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Institute Honors Dr. Silver Urges
Dean Sloninisky Jewish Political

Anti-Jewish Acts Charged
To Polish Army in Russia

State in Palestine

Hundreds of Jews Ousted to Prevent Them From Going to
Middle East, Says Polish . Writer; Citizenship of Ref-
ugees at issue; Other JTA News

Must ConCentrate on Estab-;
lishing Majority, He Tells
Poale Zion Convention

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MOSCOW, (JTA)—Serious charges regarding the
treatment of Jews in the Polish. Army in Russia are made
this week in the Polish newspaper Nowe Widnokrerigi by.
its editor, Wanda Wasilewska, noted Polish writer.
- The article cites specific cases where hundreds of
Jews were dismissed from the Polish Army in Russia after

serving for more than a year. This, the writer says, was done to
prevent Jews from leaving Russia to the Middle East.
'There are • still elements among the Polish people who do not
take cognizance of the slogans proclaimed by the Polish' Premier,
Gen. Sikorski, who realizes that the future Poland can exist only
when moving hand-in-hand with the democracies of the world which
condemn racial prejudice," Wasilewska writes.
Army Discrhnination Debate Postponed
LONDON, (JTA)—The session of the Polish National Council
which was scheduled to have taken place here this week for the
purpose of discussing charges that JewS are being dismissed from the
Poyish Army in Russia for anti-Semitic reasons, has been postponed
until next week. This is the second postponement.
Will Discuss Citizenship 'in Moscow
The question of whether Jewish;. Ukrainian and White-Russian
refugees from Poland who are now in Russia are to be considered
Soviet citizens, or are to retain their Polish'citizenship, will be taken
up by Tadeusz Romer, new Polish Ambassador to Moscow, the Polish
G_overnment-in-Exile announced.
At a session of the Polish National Council this week, the Min-
ister of Social Welfare, Jan Stanszyk, reported that the Russian
. Government refuses 'to recognize the Polish citizenship of Jews,
Ukrainians and White-Russians who hold Polish passports consider-
ing them to be Soviet citizens by virtue of the plebiscite held in
Eastern Poland in November, 1939, during the Soviet occupation..
Expulsion_ of All Polish. Jews Feared
- The eventual expulsion of all Jews from Nazi-occupied Poland
is predicted here as A result of an announcement made by Hans
Frank, Nazi commissar for Poland, that the occupied territory,
hitherto known as the Government General, is now considered a
part of the German Reich.
The annual meeting of the Council of Polish Jews in Great
Britain this week- adopted a resolution expressing "surprise and
astonishment" at the fact that the. Polish Government-in-Exile has
appointed the antis-Semitic Prof. Swientoslawski to the post of presi-
dent of the Polish Institute in New York.
Prof. Swientoslawski is not only responsible for the university
"ghetto benches," but took no action to check the anti-Jewish riots
which occurred while he was Minister of Education and which led
to the killing of more than 30 Jewish students and the wounding of
--c'eral hundred others.
Vichy Warns of Further Anti-Jewish Measures
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BERN, (JTA)—The "few measures" that have been taken
against the Jews in France are only the forerunners of others which
will follow shortly, it was stated this -week by an official spokesman
of the Vichy Commissariate for Jewish AffAirs, broadcasting over the
. Toulouse radio. •
In Paris, Jacque's Doriot, leader of the anti-Semitic Popular
Party, demanded that all the anti-Jewish decrees now in force in
occupied France be extended to the unoccupied zone and to the
French colonial possesSions.
Bulgaria Plans Small Ghetto Communities
Small ghetto communities for Jews, consisting of at least 50
families, will be established in Bulgaria, the Nazi Transocean News
Service reports from Sofia, quoting an announcement by the Com-
missariate for Jewish Affairs. All synagogues serving fewer. than
150 Jews will -be closed.
Cuba Proposes Uniform Passport For Refugees
HAVANA, (JTA)—The Cuban Government has proposed to all
the governments in the Western Hemisphere that they adopt - a uni-
form passport—similar to the Nansen passportss—for use by refugees
corning -from any of the Allied nations, according to official sources
here.
Jewish Boy, Crucified by Nazis, Saved By Russian Sailors
KUIBYSHEV, (JTA)—The cricifixion by. the Nazis of. a 12 -
year-old Jewish boy; Sioma Grinberg, captured while . carrying staff
document's and maps for the Red Army during the battle of Sevasto-
pol, was reported this week in Pravda. Young Grinberg joined the
Russian troops after his mother had been violated and murdered
before his eyes by a group of Nazis who invaded their home. Rus-
sian sailors who occupied the sector shortly afterwards found him
still alive and nursed him back to health.
Soviet Press Lists Jewish Heroes Honored
The Soviet press also carries lists of Jews who have been
decorated for heroism. Among them is Ruben Himleman, com-
mander of a Soviet mine layer, posthuinously awarded the Order - of
Lenin.
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Another posthumous award went to Junior Lieutt Aaron Rusle-
kov, who led a company of Soviet infantry in a nine-hour attack on
the strongly fortified village of Karpovka on the Kalinin front.
Rumanian Cabinet Split Halts Jewish Deportations
ZURICH, (JTA)—The deportation of Rumanian Jews to Trans-
nistria, 'the Rumanian administered part of the Ukraine, has been
temporarily halted due to differences of opinion in the Rurnanian
cabinet on the entire Jewish issue, it is reported in the Neue
Zuericher Zeitung, a liberal Swiss newspaper.
The Nationalization of Jewish property in the Nazi-puppet state
of Croatia was ordered this week by a decree of the Croatian 'govern-
ment announced over the Zagreb radio.
Nazis Raid Dutch Farmss - for Jews Dodging Deportation
LISBON, (JTA)—The German radio this week reported that
police authorities in Nazi-occupied Holland are raiding farms
throughout the country in a search for Jews seeking to escape de-
portation to Eastern territories. One Dutch farmer was arrested in
the vicinity of Winschoten for sheltering five such Jews.
Norwegian Jews to be Deported to Lithuania
STOCKHOLM, (JTA)—Naii authorities in •Norway this week
announced that all arrested Norwegian Jews be transported to
occupied Lithuania. Jewish refugees from the Reich are being
transported either to the extreme northern part of Norway or to
Germany, they stated.
Among the Norwegian Jews arrested are' Capt. Harry Korit-
schinsky, honorary chairman of the Oslo Jewish Congregation and
many prominent JewiSh doctors, lawyers and musicians. The famous
German-Jewish archaeologist, Dorsch Levin, who was among the
refugees deported from Oslo. to Germany, died in the concentration
camp at Oranieburg.
The Home for Jewish Aged in Oslo has been confiscated by the
Quisling authorities and its president, Dr. BernStein„ is among the
arrested Jewish leaders. Also confiscated is the building of the
Jewish Relief Association.
Save Jews in Nazi Europe Notv, Appeal Asks
JERUSALEM, (JTA)—Emphasizing that post-war retribution
for Nazi strocities against Jpws will not revive the dead, heal the
wounded, or cure the crushed," the central committee of the World
Agudas Israel Organization this week issued an appeal to all Jewish
groups in the democratic countries urging therri to unite in an effort
to save. the Jews of Europe from being exterminated by the Nazis
before the war is over.

