Thursday, June 9, 1949
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
Condemns AJ
A
By PIIINEAS J. BIRON
JEWISH LEADER writes . . . "Mr. Thackrey's
" newspaper, ''The Compass," revealed to me that
the American Jewish Committee is the source of the
campaign which charges Soviet Rus- , ....
sia with promoting a government-
sponsored official anti-Semitic policy..
I have made it my business to study;.
all available material on this subject
and I have come to the conclusion
that the American Jewish Committee.
has acted in an irresponsible manner..
The Committee's case against the
government of the USSR is based on
rumors and hearsay evidence. No
Jewish or for that matter non-Jewish
organization in America has any di-
Biron
rect contact with the Soviet Union.
It
is therefore obviously prejudiced on the part of the
American Jewish Committee to promote a campaign
against the Soviet Union charging it with anti-
Semitism without having a shred of concrete evidence.
* * *
"WHAT DISTURBS ME is that the AJC is a bene-
ficiary of the Grealer New York Campaign of the
United Jewish Appeal. The UJA is a
relief organiza-
tion, exclusively devoted to the rehabilitation of
Jewish life in Europe and in Israel. It, the UJA, is
not a political organization. It
is not supposed to
take
sides in the present game of power politics be-
tween East and West.
• OFF THE RECORD
DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE
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Committeefor Attack on Soviet
"
I
for one, am rather perturbed that part of m y
donation to the UJA goes automatically to the Ameri
-
can Jewish Committee, an organization which is in-
jecting the Jewish issue in the present cold war e-
tween the U. S. and the USSR I believe that the
UJA is honor bound to exclude the AJC from its
beneficiaries. What is your opinion?"
We would be pleased to publish the opinions of
our readers on this subject.
* * *
ALTHOUGH THE OFFICIAL Zionist press pro-
claims peace between the various Zionist factions, the
truth is that the Zionist convention failed to conciliate
the opposing personalities.
Dr. Neumann and Dr. Silver are still sulking in
their tents, They feel that the recent Agency meeting
in Israel jeopardized Zionist work in the U. S.
They also resent the election of Dr. Nauhm Gold-
mann to the chairmanship of the American section
of the Agency.
In other words, the new Zionst administration
under the leadership of Daniel Frisch will have a
tough time. It will have to carry on without the active
cooperation of Neumann and Silver. And frankly, we
cannot blame the outgoing president. He has a right
to feel double-crossed by the Israeli leaders, who
instead of rewarding him for his tremendous political
help, have turned against him.
It is reported from reliable sources that Dr. Neu-
mann will devote himself to the task of translating
Some Britons . Balk
at Israel to the Last
World Leader i
the Lowdermilk Plan (TVA on the Jordan) into
reality. The plan requires $ 2
50,000,000 and enjoys the
support of the Israeli government.
* * *
IF YOU WANT to make a quick profit, ship
Hebrew typewriters to Israel. There is a terrible short-
age of machines, the government officers are handi-
capped in their work. Yes, it is true that the impor-
tation of non-Kosher meat into Israel was stopped by
order of Israel's minister of supply. ... And nobody
can get married or divorced in the Jewish State with-
out sanction of the Rabbinate. . . The KKK in the
south is gaining in strength and increasing its mem-
bership.... Ted Thackrey's 10 cent daily newspaper
is a huge success and pays its own freight, having
achieved an average daily circulation of over 60,000.
We mention it because Thackrey's "Compass" is keep-
ing up the good fight for Israel,
* * *
ew York's is fastest
Jacob growing
TH E PRESIDENT of ial Bank,
bank, The Moder
man, a man who is intensely interested in human
affairs. Leichtman was a close friend of Stephen S.
Wise and an active supporter of the World Jewish
Congress and the American-Polish Federation.
Recently he invited Henry Morgenthau to join
him as chairman of the board of directors of the bank.
Morgenthau accepted the job and is now helping
Leichtman develop the bank into a constructive in-
strument of financial assistance to small businessmen.
Rabbis Reject
UJA 'Trial' ,
agencies. The resolution was ig-
nored by the New York UJA.
Pointing out that the UJA cam-
paign setup in New York is dif-
ferent front the rest of the coun-
NEW YORK—Admitting that
they could not rectify the United
Jewish Appeal setup in New
York where five tacked-on non-
relief agencies will take out up-
wards of $6,000,000 this year from
funds contributed to aid the DP's
and Israel, the New York board
of rabbis denied the request of
Henry Hurwitz, editor of the
"Menorah Journal, to institute a
Beth Din before which he might
plead a Din Torah, a religious
trial, on the New York UJA
setup.
By NATHAN ZIPRIN
TSRAEL'S foes in London are air's purpose better than unrest
try where combined campaigns
include many agencies, Hurwitz
said
in that part of the world.
