Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1941-07-25

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Vol. 20, No. 31
COLUMBUS, OHIO, FKIDAY, JULY 2.1,  IIMI
I>«Tol«d to Amerleaa and Jewish Ideal.
Strictly Confidential
Tidbits From Krermhere By PHINKAS J. BIRON
ANTI-SEMITES HEAD NEW FASCIST GROUP IN PHILADELPHIA
PBKDICTION    DEPARTMENO'
Sources that u.sually prove ac curate Inform us that the Brit¬ ish and Free French occupation of Syria foreshadows an Impor¬ tant pronouncement hy the Brit¬ ish Government with regard to the Jewish homeland in Pales* tine . . . That Is one of the rea sons why Dr. Weizmann has rushed back to England . .. IncI dentally, he flew as a guest of the American Government, on a military plane hound directly for England . . . The same sources forecast that the next Island to be taken over by Uncle Sam as a base, and as a preventative measure against Hitler occupation, is the island of Martinique, In the "West Indies . . . That anti-Petain antl anti- Darlan sentiment in the French navy has risen to such a point that one of these days Ihe fleet will steam away and join the British naval forces . . . That Hitler is going to unloose the most aggressive peace offensive yet launched, promising to call off the war with Brluin If he'll be permitted to deal with the Soviets as he pleases . . . and that whep this falls he'll break oft diplomatic relations with the U S and intensify the submar Ine warfare against all shipping, including America's .
itttbsian niay not beat tlie Nazis, the Reds will surely worry the Brownshlrts   to   death Jt
seems that Goebbel's hair Is growing white with the strain of trying to deny the bombard¬ ment of rumors let loose all over Europe by the expert Red propagandists concerning inter¬ nal strife among the Nazi lead¬ ers ... It seems that our good friend Friedrlch Wolf, author of "Professor Mamlock" and "Sailor of Cattaro", got out of that French concentration c-amp and reached Moscow jusl in time to do .some most effective work In German language broad casts to the German soldiers on the Russian front ... As a result of one of his broadcasts, it is said, several battalions of the In vadlng Nazi army. Instead of shooting it out, surrenderftd en masse . . . The rumors^that Constantin Oumansky, Soviet Ambassador at Washington, Is soon to be replaced are unfound¬ ed - ¦ . But there is talk of an im¬ portant Soviet diplomatic dele gallon coming to this country . . . Catholic laymen and clerics are far from uniled on the Rus¬ so-German war . . . Important Catholic organizations got a bad case of the jitters as a result of Bishop Joseph Hurley's re¬ cent blast against those who try to picture Hitler's attack on Sta¬ lin as a "holy war" which all religious people should support . . - Just as happened during the Spanish civil war, certain Catho¬ lic quarters will shortly bring terrific pressure to bear on those who proclaim that Rus¬ sia's fight is an Integral part of democracy's struggle against Fascism . . . Some rabbis have already been approached with warnings to soft-pedal any utter¬ ances they might have in mind favoring a Russian victory over Hitler's hordes , . BEPUGBB REPORT
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Workers In Final Effort To Reach 1941 Fund Goal
NEW YORK (WNS) — A new Fascist organization, closely .as¬ sociated with official Nazi propa¬ ganda agencies and headed hy professional anti-Semites with police records, has recently he- gim operations in Philadelphia. II was reported here by The Hour, reliable anti-FascisI week¬ ly
The headquarters of the new pro-Hitler group, the American Christian League, are located at Room lOfi. nroad Street Sta lion Building, lOlh and Filbert SiK.. Philadelphia, It was dis closed.
The League was incorporated in March. ItM I. as a "non-profit cor|>Oration" hy decree of the Common Pleas Court of Dela ware County. Pa., The Hour re portefl. The purposes of the American Christian League, ac cording to Us articles of incor¬ poration, are:
". . . to promote and foster so¬ cial and husiness relations ac¬ cording to Christian Ideals in business, industrial, commercial .and professional spheres; to as¬ sist worthy young Christians by gifts and loans; ... to print and publish literature and periodi¬ cals and distribute the same; to preserve Christian ideals gener¬ ally and in particular in domes¬ tic and businessje!atlpns;,tp:asr
h'bffie^ "ana;to^cguir^''an( hold property."
