Friday, September I T, 1942
THE JEWISH NEWS
Refugees In the War Front
ception they are eager to be part
of the fighting army, yet they
know their work is extremely
important to the civilian popu-
lation of the United States.
By WILLIAM ROSENWALD
President of the National Refugee Service
Copyright, 1942, Jewish. Telegraphic Agency, Inc.
This Rosh Hashanah has new
significance for American Jews.
For the first time in 24 years
they will observe the High Holy
days while their country is at
war—a war fought against the
dark powers which threaten the
very existence of Jews every-
where in the world.
As we assemble in our syna-
gogues and temples this year few
of us will be without a prayer
in our hearts for those unhappy
Jews still trapped in Nazi Eu-
rope. Among us, sharing in such
prayer, are the 200,000 men,
women and children who have
found haven in America.
The refugees, perhaps more
than any others, must be driven
by an inner fire to win this war.
Theirs is not a fire of revenge—
for it is an emotion transcending
personal wrongs. It is a fierce de-
sire to eliminate the Nazi scourge
which has outraged human de-
cency and the sacredness of hu-
man life.
Today they stand with us,
shoulder to shoulder, participat-
ing with us in the struggle to
crush the evil they know all too
well. Not with words alone, but
by giving of their loyalty, their
skill and their lives.
Serve in U. S. Army
Refugee boys are in the Unit-
ed States Army. No official fig-
ures are available as to the num-
ber in service, but it is possible
that there are two or three thou-
sand who have volunteered or
have been called under Selective
Service. Many of those enlisted
declared they were the first to
be branded by Hitler and they
wanted to be among the first to
strive for his defeat.
In a survey now being made
by the National Refugee Service,
preliminary reports show that 14
refugees from Houston, Tex., are
in the army—several of this group
stationed in foreign countries.
Four other Texas communities
report a total of 22 additional
refugees in our country's armed
forces. Jacksonville, - Fla., reports
two men—both in their thirties—
and Birmingham, Ala., reports
three, all volunteers who were
accepted.
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Refugees help in the Civilian
Defense program too. Wherever
they are accepted they have en-
listed as volunteer firemen, as air
raid wardens. They have taken
first aid courses. Refugee women
have formed sewing and knitting
clubs. Through the National Refu-
gee Service they have been di-
rected to branches of the Office
for Civilian Defense and have
been introduced to neighborhood
defense committees.
Throughout the approach and
advent of war, the National Ref-
ugee Service has made every ef-
fort to prepare the newcomer for
all possible participation.
The Hakoah News of Cleve-
land says that 10 per cent of the
250 refugee members of its or-
ganization joined the army be-
fore the United States entered
the war. Twenty-four refugee
residents of Cincinnati also are
serving.
On the Home Front
Raleigh, N. C., reports that a
young refugee who recently won
a university scholarship is in the
army and,from a refugee resident
of Wilmington, N. C., comes word
from "somewhere in the Pacific."
Lancaster, Pa., reports six men
in service; Portland, Oregon,
eight; Seattle, Wash., 21.
On the home front, nearly
every phase of American life has
profited from the refugee's enter-
prise and knowledge—his appre-
ciation of democracy. Those with
special abilities are serving in
their respective fields. They are
working as mechanics and crafts-
men in industries—they are bar-
red only from certain specially
designated defense plants in
which employment of aliens is
prohibited by the government.
Many have taken courses in ma-
chine shop practice, welding and
other skills valuable to the war
effort.
Inventors and Scientists
Refugee inventors have con-
tributed patents to industry and
armament. Like young Martin L.
who brought to America a patent
for perfecting bullet dies, or
Henry W. whose precision camera
plant has been turned to the man-
ufacture of precision tools, or
the newly-announced invention of
Walter Juda, who, with a Harvard
chemistry professor, has corn-
pounded a new fire-resisting
chemical which may prove an
important aid to the United Na-
tions in winning the war.
Scientists who were once lead-
ers in their field in the univer-
sities and laboratories of Ger-
many and Austria are working
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on substitutes for raw materials
which we have always imported
and which are lacking now in
sufficient quantities. New man-
ufacturing processes for essential
products have been produced. Re-
nowned experts_are working as
consultants in some of the gov-
ernment agencies so we may util-
ize their knowledge of the
enemy's industries, patents and
resources for the benefit of the
Allies.
While refugee doctors do not
serve in the army as physicians
because they cannot be commis-
sioned, they are working in vital
posts in hospitals and in rural and
industrial sections where there
is an acute shortage of Ameri-
can doctors. Almost without ex-
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Said Joseph P. Chamberlain,
Chairman of the Board of the
Board of the National Refugee
Service and a member of the
President's Committee on Politi-
cal Refugees, recently: "The Na-
tional Refugee Service can be
proud of the role it has played in
making possible the refugee's con-
tribution to our country's great
effort. Its program has helped
newcomers to become a part of
America, so that now they take
their place beside all the other
free men who staunchly defend
the democratic ideal."
Some of the refugees have al-
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ready lived in countries fighting
a total war. They know that the
efforts of every single civilian
are as necessary to win this war
as the courage and devotion of
the men in arms. For them there
is one thought in contributing to
the all-out American war effort—
"Tell me what I can do—tell me
where I have to go. I will do it. I
will go."
Their gratitude to this country
which gave them shelter and fu-
ture is infinite. We know they
join in our prayers for victorious
and happy America with all their
hearts and souls.
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