Isadore Harris, 1st Vice-Pres.; Sanford Lakin, 2nd Vicc-Pre.-j.; Irwin Wolf, As.-iistant Monitor; Bernard Feitlinger, Warden; Ed¬
ward Schlezinger, Guardian; .Joseph C. Goodman, Treasiurer; Ralph Jaffee, Secretary and Simon Lazarus, Trustee.
Sidney Kussworm, of Dayton, O., who needs no introduction to Columbus Jewry and whose high office on the executive committee of B'nai B'rith for many years has made him a na¬ tional figure, will deliver the main address of the evening. He has chosen for his subject "Our World Problem."
The entertainment program will include vocal selections by Mrs. Alex Solove, accompanied on tho plKno by Mrs. Martin Rosenthal, and piano numbers by Misa Ruth Wells.
The installation dinner, for which tliere will be a nominal charge of 15c per plate, will be under thesuiiorvision ot Walter Katz. Dr. R. A. .Jaffee is accept¬ ing reservations by the return card mailed to all Ben B'ritha in Columbus and neighboring towns.
3. ISogeuo Farber WASHINGTON, D.  C—B'nai B'rith' will launch its first na¬ tionwide -membership drive In
nounced here.' this week by Henry Monfe-, B'nal B'rith president, liif making public the personnel of the permanent na¬ tional meinbership committee, creation of which was authoriz¬ ed at. tho last E'nai B'rith con¬ vention. Detailed plans for the membership campaign will be announced at the annual meet¬ ing of B'nai B'rith's executive committee, the ruling body ot the organization between con¬ ventions, to be held on Jan. 20th and 30th.
.1. Eugene Farber of Toledo, Ohio, was named chairman of the membership committee. Mr. Farber is chairman of the Jew¬ ish Welfare Fund of Toledo and the Incoming president of B'nai B'rith District No. 2. The other members of the committee are: Judge Jacob'Asher, Worchester, Mass., District No. 1; Joseph Herbach, Philadelphia, District No. 3; P. Allen Rickles, Seattle, District No. 4; Hyman S. Jacobs, Atlanta, Ga., District No. 5; Ben¬ jamin I. Morris, Chicago, Dis¬ trict No. 6; and Gust K. Mark, Hattle.sburg, Miss., District No. 7.
The camjiaign, to be conducted siinultaneousl.y in all districts, win be jointly directed by Mr. Farber and Paul Richman, na¬ tional director of the B'nai B'rith Membership Bureau. "Every loyal Jew a Ben B'rith, every Ben B'rith a loyal Jew." \yill be the keynote of the cam¬ paign, Mr. Farber said.
In a brief statement accepting the chairmanship of the mem-
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ON WAGE HOUR POST
Fred I,azarus, jr. was last Thursday appointed by Elmer F. Andrews, national wage-hour administrator, as a member of the wage committee for the 'textile industry, the Associated Press reported from Washing¬ ton. He succeeds Louis E. Kir¬ stein, Boston, who was named chairman ot the wage committee for the apparel industry. Com¬ mittee meinbers serve without Stilary.
LONDON (WNS) — Gaining momentum trom the visit to London of Dr. Hjalmar Schacht, president ot the Reichsbank, who had proposed tho removal of 700,000 German Jews from Germany under an emigrant- export scheme^ the Evian Com- niission, annoi.nced througli its assistant director, Robert T. Pell, that the Nazi government has agreed to release 150,000 young Gei-man Jews providing- the Intergovernmental Commit¬ tee can get them out immedi¬ ately. Hitler's campaign against elderly Jowo remaining in the B.^'Ji'?"-"'.iU.ib^.''al^'ic8'3.pwvv.HiJ'f;5'''«r'; their children emigrate as quickly as'possible.
A delegation representing the Intergovetnmental Commission on Refugees will leave for Ber- lin early in January to work out Iilans for the removal of active young Jews and will demand as¬ surances that elderly Jews would be guaranteed participa¬ tion in the economic life of Ger¬ many. Other members of the delegation include George Rub¬ lee, chairman ot the committee, Joseph Cotton ot New York, and a British financial expert.
It was reliably reported that Hitler agreed to a proposal whereby elderly Jews would be unmolested if their children would emigrate at once. Under thifi plan governments sympa- othic to Jews would be asked to Increase their purchases ot Ger¬ man goods, in return for which Germany would use part ot the foreign exchange thus raised to aid in the emigration of .lews. That this scheme is more prac¬ tical than the original Schacht plan is indicated by the attempt of German leaders to soften hardened British opinion.
FhiaiH'iuI .lid Sole Hindrance . The British Home office is wllUtig to admit refugee chil¬ dren from the Polish-German frontier provided they can be maintained by private Jewish organizatlon.s. The annual co.st of providing food, shelter and clothing for one refugee cliild is approximately $200. Private agdnclcs have found it diffi¬ cult to maintain refugee chil¬ dren in England and it is said that there are more than 2,000 living in camps throughout Eng¬ land. Private charity will tiy to support them just as rapidly as they  come.
At present the Lord BaUhvin Fund for Refugees approxi¬ mates L200,800, ropresening gifts from -15,000 contributors. Janu¬ ary 14 has been .set aside as "Lord Baldwin Day," when 10 per cent of tho receipts of every
theatrli'al   enterprise   will   be
given 10 the refugee fund. The British Govermnent haa
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