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By DAVID DEUTSCH ,
(Cops/right, 1943,. Independent ,N
Jewish. Press; Service)
WASHINGTON- NOTES.•:
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ion of the ee
"Sympathy is not tenough There must-. be Vigorous action. The
f• continued barbaric prograth of extermination which Hitler:is directing
against the 'JeWish people makes the great program in. Palestine
increasingly . iiiip6rtant. There must be positive assurance now that
the hdmelesS Jews of Europe who survive this dreadful conflict can
look forward to a homeland of their own. They have the- right to find- -
peace, • security and happinesS :for themselves and their . children: I
repeat sympathy is not enough. There must be justice: And justice
demands that the jeNeviSh national homeland in Palestine <must have
new 'world of 'tomorrow. We must not permit-
internatio/il Power, politics to eloSe the ddOr . to a permanent„jewisk
homeland in PaTestiii6." - :I
Between
You and Me
By BORIS SMOLAR
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(Copyrig.ht; 4943,- Jewish Telegraphic
Agency, Inc.)
WASHINGTON
REFLECTIONS
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Rumor 'has it that Senator Johnson of
.It doesn't do - Jews in the United States
Colorado is thinking. seriously of follaW-
. an.y. good . when_ the ,,Cammittee.for a .Jew-
ing Pierre van' Paasten' in •esigning from
ish .Army. attacked twice within a week
the Committee. far-,:a jewish..ArMY, Ife
on the floor of the . Senate . And,. though
was reported embarrassed by the attacks
ir. e do' hot agteeSenator
:LtiCaS who
the,.,.,$enate ady,ertiseraent„,
'theSe: attaCkS,•-•:-Vie., reiterate ' Wl-M
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published . by . the ., Committee ., Without . the
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—Wendell . L. Winkle, in message
WO•1 wrote' .-some time .ago. that .:leadirig
Boston mass'
authorization . of • fellOw-Senatori WhoSe
meeting : protesting against, Nazi atrocities: '
JeWish.. organizations -should
names were used.
che.ck.certain,..activitie.S.,of the,„Committee
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for a Jewish...Aqw . .whic4, have nothing
to.
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an understanding at once that greater
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its-!,6rigiriaL.program of -conducting: O•opa-
the Way, got a terrific tongue-lashing
:!front: ;Senator Lucas, who literally in-
ganda.4-61: : .the establishment .of, i,..a.,:Jewish
By PHILIPr5LOMOVITZ
By PHINEAS. J. BIRON
Army in Palestine . . It permits itself
.'sists :;that "some of • the best friends .I
•thaveTin thi4... country are members Of the
• ,to, engage
in activities which have no-
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JewiSh faith." That was-a tribute to the
thing to dol with the .idea of . .securing
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SYndicat0) •
JeWish.,Press Service)!
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late :Gov: Henry Horner • of Illinois who
'American 'support for th:e: -establishment
TOLERATION!, OF Iwocy,
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*made :-Scott Lucas United States Senator YOU CAN'T BEAT THE DUTCH
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Jewish - • forgpi
Columriist William. A. •Caldwell thinks. , • ..phere ::arp
That new wave of repression Hitler
froni" that State.
. Arnerica..plderl..and. more
has instituted in Holland can't down the ."there otighta'- i be. a lawn'.', against the .experienced., ,: organizations to deal, with
Some Jewish friends of the Adminis,
spread of anti-Semitism.., , .
problems Of how to secure. the Maximum
•tration, embarrassed byCritibisri .- from- loyal Dutch burghers. . . Am.example of
He has written . one of the most power- aid for , Jews in Europe, and it takes
th_e Dutch . spirit was 'recently . given by
Jewish sources, insist that, Jews are.mak-
a comedian vho, though he knew very . ful appeals for -a . serious effort. to 'stop -the upon. itself missions. which- do not • enter
ing too many "squawks" about their
well that every perforniance in every circulation of material inciting to *hatred into the program 'of 'campaigning for a
troubles in the public press. They advo-
Amsterdam theater is viewed by the against Jews.
Jewish Army . . . PerhapS the incident
cate elimination of all advertisements by Gestapo, walked out on the stage one
And the man who was responsible for a in the Senate will teach the'_ leaders of
Jewish organizations and far less pub-
evening carrying two large portraits of bill to make it a crime for any•orie to use the Committee for a • Jewish Army not
licizing of Jewish problems. These, by
Hitler and Goering, and, without waiting the facilities of the U. S. Post Office for to rush into print on matters which
the way, are the very fellow_s - whom
for his audience to catch. its. _collective the spread of hatred—U. S. Senator W. should be taken care of by other Jewish
other Jews want to keep out of_ Wash-
breath, said: "I . don't know • what to do Warren Barbour of New Jersey—has in- organizations . . This incident, perhaps,
ington and the Administration on the
with these—stand 'em up against a wall, serted Caldwell's forceful message in the Will also convince the leading American
ground that they are too "prominent"
or hang 'em" . . Needless to add, this Congressional Record:
Jewish bodies, such as the .- American
in the public eye and hurt the Jews as a
comedian is now denizen of one of the
.The point Caldwell makes is: "The Jewish . Committee and the Ainerican
whole. Well, McCormick-Patterson guns
Nazis' finest concentration camps.
