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30 Jewish Soldiers Given
Hard Terms by Polish Court

Murphy to Address
Bnai Brith Parley

Friday, April 28, 1944

Bell Executive to Address
Hebrew Tech Meeting Here

'Movement Launched to Urge British Parliament to Transfer
Jews From Polish Army; Driberg Relates Their Plight
and Quotes Examples of Brutal Treatment of Jews

William Fondiller, Nofed Telephone Engineer and National
Head of American Association for Haifa Institute,
Talks at Rackham Auditorium, Tuesday, May 9

LONDON
Jewish soldiers, about 30 in number, who
" 41&ttempted to quit the Polish army and join. the British fight-
ing forces to avoid anti-Semitic treatment, have been sen-
tenced. to-one to three years in prison on charges of desertion.
The plight of these men has been discussed in Parliament
where Torn Driberg, independent member of the House of
Commons, quoted exan$les of

Louis G. Redstone, president of the Detroit Chapter of
the American Society for the Advancement of the Hebrew
Institute of Technology in Haifa, Palestine,. announced this
week that plans have been completed for the public meeting
to be held Tuesday evening, May 9, at the Rackham Audi-
torium, Woodward and Farnsworth.

brutal treatment of Jews by land, and shall kill you too on
Poles.
the first possible occasion." A
A campaign on behalf of the Polish corporal named Rozensky
convicted men has been started is quoted as having stated pub-
by a deputation which called at licly in his barracks: "I would
10 Downing Street and speaking lik e t o kill five Jews, three Corn-
in behalf of 3,000 Jewish cloth- munists and two Ukrainians."
ing workers left a letter with Anti-Jewish verses ridiculing .
Prime Minister Winston Church- the Jewish people and their re-
ill making it clear that the Pol- ligion were constantly sung by a
ish-Jewish soldiers were not Polish bombardier, ,Ratajczky
shirking their duties but wanted who molested Jewish soldiers.
to serve in the British forces. When asked by a Jewish flier to
stop, he is quoted as having re-
Asked to Intercede
Representatives of several Jew- plied: "You dirty. Jew. If we
ish organizations have asked the were not here, I would have fin-
British Board of Jewish deputies ished with you long ago."
Other testimony stated that af-
to intercede with the government
on behalf of the Jewish soldiers. ter the first group of Jewish
At the same time, the National soldiers left the Polish Army
and joined the British forces, the
IMF Council for Civil Liberties has
called a public meeting for May situation became even more dif-
14 to demand that • Polish Jews be ficult for Jews remaining.
Two Jewish leaders, represent-
transferred to. the British army.
-ing the Jews of Poland, attend-
International Protests
The protests against the con- ed the Polish court-martial. They
victions of the alleged Jewish are Dr. Ignacy Schwarzbart, one
"deserters" assumed an interna- of the Jewish members of the
tional character - when Russia Polish National Council, and An-
this week joined in the con- selm Reiss, a member of the Rep-
demnations of Polish authorities. resentation of Polish Jewry. Dr.
Schwarzbart and 'Reiss 'recently
The charge is made in Pravda
issued an appeal to Jewish
that Ukrainian and White Rus-
soldiers in the Polish Army ask-
sian soldiers in the Polish army
ing them to remain even though
also were mistreated.
they were being abused.
A resolution . adopted by the
Board of Deputies of British Jews
asks for a new chance for the
convicted soldiers. A reqUest is
made that a way be found for
the Jews to be enrolled in the
British army.
Funds of $1,014.53 have been
.It is expected that the issue
again will become a subject for collected from boxes through the
discussion in the House of period of the last four months,
by the following:
Commons.
Mrs. Ida Baker, 15900 Nor-
mandy, $800.72; Mrs. Sarah Geld-
Jewish Soldiers Tell
man, 3005 W. Chicago, $103.71;
Of Anti-Semitism
Mrs. Miriam •Shelovsky, 3353
LONDON, (JTA) — Testimony Fullerton, $47.40; Mrs. Sarah
of Jewish soldiers threatened Gellman, $33.70; Mrs. Basha
with death by anti-Semitic of- Krakowsky, $29.
ficers • in the Polish Army was
In additiOn, the following in-
made public here by Tom Dri- dividual contributions foya total
berg, Independent member of the of $1,655.53 were sent -S Pales-
House of Commons, as a polish tine Yeshivoth and institutions:
court-martial in Scotland was Mr." and Mrs. Jacob Baker, $100;
trying a group of Jewish soldiers organizations, synagogues and
who left the Polish Army be- individuals through Mr. Baker,
cause of anti-Semitism and came $371; Purim party by Detroit
here to plead for a transfer to the Hebrew LadieS' Free Loan Asso-
British forces.
ciation, $170.
The testimony • quoted Polish
The monies haVe been cabled
Capt. Lupa Mielmiczuk as ex- through Vaad HaYeshivoth to
* pressing high regard for Hitler, the following:
in front of his soldiers, "because
Palestine: Slobodka Yeshivah,
Hitler is murdering the Jews," Ye shivath Mir, Kamenetzer
Another officer, Cept. Hrekow- Yeshivah, Slonimer Yeshivah,
ski, warned a Jewish soldier that Yeshivath Mekor Chaim, Heb-
"the time will yet come for the ron Yeshivah, Etz Chaim Yeshi-
Jews."
vah, Or Torah of Tiberias, . To
Lance-Cpl. Nowakowsky is Chief Rabbi Herzog for Refugee
quoted as having stated to Jew- Rabbis, Tifhereth 'Z'vi., Beth Jo-
ish soldiers: "I beat Jews in Po-
seph, Etz Joseph Pinsk, Beth
land before the war, and will Joseph, Teichal Tatalmud, Ate-
beat them upon my return to reth Joseph, Efath Emeth, Meah
Poland, if any of them are still Shearim, Petach Tikvah, Chaye
left there."
Olorn, Rabbi Hutner, Mrs. Wein-
Cpl. Czeslaw Kaczorow, second traub, widow of Rabbi Weint-
in command of a platoon, refused raub, for a total of $1,405.
to take any steps against a pri-
Yeshivoth in Siberia: Bialisto-
vate, Jan Lis, who, in the pres- ker, Kletzker, Chofetz Chaim,
ence of many soldiers, told
Kamenetz, Telser, for a total of
soldier: "I killed Jews in Po- $250.

