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Jewish Conference Delegates
Excoriate Council for Judaism

Henry Monsky and Fred M. Butzel Present Statement Adopted by Conference

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Condemning Action by Anti-Palestine Group as Being "Un-

sporstmanlike and Reprehensibly Impertinent"

(Special Wire to The Jewish News by Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

NEW YORK — Delegates to the
American Jewish Conference voiced
indignation over the appearance in the
metropolitan. press of the statement of
the Council for American Judaism op-
posing a Jewish State in Palestine.
Henry Monsky offered a statement
which was seconded by Fred M. Butzel
of Detroit and which was adopted by
the Conference, excoriating the Council
for its disruptive tactics in issuing its
anti-Palestine statement while Ameri-
can Jewish unity was being forged at
the Conference.
The statement said:
"The American Council for Judaism,
a body of 100 men speaking for them-
selves, has seen fit to issue a statement
in the name of 'Americans of the Jewish
faith' at a time when the American
Jewish Conference, representing every
major . Jewish organization and com-
munity in the United States, is seeking
to unite American Jewry on a common
program for the solution of the tragic
problem confronting world Jewry. The
timing of this action must be char-
acterized unsportsmanlike and repre-
hensibly impertinent. It is calculated to
confuse American public opinion and
disrupt the American Jewish commun-
ity. Today the delegates here assem-
bled, representing every point of view
are united in their repudiation of this
attempt to sabotage the collective Jew-
ish will to achieve a unified program."

J. P. Benjamin

(Continued from Page 8)

"The court above all others in
Christendom in which one can
practice law like a Gentleman."
Thus—two of the Jews who had
served in the U. S. Senate, Judah
P. Benjamin and Benjamin Frank-
lin Jonas who served from 1879 to
1885, came from Louisiana. A
third Senator has already been
referred • to—David Levy Yulee.
of Florida, who served from
1845•to 1851 and 1855 to 1861.
Other Jews who had served in
the U. S. Senate -were: Simon
Guggenheim, Colorado, 1907 to
1913; Isador Rainer, Maryland,
1905 to 1912; Joseph Simon, Ore-
gon, 1897 to 1903.

Unique Personality
Judah Philip Benjamin was a
unique personality in many re-
spects. Despite his unhappy
marriage, he made the best of the
bargain, rejoined his wife in
Paris, saw his daughter well mar-
ried. (Mr. Meade tells us about
Benjamin's Creole wife: . "Al-
though Judah idolized her and
gave her everything she wanted,
she left the impression that she
resented being married to• a
Jew"). •
As Senator, the hero of this
biography tried to re-establish
his marital life, secured a home
for his family and brought his
wife and daughter from Paris to
live in Washington. But it bndesi
in infidelity. Yet, Benjamin went
on with - his work, and reached
the height of success, first .in the
Union,. then in the _Confederacy,.
and finally in England where his
earnings were $75,000 a year.
He was the first Jew to be of-
fered a Judgeship in the United

Dr. Abba Hillel Silver, whose stir-
ring address in favor of a Jewish
Commonwealth was one of the high
points of the entire Conference, was
elected .chairman of the Palestine Com-
mittee. Robert P. Goldman of Cincin-
nati, former president of the Union of
American Hebrew Congregations, was
chosen vice-chairman. - The American
Jewish Committee and. Union of Ameri-
can Hebrew Congregatio-ns delegates
represent the oppoSition to the drafted
resolution which awaits further revi-
sion before its presentation to the
delegates.
The Jewish Labor Committee takes
no stand on the Palestine Common
wealth issue due to division on the
subject in its own ranks.
A presidium of 14 includes Henry
Monsky, Judge Proskauer, Dr. Wise and
Adolph Held as members at large.
Rabbis Max Nussbaum. of Berlin and
Jacob Hoffman of Frankfort-an-Main
described the plight of. German Jewry.
Others who spoke .analyzing the . tra-
gedy cf the Jewish position included
Rabbi Irving Miller of the World e
ish Congress, Louis- Siegel of - Jewish- .
Nationalb Workers' Alliance, Dr.' Joseph
Tenenbaum of American- Federation of
Polish Jews. • s

States Supreme Court, but he M
turned it down. He was offered
the post of Minister to Spain and
declined that, too.

