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Volume XVII—No. 219
COLUMBUS, OIITO, I^IAKCH 4, 1938
Per Year $3.00; Per Copy 10c
Strictly Confidential
Tidbits Fram Ijvcrywliere By I'lIINEAS J. IlIKON
Jr. Hadassah Central States Convention Here This Week
YOU SHOUI.I) KNOW
Tho   Amciican   I^-ppion's   mili- tiincy ng.iinst Nariam in thia conn- try it Betting under the sldn o£ tho   Nnain . . . EnraKcd   by   tbo opposition tbey have met from the Legion   in   organizinK  new   Bund units, cspcfinlly in up-Stato New York,' tho  current  iseuo   of  the Nn?! wcelily,  Douticber Wecliruf nnd Ueobachtor, carries a front- jiftEO stoiy, in EnKlish and Ger¬ man, proclaiminij "American Dc mocrucy Menaced by the ; Ameri can JjCgion** . . , Incidentally, the response to the  Nni;i  organiiing campaign haa been vory, very -woalc .... The ofticci o£ tho Ameri¬ can Jowish Committee were bur- Klnrizcd last week . . . The AJC docbn't know whether tho raaraud- cra wero looking for something be¬ sides cash nnd starapt, but only thnt WUl taken . . . IIow como the city fathers o£ Now Castlo, Penn¬ sylvania, let the city hall bo uacd for,   a   meeting   of   thc, , Silver Shirts? . . . Those  in  the  know claim that one of the rcaaong why Fritz Kulin, Bund Icoder, sneaked off to Germany so suddenly is that ha gets plenty of mention in thc diary of a much-married lady who is offering the record for publi¬ cation . . . Somo of the executives of  the   Conde  Nast  publications may get fired if an invcitigation shows that they were pi ivy to tho publication   of   those   nntl-Jcwish ¦' illustrations which cost Cecil Bea¬ ton his job . , . New York's new telephone directory has been purg¬ ed of Hitlers and   Hittleis,   but th6ro oro stdl 12 Streioliers, four .Goerings .and three Goobbols . . . Lend an car to tho new program called "Talent in Exile," which is to bo sponsored by the Hollywood Anti-Nazi League over KFWB on Thursday nights ot 9 P. M. Paci¬ fic    time . . . When    Hollywood gets through with its film version of tho "Arabian Nights" It will have more than a slight anti-Fas¬ cist tinge . . .
WHO'S WHO
Tho host tip-off on how good tho new   Who's   Who   in   American ,Tewry is not is to be found in the fact  that lots  of  English-Jewish weeklies havo had to carry    on- nouncomoiits   disclaiming  respon-" sibillty for tho selection of names from their city nppcoring in the book , . . Tho    piiblishers    broko dowii,tho names in the book and sent out stories to olt the Jowish papers in the various cities, and the    papera    printed   them Then the fun began, with lots of prominent Jews finding themselves omitted  and  taking  it  out—un¬ justly—on the papera,. .'. Finest piece of good-willing we've ^ccn in many a day Is being dono "Father   Malachy's   Miracle," which   that   veteran   trouper   Al !51iean is packing them in with his portrayal of a Benedictine monk . . . Invitations issued    by    Mrs. Herbert H. Lehman, wife of the Governor, to wivoa of tho Albany • legislature     correspondents ¦   for their    annual    party   carry    in¬ structions    diiccting    guosts    to dress for tho big upplo dance . . . March 17th is a big day this yeor . . . It's Purim, St. Patrick's Day and   Stephen  S.   Wise's  birthday . . . Incidentally, SSW is an hon¬ orary member of several Irish or¬ ganizations . . . Max    Peinhardt, who   really   made   thc   Salzburg music festival what it is, won't go Ihere any moro, because of Nazism . . . Tho Nazi   coup   in   Austria makes it a good bet that plans for an  American  Salzburg will  soon bo realized , . . Harry Hershfield has gotten'the job of writing the script for a movie of George Ger¬ shwin's lifo   .... FOHEIGN FLASHES
