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Heard in
I The Lobbies

By ARNOLD LEVIN

(Copyright,, 1944, Independent Jewish
Press Service, Inc.)

RUMORS IN G MAJOR

There was chuckling* in some circles
on Capitol Hill' when The-Allies-Who-
Weren't-There when we needed them in
the Middle Eastern crisis filed their pro-
tests against the Jewish Commonwealth
resolutions in Congress. Egypt, Syria,
Lebanon and Iraq (charming Borgia and
back-stabber) now mouthing the word
"democratic," weren't aware, apparently;
that in free countries congressmen, • just
as all other citizens, can express any
Opinions they like, without the govern-
ment's interfering and attempting to
muzzle them. •
The only government (to our knowl-
edge) that has acted similarly and pro-
tested to the U. S. that she muzzle a U. S.
citizen who said nasty things was the
Nazi government when goaded by New
York's Mayor La Guardia . . Inciden-
tally, these protests of the masters of
"neutrality" and "non-belligerency" may
be aimed at something far beyond. the
Jewish Commonwealth resolutions.
Zionist circles buzz with the hot ru-
mor that before the White Paper goes
into effect, there will be a joint declara-
tion by the U. S. and Britain regarding
Palestine, favorable to the - Jews:

THE

NEW

Quotation of the Week

"The JeW must fight for his rights as a human being; no one else is
likely to fight for them if he is servile and indifferent. Nor can he forget
that in fighting for his rights he it a soldier in that battle for freedom
which will continue all our lives.
"For, if he is denied his rights, he and those tragic children whom
he saw, all over the world it will be easier for the powerful to oppress
the poor. It is the first condition of freedom that one should will not
to be a, slave. I hope that it is a will that grOws strong in every Jew
as the end approaches."

—PROF. HAROLD LASKI, in an article, "On a Jewish
Soldier's Letter," hi New Statesman and Natio*London.

Strictly
Confidential

By PHINEAS J. BIRON

(Copyright. 1944, by Seven Arts -
Feature Syndicate)

NEAR EAST NEWS.

Purely
Commentary

By PHILIP SLOMOV1TZ

TO FDR:

Dear Mr. President:
Much is being said—and written—
about the share you can have in - the
building of a home for the disinherited
Jews of Europe.
We believe in your genuine interest
in the cause. But we also believe that
you are being misled by some people
who do not understand the historic sig-
nificance of the issue.
Is it possible that you are falling for
the bluff of the oil dealers who . are
seeking to drown us in an oil puddle
that can do little good to American
interests`
we to_ believe that you - are falling
for. the propaganda emanating from men
,like Prime Minister Mustafa Nahas Pasha
of Egypt who' criticizes Christian Ameri-
cans' friendly declarations on Palestine?
Why does not Mustafa explain the dam-
age that was done to the United Nations'
cause by his government before our vic-
tories in North Africa? Do you, know
that the Jew—"The Forgotten Ally"—
was the : only staunch fighter for the
United Nations until the great African
victories registered by our armies?
Will you- permit your hu.mble servant
to say to you that you, together with
Prime Minister Winston Churchill, have
an historic opportUnity to have it regis-
tered in yOur names that you were the
saviors of 'a persecuted people' by being
partners in the great effort for the blind-
ing of Eretz Israel?
' You are not going to fail us in the
present crisis, are you, Mr. President?
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Friday, "Mai c ~ 411,-.40444'

Between
You and Me

By BORIS SMOLAR

(Copyright, 1944, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.)

POLITICAL TALK.