The Hour revealed that the in¬ corporation papers were enter¬ ed by James G. Wood, James A. Sweeney, John A. Sweeney, John A. Wasson, Leo P. Moylan and Charles A. Moylan.
Describing the leadership of the American Christian League, The Hour states; "The Moylan .brothers, who are the real lead' ers of the League, formerly pub¬ lished Equalizer, a notorious anti-Semitic magazine. For .some time they have maintained intimate contacts wilh the Ger¬ man-American Bund and other anti-democratic groups."
WORK OF UNITED JEWISH APPEAL GOES ON DESPITE WAB
Sropf*     of     Artivities     Require
LiirRor Fnnds  In  Coming
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DKKENSE   ADVIKOHV
COMMITTKK
.lewish communal leaders in hundreds of cities throughout the countr,v. where United .lew¬ ish Appeal campaigns are be¬ ing held, were Informed this week of the continuance of the work carricfl forward hy the Joint Distribution Commitee, the United Palestine Appeal and the National Refugee Service despite the war and interrupte<l communications.
The three agencies embraced within the war emergency cam¬ paign of the United Jewi.sh Ap¬ peal for Refugees, Overseas Needs and Palestine continued to carry forward on a wide front the tasks of emergency aid, emigration, relief and ser¬ vice In Europe, Central and Soulh America and the Far East; defense, upbuilding and IhcreaseMiof the.,capacity, of the
Klutznick Succeeds Beber As President Of Aleph Zadik Aleph
KERKVIIyLE,      TEX.:—Philip
M.     Klutznick, Omaha attorney and welfare leader, was elected
Philip M. Klutznick
president of the Supreme Advis¬ ory Council    t Aleph Zadik Al¬ eph,   goveniuig   body   of   B'nal (Continued on Page 8)
ie^tiSxiii6l:iteHiieM'wM^ to the Uriltcd. States. The w ports presented to local cam¬ paign officers contained detail¬ ed statements not only of activi¬ ties carried forward during tbe first months of lO'll. but of the immediate and pressing needs which must he met In the latter half of this year.
Compllnl Wllb  Poliry
The Joint Dlstrihulion Com mittee has emphasized that all monies spent for the further ance of its work have complied with the policy of the American Government and have reilected the de.sires of its conlributors to give no aid to the economy of aggressor nations and to respect the British blockade.
Pointing lo the tremendously increased needs for relief, re- habiUlatlon and emigration which extende<l Nazi dom¬ ination of Europe made necessary among Jews from Jan¬ uary through June, the J. D. C. emphasizes that responsihIUty for maintaining the work of as¬ sistance remains solely in the hands of American Jewry.
The report stresses not only the privations and the persecu¬ tion of Jewi.sh communities Ihroughout the European con¬ tinent, hut also the special peril of prisoners In concentration camps and internment centers who require immediate large scale relief. The status of refu gees who have recently arrive<l in South America and who have not yet become adjusted, receiv¬ ed particiilar mention. Emigrutioii
Emigration from Europe dur ing the first half of the year pro¬ ceeded at the rale of 2,000 to 3,- 000 monthly, the J. D. C ix)lnts out. The organization shows that despite the closing of Amer¬ ican consulates in Germany, Italy and occupied countries, thousands of refugees already liave visas stamped in their pass- (Contlnued on Page S)
Hrni*^-   Monsk.v
WAHHINCJTOX, l>. C.:—Pres- Itlont Roose\'('lt has nametl Ilenry Monsk.v. of Omaha, pres¬ ident of n'nal B'rilh. to the membership of the National Vol¬ unteer Participation Commlltee, which will act as advisory and planning body In the organlza- ttloniabfthe Office of Civilian De-.
W?Mepi!iemhera'^isi;irekenf"ixuit orily'regldhs but "intierest of the nation" to assist Mayor La¬ Guardla In carrying out the Civilian Defense Program.
