Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1943-08-27

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^[\\^yServmg Columbus and Central Ohio Jewish Ck)mmunity \\j/\\X,
Vol. 21, No. Xi
COLUMBUS, OHIO, KRIUAV, AUGUHT 27, lO-W
DoTOted to AmerleAB And J.wl.Ii  Ida.1.
Strictly Confidential
Tidbits Prom KTerjrwhere By Phlneas J. Biron
Welfare Board And War Veterans In Expansion Pact
IMPORTANT ', . .
. Michael Grazynsky, the antl- Semitle Polish Ex-Governor of Upper Silesia, is .still a student at the War Department's School of Military Government . . .What about Secretary Stim.son's prom¬ ise to C:ongressiuan Emanuel Celler to ir((/estlgatc that mat¬ ter? . . . And while we are in an indignant mood let us express our dlsRT-ist at the f.not that Mar- jan Seyda, the Minister of State In charge of preparation,! for the Peace flonfcrence in the Polish Government-in-K.viic, Is a meiu- ber of the lOndek party, whose antl-Semltlc record cnnnot be for¬ gotten . . . The Protestant Text¬ book CommLssion is protesting to Chief Chaplain Arnold about a book distributed aiuong the ariued forces of the I'niled Slales .... The book, called "Verse and Song" and intended for the Army and .\avy, contains sections for I'rotestanls. Catho¬ lics and .lews'... In the Catholic section, on page 5'.], the slory of the crucifixion I.s told in a man¬ ner at variance with the Gospels and in a way that is nol condu¬ cive to the creallon of good wiil . KKADEK'S GUIUK . . .
Congratulations to Carl Alperl, editor of The New Palestine, on the publication of a little booklet containing four of the best ar- icles that have appeared In the .magSziine recently .¦ r-. Incident-, ally. The New Palestine is hit¬ ting its stride as a mature and interesting publication . . . The McGraw-Hill Book Company Is gluing lo town on Martin Panzer's forthcoming book "It's Your Fu¬ ture" . . . The volume is being promoted as a formula on how to achieve success and happiness .... Panzer, you know, is one of the top executives in the na¬ tional United .lewish .Appeal of¬ fice . . Stulz Products has put on the market an .Armored I3il)le — thai is, a Bible wilh a metal shield in ils cover . . . That shield has already .saved at least one life — that of paratrooper Wesley ('. Mines, when it stop¬ ped a ;!()-callber bullet right over his heart . . . 'I'his Is realistic re¬ ligious iirotcclion ii)deed . . . riealing tloliyuDod to the draw is David Kwen. with his newly published "Story of George Ger¬ shwin" . . . THIH ANI) THAT...
if any one should try to inter¬ est you in "Do\\'nfaH", a play published in England and specu¬ lating on how the Nazi collapse will occur, don'l touch it . . . Its aiithor, one Douglas Iteed^ Is one of llfitain's mosl notorious anli- Scmiics . , . The |)lay, ostensibly ;inti-.\'azl. scniiincnializcs on tbe "li';i.!,'i'dy ' of Ihc l-'uchfcr . . Reed ijictiircs 11 it Id's final exit as follows: "lie shivers and shrugs his shoulders. . . The clock lichind him strikes five . . . He iiiiiis and looks at it . . . He giaivs aiouiid the fO(jm. pulls his coat coll;ii' up and his hat brim ilown. and goes out" . . . I.s tluii all. .Mr. liccd, .ifler setting The clock of civilization hack a thousand years'.' . . Vou may not know it, but .Max .Miinn, the man who is regarded as the world's most cffcclUe sluinbcr specialist, is none other than Max Manischewitz, a menibcr of Ihe matzoh family . . ..Max's system, called "Sleep-Relax", is now available on a iihonograph disc. . . . His Ixjok, "Put Yourself To Sleep", is nol exactly u best seii- {Contlnued on Page 8)
NI5W YORK (.IPS)—An agree¬ ment has been concluded be¬ tween the .iewlsh Welfare Board and the .lewish War Veterans of the United States pr6v\d\ng for the expansion of the Board's progi'am of service to disabled veterans, it was announced here hy Frank L. Well, president of the Board. The plan inv()h'es the crealion of a Veterans Ser¬ vice Committee on which biitb organizations wili be represented and which wdl supervise the ex¬ panded program. The staff will bo enlarged to augment the pres¬ ent personnel of five full-time and 7.1 part-lime workers attach¬ ed lo this branch of Ibc work of the  Welfare  lioaril.
