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VOL. 46, NO. 30
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Zion Leaders Hail Palestine Hungary Speeds Nazi Offer to Release Jews
Plank in Democratic Platform Drive to Round Up In Hungary Blackmail Scheme
Fugitive Jews
I S
Rabbi Stephen S. Wise and Dr. Abba
Hillel Silver Express Satisfaction
CHICAGO (WNS)—The inclusion in the Democratic
Party's platform of a plank calling for "the opening of
Palestine to unrestricted Jewish immigration and coloni-
zation" and the "establishment there of a free and demo-
cratic Jewish commonwealth" was hailed here, and
throughout the country, by Zionist leaders as a move pre-
saging speedy action in the "ful-
y.
is
Ministers Confer
On Anti-nemthsm
mayor
Attempt to Kidnap
Horthy Is Reported
BERNE (WNS) — Drastic
measures to curb the flight of
Jews from Hungary and to round
up all non-Jews who have been
aiding their fellow-Jewish citi-
zens to escape deportation have
been taken by the police through-
out Hungary, according to reli-
able reports reaching here.
At Budapest last week the
police threw a cordon around the
ctiy and rounded up a large
number of Jews who failed to
report to the ghetto. One of the
Jews, David Popvics, who escaped
from a ghetto in one of the pro-
vincial ghettos and who was hid-
ing in the ruins of one of the
shattered buildings, was killed by
the police. In the town of Sze-
ged the police arrested a prom-
inent non-Jew and charged him
with being the leader of an or-
ganization that was smuggling
Jews into Rumania. Several of
the members of the organization
are reported to have been placed
under arrest. The Nazi Trans-
kontinent Press reported that the
owner of a large textile firm, and
15 of his employees, had been
arrested for giving employment
to Jews who had escaped depor-
tation through using spurious
identification cards. Several Jews
who were caught attempting to
flee to Rumania have been sen-
fillment of the age-old aspira-
tions of the Jewish people."
In a statement welcoming the
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adoption of the Palestine plank
by the Democratic National Con-
TUT
vention, Rabbi Stephen S. Wise with
w 1_
declared:
"My associates and I welcome
the adoption of the Palestine
5,000 Clergymen
plank in the platform of the
Pledged to Fight
Democratic National Convention,
reading as follows:
As part of the program of
'We favor the opening of
Palestine to unrestricted Jew- the Peoples' Congress of Applied
ish immigration and coloniza- Religion which held a three-day
tion, and such a policy as to
result in the establishment conference this week in St.
there of a free and democratic Paul's Cathedral, Woodward and
Jewish Commonwealth.'
Hancock, five Protestant minis-
"We are grateful to the lead- ters conferred with Mayor Ed-
en of the Democratic Party, in- ward J. Jeffries and Police Com-
cluding the co-chairmen of the missioner Ballenger regarding the
Committee on Resolutions, the problem of anti-Semitism.
Honorable John W. McCormack
These ministers represent a
and the Honorable Mary T. Nor-
ton, and the distinguished lead- group of 50 pastors who have
ers of both Houses of Congress pledged themselves to combat
who served on the Committee, in anti-Semitism from their pulpits.
addition to the veteran Liberal, The five included the Rev. T. M.
the Honorable Josephus Daniels. Pullman, pastor of the Church
The Convention delegates, repre- of Our Father (Universalist-Uni-
See FUGITIVE—Page 12
senting the conviction of the tarian); the Rev. Ellsworth
Smith,
war
emergency
secretary
American people, adopted the
the Detroit Council of
Resolution with enthusiasm and of
Churches; the Rev. Philip B.
unanimity. By this act the Dem- Lewis, Palmer Park Presbyterian
ocratic Party once again reaf- Church; the Rev. Henry J. Simp-
firms the historic policy of Wood- son, St. Peter's Church; and the
row Wilson and Franklin Delano Rev. William H. Molbon, St.
Roosevelt.
John's Presbyterian Church.