Sounds uiibelleveablo, but the Yiddish press In Warsaw vouches fot the story that Vladimir Jabo¬ tinsky, RevisioniBt chieftain, con¬ ferred with ox-Pi'omier Octavian Goga of Rumania about taking thousands of Jews out of Rumania in lino with Goga'a plan to deport "aliens" and Jabotinalty's scheme for settling 1,500,000 Jows in Pal¬ estine...Diplomats who won¬ dered why King Carol selected the head ¦ of the Orthodox Church as Goga's successor have learned that Patriarch Miron Chriatea ac¬ cepted the premiership only after Carol Bworo that ho would defin¬ itely get rid of Madmnu Lupcscu for good . . . Count Tiniofiej Mur- atow, who was somet'hing of a Streicher in the Ruaaia of tho Czars, waa recently found dead (Continued en page t)
Tho committee in charge of ar¬ rangements for the regional con¬ vention of Junior Hadassah to bo '       held  here Sat-
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urday and Sun¬ day     of     tbis week   has   an¬ nounced      that Rabbi     Harold Goldfarb-of Cleveland    will be the  speaker at the  banquet Sunday evening at tho Deshler- Wallick    Hotel, Ho has chosen for his subject, "B6-   Not     A- fraid." Delegates froni four states will attend. Tho convention    will open vrith an Oneg Shebbot .dis¬ cussion at tho home of, Kuth Wol¬ man, OlG Carpenter-st., with Ilabbi Harry   Kaplan   presiding.     Mrs. Kaplan will extend greetings.
¦Eabbi Goldfarb is the spiritual leader, of tho Community Temple, the only, ono of its kind,in Cleve¬ land. It was founded in Nov. 1933, in response to an urgent need for a Temple which would admit to memberahip all applicants regard¬ less of financial  status.   It now boasts of, o   memberahip   of   305 families, a religious school of 425 children with a faculty of SO peo¬ ple.      ]Rabbi  Goldfarb  is, alao o teacher at the Cloveland Institute of Jewish Studies, a member of Cleveland Lodgo   B'nai   Brith,   a, member  of, the  Executive   Com mittee of the Jemsh- Community Coundl, on the Board of the Wel¬ fare: Federation and a member,of the Board of the Bureau of Jew¬ ish Education.
Miss Katherine Mellman, 1180 Linwood Ave., is the local conven¬ tion chairman and Miss, Janet Wasaerstrom^ 799 S. Ohio Ave., is president of the Columbus Chap¬ ter of Junioi^ Hadassah.
: Mrs; Herman Pallet, 897 Berke- ly rd., is honorary re^onal presi¬ dent of the Junior Hadassah and Mrs. Elmp Ehrlich Levinger, 2257 Indianola Ave., is honary advisor, Miriam Lurie, 124'! Wilson Ave., is regional secretary.
Physician   Whd   Hates Jews Linked To Nazi Spy Bing ,
NEW YORK (WNS)—A promi¬ nent New York physician knowii to be an antl-Semito haS • been questioned by Federal invealigators in connection with the exposure of: a far-flung Nazi espionage plot against tho United States, agents of thc Federal Bureau of Investi¬ gation intimated. The'un-named doctor, who may be, arrested at any- moment, iS linked with the aptivities of the three Nazi, spies already arreSitcd. The doctor, who is aaid to bc well-known in Ger¬ many, is reported to kavo explain¬ ed his connection with the spies by declaring "the, Jews run this country. Something has to be done nbout it. ¦ This way looked as good to mo as ony way I could think of."
Chicago Nazi Meeting Ends Up In Riot
%YOMI-N   IN   DRIVE   TO
FOSTER  APPRRCIATION
OF DEMOCRACY
Slaying Of Refugee In Chicago Linked to Nazi Spy Plot
To  Be Heard Here March 15
Ino joint effort the locaV Zion¬ ist organizations aro pbrning a dinner meeting on Tuesday even¬ ing, March ir>, ot which time Mrs. Goldio Myerson, pioneer ivoman leader of Palestine, will address thc groups on the industrialization octivities , in that country. The place of the meeting has not ns. yet been chosen but will bc an¬ nounced in next weeli's Chi'onicle. Mrs. Myerson, who is malting a I tour of American Jewish communi¬ ties under the auspices of Nachson, Histadrut Maritihis Co. of Pales¬ tine, is cndoavoiing to interest Jewry hero In the Tel Aviv port as a ineuns of creating new labor jobs for immigri'iit Jews in Pales¬ tino in tho ceitaring branches: fishing, dock-v/oriicrs, Lailors, port^ workers, captains, etc.; johs not generally hold by Jews for centur¬ ies. Mrs. Mycrson's mission was endorsed by Rnbbi Stephen S, Wise, president of the Zionist.Organiza¬ tion and many other outstanding Jewish leaders.
