ArA Pa ge. Two Purely Commentary By PHILIP SLOMOV1TZ THE JEWISH CONFERENCE When the American Jewish Confer- ence reconvenes in Cleveland, ,Feb. 17- 19, the major question that will con- front the delegates will be whether this movement is to prevail. A strong sentiment exists among many delegates that the Conference should be disbanded. It is felt that as long as the American Jewish Congress, Agudath Is- rael, the Polish-Jewish Federation and many other organizations insist upon sending their own delegations to Europe, the original hope to centralize Jewish ef- forts has been lost. • If the Conference disbands, it will be a blow to genuine efforts for unity in Jew- ish life. The only similar successful, ef- fort, created by popular vote after World War I, was the formation of the American Jewish Congress under whose aegis a united American Jewish community spoke for our people at the peace conference. The American Jewish Conference was in- tended to re-create such unity. The in- tention has failed. * * 1g 04;4 ARA WO*Wiiii5 :E: Yst.1$.:11 N E W S Tolerance: A Way of Life By KATE SMITH "If you think you're entitled to more than your neighbor, you are intolerant. "If you have ever said of other human beings: 'They are all right in their place,' you are intolerant. "If you will not permit other . human beings to live their lives in their own way, so long as they do not interfere with your Tights, you are intolerant. "If you will not permit another human being to find a home in your community, you are intolerant. "I go further -than that. I say that if you are content to remain passive and indifferent when others around you are intolerant, then you share the guilt! "I wish it were as fashionable to practice tolerance as it is to talk it .. . Tolerance is a way of life. It is the American way. We cannot- violate it without \insulting America's past and poisoning its future." Strictly Confidential By PHINEAS J. BIRON Copyright, 1946. Seven Arts Feature Syndicate, Inc. FASCIST FRONT The Committee on Un-American Activi- ties of the House of Representatives does not like committees which , fight anti:— Semitism ... Ernie Adamson,., chief. counsel of the Congressional Committee, wrote a THE POPULAR BALLOT most amazing letter to the National Com- Should the delegates in Cleveland de- mittee to Combat Anti,Semitism ... The cide to perpetuate the Conference, it will letter reads, in part,-. like this: "I have re- mean that our communities will be called ceived• a copy of a- f6rmal petition being upon to elect a new set of delegates by distributed by. you, tegether with solicita- popular-ballot. We doubt whether the sys- tion of money for the purpose of controll- tem introduCed when the Conference was ing the thoughts of American citizens" ... formed will be repeated, in view of the Now just think of it! . . . A committee bf serious errors in balloting which gave statesmen charaeterizing a petition againSt seats in the Conference to minorities, anti-Semitism as an effort to ."control eliminating those who - received majority - thoughts"— . . The chairman of the Na- votes. tional Committee to Combat Anti- By. permitting delegates to cast their Semitism answered Adamson: "It seems entire sets of ballots—in Detroit's case in to us that you are far more concerned groups of nine—for individual candidates, with protecting fascists and anti-Semites many were elected who had received than in exposing them". * * * even fewer votes than some of the .de- feated candidates. ANSWER PERIOD The major issue, however, is not Yes, there is reason to believe that the whether we shall have a democratically- Attorney General will not move to re- elected assembly, but ' will the groups sume the trial against the seditionists. enlisted in Conference memberships be It is true that the campaign to rebuild willing to abandon their own vested in- Charles A. Lindbergh is only in its: initial terests in exchange for • total American stage . . . Don't be surprised if he is nom- Jewish unity. At the moment, there is inated for the Senate on the Republican little hope that this will materialize. ticket. * * * Notwithstanding .the insistence of THE COMMONWEALTH ISSUE . . Defense Organizations to refer to Father The issue which helped to disrupt the Terrniniello as the "Defrocked- Priest" we Conference was the adoption of the Jew- state once more that' this anti-Semitic ish Commonwealth in Palestine resolu- clergyman was merely removed from tion, with only three or four dissenting his church in Alabama ... He was not de- votes and a small number refraining from frocked. voting. The Anti-Defamation League deserves - At that time, this decision was hailed as credit for its action against a large Wis- a great victory. Since then, men like Dr. consin Insurance COmpany which in- Albert Einstein, an avowed Zionist, have structed its agents "not to solicit insur- declared themselves in favor of the ance from Africans, Hebrews, Chinese Hashomer Hatzair policy of demanding etc." - * * * unlimited Jewish immigration in Pales- tine leading to a Jewish majority, but op- MISCELLANY posing immediate demands for a Com- The actor who plays Justice Brandeis monwealth. in the recently released radio transcrip- Hashomer Hatzair, a small but ideolog- tion of the life story of the great Ameri- ically-strong Zionist youth party, opposed can Jew is rime' other than our good the Commonwealth demand at the