Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1941-05-16

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Vol. 20, No. 21
COMMIHIH, OHIO, FRIDAV, MAV l«, IMl
Devoted to Amerles. .Dd Jewl.li Ideal.
Strictly Confidential
Tidbits Prom Evcrywhers By PHINEAS J. BtRON
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Free French Leaders Pledge Equality For Jews
OCCUI,T STIFF
The progn<)stir,-)tors have re¬ discovered Ihe l!ook of Revela¬ tions, which tiuring ihe lasl ¦world war wjs inlerpreted as presaging ihe defeat nf the Kaiser . . . Now it I.s Hiller whose niimher is identified as 086, and Ihi.s is supposed to mean that Adolf will kirk the bucket when he's flfiti months old—which unfortunately won't be till Octoher. in-1'l ... At the risk of .sounding defeatist we'll also remiml you that the Beast of the Apocalyp.se is .supposed to have claws of a hear (the Ru.s¬ sian bear, of course), and to roar with the voice of a lion (which could Indicate that Hitler may for a while—only a while, mind you—get the upper hand over the Brlti.sh lion) . . . And. to top these horrible omens, there's our discovery that by dialing A Hitler on any Manhattan phone you get a public booth in the Hotet President . . . Rut don't let it get you down. . . YOtT  SHOtTLD  KNOW
Oahby Goebbels' program for the summer of 1941, warns Wal¬ ter Winchell, includes the in¬ stigation of street-corner fights in-these United States . . . Win- -¦s'cSeHlaw'W'asBlngtoni.'ibureau, byj
• UiitelS'; Sahi' Ijiitioi'tiiit¦ evidence' concerning the activities of Nazi espionage agents In this country . . .Three cheers for the Jergens Coraipany, the soapmakers. for their reaction to boycott threats from radio listeners who don't like Winchelt'.s outspokenness against Nazism . . . The Jergen- ses, far from chiding Walter, of¬ fered him an additional radio program in their behalf—but his schedule hasn't permitted him to accept . . . Cheers also for Mrs. Theodore Roo.sevell, Jr., who resigned fiom the "Women United for Peace" group when she discovered that the peace its sponsors were ranting about didn't include peace and loler- ance for the people of this coun¬ try. .. . GAGS  AROUND  GOTHAM
Broadway is calling Hitler the perfect example of a success story . . . From paperhanger to crepe-hanger in one generation . . Another gagster whom Adolf would like to gag is proclaim¬ ing that the Fuehrer is crazier than ever ... He used to think he was Napoleon—but now he thinks he's Hitler . . . Which re¬ minds us to pass on the story of the performer who, during an engagement in Berlin, grew weary of having Nazi hoodlums hiss his best acts ... He finally posted a sign announcing that he wouW give a thousand marks to anybody who would feel Im¬ pelled lo boo his new finale . . . And then fooled the customers by making the centerpiece of the finale a huge photo of Adolph himself . . . Sign observed in an off-Broadway side-street shop window: "Give until it hurts Hitler" . . . STAGE STUFF
French dramatist Henry Bern¬ stein has finished his new play, the theme of which Is life In unoccupied France—whose gov- ernment recently cancelled his Vltlzenship ... A new brace of playwrights now arising on the Broadway scene are Ben and Noel Friedman, sons of the late pave Freedman, who used to| -write the radio scripts for £}ddle (OwUnuM ra Fun 8)
LONDON (WN.S)_A declara¬ tion of principles pledging full equality to .lews In post-war France and disavowing the anti- .Iewish laws now in effect in that country was made puhlic here by Maurice <le .lean and Prof. Rene Cassln. leaders of Gen, Charles de Gaulle's Free French movement.
The statement, which was is¬ sued at the same time that new antl-.lewlsh laws were announc¬ ed in lx)th occupied and un-occu¬ pied J^'rance, said:
"Do Gaulle him.self has .several times stated that not only the .lewish laws but all Vichy laws are not recognized by the Free French movement. For us Free Frenchmen the Jewish question falls into two parts— firstly, the tiuestion as affecting the French Jews; secondly, the world .lewlsh question.
"Firstly, we consider all Frenchmen, whether Catholics, Protestants or Jews, as equal. We fought for centuries and more than once have arisen In revolt to obtain the Declaration of the Rights of Man.