A colorful figure in Palestine, Mrs. Goldio Mycison, is an Amcri- womo'n who taught school in Mil- vraukeo beforo she loft this country in 1921 to live and work in u col¬ lective settlement of tho Holy Land. Now pne of tho leaders of tho Histadrut, with a mcmborship of over 100,000 Jcwiah workers, ahe has been activo among the pioneer women of Palestine and the Histadrut's immigration bureaus.
NEW YORK (WNS)—The mys¬ terious slaying,two weeks ago of Dr. Max Bernhard Sammet, Ger- man-Jcvvish Tefugee, in Chicago may be linked wih a Nazi spy plot against the United States that has already resulted in tho arrest of three spies, it was intimated by agents of, tho Federal Bureau of Investigation ,when they extend¬ ed theic probe of espionage to Chicago.- Sammet- was found clubbed to death ,two days after the secret aiTest; in ,New York of Guenther Gustav Rumrich, alleged 'Tirains" of the spy ring which sought data on American defenses. . Meanwhile the three spies under arreat were linked more closely to Nazi Germany when it was recalled tliat in 1933 there was published a letter from the pro- Nazi Friends of'the New Germany to its headquarters in Berlin ask¬ ing theni to send a, "'young lady of good appearaijice. ..to come oyer on Ihe; Europo as a hairdresser" as ;'a secret agent. ,-One of the three persons: u,iidfir ,jaTTe5l:'-iow, is^;johTini{anftdfMaAn,''-^a^':'GerS»jr, hairdresser employed on the En,r^ opa. The 1933 letter, signed: liy Walter Haag, a,djutant to Heinz Spanknoebel, then Nazi leader in this country, advised Berlin that the new agent "should,come over on the Eurdpa as a hairdresser, then we'll send another person liacfc t6 Germany on the ship, thus evading the immigration authori¬ ties and avoid o. checkup by Un- terraycr."
CHICAGO    (WNS) —A    Nnzi meeting nt the    Germnnia    Club hroko up a riot hero and led to the arreat   of  two   Nnzis,  two  ontl- Nozis and Dr. Eric von Schroeter, professor emeritus of romanco lan- guages at Northwestern Universi¬ ty. The   disturbance   began   im¬ mediately nfter   Wilhelm   Kunze, organizer for the German-Ameri¬ can Bund, had concluded his fcpecch. Professor Schroeter was attacked by-uniformed Bund members vylion he tried to question Kunze. John Fiaher ond Rny Pauly, wero also assaulted when   they   refused to give tho Nnzi solute. Emil Iloritz, ono of JCunze's   guards,   wos ar¬ rested on thc complaint of a news¬ paper, photographer, who chorgod the Nazi had smashed.hia camera. Pisher and Pauly, who were a- mong those arrested, filed u com-. plaint againat William   Wernicke, 0 Nazi, who was also token into custody.
NEW YORK   (WNS)—Maldng the mistake of trying to forco n Nazi propaganda leaflet upon Jewess  moy   be   costly   to   Carl Kraseh, 27-ycnr-old member of the German-American Bund, who was arrested on the complaint of Mrs. Esther Eichel and held in $1,500 bail on a disorderly conduct charge by Magistrate Morris Rothenberg in Night Court.   Mrs. Eichel and her   husband   were   passing   the Yorkville    Casino    when   Kraseh shoved a circular into her hond, an nouncing a Bund meeting. Tho cir- ular urged "oil white Americans to help build the fightinu movement of  the  100,000,000  Aryan  white Gentile Americans to  stump ont Jewish-atheistic   Communistic   in¬ ternational outlawry."  After read¬ ing it, Mia. Eichel cried out, "dis¬ graceful,"   To this Kraseh shout¬ ed:   "Oh, you don't like it? Wait! The Germans aro coming over here and we'll chase all you Jows back to Jerusalem."