"The small group of men in
still far from making peace ZOA CONVENTION
control of the UJA campaign in
with the 'idea that the Jewish
IT CAN NOW be revealed that
State is a reality. The bitter de-
New York have persistently re-
fused to make public the agree-
bate in the House of Lords last Louis Lipsky played the leading
ments or contracts between the
week demonstrated that the Con- role in bring about a rapproach-
ment
between
Zionist
leadership
UJA and the favored tacked-on
servatives have aligned them-
agencies. I contend that such
selves with the Laborites in as and the Committee for Progres-
sive
Zionism.
unholy a policy as any govern-
secrecy is against Jewish wel-
Dr. Emanuel Neumann dis-
fare and against democratic pub-
ment ever pursued.
lic policy.
Pity for the Arab refugees and played great patience and states.
concern for the holy places in manship in the peace negotia-
"These are philanthropic tax-
Jerusalem is their theme song. tions. As late as the Saturday
exempt funds which are secured
evening
session
at
Carnegie
Hall,
Actually they are not so much
from the public, it is intolerable
concerned with the fate of the where Dr. Neumann delivered his
that their distr ibut ion should b e
Arabs and the security of holy presidential report, it was by no MRS. JOSEPH M. WELT of
Earlier this year, the board of enveloped in
certain that the rift would Detroit, president of the Na-
secrecy. Secrecy in -
places as with British desire to means
rabbis adopted a resolution urg
be healed.
floral
Council
of
evitably leads to the suspicion
secure a new foothold in the
Jewish
Daniel Frisch, whose election Women, was elected president ing the management of the cam- of wrong-doing. Such a situatioh
Middle East.
paign to dissociate the UJA in obtains in no other community in
By playing the refugee song to the ZOA presidency was a of the International Council of N
ew' York from the non-relief the country."
and harping the Jerusalem dirge foregone conclusion, was bent on Jewish Women, which ended its
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`'ire banmig beach.
they hope to gain Arab prestige having the controversy settled four-day meeting in Paris June
before the vote was taken. 1. The organization has been
for British ends.
"The Only Nile Spot
There isn't much love between Though indisposed as a result of reestablished to "unite the •
in Town"
a
cold
he
defied
doctor's
orders
Writs
for
efforts
of
Jewish
women
in
all
Attractive rattly or Phone for letervotioni
Britain's Protestants and the
and
participated
in
a
series
of
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nations in behalf of the urgent
Vatican. When Princess Mar-
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behind-the-curtain con- needs of their own country and
DANCING NITELY
garet recently visited the Pope, testing
ferences.
world Jewry." Mrs. Welt is
the Anglican church showed
The 2.000 delegates at Carnegie shown as she sails for the eon-
open displeasure. But when the
Hall session were treated to an
ference.
ive
Archibishop of York addressed
SOUTH HAVEN, MICHIGAN
the House of Lords oh the Pales- excellent extemporaneous ad-
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une
tine issue he made pious refer- dress by Mortimer May. It is us-
TEL AVIV—(Z04)—The Te.
ence to the recent Vatican en- ual on such occasions for speakers
to use a prepared address. May Aviv municipality will receive a
cyclical on the internationaliza-
rejected
the
practice,
declaring
loan of $300,000 from the nationa
tion of Jerusalem.
The Archbishop said anti-Sem- that it was like kissing a girl over government for public works. "'
the
telephone
instead
of
in
per-
itism was a sin against God and
son.
Man. But isn't the attempt to
The most dramatic moment at
create the impression that Jews
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the convention was the hand-
will not safeguard the holy places
an indirect attempt at instigating shaking scene between Drs. Sil-
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anti-Jewish sentiment?
may
yet
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ISRAEL WILL WATCH
cant one.
THE FACT IS there has been
Barring unforeseen develop-
no single incident warranting the
ments it can be freely predicted
conclusion that Israel cannot or
that Daniel Frisch will bring back
will not safeguard the holy sites.
the Kosher bacon when he re-
One peer even went so far as to
turns from his intended trip to
charge that the Palestine situa-
Israel. Daniel has no fear of the
tion was not created 'by proper lion's den.
international action but by fraud,
Truman's belated message to
assassination and mainly by nak-
the convention was an oversight.
ed appeal to force."
A white House clerk failed to
How he could brazenly tell his look at the calendar.
e
listeners there was no interna- MAN ,
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tional action in the face of what
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He must have lived within him- the American Military Govern-
good
self so deeply the past two years ment. Front there he will pro-
LEADER'S doub
cpEyE process.
that he had no time to read the ceed to North Africa for a sur-
newspapers. His wailing at the
vey of the health conditions of
lack of generosity toward the Jews in that area.
Arabs by the American people
Dr. Reiss is one of the world's
was the key to his motive.
The BEST of "
most famous experts on skin dis-
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