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DR. H. SLONIMSKY

Executed in oils by Clement
Weisbecker, soldier-artist, a por-
trait, pictured above, of Dr. H.
Slonimskk, Dean of the Jewish
Institute of Religion, was pre-
sented by the student body to
the library of the Institute at
ceremonies held recently in pew
York, marking completion of 18
years of Dr. Slonimsky's associa-
tion with the faculty and his
58th birthday.

Rabbis Plan 7-Point

Post-War Program

ST. LOUIS (JPS)—The rabbis
of America will be called upon
to draft a program of peace prin-
ciples which, like the Malvern
document adopted by British
clergymen, "may serve as a guide
to the statesmen of the world
after the next armistice," it was
stated here by Rabbi Ferdinand
M. Isserman in an Armistice Day
message which announced that
the Commission on Justice and
Peace of the Central Conference
of American Rabbis, of which he
is chairmari, is, summoning rabbis
and laymen to an American Insti-
tute on Judaism and a Just and
Enduring Peace, at Cincinnati,
Dec. 21 to 24.
The Armistice Day _message is-
81.1ed by the Commission, of
which Rabbi Leon Fram 'of De-
troit 'is a member, urged (1) the
:universal - recognition of the sov-
ereignty of God, (2) the applica-.
tion of the Bill : Of : Rights to all
men, (3) the creation of an
ternational organization through
which all nation's would co-oper-
ate, (4) gradual universal disarm-
ament and the establishment of
an international police force, (5)
placing at the disposal of all men
the natural resources of the
world, (6) • the institution of a
world court, (7) \universal,- inter-
national and unselfish co-opera-
tion in rebuilding the war-torn
areas.

