Friday, July II, III4T DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE Strictly Confidential Irgun Coup Visioned If UN Spurns State Dr. Weizmann Advocates Partition to Speed Entry of DP's in Vishay By PHINEAS J. BIRON R. CHAIM WE[ZMANN unquestionably is the most realistic leader in Zionism today. It's an open secret that he is pre- pared to accept an increase in the immigration quota for Pales- tine even if it should mean to forego debate for some time re- gurding future statehood." . . . The quotes are from a recent letter from Weizmann to Prof. Chaim E. Chernowitz. In other wagts, Weizmann is primarily sidering residence in the USSR concerned about saving the DP's for at least one year. • Rubin Saltzman, general sec- stagnat i n g in concentrat i o n retary of the Jewish People's Fraternal Order, is leaving for camps • • Flash predic- Palestine in September, in con- tion: If the UN nection with a new donation to Commission de- the Hadassah Hospital. Albert Einstein has been or- cides against a Jewish state, dered to take a complete rest— look for a dra- not even letter-writing is per- matic political- mitted him—during the summer. Arthur Koestler, author of ..,military coup by the Irgun Thieves in the Night, will be visiting America in the coming P. J. Siren in Palestine. -Blueprints are ready for tak- winter . . . The Rev. Richard E. ing over the government—un- Evans, dynamic fighter against less, of course, the Jewish Agen- prejudice, has fully recovered, ep succeeds in preventing the we understand, after being knocked down by a Fifth Ave- coup . . . nue bus a few weeks ago. . . • • • MUNI EYES IBSEN SHOWDOWN NEEDED OSEPHBRAIN' N, newly SOME TIME ago the American elected chairman of he ad- Jewish Committee asked the ministrative board of the com- House Un-American Activities mittee of Jewish Writers, Artists committee to investigate the and Scientists, is readying a no- activities of George W. Arm- vel for publication next spring. strong of Natchez. Miss., and Ft. Paul Muni will appear on Broad- Worth, Texas. way in 1948 in an Ibsen play. Armstrong is a rich oil oper- Marc Chagall is seriously con- (Continued on page 13) D JJ Capital Letter FEPC Bill Stymied by Delaying Tactics Foe Blocks a Vote by Committee While He 'Looks for New Witnesses' By CHARLOTTE WEBER VIVASHINGTON—There's more than one way to skin a cat. ' "- And there's more than one way to prevent the passage of a fair employment practices act. The old established method is to Stibuster it to death when it reaches the floor. But this year Southern Democrats, personified by Senator Allen J. Ellender of Louisiana, have settled on the equally effective kill-it-in-com- mittee method. Senator Ellender, a member of the subcommittee of the Sen- Me labor and public welfare committee, "might" get around committee which has been hold- to reporting it. volunteered the ing hearings on the FEPC bill, remark: "If you're trying to figure out conducted a virtual filibuster during the hearings by sharply it the bill is going to pass this questioning the witnesses as to session, the answer is no. It their views on segregation, in- won't even get on the calendar." terracial marriage and social He explained that at least three full weeks would have to be al- equality. Since all the witnesses, to a lowed for floor discussion of man. backed the bill and uni- the bill and pointed out that formly opposed such practices there just wasn't that much time as the segregation of Negroes left. • • and whites, Ellender was able be make quite a delaying device PROPOSAL ASSAILED out of his questioning technique. ONE OF THE MOST discussed • • • proposals brought out dur- ASKS FOR DELAY ing the hearings was a sugges- THE HEARINGS ended up tion by Senator Smith, a member on schedule, however, of the subcommittee, that states and not one voice had been where prejudice ran high be al- raised in opposition to the meas- lowed to vote out the "force" ure. Ellender then asked Chair- section of the Dill if they thought man Forrest C. Donner if hear- it would make the bill more ings could be held open for an- workable. other week or 10 days while he Almost without exception the looked around for some more witnesses opposed this sugges- witnesses. tion. Those who had experience It was taken for granted that with state or local FEPC boards the Louisiana senator meant he pointed out that their greatest would look for some witnesses strides in education against dis- be testify against the