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CLIFTON AVENUE - CINCINNATI 20, 01110

Friday, November 22, 1946.

DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle

Strictly Confidential

Soviet Denies Curb
on Jewish Officers

U.S. Rabbi's Report of Ban by Corps
Is Refuted by Washington Embassy

By THINEAS K. BIRON
DABBI BENJAMIN SCHULTZ stated recently, in his column in the
It Indianapolis Jewish Post, that a. new decree bars Jews from
service in the Soviet Officers Corps . . . Here Is the Soviet embassy's
authoritative reply, which we call to the attention of Hearst-apologist
Schultz . • "... please be advised that Jewish people are not ex-
cluded from the Soviet Army Officers' Training School or in the Soviet
Diplomatic Service.
'The Constitution of the USSR,
The Revisionist godfathers of
article 123, specifically states:
Palestine's terror were holding a
"'Equality of meeting in New York . . . On the
rights of cid- platform the speaker called for
zens of USSR, fascist attack against the Arabs,
irrespective of his voice rising to crescendo pitch,
their nationality and suddenly, dramatically, paus-
or race, in all lag . . . The audience hung ex-
spheres of econ- pectantly in the silence.
omit, state, cul-
Then a rear door clicked open,
tural, social and and 10 kids, none of them over
political life, is 20, walked down the aisles dis-
an indefeasible tributing a "throwaway" . .
law.
signed by the progressive Sho-
P. IL Biron
" 'A n y direct mer Hatzair, the leaflet de-
or indirect restriction of the flounced Irgun terror and called
rights of, or conversely, any estab- for all Jews to aid in Increasing
lishment of direct or indirect Aliyah (immigration) . . .
privileges for, citizens on account
Courageous youngsters like these
of their race or nationality, as are manning the small boats that
well as any advocacy of racial or daily challenge the British fleet...
national exclusiveness or hatred They're doing a great job . . .
• • •
and contempt, is punishable by
law.'"
STUDENTS AROUSED
• • •
ROM THE UNIVERSITY of
GIFT TO A FASCIST
Vermont comes the following
letter . .. "We, the Social Action
WHEN UPTON CLOSE, the
Committee of the University of
TV leading mouthpiece of AmeH- Vermont, urge that the British
can Action, Inc. spouts forth fascist immediately open the doors to
propaganda, he does it while wear- Palestine for unlimited Jewish im-
ing a suit gifted to him by a migration" . . . We predict that
prominent, wealthy Jew from Chi- schools all over the United States
cago. The man from Chicago and will be echoing that sentiment be-
Upton Close had a very congenial fore long • . .
and tasty dinner at the swank
A song that won't miss the Hit
Standard Club, leading Jewish Club Parade is "You'll Always Be The
in the Windy City.
One I Love" . . . It was written
The only result of this epochal by 'Ticker" Freeman, Dinah Shore's
confab was that Close, branded pianist, and is slated for Sinatra
by the Anti-Defamation League of plugging . .
Bruit Brith as an anti-Semite, re-
Milton Berle, who has been
celved a brand new wardrobe .. ,. , .. (Continued on Page 16)

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Capital Letter

Palestine Issue Back
in Hands of Diplomats

State Dept. Remains Squeamish,
However, in Its Handling of Problem

By CHARLOTTE WEBER

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WASHINGTON--Secretary of State Byrnes' announcement that he
" would take over actively the job of implementing the President's
announced policy on Palestine appeared in the press on the morning
of Nov. 5. In view of his statement two weeks earlier that the President
for over a year had been handling the reins in the Palestine discussions
between British and American governments, Byrnes' statement came
as a complete surprise.
Immediately correspondents won- York, a reporter asked Acting Sec-
dered whether this meant a change retary of State Dean Acheson if it
in policy as enunciated by Presi- meant that the department will
dent Truman or whether the same now take a more active role in
policy—which has not been too ef- conducting the Palestine negotia-
fective to date—!s being handed to tions. One might assume, If such
Secretary Byrnes to see what he were the case, that there would be
can do with it.
less goading of the British to do
The suggestion has been made something about the immigration
that Byrnes, fearing the use of of 100,000 European Jewish ref-
the Palestine Issue in the polit- ugees to Palestine and more of a
ical shenanigans of the last few cooperative, mutual approach to
months has been an unwelcome the problem.
• • •
irritant in Anglo-American rela-
tions, has stepped in to see what DODGED BY ACHESON
can be done to smooth over this
area of British-American rela- ACHESON LOOKED somewhat
I-3 - abashed at the question. He
tions.
replied that the question was a
• • •
"minefield" that he hesitated to
NEED UNDERSTANDING
venture upon and asked the re-
NOTHER, AND EQUALLY rea- porter's "kind permission" to "skip
sonable possibility, is that Tru- that one." Which was Mr. Acheson
man through Byrnes is simply tak- being affable and engaging. But it
ing advantage of Bevin's presence serves to Illustrate with what
here to get closer to the truth of squeamishness Administration lead-
what is in the British mind in re- ers look upon the situation and
gard to Palestine. Closer under- affords some indication of how
standing of British motivation sharp must be the thorn in the
would, of course, strengthen our British side.
bargaining position.
The most pressing problem that
Whatever the reason behind the
Byrnes and Bevin will have to
shift in operating procedure the
work out Is the question of im-
fact of It seems to indicate that
migration of the 100,000.
the Palesine Issue, which was
sort of on a loan to the Admin-
This question is likely to become
istration during the campaign, an even bigger headache for the
may now be returned to Its right- Administration if new, isolation-
ful position in the hands of men tainted Republican strength teams
who deal in International affairs. up with southern Democ r at
In Washington, the day after against any change In our Immi-
Byrnes made his statement in New gration policy.

