Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1938-04-01

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Volume XVlt—No. 223
Strictly Confidential
Tidbils From r.verywhcrc By rHINHAS .1. HIUO.N
THE IDES or MARCH
Austriiin Jewa who know their ¦Towisji history are saying that .March, ahviiys wna a tragic month for Austrian Jewry.... .Hitler marched into Vienna on March 12lh—and it was on March 12th bnck in 1421 that several hundred ¦Tews wero liublicly 'burned in Vienna ns the last step in thc do- fltruction of the Viennese Jowish community of the MiddloAgcs... On March 24, 1420 all the Jews of Vienna, were imprisoned.. .On March 1, 1670, the Jows of Vienna wero again ordered expelled. ..On March 13, 1848, the outbreak of the. Austrian revolution led to po¬ groms in Vienna...The sole good thing that seems to have happen¬ ed to Jews :in Austria in March was the promulgation of Fran?. Josefs constitution on March' 4, 1849, granting Jews civil and poli¬ tical rights—but this waa short¬ lived. ,.. rr HAPPENED IN AUSTRIA
Cities called Judcnberg, Juden- doi'f, Jud^nau, Judcnfurt, Juden- weis, ¦Judcnhcif and ' Judcnloithe'n flourished in the Austria, of the Middle Ages.,, .In- 1377 tho Duke of .Austria expressly invited., for¬ eign Jews to settle in Vienna... The degradation of Vienna Jewi'y began immediately after Austria was included in the German Em¬ pire... A Jew, Michael Lazar Biedermanh, provided the dowry for the, three daughters of Emper-
: or Francis in the early 19th cen¬ tury.. .Emperor Franz Josef, who emancipated the Jews, always re fused io,ratify the election of Karl Lueger, the first anti-Semite to be elected burgomaster of Vienna.. Baron!Louis Eothschild, wbom'the
.Nnr-ia have arrested, is the great- grandson, of Solomon Hothschild, founder of the Vienna branch' of the family, who, financed Metter nich when that Austrian  states-
. mail was ,driven into exile...It was Metternich who inlluence4 the Turkish Sultan to end tho riots- growing out of the Damascus blood-accusation in 1840....Tift reigning.' princess of , Lichtenstein, the,; tiny independent principality wedged between Austria and ' Switzerland, is Elsa von Guttman, daughter of an Austi-ian Jewish industrialist,.. One of the many Jewish lawyers under arrest, in Vienna is that Dr. ICraus who de fended somo of the Nazis arrested after the, assassination of, Dolfuss. . .One oi the few prominent Vienna Jews left untouched by the Nazis is the celebrated Frau Katherina von Scbratt, closest'friend'and ad¬ visor of ^Franz Josef...The chief financial backer of .Lueger was Alexander "Mandl, wealthy Jewish industrialist, who   had   embraced
¦ Catholicism...His.soil, EVitz, one of the angels of-the'Nazis in Aus¬ tria, is'now under arrest.. .Credit the editor of the Pittsburgh Jewish Criterion with a nifty front page
• ...Dealing with the Austrian situation, he printed a map of Austria in. a black border and cap-
' tioned it "Wo Mourn the Sudden Death of This Nation in, the Past
.TVeek—Details Of itspassing may be found on Pago 4"... .Ihe' last conqueror to enter Vienna in tri¬ umph beforo Hitlei" was Napoleon
'—and you know what happened to him..,. OVER HEBE
Tho Stato Department has been making heroic efforts to save the life of Professor Sigmund Freud, whose arrest in Vienna ,was on per¬ sonal orders from Hitler.., .The fuehrer hates the 82-year-old father of psychoanalysis because ho once wrote an article proving thalJ Hitlor is a paranoiac.,'.The daughtei's of both Sigmund Fi-eud and Bruno Walter are under Nazi arrest in Vienna, by the way, hav¬ ing refused to leave their respec¬ tive families.. .The manager of Radio Station WMCA in New Tfork has a sense of humor.. .He agreed to sell .the Nazia $100,000 worth of time if they would arrango for equal tiiiie over German stations for anti-Nazi broadcasts.. .Wonder If Walter Winchell's story about liusscll Muth, Central European editor of Fox-Movietone News, is coirect.. .It seems that storm troopera in Germany stripped him of all his clothes and made Wm stand for hours in the bitter cold, threatening to shoot him if he moved.. .They did this on two suc¬ cessive (lays, and, then warned him to bo more careful about the mov¬ ies he sends out of Germany.. .At 17 .State Street, New ¦yoik, u sclf- -^lected Jewish leader is mobilizing (Continued on page S)
