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Engagement Told

Louis Lipsky Explains
His Convention Address

Editor. The Jewish News:
I have been rebuked by many
good friends for having omitted
in my address at the concluding
mass meeting of the Z.O.A. Con-
vention in Manhattan Center
any reference to Dr. Chaim
Weamann.
I 011•e these friends an apology
and an explanation.
The mass meeting began
i ► romptly at 8 o'clock. Dr. Neu-
mann delivered the opening
address. Sumner Welles had been
announced as one of the speakers,
but was unable to attend and in
his place U. S. Senators Murray
and Brewster delivered political
addresses unrelated to the his-
torical occasion. Belarsky, the
singer, followed with four songs.
Then. instead of Dr. Silver corn-
ing after me as the program
indicated. he was introduced by
Dr Neumann with the explana-
tion that he (Dr. Silver) was
feeling very tired, would say
only a few words, and then
wished to leave. Dr. Silver, how-
ever. spoke at length. When he
finished his address, he received
a great ovation and remained on
the platform for the rest of the
evening It was then about 11
o'clock.
.
[ advised Dr. Neuman to close
the meeting. Dr. Silver, in the
manner of his speaking, had
virtu illy brought the meeting to
a close. I had intended to give an
intimate summary of Zionist
events for the past fifty years.
Such: a recital would have to
avoid a high pitch and project
itself in a lower key and in softer
words But I did not want to
make a scene by declining to
speak at the urgent request of
the Chairman. It would have
marred the closing meeting of
the convention. I decided at once
to abreviate my story, and while
on my feet, reached the decision
to rush to the end of my address
—w hich I had planned in ad-
vance—and to close within 15 to
20 minutes. This prevented my
giving any time at all to what
Dr. Weizmann had done for Am-
erie_in Zionism. It also compelled
me to eliminate any of the re-
ferences I had intended to make
t» Schma•a Levin, Bialik, as
well as to Dr. Wise. Three-
quarters of what I had intended
to sly had to be abandoned.
It was an unfortunate situation
for which I was not responsible,
nor could I have avoided it. It
seen , s that the managers of the
meeting were not keen about
eelebi sting the fifty years of
Zionean.
LOUIS LIPSKY

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Friday. July 18, 1947

THE JEWISH NEWS

Page Ten

MISS SHIRLEY GLASS

Mr. and Mrs. Jack Glass of
Blaine Ave. announced the en-
gagement of their daughter,
Shirley, to Albert Gross, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gross, at a
dinner at Northwood Inn.
Miss Glass attended Michigan
State College and Wayne Uni-
versity. H e r fiance attends
Wayne University.