NEW YORK'(WNS)—A nation- ¦wide human relations p^rogram to foster tho appreciation o£ demo cratic ideate in the United Stales Ji(lS been launched by the National Council of Women, according to ati. announcement by Mra. Ruth Ottaway, president. The project will aeck to develop a greater ap- pteciation o£ tho privileges which iiccv'uo, to Americans through liv- ititi in a democracy, to -concen- troto on preserving American democratic principles and to afengthen thoso forces which iMd. to establish them firmly.
Austrian Jews Calmed By New Assurances
From Schuschnigg
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VIENNA (WNS)—The rising tido of anti-Nazi acntiment in Aus¬ tria together,with renewed aaaur-^ ances to tlie Jewish population by Chancellor Schuschnigg have served to calm Jewish fears, at least for tho time being. Schus¬ chnigg promised Dr. Desider Fried¬ man, president of tho Zionist Or- gonization and the Vienna Jewiah Community, that the government "without reservation" would abide
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lon't Mean Us, Nazi %oups Say In Reply "fo Hitler Order
7,95,1 Jews Aided To
Leave Germany In 1937
NEW YORK (WNS)—Exclusive of those.who emigrated from Ger¬ many without organizational help, there are 7,953 Jews who left tho country during 1937 with tho aid of organizations receiving finan¬ cial support from the Joint Dis¬ tribution Conimitte,   according to
by"thr 1934" 'constitu"ti7n"' which | l«P«.rt «"ived here. Included in ' this figure , were 1,551 who went to Palestine, 640 who    were-
.jNEW YORK (WNS)—Two Nazi oiganizations are busily  denying thftt Hitler meant them when he ordered. German  citizena   in   th'e Uiiited .States to withdraw, from tlie   German-American   Bund   or "ftiiy possible substitute organiza- ti|ns."-   James Wheeler-Hill, .lia- tlonal secretary of the Bund, said "ihey  don't mean us.    It ia  no concern of ours.  We are an Ameri¬ caii organization and we' take no oilers from any foreign govern¬ ment.   Wo'have moro than 180,- 000   members,  but: thoy  are  all Ainerican citizens, with the excep- liidn of a small percentage, who aio members of the Prospective Citizens' League (That, brganiza¬ tion was also forbidden to Ger- niin citizens by Germany. Editor) Why don't you go over to see the (iferman-American Vocational Lea- gSo?    Hitler must mean them." A:$ the headquartOrs of' the Voca- tfiinal   League,   Arthur   Volbers, tijeasurcr, ¦said "there   must  le some mistake.   They dion't mean us.   Hitler probably has reference to' the Bund and the Prospective Citizens League."    Hill; said the
guarantees tho equality of all races and creeds. This pledge resulted in numerous pronouncements by Jewish leaders assuring the" gov¬ ernment of tho loyalty of the Jew¬ ish population.
Chief Rabbi Israel Taglicht, speaking in behalf of the entire rabbinate in the Austrian Central Synagogue, declared "we . always 1 had and .will continue .to have full! confidence in our Chancellor, in his open-'heart, fair-mindedness and aincerity. That confidence was strengthened after the February 24th declaration emphasizing thnt the government -will stand by the constitution of May 1934." Siniilar statements were made by rabbis in other parts, of the country.. . As nn earnest of Jewish support of the government plans are being made to creKte special - Jewish organizations patterned after the Fatherland Front and the Austrian youth groups.   ,   .