bill. crimination had been in a d e Eleven days after he made the where they were backed up by request, Ellender still had not the possibility of using force if Instructed the clerk of the com- necessary. mittee to call any further wit- Men and women representing nesses, the hearings were still the New York. Massachusetts, technically open and no date New Jersey and Connecticut State kad been set for consideration FEPC boards all testified, how- of the bill by the subcommittee, ever, that in not one case had let alone by the full committee. they found it necessary to issue Ilse clerk of the committee, cease and desist orders against when asked how won the sub- an employer. or* Theresa Helburn Stirs Broadway • • By LILLIAN NELSON THE MOST ACTIVE woman in the New York theater world, who has been associated with more Broadway produc- tions than any other woman in New York, is Theresa Helburn, adminiStrative director of the Theater Guild and one of its founders. Back in 1914, when Miss Hel- burn was given a leading role in the first production by the Washington Square Players (pre- decessor to the Theater Guild) her family forced her to with- draw from the cast after two weeks of rehearsal because the play dealt with birth control, a subject that was taboo at that time. Her family was set against her ,being an actress, but Miss Helburn was just as set on be- ing associated with the theater. It was too late for the family to do anything about it then be- cause Theresa's interest in the theater began 'way back when she was six years old and it never diminished. • • • Page Three Personal Problems 'All Men are Wolves' Is the Girls' Retort Lack Character, the Women Charge, in Explaining Why They Don't Wed By DR. W. A. GOLDBERG OMEN BLAME the males for their failure to marry; say they W " are not honorable persons. "The men I have met, "writes a young woman of 30, "are playboys without serious intentions. They want a 'pal' but never propose. They like to show off 'how much money they have; they try to take you off your feet by making the rounds of a lot of worker cannot supply me with the kind of living I think is night clubs. necessary for me .. . "In the course "I have met rine or two men of such an who think that a girl is merely evening, they interested in money . . . I know get a little many girls who would do with tight or more less if the man had character than a little and honesty . . . But I guess the tight. Then men who are left have been re. they forget jected by other girls. They are that you are a the outcasts in one sense, the lady and al- misfffs whom nobody wants. ways act as "They look, take you out once such ... If you or twice and then run to some- don't respond Dr. Goldberg to this kind of treatment and one else, being afraid you mean BRYN MAWR GRADUATE suggestion, they call you a "cold business, wanting to get mar- THERESA HELBURN was fish" and forget you exist . . . ried not later than tomorrow born in the heart of New York's • • . morning . . . " • * • theater district on 45th street, AVERAGE GIRL two blocks from Broadway. In DIVORCEE'S STORY Theresa's early childhood the 441F COURSE, I am in the YOUNG DIVORCEE writes same position as many Helburns moved to Boston, where frankly in this light: "I the future giant df the theater girls. I work for a living and was educated at the fashionable earn a nice salary all the time. have been burned once and don't Windsor School. She took her I am not dependent on any per- want to be burned again. '41 can remember the sleep- BA in 1908 at Bryn Mawr and son for my bread and butter organized little theater produc- and I can afford to choose, espe- less nights, the heartaches I tions during her student days cially since I intend to stay mar- went through with the 'schle- miel' I married. It seems to be despite the fact that dramatics ried for the rest of my life ... "I wouldn't consider a factory ages ago when I thought my was not popular at the college. Soon after leaving school, she worker for these reasons; I don't life was worthless. Now I can joined with a group of people intend to work after marriage. laugh at it and at him. You who did play reading in New I want a home and a family. can believe me that I won't re- (Continued on page 5) York and eventually started the That takes money and a factory Washington Square Players. From 1909 to 1913, Miss Helburn wrote Talk and published short stories and verse and was active in the Poetry Society of America. A • • • WRITES FIRST