November 19, 1943 Biddle Urges Public to Help Fight Anti-Semitism in U.S. Attorney Genera! Shocked Over Spread of Anti - Jewish Activity Among School Children; Says Axis Propa- ganda Has Been Checked in Country NEW YORK (JTA)—A call to the American people to help the government in the work of combatting anti-Jewish activities in the U. S. was voiced here this week by U. S. Attorney General Biddle addressing a dinner of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. It is profoundly shocking, Mr. Biddle said, that anti-Semitism should have developed among school children, who, left to them- selves, could hardly have turned against other children merely because they were Jewish. "The desecration of Jewish cemeteries is hideously like what we have seen in those countries which have been conquered by the Germans," he stated. As Americans, we must not tolerate this outbreak of the Axis pattern in our country." The .Attorney General emphasized that "the approach of all of us to the troublesome problems of minorities cannot any longer be loca for provincial, or in terms even of the difficulties facing any particular- group, or involving the traditions or the tenets of any single race or any one religion." Axis propaganda in this country, which took the form of vicious anti-Semitic teachings, has been checked, but the fruit of this propa- ganda is still with us, Mr. Biddle pointed out. "1 suggest that what is greatly needed is a broader and more intelligent use of the moral and educational influence of the com- munity," he stated. T H E JEWISH NEWS Page Three Weekly Review of the News of the World (Compiled From Cables of Independent Jewish Press Service) PALESTINE 28 per cent of the industrial workers in Palestine are women, an increase over the ratio of 24.8 per cent reported in 1937, but smaller than the 30.8 per cent recorded at the end of 1941, it was established in a recent census of Palestine industry by the General Federation of Jewish Labor. The Palestine government has bowed to the persistent demands of the Jewish Agency and has agreed to the granting of special allowances to needy families of Palestinian Jewish volunteers, men and women. OVERSEAS The London Daily Sketch reports that Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden dis- cussed with Egyptian Premier Nahas Pasha the plans for an Arab Federation now being framed by the heads of Arab states. On evacuating Kiev, the Nazis destroy- ed the library of the Jewish section of the Ukrainian Academy of Science which con- tained the largest collection of Jewish books in Europe, the Soviet press reports. See Also Page 14 Rabbis Lauded for Waiving Exemption From Military Service NEW YORK (JTA)—Conservative rabbis who have waived their right to exemption from service in the U. S. armed forces, to )which they are entitled as clergymen under the Selective Service Law, and'have entered the service as chaplains under a self-imposed. "draft" system, were lauded this week at a dinner meeting ,conclud- ing an all-day conference of Jewish chaplains at the Jewish Theo- logical Seminary. Governor Acts on Report Blaming Police for Outbreaks BOSTON (JTA)—Mayors - of all Massachusetts communities were in receipt this week of a letter from Gov. Leverett Saltonstall incorpOrating a report submitted to him by State Public Safety Com- missioner John F. Stokes, in which the Boston police were blamed for anti-Jewish outbreaks in the Jewish sections of that city. As soon as he had received the report, which said that the dis- turbances would not have been possible if the police had done their duty. Gov. Saltonstall brought it to the attention of the mayor, turned over all the findings to Attorney General Bushnell and to the armed forces, and appointed a committee to draw up „an over-all program for dealing with the causes of racial outbreaks. 15,000 Fugitive Dutch Jews Sheltered in Gentile Homes Nazi Police Punishing Christians for Blocking Deportation of Victims; German Occupation Forces in France Preparing for a Hurried Evacuation • GENEVA, (JTA)—An estimated 15,000 fugitive Dutch Jews are being sheltered in homes of Christians, to prevent their deportation from the country, according to reports received here. The report states that the Nazi police are combing the country for the Jews and are punishing persons in whose homes they are found.. It also confirms . that the Jewish council of Amsterdam has been dissolved and all its members deported. Nazis, Fearing Rout in France, Sell Jewish Property LONDON, (JTA) — In fear- that they will be forced to hur- riedly. evacuate France in the not too far distant future, members of the German occupation forces are selling property seized from Jews, it is reported in the •French underground newspaper, La VOix du Nord, a copy of which. was received here this week. Other reports reaching here from France disclbse that the Gestapo has "assumed supervision of all matters concerning Jews. A recent attack on a German soldier in Clermont-Ferrand, Pierre Laval's hometown, resulted in all foreign Jews in the city and some native Jews, including a university professor and 45 students, being shipped to Drancy. Exiled Bulgarian Jews Permitted to Return for 10 Days ZURICH (JTA)—The reappearance on the streets of Sofia of many Jews who were deported from the city to other parts of Bul- gari a and the consequent protests from pro-Nazi elements in the Bulgarian capital evoked an "explanation" over the Sofia radio this week. The broadcast "explained" that the returning Jews are per- mitted to remain in the city no more than 10 days. They have been given permission to come to Sofia to sell movable property which they left behind in their homes when they were expelled, the announcement said. Quebec Denies Plan to Settle 100,000 Refugees MONTREAL (JTA)—The campaign which French-Canadian re- actionary elements in the province of Quebec have been waging in an effort to prevent the admission into Canada of any refugees from Europe received a setback this week when Minister of Mines and ReseLirces, J. A. Crerar, who is the official responsible for immigra- tion matters, denied the allegation that Jews are negotiating to settle 100.000 European refugees in Quebec. The charge was made by Maurice Duplessis, former premier of QUeiwc, who frequently has been accused of having fascist leanings. Dup.:essis exhibited what he purported to be a photostatic copy of a letter from the "International Zionist Brotherhood" to Rabbi Jesse Schwartz, executive director of the Zionist Federation of Canada, stating that a meeting of the "brotherhood" in New York had decided to give financial support to any political candidate in Canada who "openly or secretly" would support the -settlement of 100,000 Je Ws Rabbi Schwartz and Louis Fitch, K.C., prominent Canadian Jewish leader, have branded the letter a "clumsy forgery." Military Court Sentences Arabs For Illegal Arms JERUSALEM (Palcor)—Two Arabs were sentenced on Nov. 8 by a military court to prison sentences of two and three years for the illegal possession of 1,800 rounds of ammunition. The Manchester Guardian in a recent editorial criticized severely the discrepancy between the sentence of seven years' im- prisonment imposed on Eliahu Sacharoff, a Solel Borieh contractor. who was charged with the illegal possession of two rounds of ammunition and the sentence of six weeks' imprisonment imposed by a civilian court at Hebron on an Arab villager who was tried for the illegal possession of 80 rounds of ammunition. British Non-Zionists Oppose White Paper LONDON (JPS)—Declaring their opposition to the White Paper and their support of demands for a large Jewish immigration to Palestine, Leonard Montefiore and Otto Schiff, spokesmen for British non-Zionists, issued a statement in which they reiterated their opposition to the establishment of Jewish Commonwealth. - Buy More and More WAR BONDS and Help End the Ruthlessness of War Right now while the initiative is in our hands, right now when the foe is reeling on several fronts in this world conflict, is the time to redouble our efforts to speed the successful conclusion of the war. The one proved way to do that is to buy War Bonds to the limit of our ability. Put the equipment into the hands of our fighting men and of our allies—and help to win the war! - I Immediate Deliveri; of War Bonds on Our Eleventh Floor—Woodward Avenue—Section D lit. HUDSON'S Store Hours: Daily, 9:45 to 5:45; Saturday, 9:45 to 6:00