"When we appeared before the Problem is Economic
Committee on Platform, I urged
A Chicago office to centralize
The ministers were told by
upon its members that they speak
activities of American Jewish
the
Mayor
and
police
commis-
a word of comfort to our un-
Congress units in communities
happy fellow-Jews throughout the sioner that the ctiy officials are of seven midwestern states has
doing
all
in
their
power
to
com-
world. This message of hope,
bat race hatred. Ballenger has
which will bring solace and instructed
the police to be on
heartening to them that have the lookout and to scotch any
too long sat in darkness, will, I incidents of rowdyism or abuse.
am confident, speedily be trans- Printers have been notified to
lated by definitive action into guard against printing or cir-
the fulfillment of the age-old as- culation of anti-Semite propa-
pirations of the Jewish people." ganda and the police department
At Cleveland, Dr. Abba Hillel is working with the Jewish com-
Silver, chairman of the Execu- munity to ferret out prejudicial
tive Committee of the American actions which might lead to vio-
Zionist Emergency Council, is- lence.
sued a statement that the adop-
The Mayor asserted that the
tion of a pro-Palestine plank by problem had an economic origin
the Democrats, following similar and that the economic stress of
action by the Republicans, showed recent years and also the emo-
that it is the declared purpose tions let loose by war have ag-
of the "entire American people gravated the situation. The min-
• • . to regard this constructive isters said that they would co-
solution Of the basic Jewish prob- operate in every way with the
lem in the world today as one city authorities and that they
of the important objectives of a want closer contacts with the
just world peace which is to fol- police.
The delegation acted as the
low this •ar."
Regional Action Group of "The
Dr. Silver's Statement
Protestant." Throughout the na-
"The whole-hearted endorse. tion nearly 5,000 ministers have
RABBI ASHER T. KATZ
See PALESTINE—Page 3
See MINISTERS—Page 12
been opened by officials of the
Midwest Region, according to an
announcement by Max A. Kop-
stein, Chicago attorney and pres-
ident of the region.
By ALFRED WERNER
Rabbi Asher T. Katz, formerly
Editor's note: The author of the following interview with Dr. Israel assistant rabbi of Temple Isaiah
Schapiro, retiring chief of the Semitic Division of the Library Israel, Chicago, has been ap-
of Congress, Washington, D. C., is a graduate of the Uni- pointed to the post of executive
versity of Vienna. He was the editor of a Viennese weekly director.
The Midwest Region of the
and director of the Viennese Jewish Cultural Organization,
then state-approved agency. He was assistant editor on the American Jewish Congress was
ftaff of the Universal Jewish Encyclopedia and has been a created at a conference of 200
regular contributor to many Jewish and non-Jewish publications. delegates, representing 22 com-
munities, held in Chicago in
., r
"This is my last day in office," Doctor Schaprio's native country 1943. Its territory comprises the
this honorary "title," meaning states of Illinois, Indiana, Mich-
'sited Schpiro told me. when I "learned
Jew," used to be be- igan, Minnesota, Missouri, Iowa
him in his realm, a con-
ple of weeks ago. "I shall leave stowed upon Jewish scholars who and Wisconsin.
The new regional headquar-
f o r California shortly, to stay advised the Tsarist government
the for the duration. After in Jewish affairs, just as Dr. ters, with offices at 8 South
, war I shall, God willing, rea- Schapiro's advice was sought by Dearborn St., Chicago. will co-
__ n ze an old dream of mine— many Senators, Congressmen, ordinate the Congress program
life end the remaining years of my and agencies of the Federal Gov- in the territory and give local
In Palestine I"
ernment on matters pertaining to impetus to the movement of
of his life he spent in immigration, and refugee prob- which Dr. Stephen S. Wise is
Washington
ington, D. C., as the Cap-
Cap- lem, Zionism, the colonization of national president.
_ itol's "uczoniy
Leon Kay of Detroit is a vice
yevrey," as he
smilingly referred to himself. In
See LEARNED—Page 12
president of the region.
Jewish Congress
Opens Regional
Office in Chicago
Learned Jew on Capitol Hill
Plan Envisages Release of Remaining Jews
In Exchange for Non-Military Supplies
LONDON (WNS)—The report that the Nazis had
authorized a prominent Hungarian Jew to proceed to a
city in the Middle East to negotiate with the Allies for
the release of the remaining 400,000 Jews in Hungary
to return for Allied shipment of non-military supplies to
Germany is viewed here in official government circles
Hebrew Comm.
Of Natl. Liberation
Seeks Recognition
Wants Status of
Co-Belligerent Ally
NEW YORK (WNS) — The
program of the Hebrew Commit-
tee of National Liberation, as
officially presented to Secretary
of State Cordell Hull, seeks rec-
ognition of the Hebrew nation
as a co-belligerent ally of the
United Nations and participation
in the various councils of the
United Nations, Peter H. Berg-
son, head of the committee, de-
clared here this week.
