Friday, December 20. 1946

THE JEWISH NEWS

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A Potent Figure in Shaping World Affairs!

BERNARD BABUCIIII

America's Elder Statesman and Advisor to Presidents, Recently in New

York, Declared That He Spoke "As An American and—After That, As

A Jew," Bitterly Criticized the Governments of Britain and the U. S. for

"Shilly-Shallying" on Admission of European Displaced Jews to Palestine.

Mr. Baruch delivered his historic plea at a dinner attended by 2,000 prominent guests,
,narking the beginning of the relief activities of the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation. The

part of his address dealing with the plight of the Jews in Europe reads:

"I would be less deserving of the friendship that prevailed between Al Smith and myself for

something like 30 years, if I did not say—es an American and, after that, as a Jew—that I have been

shocked to the heart by the treatment accorded the prewar and postwar refugees, particularly the Jews.

Eighteen million men, women and children have been sacrificed in the blood lust of totalitarianism. Of

these,

six millions were Jews.

"I am not a political Zionist. But I would be less than frank if I did not deplore and condemn the

shiHy shellying and weather vaning of the British and, too, of the American governments, regarding

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the right of haven that was to have been accorded these unfortunates under the Balfour Declaration.

following the Palestine mandate, granted Britain after the first World War.

The moral side has been ignored and wiped out. Death followed. Politics of a dubious nature.

MANY OF THE NATION'S PROBLEMS were solved
by Mr. Baruch on park benches, his favorite "office." He

gave freely of his talents to all administrations and,
though not in Roosevelt's cabinet, became known as an
"assistant president." He backed rent and price ceilings.

resting upon assumptions that are even - more doubtful, have ben permitted to sway the world, and
notably the Labor Government in Britain, from the plainly marked path of duty; nor has America been

the sanctuary she was for so many years, which helped make her great."

Highlights of Mr. Baruch's Brilliant, Unmatched Career

was
brought to New York by his family
in his teens. He went to City Col-
lege, received a B. A. degree in
1889. He was both a Phi Beta Kap-
pa man and an excellent athlete. He
was about 23, over 6 feet tall. and

THE FUTURE FINANCIER

mustachioed when he posed here.

BIG OR LITTLE

TOO TINY for the chair that

held him. Bernard Baruch,
born in South Carolina on
Aug. 19, 1870, was but a few
years old when this interest-
ing photograph was taken.

problems were
equally important
to Bernard Baruch.
In this recent pho-
1 to he handled with
ease a "baby-sit-
t ng" stint with his
: god child, Virginia
Van Ess. Other
I pleasures enjoyed
by the famous
"counselor to presi-
:: dents" were hunt-
ing, riding, golf and
morning exercises.

One of America'S most honored citizens, Mr. Baruch

was chairman of the U. S. Atomic Commission. Recently

he received the Freedom House Award for 1946.

ABOVE: Baruch's long years of public service began dur-
ing World War I. President Woodrow Wilson (sitting, left)
named him chairman of the War Industries Board on
March 5, 1918. He is shown seated (right) with other presi-
dential advisors at a White House meeting.,

AFTER THE ATOMIC BOMB rocked the
world, Baruch was named chairman of the
Atomic Energy Commission. He stated in
concise phrases •U. S. plans for the control
of the deadly missile. Here he confers with
.Andrei Gromyko of Russia.

RIGHT: Although part of the country was

shocked at Baruch's appointment to WIB
because they considered him a mere specu-

lator, his ability soon won respect. He at-
tained world prominence in Europe when
he conferred with English statesmen

Churchill (left) and Lloyd George (center).

AFTER THE FIRST WORLD WAR, Baruch was made a

member of the Supreme Economic Council and chairman of
the Raw Materials Division. He was a key advisor in 1922
at President Harding's agricultural conference in Washington.

Despite his many tasks, he found enough time for tennis.

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