Urges Noted Jews To Lead Figlit Against Anti-Seimtism
NEW YOIilC <WNS)—Gover¬ nor Herbert H. Lehman, Supremo Court Justice Brandeis and Secre¬ tary of tho Treasury ilcnry Mor- jjcnthau, Jr.j should resign their offices and take up the leadership o£ the Jewish peoplo in a fight against their enemies. Judge Maga¬ zine suggests in an editorial writ- ton by its publishers,'Harry New¬ man, an Irishman. Mr. Newman proposes that either of these, thrco or Bernard M.' Baruch' to head a militant Jewish campaign against anti-Somitism. He also calls on such Jewish newspaper publishers ns Arthur Hays Sulzberger of thc Ne\v York Times, J. David Stern, Paul Block'and Moses Anncnberg, to "roll your presses into tho teeth of your petty attackers." The edi¬ torial'declares "fight, Jewsl You don't need armies and navies. You need only a "fighting leader, to mass behind him the great intelligence and, ability you already posess, to make'iiniass, attack. Fame beyond the power of man to measure waits such a leader." Mr.' Newman predicts that under,such leader¬ ship ' Jews can mako Hitler "the most ridiculous man alive" in 30 days and in six months soe him "removed from the leadership of the German people by the German people themselves."
Work Of Zion Lodge Degree Team Lauded
During, the past three months tho Degree Team of Zion Lodge, No. 62, B'nai B'rith, has conducted initiatory rites throughout Central Ohio, everywhere evoking the commendation of our Jcwishlead- ers. It has been the aim and pur¬ pose of Edward Schlezinger, 2202 [J3ryden,Ed.i chairman of the degree team committee, to make, this team the oiftstanding one of Dis¬ trict No. 2, B'nai B'rith. All who have ivitnessed its worlc agree that tills objective has been achieved.
President HerbOrt Lind of, The. Zanesville Lodge has sent in a letter of appreciation to Wm. Was¬ serstrpm, 'head of Zion Lodge, for the splendid manner in which the Degr^b Team discharged its, duties at, their. January ineeting. Dr. Julian Shamansky of Mt. Vernon, Ohio, has also extended the thanks of that Jewish Community for the beautiful ceremonies presented there last month before, a lairge and representative gathering.; An especially largo class was inducted nt that time, composed bf Mans- field and Mt. Vernon residents.
Lpst Sunday evening, March 27th, at Gallon, Ohio, a large turn¬ out welcomed Zion Lodge's, De¬ gree Team at the Armory. In an exceptionally ' fine "' gerviee, tho members of the Team expounded the principles of the P'nai B'rith, emphasizing its humanitarian, pro¬ clivities. There were people pres¬ ent from Columbus, Mansfield, Mt. Vernon, and Findlay. A, number of public officials, were also present.
Aaron M. Neustadt is president of; the Degree Team • Edward Schlezinger vice president; Ben. Z. N'enstadt,-Monitor; Morris Mat¬ tlin, treasurer; Prank V. Bayer, assistant monitor; Dr. E. G. Blas¬ berg, Warden.
1,684 Professors Ousted
By Nazis; Half Are Jews
CHICAGO (WNS)—The Nazi regime has dismissed 1,634 pro¬ fessors since it camo into power, I of them for; being Jewish, Catholic or "politically unreliable" and nearly 800 for no known cause, it is declared by Edward Y. Hart- shorno of Cambridge, Mass., in a study presented to the University of Chicago as his thesis for' the degree of doctor of philosophy. Among thoso ousted. were five Jowish Nobel Prize winners, Mr. Hnrtshorno's atudy reveals that pseudo-scientiflc courses on race culturo dominate the cuiricula of German universities. He also dis¬ closes that tho Nazi rector of the once famous University of Berlin is a former ofl'icial of a slaughter¬ house.
