Friday, *July 28, 1144
THE JEWISH NEWS
Jewish Groups Are United
To Aid Kinsmen in Hungary
American Jewish Committtee, Conference Collaborate in
Sponsoring 'Unity Mass Meeting' in New York;
Reveal Pope's Appeal to Admiral Horthy
The American Jewish Committee will join with the
American Jewish Conference and other Jewish groups in
the sponsorship of a "unity mass meeting" in behalf of the
the Hungarian Jews, in New York, within the next week or
10 days, it was announced by Dr. John Slawson, AJC ex-
ecutive vice-president.
"The urgency of the plight of
the Hungarian Jews and the
pressing need for unified action
in their behalf," said Dr. Slaw-
son, "makes it imperative that
all Jewish organizations should
collaborate in this great mass
demonstration .a n d coordinate
their activities in behalf of the
Hungarian JeWs who are being
threatened with complete anni-
hilation by the Nazi Government.
Seek Unified Program
"We hope," continued Dr.
Slawson, "that this step in col-
laboration in behalf of the Hun-
garian Jews will be a forerunner
of a unified program by Jewish
organizations."
The Committee also made a
public announcement of its re-
cent efforts in behalf of the Hun-
garian Jews:
1—Three days after the Ger-
man occupation of Hungary on
March 20, the Committee asked
Secretary of State Hull to ini-
tiate steps for ‘a joint statement
by the governments of Great
Britain, Russia and the U. S. to
reaffirm earlier pledges of full
punishment for all those guilty
of initiating or participating in
inhuman treatment of civilians.
The following day, President
Roosevelt issued such a warning.
2—On March 24, Lord Halifax,
British Ambassador to the U. S.,
was asked to convey the same
request to his government. An-
thony Eden, British foreign min-
ister, speaking before the House
of Commons, on March 30, asso-
ciated the British government
with President Roosevelt's earlier
warning.
Pope Makes Appeal
3—Following a conference be-
tween Judge Joseph M. Pros-
kauer, president of the American
Jewish Committee, and Myron
Taylor, special U. S. representa-
tive to the Vatican, it was ar-
ranged that Mr. Taylor would
use his good offices with the
Pope in behalf of the Jews in
Hungary. The Pope short 1 y
thereafter addressed a personal
appeal to Admiral Horthy, Re-
gent of Hungary.
4—During this entire period,
the Committee worked with of-
ficials of the War Refugee Board
making available valuable back-
ground information and arrang-
ing several conferences between
the officers of the WRB and in-
dividuals who could be helpful
in focussing public opinion in
behalf of the Hungarian Jews.
With Judge Proskauer out of
New York, the American Jewish
Committee, said Dr. Slawson
will be represented on the plan-
ning and program committee of
the mass meeting by David Sher,
a member of its administrative
committee.
Sher, representing the American
Jewish Committee, expressed the
hope that a jointly sponsored
mass meeting would serve as the
beginning of collaboration among
Jewish groups. Joseph C. Hy-
man, executive vice-chairman of
the American' Jewish Joint Dis-
tribution Committee, gave a re-
port on the J.D.C.'s relief activ-
ities.
Pope Intercedes for Jews
With Hungarian Regent
New York—That Pope Pius
XII has interceded with the Re-
gent of Hungary in behalf of the
Hungarian Jews was confirmed
today in a cable received at the
headquarters of the World Jew-
ish Congress in New York from
its London office.
This information is contained
in a letter from the Apostolic
Delegate in London who wrote
to the British Section of the
World Jewish Congress "I have
telegram from Holy See to say
Holy Father has appealed per-
sonally to Regent of Hungary on
behalf your people and has been
assured Regent will do all poss-
ible to help."
ZOA Convention
Heeds ODT Plea,
Delegations Cut
47th Annual Conclave Set
for Atlantic City, N. J.-,
October 1 4- 1 7
WASHINGTON—The 47th an-
nual convention of the Zionist
Organization of America will
meet in four-day session begin-
ning Saturday night, Oct. 14,
through Tuesday, Oct. 17, in At-
lantic C i t y, N. J., Dr. Israel
Goldstein, president of the or-
ganization, announced. Sessions
will be held in the Hotels
Breakers and St. Charles.
Daniel Frisch of Indianapolis,
Ind., has been named chairman
of the convention committee.
To meet the requirements of
the ODT, in view of wartime
transportation restrictions, rep-
resentation to the convention
will be reduced in accordance
with changes adopted by t h e
ZOA National Administrative
Council and Executive Commit-
tee.