The statement on Palestine which Pre-
mier Churchill was expected to make
this month in London will not be made
for the time being . . . This- is due to
protests against the Palestine Resolution
presented to the American Government
by Egypt, Syria, Iraq and. Lebanon . .
These protests will not stop the Zionist
leaders in America from pressing Con-
gress for passage of the resolution . . .
An offer that the resolution Would be
passed if- properly modified was rejected
by Zionist leadership . .. Leaders of all
groups in the American Zionist move-
ment met this week at a private session
in Washington at which they decided
that come what may they will accept no
amendments to the text of the resolu-
tion which is now before the House For-
eign Affairs Committee . . . In- a way,
Zionist leadership is glad to see the op-
position which the resolution has evoked
both in Arab countries and in American
circles interested in . Arab oil . . . This
gives the Zionists a clear picture .of the.
strength of the enemy, which in turn
will enable them to marshal the neces-
sary force for a real - fight . . . There is
no illusions among. Zionists as to the part
which the Colonial and Foreign Offices
in London *and the Near East Division
of the State Department in Washington
have played in stimulating the Arab
countries to submit protests against the
-resolution . . . This only-intensifies the
feeling in American Zionist yanks that
. Palestine must be placed under an inter-
national* trusteeship in which not only
-England and America will have a say,
but also Russia and other members of
the United Nations.

