Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1940-01-12

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Vol. 10   No. .1
COLUMBtrs, OHIO, FRIDAY, .lANUARV 12, iMo
Strictly Confidential
Tidbits Prom ElTerynhere By PHINI3AS J. BIBON
URGES ADMITTANCE OF REEMIGRANTS
1940 CHIT.CHAT
Interesting Items among Ihe u.iual Januai^ Kst crop of pro¬ phecies are the prognostication that Hitler will attack Roumania around the time of the vernal equinox and that internal trouble in Nazlland wll! force his retirement from the limelight before the summer is over . . That Near Eastern theatre of ¦war will be seeing plenty of action before Valentine Day, Washington Insiders augur . . . Then It will be too late for the Zionist funds of America to adopt the Ingenious food-pack¬ age plan submitted to them by Adam Rosen, Palestine-American shipping head, months and months ago . . . Aside to Neal p'Hara, who's worrying about bow the Nazis will teed the 4 000,000 horses they took over In Poland; It's the horses that will be used to feed the Nazis WInchell relates the one about the anti-New Deal Congressman who now Is rooting for a new WPA project—to widen the At¬ lantic. ,. . . THIS AND THAT
Look for the announcement, to be expected shortly, that the Bund IS going to drop Its official anti-Semitism .. Wo don't need (o remind ypu that anti-Semitism .ly; A P'Tt'of ^he philosophy
.mirlcans .^ •, >''Th6, hsBst iautiful flower q! our 'lice" is hat Mussolini once called Bo- t)erto Sarfatti, world war victim who was the soil of lus Jewish secretaiy, Mdrgberetta Sarfatti . . But that was in the days when Hitler was aping Mussol inl, and not vice versa . . .Now that the Nazis have got around to banning Quaker Nora Wain's "Reaching for the Stars" watch for its rise in the best seller lists . . . Did you ever see Charlie Chaplin dance? . . . Any¬ way, he's going to perform a bubble dance in his "Dictator" film, using a globe of the world as his bubble . . . Did you know that Esperanto, brainchild of the late Dr. Ludwlg Lazarus Zamen- hof, has won a couple of million adherents in Its half century of existence? ... THGBE AND HBBE
Whether Hitler likes it or not, the fact remains that the  old fashioned Bible that was written by Jews still outsells its Nazi rival in Germany, having sur¬ passed the "Mein Kampf" sales by 200,000 copies even in that benighted  country  in  the  last six years . . . German refugees Mj,;i.. with a Uteraiy flair are hereby j&C>;,: advised of a prize competition '#iS'';-With a first award-of.$500 and --&?: eight other prizes hanging from |&>-.,;S250 to $20 for the Ijeat unpub- wiiS ¦ Ilshed  autobiographies   on   the itfiif!: 'theme "My life in Germany Be¬ st's*'-fore and After January 30,1933" ?!*Kf;"''. . . Manuscripts may be submit Sy'itea in either English or German, Kpjs'i and information on, details of the ai'v^pontest may be obtained frolh ¦ipr. Sidney Bradshaw Fay, 776 .' iWldener   Library,    Cambridge, iMass. . . Add to your Hat of re- MaS-fugees who Ijave made good the pSsS^'^'name of Reinhold Schunzel, for-
NKW YOHK (WNS)—Lord Marley, deputy speaker of the British House of Lords, and chairman of the British Empire Parliamentary AdvLsory Council of the Ort, urged the United States to make a real contribu¬ tion toward the alleviation of the European refugee problem by admitting re-emigrants who mu.st leave the neutral countries because of the European war and the absence of sufficient funds to maintain them.
Speaking before members at¬ tending the national meeting ot the Junior American Ort Federa¬ tion, Lord Marley said that re- emigration by the refugees was vital now from Belgium, Hoi. land, Switzerland and other neutral countries and added that the American people must con¬ tribute to the program and en¬ able the refugees to relive their lives.
He cautioned against consid¬ ering the problems of the re¬ fugees as solely a Jewish prob¬ lem and revealed that 25 per cent of those refugees now wait¬ ing  resettlement  are  non-Jews.
"The only way to break down 'lefugee resistance'," Lord Mar¬ ley concluded, "Is to train re fugces and prove to the nations admitting them that they can be assets "
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National Conference Of U. R A. Sounds Clarion CaD For a United Effort For Palestine Settlement By Amer. Jewry.
