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TH'E JEWISH •NEWS

Purely
Commentary

Quotation of the Week

The intense half-closed universe of Judaism was shattered in the 19th
century by the inrush of new. ideas, and the outrush to new activities,- which
accompanied political- emancipation. The Jew was plunged suddenly not only
into a strange and brilliant life, but into an intellectual secular •atmoSphere
of which he had hitherto had little conception.. It was fortunate, too, that
the admission of European Jews to civil and political activity in the modern
Nation-State, which took the place of the Church-State, was made conditional
by the emancipator, Napoleon Bonaparte, on their renouncing the belief that
they were a separate nation. Israelites by religion, Frenchmen by nationality,
was the principle of liberalism. It was put by a Jewish leader of the emanci-
pation: "Jews at home; men outside." At that time the distinction. was not
grasped between the political nation forming a state.* and the natural ethnic
grouping dependent on a common heritage and Common ideals, which makes
a nationality. A brilliant French student of the Jewisla people, Judaism and
Christianity, Ernest Renan, was to make clear that distinction- later, when
he described a nation as "a soul, a spiritual family resulting from memories,
sacrifices and_ glories of the past, and from the desire in the present to con-
tinue to live together. That which constitutes a nation is not to speak the
same language or to belong to the same group. It is to have done great ,
things together in the past, and wish to do them again in the future." The .
Jewish people in that sense is the oldest, and in some ways the most marked
nationality in the world; hitherto they had been regularly regarded by the
Gentiles as a nation, sometimes referred to as the Palestinian, sometimes as
the Hebrew nation. Judaism, " though universal in its ideals, is part of a
national heritage., The Prophets of the Bible, who uttered the universal
ideal of righteousness on earth, proclaimed also the belief in the national
unity and the restoration of the Jews to Palestine. The denial of Jewish
nationality by Jews who aspired to enjoy full opportunity in the civil society
led to spiritual servility.
—DR. NORMAN BENTWICH, Former Attorney General,
of Palestine, in his Latest Book, "Judea Lives Again!"

