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 Want Your House Clean! he...Hisiradruth., Call Green . go. 4020 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. 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