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Friday, August 9, 1946

THE .JEWISH NEWS

page Ten

Conference for All Jewry
Is Outlined by Proskauer

Patterson's Letter
Helps 7 Americans
To Leave Tel Aviv

JERUSALEM (Palcor)—Letters

President of American Jewish Committee States Views on from Secretary of War Robert Pat-
Permanent Representative Conference in Symposium, in
terson to General Joseph T. Mc-
Narney, commander of American
Liberal Judaism; Asks All Classes Be Respected

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British Anti-Semitic Movement
Is Exposed at Oxford Conference

Attlee Says Jewry's Plight Must Spur Inter-Faith Under-

standing; Dr, Clinchy Urges World-Wide Brotherhood
Week; Archbishop Defends Palestine Jews

LONDON,

(JTA)—Declaring that the rise of anti-

Semitism is a disturbing feature of our time," Prime Minis-
Run by Communities
CINCINNATI — A permanent
ter Clement Attlee said that "the plight of the Jews in
Dr. Trachtenberg wants an
A m e ri c a n Jewish Conference
Europe is a warning to all of us that we must promote
would be "highly desirable," said A m e ri c a n Jewish Conference
understanding between Christians and Jews for the common
Judge Joseph M. Proskauer, presi- democratically run by the com-
dent of the American Jewish Com- munities, rather than by national
benefit of all of us," in a statement to the inaugural meet-
mittee, `If it is not a functional organizations. "The local demo-
ing of the International Confer-','
organization or a legislative body cratic basis of a national organ-
ence of Christians and Jews at brotherhood of man. There is
but is exactly what the name im- ization," he said, "is the local
Oxford University. More than common ground among all de-
community. Many of the com-
plies—that is, a Conference."
1,000 persons attended the meet- nominations on which to build
This statement on the question munities have already organized
ing.
such a movement, he added.
of a permanent Jewish Confer- themselves democratically in com-
An anti-Semitic movement ex- "Appeals for hatred of Jews,
munity
councils.
If
the
Confer-
ence by the president of the
ists in Britain and the dominions Negroes and others are appeals to
American Jewish Committee, an ence fails to rise to its historic
alehough there is not much overt the emotions of dupes," Judge
organization which withdrew from opportunity, out of these local
anti-Jewish activity, it was re- O'Connor declared. "We must
the American Jewish Conference councils will grow the movement
ported by several delegates.
proclaim to the world that no
shortly after its first plenary ses- to create a national organization
"Rooted in Judaism, Christianity" group is inferior to others."
sion, was made in a symposium based upon the communities."
Dr. Henry. N. CcCracken, presi-
In the opening article of the
A message signed by a number
on the subject now being con-
HENRY MONTOR
of Christian and Jewish delegates dent of Vassar College and head
ducted in Liberal Judaism, offi- symposium, which appeared in
to the conference, including Mar- of the American delegation to the
cial organ of the Union of Ameri- the July issue of Liberal Judaism,
Dr. Heller charged that the Amer- forces in Europe, and General tin Buber, prominent Zionist and conference, recommended that
can Hebrew Congregations.
ican Jewish Conference "has un- Lucius D. Clay, deputy command- Chassidic scholar, and Rev. Wit- churches and synagogues through-
Coordinating Organization
dergone progressive deterioration" er, were instrumental in freeing ton Davies, advisor to the Anglic- out the world establish lecture
Judge Proskauer declared that
for which he blamed the national seven Americans from curfew- an Bishop of Jerusalem, declared and educational centers for young
a permanent Conference should
organizations which "refused to bound Tel Aviv where they had that the return of the Jews to men and women as a method of
function as a coordinating organ-
relinquish to the Conference their been bottled up for two days. The Palestine is "rooted in revelations combatting anti-Semitism. -
ization along the lines of the Na-
own labors, their own rights, or letters were given by the Secre- holy to Judaism and Christianity."
Butler Praises Deputies
tional Community Relations Ad-
even an impressive proportion of tary of War to Henry Montor, of
Other speakers included Rabbi
The Archbishop of Canterbury,
visory Council, that it should
New York, executive vice-chair- who presided, said: "We meet Leo Baeck, former Chief Rabbi of
draw its membership from the these."
man of the United Palestine Ap- when the Jerusalem outrage is Germany, who was introduced by
Caught in Dilemma
various national organizations
peal, to facilitate the latter's re- still fresh in our minds. This is the Archbishop, who reviewed the
As
a
result,
he
said,
"the