NEW YORK (WNS)—A lasting peaco between National Socialism and Christianity is out o£ the ques¬ tion because 'Hitlerism is funda¬ mentally anti-Christian and anti- German and an enemy of clvUizo- tion therefore oil Christiana must bo uncompromisingly   opposed   to Hitleriam,    Dr.    Ernst    Wilhelm Meyer,    veteran    of tho GeHnan diplomatic aervice, declared in an address in,which he re-vealcd ho had resigned as first secretary of t;ho German embassy iii Waahing¬ ton'. Assailing; tho Nazi reglmo for having "betrayed what I knew to bo tho lasting interests ,q£ the Gor¬ man fntherland," Dr. Meyer said, "I could no longer cdnaoientiously serve- a govemment which I aaw to be thc foo of ao many things 1 had been taught Germany standa for. Tho moral law and loyalty to the true Germany make surrender to National Socialism impossible. NEW   YORK—The   Zeta   Beta 11 cannot do otherwise, whether as Tau  Fraternity will  shortly  an-1 a German or as o Christian." nounce the award of the Gottheil Medal lor the  year   1937.    The world-famous medal is presented annually, by this  Fraternity, the oldesfand largest National Jewish college fraternity, to the American who has done the most for Jewry,
patriatcd and 5,762 who emigrated to other lands. In addition, 4,744 Jqws were aided in moving from town to town within Germany.
Gottheil Medal Award For 1937 To Be Made
SEES AS MANY FASCISTS AS COAIAIUNISTS IN U. S,
Broad   Street   And Biyden Rd. Templeg #?'im-To Debate;
Embassy Seeks t'o piscredit Meyer
WASHINGTON^ D. C. (WNS)— Dr. Ernst; Meyer's attock 'on th« Nozi regime came 03 no BurprisS The Gottheil Medal was estab-  to the German omhasay, an offi- lished by Zeta Beta Tau in .1925i  cial stated.because he "belongs to
Refugees In U. S. Are Turiung To Farmmg
NEW YORK (WNS)—German- Jewish refugees in the United States ore turning to farming in small but steadily increasing, num¬ bers", it is disclosed in the annual ireport of the Jewisll Agricultural
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Btitid  was  fully  informed .nbout  Davidson,: general manager.   The order and boasted thai; the | report shows that in 1937 there
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WASHINGTON, p. C. (WNS)— There are as many Fascists Communists in the United Statea but neither are yet a real menace, Mrs. Franklin D. Eoosevelt de¬ clared in 'her question ond onswer page o£ the March issue of the Democratic Digest. Answering the jjueation, "la Communism making the inroads into our national life that some claim it is?" Mrs. Eoosevelt replied: "I con only speok from observation. It seemse tq me that the number of Communists in this country ot the present time is comporatively small. I feel that Fascista aro quite as much in evi; dence. However, I have no fear of either group as long OS our own form of government on tha whole meets the needs of the people. Peo¬ ple do not decide to change their form of govemment unless they are convinced that under its aus¬ pices they cannot obtain a life which is worth living,"
Polish Rabbi Guesit Of
Locnl Congregations
A distinguished visitor in Colum¬ bus this week cmi is Itabbi Hirsch Loib Landa of Olike, Poland, a dir¬ ect descendant of tho famous "Bat Shem". Ho will be the gueat o£ the Both Jacob and Agudath Achim congregations. A Saturday even¬ ing paity is to bo given in his honor at the Agudath Achiin at 8 o'clock. During his atay in tha city ho wiH bo the guest of Mr. 0. Schottenstein, 531 E. Ii'ultfln St.
TI16 public is, cordially invited to meet the honored visitor and noted Bcholsr.
INSTITITUE SPEAKER
Babbi Solomon Rivlin vrill' ad¬ dress members of tho Hadassah Women's Institute at the closing session of the-Zionist history aer¬ ies offered by the course onTues- day, 10:30 a.' m. at the Neil House. His subject will be "Tho Cultural Development of Present Day Palestine." Eivlin recently returned from Palestine wliere he made his homo for several years. Tho new book review series of the Institute will open March 22.
The Young Folks Temple Lcoguc has arranged an unusuol progroni for its next regulor moi)thly meet¬ ing to be held this, Sunday, at 6:30 p. m., in the vestry of the Bryden Hood Temple. It will con¬ sist of a debate on the most dis¬ cussed Jowish topic of tho dny "Resolved, Thot tho 'Partition of Palestine is Acceptable to the Jew¬ ish people."