In place of the former unit
of representation of one delegate
for each 50 members, Zionist
districts- and units will be en-
titled to elect one delegate for
the first 50 members and one
*
*
additional delegate for each ad-
Opponents Join Conference
ditional 300 members.
In Action on Hungary
Alternates have been asked to
New York (JPS)—P 1 a n s for attend only in the absence of
collaboration on action to be tak- regularly elected delegates.
en in behalf of Hungarian Jewry
were discussed at a meeting held
under the auspices of the Amer- Pioneer Women Sent
ican Jewish Conference's Rescue $160,000 to Palestine
Commission. Participants includ-
ed representatives and observers
The Pioneer Women's Organi-
of the Joint Distribution Com- zation has sent the sum of $160,-
mittee, the American Jewish 000 to the Working Women's
Committee, the Agudath Israel, Council, its sister organization in
Agudath Harabonim (Union of Palestine, since the beginning of
Orthodox Rabbis) and the New the fiscal year, Oct. 1, 1943, it was
Zionist (Revisionist) Organiza- reported by Miss Dvorah Roth-
tion which had been in the Con- bard, national secretary.
ference earlier, but later severed
These funds have enabled the
connections with it, and the In- Working Women's Council to ab-
ternational Workers Order and sorb young girls brought from
the Jewish People's Committee, neighboring countries into the
which had consistently been re- agricultural training farms where
fused admission into the Confer- they are learning various phases
ence.
of farming, including citrus cul-
Reporting in behalf of the Con- ture, tree nursing, vegetable
ference Rescue Commission, Rab- growing, bee raising, care of
bi Irving Miller proposed t h e poultry and cows, etc.
calling of meetings in New York
Special services have also been
City and other centers to urge offered by the Council to service-
upon the United Nations the res- men's wives, enabling them to
cue of Hungarian Jewry. David engage in gainful employment.
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Catholic Church
Urged to Fight
Anti-Semitism
Novelist Stegner Declares
Outbreaks in Boston
Could Be Stopped
BOSTON (JPS)—"The Roman
Catholic Church is not in the
least responsible for the anti-
Semitic outbreaks in Boston," but
"it could do more than any other
single agency or institution to
stop them, if it would," it is
stated by Wallace Stegner, novel-
ist, writing in the Atlantic,
Monthly.
"The large body of the Chris-
tian Front is made up of the
dregs of the Irish comunity," he
says, and "the long history of
isolation and discrimination in
Boston has built into the Irish-
American mind such 'a sensitive-
ness to criticism, and so auto-
matic an impulse to defend any-
thing Irish and anything Cath-
olic, that the vast majority of
respectable Irish-American citi-
zens find themselves used as a
shield by the breeders of hate
and disunity. . ..."
In a direct appeal to the Cath-
olic Church of Boston, he says:
"For the sake of religious peace
in the city of Boston, for the
sake of the American creed of
diversity without disunity, it is
high time Catholicism in Boston
made very clear that it is not in
sympathy With the prophets of
dissension."
Jewish Groups,
Provide Packages,
Entertain Soldiers
Detroiters have entertained
servicemen and have provided
means for various Jewish Wel-
fare Board and USO activities.
JWB-USO announced this week
that Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fein-
berg of Boston Blvd. were hosts
to several officers and hostesses
at a lawn party on July 9.
Detroit Section, National Coun-
cil of Jewish Women, served at
the Downtown USO on July 17.
Gifts to the JWB Hawaiian
Serve-a-Camp Project were made
by Detroit Lodge 55, Knights of
Pythias, Ezra Sisterhood of Fed-
eration • of Polish Jews, Odessa
Independent Ladies' Chib.
Food , packages were sent to
Fort Brady by Zedakah Club.
East Side Bnai Brith Lodge
served at the Sunday morning
breakfast at the JWB Lounge at
the Jewish Center.
Harry Buchzeiger and David
Moss contributed ice cream and
ices to the social evenings at the
Jewish Center Lounge and the
Great Lakes Club at the Bel-
crest.
Milton A. Bresler made a con-
tribution to the USO fund in
memory of his mother, Regina
Hill Bresler.
2 War Bonds Awarded
at Polish Jews' Picnic
A 7.arge crowd of all sections of
Detroit Jewry was present at the
picnic held by the local branch
of •i.he American Federation for
Polish Jewry on July 16, at Lola
Valley Park. A special commit-
tee headed by H. Cohen and H.