BENEFIT PEUFOHMANCE
Keep tho night of April 28th open for the benefit wrestling match to bo sponsored by the Delta Omega Iota Sorority at the Colum¬ bus Auditorium. Watch this paper for further details.
Jewish    Stcientist   Wins
Noted    Belgian    Award
BRUSSELS (WNS)—Tho covet¬ ed 1500,000 franc Franqui Prize for "contributing to the raising of the scientific .prestige Of Belgium" has awarded to ProfeSsor, Jacques Er- rera, Jewish savent. at Brussels University, for his researches in molecular composition. Pi-ofossor ErrciT^ comes of,a noted family of scientists and scholars who have been identified with Belgium for nearly two centuries. The prize was awarded by the Franqui Fund, estabished by the late Baron Fran- que, noted banker.
Jews Must Be Out or Austria In Four Years Goering Declares
VIENNA (WNS)—At the very moment that thousands of Jew? and Christian anti-Nazis were thronging synagogues and churches to offer prayers .of thanksgiving to President Roosevelt for the American proposal to create ah intornatioiial governmental com- mitteeto provide a haven'for refu¬ gees from Austria, Field Marshal Herhiaii Goering, Germany's num¬ ber two man, entered Vienna in triumph and proclaimed that the Jews must go. AU Jews -who were not in synagogues locked thfem- solves, in their homes while Goer¬ ing entered: the'city for his route took him through tho Prater- Btrasse, the main street -of the Jewish, quarter.
Here to, lead the propaganda campaign, for tho AprillOth plebis¬ cite; Goeriiig made a slashing at¬ tack oh the Jews and on opponents of Nazism, "Vienna was. not a German city because 300,000 Jews lived here," he declared, but "Vien¬ na must become' Gemian again" arid_ "the Jew must, know we do not care to Iivo -with bim." ¦ Ho also announced the official exten¬ sion of Germany's four year plan to Austrii^ and made it plain that government policy would be to eliminate Jews from, trade and in¬ dustry bj^ the time the plan is completed. "Austi'ian business was a. playball of Jewish specula tors, therefore Austria is a ,pooT country," Goering, said.* "But it is senseless to ns© stupid measures to get him (the Jew) out. It will bo done after due consideration. At tho end of our four year plan Vienna will bo German' again. Jews must take notice of this." Go'ering's reference to-the use of "stupid measures" against the Jews was, interpreted as a warn¬ ing against illegal and individual acts of'anti-Jewish persecution. , The reopening" of the Vienna j;ewish Community's offices was authorized by the . authoiities to¬ gether with a hint that; control of Jewish , communal affairs 'would shortly be invested in-repi'esenta- tives of German Jewry who are aw5(iting tho opening of the Aus- tro-^Germail frontier beforo cohiing here. It is believed that the Vien¬ na Community would become a part of the Reicli Representation of German Jews, centi'alized rep¬ resentative body of German Jews. Drs. Heinrich , Stahl and Alfred Klee, president and vice-president, respectively of the Berlin Com- rottnity, are expected here shortly.
The problem of feeding thous¬ ands of Jewish needy is becoining,| more critical. Sevoral truckloads of foods; sent to Austria by the Jewish community of Praguo were confiscated ^ by ^frontier patrols. After a protest by tho Vienna community ita leaders were told that ih the future food from abroad would be allowed to enter bnt a hea'vy tax would be imposed. Aus¬ ti'ian Jewry, is also without a single Jewish paper. Five Jewish soup kitchens lore operating in Vienna ond , these must feed an estimated -160,000 Jews thrown on charity.