Temple Israel will be reprcsontlsa by Robert Birnkrant, Horriet Stem, Joseph Levinger ond with Charles Jindow as alternate, while the Broad St. Temple will hove David Handler, Lillian Schwartz, Bertha Harmon ond with Joffry Rosenthal as alternate, to. debate the important iasuo.
Eabbi Lee J. Levinger is coach¬ ing the Bryden Hd. group whilo Eabbi.Nathan Zelizer.'is in charge of the BrbodrSt. Teriiple team.. The Judges for the debate will be Mr. Roy Stone, Dr. B. W. Ab¬ ramson and Ht.. Jack Goodman. A supper at 25 cents per person, will precede the debate with the girls acting arf hostesses for this occasion. It is hoped, that tho boys virill eixtcnd the samo cour¬ tesy to the girls at the next meet¬ ing.    ,
A "Spelling Quiz," led by Mr. LeRoy Morris, will follow the de¬ bate. The- committee in charge of Suhday evening's event is com¬ posed of Hortense Kohn, chair¬ man, Joan Joseph, Margy NeiT, Aleiio Taussig and Annette Zalk.
form   60   moro   throughout   the country very soon.
WASHINGTON, D. C. (WNS)— Germany's order to its citizens in the United States to, get out of the GcrmaniAmerican Bund ia "just a big blu(f". and an admission of past connections between.the,Ger¬ man govemment and Nazi groups in this counti/y. Representative Samuel Dickstein said.'
Mexican Jewry Unites
For   First   Time
Barrister Club Speaker
Harry S. Goldstein, locol attor¬ ney, 50 E. Broiid St., will be the speaker on the "Your Lawyer and You" program sponsored by the Barrister's Club on Sunday, at 5:15 p. in.. Over station WHKC, 040 K. C.
MEXICO CITY (WNS)—Mexi¬ can Jewry, long divided, into war¬ ring ifactlons of Sephardim and Ashkeiiazim, united for the first timo at a conference of- represen¬ tatives, of oil Jewish -organiza¬ tions called by the B'nai Britli and.the Jewish Chamber of Com¬ merce; and decided to establish a permanent Federation of Jewish Organizations authorized to speak in behalf of the entire Jewish com¬ munity; ;| Details of' organization were left to a later meeting when the Federation will decide what to do about the government's re¬ quest tor cooperation in taking o census of aliena. Although the meeting ended on a note of' har¬ mony it came close to breaking "up when the Sephardio Jewa insisted that only Spanish be spoken. A compromise was arranged by which those who do not know much Spanish ore to be allowed to speak in Yiddish provided their remorks nro later translated into Spanish.      ,
BAR NAZI ACTIVITIES
GARY, IND, (WNS)-TN'azi ac¬ tivities in Lake County wero out¬ lawed until March 8th by Superior Court Judge Bertram C. Jenkins when ho issudd a temporary in¬ junction restraining tho German- American Bund from soliciting iViembera or holdii)g meetings in tho county until Morch 8th when he win heor a motion to make the order permanent. The order named Fiitz Kuhn, national leader of tho Bund, and Wilhelm Kunze, national organizer, os defendants.
were,, 1^1 .refugees who called oh the Sdciety -,i6r -advicb "with re¬ gard to' agriculture, thot 11 refu¬ gees families were placed on farms last year and 23 families in the previous two; years. Tho report declares that therearo now 100,000 Jewiah farmers in the United States in practically all of the 48 states. Forty-seven iiew fami¬ lies were placed on farms in loij'j. The Society made 316 loans amounting to ?12,362 during 1937, bringing the total to 12,313 since ISOO-and the amount to $7,613,000. There were 947 -people who sought the advico of the Society's, form settlement department in 1937, making the total for the last 20 years 20,3361 The Society's exten¬ sion department -experts made 3,275 farm visits, held 180 meet¬ ings and demonstrations attended by 5,727 farmers.' The farm place¬ ment department- found ogricul- tural jobs for 172 persons in 1937, bringing the' total to 18,261 iri 32 states since 1908. Ten of the new placements were Gorman refu¬ gees and 31 were agricultural students.    .
