Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1939-10-20

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Unvoted to American nnd JAWlnh Ideals
Strictly Confidential
Tldblt49 From Kverywiioro By FinNEAS .T. DIRON
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Letter-Writers in Illtler-domin- nlod Central ICurope have found a new way to evade the censor¬ ships . . . Itessagos providing a cUic to the real situation in the Reich  are  written  on   Ihc   re¬ verse side of tho stamp , . . Sev¬ eral of, the hest-known foreign correspondents     of     American newspapers are coming back to this country . . . They've discov¬ ered that the real war news and other siuch information has liad to be relayed to them from Now "Voric . . . An   indication   that Haly plans to remain on    tlie sidelines in tlie war is a cable from  Rome  to  Harry  Mendel, promoter   of   the   six-day   bike races in New York . . . The cable urges Mendel to engage as many Italian racers as he can use. . . Discount the advance announce¬ ments  that  Jan  Masaryk  will lecture   In   this   country   thLs season.    Masaryk is staying in Europe, where diplomatic acti¬ vities tor Czechoslovakian inde¬ pendence are in full .swing. . . The most popular sons in Lon¬ don today is entitled "Even Hit¬ ler had a mother" ... At the time of Chamberlain's Munich surrender it was banned in Eng¬ land, but now even tho con.sor- i5hip  office   in   Old  Lunnon  is iiumming it . , . The refrain ot the    German    army's   favorite ¦marching   song , is "Todaj' ,we ¦ own Germany, tomorrow oil the world" . . .    The   forthcoming diaries of the late Hamsay Mae- Donald will have the "benefit' of his son Malcolm's editing. . The reason why Joachim  von Hibhentrop could not get along with some members ot London society had nothing to do with politics ... In pre-Nazi days Ribbentrop   was   a   champagne salesman, and quite a number ot his  English    customers    never forgave him the vile quality of his wares. . . THIS AND THAT
Robert Quillen, columnist in several Southern papers, de¬ clared the other day that "there's something fishy about 'Nordic superiority' if 85,000,000 Germans can't survive compe- - tition with 400,000 Jews with¬ out using guns" . . . Winchell reports a sign on a New York Ninth Avenue beanery which reads: "Believe it or not, but we don't hate anybody" . . . The $50,000 bail money for Fritz Kuhn didn't come from the rank and file ot the Ger¬ man-American Bund . . .It came in a few lump sums from some "lius'iness friends" ot the Nazi fuehrer . . . The Dies Commit¬ tee might look into this . . . Al¬ though Kuhn's trial had Iicen set before Judge Saul Strelt of General Sessions it will be pre¬ sided over by another judge . . . Strelt himself asked for the change, because of his non-Ary- anism . . . Isaac Carmel, ot the American Jewish Congress oi-- ganization department, has this to say ot the English, French and German views on freedom. . . . The Englishman, he says, treats liberty as a man treats his wife. . . He makes no fuss about her, but lot any one dare attack her and he rises to fight in her defense . . . Tho more ro¬ mantic Frenchman treats liber¬ ty as he would his sweetheart, . . . The Germans, however, treat freedom as a man treats hii mother-in-law.
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WILT.. A<;AIN ItK HICAKU HERE TUKSnAV EVFNIXG
IVASHINGTOX (WKS)—Tho conference on retugees held here this week was faced with tho ducslion o£ expanding the work ot assisting German politi¬ cal refugees so as to Include other peoples scattered by the European war. President Iloo.'ic- velt who convoked the meeting, presided over the first session Present at the conference were Lord Edward Winterton, chair¬ man of tlie Intergovernmental Committee tor Political Retu gees; Herbert Emerson, director of the committee, and Paul van Zeeland, former Belgian pre¬ mier.
Ono of the purposes ot the conference in Washington was to enlarge the scope ot the origi¬ nal mandate under which the Intergovernmental Committee was set up in London which called for assistance to German political retugees. The advent ot the war has made it neces¬ sary to include other people as well.