PLAY Miss Helburn began to write plays on her own early in the Washington Square period and her first play, "Enter the Hero," is still produced by little thea- ter groups all over the country. During 1918 she served as drama critic for the Nation and it was at this time that she be- came play advisor to the Thea- ter Guild, which was just get- ting started. In 1920 Miss Hel- burn volunteered to act as di- rector for the guild for a few weeks, but the day she started the business manager quit. She remained as executive director of the group until 1933, although a new business manager was soon appointed. After becoming director of the Guild Miss Ilelburn did little writing on her own but devote d much of her efforts to helping other promising playwrights. Worship in Church Reuses N.Y. Rabbi A Jew Can Know God in Edifice of Presbyterians, He Is Reassured By AL SEGAL I NOTE THE DISTRESS of Rabbi Charles J. Shoulson of Con- gregation Shomray Hadath, Elmira, N. Y. He described it in a letter to the Jewish press. The Rabbi. receives in his mail the bulletin of a reform Temple of a certain city and when he comes to page 3 of the bulletin he in entirely devastated. On page 3 the Temple president announces that the board has arranged to have overflow Rosh Hashonah and Yom Kippur services in the familiar surroundings. "Hello!" ... It was the friend- nearby Presby- ly voice of the angel Raphael terian church. who at once introduced him- The horrified self . . . "Just a visitor, I pre- rabbi exclams: ;rt sume," he said. "C h i I lul Ha- "Yes," I replied. "I just dropped shem!" (a pro- in to look around. I really don't fanation of the • 1 • intend to stay. I am a columnist Holy Name of you see,, and I'm here for some LUNT AND FONTAINE God.) ... "How column Material." SHE SPENT A YEAR in Hol- low we have • • • fallen!" ... He lywood after leaving the Guild HE'S USED TO IT notes that the in 1933, then returned to be- RAPHAEL SAID that was quite AI Segal come its administrative director Temple's pres- all right. From time to time with Lawrence Langner. In 1934 ident says: "We owe a great she organized the Bureau of debt of appreciation to the — — through the ages writers had New Plays, sponsored by the Presbyterian church for their dropped in there and went back seven major motion picture com- courtesy and fine spirit of broth- to report their impressions of panies, and it held two nation- erhood in extending these facili- Heaven. He was glad to have visitors who might help to dis- wide play contests for students ties to us." "So this," exclaims Rabbi sipate a lot of erroneous inter- and graduates. The famous team of Alfred Shoulson, "is what our mad pretations of the ideas ,of Hea- Lunt and Lynn Fontaine owe quest for 'goodwill and brother- ven in regard to matters of the part of their success to Theresa hood' has led to . . . Well may world. Helburn, who insisted against the Christians rejoice. We have "One of our rabbis," I told the wishes of playwright and di- many Jews who would help him, "objects to Jews having rector, that Vaey play the lead- them accomplish their purpose." Rosh Hashonah and Yom Kip- • • pur in a Presbyterian church. I ing roles in "The Guardsman" back in 1924. It was in this play A VISIT TO HEAVEN thought I should come up here that they started out as a team. VUELL, I AM NOT going to where God is to get some opin- Since 1939, Miss Helburn and " start an argument with Rab- ions." Langner have had full control bi Shoulson, since in an argu- Raphael chuckled. Ile pointed of the destiny of the Theatre ment I am prone to get mad and to a couple of elderly gentlemen Guild and they have guided it to throw words around and passing by, arm in arm . . to a most eminent position that's silly business. I'd rather "They are Rabbi Eliezer and among the producer groups on take the rabbi on a journey to John Knox. Mr. Knox, as you Broadway. Heaven and there enjoy with may know, is a kind of saint It was they who were respon- him the happy scene and gentle among the Presbyterians." He sible for the production of those speech to which I was a witness called to them ... "Gentlemen!" He introduced me ... "A column- great hits "Oklahoma," "Othel- only the other evening. lo" and "Jacobowsky and the Humbly I stopped within the ist from the world. He dropped Colonel," that are still the talk gates, like some timid child who in to learn what we think about the theatrical world. suddenly finds himself In un- (Continued on page 13) •• •