The Kiplinger Washington Letter,
Which claims to know the inside. *of
everything, a few weeks ago told its
readers -that the British "don't like
America's interest in Arabia's oil pipe-
line, for it puts the U. S. into a trade
area which heretofore has been dominat-
ed almost exclusively by the British" . .
This dope is all wrong . .. London and.
Washingt6n have agreed on a division
of oil- interests in the Middle East not
only among themselves, but also with
CAPITOL WIRE
Don't be too startled by Drew Pear- Russia . . . There are, however, some uri
son's - recent report that Brig. . Gen. Pat- savory individuals, several of them close
to our State Department, who are letting
rick Hurley has pUt it to the President
themselves to be used by the British Co-
that a choice must be made betWeen the
Jewish Conurionwealth' and the Satidi lonial- Office ; The idea of these Tories-
Arabian oil concessions, and . that, he, is' to : intimidate Official American circles
Pat, would advise that the • Jewish Com- and demand disinterest in Zionism in.ex-
monwealth be thrown overboard in - fa- change for clear sailing on the oil bilsi
ness.
vor of oil . . . At one time, Dr.. Weiz
Tel Aviv 'is no longer a hundred per
mann was given pretty definite • assur-
ances by our Chief Executive; then cent Jewish city . . . Its boundatieS re-
Hurley turned up like a bad penny. cently were extended to include a nearby
When it • seemed that the latter's influ- Arab village . , . Now all the municipal
enec in this matter was on the wane, the notices of Tel Aviv are published in both
I-IebreW and Arabic. -
North African campaign set in and the
A rare treat was the recent dinner
whole Palestine question was deferred.
Incidentally, the first • time Hurley given at the Hotel Commodore to Freda
The
By DAVID EWEN
spoke up against a Jewish Cominonwealth Kirchwey, publisher and editor
Nation . . Not so much bedause Of
of _ what
was after his first mission to Saudi
This year marks the 50th anniversary
DOrothy Thompson, Raymond Gram
Arabia. He spoke with authority on
•
of Bruno Walter's debut as a conductor,
Swing and Archibald MacLeish said, birt
Zionism althoUghr he hadn't discussed
which took place at the Cologne Opera
because of Freda's own great -and real-
Zionism with a single Jewish leader. He
on March' 18, 1894 with Lortzing's "Der
istic
speech
.
.
In
contrast
to
the
other
had discussed it, however, with King Ibn
Waffenschmied." It was the beginning
Saud . . . In the final analysis, America's speakers, Miss Kirchwey called the foes
of a memorable career, for Bruno Walter
of democracy by their right names; and
decision on the Jewish Commonwealth
is
one of the great musicians of our gen-
will be the measure by which to judge for the first. time committed The Nation A SECOND CYRUS
eration; and his career is of epochal pro-
to
a
favorable
stand
on
a
Jewish
Na-
Many
hundreds,
perhaps
many
thou-
the morality of our foreign policy —
portions.
sands, of messages—letters and tele-
should we choose oil, it will mean that tional HOmeland in Palestine.
Today he is outlawed from his native
grams—were sent to President Roosevelt
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the imperialists have Won out, should
urging , him. to adhere to the traditional land because he is a Jew. For that at
we choose a Jewish Commonwealth— HOW COME?
American policy of supporting the efforts least we must be grateful to Hitler, be-
America (in the Jefferson, Lincoln,
Harry Hershfield reports that in a for the establishm,ent of a Jewish Com- cause Bruno Walter has devoted all his
Whitman, Wilson conception) will have
Colorado prison camp for captured Nazi monwealth in Palestine. Among the activity to this country, conducting our
won out.
soldiers there Were two Czechs who had more interesting messages was the fol- major 'orchestras and , in our 'leading
John Pehle, director of the War Ref-
been forced to serve in the Reichswehr,
opera houses, enriching our musical life
ugee Board, is having quite a time with and who, as soon as they reached these lowing sent by Benjamin Jacobstein of immeasurably . with his incomparable in-
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Petoskey
Ave.:
the gentlemen who control the visas and
free shores, - threw away their iron cross-
"Your petitioner is a loyal citizen and terpretations. He says that America is
who kept out refugees in the past. He es . . •. But the oinnipresent Gestapo had
now his home and will remain his home.
confides to friends that the worst enemy an agent on hand . . . This Himmlerite has no other allegiance, yet can't see any
Born Bruno Schlesinger in Berlin . in
of the WRB is red tape. He is resolute, took one • of these crosses, heated it to justified reason why he can't help those
determined, and we all-wish him well . . red heat, and. branded the two Czechs helpless *Jews to settle in the land of 1876, he displayed his passion for music
their fathers and the Bible. We liberated when still a boy. He was enrolled in the
His fight is a fight for the prestige of the
with it . . . And then he saw to it that
people of the U. S.
the Arabs and gaVe them more land than Stern Conservatory and scored a bril-
their names were put on the next list
liant record. Soon after his graduation,
of prisoners to be exchanged between `they can fill in. Mr. President, why not Walter made his debut as a concert
help make Palestine a Jewish- Common-
the U. S. and Naziland . . If Harry's wealth-
and be recorded in hist6ry as a pianist at the Cologne Opera.
information is really authentic, as it may
second
Cyrus?, Those Jews who oppose
- Turning Point of Life
well be, we would like to ask: How came
trembling- Jews, very few but due
The turning point in his life was his
that anti-Fascist Czectis can still be re- it to are