The refugee movement from Germany is virtually at a stand¬ still since the Government is prohibiting none but the old and children to leave tho countiy, the young men and women be¬ ing held there tor war work. As a result, the work ot tho Intergovernroontal Commission .started last year by . Preaident Roosevelt and Secretary of State Coi-dell Hull is met with the problem of finding perman¬ ent settlement for the thousands ot German Jews ^vho arc located
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Stag Nite Party Is Scheduled For Next Monday Evening
What promises to be ono ot the big events ot the Fall sea¬ son for the local B'nai B'rith, is the Stag Nito Party planned tor next Monday evening, Oct. 23, promptly at 8 o'clock, at the East Broad St. Temple auditor¬ ium. Elaborate preparations for this affair have been going on for the past three weeks with the result that an tinusually at¬ tractive program has ¦ been as- -sured for the hundreds ot B'nai B'rith men and their friends who have been invited to at¬ tend.
According to Irv Wolf, the greatest floor show in Colum bus has been booked through the efforts ot Tom Jones ot the Arabian Supper Club. The lead¬ ing entertainers from this popu¬ lar night spot on East Broad St., including Gus Van, formerly of the famous team ot Van and Schenk, will be among the many attractions. >
Last, but not least, our own Sidney G. Ku.sworm, leading Ben B'rith and orator of Day¬ ton, O, will be the guest speak¬ er on this important occasion. As one of the best informed men in the national Order of B'nai B'rith, Mr. Kusworm's ad¬ dress will be one of extreme im¬ portance to every .lew in our community.
President Frank V. Bayer ex¬ tends a cordial invitation to all members ot Zion Lodge and tlieir friends to be present at the Stag Nite party next Monday evening, at the East Broad St, Temple.
Dr. Max Ijfi'ner
Dr. Max Lerner, who last De¬ cember was responsible for the largest meeting ever sponsored jointly by tho B'nai B'rith, Bry¬ den Rd. Temple Brotherhood and Men's Club of the East Broad St. Temple, will again bo heard in Columbus next week. He is to speak at Uni- versity Hall on Tuesday eve¬ ning, Oct. 24, at 8 P. M., under the auspices of tho Shepard Foundation ot Ohio State Uni¬ versity.
Dr. Lerner who is professor oC Political Science at WilUama College, will have as his .subject, "Democracy and the War."
Hailed as one of tho leading scholars and brilliant thinkers of our time. Dr. Lerner's obser¬ vations should be ot unusual in¬ terest to every Jew in our com¬ munity. The sponsors extend a cordial invitation to tho men and women of Columbus to at¬ tend the meeting Tuesday eve¬ ning and to derive tho samo in¬ spiration that other audiences throughout the country have ex¬ perienced in hearing Dr. Lemer.
XEW YORK (WN.S)—T h e theoiy ot racial .superiority was attacked and pleas for tolerance were made at a panel discussion on "How Scientists Can Help Combat Racism", in tho Tyittle Theater in the Science and Edu¬ cation iSuilding at the World's Fair. The four speakers who took part in tlie discussion ivorc Henry A. Wallace, Secretary of Agriculture; Dr. Franz Boaz, Piotcssor Emeritus of Anthro¬ pology af Columbia University; Hadley Caiitril, associate profes¬ sor of phychology at Princeton University, and William A. Hamm, assistant superintendent ot schools in New Yorit City. Professor Walter Rautenstrauch, head of the department ot in¬ dustrial engineering at Colum¬ bia University, was chairman of tlie meeting which was held un¬ der the auspices ot the Ameri¬ can Committee for Democracy and Intellectual Freedom.
Regarding the racial .shuation in Europe, Secretaiy Wallace asserted that "even the Nazi theorists have been appalled and have found it necessary to retreat from the concept ot a Nordic body to a Nordic soul. Apparently   it  is  necessary  to
realize that among tho leaders of tho Nazis there are some typi¬ cal Nordic souls animating some exceeding non-Nordic bodies." He added that he vrould like to "point out tliat it is sheer non¬ sense for anyone to talk about the purity ot any European stock." It ia undeniable, Mr. Wallace declared, that the idea of a "radicallji- pure stock iias great emotional appeal, and that for economic and political purposes only it has boen used veiy effectively to fool many people." Only scientisis, Mr. Wallace said, "can give the pcoplo the truth" in combatting "racism" before "it sinks its poisoned tangs deep in our body politic."