orgenthau Asks
Minority Rights

Brilliant Man
WASHINGTON (JPS). The
He was one of the most brilliant
men in American history, and it rights of .minorities , Must' be
is a pity that he chose to defend recognized at the conclusion of
a cause which is contrary to the
teaching of his people—the aspir- this war, it was declared by Sec-
retary of the Treasury Henry
ation for liberty for all men.
But whatever he would have Morgenthau in a letter addressed
undertaken, Benjamin would to William V. Suckle, national
have succeeded. Contrary to the president of Aleph Zadik Aleph,
defense offered in his behalf by the Bnai Brith Youth Organiza-
Prof. Meade, he was not a great tion.
Jew; but he was a brilliant law-
Mr.. Morgenthau congratulated
yer and statesman.
the A.Z.A. for the decision to
Robert Douthat Meade has abandon the annual convention
earned a worthy place among and to hold the deliberations by
historians with his excellent mail, on account of the war
biography, "Judah P. Benjamin: emergencies.
Confederate Statesman."

Hias to Help Find
Missing Relatives
of Jews Now in -U.S.

Registration of persons in the
U.. S. and in the other coun-
tries • of the Western Hemisphere
who have lost contact with their
kin abroad, whoSe last resi-
dence was in one of the Nazi
dominated lands, has been un-
dertaken by the Hebrew Shelt-
ering and Immigration Aid So-
ciety, it • was announced by
Isaac L. Asofsky, its executive
director.
The data. will be classified
and made available to the
European...offices of the refugee
aid organization with a view to
reestablishing contact between
the surviving refugees 'and de-
portees and their American rel-
atives.

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Conference Plans Rescue Work

(Continued from Page 3)

from joining the armies of the
Jewish dead."
A five-point program of action,
including the settlement of large
numbers of Jews in Palestine,
was proposed by Dr. Israel Gold-
stein, the next president of the
Zionist Organization of America.
The rescue work of Hadassah,
through Youth Aliyah, was de-
scribed by Mrs. David de Sola
Pool, president of Hadassah, who
announced at the beginning of
her address that a cable was re-
ceived from Palestine revealing
that 107 more children had just
arrived there from Poland.
Joseph Weinberg, vice-chair-
man of the Jewish Labor Com-
mittee, outlined h i s group's
attitude on peace, and war aims.
• •
The sessions- opened. with an
impresSive tnernorial- service in
tribute to the millions of victims
of Nazism, after Emma Lazaroff
Schaver of Detroit led the vast
assembly of more than 3,000 in
singing the Star Spangled Ban-
ner and Hatikvah.
Participate in SerVice
The .participants in the service
were:
Rabbi William Drazin of Sa-
vannah, Ga., president of - the
Rabbinical Council of America;
Rabbi Solomon Freehof of Pitts-
burgh, Pa., president of the Cen-
tral. Conference of American
Rabbis; - Rabbi Louis M. Levitsky
of Newark, N. J., president of
the Rabbinical Assembly - of
AMerica„ and Rabbi... Naphtali
Riff of- Camden, N. vice-
president of the Union of Ortho 7
dox Rabbis of the United States:
CaritOr, Kapov-Kagan
Of New York chanted the tradi-
tional El Mole Racharnin.
The invocation was pronoun-
ced by Rabbi B. - L.- Levinthal,
dean 'of .orthodox American rab-
bis, of Philadelphia.
Side Happenings
There were many side happen-
ings which stirred delegates to
the Conference. •

The report of the American.
Jewish Congress that Europe's
Jewish population has been re-
duced by 5,000,000 saddened the
assembly.
Publication by the New Re-
public of a special supplement
on the status of world Jewry
attracted wide interest.
Delegates were also seriously
concerned with Maurice Samuel's
condemnation of Jews who op-
pose Zionism, in the current
issue of Mercury Magazine, espe-
cially since his article appeared
on the eve of the issuance of a
new anti-Zionist statement on
Monday . by the Council for
American Judaism.
The six-column advertisement
of the Committee for a Jewish
Army, the Revisionist-sponsored
group, aroused resentment.

Resentment was also expressed
against the Sedgewick articles in
the New York Times on the
trumped-up "gun-running" trial
in Palestine.
Delegates Alert

Delegates were alert and deep-
ly concerned over the tragedy of
our people. It took time for the
Conference to organize, but once
it was set in motion, it was ap-
parent that the delegates. knew
what the major aim is in Jewish
life today—that of rescuing the
suffering millions of Jews in
Europe and of creating safe and
permanent homes for them.

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