A statement Issued by .Mr. Well .said Ihal "the proposed plan will gi\'t' Jtssiiranco to the bravo men who tire fighting for victory thiit their sacrifice will nol be for.gotten ;tnd lluil the .lewisii comnutnily will, ihrough the Vet¬ erans Service conimitlee, con¬ tinue to look after their welfare and thai of ihoir families'.
The Veterans .Administratltni has accredited the .lewish Wel¬ fare Board as an official a.yfnc.\ in representing veterans. Since the first World War, the Board has provided for tlie religious and persohai needs of veterans in hospitals and has represented them in connection with their' claims for govfimmeht berieflMi
The announcement of the Joi^ll agreement led observers to the conclusion that a separate caiti- paign iniliated .some months ago by the Jewish War Veterans to raise S250,00() will not be con¬ tinued.
"Ideological Blocs" Nominate American Jewish Conference
FINAL PLANS ARE BEING COMPLETED FOR NATIONAL ZIONIST CONVENTION HERE
/. D. C. To Train Social Workers For Post-War Work •
.\KW YORK (VVNS) — The Joint Distriljution Committee an¬ nounced this week that it has en¬ gaged the -services of Dr. Philip Klein, professor of sociology al the ,Vew Vork School of Social Work, Columbia University, to ilht'ct the training social work¬ ers for post-war work among Jews overseas.
'i'he course wiil he conducted, early this fail, in New York City. It will be o|)en to men and wo¬ men between the ages of '15 and 50. Applicants for the cour.se are reiiuired to have a college de¬ gree and professional training in *iocial work or its equivalent In education and experience. Candidates with Knowledge of foreign languages and experience in Ibc field of public health and reconstruction will bu given spe¬ cial consideration.
Will Promote Fifteen Billion Bond Drive
WASHI.NCiTD.V UPS) — Ed- w;u-il I., llernays, well-known New York pidilic relations coun¬ selor, has liecn appointed by the Treasury Department chairman of an tublsory coinmittee of jtub- lii'ity experts lo promote the $15,- (iDO.OOO.DtlO third War Loan drive oiiening on September 9th. The clghl-man commitlee al.so In¬ cludes Howard Dletz and Mon lilumenslock, representing the movie Industry, Harry Scherman and .Max Schuster, the publish¬ ers.   1!.   Lewis   loosen,   .Mational
NKW YORK (JPSl—The first representative assembly of Amer¬ ican Jews since the holding of the first American Jewish (i^nn- grcss In Decembef, 1!)18 will of¬ ficially open In the form, of Ihc Amorican .lewish Conference al the Hotel Waldorf-Astoria here on Sunday afternoon, .August 110th. with a total of r,()« delegates and with some .'iflO addilionyl visitors expected within tbe ac- commndations of the liallrooni Of (he delegates. .'I7."> were elect¬ ed b.v the conimunities and the other 12r> were dcsignnted by the various nntlonal .IcwI.sh mem¬ bership  organizations.
Chief feature of the Confer- once as It prOipared to go inlo sossitm was the formation of 'ideolngic'd blocs" through which tlie groups wilh definite programs luay obtain recogni¬ tion in the (.'onfcrenec machin¬ ery,, as in elections to the prao- sitiium. committee ;i;)polntmonts, lime for speeches, t.'tc. Tho larg¬ est of the blocs are cxi»ectcd lo he that ot; the Zionist Organiza- tir)n of .America, of tlie Ameri¬ can .lewish C'ongrcss. of Iho na¬ tional-religious gi'oui) aild the labor /.ionlst bloc. Some objec¬ tion has been voiced by inde¬ pendent delegates to this alleged "stratification" of the views o.C those attending the Conference. Advocates of the "bloc" system iOh^^ntJ'tli'at this is tho only way in which minority vl( ws as well as the majority, opinion can he formally registered.
Edgar J. Kaufman, of Pitt.s- burgh, has communicated Willi the delegates, as havo all the or¬ ganizations, urging the forma¬ tion of what he called an "inde- pendent" grouii which would gi\-e consideration to the .pro¬ grams of all tbe other blocs. It is understood that Mr. Kaufmann is iitlcmptlng to bring within this bloc mtmy of the delegates nol now affiliated wilh the major na- tlonal organizations. Thoj'e w;is the possibility that he might ob¬ tain the membership of some of tho dolefiales of the American Jewish Committee und Council of Jewish Women.