I By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ

VIRCULATION OF WEEKLIES
Public hearings conducted in Washing-
ton by the House Committee on Post
Office and Post Roads, on Murray Bill
HR 2543, which would require annual
sworn circulation statements from week-
ly newspapers, stressed the need for bet-
ter circulation practices among weekly
papers.
A favorable report on this measure was
recommended by courageous weekly
newspaper publishers and advertising
agencies. Charles Lindsey, speaking for
;the , American Association of Advertising
Agencies, stated in his testimony before
the House committee that he saw no
reason why all newspapers - should not
be required to make sworn circulation
statements on the same basis as the daily
newspapers. His view is that lack of
circulation data is harmful to these news-
papers, and he referred to his associa
tion's experiences as indicating that many
weeklies exaggerate their circulation
claims on rate cards by 50 per cent.
Mr. Lindsey understated the case. We
know some weeklies that have exag-
gerated their circulation figures 10- and
20-fold. , They have made a racket of a
great profession—and one of the ways
to put an end to unethical practices is
contained in the Murray Bill HR 2543.
We are strongly in favor of compelling
By ARNOLD LEVIN
newspapers to make annual sworn cir-
(Copyright, 1945. Independent Jewish
Press Service, Inc.)
culation statements because we are in
favor of honest journalism; of honest - Cir-
PALESTINE'S CASE
culation figures and of honest adver-
It is unlikely that the Palestine ques-
tising appeals based on circulation
tion will come up in San Francisco in
standards.
any; except indirect, fashion. If it does,
In our deep concern that the standards
of the English-Jewish newspapers should Zionism may expect strong support from
members of the Latin American delega-
be advanced, we hope that the day will
come when circulation will be a genuine tions. Many of these are active, and even
occupy key posts, in the Pro-Palestine
basis for the existence of recognized
Jewish publications. The pending Federal - Committees of the South- and Central
American countries . . • The rise of pro-
measure may help establish the standards
Zionist sentiment in Latin America is
we aspire to.
evident in the recent action of the Braiil-
EASY TO TAKE
ian Chief of Police who •rescinded the
A cab driver in Washington offered
ban against Zionism which had been in
to point out some of the important sites
we were passing while on the way to effect for a number of years . . Give
our destination. "I was a guide once," he Mrs. Rachelle Yarden, director of the
Latin American Department of the Jew-
explained.
ish Agency for Palestine, now on a tout
As we reached the imposing building
of Latin America in behalf of the Dr.
of the Washington Jewish Community
Weizmann
Scientific Institute, credit for
Center, our "guide" said:
recruiting public opinion in those coun-
"About this building there is an in-
teresting story: the cornerstone for this tries and generating among the non-Jews
JEWISH CENTER was laid by Calvin there, a rare awareness of Zionism.
. Let us hope that Ambassador Stein-
Coolidge who was a SCOTCH ,EPISCO-
PALIAN, and the date he selected for hardt, presently, in Washington - between
assignments, will transmit to higher-ups
the ceremony was ST. PATRICK'S DAY.
hiS own enthusiasm for Jewish Pales-
Interesting, isn't it?
tine's -rescue work, its war effort and the
It IS interesting—and it was:-::a story
prospects for its further industrial - de-
easy to take in a community where some
velopment.
of the happenings are hard to swallow.
Some peciple belieVe .that Moshe --:.Sher-7
Incidentally, the next • cab driver,
talc's audience with the Pope is one of the
dropping us off at ZOA headquarters on
major political crcCurences in recent years
16th St., N. W., remarked that he was
following up the Jewish -situation, was insofar as the Palestine political scene it
concerned.
affected by current happenings and
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enraged by some betrayals_ Damn in-
teresting, these D. C.. cab drivers!
IRVING. BERLIN
We rather liked this from The Lyons
"WAIL YE CYPRESS TREES . . ."
Dr. Noah E. Aronstam's powerful Den, Leonard Lyons' syndicated column:
When Irving Berlin was in the Phil-
poetic tribute to President Roosevelt,
• which we featured on the first page of ippines, he learned the story of his "God
The Jewish News last week, has attract-- Bless America," of the Fillipino mayor
who had to improvise new lyrics because
ed wide attention. A number' of readers
he had told the skeptical Jap command-
haire inquired as to the source of the
ant that the song the natives were hum-
guide-line in the poem—
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ming was really an old. Fillipino hyrim
"Wail ye cypress trees, a mighty
. .•The internees at Santo Tomas used
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cedar has fallen."
to whisper "God Bless America." They
It is a passage from the Prophet
learned it in whispers from one of the
Zechariah.
This poem has added to the glorious men who knew the song. Then, when
Santo Tomas was liberated and the in-
work of Dr. Aronstam many of whose
poems are based on Biblical passages. ternees were released, they left , singing
Our able contributor is a brilliant stu- "God Bless America" as they had learn-
ed it, in' whispers. ,
dent of the Bible, and we _admire him
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all the more because he knows the Bible
so well.
TRADE UNION NOTE
"SHE" IS OUR BELOVED
A great deal of agitation in _New York
Leonard Lyons, in a recent column,
City's labor circles over the ultimatum
told this story:
reportedly issued by an East- Side Jewish
labor leader, now high-up in Govern-
Michael Collins, the militant I. R. A.
mental circles, that East Siders must be
leader, pleased Lloyd George, who sent
for him in 1919 to try and solve their weeded out from labor's leadership . . .
He himself, naturally, has no- intention
differences over Ireland. "Collins came,
with gun smoking ' in pocket!! Lloyd. of resigning. * •*
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George later reported: "Throughout the
Conference, Collins always said 'SHE FREYA STARK
Remember Miss Freya Stark, author
feels' or 'SHE wants.' He was referring
and arch apologist for British Colonial
to Ireland, when he said 'She.' That
policy in Palestine, whose propaganda
meant that there was something im-
ponderable and a deep-rooted love. And tour in this country last year, was ex-
we knew then that he'd never give - posed by'this column's bosses? She stay-
ed at the house of the Wrights (Michael
way."
Wright, Counsellor of the British Em-
It is an interesting story easily ap-
bassy). She has gone, but her spirit lives
plicable to Palestine.
on in the person of Mr. Wright who seems
Can it be that the politicians in Lon-
to have taken over her mantle of apolog-
don do not understand that Eretz Israel
ist for British policy in the Near East,
is our beloved? How can they fail to
especially -Palestine.
realize that the love for Zion can and
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will survive the hatred for Israel?
EDDIE'S LITTLE DAUGHTER
It would be so much better for the
British if they understood this. It would
Eddie Cantor's little daughter, Marilyn,
also be so much the better for the sings at-Loon &. Eddie's under the name
Jews—and for the Arabs—and for the
of Marilyn Curtis . . . She has found that
peace of tb.e world.
her father's name may work to her dis-