Among others appointed were Mrs. Anna M. Rosenberg. Re¬ gional Director of Region No. 2 Social Security Board, New York Cit.\'; former Ambassador Wil¬ liam Bullitt, Judge John P. De- vaney. Mrs. .John Boeitiger, Homer P. Rniney, president of the i'niversity of Texas and Mrs. ./. Borden l-iarriman,
B'nai B'rilh has engiiged in numerous national defense actiV' ilies in tooperatlon with the government and other national organization.
"Today no .lewish man or u-oman must be sold on the vital need of supporting the United .lewish Fund Campaign. Every jn(^mher of the -lewish commun¬ ity is toda.v aware of the moral responsibility from which we ctinnoi shirk. The angui.sh and suffering of our fellow .'Jews, in- (Icsc rihahle and tragic, calls out fo each one of us to do more th:ni we have ever rlone before." So declared Rohert W. Schlff, mil Campaign chairman, at a meeting of over 50 workers in Ihc Men's Division last Tue.sda.v e\'ening at tbe Bryden Road Temple,
Mr Schlff revealed that the gotd for this year is In sight and Ihal lasl year's quota for the Men's group bad already been exooeded hy several thousand dollars. "The full completion of the job will depend on a di¬ rect challenge to the heads of vjirious groups who thus far hjivc rendered such valiant ser¬ vice Public opinion expects these men lo go forward until every one of the 500 prospective pledges yet untouched are sign¬ ed, sealed and delivered," con¬ cluded Mr. Schiff.
"This drive represented the greatest aggregate of combitled effort ever put forth by the men, women and youth, of the
Nazis Mobilize Jewish Doctors To Care For Wounded
STOCKHOLM IWNSi - The Nazis in Poland are mobtlizini? Jewish doctors anti medical slU' dents to ttike care of the Ger¬ man soldiers wounded in the Husslan war. an-()r(ling lo a re- i)t)rt   rctK-hing  here.
The absorption of the .lewlsh ph.vsicians hy the German medi eti I corps, it is expected, will work tilsastrously for the Jew ish comnuutilies where much disease is prevalent, because of undeniourishnienl and unhygie¬ nic   living  conditions   generally.
¦'The physical conditions," ihe corresiiondent .says, 'are utter¬ ly mi.serable in the Ghetto. There are no paik.s, no gardens, no piuygrouuds in all of the Ghetto ternioiy, iCverything is bought and sokl on the si reel [lave¬ ments, Kven drinking water is sold, A glass of water costs len grushen"
Hbow yuur appreeUUon to tbe Cbroalole's 20 years ol loyai and de¬ voted aervice to Oolnmboa Jewlak Commnnity by paylns yonr anbaeril^ tion now—43.00 for the year.
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as yet('ltKe;.;w8i'R|i^"'lwS^lMl''^" campaign" 'gw ¦%' 'Job Wrfi'xirhlbh they deserve hearty congrotui..-. tlons. It was a pleasure for me to be associated with them in the great humane effort we are about to conclude."
Mr. Garek presided during the rally that evening anfl among those heard were E. J. Schan¬ farber and Sam Shinbach.
"I realize," said Mr Garek very earnestly, "that it is a lough job, after working weeks to slill keep on the job. But these splendid workers and their loyal lieutenants mu.st remain on the firing line In a mop up campaign until Ihe last pledge card is brought In.
Our Responsibility
Resolvefl that the community shall have full opportunity of do¬ ing it,s .share and to Insure that the goal, already In sight through the unselfishne.ss of those who ha\'e given so far, shall be reach., ed. Chairman Schiff announced the extension of Ihe 1941 drive for another week.
The undeniable emergency demands that the community overtake its goal as a matter of prestige, pride and self preser¬ vation.
The situation makes it encum¬ bent upon every member in the community lo gel behind the workers and cooperate to the point of sacrifice, a condition of true Jewish giving which has already been demonstrated by the donors so far.
Those who have already made pledges, however, should recon sider and where humanly pos sible raise the amount
We cannot do less. The sit uation demands the utmost ot our resources and eveiV man, woman and child should respond in carrying the drive over the la.st; lap.
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