Speaking at a "Rebirth of a
Nation" rally held at Town Hall
under the auspices of the League
for a Free Palestine, he asked
that the Hebrew nation be rep-
resented on the Inter-Allied Com-
mission on War Crimes, the
United Nations Relief and Re-
habilitation Administration and
"all other councils of the United
Nations in which the interests
of the Hebrew people are in-
volved."
He further proposed that the
Hebrew-Palestinian units of the
British Army be recognized as
such instead of their present
"stateless" status, and together
with the underground forces be
organized into a Hebrew army
to fight under Allied command.
He also asked for "admission
into emergency refugee shelters
of every Hebrew escaping from
Nazi mass murder who reaches
the shores of Palestine."
Mr. Bergson's appeal was for
a change in the "status quo of
centuries which have made the
Jews a chosen people for dis-
crimination and abuse" and to
save the 4,000,000 Jews who
survive in Europe. The Hebrew
Committee of National Libera-
tion, he said, wants recognition
of Jews as human beings and as
a nation.
Accusing the Germans of kill-
ing 1,000,000 Jews by use of
poison gas, he said, "we of the
Hebrew Committee of National
Liberation publicly demand that
the American and British Gov-
ernments warn the Germans that
unless this practice ceases poi-
son gas will be used against
Germany."
not only as a monstrous black-
mail effort, but a brazen Nazi
scheme to present the Allies with
the issue of accepting responsi-
bility for the fate of hundreds of
thousands of Jews.
So far, the Nazis have al-
ready deported approximately
400,000 Jews from Hungary to
death camps in Poland, where
most of them have been report-
ed brutally killed. An equal num-
ber is slated for similar trans-
portation.
Jewish leaders both here and
in the United States have been
kept advised of the blackmail
proposition.
The offer to barter 400,000
Jewish lives for so-called "non-
military" supplies was reported
to have been made last month
to British and American officials
in Istanbul. The "proposition"
was brought to Istanbul by two
men, one of them a prominent
Hungarian Jew whose family had
been held as hostages to secure
his return to Hungary. These
men contacted several of the
outstanding relief and rescue or-
ganizations in Turkey and sub-
mitted their proposals which,
they said, were being made with
the knowledge, consent and ap-
proval of Nazi officials. The
"proposition" was accompanied
by a warning that if the Ger-
man offer was not accepted the
Nazis would accelerate the liqui-
dation of the remaining 400,000
Jews in Hungary. After the res-
cue organizations communicated
the offer to high-banking Allied
officials in Turkey, Allied diplo-
matic authorities held a confer-
ence on the subject in Cairo.
The conference was attended by
.representatives of the United
States War Refugee Board, the
Jewish Agency for Palestine and
American Jewish relief organi-
zations. At the conclusion of
the conference a detailed report
on the matter was sent to the
British Foreign Office and the
American Department of State.
Discussions Held
Participating in the Cairn dis-
cussions with Lord Moyne,
Resident Minister of State
in the Middle East, were Ira A.
Hi•schmann of New York, spe-
cial representative of the Amer-
ican State Department on refu-
gee work in Turkey, and Moshe
Shertok, political secretary of
the Jewish Agency.
While there never existed any
possibility that the Allies would
accept the offer, Allied officials
felt that the implications of the
"blackmail threat" were so great
.See BLACKMAIL—Page 12
The Jew and the Farm
By GABRIEL DAVIDSON
In the midst of a fierce and
destructive war much thought is
being devoted to the shape of
things when peace again reigns.
Plans are being formulated, de-
signed to make man's path on
this mundane sphore safer to
travel and his objective easier
to reach. In this planning an
important place is reserved for
farming. However, only bare out-
lines are sketched with details
to be filled in as time and condi-
tions dictate.
One does not have to be a
prophet to foresee a flow farm-
ward once the last gun has been
fired. If the history of the last
postwar period repeats itself,
many returning war veterans,
discharged war workers and oth-
ers will wend their way to the
farm lured by the rosy prospec-
tuses of farm realtors whose mo-
tives even when honest are col-
ored by self-interest. A word of
caution to prospective farmers is
therefore in order. The experi-
ence of The Jewish Agricultural
Society gained by hard knocks
over a stretch of almost 50 years
enables it to lay clown some prin-
ciples which it deems essential to
sound farm settlement.
It is axiomatic to say that
fanning is more than just a
means of making a living. It is
i
a way of life. The potential farm-
e• must be physically, mentally
and spiritually qualified for the
work and the life on the farm.
The weakling, the unstable, the
playboy should keeps away. And
because it is a way of life the
See FARM—Page 12
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