Mr. Davidson also called atten¬ tion that the Society was unable to help all the people seeking to go on, the farms who asked for aid because its loon fund is limit¬ ed. He also pointed out that pro- Vision must be made for the sec¬ ond generation .of Jewish young men born and raised on farms who are anxious to strike out for them¬ selves as farmers, but have not the means to buy farms;
in honor of Dr. Richard J., H. Got¬ theil of Columbia University, on outstanding leader in Jewish, .American and - international cul¬ ture, who passed away in May 1936. In 1898 he inspired the founding of'Zeta Beta Tau and' for many years -wag its' National President.  ,'
The award for 1936 was received by ;, President Fraiildin Delano Eoosevelt. The medal has heen awarded to Rabbi Stephen S. Wise of New York, David Brown of Detroit, tlie late Felix' M. War- | burg of New York, the late Jul¬ ius Rosenwald of Chicago, Gover-, nor Herbert H. Lehman of the State of. New York, Eev.,John Haynefi Holmes of New Yorfc (first rion-jew to receive the Got¬ theil Medal). For the yeor 1933 the award was given to the Pil¬ grimage Teom of the National Conferenco; of Jews &nd Christ¬ ians. The medal was cast in triplicate and each of the members of.the team, Eev. Everett R. Clin¬ chy,, Father J.. Elliot Eoss and Rabbi Morris S. Lazaron, received a, replicOi. 'No, aword was made for 1934 and the ,1935 medal was presented to James G. McDonald of New Yoric City.
The editor3,pf American Jewish newspapers ore now .Casting their votea for the recipient of the 1937 Gottheil,-Medal. In late March the name of the awardee will lie announced. On;May 7th the pre¬ sentation of the nword" will take place in New York City at the "key" function of over 40 Zeta Beta Tau banquets which will be held coincidently on thnt. ddy thru¬ out the United: States, attended hy the alumni nnd undergraduate members of the ;Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity and their distinguished guests.
tho Jewish race, a fact which has not prevented hira from swearing the oath of allegiance to Adolf Hit¬ ler, nor from working for over four years for the National Socialist regime in the Waahington embassy, .work for which he accepted thc pay of the Notional Socialist govern- ment."      '
; To this Dr. Meyei? replied by pointing, out that "my parents wero born Christians and never be¬ longed to the Jewish faith. Thera ia some Jewish blood in niy pater¬ nal anceatry, but not enough to bave disqualified mo froin govem- .ment service,' even under the Nur¬ emberg laws. I was born and brou- ght up aChristian and in Germany I was a member of the Lutheran Church. Thero are many hundreds like me still in the German govern¬ ment service. They are loyally de¬ voted to .their -country and -in no way less Gerinanr-or leas Arj'an, whatever that may mean—than Adolf Hitler, if the ¦word German implies loyalty- to country, eager¬ ness to prove such loyalty nnd readiness to serve Germany.
As. for the rest of the state¬ ment from the German embassy I can only state tlmt, like all othei' officials, I never took any oath of allegiance to Hitler as an indivi¬ dual but to Hitler os. head of the government. Thnt oath was effec tive only aS long as I remained in the govemment service. It cannot be considered, froin any reasonoblo point of view, 03 binding upon mo after my resignation or for the 'rest of my life. This is tha accept¬ ed meaning of on oath taken by officials in all countries."
COUNCIL    DISCUSSION
GROUP WILL HEAR
RABBI    KAPLAN
EZRAS NOSHIM SOCIETY
The Ezras Noshim society will meet Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Agudath Achim aynagogue. AU membera are urged to attend.
MUNI ACTS ZOLA IN
CHILDREN'S BENEFIT
TEL AVIV (WNS)—Paul Muni, dlatinguiahed American Jewish screen octor, made his contribu¬ tion to a current campaign for \m- dernourished children in Tel Aviv by performing his part In the court scene of "The Life of Emile Zola."
