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THE JEWISH NEWS
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`Prefaces of Peace' A Guide
To World. Peace Planning
Wallace, Hoover, Willkie, Wells and Gibson Are Among
Writers in Symposium Issued as 'Book of Month
• Club' Selection
Whatever thinking there is today in preparation for the
coming peace is being guided by a group of men who are ded-
icating, their time in the main to this subject.
Vice-President Henry A. Wallace is one of them. Wendell
L. Wiilkie has certainly gained a position of major importance
in such a group of planners. Under-Secretary of State Sumner
Welles, former President Herber t
Hoover and Hugh Gibson are
Jew Decorated Six
Times for Bravery
NEW YORK, (JTA) — The
Jewish Welfare Board reports
that Capt. Oscar R. Krebs, a
24-year-old navigator in the
American Air Forces - in
Europe, has been decorated
six times for valiant work
against the enemy. Captain
Krebs holds the Distinguished
Service Cross, the Air Medal,
three Oak Leaf Clusters to
the Air Medal, and the Purple
Heart.
Jewess, Wounded 4 Times,
Carries On in Soviet Army
MOSCOW (JPS) —The role of Jewish men and women
in the war effort of the USRR and the assistance and en-
couragement extended by the Soviet government to Jewish
refugees as well as to native Jews are described in a series
of reports released here by the Jewish Anti-Fascist Corn-
mittee.
HERBERT HOOVER
others who belong in this cat--
gory
These men are the participants
in the symposium • "Prefaces to
Peace" which has been issued as
a "Book of the Month Club" se-
lection for July and August.
Guide for I'ace
There is no doubt that "Pref-
aces to Peace" will occupy a po-
sition of major importance in the
sele..eti.cm,..-of • -the., important
material that is to serve as a
guide for the peace planners. This
volume, published cooperatively
by Simon & Schuster, Double-
day-Doran, Reynal & Hitchcock
and ColUmbia University Press.
contains the following:
One of the acounts relates the
exploits of 19-year-old • Fruma
Pukovich, a Jewish girl who has
been fighting for the USSR for
the past two years. Before the
war, she was a student in a thea-
trical school in Moscow; but when
hostilities broke out she at once
became a member of a partisian
detachment, which nicknamed
her "Squirrel."
She displayed unusual courage
and fearlessness and from the
very beginning was entrusted
with important assignments.
Wrecks Trains, Bridges
When a village had to be re-
connoitered, Fruma was assigned
to the job; when an enemy com-
munication line had to be des-
troyed, she was included in the
group. She participated in the de-
railing of enemy trains and the
blowing up of bridges.
One day she was ordered to
seize certain important docu-
ments from German headquart-
ers; she donned a German uni-
form and late at night obtained
the necessary documents, and
turned them over to her unit.
The next day, led by Fruma,
the partisians successfully raid-
ed enemy headquarters. Wounded
and sent to a hospital at the rear,
she -recuperated and ,joined the
Red Army,' and proved that on
the field of battle she was also
an excellent fighter.
She is credited with saving the
lives of scores of wounded men:
On her uniform, Fruma now has
four insignias testifying to four
wounds she suffered.
Edison of the Urals
Another report tells of the work
of Samuel Getlikherman,
named "The Edison of the Urals,"
one of the leaders of Soviet in-
dustry whose efforts on the home
front are aiding in the annihila-
tion of the German Army.
Formerly a travelling salesman
for a button factory in a small
Polish - town, he fled when Hitler
invaded Poland. He found work
in local industry in the Udmurt
Republic in the Urals, and when
the Soviet-German war broke
out he was appointed manager
of all the enterprises in the Kar-
akulin district of the Udmurt Re-
public.
Jack Ellstein Re-Elected
State CIO Vice-President
The complete texts of Mr. Will-
kie's "One World" and "The Prob-
lems of Lasting Peace" by Hoover
and Gibson; selections from Vice- Born in Russia in 1901, He Arrived in the U. S. in 1909- and
President - Wallace's - "The Price
Has Been a Leader in Labor Movement Since 1928;
of Free World Victory," and Mr.
With AFL Until 1936, Since Then With 010
Welles' "Blueprint for Peace."
Interest to Jews
;As
The Jewish reader ..of course,
will be deeply interested in Mr.