toleratiOn of idiocy can 6e...carried. _too . Jewish COngresS,. that : they .must ..give
already have cleaned out such stalwarts
far." He has proven his point.
more consideration to checking certain
YOU
SHOULD
KNOW
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as ,Robert R. Nathan and David Ginsz
Jewish groups .whose greed for publicity
Did yoir read about the: interestin g FACTS : AND FICTION
burg and probably wilr,suceeed: in re-
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moving equally competent Abe Fortas, tests conducted by Prof. Howard H. Har -
Many: scurrilotis messages come to his is only harming American Jewish in-
.
despite - the President's - very courageous Ian of the University of Alabama? • . • desk. Caldwell cliSproyeS .-,- theiri._ by .pie- , ter ests.
defense of the 32-year-old assistant to Prof. Harlan asked the students- in hi s senting the facts. AnieriCans .1 ,Vho.•fail to
college classes about their attitude. to - listen to his 'Sound logic should have PEOPLE..AND DEEDS
Ickes...
ward Jews—and here are a few of th e their heads examined. • Those who recog-
one of the most successful art
THINGS AND PERSONS.
many interesting ; results as presented by nize the danger of . an increase. in.. anti-
- New;York
the .pxhibition,•of
Dr. :Chaim Weizmann is .scheduled to Alexander Levin in the latest issue o f Semitism must act.- It is. up. to the Chris-- paintings, . pastels and Water-colors.• by
'the' Jewish Spectator . . It • was found bans to be firm against: the bigots:- And .Jarnes N., Rosenberg . This American
return to England in Adgust.
.womenexhibited. anti.-.fewish
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Caldwell tbelie,yeS: '"AntizSemitism is get- I Jewish -leader - is.one of America's : -finest
LoWell Thomas ;'is
•tdr 'be making
- :.arrangements for broadcasts from Pales- 'prefildiee than "their male fellow students ting --a little stronger every day. We painters In - fact, - he is the :most - \i'el'-
. . . Boys and „girls from. small. towns
tine. The noted air commentator is head- turned out to be less ptjudiced than those would be blind to be unaware of it. We satile Jewish leader in the country . .
In addition .to being active in the. JDC,
Jed for, North Africa and then the Jewish • fram large cities . Those whose -par- would be foolhardy to ignore it."
Are the foolhardy more numerous than American Jewish •Committee ; Russian
. Homeland . . . Residents in the neighbor-
ents. are in...the upper income brackets
hood . of Morningside Heights,. New York, displayed "significantly" more prejudice the logical who would fight the menace War Relief, • and in many other leading
Jewish and non-Jewish organi.Zations, lie
were most unhappy that for.the first time than - those in the lower income group of Jew-baiting?
is also an author, a playWright, one of
in many years the Jewish Theological
CALDWELL'S
EXTREMISM
. . Close or intimate friendships with
the best lawyers in. New York and a
Seminary abandoned its public seder.
But Caldwell is a bit extreme. He nationally acknowledged man
indiViddal Jews have as their result less
_-ofTart
It was a sterling tribute to a Jewish prejudice against the group as a whole writes: .."Some of my best friends- are The best testimony to his talent' aS. a
Christians,
but
there
are
times
when
al-.
woman.
. . . The more intimate the contact, the
painter is the fact that- a number of his
most I think there ought to be a law. It
less the prejudice,- - •
paintings were sold .by the..Terargil •gal-
would
provide
bleakly
that
anyone
using
RUSSIAN INTERLUDE
lery in New York just a few hours after
. .
Solomon Mikhoels, actor and directOr the word 'Jew' in any sentence—except the opening of his exhibition . . The
in
a
class
on
ethnology
or
a
synagogue—
of the Mo8cow Jewish Theater, • will be
entire proceeds of the sales have been
a member of the Soviet Jewish delega- should be beaten cordially• over e skull donated by, Mr. Rosenberg to the Red
with
a
baseball
bat
until
enlightened."
tion now en route to the U. S. . • Mik-
Well, now, Mr. Caldwell! . That's not the Cross . . . This is an old tradition with
hoels is an honored artist of the USSR
him . . In•World War I=25 years. ago—
point. There are some• -of us wha plead he
and a recipient of the Order of Lenin; for
held Ta similar exhibitiOn of his pas-
Jewish
causes.
We
seek
just
right
for
Russia's highest award.
By JULIAN L. MELTZER
Jews. We want to see the Jewish National tels with all the proceeds donated to the
"Write- a personal- letter to a Russian
Red Cross . . . It's ,been more than- 10
JERUSALEM (Palcor)—Three months friend" is the call sent out by the Jewish Home a reality, and we seek the encour- years since Mr. Rosenberg's works were
after the war in Europe broke out in Council for Russian War Relief, which agement of our. Christian friends.
publicly exhibited . . . Prior to that there
But if you make it a crime for any one were one-man shows of his -works at
1939, a group of young American • men has undertaken to arrange • for half a
and women, whose average age was .then million such letters to be sent to the to use the word Jew, you stifle Jews and some of the best galleries in New York
their friends as well as anti-Semites.
