Friday, February 2, 1945
THE JEWISH NEWS
Page Nine
State Department Refuses
To Answer Pell's Charges
Louis J. Rosenberg
Is Philosophical
Society's Tresident
Ousted Member of United Nations War Crimes Commis-
sion Alleges • He Was • Dropped Over His Stand
Asking Punishment for Persecutors in Germany -
Participation in the sport of
Author and Legal Expert
for "Jewish
ALBANY; N. Y.—Joint Easter- boxing started
Named to. Post He Held
Passover and Christmas-Hanukah Younger Fry" at the Jewish Com-
40 Years Ago
programs will be held in most munity Center a few weeks ago.
Albany Sponsors
Christian-Jewish
Holiday Project
NEW YORK, (JTA)—The State Department refused,
when queried • by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, to make - Louis James Rosenberg was
any comment on the charge by Herbert C. Pell, Atherican elected president of the Detroit
representative on the. United Nations War Crimes Commis- Philosophical Society at its 45th
sion, that he has been prevented from continuing his work on
the Commission because some officials in. Washington were
dissatisfied with his demand that
the Germans • be punished for
Men,
their crimes against German
Jews.
Interviewed here by JTA, Pell
indicated that there are forces in
the State Department who oppose
the U. S. Government - taking re-
for punishing Nazi Joint Kifeeting Wednesday;
crimes against the Jews of Ger-
Fathers, .Sons, Daughters
many.
Affair Feb. 18
"I have advocated punishment
of persons responsible for atro-
Final plans are being made by
cities," he stated, "I have been the Men's Club of Temple Is-'
dropped from the Commission real for the Fathers, Sons and
manifestly, because somewhere Daughters luncheon to be held at
there Was dissatisfaction with my 1:30 p. m. on Feb. 18 at the De-
work. The thing I worked at troit-Leland Hotel.
most was the prosecution of those
Maurice Levin, chairman of the
who • persecuted people in Ger-
many on grounds of race and re- committee on arrangements, re-
ports that there will. be enter-
ligion."
tainment; including a magician, LOUIS JAMES ROSENBERG
Pell said he had opposed the with the assistance of the Boy
annual meeting on Jan. 23 at
Ku-Klux-Klan in 1924 with con- Scout Troop.
Hotel Statler.
spicuous vigor, and in 1936 sought
. Members of the club have been
to prevent the U. S. from taking
Mr. Rosenberg is ..a founding
"part in the Olympic games in invited to the Brotherhood din- member of the society and serv-
ner to be held next Wednesday ed as president of the organiza-
Nazi Germany.
evening at Henderson Methodist tion 40 years ago. He is an inter-
Urges Pell Be Retained
= The American Jewish Confer- church, Lilac and Puritan. Dr. national lawyer acting as legal
ence, in a telegram to the State Everett R. ClinchY of the Nation- correspondent for a number of
Department, demanded that Pell al Conference of Christians and diplomatic and consular officers
be enabled to return to London Jews and Rabbi Leon Fram will in Washington and New York
as :'"American representative on be the • speakers.
and is the author of several
the War Crimes Commission as
The joint meeting of the Men's books and many articles dealing
-soon as possible.. It praised Mr. Club and the Temple Israel Sis- with foreign affairs, philosophy
terhood' will be held Tuesday and other subjects.
Pell's work on the Commission.
According to an announcement evening at the Art Institute. Mar-
He is a former president of the
last- week by the State Depart- garet Bradfield, well known art-
ment, Pell will be replaced by ist, will be the speaker. Reuben Michigan Authors Association and
Lt. Col. Joseph V. Hodgson of the Levine is chairman of arrange- is a director and member of a
number of academies, societies
U. S. Army. The announcement ments. The public is invited.
and clubs, in this country and
said that Pell will not return to
abroad,
devoted to science, liter-
L2ndon to continue his work be-
ature and art.
Jewry
cause Congress refused to appro-
Other 'officers and directors
priate the necessary funds.
Program are:
"It is just damned • nonsense
that the reason for not returning
Dr. Floyd W. Owen, Wallace
me to London is lack of money.
