Friday, September 22, 1944

THE JEWISH NEWS

Zionist Actions Committee
Assails Allies on Rescue

Call for 'Bold Measures' to Save the Surviving Jews of
Europe Immediately; United Nations Charged
With Failure to Keep Promises

JERUSALEM (Palcor)—Calling for "bold measures" to
rescue the surviving Jews of Europe, the Smaller Zionist
Actions Committee, asserted "that the Allied powers con-
tinue to content themselves with declarations and promises
and do not take measures to halt the slaughter, .prevent the
possibility of its recurrence and save those being led to the

AMPAL Investors
Will Hear Report
At Dinner Oct. 4

Ludwig Lewisohn to Speak at
Gathering of Stockholders
at Lee Plaza

Detroit investors in AMPAL-
American Palestine Trading Corp.
—and the Palestine Workers'
Bank will hear an elaborate re-
port on the activities of the past
year at a dinner meeting at the

slaughter."
c;i•
Stating that the "three prin-
cipal powers had refused to ex- emigration to Palestine of Jews
change Hungarian Jews for goods from Romania. The American
to the Axis countries, the Zion- Joint Distribution Committee
ist Actions Committee deplored reached an agreement with 'the
that "attention was not given to Agency and the Rescue Commit-
the dangers lurking for Hun- tee for co-operation in the spheres
of rescue and relief.
garian Jewry."
The Smaller Actions Commit-
The committee "fervently ap-
peals to the three triumphant tee appealed to the Red Cross to
Allies to undertake bold action at ascertain the whereabouts of hun-
this last hour to succor the sur- dreds of thousands of deported
vivors of European Jewry, es- Jews who were sent to labor
pecially in Hungary, Poland and camps, to ascertain if the de-
Slovakia who are menaced by portations have been halted and
extermination as the enemy to extend its assistance to all
Jews in the liberated and occu-
forces retreat."
pied territories.
Allies Are Obligated
Charging that thousands of
The Actions Committee "de- Jews might have been rescued
clares that the Jewish Agency were it not for the White Paper
Executive did all within its pow- policies, the Actions Committee
er not to forfeit any chance which stated: "The possibility of rescu-
LUDWIG LEWISOHN
might alleviate the plight of the ing the Jews from the Nazi in-
Jews of Hungary and affect their ferno depended the whole time Lee Plaza Hotel on Wednesday
rescue." It further pointed out upon the abolition of the restric- evening, Oct. 4.
that the Allies are obligated to tions on immigration into Jewish
Dr. Ludwig Lewisohn, noted
immediately adopt other effec- _Palestine imposed under the
essayist and novelist, will be
tive measures for rescue."
White Paper and upon enabling guest speaker at this report
Stating that "the representa- their admission into other coun-
tives of the Jewish Agency and tries.
Rescue Committee in Istanbul did
Clash Hits Arab Peace
all possible to enable the sal-
The anticipated peace among
vation of Jews from Romania, the various Arab parties, a pre-
and Bulgaria, and especially for requisite for the choosing of a
broadening exit possibilities for representative delegation of Pal-
the Jews of Hungary," the Ac- estine's Arab parties to
o -the forth-
tions Committee charged:
coming inter-Arab conference in
"The Balkan states, who can- Alexandria, has been aborted by
not be relieved of responsibility the Palestine Arab Party, con-
for handing the Jews over for sisting of followers of the mufti.
slaughter, have endeavored to of Jerusalem, Haj Amin el Hus-
pacify the public opinion of the seini, now serving the Axis cause
civilized world through special in Berlin.
statements and assurances, but
Besides demanding more mem-
have showed no real will to carry bers on the delegation than the
out the obligation that rests upon total representatives of all other
them. The Actions Committee parties, the Husseinites requested
calls on the . United Nations to that additional mandates be re-
warn these nations that the atti- served for leaders now in exile,"
tude toward them will be deter- which is taken as an indication
mined by their deeds."
that should there be a . -sudden
termination of hostilities before
Lauds Agency's Achievements
ALBERT K. EPSTEIN
The Actions Committee "places the conference has closed, they
on record that the Jewish may demand the right for the meeting, • according
to
Agency's representatives in Istan- Mufti to proceed from Berlin to Lieberman, member of the Morris
local
Alexandria.
bul have succeeded in organizing
AMPAL committee.
The cleavage is between the
Other speakers- at the Oct. 4
Husseinites and the party of the
Nashashibis, the family tradition- meeting will be Abraham Dick-
ally opposed to the Husseinis. enstein, national director of
They are supported by the.Istak- AMPAL, Edmund I. Kaufmann
lal Party.
of Washington and Albert K.
The Husseinites demand com- Epstein of Chicago, • national
pliance with their demand for officers.
the abolition of the Jewish Na-
U. S. Officials Ask Special tional Home, the granting of Rome's Kehilla Chief
total independance to Palestine Demands Formal Hearing
Vigilance Against Groups
and the establishment of an Arab
ROME (JPS)—A formal hear-
Spreading Race Hatred
state. The Nashashibis and the ing by a Jewish religious trib-
Istaklalites maintain that the unal of the charges made
NEW YORK (JPS)—Warnings
White
Paper policies should re- against him- by Dr. Anton Zolli,
against the postwar re-emergence
main
in
effect and be imple- Chief Rabbi of Rome, was de-
of bigotry movements in the U.S.
manded here by Ugo Foa, former
fed on racism sowed by the Nazis, mented to the maximum -degree, Chief of the Jewish Community
were sounded by speakers at an but are not prepared to endorse Council and Fascist Party mem-
interfaith rally at Randalls Sta- any other demands.
ber, accused by the Chief Rabbi
dium under the auspices of the
of having been instrumental, in-
The
Husseinites
are
calling
a
New York Journal-American,
tentionally or inadvertantly, in
and addressed by Assistant Sec- conference of their followers for the deportation of Rome's Jews
retary of State A. A. Berle Jr., the end of this month.
to "unknown destinations."
Justice Frank J. Murphy of the
U. S. Supreme Court and Senator
Robert F. Wagner.
Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia
NEW YEAR'S
NEW YEAR'S
presided. Prayers were recited
by Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, Bishop
GREETINGS
GREETINGS
William T. Manning of the Epis-
copalian Church, and by Catholic,
Protestant and Jewish army
To the Members
To the Entire
chaplains.
Speaking from a twin rally in
and Friends
Jewish
San Francisco, with his voice
heard by record transcription,
of the
Community-
Justice Murphy warned against
anti-Semitism, "one of the Nazi's
deadliest weapons," even after
Allied military victory. Senator
Wagner called for special vigil-
ance against such outfits as Ger-
ald L. K. Smith's America First
Party.
Assistant Secretary of State
Berle said that the Nazis had
planned to "Balkanize" the U. S.
by rousing "hatred against Jews
Mrs. Robert Lewiston
and having done that, to create
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whatever other race hatreds they
—Pres.
could stir up."

