Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1943-08-20

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Vol. 21, No. 34
COLC.HBUS, OHIO, FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 194,1 ¦
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Strictly Confidential
TidMto From Brennrhcrs By Phlneaa J. BIroa
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YOU SHOUIiD KNOW . . .
IK The August 1st Issue of "The Ghetto  Speaks",  Issued  by the American Representation of the General Jewish Workers' Union of Poland, publishes a report call¬ ed "Trembllnka Death Camp In Poland" . . . Now we've read all kinds  of  cfescrlptions   ot   Nazi atrocities against Jews . . . This report, however. Is the most real¬ istic story ever published  any¬ where,   telling  how  Jews  who werei shlftcfi to Poland from oth¬ er countries    are    asphyxiated wholesale . . . Every American soldier   should   read   this  story before going Into battle against Hitler's hordes ... If he does, we promise you  that he won't take any German prisoners alive. . .. . Pretty soon the Axis pow¬ ers will begin to wonder whether they didn't start .something they couldn't finish when they called the  present conflict a  "Jewish war" . . . Now it's 2nd Lt. Pincus Pcsso of Brooklyn who marie the headlines by leading an Ameri¬ can  patrol   to   the  end  of  the Munda airfield, thus ending the Battle of Munda . . . Among the wartime visitors in New York a couple of weeks ago were a doz¬ en or so Greek sailors, here for a well-earned rest after a spell of service with an Allied Fleet. . . They found Gotham hospitable ,  with everybody, ready. ^. give 'y'tijfetii't?gi66d?tlhie?;?*^iK'thet'te was one plaie they Ulced Ve$t of all -, so much that they went there dally and could hardly be pried away for the other enter¬ tainment provided for them . . . And  that place was  the Army and  Navy  Club  of the  Jewish Welfare Board . . . JBWISH NEWS . . . ^ Don't take any  bets on the Presidency of the Zionist Organi¬ zation of America being; a closed matter . . . It's true that Rabbl Israel Goldstein and Abba Hillel Silver have come to an under¬ standing ... But if anything is going to interfere with Silver's taking  over   the   leadership   of Zionist political affairs In actual fact, and  not merely in  name, the Silver delegates will take the bit In their teeth and run away at the convention — and Silver may find himself elected, willy- nilly , . . Reports to the contrary notwithstanding,   and   although delegates from various parts of the country are already enroute to the American Jewish Confer¬ ence, that conclave may yet be postponed at the eleventh hour, or curtailed  .  .  .  Which Is the agency that is cashing in big for palming off free publicity about Henry Ford on the Anglo-Jewish press?  .  .  .  Maybe It's  because Zionist   Herman   Shulman   was the lawyer who successfully de¬ fended the Pepsi-Cola i)eop]e In the name suit instituted against them by the Coca-Cola Company some time ago -— but, anyway, a recent ad of the Coco-Cola "glo¬ bal"   series   showed     American soldiers sharing their cokes wilh a tribe of Arabs, and titled the picture  "How Americans  Make Pals in I'alesllne"- . - I>L'TTIN<; NAZIS IN THBK PLACE.. .
1^ The story In these parts, sup¬ posed to be straight out of the mouths of guards in charge of Nazi prisoners, is that the Ger¬ mans stare incredulously when they steam into New York Har¬ bor and see the'fame'd Manhat¬ tan skyline intact . . . U seems (Continued on Page 8)
NEW YORK SHOWS NATION MODEL IN UNITY
Tribune Calls Author Of "Under Cover" An Anti-Semite
RUMOR WASHINGTON OFFICIALS UR6!N6 DELAY IN AMERICAN JEWISH CONFERENCE
NEW YORK (JPS) — New York, harboring 7,000,000' people of every race and faith, has star¬ ted an experiment to show the rest of the nation how variegat¬ ed creeds and colors can live to¬ gether In amity. Beginning with a radio program on Sunday, Au gust 15th and for thirty days thereafter one radio station a day in the metropolis -will spon¬ sor a major program on the theme of "Unity at Home, Vic¬ tory Abroad".
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt and Mayor LaGuardia launched the program, under municipal au¬ spices, by showing how New Yorkers have learned the ftsson of tolerance, good will and un¬ derstanding.
"Without unity at home, vic¬ tory abroad would mean noth¬ ing". Mayor LaGuardia declared In a speech broadcast from his home, at which he had enter¬ tained Negro radio singers as his guests at lunch. "Tolerance is not enough", the Mayor said. "We must have true and sin¬ cere friendship".
