Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1941-03-14

              2jP^\y^^Serving Columbus and Central Ohio Jewish Commiinity \Jf\^
Vol. 20, No. 12
COLUMBUS, OHIO, FBIDAY, MARCH  14, IMl
Devoted to American ¦Bd Jewish Ideals
Strictly Confidential
Tldblfj( Prom Everywbpre By PHINEAS J. BIRON
WAR NEWS
Europeans accustomed lo read storm signals believe that the time is coming soon when Swiss neutrality will he a thing of the past . . . Perhaps that's Why Goering. Goebbels et al. are reported to be conveying their spare cash to Soulh American banks now, while Hitler's lil¬ lle pal Plorrc Laval is .said to be estahilshing (juile a balance In a New York bank . . . Did you know, by the way, that Nazi capital is .said to ho buying up quite a lot of hotel properties In New York? . .. . Washington is keeping a weather eye on the United States of Brazil, which is showing an inclination to flirt with the Axis, in order to be on the safe side just in case ... Since, In accordance with nor¬ mal business custom, the Nazi government won't get its bill for those free radiograms of advice till some time this summer, there's a possibility—If world events move fast enough—that RCA wiil be left holding the bag for this particular piece of business ... Is that why it was RCA, the only major communi cations company headed by a Jew which was chosen by the Nazis as the only company which those messages could be sent?
•?   ,   '^ BCONOMIC FIEIiD v..         Ij- '?-.-(.,.»'--""^vhy-ir;sK little ?att^ntitnT>;bfr ing paid to Dr. Mdnlec&l Eis^klel's plan to provide Jobs for every¬ body  in  the  intlustrial  depres- sion  that will follow this war unless   some   preventive   meas ures are taken quickly? . . . And why   Is   equally   Utile   atlention being given to Samuel C. Lam¬ port's proposal to set aside five million    bales  of    government owned cotton  now,  to be used when our cotton mills begin to feel the effects ot that depres slon? . . . You'll be Interested to know,    incidentally, that Lam port's daughter Felicia is quite a chess player, and the other eve¬ ning, at a    simultaneous    chess exhibition, won a game againsi the combined strength of Frank Marshall and Ulvstead . . . PROM   FETTERED   PRANCE Georges    Duhamei,     famed French poet and dramatist, did his  best  to  appease   the   Nazi conquerors    of this country  in his    new    book, and even pro. claimed,  on   the    jacket,    that "this Is a book which even the German   authorities  would   not ban" . ¦: . The Nazis, however, proved     that   their   tactics   to¬ ward  appeasers  haven't  chang- ed . . . "They've burned the en. tire first edition of the book— 35,000 copies .  . . This reminds us of the experience of an Amer lean in Paris, who thought he might Just as well play bail with the bosses . . .So he spent a lot of lime and money  on  parlies fbr Nazi officers . . . With the result that the Nazis, finding it impossible   to   believe   that   an American    could    actually,   Uke them, ruined half his iDelonglngs in a search for hidden evidence «f   the   espionage   activities   of which  they  suspected  the  gen¬ tleman . . . Did you know that Nazi  soldiers   recently  invaded Uie   famous   Montmartre   Ceme¬ tery of Paris and destroyed the tomb   of   the   famous   German Jewish    poet Helnrich    Heine? .   .   .   And  that,   while   Heine's "Lorelei" is so famous and be¬ loved In Germany that even the Nazis couldn't klU it off, it's now (Continued on Page 8)
Senator Wheeler Rebuked For Inciting Bigotry
Council Will Take Over Thrift Shop Beginning March 31st
The Honorable George Gordon Battle, co-chairman of the Coun¬ cil Against Intolerance in Amer¬ ica has addressed a message of protest to Senator Burton K. Wheeler for injecting a deplor¬ able note of bigotry in his at¬ tack on the Lond-Lease Bill by "singling out members of the Jewish group for denunciation as 'International bankers'."
Mr. Battle points out that in so doing, Mr. Wheeler is help¬ ing to "piay the Nazi game which Is to sel race against race, creed against creed, group aaglnst group. In order to divide and conquer."
Mr. Battle had reference to the foilowing statement made by Senator Wheeler over the radio:
"Now we find these same international hankers with their friends the royal refu gees and with the Sassoons of the Orient and with the Roth sc 'Ids and Warburgs of Eu. ipe in another theme .song . . . 'Our Investments in India, Africa and Europe must be preserved. Save democracy'!"
In conclusion, Mr. Battle's let ter calls upon Senator Wheeler lo repudiate this slalement which he holds "tends to Incite intolerance at a time when. ,oiir <(^mti7.-is^l^-Uced.of:the.^utinbsi riaaoBMi' ^jMiy^y":^''¦'"'¦ ''¦' '¦':""¦: Mr. Battle's statement follows: "As co-chairman of the Coun¬ cil Against Intolerance in Amer¬ ica, which Is non-sectarian and non-ppUlical In character and which Includes representatives of all faiths and Is drawn from all sections of the United States, I must take the strongest excep¬ tion to your address of Monday night.