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2nd Half Century
Entered by JWV

By EDWARD BRAND

WITH A 50 YEAR record of
service and patriotism behind
it, the Jewish War Veterans of the
United States enters its second half
century of activity when its 51st
annual encampment is held
Thanksgiving weekend at the Ho-
tel Chelsea in Atlantic City.
When Maxwell Cohen of Boston,
national commander; brings down
the gavel that convenes this en-
campment, he will bring to order
convention that represents over
500 Jewish War Veteran posts, over
80,000 active members—the largest
In the history of the organization.
What is more, the Jewish War
Veterans convention this year, as
It has for 50 years previously, will
symbolize the patriotism of the
American Jew, his valiant record
of heroism in the annals of Amer-
ican history.
The Jewish War Veterans as
an organization, and its conven-
tion as a historic gathering, will
symbolize the proud record of
American Jewry in World War
H, 650,000 Jewish men and wo-
men who served their country
in time of danger.
The JWV, however, is not mere-
ly an organization of World War
II veterans; it is composed of vet-
erans of World War I, of the
Spanish American War and of
numerous other campaigns.

ANSWER TO HATE
A SYMBOL OF JEWISH patri-
otism today—a living, breathing
answer to antl-Semites—the or-
ganization was founded 50 years
ago, on March 15, 1890, for the
same reason that it is now so vi-
tal and so necessary.
Thirty years after the Civil War
anti-Semites were heard to cast
slurring remarks on Jewish patri-
otism. They ignored the over 10,-
000 Jews who served on both sides
of the "nation divided." They for-
got the Jews who had served with
George Washington in the War of
the Revolution — Haym Solomon,
Isaac Franks, the young aid-de-
camp 'to George Washington, Maj.
Benjamin Nones, a French Jew
who came to America with Lafa-
yette.
They forgot two of the outstand-
ing heroes of the War of 1812.
Commodores John Ordroneaux and
Uriah P. Levy. They forgot a his-
tory of valor that extended back
to the days of Peter Stuyvesant
and the Franco-Indian skirmishes.
• • •
PATRIOTIC MOVES
WITH THE OUTBREAK of
World War II, many members of
the JWV were recalled to active
service. Those who remained at
home renewed their patriotic ef-
forts. A program was set up to
give service to disabled, needy vet-
erans. JWV sold over $200,000,000
in war bonds and made an out-
right gift of $200,000 to the Gov-
ernment for the purchase of fight-
er planes for the Army.
Money was also raised for am-
bulances, field equipment and other
material. JWV members donated
barrels of blood to Red Cross plas-
ma banks and otherwise cooper-
ated in all the many civilian front
activities to aid the war effort.
, In addition JWV inauxurated
the unique program which it
dubbed "Adopt-A-Yank". Under
this program a veteran "adopted"
a serviceman for the duration,
provided him with comfort ar-
ticles, wrote to him regularly
and undertook to get him a job
after the war was over. The
Ladies Auxiliary continued its
important work of visiting hos-
pitals and giving cheer to dis-
abled veterans. .
JWV was one of the few organi-
zations that, while caring for vet-
erans of World War II, did not
forget those men still in the hos-
pitals as a result of the injuries
received in World War I.
•
JOIN NVITH JWB
LOOKING TOWARDS the end
of the war, the JWV expanded
its service program for veterans
by joining forces with the Na-
tional Jewish Welfare Board to
provide an extensive rehabilitation
service for the new veterans. Dur-
ing all this time, the organization
continued its intimate relations
with the other veteran groups, the
American Legion, the Veterans of
Foreign Wars, the Disabled Amer-
ican Veterans, the Catholic War
Veterans and other groups.
At Its convention banquet in
New York two years ago, It
brought together heads of the six
largest veterans organizations, the
first time, they ever graced a ban.
quer board together.

Page Three

Personal Problems

Selfishness Is often
a Necessary Attribute

Man with Drive May Have to Push
Himself Ahead at Expense of Others

By DR. W. A. GOLDBERG
“MY HUSBAND Is the best man in the world . . . He does every-
thing for me and for the children which we ask. He does It
willingly and cheerfully . . . But he never takes a stand on one side
or the other. Worst of all, he doesn't consider himself important or
first in anything, at home or at work.