NEW YORK:--Following K. Wonders and Dr. Emil Am-
I have offered to serve for noth- through on the expanded pro- berg, vice presidents; Charles A.
ing, but have been told that it gram undertaken by South Am- Meyer, secretary-treasurer; Dr.
was illegal to accept gratuitous erican Jewish communities for Noah E. Aronstam, Prof. William
,service," Pell - said.
relief of needy- European Jews, M. Trap, Wallace Visscher, Prof.
Speaking of Lt. Hodgson, for- the Junta Ayuda
- Pro Victimas John W. Scholl, Emil 0. Tolonen,
mer Attorney General in .Hawaii, de la Guerra (Council of Jew- directors.
Pell said: "I -t h i n k Hodgson ish Aid to War Victims). of
would support the same policies Buenos Aires, announced the al-
that I have. He has been a tower location of $10,000 for emergency German Jews ExeMpt
of strength in supporting the aid to Jews in liberated Poland, In Finland Roundup
things we have sought on the and $10,000 to aid Jewish or-
phans in France now being
HELSINKI (By Wireless) (By
commission.
cared for through the overseas Religious News Service)—Ger-
offices of the American Jewish man Jews, in Finland are ex-
Jews Will Have Voice
Joint Distribution Committee.
empt from Russian occupation
in Punishment of Germans
The allotments, reported by Orders for the interment of Ger-
LONDON, (JTA)—Jews will be
offered an opportunity to parti- Simon Mirelman, president of man citizens, Pavel Orlov, politi-
- cipate in deciding on the punish- the Junta, will be made from cal adviser to the Soviet Central
ment for Germans guilty of the $250,000 campaign conducted Commission• declared here.
"Russian control authorities in
crimes against the Jewish -popu- by the Junta for the relief and
lations, it was stated here by a rehabilitation of Jews in liberat- Finland," Orlov stated, "have
adopted the same principle now
prominent British personality, ed areas.
in force in Rumania, whereby
whose name cannot be made pub-
internment regulations affecting
lic. predicted such offenders Klan To Open Drive
Germans are not applied to
will definitely be punished by Against Labor Chiefs
Jews."
the Allies.
Temple Israel
Sisterhood Arrange
Numerous Affairs
.
-
S. American
Aid Relief
Pehie Leaves the WRB;
Gen. O'Dwyer Replaces Him
WASHINGTON, (JTA) — The
War Refugee Board announced
that Brig. Gen. William O'Dwyer
, has been appointed executive di-
rector Of that body to succeed
John W. Pehle. The announce-
ment said that Pehie has resigned
to resume his post as assistant to
the secretary of " the treasury.
Gen. O'Dwyer recently returned
here from Italy where he was a
member of the Allied Control
Commission with the personal
rank of minister.
Arab on Delegation
To Labor Conclave
.
NEW YORK (JPS)—Skillful
campaigns against Catholic and
Jewish labor leaders such as
Philip Murray, James Carey and
Sidney Hillman of the CIO and
George Meany, Daniel Tobin and
David Dubinsky of the AFL, will
be launched soon by Ku Klux
Klan and America First organ-
izations, Victor Riesel, New York
Post columnist, reports here.
Many professional hate pro-
moters "now are switching to a
drive on labor," Riesel says.
"These promoters see Birming-
ham, Alabama, as a perfect `hot
market.' They operate now
through the "Christian American
Association known there as 'Facts
Inc.,' " and throughout the South,
through anti-labor; anti-Semitic
organizations "such as the Ameri-
can Crusaders, the Order of
American Patriots, the American
Ideals Association and the Anglo-
Saxon Federation."
TEL .AVIV, (Palcor)—The Ex-
ecutive Council of the Histaclruth,
Jewish Palestine's Federation of
Labor, chose the following dele-
gation to represent it at the In-
ternational Trade Union Congress
to be held in London in Febru-
ary: Berl Locker, Golde Meyer-
son, Aaron Rabinowitz, Pinchas
Lubyaniker, Mordecai Oren,
Abraham Yitzchaki and Israel
Painting - Paperhanging
Idelson. George Nassar will rep-
resent Arab labor organized by
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Invest In' War Bonds!