Local Men Are Honored
Saniuel Mellman, 796 S. 18th St., and Morris Lessuro, 1084 Studer Ave., both members of Capitol Post 122 of tho Jewis(h,War Vet- I erans, w^o honored this week by official appointment from national commander Harry Schaffer, as aide-do camp. This appointment was mado in' recognition of un¬ usual service rendered by- theso veterans in their promotion acti¬ vities of the Jewisli War Veterans in Columbus.
JEWISH RADIO HOUR
Cantor' Solomon Grodner will be tho next artist on the Jewish Hour pi'ograin over WHKC radio station at B p. ra. Sunday. The manage¬ ment will appreciate any comments from listeners of this broadcast.
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30,000 Austrian Jew| Have Applied For Visas To U. S.
VIENNA (WNS)—Application! for visas to the United States by' Austi'ian Jews ;havo passed tin 30,000 mark, tho doily average jumping from 1,000 since tho iirst^ dajrs of Nazi i'ule to 3,000 sinci it becamo known that the Unltei States had taken tho lead in or' ganizing relief for thoso seeking to leave Austi'iai Another 10,000 havo applied to the British coft- Bulato, some ,0,000 seekingt -visati to Australia nlono. The American and British consular oflicials , aro receiving applicants ih "groiipS of a hundred and nre doing everything possible for'them but the actual issuance of visas is being held ujp pending receipt of instructions from Washington and London. Tho real exodus of Jews will begin af-i tor tho April 10th plebiscite ¦vyhcii the Nazi authorities aro expected to raise the ban on Jowish emigra¬ tion.
Meanwhile, tho Nazis bave be¬ gun confiscating ;.Tewish' orphan¬ ages and Talmud Torah buildings and, converting them into barTacke for storm troops. The fam_6ua Kriegerheim, one of the best known Jewish philanthropic institutions in Vienna, has been taken ovei" by storm troopers and the Jewish orphans expelled. The number of Jewish suicides appears to' be de¬ clining, but there is; a serious epi¬ demic of sudden' insanity. From 20 to 50 Jews daily are reported losing their reason as a iresult of suffering from Nazi persecution. Arrests of prominent Jews are also continuing; Latest to bo taken into custody are Dr. E. Loebl, for¬ mer editor-in-chief of tho Noues Weiijer Tageblatt, Dr. Carl Loth- berger, Vienna Univrarsity profes¬ sor, Eaoul Lauernheimer, former assistant editor, of tho Neue Freio PressO and Arnold Eisler, former undersecretary of justice.    \
The authorities have ordei'^ all Jews to pay their tax bills islr'*'^' &&i.ely-aim\^t*<^mi^^mM employes of Jewish firms to 'opeii all mail before it is received by tho proprietor. An attempt by Chief Rabbi Israel Taglicht to ob-^ tain' an audienco with the minister for cultural affairs met with a re¬ buff.
WASHINGTON, D. C, (WNS)— Brazil and Holland have: accepted Secretary Hull's inyitatioii to aid in forming an international com¬ mittee iter relief of refugees from -Austria and Germany,, the. State Department anhounced,LMeinwhile the first- opposition - to.. the Hull plan from aii Americilh source de¬ veloped, , when Representative Thomas A. Jenkins, Ohio Republi¬ can, attacked tbe proposed relief project as "not fair to our people, neither to those who have nor to those'millions- who havo not. and who themselves need sympathy and charity," Representative Jen¬ kins declared that the project is "a "visionary 'excursion into the warm fields of altruism" which 'will embroil the United States in Euro¬ pean entanglements.
M'.NATOK NORRIS BACKS 'nri..IEWISH  BOYCOTT
WA.miiNGTON, n. c, (WNS)- 1" .mh-Nazi boycott gained an ""lortanf supporter when United Shlc-Sofctor George W. Norris, lii'.t survivor of the six members "f tlio Senate who voted the declaration -of declared himself i popular- hoyeotl Gcn„„„y      , n„,j,;   j^ ^^ .^^^^_
vowpubliHhea in the United States ,Ncw5, SPiLitor, Norris said ho be- ^leved the American people ivould f>e justified in boycotting aggres¬ sor natiom. The Nebraska Sena¬ tor asserted that such a move¬ ment could he umlertakon by the Poopc, nol by the govemment, and   no compliiint c.in be made."