"His fellow-employes take advantage of him so that he Is always
the last one to get a raise . . . I
wish he would rear up at least the time. It means also that no
once and make an Issue of some- veering is permitted. It is so easy
thing ...Is this
for example, to delay a project of
a normal reac-
study by getting a date, seeing a
tion?"
movie, playing cards or just going
—Mrs. C. N.
to sleep. But study has an ob-
jective—a step toward a profes-
This is a per-
sional career, advancement, or just
fectly normal
pleasure.
reaction for
some people. It
The goal is never reached by
appears to be
wishing. It is obtained only by
the attitude of
application to the job at hand,
someone w h o,
pressing the seat of the pants
having once
on the sent of the chair. That
tried to be self-
application is for a stated period
sh, was slapped
Dr. Goldberg
each day or at scheduled times
down hard, or of one who has al- and for a definite amount of
ways been called upon to do things time. Otherwise, time slips by
for others in the family and who fast.
has had no opportunity to get
If selfishness is a sin, we are
his own wants cared for.
all guilty. We are all selfish in
Having been slapped down he making a living, pushing aside all
makes no further attempts. It others to get our goal. The young
may be also the reaction of a man in love must be selfish else
man who has been raised to con- he will find his light of love in
sider everybody but himself. Ile the arms of another. The busi-
has had no time or attention for ness man is selfish when he
his own wants or to discover reaches for customers who may
that he should have or can have go to his competitors.
wants of his own.
• • •
We see a number of children PUT SELVES FIRST
and adults in this "unselfish" at-
NTED PEOPLE have a
titude. It stifles all inner drives CONTENTED
CONTE Basically contented peo-
toward a personal goal.
ple must be thinking of themselves
Selfishness, to some, is a sin. to reach the goal. One educator
But to reach a life goal, every recently said, as a result
person must be selective of his in- survey of successful alumni of of his a
terests, ruling out all sidelines school, that those who got ahead
that are Interesting and related did so by using their arms, el-
but that still consume time and bows and feet to push competi-
energy which should go toward tion out of the way, by marrying
reaching the goal itself.
the boss' daughter or by playing
• • •
golf or tennis with the right peo-
KEEP GOAL IN SIGHT
ple. Those who permit nature to
MBITION MEANS keeping the take its course merely drift. Those
life-goal always in sight—all
(Continued on Page 10)

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Plain Talk

The Lack of Prophets
in Israel Is Deplored

Writer Says We Need One to Teach Us
That Judaism is Perfect Way of Life

By ALFRED SEGAL

M one of those weeks when he is tired of the affairs of the Hillel

R. HILLEL, the occasional conductor of this column, has come to

Widget Corporation, and would rather write this column.
Nowadays, he says, what with the great scarcity, widgets practi-
cally sell themselves; so the Hillel Widget Corporation can very well
do without him in the time it takes him to write this column.
(Widgets, he frankly says, are
too high in price but there's reek- one widget a day and now a widg-
oning when widgets finally get so et was practically rolling out of
the machine each minute.
high-priced that
But when I got back to my pri-
people can't buy
vate office, I said to myself, 'So
them.)
what Hillel? What if you do make
Indeed, the
a million widgets in the next year
:urrent prosper-
and Increase your wealth 10 times?
ity in the widg-
What are you going to do with
et business has
all that money when you are dead?
made it possible
• •
for Mr. Hillel to
HAS COLUMNAR LINK
think of other
YOU SEE, THAT'S the trouble
things than
with a man like me who Is
widgets. Mr.
addicted to writing a column even
Alfred Segal
Hillel has been
thinking of death, not in any psy- occasionally. He is always looking
chopathic way but with the realism at his affairs from a columnar
of a man looking at the final fact angle. There's my chief competitor,
of life.
Hercules Abernathy of the Ajax
Particularly, he has been consid- Widget Corp. He's never disturbed
ering what, after his death, shall philosophically on account of his
be done with the wealth he has wealth and so manages to have a
accumulated in the widget busi- good time with it. Recently he
ness. That is the subject of his married a Hollywood girl; she is
column today and I give It here the fourth wife he has had. He has
enjoyed widgets.
as Mr. Hillel has written it:
But here I found myself at the
MY WILL
very peak of my career (the 10
The other week our factory millionth widget) thinking of my
turned out its 10 millionth widget death and how to dispose of my
and there was quite a celebration wealth creditably when the time
of the matter. We served lunch came.
and beer to all the help and we
I took pencil in hand and be-
had a band and I made a speech, gan to sketch my will on a block
waving the 10 millionth widget.
of memorandum sheets. Shortly
I was very proud of the way the I found my thoughts about my
Hillel Corporation had produced all last will and testament getting
these widgets. We bad begun with (Continued on Page 4)

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