Heard in
The Lobbies

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Between
You and Me

8y BORIS SMOLAR

(Copyright, 1945, Jewish Telegraphic
Agency, Inc.) '

SAN FRANCISCO TALKS
Many are asking why Rabbi Stephen
S. Wise does not figure among the nine
members of the American Jewish Con-
ference designated as consultants to the
U. S. delegation at the San Francisco
Conference . . . The answer is: Rabbi
Wise may appear at San Francisco as
representative of the Jewish Agency for
Palestine . . . The American Zionist
Emergency Council which opened an
office at San Francisco in preparation for
the United Nations Conference, decided
at the last minute not to send anyone to
San Francisco . • . The office and its staff
in San Francisco will be turned over to
the delegation' of the American Jewish
'Conference, since -the Conference is rep-
resenting the views of the Zionist Emer
gency Council . . . The Jewish Agency,
which expects to have its representatives
obtain a hearing before the commission
of the Conference which will deal with
the question of mandates, has prepared a
memorandum on.Palestine for submission
to the secretariate • of the parley . .
Many experts worked on this document,
excerpts of Which were cabled to Dr.
Weizmann in London . . . It is possible
that certain passages in this memor-
andum will be modified at Dr: Weiz-
inann's advise .... If Dr. Weizmann meets
this week with Prime Minister Winston_
Churchill.

MILITARY NOTES
Although Gen. Maurice Rose has been
killed by the Germans, there are -still
a half dozen or so Jewish- generals serv-
ing in the U. S. armed forces . . .'They
are: . Ma j. . Gen. Sam T. Lawton of Chicago,
Ill.; Brig.-Gen. Julius Ochs Adler of New
York; Brig.-Gen. Joseph Smith of Scran-
ton, Pa.; Brig.-Gen. Edward Morris; Brig.-
Gen. Ephraim F. Jeffe of New York, and
Brig.-Gen. Edward Greenbaum of New
York . : . Among the admirals we have
Vice-Admiral Ben Moreell of St. Louis,
Mo.
Lt. Joshua Jacobs, son of Mrs. Edward
Jacobs, the well-known Jewish leader
and the woman member of the executive
of the Jewish Agency for Palestine, has
received -the Legion of Merit 'for bravery,
as commander of a unit of ships operat,
ing under the enemy's fire.
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MEN AND NEEDS
Saul Lokier, former secretary of the
Bnai'Brith Lodge in Mexico City, is being
sent by the Lodge to the United. States
to study for the rabbinate at the. Jewish
Theological Seminary of America . • •
His training is being •nder-written by
the Bnai Brith as a contribution towards
Jewish communal life ,in Mexico . . .
When he is graduated, he will be the
first American-trained rabbi in Mexico
. . . The Joint Distribution Committee is
preparing a "J.D.C. Primer" under the
editorship of Dr. Nathan Reich, head of
its research department, who is on a leave
of absence from Hunter College where
he was acting head of the Department of
-Economics.

advantage as a perforMer, because some
people may feel that she should be satis
fied with being Eddie's_ daughter and not
compete for fame with others . . . Marilyn
feels, however, that the fact- that she's
Eddie's daughter is no reason why ;she
should /tot be granted an even break .. .
She'll marry Nat 'Carson, Broadway and
Hollywood producer, soon.

