Friday, July 7, 1944

Civilized World Horrified
By Deportation of 450,000

Appeal Against Sending of Hungarian Jews to Polish Death
Camps Issued by Council of Churches; Spellman
Broadcasts Condemnation of Anti-Semitism

NEW YORK, (JTA) — An appeal to the Christian world to
prevent further deportation of Jews from Hungary was issued by
the Federal Council of Churches of Christ of America, following
receipt of information from the World Council of Churches in
Geneva that 12,000 Hungarian Jews are being deported daily to
Poland and that the number already deported is about 450,000:
The appeal was made public by Samuel McCrea Cavert, general
secretary of the Federal Council of Churches.

Archbishop Spellman Broadcasts Appeal to Hungary
WASHINGTON, (JTA) — A strongly-worded appeal to the
people of Hungary to abstain from the anti-Jewish policy of their
government was broadcast this week by Archbishop Francis J.
Spellman of New York.
Emphasizing that the segregation of Jews in ghettos and the
systematic looting of Jewish property in Hungary is contradictory
to the Catholic preaching, the prelate told the Hungarian people
that "it is incredible" that they , would join "in a hymn of hatred
and willingly submit to the blood lust and brigandage of tyranny."
His appeal was beamed to Hungary and is expected to be relayed
also to other Catholic countries.

Jews in - Hungary Restricted in Rooming Space
—ZURICH, (JTA) — Acting under the existing anti-Jewish reg-
ulations, the Hungarian authorities have allotted only 2,800 apart-
ments to the 250,000 Jews of Budapest who have been moved into
ghettos, it is reported here from the Hungarian capitol. • •
More than 28,000 apartments have been vacated in .Budapest
by the removal of the Jews. The central body of Hungarian Jewry,
which is acting as a liaison group between the Jews and the Hun-
garian authorities, was notified that no more than two square
meters of housing space will be allotted to each Jew in the ghetto
dwellings. Jewish doctors will be pi-emitted to have a reception
•., room in addition to their living quarterS.

Jews From Hungary Reach Lisbon on German Planes
LONDON, (JTA) — Jewish refugees from Hungary are begin-
ning to arrive in Lisbon in small groups, aboard German planes, it
was reported here from Portugal.
During the last few days 33 Jews arrived there from Hungary
by plane, the report said. They are mainly members of wealthy
Jewir i families in Budapest. All of them have transit visas to over-
seas -countries.

Hull Backs Protests to Hungary
WASHINGTON, (JTA)
Secretary of State Cordell Hull said
'"- that the people of the United States are greatly concerned over the
murder and assassination of Jews going on in Hungary, largely at
the' instigation of the German Government. He said that many in-
dividuals, groups and organizations had been voicing their protests
at. -the massacre and added that there cannot be too many joining . in
this. protest.
The Secretary's statement came in response to a request at his
press conference that he comment on the House Foreign Affairs
Committee approval of the resolution condemning the extermination
6t the Jews in Hungary..

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Silver Hopes Democrats
Also Will Back Palestine

Commends Inclusion of Pro-Commonwealth Plank in GOP
Platform; Dr. Stephen S. Wise Charges FDR
Was "Unjustly Accused"

NEW. YORK, , (JTA)—Satisfaction with the attitude taken by the
- national convention of the Republican Party towards the Palestine
problem was expressed here by Dr. Abba Hillel Silver, chairman of
the American • Zionist Emergency Council Upon his return from
Chicago where he delivered the invocation at the Republican con-
clave. He emphasized that he hoped that the national convention of
the Democratic Party "will likewise adopt a strong pro-Palestine
plank."
Commenting on the Republican Palestine plank, Dr. Silver
said: "The clear and forthright demand for unrestricted Jewish
immigration and land ownership in order that Palestine may be
constituted as a free and democratic commonwealth in accord-
: ance with the full intent and purpose of Balfour Declaration is
most heartening indeed. When I discussed this subject with Gov.
Dewey in New York City on June 1, the Governor stated that he
heartily approved of the Jewish commonwealth resolution pen&
ing in Congress and that he would do all he could to help the
cause. In Chicago he made good his promise."
Disclosing that Sen. Taft, as chairman of the committee on reso-
lutions was "extremely helpful," Dr. Silver declared: "It is my hope
that the Democratic party when it assembles for its convention in
Chicago in July will likewise adopt a strong pro-Palestine plank. I
believe that the political conventions will pave the way for early
favorable action on the Palestine Resolutions when Congress recon-
venes."
Says FDR "Unjustly Accused"
The section of the Republican platform in which President
Roosevelt is accused of only pretending to support the Balfour Dec-
laration was attacked by Rabbi Stephen S. Wise addressing more
than 1,000 guests at the dinner given in honor of Rep. Sol Bloom by
the Palestine Grove Representation Committee.
Emphasizing that President Roosevelt was "unjustly accused" by
the Republicans, Rabbi Wise asked Rep. Bloom to tell the audience
' how unfair the statement was.. Mr. Bloom said he had discussed
Palestine on many occasions with the President and that there was
not the slightest doubt of the President's desire to see. the Balfour
Declaration fulfilled. A grove has been named after Sol Bloom in
the George Washington Forest in Palestine, it was announced at the
plinner.