Con-
and from the local communal or-
cent mission to Europe in con-
years he spent in a concentration
ganizations in the various cities, ference soon found itself caught nection with the $100,000,000 drive good, because this is the time to
rebuke passions and the time to camp, the Marquess of Reading,
and that it should "emphasize between the dilemma of opinion
in the United States of the United proclaim that this and other acts Prof. Reinhold Neibuhr and Rich-
the things we have in common and action. It could speak, but
Jewish Appeal.
it
had
neither
the
personnel,
nor
of terror were not committed by ard A. Butler, Minister of Educa-
and which unite us, and not em-
Cut off by the sudden Tel Aviv the Jews, but by some Jews, and tion in the Churchill Cabinet. Mr.
phasize the things that draw us the funds, to act."
Dr. Heller said. "the Jews of curfew along with Mr. Montor, that Jews throughout the world Butler praised the cooperation
apart."
this country want a permanent were Harold 'Goldenberg, national utterly condemned it. Fanatic- given him by the Board of De-
The type of American Jewish
democratic body. They do not co-chairman of the United Jewish ism is not confined to Jews puties of British Jews when. he
Conference projected by Judge
was framing education legislation
want, as some fear, a semi-poli- Appeal, and Mrs. Goldenberg, of alone."
Proskauer is to be seen from a
and stressed that there must be
tical or crypto-national assem- Minneapolis; Meyer Weisgal of
Would Appear to King George
list of things which he things "it
freedom of religious teaching for
bly. They do not plague themsel- the American staff of the Jewish
Dr.
Edward
M.
Clinchy,
presi-
should not be," and a definition
ves about these fixations, or these Agency, and his wife and son; and dent of the National Conference all faiths.
of the things "it should do."
shudderings. They believe quite Mrs. Avis Shulman, wife of Rabbi of Christians and Jews in Ameri-
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Judge Proskauer said:
simply that there is a common Charles Shulman of Glencoe, Ill. ca, suggested world-wide observ-
"It should not try to coerce by need and, relatively at least, a
Acting in behalf of the others, ance of Brotherhood Week as it
majority vote the opinion of any common point of view, of the
Mr. Montor left his hotel, in vio- is observed in the United States.
of its constituents.
raeme 5fottieri
overwhelming majority of Jews in lation of the curfew, and mount- He pointed out that King George
Things It Should Do
this land."
ed a loudspeaker truck on which VI might be asked to issue a pro-
"Always Fresh Flowers"
"On the contrary, these are the
the announcer was warning that clamation calling upon the citi-
things which it should do:
anyone caught on the street or zens of the British Empire to
Bill Caplan - Larry Morris
"It should respect the opinions
seen on balconies was liable to observe Brotherhood Week similar
of all classes of Jewry—Orthodox,
be shot on sight.
to that issued by the President of
We Deliver
Reform, Conservative, Zionists,
Montor was taken to battalion the United States.,
Anytime — Anyplace?
anti-Zionists and non-Zionists.
Judge Basil O'Connor, a mem-
headquarters in Gan Mayer,
Hallam M. Richardson, New
"It should strive for unity of
where the officer in charge on ber of the American delegation,
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and
in the area of - agreement among
ters, promptly issued an order to down the foundations for an in-
these groups, which area is ex- the latter's organization, The bring the Americans to local ternational movement of the
ceedingly large. It should urge League For Peace With Justice in brigade headquarters, backstage
such unity of conduct as to speci- Palestine. Full page advertise- of the Habimah theater. From
fic proposals upon the various ments under that organization's there they were escorted to Lydda
name have appeared in leading
groups.
District police headquarters in
"It should function in this res- newspapers in New York and else- Jaffa where they were quickly
pect very much along the lines of where, propagandizing the Arab cleared. They were permitted to
the National Community Rela- position on Palestine and oppos- get their baggage at the Gat
tions Advisory Council, which en- ing the recommendation of the Rimon Hotel and then got taxis
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cities.
cal Zionists threaten the popular Jews of Europe, "to be incorpor-
"It should have for its slogan self-government desired by native ated into the peace treaties be-
the profound utterance of Pro- Palestinians?"
tween the Allied nations and the
fessor Ralph Barton Perry that
Inserted among the questions satellite states of Germany," has
'the only kind of unity that can
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