Friday, April 27, 1945

Strictly
Confidential

By PHINEAS J. BIRON•

Copyright, 1945. Seven Arts
Features Syndicate, Inc.

NOW IT CAN BE TOLD
Now that Franklin D. Roosevelt is no
more we can tell you that he had definite-
ly assured the Zionist leadership that he
would see the Jewish Commonwealth in
Palestine through, that , Marshal Josef
Stalin was in favor of a Jewish' state in
Palestine and that he was very sadly
disappointed in Ibn Saud's anti-Zionist
attitude . . . -President Truman -is very
much interested in the Palestine ques-
tion and favorably disposed toward a
Jewish state.

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LISTEN HERE
In Boston a militant group of Pro-
testant ministers is undertaking official
steps to force action by the governor of
Massachusetts to curb organized anti-
Semitism in Waltham . . . There is re-
liable evidence that the anti-Semitic
handbills recently distributed in Phila-
delphia were promoted and circulated by
two- members of the police force of that
City of Brotherly Love .. . The pamph-
lets featured the Hitler slogan "The Jews
are America's Misfortune".
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CANADIAN NEWS
Montreal Jewry is perturbed by the
attitude of the Westmount Protestant
Board of Education concerning Jewish
pupils in that district . . . The Protestant
board has publicly announced that after
July 1, 1945, it will accept no more Jewish
children as pupils in its schools . . If
the Protestant board persists in this
decision 3,000 Jewish youngsters in West-
mount will be left without the oppor-
tunity for schooling . . . The Canadian
general elections, scheduled for June 11,
will see the Jacques Cartier Division in
Montreal contested . by two . Jewish candi-
dates for the 'Federal Parliament—Fred
Rose of the Progressive Labor' Party,
and Sam. Schweissberg, the Zionist lettd-
er, picked by the Liberal Party.
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READER'S GUIDE
A • book - expected to create a stir in
scholarly circles is Prof. Harry A. Wolf-
son's forthcoming Volume, "Foundations
of Religious. Philosophy in Judaism,
Christianity and Islam," to be issued by
the Harvard University Press . . . Dr.
Joshua Bloch tells us it is an epochal
work.
Reuben Fink's book "America and
Palestine" is notable not only for its
timely political significance but also for
Bernard G: Richard's 84-page 'chapter, a
really splendid historical survey of
America's attitude towards Zionism.
Jewish Territorialists now have a
magazine of their own in this country.
It is called "Freeland", and is edited
by I. N. Steinberg of Australia.
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THIS AND THAT
Jacob Billikopf reminds us that on
May 16, 1945, the New School for Social
Research will celebrate its 26th birthday
. . . Felix Frankfurter was one of _ its
founders.
Just to keep the record straight: Joe
Rosenthal, the photographer who shot
that historic Iwo Jima flag-raising pic-
ture, was converted to Catholicism a few
years ago..
Reichspropagandaminister G o e b b el s'
castle at Muenchen-Gladbach, Germany,
was the scene of a Seder this year . . .
Participants in the ceremony were GI's.

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ABOUT PEOPLE
Secretary of the Treasury Henry Mor-
genthau will resign immediately after the
Seventh War Loan ,Drive.
Congratulations to .Prof. Isador S. Ray-
din, 49-year-old member of the -Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania faculty, who has just
been promoted to the rank of brigadier-
general in the U. S. Army in India .
Dr. Ravdin is one of America's outstand-
ing surgeons . . . His father is the most
beloved physician of Evansville, Ind,
A good many of those 1,000 refugees
in the "free port" at Oswego, N. Y., had
funds in Italy, and those funds have now
been-restored to them by the Allied Con-
trol Commission . . . And almost every
one of these - temporary visitors to our
shores invested the money thus recovered
in -United States war bonds.

Postmaster Prays

Dear Lord, there are five or six million
Praying for mail_ out there;
Their addresses "c/o Postmaster"—
Please -send dowri plenty of Care!

Save for Thee, I could never come
through, Lord;
It's a wonderful break for me
That the millions- in c/o Postmaster
Are also in c/o Thee.
A.D.