"Frenchmen of the Jewish re 1-iglon for centuries, and particu¬ larly during this and the last war, have given the best proof of their loyalty and patriotism, :i)6th.;i)^ijth-e;flHng-,;llhfcmiJiglse: whereiW;-Manyvfoi'elgil"JewsvIfvr| Ihg In France ¦vdluhteei'ed and have given ample proof of their devotion and heroism. The Jews of Alsace-Lorraine, despite the greatest sacrifices, have al¬ ways demonstrated their attach ment to France. We should not forget that in 1870 the ma jority of Jews in ALsace voted for French nationality and those remained In ALsace and always stood for the French spirit that country. During this war It is the same. Hence the first people singled out in Alsace were the Jews.
"Anti-Semitism always has been, still is and always will he foreign to the French spirit, de spite the Vichy 'collaborators.' We are firmly convinced that as as soon as victory comes, the present sufferings and discrim¬ inations against the Jews will cease. All the news we re¬ ceive from France proves that in this respect, as In many oth- ei-s. it is we who express the sincere and real feelings of the French people. With the vic¬ tory of the Allies and the libera¬ tion of France the motto, 'Lib¬ erty, Equality, Fraternity,' will be reestablished.
"Secondly, as to the general Jewish question, we are hoping for the liberation of oppressed peoples so that they may regain their rights as human beings and citizens of their own coun¬ tries. Therefore, we certainly fight for the right of the Jews to their self-determination wher¬ ever they may be."
B'nai B'rith Convention Will Discuss Aid For National Defense
Mystery Surrounds Murder Of Dr. Simon
Famous Orchestra To Play Here Sunday
The local Workmen's Circle, Branch No. 154, a fraternal or¬ der, with branches throughout the United States and the Can¬ adian dominion, is this Sunday evening, May 18, at the K. of C. Auditorium, presenting the well- known Cleveland Mandolin or¬ chestra to the Columbus Jewish community In a concert of sym¬ phonic works of Russian, French, Spanish, Italian and (Coatlnued on Psi. 8)
WASHIN(;to,\ (WN.S) —Mys¬ tery (-ontiniied (o surround the mui-(ler of Dr. 1-Ieinrich Simon. Gcrman-.Iewish refugee anri for¬ mer editorial director of Ihe Frankfurter Zeitung. who died a few hours after he was brutally a.s.saulled on a dark street near his home here.
While the Washington police admitted that they still were without cities one week afler the crime, the Dies Committee referred its file of threatening lettei-s to Ihe capital's police in the hope that the notes might shed some light on the murder of the filyear.old refugee.
The letters, culled from Ihe the flies of the Dies Committee reports, contained such phrases as "massacre every .lew" and "Ail-out war on Roosevelt. Jews and Jewish democracies." The letters were signed, '-American Secret Million Committee."
Among the recipients of the violently anti-Jewish and pro Nazi letters, were Herman Hoff. jntoS^'QijhdnJaater.of .the. ii}d
'pendent'OSJw''B'riw.'i^^ Senator Alben Barkley. and a number of prominent states¬ men and newspaper men. One of the notes ended with the phrase: "Hitlerism shall not per¬ ish from the earth but the Jews shall." Another fretiuentiy used slogan was "God bless Hitler! Goddam the Jews!"
An autop.sy revealed that Dr, Simon died of a deiiressed frac ture of the skull, which was the i-esuit either of being struck in the face or of being hit hehind the ear with a blackjai-k or a piece of coveretl pipe. Hefot-e lapsing into a coma fi-om which he never emerged. Mr. Simon mumbled, in German, to his wife; --They l)eat me up on some little dark street."
Mrs. Irma Simon, the refugee journalist's wife, told police that her husband had no connec¬ tion with any political parly and took no part in any poiitit-al activities. Dr. .Simon, she .said, devoted all his lime to musi¬ cal research.
Dr. Simon, a grand.son of the founder of the Frankfurter Zei tung, left Germany in 19.34 and came to the Uniled Stales two years ago after staying in Eng¬ land, France and Palestine, While in Palestine, he helped Bronislaw Huberman organize the   I^alestine Symphony,
Dr. Simon brought his wife^ and 8-year-oid daughler, Josefa. to America in May, 1940. In Washington, he lectured at the Washington College of Music and was engaged in research work in music at the Library of Congress.