SYRACUSE (JPS)—Emphasiz-
ing that Zionism is not a philan-
thropic but a political:movement
which aims at the establishment
of a ."pOlitical state for the Jew-
ish nation. in Palestine", Dr: Ab-
ba Hillel Silver of Cleveland,
speaking at the opening session
of the annual convention of the
Poale Zion, urged American
Zionists to overthrow "vain pole-
mics and futile discussions and
concentrate on establishing a
Jewish Majority in Palestine."
The Zionist leaner ,demarided
that Pelestirle be placed under in-
ternational control to speed the
realization of a Jewish majority
or that a commonwealth be im-
mediately created based on the
possibility of a Jewish= majority.
Dr. Silver said that we. "cannot
permit a conspiracy of silence on
the Jewish postwar status."
Fighting As Allies
"We are fighting as - Allies in
Stalingrad, the Solomons and
Egypt, .and we demand restitution
and security individually and
nationally," he 'declared.
More than 1,000, delegates at-
tended the first session of the
Poale Zion Convention which
• was opened by' Ben Zion Miller
of this city. Hayim Greenberg,
who presided, stated that neither
pseudo-socialism 'nor socialism
can solve the Jewish problem,
but that Zionists and non-Zion-
ists, Jews and non-Jews must
unite to _establish a free Jewish-
Palestine Commonwealth.
"Anti-Semitism is poisoning
the countries which were previ-
ously not contaminated," the
Zionist leader said, adding the
warning that the problems Of the
United Nations will not be solved
and no durable peace will be
achieved without the establish-
ment in practice of Jewish equal-
ity."
Praises. Palestine Achievement
The crucial iinportance -at pres-
ent of the political aims of the
Zionist movement were also
stressed by Dr.' Nahum Gold-
mann.
Dr. Chaim Weizmarin, presi-
dent of the World Zoinist Organ-
ization and the Jewish Agency

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for Palestine, lauded the achieve-
ments in Palestine which were
made'possible ttirough the closest
co-operation- with Labor Zionism.
David Wertheim, national sec-
retary, severely criticized the
American Jewish Congress for
conducting' its ' war effort in col-
laboration with the Communists.
He also deManded that action be
taken to combat. the establish-
ment of monopolistic Control of
the Keren Hayesod by the Gen-
eral Zionists.
Pdstwar Problems
An extraordinary Labor Zion-
ist convention will be held early
in the spring of 1943 to determine
the movement's stand and an ac-
tion of program on the position
of the• Jews in the postwar world;
to devise methods of immediate
relief to impoverished Jewry; and
to accelerate the rebuilding of
the Jewish homeland in Pales-
tine.
Dr. Leon Kubowitzki, former
head of the Belgian Poale Zion,
moved the entire audience with
his factual and document descrip-
tion of the cruelties being inflict-
ed on the Jews of Europe: He es-
timated that the civilian Jewish
dead number 'between 1,400,000
and 2,000,000.
Chaim Greenberg, Yiddish edi-
tor, foreseeing a massive post-
war migration, emphasized the
importance of Palestine. Some
advocates propose to settle 3,000,-
000 Jews in Palestine in 18
months, he said. He doubted the
practicality of Such a scheme but
considered it feasible to have a
10-year plan with a minimum of
100,000 Jews being settled an-
nually, provided the political and
financial conditions are 'favorable.
David Wertheim was re-elected
by the convention as national sec-
retary of the Central Committee
of the Poale Zion.

POALE ZION, MIZRACHI BOLT
KEREN HAYESOD IN PROTEST
NEW YORK (JPS)—The Poale
Zion, labor group, and-'the Miz-
rachi, orthodox wing, have bolted
the Board Of Directors of the
_Keren - Hayesod' (Palestine Foun-
dation Fund), in protest against
revision of the constitution and
by-laws of that fund - raising
agency, it is reported by the
Jewish 1VIorning Journal. The
paper quotes the Zonist
i
parties:
as saying that "although the re-
vision was carried :through in an.
effort to put control of the Keren
'Hayesod in the hands of Zionists,
actually it will put control in the
hands of only one Zionist party,
the Zionist Organization of -
America.

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