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VETERANS CALL BUND "PUBLIC ENEMY NO. 1"
Nnw BEDFORD, MASS.(WNS) —The German-American Bund was chaiaetorized as "public, , enemy number one" in a resolution adopt¬ ed by the Andrews-Dahill Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Thc New Bedford Voiture B77 of the American Legion's "40 and 8" Society, also condemned tbe Bund nnd called upon the State legislature to curb its  activities.
Shaw     Says      Hitler      Has
Crentcdj Not Solved
Jewish Question
Per Year $3.00; Per Copy 10c
Noted   Grernian   Exile Speaks Here Tuesday
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LONDON (WNS)—Hitler hasn't solved tho Jewish problem, "he's Created it" and by his treatment of the Jews has "damaged his in¬ tellectual credit to an extraordin¬ ary extent," George Ben'iiard Shawl famed author declared in an inter- .view published in tho London .'Daily Express. "Europe; could haidly be more disagreeably sur¬ prised if ho (Hitler) had; revived j'vitch burning," Shaw said, "The [exiling of Einstein aiid„the con-
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ner' Br^s. To S-ireen ,ife    Of    Haym    Salomon
How -the Jewish plight today, due to, Hitler's march In Europe, is a challenge to Christianity nnd civilization will be discussed by a noted n,uthority in tho peraon of Mr. Gerhart H. Seger, who is being blought here for an address next Tufesday night, 8 o'clock, at the Bryden R o a,d Temple. Ho is coming here un¬ der the auspices of the ' Temple Brotherh ood, which group, in cooperation with the B'nai Brith lodge of this city, havo ;8cheduled this talk as a Jewi.sh Good Will effort. In'vita- tions have been extemled to all Rabbis, officers and. male mem¬ bers of all Jewish congregations of Columbus to attend this meeting in order to create a better under¬ standing and a spirit of brother¬ hood among the various, elements of, our conlmunity. ,
"Democracy vs. Dictatorship" 'Will bo the subject of Mr. Seger's lecture. As a former member of the German Reichstag where he served on tho important com¬ mittee on Foreign Relations, and as a prisoner foriiine months iri a Nazi concentration , camp, Mr. Seger's experiences and observa¬ tions should prove most interest¬ ing. His book "Oranionburg" has been translated intj/ six European languages.with over 600,000 copies sold. Since his B,Trival in America, Mr. Seger has delivered over 500 lectures before Universities, Clubs and Foreign Policy Assns., thru¬ out tho country. He is a non-Je'W and an outspoken,anti-Nazii
Hitler Hints ieadinass To Send ill Jews flpt i ieriaiif4ee> Ipffs Si • iins Syppirt lire mi aireai!
BERLIN (WNS)—Branding ail "incorrigiblo -opponents" of Naz¬ ism in Germany as "criminals," Chancellor Hitler, in an indirect reply to the American proposal for inter-governmental aid to refu¬ gees from Gbrmi^ny and Austria, said "I can only hopo nnd expect thnt tho other worlds which h;is such deep sympathy for these criniinals, will at least be gener¬ ous enough to convert this sympa¬ thy into practical aid." Address¬ ing nn election rally at Koenigs- bei-g, ho said "we, on our part, aro ready to put all these crimi¬ nals at the disposal of these coun¬ tries for all I care, even on luxury ships." The Fuehrer declared that soino foes of Nazism deserve to die and promised that "wo shall deal with;.theso incorrigible op¬ ponents with the normal means of our state. ..Part of thera, in ahy case, wilt go where all the Euro¬ pean 'honorable men' of that kind have gathered in recent years. And we are happy that part of thom already have gone."
Council Announces
Tuesday's Program
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C.,J. W. LECTURES
"What is the Future of tho Jews and Judaism" will be the subject of Rahbi HaiTy Kaplan at the fifth of his round-table talks he- fore the Council of Jewish Womi)'! next Wednesday at 1:30 p. m. at the Bryden Road Temple. The course is open to alL inembers without.charge and covers variou? phases of Jewish life and. culture.