Tarshish To Resume
Sunday Broadcasts
Of interest to thousands of en¬ thusiastic radio listeners of Eabbi Jacob Tarshiah, former spiritual leader of the local Biyden Rd. Tem¬ ple and known as the "Lamplight- , is the announcement that he "will resume - his broadcasts this Sunday, March 0, over the Mutual Network from New York City. His progrom can be heard over-the lo¬ cal WHKC radio atation at 2:00. P. m. - ,
Legislature Kills Bill
ALBANY, N. Y. (WNS)—The O'Connell bill, which would have required pubiic schools to list the religious affiliations of their pu¬ pils and to make' such lists avail¬ able to religious education associa¬ tions, was killed in the education committee of tlio Assembly, A similar bSl failed to paaa last year.
Sabbath Sermons
Eabbi Nathan Zelizer will speak at the East Broad St. Temple Fri¬ day, March 11, at 8 p. m., on tho theme, "How Can we Jews For¬ get?", a Purim sermon. Cantor Eugene Gotteaman will sing. All are welcome.
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Eabbi MordoQai Hirachsprung ¦will speak today at 19 o. m., at the Agudath Achim eynogogue on the subject "Eationalism and Mysti¬ cism", On Saturday, March 12, ho Will speak on "When Democracy is On tho Guard".
Tha first of a series of six "Bound Tablo Study Group" Dis¬ cussions under the sponsorship of the Educational Committee of the Council of Jewish Women, yrill take place next Wednesday, March 9th, at 12:30, in the Woinens Club on Eaat Town St. The diacus¬ sion "The Jewish Fate Ee-Examln- ed'' will be led by Rabbi Harry;
Kaplan of the Hillel Foundation.
The price of the luncheon will
bo 40 cents. For reservations call
Mrs.   E.   L.   Juster.     FA   8244,
There will be no charge for the
lecture.
J. Rivlin Of Palestine
To Spealc Here Sun4ay
A. A. Open Forum Speaker
Mr. Morris Freeman, instructor in Ecoiloniics at; Ohio State Uni¬ versity, will addresa tho Agudath Achim Forum on Friday, March 11, at 8:30 p. m., on "Religion and Its Influence on Modern Economic Trends". The Agudath Achim choir has prepared a miisical program. Refreshments will bo aerved by inembers of the sisterhood. The public is cordially invited.
Eabbi M'"^'^'':"' Hirachsprung, president, of the Columbus Miz¬ rachi, has announced that Mr. J03- peh Eivlin, representative of the Mizrachi Bank, Ltd., of Palestine, will bo the guest speaker ot o special meeting of the local Miz¬ rachi organization Sunday after¬ noon, at 3 p. m., 'at the Agudath Achini. Mr. Eivlin wlU apeak on "The Efficiency and Safety of the Financial Institutions of Pales¬ tine". All ara invited.
Mr. Rivlin is the father of Kabbi Solomon Eivlin of thia city.
Dr. Mci^er, who spoke nt a din¬ ner given, in his bonor by tho Fed¬ eral Council of Churches of Christ and tho Universal Christian Coun¬ cil of Life and Work, is the first public denunciation of the Hitler government' by, o'former member of the Gerrtian diplomatic service. In tho course of his oddroas Dr, Meyer said that Nazi anti-Semitism and the myth of Nordic superiority are among the anti-German charac- teristics of Nazism. "It ia tho dis- groceful   opposite     ,of     German and    Nordic    for    the    govern¬ ment   and   ruling   party   of   a, state of    almost    70,000,000   in¬ habitants to drive a helplcaa min¬ ority of leas tSan 500,000 to dea- truction," he snid. "Nothing in thia part of National Socialist policy gives evidence _of moral or racial strength. If th'ey   were   racially and morally strong,   they   could not have aroused the lowest human instincts in the .masses and led in the performance of the i^ost dis¬ honorable   actions. . Nobody   will deny that racial antagonisms exist. Bui: it is an ancient idea that tho difference between man arid beast is that man con in some meaaui-a control   his emotions.   Everybody knows th^t the German Jew has been deeply devoted to Germany and has been a^devoted and useful citizen of Germany. To deny thia means either ignorance or lying."
HEADS CUEDIT UNIONS
Sam J. Schecter, 949 Ilcyl Ave, of the state induatrial commiaaion, ia the.new president of the Colum¬ bua Chapter of Credit Unions, it I was announced Tuesdjy.
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