Weinberg had made preparations
for the event.
War bonds were awarded to
Mrs. Celia Weinberg of Wyan-
dotte and Mrs. S. GOddes of De-
troit.
Through the generous patron-
age of the many people present,
a substantial sum was added to
the funds of the Federation for
distribution of the Black Book of
Polish Jewry.
Contributions Sought
for Sylvia Simons Fund
Mrs. Jacob J. Sauls, chairman
of the Sylvia Simons Scholarship
Memorial Fund of Music Study
Club, urges that contributions for
all occasions be made to this
fund. Gifts may be sent to Mrs.
Sauls, 2046 Taylor. Recent gifts
were received from Mr. and Mrs.
L. J. Rosenberg, - Mr. and Mrs.
Nathan Simons, Mr. and Mrs.
Seymour Simons, Miss Hattie
Gittleman.
Page Thirteen
Social Scientists Outline
Causes of Anti-Semitism
Psychological Reasons and Counter-Measures Studied at
Joint Conference; Survey Shows Anti-Semites
Usually Undemocratic, Lean to Fascism
NEW YORK, (JTA)—The psychological causes of anti-
Semitism and the appropriate counter-measures to be pre-
scribed for this social plague were discussed at a closed
Conference on Research in the Field of Anti-Semitism, held
recently at the Hotel Biltmore under the joint sponsorship
of a group of social scientists and the American Jewish
Committee.
In a discussion which lasted
two days, psychologists, psychia-
trists, anthropologists, sociolo-
gists, economists and social work
and public relations experts
pooled their experience and
training in various scientific
fields in an effort to measure
and diagnose active and poten-
tial anti-Semitism as it exists
today in the U. S.
Outlet in Anti-Semitism
Some of those who participated
pointed out that psychological
frustration and the compensa-
tory "need for aggression" fre-
quently find an outlet in anti-
Semitic feelings and attitudes
when favoring environmental
and - other conditions are present.
To counteract this, it was sug-
gested that present methods of
defense, such as appeals to fair
play, justice and reason, should
be supplemented by a program
addressed to the emotions, since
it is at the emotional level that
prejudice takes root.
Students of anti-Semitic pro-
paganda indicated at the Confer-
ence that this propaganda w a s
largely composed of "stereo-
types," which are slogans or
images which appeal to the emo-
tions. Counter-propaganda should
oppose this conception of Jews
as being all alike, and should in-
dicate that Jews, like other peo-
ple, differ from each other in
character, temperament, outlook,
etc.
Object of Ridicule
It was stressed that humor is
one of the most effective chan-
nels of appeal on the emotional
level. This is well known to anti-
Semitic propagandists, who have
used the physical characteristics
of the Jews, caricatured into
grossness and unpleasantness, as
a continual object of ridicule.
This weapon may be turned
against the demagogues, as in
Charlie Chaplin's "The Great
Dictator" and Walt -Disney's anti-
Nazi projects, which were recom-
mended for study.
The subconscious element in
anti-Semitism was given as one
reason for limiting the validity
of polls or public opinion sur-
veys of prejudice, since the re-
plies collected in these polls;
which are dictated by the con-
scious mind, do not indicate the
potential anti-Semitic tendencies
of the individual.
The Conference was informed
that, according to experiments
recently conducted by the Insti-
tute of Social Research, people
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with pronounced anti-Semitic
tendencies are also usually anti-
democratic and . inclined to ac-
cept the fascist point of view.
It was also the consensus of
opinion that prejudice should be
combated not only by appeals
through the press, radio, pamph-
lets, etc., which are impersonally
directed towards the mass of the
population, but also by reaching
the leaders of various groups,
such as labor, business, churches,
women's organizations, etc.
The Domestic Defense Coor-
dinating Committee of the Amer-
ican Jewish Committee has as-
sumed the task of integrating the
results of the scientific studies
into the general working pro-
gram of the Committee.
Bass-Luckoff Firm
In Larger Offices
Bass - Luckoff Advertising
Agency, established in 1928, this
week moved its offices from the
Lafayette Bldg. to larger quar-
ters at 909-020 David Stott Bldg.
Louis Bass and Lou Luckoff,
co-partners, are among the best
known advertising men in the
community. They have been ac-
tive in many community move-
ments and have served as public
relations men in War Loan cam-
paigns and other causes.
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