24 years, achieved what was for allof . USSR.
and Philadelphia and at the Fogg Mu-
What we need is common sense in fer- seum at Harvard:
them their lifelong ambition of settling
Just to remind you that refugees are
on the national soil of Eretz Israel.
nothing new in Jewish life, : let us point reting out the bigots. It is possible, if
there is a will to do it. To . our regrets,
It is still in its infancy, though swad- out that the one and only Sophie Tucker we must admit that the will is lacking.
dling- clothes are gone. Though wartime was born in the steerage of a steamer Therefore, we are all in trouble.
conditions did not permit them to stage that was carrying her parents from the
Nevertheless, we hope that Caldwell's
an elaborate celebration, these young Am- pogroms of Czarist Russia to the peace plea for a law .
to check prejudice has not
erican Jews, with the Polish and Central and opportunity of America..
fallen on deaf ears.
European Jewish chalutzim who have THIS AND THAT
Congratulations to the editors of the
. joined with them, are modestly proud- of,
their achievement. At age three, Kfar special edition of The Shofar ptit out year, must be entirely rebuilt before the
By JAMES • WATERMAN 'WISE
Menachem, in Southern Palestine, is for the men in the armed services . . . concert season opens next month.
We
are
indebted
to
Stanley
Garten
for
Copywright 1943 by Independent
making its voice heard in the chorus of The Shofar, is the official organ . of
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Jewish Press Service
the Yishuv, the busy humining chorus of • A. Z. A., the Bnai Brith youth organiza- the information that Mrs. Rachelle Gar-
tion.
bat of New York is Withodt doubt one
production and progress.
Cpl. David Rose of the Army Air Force of the outstanding patronesses of Jewish Not mine the flaming pen, the accusing
Aliyah B. of • Kibbutz Hashomet Hat-
voice
Signal Corps is the star of a new Victor musical genius . . . Credit is, due Mrs.
zair •America—Aliya A. was the nucleus
Garbat for making possible the musical Which should indite these anguished lines
record
.
album
of
eight
Academy-Award-
of Ain Hashophet, Keren Hayesod com-
of. woe;
education of pianist MiSch LevitZsky and
mune in the Ephraim hills to the north— winning. songs, just out . . . Called "Film
violinist Max Rosen . . . And it was she For I am next of kin, and have. no choice
Favorites,".
the
album
shows
the
com-
came into being • in 1935-'37 when its
poser-bandleader in all his versatility. who interested Henry Goodman in giv- But to •bembans the death my brothers
members came from America. Others
know. .
Scheduled for a six months' tour • of ing Yehudi Menuhin his famous ,Stradi-
joined it in 1939 and that winter they
varius . . Mrs. Garbat is .a daughter of
overseas
bases
ft
Chief
Petty
Officer
went up on the land at Kfar Menachem.
the late Abraham Lubarsky, a wealthy Here is a burning theme for poets' Muse,
named for the late president of the Jew: Artie Shaw of the U. S. Navy . .. Going tea merchant .of .old Russia who gave Milton or Lowell would have found a
With
him
of
course,
is
the
Navy
band
ish National Fund on his 75th birthday. he organized last year.
tongue,
huge sums for the revival of the Hebrew
They took over the village from its
language.
Shelley and Hugo knew not to refuse
Down
on
Second
Ave.
they
squelch
founders, who sought pioneering pastures
Such innocents, nor leave their fate un-
indiscrimiante blabbing with the admoni- ABOUT PEOPLE
elsewhere.
sung.
tion: "Loose schmus can cook your
The finest collection of anti-Nazi liter-
The men and women from Brooklyn goose."
ature in ;all of Hollywood belongs not
and Brownsville. :and the Bronx, and PATRONESSES OF MUSIC
• to one of the Jewish movie moguls, but If then I speak, who silently should weep
Montreal and Toronto, Chicago • and De-
While others pillory the tyrant's shame,
Mrs. 'Charles S. .Guggenheimer, chair- to actor -Adolphe Menjou.
troit, are many of them second-genera- man in charge of the Stadium Concerts
We're looking forward to the forth- And bid mankind to join me in the deep
tion natives of the New World. Of the 35
New Yorkers enjoy on summer evenings, coming autobiography . of Theda Bara, Sanctification of the Holy Name—
or 40 who settled, and of whom only
has to give a great deal of time and ef- "vamp" of the silent film era and before
mere handful eventually dropped out, at fort each year to obtain funds to cover that plain Theodosia Goodnian of Cin- This be. my plea: Some garment must be
least half were born in the States or in the deficit inevitable because of the cinnati.
• rent,.
Canada. That makes their settlement in Stadium's low-price policy, but this year
Sonie savage indignation as of old,
Quite
a
catchy
title
Irving
Berlin
has
Eretz Israel a much more laudable ac- her job is even bigger than usual — for
complishment. They have •come to stay. the • stage, -destroyed by lightning last given his new: song—"When will they Must seize and sear our moral firmament
Hang That Paperhanger?"
For Israel's Lidice—a thousand fold.
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