ANTI-JEWISH BOYCOTT
BRUSSELS (WNS)—An.organi- zed anti-Jewish boycrflt was start¬ ed throughout Belgiuni. hy the Pascist Rexist Party, and the Flemish Nationalists who flooded ,tho country with leaflets said to' have been printed in Germany. The circulars declare that "ho who buys- from Jews shoots, his pooplo in the back" ad "no .more war, even if the Jews want it."
DEDICATION  DATE  SET
At ». recent meeting of the board of director? of the newly remodeled Ahavas Sholom con¬ gregation, Supday, May 1, was tho dato chosen for the public dedica¬ tion ceremonies ' of this house of worship located at 878 South Ohio Ave. Elaborate preparations are being niado to mako this event » noteworthy one in the history of Columbua , Jewish community. Complete details will be announced in future issues of the Chronicla.
Morris Jonas is president of Ahavas Sholom, Sol Kii,tzj honor¬ ary president and Dr. A. H, Kan¬ ter, vice president.
OLLYWOOD (WNS) — The I'g talk of pictures depicting the life of Haym Salomon, Jewish pat¬ riot of the American Revolntion moved a step nearer reality ivhen Warner Brothers studio' announc¬ ed, it would start production on the-picture.; It 'will bo called"My Country First." ;It is nnderstood that George jessel' has "ivritten the scenario. Tho pictnre , will tell how Salomon served as an American spy and then loaned his entire fortune of $800,000, to George Washington.     .       •
I. Schwiartz Passes
The Columbus Jewish communi¬ ty has suffered a severe loss by tho death last week of Mr. Isaac Schwartz, ago 68, at Mobile, Ala- baraa where he had gone on a short visit.
Since his coming here in, 1923 froni New York.-Mr. Schwartz took an active interest in every worthy Jewish cause. All who knew this, splendid gentleman, with his radi¬ ant and kindly face, lovcd.and respected him. His, humane ti'eat- ment of those who sought his advice and assistance was known only fo his immediate circle of friends, A quiet and unassuming ilidividual, Mr. Schwartz's passing ha? caused a gap that will not be filled so easily. May the memory of his unselfislilife be a source of consolation and an inspiration to his survivors.
Hundreds attended the funeral sei-vices which wero held last Sun¬ day at the Schoedinger chapel whore Rabbis Mordecai Hirsch* sprung, Leopold 'Greenwald and Rabbi Samuel M. Gup eulogized the deceased. Interment was made Bt the Agudath Achim cemetery.
Swvivors are his wife, Rose; throe sons, William and Harpld of Columbus, Samuel of New York; tt daughter, Helen Rosherj two brothera, M. B. Schwartz, Mobile, Ala., and Z. Schwartz of New York; three sisters, Sally Rotter, Philadelphia, Pa., Resie Rotter and Molly Metzenstcin, both of New York.
HADASSAH INSTITUTE
;M4'a. ,Roy, Stone will review "'B.oi i ot Ages" by Robert Nathan, befo 'e the Hadassah Women's Inr a,titi!to, Tuesday, AprilB, at 10:30 a.: n . at the Neil House. The sericr) will be josumed later this month following, an interruption iW .the Passover holidays.
Wonderiul Time" by Kober, cur rent Broadway'hit,,'will feature the entertainment at the. April meeting of the Council of Jewish Womeii to be held Tuesday, at '2 p.' m., at the Bryden Bd. Temple.
The following members will par. ticipate in the reading: Mrs. Lee J. Hofheimer, Mrs. , William Gumble, Mrs. Abe Weinfeld, Mrs. Hiram Cohen,. Mrs. Louis'J. Koth, Mrs. Louis M. -Harris, Mrs. Robert Blashek, Mrs. I.; J., Hofmayer, Mrs. Herbert Levy, Mrs. Robert Levy, Mrs. Allen Gundersheimer, Mrs. Allen Meyer and Mrs. H. L. Fenburr.      '  ,
The blind committee of the 'Council, "will conduct a sale of ar¬ ticles made by the blind at the meeting. Fiill particulars regard¬ ing any items desired may be.Ob- tained by calling Mrs. William Schiff, FA 8366.     ;
Under the direction of' Mrs. S. R, Hirschi the Council's' inonthly sewing will bo held at the Templo at 10:36 a. m. Members are asked to come.