Tho nalurc and membership of Ibe'blocs will not be fully dis¬ closed until Saturday nighi, .Au¬ gust 2,Stb. when caucuses of tho various groupings will be held at tho Waldorf-Astoria and neigh¬ boring hotels, into which the overflow of tbe delegates has gone.
Announcement of additional names of delegates designated by national oi ganizallons includes Rabbi Solomon II. Freehof. Pitts¬ burgh, Prosidenl of the- Central Coilference of American Rabbis, and Kalilii .luiues G. Heller, t'in- cinnali, former President. Dr. Iiaviil de Sola Pool. N'cw York, n'presctus the Union of Sephar- dic Ciingiegiitions: Dr. Aliraham .Margulls. lln.oklyn, Mi'.\er W. Wci.sgid. .\CM- York ;ind Sol liui'- .-.Icin. N'ew Vork, .lewlsll .X.ilimiiil Worker.-' Allidiicc: Simiuel 11. l-ink'.'i, Roger W. Siiaus, I'luir- Ies P. Kranier. all of .\ew ^drk, .N'aiional Federation of Temiile llrothorhoods, l-'red Lazarus. .Ir of Coliimbus has leijIaced'Goorge Z. Medalle as a delegate of the American Jewish Conuuillee.
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Dr, Israel Goldstein
I'^Inal plans are being cotnijlct ed for the -KUh annual conven tion of the national Zionist Or ganization. to take place at the Deshler-Walllck Flotcl from SciJt llth thru Sept. Ulth. il was an nodnced hy Robert L, Mellman and I'Vod Yenkin, co-chairmen ol local convention commitleo.
Three noted national figures, who will play an imiioriant |i.u t in the convention proceedings, are: Dr. Israel Goldstein, presi dent of the .lewish .Vatioua! l^ind of Amerieii; Rabbi lames G. Holler, member of the national Administnulve Committee of Zionist Organization: and .ludge Louis E. Levinthal. presidonl of Zionist Organization of America. Dr. Israel Goldstein, rabbi of Congregation li'nai Joshurun, second oidc^i Jewish congrcg:i- tion In .\ew \orV.. is ;i gradutite of .lewish Theoliiglcal Seminary, class of PUS He is presidonl of Ihe .lewish Conciliaiion<$loanl "f .Amerlc:i. Co-cluiirman of iho I'ni- leil ,leu isli Aiii>eid. Co-chairman of the lllited Pldestine Appe.d niembef of the Actions Coi^inut tee of .Woiiil Zionlsl Org.alllz:! lion'. .Memlier "f the Council ut .IcHi-b Agejicv ("or Palc.-liiii' ilelcgale to Wiiiid Zlomsl CiilU-' ro-.-, !''¦!.':. I'l:::. V.a'.i. .Vlcmlicr. l';xeculi\e ("011111111100 ;uid .Ad\ i- ^ iii-y Coiineil "f .Valional Coiiler- i cure of Ciiri.-lians and .lews .\utlior of -A Ccniury of .ludiiisni In .N'ew Vork", published l!i:f(l was fnrmefl\' a member of I'. S. Deiil, f)f l.iibor Commiiteo oth Imnilgraticm and .Nutui'alizaiion, member ot N'ew York Region Labor   riohitions  Board,
Rabbi James G, Heller has been a member of the Reform Jewish liabbinate since l!i!ii wheit ho graduated fi'om tlie lb
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brew Liiien Coileci, K V e)' since bis vmilh. incl lniloiving in tho footstciis of his (ailicr. Rabbi Heller has taken :ui .-utlvo part in tho Zionlsl movcmeiii and cbampioncd tbe Ideals of Zionism in public. His relation wilh thi.' Zionist Organization of America culminated some .viars ago by his'election lo the |«>si of Chairinan of lis .N'atioiutl i-'^xc- culive Commilloe,
During tho World War I. li.ib- bi Heller served as a cluipl.uii wilh tbo AFF in France and I'l IIIL'II was called to Ihe Cineinn.iii pulpit. Me is a momber of man.v- local and national boards In ail- dilion lo his oiber distinctions. Rabbi Heller has boon inviu'd to address meetings in e\'evy .sec¬ tion uf the country 6n vaiiiuis subjects.
Judge Louis HJ. J.evinliial. fol¬ lowing many ..years of devoted services to the Zionist Organiza¬ tion of America as a mciiiiior of the National Administrative Council, was in l!);ii) elected (Continued on Page 8)
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