their standing make a lot of noise. meeting with that other great Jewish
turned to Nazi-enslaved Europe?
We pray, Mr. President,' for ' your musician, Gustav Mahler. Mahler infus-
David J. Dallin, an exile from Russia
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welfare."
ed into the boy the fire of his person-
for six years-1911-17—returned to his
CURIOSUM.
Simple, yet effective.
ality and inspired him with his ideal-
-
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homeland 10 days after the Revolution
Mr. Jacobstein Makes a good point in ism, integrity and profoUnd musical
Not long ago a commercial sponsor
and served as - opposition deputy in the.
suggesting that the President aim to be- scholarship.
Moscow Soviet until 1921. He is an out- pr ented, over NBC, a radio story pre-:
come a -second Cyrus. • The first King
Through Mahler, Walter received his
standing authority on the USSR, has su bly dealing with anti-Semitic and Cyrus made possible
the rebuilding of first important posts. At the Hamburg
anti-Negro
fifth,
columnists
ix
this
coun-
written many magazine articles on the
the SecOnd Comnionwealth.
Opera House, he worked under Mahler
Communist state and is the author of try . . . The radio play was well done,
But—Arthur James Balfour has al- as coach and director of the chorus.-"For
and was intended as good democratic
"Soviet Russia's Foreign Policy" (Yale,
propaganda . . . It failed, however, in ready been referred to as the Second six years he collaborated with Mahler in
1942).
one essential respect: At no time were Cyrus.
the Vienna Opera House,
His latest work, "Russia and the Post-
This: Correspondent—Benjamin Jacob..
For the next 10 years; he filled the
War Europe," translated by F. K. Law- the words "Negro". or "Jew" mentioned,
stein—is a cousin -of former • Congreis- Post of general music 'director at Munich,
rence and published by Yale University nor for that matter, the term "anti-
man Meyer Jacobstein of Rochester, N. Y. one of the great musical posts in Europe.
Press, is a most important work at, this Semitism" . . . We wonder what percent-
age of the' listeners got the idea behind
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Even in those years, Munich was a haven
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time. It shatters the optimism of those
for anti-Semitic hatred, and this finally
who place great hopes in the rise of the presentation . . . The great majority THE END OF THE TAIL
must have been deeply puzzled .. -We're
forced Walter to relinquish his post.
The frequent rise of territorialist pro
harmony and universal peace after this
terrible conflict. But, it serves the pur- puzzled too: Why the hush-hush policy?. posals for the settlement of Jews brings
Didn't Appreciate Him
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to mind a famous Russian story, which
pose Of preparing the reader for conse-
In 1923, he visited the United States
was related recently •by Moshe Sher:tok for the first itme.
quences which will do away with wish- MEN AND BOOKS
ful• illusions.
Congratulations to pr. Stephen S, in an address in Johannesburg.
America did not at first fully appreci-
A man, anxious to' learn to ride a ate Bruno Walter. It was not until a
Mr:. Dallin believes that after the war Wide on the publication. of his • new book,
"As I See It," timed to appear just before hdrse, Went to a farmer and asked for -a decade later, when' Bruno Walter return-
the German problein will - remain. "So-
vietization of Germany, a new form of his 70th birthday -on the 17th of this* lesson. He was :placed on a' horse and as .ed as guest conductOr ,Of the New York
unilateral dominance of the Old World, month . • 2- The volume contains a Col- he galloped off. began to slide back- PhilharniOnie, that audiences now grown
would be only a challenge to new wars, • lection of his writings 'during the last few wards. He finally managed to grip hold mature, were able to perceive- his' pro-
not at all a solution of the problem," he years, and proves that -Rabbi Wise had of the horse's tail and began to shout to found musicianship. ,
states.
a -keen eye for what was in the stars not the farmer: `?Help! Get me another
He . is now rounding out 50 years of
The author points to many courses of only for the Jews but for democracy .. . horse! I am 'at the end of this. one!"
inspired conducting.. He intends to take
action open- for Russia—the greatest suf-
The book should be read by every one
That's the way it has been with all a year's vacation from all conductorial
ferer in the war: demilitarization of Ger- concerned about the winning of the war territorialist proposals. Africa, Australia, activity -to,have the quiet and relaxation
many, renunciation of large-scale terri- and the peace. .
Madagascar. the junglei at all ends of which he feels he needs after all these
torial expansion, limitation of arma-
Chief Warrant officer E. J. Kahn Jr.; the, earth--_--all have been offered the years of *uninterrupted work.
ments, etc.
who has alread published two books on Jews, and in all of them Jews have, been
Perhaps his greatest perforrriances be-
The book is thought-provoking. It military life, has now crashed the • aus- rejected as prospective settlers,
long not to the past, but to the future,
throwS new light on the Polish problem.
tere columns of.. the Infantry Journal—
The grip ' on the horse's tail has only for an artist like Bruno Walter continues
It is an indispensable commentary on with a piece on G. I. humor.
served to interfere- with progress for the to grow and develop until he' has given
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the war, Russia and the-future-Europe: -
redemption of Palestine.
his last performance. .

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Russia and the
Post-War Europe

Bruno Walter's
Golden Jubilee