Gerald L. K. Smith OK's Bricker, Thumbs-Down on Dewey
• CHICAGO (JPS)—Gerald L. K. Smith, executive director of the
America First Party, announced his support of Governor John W.
- Bricker, Republican nominee for Vice-President, and reiterated his
opposition to Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York, Republican
candidate for President, - who "called my- people, the America First-
ers, rodents—that means rats." Governor Bricker was described by
him as "one of America'S noblemen."
Governor DeweY was asked at a press conference here whether'
he welcomed the support of Col. Robert McCormick's Chicago Trib-
une. "I don't know that I have the support of The Tribune. I shall
welcome the editorial support of every good American in the United
States," he said.
(Gerald L. K. Smith stated in Chicago on Saturday that his
American First party will start a campaign to draft Senator Burton
L. Wheeler as the Democratic nominee, since they are dissatiSfied
with DeWey.• He said: "If this fails we will be compelled to form
'..-our own. party and nominate our own candidate for President. We
are not satisfied with Dewey. He called us 'rodents' and we cannot

forget that.").

THE JEWISH NEWS

Page Three

Weekly Review of the News of the World

(Compiled From Cables of Independent Jewish Press Service)

PALESTINE

The prospects of an increase in Jewish
Palestine's industrial exports to South Africa,
Turkey and India, were reviewed at a con-
ference of producers held in Tel Aviv under
the auspices of the Foreign Trade Institute,
founded by the Jewish Agency out of Keren
Hayesod (Palestine Foundation Fund) funds
in association with the Palestine Manufactur-
ers Association. .
A sports tournament and ceremonies mark-
ed the inauguration of a new sports field on
the grounds of the Hebrew University. Nor-
man .Lourie, president of the Balfour Park
Association of Johannesburg, South Africa,
and a brother of Arthur Lourie, political
secretary of the American Zionist Emergency
Council,. Dr. Werner Senator, administrator,
and Professor Leo Ary Mayer, rector of the
University, spoke.
The remarkable disclosure was made dur-
ing a Tel Aviv Municipal Council meeting,
which was discussing the provision of adult
Hebrew evening classes, that 50,000 people or
over a quarter of the entire population of the
all-Jewish city know no Hebrew or very little
at all. It illustrated the large number of new-
-corners min recent years, and the fact that such
evening classes must be extended.
The Histadruth's Arabic weekly "Hakikat Al
Amr" reports that evening classes in 'Hebrew
have been opened in an Arab village near
Petach Tikvah. Ten students from among the
Arab village youth have been enrolled and are
stated to be making. excellent progress. The
teacher . is an. Arab.
Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia wants to
develop trade relations with Palestine and has
sent Dr. K. H. Alexander Katz, of his Ministry
of Finance at Addis Ababa, to explore trade
opportunities in Zino. Dr. Katz is a Pales-
tinian.

OVERSEAS

Untold numbers of Jews making their way
across France into Spain found the 'Nazi trap
shutting down on them, as German military
reinforcements and buttressed guard squads
took up positions at the French-Spanish
bortler.
Il Tempo, official organ of Premier Bonomi's
government, has published a series of articles
detailing the destruction of Italian Jewry un
der the fascist regime; the massacre of over
- 1,000 Jews, including women and children, in
the past nine months, and proposing that
those guilty of the murders be brought to
trial without delay.
Trains arriving in Stockholm bring Jewish
refugees from Finland who left their posses-
sions behind and fled the country as German
troops detrained in Finland's capital, Helsinki.•
Most Jewish businesses in Finland have closed,
the Jewish arrivals report.
Jewish guerilla bands, including many wo-
men, are harassing German and- Romanian.