president of the American As- telephone set, eliminating the
sociation for the Advancement
of the Htfa Institute, will be separate bell box, which owes its
development to Mr. Fondiller's
the guest speaker.
Mr. Fondiller is vice-president initiative.
of the Bell Telephone Labora-
Born in Russia
tories, -one of the most responsi-
Born in Russia, he received
ble technical positions ever held his education in the College of
by a Jew in this country.
the City of New York and at the
Previous. Positions
Engineering School of Columbia
Prior to his appointment --to -University. Today he is a re-
this position, Mr. Fondiller was search asSociate_: of the Depart-.
head of the Physical Laboratory merit of Electrical Engineering
of the Western Electric Co., and at Columbia University; he is
also a Fellow of the American
Institute of Electrical Engineers
and of the American Association
for the Advancement of Science.

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Five Women Collect
$1,014 for Yeshivath

Brown & Bigelow

William Fondiller, nation a.1,

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JUSTICE FRANK MURPHY

Supreme Court Justice Frank
Murphy heads the list of speak-
ers for the inter-faith action ses-
sion of Bnai Brith's national war
service convention to be held at
Carnegie Hall, New York, May
8. Other speakers will be Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt and Henry
Monsky, president of Bnai Brith.
The ' convention opens May 6
and continues until May 10.

In addition to his technical
interests, Mr. Fondiller has been
devoting much of his time and
efforts to Jewish causes. He is a
member of the board of directors
of the Palestine Foundation
Fund, of the Zionist organiza-
tion and of Bnai Brith. He is
one..of the founders of the Am-
erican Society for the Advance-
ment of the Hebrew Institute of
Technology in Palestine.

Temple Israel's
Sisterhood to Elect
Officers •on May 8

Mrs. David Ruby, vice-presi-
dent of Temple Israel Sisterhood,
will entertain the board of the
Sisterhood at a • Luncheon on
Friday, May 5 at her home on
Santa Barbara Drive.
The regular meeting of the
Sisterhood will be the annual
meeting, to be held in the form
of a picnic in the garden of
Mrs. Jacob A. Citrin, 507 W.
Grixdale, on Monday, May 8, at
12 noon. Election of officers will
take place and annual reports
will be read by Mrs. Samuel B.
Danto, president, and other of-
ficers.
Plans for the Mother and
Daughter luncheon to be held on
Saturday, May 13, are being
completed • by Mrs. R. R. Kall-
man, chairman, and Mrs. Max
Osnos, co-chairman. Tickets may
be obtained through the office
of Temple Israel in the Boule-
vard Bldg.
Mrs. Randolph Weber and her
committee are anxious to serve
members and friends in the sale
of stamps and bonds. A call to
Mrs. Weber, UN. 3-6499, will
bring prompt service.
Uniongrams \may be purchased
through Mrs. Ben Goldman of
the Wilshire Hotel and through
Mrs. Charles G-ittlen, UN. 4-3226.
Members and friends are urged
to use this-- means of remember-
ing birthdays, Bar Mitzvahs and
Confirmations.

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