"In attacking the Lea.5e-Lend Bill, you injected a deplorable note of bigotry, singling out members of the Jewish group for denunciation as 'internation¬ al bankers.' In so doing you are, even though inadvertent¬ ly, playing the Nazi game which is to set race against race, creed against creed, group againsi group In order to divide and conquer.
"I feel that you owe it to the American people and to the American tradition of mutual tolerance and equality for all, to repudiate your unfair and mis leading statement which tends to incite intolerance al a time when our counlry is in need of the utmost national unity."
Beginning March 31, the Coun¬ cil of .Jeivi.sh Women under the chairmanship of Mrs. Rohert Levy, will take over tho man¬ agement of the Thrift Shop of the Children's Hospital, for Its annual two week tenure.
Due to the unusual efforts of the chairman, the Council has lead all other hospital twigs In volume ot sales during the past two years. Mrs. Levy Is again appealing for workers to serve in the capacity ot sales people and for Saleable articles.
These include all types of clothing, old silk stockings, co.s- tume jewelry, curtains and bed¬ spreads, lamps, glassware, play¬ ing cards, dl.shes and trinkets of ali descriptions. Call Mrs. Levy at FA. 8420 and she wiii arrange to call for your bundle.
Jews Are Compelled To Pay One-Tiiird Of $8,000,000 Amsterdam Fine By Nazis
¦ro GIVE REVIEW AT NEXT WKDNPSDAY'8 LUNCHEON
Combined Program Planned At College Of Jewish Studies
Elma  Levinger
Elma Ehrlich Levinger wiU review Franz Weriei's "Em¬ bezzled Heaven" at a luncheon of the Columbu.s Chapter of Ha. dassah next Wednesday. March Ul, at 12:30 P. M.. at the Lazarus Fifth Floor Dining Room.
The luncheon and lecture havo been arranged by Ihe Edu cational Committee of the local chapter, of which Mrs, Louis Phillips is chairman. The re¬ view will terminate the Edu¬ cational series for this -sea.son.
Reservations should be made with   Mrs. Phillips at EV. Ofi-lS.
Hollander Welcomes 1941 U. J. A.-Urge.s Maximums Support
NEW VORK (WNS)—The agreement for a 1941 United .lewish Appeal will remove the "hofogging i.ssue" and misinter prelntion which hjid developed around the referendum being conducted hy tho Council of Jew¬ ish Federations and Welfare Funds on the proposal for a na¬ tional advisory budget service. Sidney Hollander ot Baitlmore. president of Ihe Council, declar¬ ed in a loiter lo member agen¬ cies.
A.s.scriing th.-it local communi¬ tios will welcome the decision of the JnC. UPA and NRS to join bands again. Mr. Hollander de¬ clared that foars of compotition and conflict among overseas and refugee agon(-ios will now he eliminated and local welfare funds w-ill bo premltted lo de- vole their energies wholeheart. odly to achieving maximum re¬ sults of this year's campaigns
The break-up of the U.IA in 1040. he said, had confused con¬ sideration of the referendum on the advisory budget propo-sal and had laid It open to mislnler- prelalion "as a contest between specific agencies." Now, he said," inember agencies ot the Council "wiiibe ahle to consider the matter on its own intrinsic merit.
Since the JDC and the UPA have decided on a formula for dividing UJA funds for 1941. Mr Hollander said, the "B" section of the referendum, proposing that a special commission he set up to consider the needs of the JDC, UPA and NRS, is not of immediate consequence He urged, however. Ihat member agencies take favorable action on proposition "'A", thai a na¬ tional advisory budgeting ser¬ vice be sot up to study nation- al and overseas agencies appeal¬ ing to locai communitios for sup¬ port. Without such a sorvico. Mr. Hollander said, 'lho same uncertainties and conflicts which wore so disturbing in recent months are likely to ho contin ued."
PURIM PROGRAM TO BE HELD  AT STATE  HOSPITAL
Classes of the College of adult Jewish Studies will resume for the final session of the current season on next Wednesday, March 19th, at the Schonthal Center. The first period will start at 8 P. M., ending al 8:45 P. M., and the second will con¬ tinue from 8:45 to 9:30, when aii students and members of the faculty will adjourn lo the audi torium for a get-together pro¬ gram.
Short talks will be given by Dr. E. J. Gordon, President of the Jewish Community Council and by Mr. Albert Schlff, Chair man of the Adult Jewish Edu¬ cation Committee of the Coun cU. Refreshments will be serv¬ ed.