Report   Reich   Will
Facilitate Jewish
Emigration
Berlin <WNS) — Immediately after the April 10th plebiscite in Austria the German govern, incnt will announce measures to facilitate the emigration of Jews ot Austria, it was report¬ ed in; authoritive quartets here. It is said that the government will even go^ so far as to sus¬ pend the '^^erman-Paiestiiie transfer agreement and set np a similar arrangement in Aus¬ tria in order to, allow a large number of Austrian. Jews to go Lto;..Ealestine.-.-.-^:...;-.;.::.,.,^,;..-
ITALY REJECTS HULL PLAN FOR REFUGEES
,BOME (WNS)—Beciuse of,It¬ aly's friendship >vith' Germany the Italian Government.will oppose the American plan for an international committee to aid refugeea from Austria and Germany and has al¬ ready advised tho American em¬ bassy here,, it wos ireported in authoritative' quarters. It was said that Italy rejected the plan for fear of offending Germany,
Welfare      Federation
Secures Permit For
Jewish Peddlers
A permit was; granted "by the Safety Committee of the Colum¬ bus City Council after a special request was mado by the Jewish Welfare Federation with the as¬ surance that each peddler obtain¬ ing this permit will attend classes regularly at the Hermine Schon¬ thnl Center Night School, conduct¬ ed with the cooperation of the Council of Jewish Women and W. P. A. Miss Janet Wasserstrom is the teacher of this class. Mrs. Edward Broidy, 173 Stanberry Road, is Chairman of the Citizen¬ ship Conimittee of the Council of Jewish Women.
The Jewish. Welfare Federation has received a letter requesting that this' organization advise, tliOj Safety Committee whenever any of these men fail to regularly at¬ tend classes ' so that the license issued may be recalled.
.In what was regarded iis a deli¬ berate attempl:.to stir up opposi- .tion among .American: Christians to the, admission of Jewish refu¬ gees from Germany and Austria uiider the Hull plan, the Angriff, organ .of Propaganda Minister Goebbels, warned that tho admis¬ sion of Jewish emigres .would lead to "many grave domestic disturb¬ ances until tho healthy strength of' the Anglo-Saxon peoplo has destroyed or absorbed this emigre injection." After, declaring that the Americans are still a young nation' and their body politic has already digested many a hea'vy bit," and .warning, that "what is now to be, infused into their blood circulation has a common poison— nam.cly, poison of Moscow," the Angriff asked "is, that ,the wish. of Mr. Smith of Middletown?", "Mr. Smith" being the typical American created by; Eobert S. and Helen, M., Lynd in their stud¬ ies of America called "Middletown in Transition.",.'
The Schwarze Korpa,. organ of the SchutzstafTol, waxing sarcas¬ tic, offered to America "in free Hambirrg a well-assorted stocl; of Jewish lawyers. Well-preserved and Well-rested women doctofs; spec¬ ialists for skin and social diseases, also Jewish buslhess heads and raiv material wholesalers'and Jew¬ ish salesmen, the last item, with considerable rebate."  -.  .   ,
WASHINGTON, D. C. (WNS) -Gratified «by the wido acclaim among 'foreign governments to Secretary of State Hull's proposal for tho creation of an international governmental committee to d^al with the problem of racial, reli¬ gious and political refugees Ger¬ many,, Austria, Italy, Spain'and Russia, the State Department ar¬ ranged ¦ for conferences 'with Amorican Jewish organizations to determine the extent of the finan¬ cial aid they can extend to pro¬ vide passage and maintenance for the Jewish refugees to be admit¬ ted to this country under the plan. Reports from foreign capitals in¬ dicated that tlie plaii would bo ac¬ cepted by most countries. Great Britain, France, Holland, Belgium, Ecuador, Brazil and the Scandina¬ vian countries are preparing to approve the proposal. Italy and Cqba were reported inclined not to cooperate.