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Mrs. Ezra Shapiro
Mrs. Ezra Shapiro, oif Cleve¬ land, 0., will be the honored guest and speaker at the Janu¬ ary meeting ot Hadassah, to be lield neJtt Wednesday, Jan. 17, at 2 P. M., at the Bryden Road Temple.
The charm and beauty of the speaker, who before her mar¬ riage • was Sylvia Lamport, of New York City, together with her stimulating delivery and the wealth of information she brings to her audience, has made her one of the most sought-after speakers in Hadassah Her background as a member of one of the outstanding families In Zionist and communal affairs in America Her wide travels in Europe and Palestine qualify her to speak with authority on all matters of Hadassah interest
"Hadassah Provides the Good Earth", will be the subject of Mrs   Shapiro's address
Special attention is called to the f^ct that the dt^ has been changed to Wednesday for this meeting only, In order to a^ range a date convenient for Mrs. Shapiro
The meetingjias been arrang
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Leo .F. MarkR
The B'nai B'rith Hillel Founda tion at Ohio State University has been honored for the third year with a special scholarship gift of $500.00 from the Amelia and Julius Marks Charitable Foundation, presented through the kindness of Mr. Leo J. Marks of Columbus, the founder of the Fund.
This gift Is to be used for an¬ nual scholarships awarded to a selected group of students, who are chosen by the Hillel scholar¬ ship committee on the basis ot scholarship character, iieed, and Jewish leadership.
Mr Marks, through the Amelia and Julius Marks Charitable Foundation, was also the donor of the recent $lSOiO0O- WdiWoti to thef^Chlldren'a HosliitalJKferS^i-
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London Will Be Coordinated
LONDON (WNS)—Drastic re¬ organization of the entire re¬ fugee aid set-up in Great Britain, believed essential because of the acute financial situation of the refugee organizations and the need to meet the grave problems posed by the war, is under way. The reorganization is expected to bring about the establishment of a central refugee coordinating body under the chairmanship of Sir Herbert Emerson, League high Commissioner for Refugees and director of the Intergovern¬ mental Refugee Committee, and will include all Jewish and non- Jewish organizations engaged in refugee work within Britain, ex¬ cluding activities conducted in other countries, which will be administered as hitherto.
Relief agencies here are in dif¬ ficult financial circumstances owing to the grave shrinkage of income and increased demands for the support of refugees now in England. In addition to the usual demands, refugee organi¬ zations are faced with the prob¬ lem of aiding 10,000 to 15,000 refugees who had permits as domestic servants or temporary labor permits and who lost their jobs because of the war. There is the additional problem of the large number of refugees tem¬ porarily adniitted to England pending reemigration but who are unable to leave because of the war. Still another problem is the hundreds of other re¬ fugees admitted under private guarantees of support which the guarantors are unable to main¬ tain
According to the plans now
lowing two ri.iys of deliberations on Ihe new imperativene.'i.s of in- crea.sed settlement in Palestine to provide homes for large num¬ bers of Polish .lews and on the new challenge for greater Pales¬ tine support to strengthen the .lewish community of 500,000 there in Its tasks of continued rebuilding, 1,500 delegates to the National Conference ot the Uni¬ ted Palestine Appeal at the Hotel Mayflower unanimously re-elect¬ ed Dr. Abba Hlllel Silver, of Cleveland, as National Chair¬ man, to go forward in a spirit of unity and harmony in rallying all forces for the great construc¬ tive program supported by the United Palestine  Appeal.
In his keynote address Dr. Silver eloquently summoned Jews throughout the United States to stand stoically together against the ravages of oppression abroad and to derive new in¬ spiration from the "light of Palestine" where freedom and courage are the watchwords of the revival of the Jewish Na¬ tional Home.
Stirred by Messages
Stirred by the luessages of Dr. Silver, and other leaders includ- ing/ijr. Stephen: S." wriBe;;:i;quls
-|)pla?i3eJtOwt#Ja™(5irflagff :M6i'HS'ft6thehberg;J,Natlo(iai.''Ci)i GhalrmeB bf tlie; Uiiited PaleS-^ tine Appeal, the conference adopted a resolution declaring that it was desirable thSt the United Jewish Appeal establish¬ ed In 1939 be continued In 1940, but emphasizing that the inter¬ ests of Palestine must be pro¬ tected.