Wilikie's reference to his visit' in
Palestine and his conversation
with Miss Henrietta Szold. There
has been considerable comment
in our colunins . :on this bOok,
which. retains its significance af-
ter a second and third reading.
- are
•
Similarly valuable
the
Other . texts, each of whoin has
received notice .upon original
appearance or utterance. The
Hoover-Gibson . book has the
splendid comparison of the ideo-
logical aims of Woodrow Wilson
and President Roosevelt. It. ad-
vocates "direct agreement .; be-
tween signatories which would
tend to settle many controversie6"
before they would reach interna-
tional bodies, . .
The selections from Vice-Presi-
dent Wallace's utterances are well
known. But they gaiii weight in
the compilation appearing in
"Prefaces to Peace."
•
Jack Ellstein, manager of the Detroit Joint Board of the
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, :has the dis-
tinction of being one of the highest ranking and most re-
spected labor leaders in Michigan. _
Recently re-elected as vice-president of the Michigan CIO,
for a third consecutive term, Mr. Ellstein showed unusual
strength by running third in aC
field of 44 candidates.
Born in Volin, Rodzist, Russia,
April 19, 1901, he came to this
country in 1909. He was gradu-
ated from the public schools, had
a high school education and has
been a leader in the labor move-
ment since 1928. He was natural-
ized as a U. S. Citizen in 1925.
Left AFL in 1936
Until 1936, he was associated
with American Federation of La-
bor unions, and has been with
the CIO since that year.
He became affiliated with the
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
of America in 1936, as business
representative. He was promoted
to manager of the Detroit Joint
Board of the ACWA by Frank
Rosenblum, who heads the west-
ern division of the union. The
Important Points
membership recently re - elected
Mr. Welles declares in his es- him manager for a third term.
say that he is persuaded that "at-
Ellstein. is a trustee of the
ter the victory is won, so long as Progressive Labor League, for-
the power and the influence of merly: Labor's Non - Partisan
the United States are felt in the League, and recently was •elect-
JACK ELL STEIN
councils of the world, so long as ed to this post for a fourth term.
our cooperation is effectively of- He serves on Rationing Board
A
member
of Congregation
fered, so long can one hope that 82-3.
Bnai Moshe for many years, Ell-
peace can and will be main-
Bnai Moshe Member
stein recently was named on the
tained."
He was appointed to act as executive board of the Jewish
"Prefaces to Peace" is a must Labor Panel Member of the Re- Vocational Service.
item in the reading selections of gional War Labor Board for
On Aug. 5, 1923, he was mar-
all Americans who are genuinely Aug. 11, in the dispute of the ried to Dora Finkelstein. They
interested in the problems that Riley Stoker Co. and the United have two daughters, Lila and
will face those who will plan the Steel Workers of America Local Marcia. Their home is at 18497
coming peace.
1907 CIO.
Roselawn Ave.
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Friday, August 20, 1943
Author Golding 'Follows'
`In the Steps of Moses'
Brilliant Writer Starts Journey From The Temple Where
Prophet Was Reared, Crosses Red Sea on
Route Taken by Wandering Jews
•
Louis Golding, one of the most brilliant English4ewish
writers; is also a traveler who especially loves to retrace the
steps his people have taken in the course of their wanderings
throng_ hout the ages.
Famous as the author of "Magnolia Street," "Five Silver
Daughters," "Forward From Babylonia" and a number of
other important volumes, Mr.
Golding recently turned to Moses to Golding and his companions on
and retraced the Prophet's steps. their way, there is a curious in-
It is incorporated in his book, "In terplay between the past and the
the Steps of Moses," originally present. Was it not the King of
published in 1937 in England in Moab who invited Balaam to
two -volumes.
curse and thus weaken Israel?
The new one-volume edition of Did not the ancient- inhabitants
"In the Steps of Moses" has just of these very lands refuse to
been issued by the Jewish Publi- grant Israel the privilege of
cation Society of America. It is a passing through their territory?
record of a most remarkable
The modern descendants of
journey.
those people are no less hostile
to the modern - descendants - of the
Starts in Egypt
The journey began in Egypt, host whom Moses led. Moses and
where Golding and his two com- T. H. Lawrence fought battles on
panions failed to find Moses' the same terrain and often, sur-
birthplace. The palace where prisingly enough, with the same
Moses was reared to be an Egypt- tactics.
ian prince was easy to find. In
Quite apart from giving a
a magnificent description of the superb review of the old Bible
work of excavating an ancient story, "In the Steps of Moses"
ruin, Golding makes one feel is filled with interesting informa-
that an archaeologist's life can be tion about the lands now again
thrilling and poetic.
so important in war and diplom-
The travelers then cross the acy.