interfaith Rally
Warns Against
Postwar Bigotry

Brith
Sholom
of Detroit

Page Thirteen

Jewish Committee Begins
Research on Anti-Semitism

Dr. Horkheimer, Head of Institute of Social Research at
Columbia, Named Consultant in Domestic Defense
for AJC; 3 Major Objectives Listed

NEW YORK (JPS)—An extensive program of scientific
research and experiment in the extent and nature of anti-
Semitism in America, a study of the measures that are be-
ing applied to Combat it and new experimentation with tests
for the effectiveness of these measures, was announced by
Judge Joseph M. Proskauer, president of the American

Jewish Committee, in making
public the appointment of Dr.
Max Horkheimer, director of the ican Jewish Committee decided
Institute of Social Research at to extend its program in this field.
Columbia University, as Re- This work, Judge Proskauer an-
search Consultant in Domestic nounced, will be conducted by Dr.
Defense for the American Jew- Horkheimer and his associates
under the supervision of Dr.
ish Committee.
John Slawson, AJC executive
Judge Proskauer said that Dr.• vice-president.
Horkheimer, "one of the world's
German scholars from Frank-
outstanding social scientists, and'
a special staff of sociologists, fort who fled with Dr. Hork-
psychiatrists, political scientists heimer went to Geneva where
and economists will seek to de- they reorganized as the Instut de
velop a workable hypothesis for Recherches Sociales under the
anti-SeMitism upon which can be aegis of the International Labor
built a 'civic protective program Office. Another group organized
for American Jewry that will be a branch in Paris.. The Insti-
scientifically valid and the basis tutes in Paris and Geneva .func-
for a more effective'and psycho- tioned under the leadership of
logically sound workaday pro- Dr. Horkheimer until the out-
gram for our practical public re- break ofthe war in 1939. Mean-
while, Horkheimer came to the
lations experts."
The research, he said, carried U. S. where in 1934,-. he organiz-
with it three major objectives: ed the InStitute of Social Re-
search as a part of Columbia Uni-
1—Investigation of the extent versity.
and special nature of anti-Semit-
ism in America. This involves
In 1916 Chuck (now Director)
the supplementation- of the poll
Reisner wrote, "Goodbye Broad-
technique with intensive psycho- way, Hello 'France." It became
logical investigation of the sub-
one of the most popular' ditties of
conscious of individuals and World War I, and his royalties
groups.
were considerable. Today he can
2 —Experimentation with tests ascertain the progress of the war
for evaluating the effectiveness by his royalty checks which are
of current techniques for combat- corning in again in increasing
ting anti-Semitism. numbers.
_ 3-Study of the measures that
are today- being applied to com-
bat anti-Semitism with a view to-
wards enhancing their effective-
ness. This includes the testing
of experimental and demonstra-
tion activities "on more intensive
levels" than now reached by our
public relations technicians.
Conducted Research
To All Our
Dr. Horkheimer and some of
his associates were among the
group of 25 scholars who par- • Patrons and
ticipated last spring in a Con-
ference on Research in the Field
Friends In
of Anti-Semitism sponsored by
the AJC.
The Jewish
It -was on the basis of the
findings of this group—which in-
cluded Dr. Gordon Allport, pro-
Community,
fessor of psychology at Harvard
and Dr. Mark A. May, director of
the Institute of Human Relations,
Yale University—that the Amer-

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