Con- friend Sam Jaffe. . ference. In a recent article in the Zionist The Ku Klux Klan is riding again in Review of London, Arthur Ben Israel, Washington . . . The city is flooded with Hashomer leader, outlining his party's K. K. K. leaflets reading: "We must have viewpoint, stated: "Should ' the Zionist help to put the niggers and Jews in their movement insist on continuing the de- proper standing. We need help at once!" mand for a Jewish. State, they would only Antoni Gronowicz's novel "Hitler's dampen the impasse, further antagonize Wife" is an exciting story . . . The author the Arab world and - at best bring us a insists that Hitler's marriage document partition of Palestine, which we regard and his will are merely tricks to cover up as most dangerous." his traces ,and that the Fuehrer is prob- It is believed by some Conference dele- ably in Argentina. gates that the American Jewish Commit- The press under played a recent anti- tee would have found another excuse to Semitic outbreak in Buenos Aires and be- break away from the Conference, even if lieve it or not the news story was sup- the Commonwealth resolution were pressed because of the demand by hush- shelved. - minded Jewish businessmen of the Argen-' With the shocking British double-cross tines. - Hats off to Warner Bros. for their short policy continuing in Palestine, however, and with the Arabs, in all their arrogance, "Hitler Lives" . . . It's a must. Welcome home Zelda Popkin, just back issuing threats to Jewish life and property, from a four month Red Cross mission in there is a revival of sentiment that with- Europe . . . Zelda is one of our best mys- out political guarantees the Jewish Pales- tinian position would become precarious. tery writers. * * * Thus, the Jewish Commonwealth ideal re- ATTENTION: MR. O'DONNELL mains a major need in Jewish life. "The - Daily Noose" is an interesting' Whatever the future decisions, it is clear that the American Jewish Confer- parody tabloid published by the CIO . . In it appears a Washington column en- ence will not have easy sailing. * * titled "Capitol Stiff" by Don O'Jonnell Under the caption "The Unknown Soldier A BLOW BELOW THE BELT Writes" ' we read the following letter The last inning at the Anglo-American which should be of special interest to inquiry commission hearings in London John O'Donnel, the Daily News 'column- was a bad one for us. It was a hurtful ser- ist: "Dear Mr. O'Donnell: The boys in our ies of sessions during which British Co- outfit are very grateful to you for help- lonial officials dared to liken Zionists to ing us understand the war . . . What saps Nazis and to accuse us of having failed to we were to have thought there was a do our duty by Britain in the war. struggle to annihilate Fascism when all Perhaps it was typical of British policy the time our real enemies were Eleanor of betraying a trust to our people. Roosevelt and the CIO . Your columns But there is another inning coming. have certainly built up our morale and We are not giving up the ship! we don't know how we could have licked And Great Britain may yet meet her match in little David fighting- for his the Nazis without you". .. .,, If you : can get the "Noose don't miss. it, Mr. O'Donnell. rights. . Between You and Me By BORIS SMOLAR (Copyright, 1946, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.) STRAWS IN THE WIND Here is a tip to Zionist political leaders who are groping in the dark with regard to Moscow's attitude on the Palestine issue . . - The Soviet Government is watching with interest the split within the Arab League, which is widening . . On one hand there is the solid bloc of Egypt and Saudi Arabia, which has been strengthened after the recent visit of Ibn Saud to King . Farouk . :On the other hand is the" Hashemite dynasty repre- 'Sented by the rulers of Iraq and Trans- jordan, and those proposing the creation Of a Greater. Syria, to be composed of Lebanon, Syria, Palestine and Trans- jordan . • . In the fight developing be- tween these two, blocs, Moscow sides with Saudi-Arabia and Egypt against the Hashemites . . One of the reasons for this attitude is that Egypt and Saudi- Arabia are not leaning towards Britain as are the rulers of Iraq and Transjordan . .. Another' reason is that Soviet Russia is definitely against the plan for a Great- er Syria because this project emanates from the British Foreign Office . . . Speaking of Transjordan, we hear that American Zionist leaders are mobilizing judicial forces to give Britain a legal battle on - the announced intention to sever Transjordan from the Palestine Mandate and grant this territory com- plete independence. American 'League for a Free Palestine has extended its activities to Argentina . . . "Critica," the most widely read af- ternoon paper in Buenos Aires, carries a large advertiSement of • the League, the text of which is the fact that two other large Argentine newspapers, "La Prensa" and "La Nacion," refused to print the, advertisement because it urges a boycott of English goods . . . These two papers are pro-British and carry daily a great volume of advertising from English. firms. For the first time in its history the New York Schola Cantorum, one of the country's outstanding choral societies, will present two Palestinian cantatas .. . They will be featured in a concert at N. Y. Town Hall on Feb. 17, when com- positions by Julius Chajes will be pre- sented. * * * . THE