Mrs. Roosevelt was Introduced by the Mayor as the person do¬ ing more than any other in the United States to create unity at home and appreciation of the (juailtles -of ^ach-'sflgmejit qf the Amerleari people.: THe First: Lady, reltefatlng views she has expressed repeatedly on the sub¬ ject of racial and religious un derstanding, told the American people; "How Illogical we will be If we don't watch our own hearts", after concerning our¬ selves so heroically with the elimination of oppression abi'oad. Mrs. Roosevelt laid special em¬ phasis on tolerance of other races and creeds among fellow- workers, on public conveyances and in places of public entertain¬ ment. She urged that the slogan of the nation should be "one people joined together for vic¬ tory at home and abroad".
Jewish Losses Are Heaviest In War Says Mrs. Roosevelt
NEW YORK (WNS)—Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of the President, declared In a syndi¬ cated article this week that the "Jews have suffered as has no other group", and that the "per¬ centage killed among them in the past few years far exceeds ithe losses among any of the Uni¬ ted Nations in the battles which have been fought throughout the war".
Declaring that she did" not know "what we can do to save the Jews", Mrs. Roosevelt added: "Many of them, for genera¬ tions, considered Germany, Po¬ land,'Rumania and France then- country and permanent home. This same thing might happen lo any other group, it enough people ganged up against it and decided on persecution. It seem.s to me that It is part of common sense for the world as a whole lo protest in lis own interest against wholesale persecution, because none of us by ourselves would be strong enough to stand against a big enough group which decided to treat us in the same way".
CHICAGO (JPS) — Colonel Robert R. McCormack's Chicago Tribune, Joining the campaign to discredit "Under Cover", a book purporting to expose fas¬ cist activities In the United Sta¬ tes, charges that the book was written by "an Anti-Semite". The Tribune, which itself has been accused on many occasions of antl-Jewlsh and pro-Axis lean¬ ings, alleges that Arthur Der- ounian, a "foreign-born hack writer of many aliases", "hid be¬ hind the pseudonyip of John Ray Carlson In attempting to escape the blame while collecting royal ties for the diatribe against his adopted Americans".
"By His own admi.ssion. Der- ounlan was an editor of the Christian Defender, a violent anti-Semitic publication, and has written anti-Jewish articles in which he referred to the 'Yddish Spittle press' and to Mew stoog¬ es'," the Tribune charges. It alleges that he vvas as.sociated with "the Christian Mohillzers, headed by Joseph McWUIiams, where he continued.-his anti- Jewish activities, particularly smearing the Jewish press.
"Derounlan endeavored to ex¬ cuse his antl-Jewlsh aclivities by saying that he joined both the Christian FVont and the Chris¬ tian Moblllzers to spy pn their meml)ershlpJ.V:tUe_aSfete eBserta; ;, li' wjis" '^iHifeU miti uy- 'bthei' sources here that In the teJtt of the book the author had devoted considerable space to explaining his allegedly anti-Semitic activi¬ ties. With reference to the Christian Defender, he had writ¬ ten: "I had no qualms about pub¬ lishing the hate sheet because It circulated only among those who already were confirmed fanatics. The first three copies of every issue went to the pro-democratic group with which 1 was assoc¬ iated. Subsequently, I filed a complete .set with the Depart¬ ment of Justice". Mr. Deroun¬ lan, it is reported, has declared that both the FBI and the New York Police Department knew his real name and wei'e aware of his activities In posing as a Nazi to expose subversive activl- ties.
BSTABLISH     HEBREW
CHAIR AT ENGMSH
UNIVERSITY
Ixindon (WNS)—It was an¬ nounced here by the Dean of Leeds University that Sir Montague Burton, noted ,lew- ish philanthropist, has given the Unlverstty a grant of .S«0,- 04)0 for the establishment of a permanent chair for IVIodcHi Hebrew,. This is the first time in the history of British education that a British I^ni- versit.v will have a Hebrew Chair.
Local Delegates Chosen To Zionist Convention Sept. 11
At the meeting of the Colum¬ hus Zionist District held Thur.s¬ day, Aug. 12, the following dele¬ gates were elected to the "IRth Annual Zionist Organization Convention to be held here in Columbus,'Sept. lM3th:
Delegates: Dr. B. W. Abram¬ son, Ben Grossman, Dr. M. P. Kanter, Robert Mellman, Abe Seff, Roy Stone, Fred Yenkin and Rabbi Nathan Zellzer.
Alternates: William Broner, Siinon Immerman, Eabbl Harry :I&pJian, Sami Melzlish', WUllami 'Schftf,' ytJe Sofijrartz, Jack Slier ancl'Abe A. Wolman,
Additional names on the lo¬ cal convention committee are; Mrs. Sam Wasserstrom as vice- chairman of banquet committee; and Mrs. David Goldsmith, as vice-chairman of luncheons.
According to Robert Mellman and Fred Venkin, co-chairmen of the local convention committee, it is expected that over 1000 dele¬ gates from all over the United States will be present for the Convention.