Urges Australian Unions
To Ask Admission of Jews
NEW YORK, (JTA)—The Aus-
tralian Council of Trade Unions,
central body of the Australian
labor movement, was asked -this
week by the Jewish Labor Com-
mittee here to call on labor
unions in Australia to exert all
their influence to convince the
Australian Government of 'the
importance of admitting Europ-
ean Jews to Australia.
Enrol/ Young Boys
In Jet6ish Center for
Boxing Instruction
of Albany's public schools here-
after as a result of a Unique proj-
ect initiated by Rabbi Solonion
J. Moseson, counselor of the Bnai
Brith 'Hillel Counselorship at the
New York State Teacher's col-
lege.;
It has been gaining momentum.
.Twenty-five boys, ages, 5 to 14,
signed up for boxing instruction
and 16 have already brought ,con-
sent notes from their .parentS, ah
lowing the boys to enter:-the box-
ing tournament to be held in Feb-
ruary or March.
The following boys haVe been
training for three weeks and
-have • shown progress: Norman
'Yeszin, .12, weight .86 lbs.; Floyd
Rappaport, 11, 123 lbs..; Sanford
Shapiro, 11, .96 lbs. ;
Stein,
13, 97 lbs. Howard 'Packinan, 10,
70 lbs.; Sheldon Abramson, 12, 78
lbs.; Donald Nitzkin, 11, 145 lbs.;
David Appel, 10, '70 lbs.; Irwin
Riegel, 9, *87 lbs.; Allan Pack-
Man, 48 lbs., 5, Bliteb. -Meyers, 9,
70 lbs.; Larry Mendelson, 5, 50
lbs.; David Wax, 5,-50 lbs.; Harvey
Wax, 8, 72 lbs.; Arthur Warsaw,
11; Ned Flusty, 11, 95 lbs.
It is not too late for other boys
to enter. FOr information call
Miss Edith Muskin, in charge
of junior activities,.MA. 8400.
Rabbi. Moseson persuaded the
college authorities to convert the
ChristmaS program into a Christ-
mas toy shop and candlelight_
service, with a good part . Of the
program devoted to a portraYal of
the Hanukah candlelight • scene
and narrative. A Hillel girl act-
ed as cantor for the benedictions
and the narrative sketch featured
the college chorus singing Maoz
Tzur. Instead of the Jewish
students singing Christmas hymns
exclusively, the non-Jewish stud-
ents joined their Jewish class-
mates in Hanukah sings.
Rabbi Moseson was called by
the principals of two elementary
schools and one high school, in-
quiring why he had not passed
on his idea to them as well. The
net result is that henceforth the
schools will organize joint Easter- 2 Palestine Youths -
Passover and Christmas-Hanukah Jailed on Arms Charge
programs, the Jewish portions of
JERUSALEM, (JTA)—A mili-
which Rabbi Moseson is prepar- tary court here this week sen-
ing.
tenced Haim Hendelman, 19, and
Itzhak Rosen, 20, to seven years
Refugees' Contribution
imprisonment "with special treat-
ment" for illegal possession of
To War Effort Viewed
ammunition and sticks of gelig-
NEW YORK, (JTA)—The con- nite. They were arrested last
tribution that refugees have Sept. ;25. Yehoshua Werker, a
made to the American war effort member of the Revisionist Or-
were emphasized 'here at the ganization, who was kidnaped
annual meeting of the National two weeks - ago was released near
Sharon. and given. bus fare to
Refugee Service.
Jerusalem.
Felix S. Cohen, assistant so ,
licitor of the Department of the
Interior, spoke on the "Economic
Consequences of the Recent Irri-•
migration," pointing out how the
immigrants have benefitted the
country.
Prof. Henry- M. Busch, execu-
tive director of the National
Committee on Postwar Immigra-
tion Policy, warned that facts
rather than propaganda must be
considered in developing a pOst
war immigration policy. Other
speakers included. Joseph E.
Beck, director of the NRS, and
Dr. Joachim Prinz, a leader of
German Jewry in pre-Hitler
days.
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