PALESTINE ISSUE Emanuel Neumann, who displayed ex- ceptional ability in defending the Pales- tine case at the inquiry committee hear- ings in Washington, is proceeding to Palestine to lend his aid to the Jewish Agency . . Arthur Lurie, former secre- tary of Dr. Weizmann in London who is now with the American Zionist Emer- gency Council, is with him . . . They will, prepare the Jewish case for presentation to the inquiry committee at hearings in Jerusalem. Now that Britain has agreed to admit 1,500 Jews a month to Palestine, pend- ing recommendations of the inquiry committee, it can be disclosed that Prime Minister Attlee promised that the White Paper would not be enforced . . . He gave this promise to Harold Laski when the latter discussed the Palestine issue with him in his capacity as chairman of the British Labor Party . . . Attlee told Laski that England's pledges to the Jews would have to be fulfilled gradually . . • This is taken to mean that he definitely op- poses the creation of a Jewish State . . . Foreign Minister Bevin opposes the abrogation of the White Paper . . . He is supported by Herbert Morrison and Stafford Cripps. As a result of the repeated terrorist attacks in Palestine, nearly 40 per cent of the British police force there has asked to be relieved of duty . . . No less than 1,500 British policemen have ap- plied for resignation during the last four months. . . Many of them are sincerely impressed by r the courageous stand of the Jews. • Friclay,, February 1946 Heard in The Lobbies By ARNOLD LEVIN (Copyright, 1946, Indepndent Jewish Press Service, Inc.) SUBVERSIVE, ACTIVITIES The most subversive activity of the day is the attack on the Jewish survivors of more than a decade of slaughter, torture and generally inhuman treatment. Per- haps Freud_ could explain it. Perhaps he would say that those who stood by while millions of innocent Jews were- done to death, never lifting a finger or raising a voice to save them, are ridden 'with a million complexes, worst of which is an overwhelming, if subconscious, guilt-feel- ing. Since their lives would be unbear- able if they permitted this guilt-feeling to dominate, they seek compensation and . try to eliminate it by telling themselves and the world that the guilty ones are victims themselves. - Analogous are the isolationists who fought to keep our country unprepared and are now trying to prove that Roose- velt, and not the Nazis or the Japanese war lords, was guilty of _Pearl .Harbor. Conscience moves in mysterious ways its contradictions to perform . . • * * * POST-WAR BLUES They're whispering in the -.corridors that a lot of the organizational boys who considered themselves indispensable to the Jewish scene for four years, are worried about returning talent with homing pigeons on their lapels. It's been so long since they've seen competition in the 'employment offices that they're slightly panicky. Some of them are so desperate that they're beginning - to take their work seriously. * * * DEBIT AND CREDIT COLUMN Walter Winchell has confidentially ad- vised your correspondent (and a few million others) that Henry Morgenthau has an offer from a syndicate to do a financial column. He might do a few books on the side. Suggested titles: Treasury island, Washington Money-Go- Round, Taxes Ranger, OutWAR BOuND. * * * PROUD PAPA One of . the proudest papas in town is James Orthont, sire of Jerry Lester; daddy knew Jerry was the greatest comedian in the world many years ago and never was too tired to tell you about it. Now he can point to the- clippings. Jerry is climbing fast. . * * * REYNOLDS Who sad that former Senator Reynolds' hate outfit has signed off? It is still op- erating from Portland, Ore, * * * DIPLOMATIC TOUCH Is it true . that an old tenant may once - again occupy the Russian Embassy in Washington, and not due to the housing shortage—namely, Maxim Litvinov? * * * . Shep Led the Way . By MAEANNA CHESERTON-MANGLE "It's spite work that's what it is. If I'd known. that Ted Nickson was going to sell to Jews, I'd have bought the house myself." Mrs. Moran was silent as her husband continued to storm. He would have "no truck with them" nor would he allow Tommy to play with their "brats". Still Mrs. Moran kept her coun- sel. Just last Sunday the priest had preached on "Who Is Thy Brother?" She hadn't met the new neighbors. She would wait until Mr. Moran wasn't there, and she would take over one of the pies she'd just taken out of the oven. She wanted to be friendly. In no time little Maurice was over to watch Tommy and his pals play hand- ball against the garage door, but Tommy Was his father's son! Maurice wasn't coming over into his yard. Weeks passed and one day Shep, Tommy's dog, came racing up to the house barking for all Ire was worth. No one was at home. Maurice, playing alone in his garden heard the dog and instinc- tively knew that something was wrong. Shep, glad to get someone's attention, led the way; first at a trot and then at full speed down the hill. There at the bottom was Tommy—all his fight gone. His express wagon had tipped over at the turn, throwing him into the •ditch. It was 'a painful little leg that Mrs. Levy nursed that afternoon until Mrs. Moran came home, but with the healing of the leg came a healing of the family feud. The Morans and the Levys are no longer members of racial and religious castes. They are neighbors,' friends—Americans.