Dr. Boaz said, "Unfortunately not all the representatives of our people in the Congress and state legislatures are touchgd by race prejudice. The racial is¬ sue is a menace not only in our United States but also in Latin America." Declaring that "Here¬ dity has a sense only in family linos, not in large populations," and that, "The defendants of racism made tlie unpardonable error of talking about racial heredity, a concept that could (Contlnncd on Vagc li
First Community Fund re sponses from community neigh¬ borhoods made at report lunch¬ eons this week, indicate an in¬ crease in gifts over last year, according to Fund headquarter.= at 40 South Third St.
A "Kick-off" dinner was held at the Neil House Monday night. A thousand ' volunteer workers heard Gov. .Tohn W. Bricker, Dr. Philip C. Nash, president ot To¬ ledo University, Mayor Myron Gessaman, Preston Davis, gener al chairman of the campaign, Torrance Webster, Community Fund secretary, 'and others em¬ phasize the need of the .'35 health and social welfare agencies ot the Community Fund.
The campaign will continue tlirough Oct. 27 and the goal is SGC3,281. Each day reports ot campaign progress will be shown on a largo sign board at BroacJ and High Streets.
At noon luncheons teams will report on money they have rais¬ ed. The reports .started with luncheons Wednesday, Thurs¬ day and Friday and will con¬ tinue as follows: Monday, Oct. 23; Wednesday, Oct. 25; Thurs day, Oct. 20; all at Southern Ho (Coutiuued on rase 1)
Vocational Guidance Pki Set Up - >y Jewiili-Colleg^Frateiriife -
NEW YORK (WNS)—Crea¬ tion of an advisory committee of representatives of national Jewish college fraternities and sororities to further the voca¬ tional guidance program Ijeing developed by the B'nai B'rith, was approved by a national con¬ ference of Jewish college men and women under the auspices ot the B'nai B'rith Vocational service Bureau.
Seventeen national fraterni¬ ties, and four sororities, with a combined membership of over 50,000, organized in 310 chapters in 48 colleges and universities, were represented at the confer¬ ence. The meeting was con¬ vened to give leaders ot the Jew¬ ish campus societies an orienta¬ tion in the field ot vocational guidance and to discuss means of formulating coordinated activ¬ ity in this field.
Lyle Spencer, director of Science Research Associates, Chidago, told the conference that tho experience of the fir,st six weeks of the war has done
I.MPOUTANT STOTICIE TO AUi OICCANIZATIONS
Tim Ohio Jewish Citron- icl» desires to cull to the attDiitlon of all organiza¬ tions tho fact that it niuin- talns a Community Calen¬ dar far the piiiiicso of c'li-nrlng the dates of events scheduled lu the coninmn- Ity.
Organizations planning to conduct af Call's arc urged to reBlster thele dates with tho Chronicle office.
This will help prevent coiiIllctH in the arrange¬ ments ot affairs and the difficulties that attend sueh unCortunute      occurrcutes.
To clear dates, and to reslster the date on wWcU an event is planned, cull .ADunis 20.5-1.
little to bear out predictions that tho war would create in America more jobs, rising liv¬ ing costs and great opportuni¬ ties for making money.,
"Although we have been told that many hundreds of thous¬ ands ot worlcers were being put back to work becau.so ot boom¬ ing business, figures do not yet show this to be the case," Mr, Spencer said. Stressing the im¬ portance of vocational guidance Mr. Spencer pointed out tliat even "if everyone in the country had the best occupational ad¬ vice available, it would not de¬ crease the total numljer ot un¬ employed In our country by much more than 10 per cent." Important factors in successful job-hunting, Mr. Spencer reveal¬ ed, are: timing, early planning ot careers, knowing where and how to look for jobs and exper¬ ience in the selected career while still at schooL
Profes.sor Albert Abrahamson, executive director of the Jewish Occupational Council and Pro¬ fessor of economics at Bowdoin College, told tho conference that the Jewish young man or woman today 'must bo a Jack- of-all-trades because he or she may have to master more than ono," and that the goal ot a Jewish vocational guidance pro¬ gram should be "a maximum versatility in order to malce the best possible adjustment to an ever-changing economic situa¬ tion." He also urged the im¬ portance ol Including "a realis¬ tic education in the history of the Jews and their position to¬ day" as essential background for .Jewish vocational guidance because "if this preparation has been made before.vocational ser¬ vice begins, Individual young Jews will he better situated in judging tlieir prospects and their equipment in a vapidly changing world."
Rabbi William F. Rosenblum, of Temple Israel presided.
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