While Attorney General Frank Murphy expressed the sympathy of all Americans for the project of rebuilding of Palestine as "haven of refuge and a center of culture where Jews, free from oppression and persecution, can find lite and peace in the land of their forefathers", the need for greater organized effort to solve the rifugee problem prin clpally through' increased immi¬ gration into Palestine was em¬ phasized by Alfred Duff Cooper, former First Lord ot the British Admiralty, and Count Rene Ooynel de Saint Quentln, the French Ambassador to the Unit¬ ed States.
The entire assemblage was electrified by the demand voiced by Mr. Duff Cooper that Great Britain should in this crisis for the Jewish people scrap the White Paper policy and re¬ double her pledges for the re¬ building of Palestine. When Mr. Cooper finished his moving address, he was greeted by a prolonged ovation and the sing¬ ing of Hatikvab.
Mr. Cooper emphasized that no policy of seeldng to avoid favorltlstii In the case of Jews or Arabs can succeed in Pales¬ tine and urged, in view of the fact that the Aratis had received freedom In vast territories, that the Jews be given every oppor¬ tunity to create for themseivts an Independent hpme in Pales¬ tine.
240,000 Jews Admitted
Senator Willi^ H. King of Utah called liponi Great Britain to enlarge the horizon of re¬ fugee settlement in PaleStlnfrem-
The possibilities that exist to¬ day for the settlement of addi¬ tional refugees In Palestine were outlined In detailed reports pre¬ sented to the Conference sessions by Dr. Georg Landauer, Direc¬ tor of the Central Bureau for the Settlement of German Jews in Palestine, who pointed out that since 1933 more than 70,000 Ger¬ man Jewish refugees had been settled In Palestine at a cost of only $5,000,000. He observed that this figure was equivalent to what was being spent an? nuaily in the United States to aid refugees.
Colonization effort in Pales- line wa."! characterized by Dr. Walter C. Lowdermllk, Chief of the Division of Research of the Soil Conservation Service of the U. S. Department of Agriculture as a magnificent achievement in the restoration and reclamation of the Jewish Homeland. Resolutions
Among the resolutions adopted by the Conference were:
(1) A resolution urging Great Britain to open the doors of Palestine to free Jewish immi-. gration in accordance with the economic absorptive capacity of the couhtjy.ancf. indorsing the stand.of^h^Je^^fidi-^Agepty for
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. r:S^resdl#<ftri;iliallllSe-Pn' ^.' Chaim: Weiznikjin,'President of the Jewish Agency for Palestine and the World Zionist Organiza¬ tion;
(3) A resolution greeting the Jewish community of Palestine and paying tribute to Its courage and heroic spirit; ,
(4) A resolution expressing the profound appreciation of the Conference for the leadership and service of Dr. Abba Hillel Silver as National Chairman of the United Palestine Appeal;
(5) A similar resolution laud¬ ing the leadership of the nation¬ al co-chairmen: Dr. Stephen S. Wise, Louis Llpsky, Dr. Solomon Goldman, Dr. Israel Goldstein and Judge Morris Rothenberg, i as well as Arthur M. Lamport, national treasurer, Louis Rim- sky and Abraham L. Liebovitz,
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Prof. Hayes To Speak Monday Evening At The'R. Schiff Home
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"The Amount and Distribu¬ tion of Wealth In the U. S.," will be the subject to be discussed by Professor H. Gordon Hayes, of the Economic department of Ohio State University, at the next regular meeting of the Cul¬ tural Group of the Rose E. Laz¬ arus Sisterhood. This meeting will be held at the home of Mr. and' Mrs. Robert W. Schiff, 1445 E. Broad St., Monday evening, Jan. 15, at 8 o'clock.
Dr Hayes has served for a number of years as Chief of the Division of Economic Research, the Bureau of Foreign and Do¬ mestic Commerce in the Unitetl States Government
This course is held in the eve¬ nings to enable the men to at> tend in the company of their wives and together spend a ve^y worthwhile evening All are welcome to attend An open discussion win follow the pre¬ sentation
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