Friday, February 21; :1947
THE. JEWISH NEWS
Page Four
As the Editor
Views the News
Bilbo Regains Voice in Jewish Hospital
Laureate written in 1900, is a protest against the
complacency of his people and the flagrant in-
justices heaped upon them by the World.—Saul
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O. doriof dry my laden tear,
.Frorresoul's recesses drained; _
Destruct ive Forces
Former U. S. Senator Guy M. Gillette, who
was re-elected president of the American
League for a Free Palestine at the "Confer-
ence on Hebrew Liberation" held in New
York last week, and his associates are render-
ing a distinct disservice to the cause they are
purported to be supporting by being parties
to a movement which undermines the central
authority in Zionism.
This League has a perfect right to propa-
gate the view that a Provisional Government
for Palestine should be established in de-
fiance of other opinions held by Jews and
non-Jews. Many Zionists undoubtedly would
like to adopt such a militant policy.
But when this League goes on record accus-
ing the Jewish Agency for Palestine as pro-
moting "appeasement of and collaboration
with the British oppressors," it adopts a line
of action that is welcomed by the "oppres-
sors" who seek the same end—the dissolution
of the Agency.
The truth, generally known but so evi-
dently ignored by Mr. Gillette's organization,
is that the Jewish Agency has rejected
British demands and-has taken a firm _stand
against the whittling down of Jewish rights
in Palestine. Only by enlisting the support
of all elements in behalf of the Jewish
Agency program can we possibly hope to see
the realization of Jewish aspirations in Pales-
tine. Unity of effort inevitably calls for re-
jection of the destructive program of Mr.
Gillette's organization.
The K.K.K.
Is
Not Dead
Acceptance
of Ku Klux Klan advertise-
wilts by Pennsylvania newspapers should
surve as warning to the libertarians that the
KKK is far from'dead and ithat this destruc-
tive movement remains a menace to true
American ideals.
A KKK advertisement in the Waynesboro,
Pa., Record-Herald contained the statement:
"Every member must stand the test as here-
tofore and new members must be white, Gen-
tile, member of a Protestant church, subscribe
to free speech. free public schools, salute the
flag of our nation, pledge allegiance to the flag,
and a strict adherence to the laws of our land,
the Constitution' of the U.S.A. . . We pledge
our undying support to our country and our
undying hatred for Communism and every other
ism not 100 per cent American. That, friends, is
our story. What say you?
Fl oyd Chalfant, former Pennsylvania
Secretary of Commerce, publisher of the
Waynsboro newspaper, asserted that his busi-
ness manager had accepted the ad but that
he found upon looking it over that ."it seems
like a clear-cut ad, and our policy would be to
accept it. There is nothing objectionable in
♦ O-lat. I read at all. To see anything objection-
able would be making a mountain out of a
molehill.''
How far must a group go, in its program of
inciting prejudice, to be considered objec-
tionable? Isn't it enough that it seeks to
establish Americanism on the basis of "white,
Gentile, Protestant" adherence?
KKK activities continue to be contrary to
the most sacred principles of our country and
our Constitution and the fight against them
must go on unabated, in spite of unfortunate
attitudes adopted by some publishers.
The conviction of Homer L. Loomis Jr.,
head of the anti-Semitic and anti-Negro Co-
lumbians, in Atlanta, shOuld not mislead us
into believing the battle is over. It may only
just have begun.
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Philip Slomovitz
Maurice Aronsson
Fred M. Butzel
Isidore Sobeloff
Judge Theodore Levin Abraham Srere
Maurice H. Schwartz Henry Wineman
PHILIP SLOMOVITZ. Editor
VOL. 10—NO. 23
FEBRUARY 21, 1947
Sabbath Scriptural Selections
This Sabbath, the second day of Adar, 5707, the
following Scriptural selections will be read in
our synagogues:
Pentateuchal portion—Ex. 35:1-27:19.
Prophetical portion-,I Kings 5:26-6:13.
The Laden Tear
by CHAIM NACHMAN MALIK
Translated by Saul Kleiman
(Note: Following poem by the Hebrew Poet
Every drop was born in pain,
- serroves mould sustained.