Louis Golding, author, lecturer
Red Sea, more or less to the spot
where the Hebrews sang their and traveler, was born in Man-
song of triumph. The author's chester, England, in 1895. He is
description of Sinai and of his descended from a long line of
ascent to the Mountain of God is travelers and mystics. He was
educated at the famous old Man-
the highlight of his narrative.
From that point he follows, in chester Grammar School where,
imagination as well as in a car, at the age of 11, he won a
the various stages of the wander- scholarship.
Writes. First Novel
ing in the desert.
He went to Queens College,
Through the volume Mr. Gold-
ing carries on a rivalry with the Oxford, and was still there, at
the age of 17, when the first
archaeologists.
world War broke out. During
Uncover Temples
the war he served at Salonika
They have uncovered cities and
temples; they have opened and in Mesopotamia, and at its
tombs and read inscriptions; they end wrote his first novel,
have revealed ancient civiliza- ward from Babylonia" (1920).
tions and shown how little prog- "In The Steps of Moses," beau-
ress we moderns have really tifully printed and bound, with
made. They can uncover; but a three-color jacket, 562 pages,
16 full-page illustrations, two end
they cannot recreate..
maps and bibliography, retails for
The. feelings of the people be- - $2.50. It can be obtained as one
fore and after the crossing of the of the membership books of the
Red Sea, their emotions as they
watched Moses -walking into the Jewish Publication Society of
clouds which enveloped Mount America. Membership in The So-
Sinai, their bitter complaints ciety costs as little as $5 per year,
and their awe when Moses dis- for which members receive any
played -his powers — these re- three cloth-bound books publish-
actions and others like them con- ed by the society plus a 20
stitute the real story of the percent discount on additional
Exodus and the Wandering, for purchases of the Society's own
it is they that created and af = . books.
Library memberships, available
fected the monotheistic religions
to all at $10 per year, bring the
of the world.
member any six cloth-bound
The Jewish folklore, which his books published by the society,
father transmitted tO: him out of plus the - abOvel-mentioned dis-
the folios of Talmud -and Midrash, count.
Golding proVes to us, were more
Full details on the membership
important for these aspects of his. plan, catalogues and other in-
journey than all the learned teresting literature on the work
volumes on place-names and lo- of The Jewish Publication So-
cations which he had assiduously ciety of America can be secured
read in preparation for his trip. by writing to the Executive Di-
Past and Present
rector, Maurice Jacobs, 320 Lewis
Throughout the strange or Tower Building, Philadelphia, 2,
amusing incidents that happen Pa.
Calendar. for
5704
1943
Rosh Hashanah
Fast of Gedaliah
Yom Kippur
Succoth, First Days
Hashannah Rabbah
Shemini Atzreth
Simhath Torah
Rosh Hodesh Heshvan
Rosh -Hodesh Kislev
Hanukah
Rosh Hodesh Tebet
Sept. 30, Oct. 1
Oct. 3
Oct. 9
Oct. 14, 15
Oct. 20
Oct. 21
Oct. 22
Oct. 29, 30
Nov. 28
Dec. 22-29
Dec. 27, 28
1944
Fast of Tebet
Rosh Hodesh Shvat
Hamishah Asar b'Shvat
Rosh Hodesh Adar
Fast of Esther
Purim
Rosh Hodesh Nissan
Passover
Rosh Hodesh Iyar
Lag b'Omer
Rosh Hodesh Sivan
Shovuoth
Rosh Hodesh Tammuz
Fast of Tammuz
Rosh Hodesh Ab
Fast of Ab
Rosh Hodesh Ellul
Jan. 6
Jan. 26
Feb. 9
Feb 24, 25
March 9
March 10
March 25
April 8-15
April 23, 24
May 11 .
May 23
May 28, 29
June 21, 22
July 8
July 21
July 29
Aug. 19, 20