Conference
Postponed

Delay Chicago Sessions That
Were to Be Held During
Labor Day Week-End

NEW YORK (JPS)—Comply-
ing with " a request from the
Office of Defense Transportation,
the Interim Committee of •the
Jewish
ewish Conference
voted. the postponement of the
second session of the Conference
which was to have been held in
Chicago Labor Day week end.
It was indicated, however, the.
postponement was for no longer
than two to three months. An
inquiry by the Conference
brought from the Office of De-
fense Transportation a reply that
the two-to-three months defer-
ment was "entirely satisfactory."
The Interim ComMittee also
voted the enlargement of the Ad-
ministrative Committee, adding
to it the chairmen of the Confer-
ence commissions and authoriz-
ing it to implement recommenda-
tions made by the commissions.

troops and executing extensive sabotage. Most
of the Jewish guerillas are fugitives from
Rifted labor and detention camps.
The Red Armies moving into Vitebsk, form-
erly a large Jewish population center, found
very few Jewish survivors. The survivors
were members Of guerilla bands, who came
in from their hideouts outside the city, a
handful' who had managed to live in Vitebsk
throughout the occupation disguised as non-
Jews or hidden in cellars, rarely venturing
into the - open through all these years.

AMERICA

In recognition of its sale of war bonds
totalling $2,000,000 in the 4th War Loan Drive
the National Ladies Auxiliary of the Jewish
War Veterans was given the privilege of
naming a Liberty Ship. The ship will be
named Ida Straus, for the late Ida Blun.
Straus, who, with her husband Isidor StrauS,
Congressman and merchant, perished in the
sinking of the liner Titanic. •
The Jewish Theological Seminary of Amer-
ica has published "Studies in Jewish History
and Booklore" by Prof. Alexander Marx, with
foreward by A. S. W. R-osenbach. In addi-
tion to papers on -rare Hebrew books, in-
cunabula, illustrated Haggadahs and Jewish
book collectors, the volume contains new
material on the lives and works of Maimon-
ides, Gabirol, Paltiel-Jauhar, Zunz, Stein-
schneider, David Hoffman, Solomon Schechter,
Max L..Margolis and Henry Malter.
Lt. Harry Aschkinasi of New York City
conquered one of Cherbourg's last pillboxes
after walking into it alone, in . the face of
firing. After 30 minutes of conversation he
walked out with "a bushel of prisoners."
Death claimed the majority of 300,000 Polish
children, Jewish and non-Jewish, from whom
Nazi doctors drained blood to supply the
German army with plasma, Dr. Stefan de
Ropp, director of the Polish Office for Re-
search and Planning, said at a luncheon of
the World Education Council Service.
More than 100 labor and other progressive
organizations have pledged suport to the Mex-.
- ican government's recent . ban on meetings of
the NatiOnal Sinarquist Union, Mexico's pro-
fascist. organization, which claims 1,000,000
N
meew
msb. ers, it was reported by Allied Labor,

• "My husband hasn't gone through five in-
vasions for the right of dirty anti-Semites to
beat up little kids and call them dirty Jew,"
said Mrs. Helen Bell, an Irish Catholic, wife
of Chief Petty Officer Melvin Bell of the
U. S. Coast Guard, who is conducting a single-
handed fight against anti-Semitism in her
neighborhood in New York. Mrs. Bell appear-
ed in court to testify against Mrs. Ruth Simp-
kins, a neighbor, whom she saw slap 14-year-
old Emmanuel Witty, a Jewish boy, after
hurling obscene anti-Semitic epithets at. him.

He won't

dodge this

The kids11 be right there when his
C. 0. finally gives the signal ...
There'll be no time to think of
better things to do with his' life.

THE KID'S IN IT FOR KEEPS—giv-

ing all he's got, now!

We've got to do the same. This
is the time for us to throw in every-
thing we've got.

UJA Agencies Spend
$20,600,000 So Far

Declaring that the victorious
progress of the United Nations
armies and the diplomatic inter-
vention of the U. • S. Government
have broadened the avenues of
escape for Jewish refugees in
Nazi-dominated Europe, the
United Jewish Appeal announced
that the record sum of $20,600,-
000 had been spent in six months
by its constituent organizations
to aid Jewish victims of war and
oppression.
The VJA is now engaged in a
nationwide campaign to raise
$32,000,000 for . the rescue pro-
grams of the Joint Distribution
Committee, United Palestine Ap-
peal and National Refugee Serv-

ice,

"'WAR LOAN
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This is the time to dig out that
extra hundred bucks and spend it
for Invasion Bonds.
Or make it $200. Or $1000.
Or $1,000,000. There's no ceiling
on this one!
The 5th War Loan is the big-
gest, the most vitally important
financial effort of this whole War!

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