Alone in MistY nights, resigned,
At harderied shearfs I grieved.
mused:- '14A nation base and lost!
It tan not be retrieved!"
,.FOr long- my vexing heart afire
Purified the tear,
An4 when-my soul's abound in ire,
.It caused the tear-drop to appear.
Flinty hearts and callous minds
The, severed tear-drop baned:
"Cursed be he who could give aid '
- Yet from it refrained!"
'The 'tear I shed, 0 God's my witness—
Like losing part of my soul
Was the vault of all my pain and stress!
And burying all of my goal—
But hidden deep in me is still
A starker tear retained,
Sighing plaints: "How long will
Aid be held restrained?"
(Tuoro Hospital in New Orleans was founded by funds given by
Judah Touro, noted Jewish philanthropist and patriot.)
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Rejection
of 'Fragmentation'
Certain basic facts must be known for an understanding
of the reasons for the Jewish Agency's rejection of the latest
Palestine proposals made by Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin.
Moshe Shertok, speaking for the leaders of the Zionist
movement, explained the unacceptability of the Bevin plan
on the following grounds:
1. There was no certainty that any immigration would be
allowed at the end of the initial two-year period, or at what rate
if some were allowed. Also the plan was a step backward com-
pared to Morrison's proposal. to admit 100,000 in one year.
2. The suggested Jewish area is inadequate, and provides
no room for further expansion since only those - areas will be
considered Jewish in which Jews now have a majority. This
means that not all land now occupied by Jews will be included
in the Jewish zones, and since the Jewish area need not be
contiguous, it would result in fragmentation of the existing
Jewish settlement.
3. The purpose of the plan is to prepare Palestine to become
an independent unitary state, which would mean that after five
years the Jews would be a permanent minority in a Palestine
state with an Arab majority.
It is clear that the Bevin proposals would mean the per-
petuation of Palestine Jewry's minority status, the continua-
tion of limitations enforced by the, British on immigration
and land sales and the establishment not of a Jewish National
Home but of several small ghettos that would be scattered
throughout Palestine. Such a plan can not receive the
endorsement of Jews, wherever they may reside.
Mr. Bevin's plan contained several sops, the most serious
of them being the offer to admit 100,000 Jews within two
years. This plank in his program would have fit so well
into the U. S. demands that it might have caused Amer-
ican leaders to support his proposals.
In an analysis of the British attitudes, Paul S. Green,
Jewish Telegraphic Agency correspondent, cabling from
London, revealed the following with regard to the Bevin
plan:
Observers of the goings-on were forced to several reluctant
conclusions. First, Bevin was not trying to reach a solution.
He knew very well that no solution could please both the Jews
and Arabs, or the military and colonial officials who demanded
the retention of Britain's influence in Palestine, and the Labor-
ites who appealed to Britain to get out.
Secondly, he was endeavoring to prove to the world that
it was the Jews and Arabs who could not agree while he was
doing his best to give both sides what they wanted—within
reason. Thirdly, he was not opposed to the continuance of the
status quo in Palestine.
Referral of the issue to the United Nations means, as Dr.
Emanuel Neumann, American member of the Jewish Agency,
stated upon his return from London, that "this latest move
can only mean additional delay in dealing with the pressing
problem of homeless Jews."
Meanwhile, the work in Palestine goes on. The colonies
are functioning normally, in spite of emphasis in the press on
"terrorism." As Mrs. David M. Levy, chairman of the Women's
Division of the United Jewish Appeal, reported upon her re-
turn from Palestine, "terrorism," while it has created. anxiety,
"did not interfere with the daily life of the country any more
-than an isolated incident of robbery or violence would inter-
fere with every-day life in New-York City."
Thus, the reconstruction and upbuilding work goes on,
and we must carry on faithfully, in a spirit of confidence that
we shall survive the present crisis and shall see Palestine
grow at the same rapid pace as the land has progressed
through Jewish efforts in the past decade.
A Significant Merger
The announcement made last week by Edward M. M.