Abe A. Wolman. chairman of Zion Lodge. No 02, B'nal B'rith social service committee, an¬ nounces that a special Purim program will be given at the State Hospital this Sunday af ternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Besides Mr. Wolman. Rabbi i^ee J. Lev. Inger and Morris Supran wiU participate Mrs J. Bamett, entertainment chairman of the B'nal B'rith Auxiliary, will dis¬ tribute "homentashen' and other refreshments appropriate for the occasion among the In¬ mates.
STOCKHOLM (WNS)—More than 4,000 Jewlsb^iwned homes In Warsaw, valued al one bil¬ lion marks, have been confiscat¬ ed by the Nazis since the Invas¬ ion of Poland, accorcUng to Nazi newspapers which have arrived here. The Nazi papers said that the former Jewish homes were turned over to German citizens who relumed from Sov let-occupied Poland.
T. I. Sisterhood Will Mark 29th Birthday With Dinner Sunday
The Tifereth Isiael Sisterhood will celebrate its 2()th birthday with a dinner tomorrow eve¬ ning, Sunday, March 10. in Ihe Social Hail of the East Broad St. Temple. Tho community i.s invited to enjoy ihi.s happy occasion with tho Sisterhood and the Congregation.
Under the capable direction of Mrs. Ruth Frank Wolman. the following women will appear In ""Thursday's at Home": Mrs. J. Berliner, Mrs. 1. Cohen, Mrs. M. A Krakoff, Mrs. J J. Halmes, Mrs. H. Lebowitz, Mrs. R. Paine, Mrs. Martin J. Polster, Mrs. Don Snider and Mrs. D. Wlgod¬ skl.
Also on the program will be a vocal trio conaiallng of Mrs. Murray Jacobs, Mrs. Leo Pols ter and Cantor Leo Halpern.
Mr. Martin J. Polster will act as toaslmasler for the evening.
GENEVA (WNSl — Nazi authorities in Holland ruled that Amsterdam's 100,000 Jews mu.st pay one-third of the fine of l.'i.OOO.OOO guilders (8,000.000) Imposed on Amsterdam by the Nazis for the anti-Nazi demon¬ strations which recentl.y occur¬ red in that city, it was reported ,-Hilhoritativeiy here.
('barging that the .lews In Amsterdam Instigated the anti- Nazi strikes. N'azi spokesmen doclarod that it was only right that tho Jows pay a third of tho fine dospito tho fact that thoy comprise a small percent¬ age of tho city's population.
Ma7.i officials announced also that tho non-Jowlsh population in Amsterdam would be given six months (o pay the fine, while tho .lows must raise their por¬ tion hy May 1. Unable to raise th(! no("Ossnry money in so short. a time, tho .lewish community of Amsloniam was reported to bo negotiating for a loan, of¬ fering its large synagogue and other communal buildings as .security.
(lostapo arrests of Jews are continuing. Two more Jews were executed following a Na/i ("ourt martial, one for aUegedly throwing aciii in the eyes of a German policeman, and the other for allegedly posting placards urging Amsterdam Tvorkers to strike. Scores of other Jews .. . were given prison,;teiriis, raii0f;ya!!| Irig up', to 10 years'"' iniprlsoni"*^ ment.
Meanwhile, Nazi officials in Amsterdam are compeUlng the Jews to indict them.se)vcs on the charges that they provoked the anti-Nazi strikes and demon¬ strations. Rabbis in Amster¬ dam have been Instructed by the Nazis to warn their congrega¬ tions from their pulpits to re¬ train from provoking Nazi soldiers. The rabbis were forc¬ ed to "caution" their congrega¬ tions against Inciting riots and to halt the practice of spread¬ ing news reports heard on Brit¬ ish broadcasts.
To prove their contention thai lho Jows organized the a n t i-N a z I disturlmnces and sliould be made to suffer, the .N'azi press then published the spoochos marie hy the rabbis un¬ der compulsion.
One Nazi paper, attacking "¦irresponsible elements," said: "We shall know how .to punish ineri"ilessly tho.se who In Ihe pay of the enemy endeavor to incite people. The German authorities do not intend to al¬ low the Amsterdam ghetto to prescribe the form of their co¬ operation with the Dutch popu¬ lation. The people ot the Netherlands would do well lo take note of thl.s."
At the same time it was learn¬ ed that the Nazis have estal)- llshed a Jewish ghetto In Rot¬ terdam following a series of anti-Nazi "incidents" in that city. It was reported that a brick was thrown through the window of a shop .selling Nazi literature.
Ghetto regulations provide that no one may leave his home between 7 P. M., and sunrise. Special police permission lo leave their homes will be given Jews only In cases of emergency. Traffic ot any type has been tor- bidden In the ghetto district.
The   Nazis   have  launched   a campaign lo empty the Nether- land resort towns of Jews.     It was   announced   that   the   first (ConUnued on   Page 8),