Tri-Faith Chapel Dedicated At Naval Station
NBC To Mark 20th Anniversary Of 1st Jewish Broadcast
^ SAMPSON, N, y. (JPS)—¦\Vlth %abbi Philip S. Bernstein repre¬ senting the Jewish Welfare Board, a tri-falth chapel was dedicated over the week-end at the United States Naval Train¬ ing Station here. Chief Chap¬ lain of the Navy, Capt. Robert D. Workman was the prino|iai speaker at the exercises. The chancel of Royce .Memorial Chap-, el includes facilities for Catholic, Jewish and Prolesiaiu wiirshiii. A huge, manually operated turn¬ table has three cuiii))leie aliai's with the particular facilities re. quired by each faith. The c imp¬ el has acc-ommoUatioiis for l.UOO persons.
AGENCY REPORTS MILAN SVNAGOGrE DEBTKOYEI)
NKW YORK (JPS)—A pro¬ gram to commemoraie the first broadcast carried hy the Nation¬ al Broadcasting Company twenty years ago will be presented by NBC and the United Synagogue of America on August 2flth. It was announced here. The first Jewish broadcast on August 30, 1923, was a Seloholh program featuring an address hy Rabbl Morris Silverman of the Eman¬ uel Synagogue. Hartford, Conn.
Raiibi Silverman will he among Ihe siicakers on the anniver.sary program, which will include ad¬ dresses hy .lames Lawrence Fly. chairman" uf the Federal Com¬ munications Commission, and Louis J. Moss, t'residenl of the United Synagogue of America.
LONDON (JPS)—A report by the Italian News Agency states that the Milan Synagogue was destroyed in a recent air bom¬ bardment of that city.
NAZI STA.MI* IMMl'K HONOKS NOTORIOUS .-INTI-SE.MITE
Hl'IBVSHEV (.IPSi — The .\'azl postal iiulhoritles in the Ukraine have issued a stamp hearing the picture of Hegilan Chmelnllzkv. notorious a n 11- Semlte with the inscription: "The First Ukrainian killer of the Jews", It is learned here. Chmelnltzky was a Cos.sack headman who was responsible for the pogroms of 16-18 and iB4U.
NEW YORK (JPS)—Usually reliable sources here have Indi¬ cated that prominent Admlnlstra. tion officials have been privately urging a postponement of the American Jewish Conference. De¬ spite advocacy of th(s step by several Jewish leaders. It Is be¬ lieved that the private opinion of a Government official will be Ignored, especially since no offi¬ cial intimation of Washington's attitude has been given to any pei-son officially a.ssociated with the Conference.
Plans for the .sessions of the assembly, to begin at the Wal¬ dorf-Astoria on Sunday after¬ noon. August 29th, have been completed. It was announced. The gathering will finish Its busi¬ ness on Thursday night, Sep¬ tember 2nd. In addition to the election of officers and a steering committee, the first session will consist of a prayer hy Rabbi H. L. Levinthal, Philadelphia, dean of the Orthodox rabbinate and addre.s.scs by Henry Monsky, president of B'nal li'rith, and Dr. Stephen S. Wise, president of the American Jewish Congre.ss. The praesldlum will consist of 14 members, with recognition being given to every major group rep¬ resented at the Conference.
The "key" method of running the Conference, fashioned after French parllainentary practice and that ot; the World Zionist
-effect;" the pi'oportlonarrepfeseiFT tation system, tieslgned.to give the various organizations repre- senwtlon on the sub-committees which will be appointed by the steering committee, which itself will consist of some 50 to 55 memtiers.
A publicity release issued by the Conference preparatory com¬ mittee denied rumors that the sessions would concern them¬ selves exclusively with postwar problems. One of the .subcom¬ mittees. It was stated, will deal with Inimeriiate efforts at relief and rescue of European Jewry. The large amount of attention ob¬ tained- by -the Emergency Com¬ mittee To Save The Jews of Eurojie Ls believed to haye giv¬ en Conference officials cause for concern. It was slated hy .sev¬ eral Conference officials who did not wish to identify themselves that the Revislonlst-spon.sored Emergency Committee had em¬ barrassed the so-called perman¬ ent Jewish organizations which give all their time lo the consid¬ eration of Jewish problems. The Emergency Committee, they charged. Is hampering effective action by adding to the number of agencies dealing with the Government on .lewish rescue problems. It was admitted that the recent Emergency Confer¬ ence had obtained ao much space in the New York and out-of-town forthcoming repre.seniative Ainerlcan  Jewish  Conference.
The delegates atterdmg Ihe Waldorf-Astoria sessionK will have the benefit of a special room for religious services. Con¬ ference officials pointed oul. A large number of the delegates are expecied to take advantage of these facilities, for morning, afternoon and evening prayers. The mornings will be reserved for subcommittee meetings and plenary sessions will be held during the afternoon and eve¬ nings.
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