¦While messages pledging co¬ operation poured in from inumer- able Jewish,; organizations and many Christian organizations, and tho State Department studied de¬ taila for cari^'ing out the emigra¬ tion pi'ogralii, the American Federation of Labor. through its
president, Williani Greeh, endorsed tho pibn provided it did not en¬ tail any legislation to lower exist¬ ing immign^tion bars. In a letter to Maurice Bisgyer, executive sec¬ retary of the B'nai B'rith, Green said the A, P. of L. "is heartily in favor of Secretary Hull's plan. In our opinion, it is only fitting that the United States should take the lead in ah ifitemational movement to offer refugo'to the prosecuted minorities in the Eeich." Ho made it plain, however, that he opposed receiving "a greater' number of immigrants, than is permitted by existing legislation." "It would be unfair," Green said, "to milliona of our own citizens who cannot find work,.and earn a, living now.''
Meanwhile, Representative Mar¬ tin pics of Teias, an opponent of liberalized im^migration laws, call¬ ed on Secretary Hull to consider a proposal made by Dies several years ago to set up an , inter¬ national committee to aid perse¬ cuted miiiorities in Europe by set¬ tling them on undeveloped lands in Paraguay., lie recalled that ho had introduced a bill some years ago to this effect after being in touch 'With Paraguayan interesti5 who informed , hini their govern¬ ment would welcome' such colonists on the land.
Among the organizations that have expressed endorsement of tho Hull pEn and pledged their co¬ operation'are the Federal Council of Churches of Christ, the Joint Distribution Commitfice, the Ameri¬ can Jewish. Congress, tho ORT Federation, the B'nai Brith, the Jewish War Veterans,, the Hebrew Imniigrant Aid Society, Union of American Hebrew Congregations, the National Association ior tho Advancement of Colored People, the American domiiiitleo for OhTis^ tian German EefugeeSj ..the, Jewish People's .Committee, the American Committee Appeal for tho Jews in-Poland, the Refugee Economic Corporatitri, the American Sdciety for Racial Tolerance, the Zionist brganization of Arasrica, the United Galician Jews of America, the North American Democratic Hungarian Fcdciration and the National Council of Young' Israel, In Cincinnati the B'nai Brith an- nounced the establishment of a national committee-to assist in carrying out the Hull plan.
While refusing to discuss de. tails. State Department officials said that the 'success of the plan might be ehdaiigeredby the oppo¬ sition of Germany. If the Reich refuses t? albw Jews to emigrate or. permits them.to leave without thtir property or; funds, most of the emigres would arrive in the lands of refuge penniless and thus increase the burden of relief or¬ ganizations.
ISTANBUL' (WNS)—A con.* siderable nnmbOr of,'ominent Aus- t'rian Jewish scientists and:physi. cians-will be offered positions at the Universities of Istanbul and Angora the ministry of education annpuhced in revealing that it has opened negotiations to obtain the services of some of the scholars who have lost their posts in Aus¬ tria. Turkey- engaged several score German-Jewish seientista In 1934.
Magistrate   Fines   Nazi
For    Insulting   Jewess
NEW.YOEK (WNS)—A Negro magistrate fined Curl Krack, a Nazi, $25 on a charge of disorder¬ ly conduct-in Yorkvillo Couit, after he had pleaded guilty to in¬ sulting Mrs. Esther Eichel, a Jew- ess. Magistrate Myles A. Paigo heard' the case after six other magistrates had disqualified them¬ selves because of their race or re¬ ligion. Mrs. Eichel complained thatKracki had used profane'lan¬ guage and threatened that "when the Germans coma over hero they'll send you Jews back to Germany." She cha,rged that he reviled her when she refused to accept a copy of a Nazi leaflet advertising a meeting of "whito Gentilo Ameri¬ cans." Magistrate Paige aUo fined Otto Fentzle $5 for litter¬ ing the' streets with Nazi Htora¬ ture.
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