Warburg and George Backer, chairmen respectively of the
It plagues my heart like rot in bones,
Infests by night and day,
Weighs down my spirit like pressing stones
And haunts my mind like prey!
And yet I behold a prophet rise
Whose tears before the world's eyes
And thund'rous plaints will quake the skies
And shock all flesh in dreadful wise!
FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE
Learning the Aleph-Beth
By CHAIM NACHMAN BIALIK
(From "Aftergrowth and Other Stories")
From the first day on which the assistant
showed me the letters of the aleph-beth set out
in rows, I saw leaping forth the measured ranks
of soldiers like those who at times passed in front
of our house. Those that most resembled this
were the alephs, all arms, swinging and legs
striding, and the gimels with their boot moving
off to the left, particularly when they had • the
kubbutz vowel beneath them, its three dots like
a ladder. These were real soldiers, armed, head
to foot.. The alephs had their knapsacks on their
backs and strode along somewhat bowed under
their burden, proceeding to maneuvres, while
the gimes stood foot out, all ready to march_
''Whom are you looking for?" asked the assist-
ant.
"For the drummer," said I, my eyes searching.
The assistant roused and said, "Get down!"
Two syllables, no more. And at once another
child took my place and I went down vexed and
went off into a corner so as not to know what the
assistant wanted_
Next day, when I went up again, the assistant
showed me the form of an aleph and asked me:
"Can you see the yoke and pair of pails?"
"That's true, upon my soul; a yoke and pair of
pails!"
"Well, that's an aleph," testified the assistant.
"Well, that's an aleph," I repeated after him.
"What's this?" the assistant asked again. '
"A yoke and a pair of pails," I replied, highly
delighted that the Holy and 13lest One had sent
me such fine utensils.
"No. Say aleph!" repeated she assistant, and.
went on, "Remember: aleph, aleph."
"Aleph, aleph..."
And the minute I went down the aleph flew
away and was replaced by Marusya, the gentle
girl who drew water. She never budged all day
long. I saw her just as she was, with her bare -
shanks, her thick plaits, and the yoke and pails
on her shoulders. And there was the well with
the trough at its side, and the ducks in the pool
nearby, and the garden of Reb Alter Kuku.
"What's this?" the assistant asked me next- day,
showing Trie the aleph.
"Oh, Marusya," quoth I, happy to find her.
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Quiz Kid Joel Kupperman
By LEON GIITTF.RMAN
(Copyright, 1947. Jewish Telegraphic Agency. ,Inc.)
At the age of 10, Quiz Kid Joel Kupperman has
been to as many places and seen as many things
as most people do in a lifetime. Joel, the math
wizard of the Quiz Kids program (NBC); has
been in a score of states on war bond tours, and
has met a variety of celebrities including Bob
Hope, Fred Allen, Eddie Cantor, Henry Ford,
state governors, movie stars, university presidents
and clergymen.
Born in Chicago on May 18, 1938, Joel could
do •cube roots in his head. by the time he made
Joint . Distribution Committee and the_ ORT, that the voca-
first appearance -it-a a Quiz Kid, in :1942.
tional training programs of the organizations have been his.
Si_ That time, he rarely has been stumped on
of
unusual
importance
at
this
time,
when
the
Jews
merged, is
a mathematical. question, and his field of. know)-
of America are preparing to launch the United Jewish Appeal . edge has' been enlarged to include sports, cursent
events, `Amer history, the stories. of .Sbake-
for $170,000,000.
Unification of the programs should go a long way in speare's playsp•nd explorers! .
Joel saysthe.hua two ambitions in life:.tcp.aper.
cementing community cooperation and in eliminating con-
a money makmg farm and to become* twee!
flicting drives. The fact ORT has merged its vocational ate
and politiciat -The- 'first sterns from his' **gym
program with the JDC should prove helpful in eliminating love of all animals and the country, and the see-
duplication of effort in campaigning in our own Allied Jewish ond from his desire to correct all of the bad laws
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Campaign for the unprecedented quota of $5,335.000.
he feels have been passed!