Richard E. Gutstadt of Chicago, Director of The An(i-
Defamation   League  And   Dr.   Frank   Kingdon
Among The Principal Speakers Scheduled
Kxpansion of H'nai n'rith's aid lo the national defen.se program, broadening of its Americanism tind youth welfai-e and commim- ,'il servi(-e tlctivilies and it tensificalion of war relic refugee aid projects arc ., the important ((uestions on uk agenda of the snth annual con¬ vention of H'nai rt'rilh's District Grand Lodge No. 2. which will he held at Hotel Deshler-Wal- li(-k from May 2 lib lo May 27th. at-coi-fiing to an annoimcemeni hy .lustin 1., Sillman. genei-;d (-onvention chairman anti past pi-esklent  of the   District,
More than 2f>() delegates i-epi-e- senling 7f, lodges and over 1(1,011(1 members in the eight states of Ohio, Indiana, Kansas. Missouri, New Mexit-o. Coloi-ado. Wyom¬ ing and Kentucky will allenti whal will be the most important nnd far-reaching convention in H'nai H'rilh's nearly 00 years of service in this part of the country. Meeting  simultan-l
eously will be the eighth annual ,qonyention ..of .'SVomen's i.Gratjd rodge'^Nd? 2,-'W6Kfepres^^^^ 9,000 members organized In 59 senior and junior units.
Departing from the tradition¬ al Sunday morning opening, the convention will begin on Satur¬ day evening. May 24th. with Imporlanl addre.s.ses hy Lieuten¬ ant-Governor I'aul f-lerbert, of Ohio; Mayor Floyd Green, of Columbus; remarks by Samuel J. Mantel of Indianapolis, presi¬ dent of the District; and Mrs. Lydia Woldman, of Cleveland, president of the Women's Grand l.oilgc.
I'riiu-lpai Hpeukers The principal convention s|)eaker will be Dr. Frank Klng¬ don. former president of the IJiilvei-sity of Newark and now national director of the Citizen¬ ship l-;ducalional Service, which is engaged in a program design¬ ed to encourage and implement national agencies In their inler- prelatlon of American democ¬ racy. Among the member agen¬ cies of the Citizenship Educa¬ tional Service are the American Federation of Lahor, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. Daughters of the American Revolution, Knights of Colum¬ bus. V. M. C, A,, Nalional Asso¬ ciation for the Advancement of Colored People. Federal Council of Churches of Christ and the Jewish Welfare Hoard. Theo¬ dore Roosevelt. Jr.. is national chairman of this group.
Another speaker will be Rlch-
JEWISH  YOUTH  COUNCIL TO  MEBT  SIONDAV EVENING
The Jewish Youth Council is holding its regular meeting next Monday evening. May 19, al 7:30 P. M., at Schonthal Center According to the Executive Com mittee, this is to be an open meeting and all Interested per¬ sons are urged to attend.
Since   the   Youth   Council   Is
Samuel J. Mantel
ject, the 1941 Junior Division of the Uniled Jewish Fund Cam¬ paign, it has a-sked Mr. Jack Rat¬ ner, active United Jewish Fund worker and Senior Advisor of the Junior group, to speak on "Youlh and The United Jewish Fund."
This gathering promises lo be most vahiable and enlightening to the youth of Columbus who lake part in the Junior Division Campaign.
Show roar .ppreoUUon to the OhiQVlele's M yoan at loyal and de¬ voted    MTrle.    to Colunbu    Jewlak
about to sponsor Its largest pro-' S°.™^:!Vm ?.'i"?£ X ""^"^
ard E. Gutstadt. of Chicago, director of tihe Anil-Defama¬ tion League of B'nai B'rith. Dr. Kingdon will address the clos¬ ing convention banquet on May 27th. while Dr. Gutstadt wiil be heard at a joinl luncheon ses¬ sion of the men and women's grand lodges on May 26th. Women delegates wiii hold a dinner session at the B'nai n'rith Hillel Foundation on the Ohio State Universiiy campus. Officers of Disirict No. 2, In ad¬ dition to Mr. Mantel, President ai-e: Max W. Soffer, St. Louis, 1st Vice President; I. W. Garek, Columbus, 2nd Vice-President; Leonard H. Frleberg, Cincinnati, SecreWry; and Milton L. Anfen- ger, Denver. Treasurer. Mrs. Lydia Woldman, Cleveland, ia president of Women's Grand Lodge No. 2. Olher officers of the Women's Grand Lodge are: Mrs. Rebejtah Hyman, Cincin¬ nati, 1st Vice-president; Mrs. Leah Rabin, Kansas City, Kan., 2nd Vice-president?; Mrs. Cele Segelbaum, St. Louis, Honoraiy president; Mrs. Gertrude Weis¬ man, St. Louis, Recording and Corresponding Secretary; Mrs Catherine . Rudner, Martins Ferry, Ohio, Financial Secre¬ tary; Mrs. Lena Rossin, South Bend, Ind., Treasurer; Mrs. Mal- vine Schwartz, Cleveland, His¬ torian; and Mrs. Pat Roth, St. [Louis, Counselor.
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