Hungarian Refugee
Describes Miracle
Of Piano's Shelter

NEW YORK—The story of how
a piano saved her life in Bun--
pest during the
war was told
when Mrs. Jan-
ka Hajos, 54, a
Hungarian Jew-
ess, arrived this
week in transit
to Mexico City,
where the He-
brew Sheltering
and Immigrant
Aid Society is
reunit ing her Mrs. Hajos
with her only kin, a daughter
and son-in-law.
When Luftwaffe bombers swept
down on the Budapest ghetto one
day in 1944, Mrs. Hajos ran for
shelter into the home of a phy-
sician, whom she found hiding
under a piano. She joined him,
and a few minutes later a near-
hit caused the roof of the house
to collapse. The pair miraculously
escaped unscathed.
After liberation by Allied
troops, Mrs. Hajos appealed to
BIAS representatives to help her
emigrate to Mexico, where her
daughter had married a bank
official in 1941. He is Dr. L. Nagy
Leishman of Fernando de Croix
125, Mexico City. She received
her passport last Jan. 14, and
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•
proceeded to Paris, where Lewis
Eltpresses Thanks For Aid
Nei krug, Director-General of
With Hapoel Soccer Game
HIAS Overseas Aetivities, ar-
Editor, The Jewish News
On behalf of the Hapoel Soc- ranged her air transportation to
cca. Committee, I would like to Mexico via New York._
take this opportunity to thank
you and your staff for the splen- sonal gifts, I would like to sug-
did co-operation given us to gest that we begin popularizing,
as memorials to the departed, the
make the game here a success.
We feel proud of the fact that , giving of contributions to worthy
through the sincere efforts dis- causes. The Allied Jewish Cam-
playei by you and others, De- paign, the Jewish National Fund,
troit not only has been able to our schools, can benefit from such
make the Hapoel Soccer team's practices.
goodwill tour a financial success,
During our period of mourn-
but once again has been able to ing, we were deeply moved by
disphy its fine spirit of inter- the certificates that came to us
natioilal good will.
from the Jewish National Fund
. DR. ALBERT CHAFETS
office, signifying that trees were.
• • •
planted in memory of our dear
Objects to Personal Gifts,
one. I am sure that others feel
Urges Memorials to Causes
the same way about benefits de-
Editor. The Jewish News:
rived by good causes as mem-
Personal tragedy has caused orials.
ire to become aware of practices
I am passing this on as a sug-
which. have embarrassed me and gestion to the entire community.
my family as they must have em-
ALEX SCHREIER
barrassed others.
3238 Leslie.
During our recent sad loss, our
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friends, out of their kind hearts,
brought fruits, candies and other Advocates Housing Committee
foods as expressions of their Editor, The Jewish News:
Why can't we Jews have an
consolation.
From • our knowledge, this is emergency housing committee?
not traditionally Jewish. Accord- Many Jews are being evicted from
ing to Jewish custom, friends, their homes due to racial changes
relatives and neighbors come to . . . can't we take care of our
homes of bereaved and prepare own? Can't we have a coopera-
the meal after interment. They tive housing set-up? Winter is
assist in- preparing other meals approaching. It will be a shame to
for the mourners. But the ex- see photos of Jewish families liv-
travagances of bringing sweets ing in the snow .. . An ounce of
prevention is worth a pound of
are contrary to traditions.
Full.y appreciative of the good- cure.
S. STAHLE.
'mess that comes from giving per-

Troth Told at Dinner
Britain Fails in UN
Anti-Migration Move

LAKE SUCCESS, (JTA)—The
to
British government's effort
secure the cooperation of member
states of the United Nations in
preventing "illegal" Jewish im-
migration to Palestine was ap-
praised here as "a colossal fail-
ure."
Of the 16 of the 55 member-
nations polled by the UN secre-
tariat on the British request that
they cooperate in "doing all in
their power to discourage illegal
immigration into Palestine," only
tiny Guatemala gave a positive
assurance of cooperation on the
immigration issue.
Nine of the 16 are nations from
the Western Hemisphere with
little, if any, direct contact with
immigration lanes. Even the
British dominion of Canada side-
stepped the request. Australia
remained equally noncommittal.
None of the countries in the
path of the Jewish exodus from
Europe—France, Poland, Yugo-
slavia, Czechoslovakia or the
Scandinavian members—replied.
The Soviet Union bluntly stated
it had no concern with illegal
immigration.
Most of those who made re-
plies did so in the mogr formal
of acknowledgements. Most all
affirmed adherence to the Gen-
eral Assembly resolution calling
for abstention from violence.
The United States reply also
avoided direct commitment to the
British request by forwarding
President Truman's statement
which calls for abstention from
"any activities" tending to pro-
mote violence - in Palestine.

Mrs. Glassman Named
National Reid Director
For Synagogue Women

NEW YORK—Mrs, Barnett E. -
Kopelman, president of the Na-
tional Women's League of the
United Syna-;--
gogue of Ameri4:
ca, a n n ounces!.
the appointment;:'
of Mrs. SamueU,
Glassman as na-
tional field di-
rector.
Mrs. Glass-
man a graduate
of Temple Uni-
versity and
Gratz College, Mrs. Glassman
was president of Beth Judah
Sisterhood of Philadelphia for
10 years and also served as prin-
cipal of the religious school. She
left this post to assume the presi-
dency of the Philadelphia Branch
of the National Women's League.
MISS FLORENCE GITT
She is author of numerous
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Gitt of articles and is editor of the poe-
2660 Monterey announced the en- try page in Women's League Out-
gagen'rent of their daughter, Flor- look.
ence, to Robert Murray Nemzin
of Broadstreet Ave., at a family
dinner at the home of the bride-
elect. The couple plan a wedding-
AND ORCHESTRA
in January.

MICKEY WOOLF

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Columbia Law Review
eoi
Approves Bias Complaint 4 t
re3en I 3

NEW YORK.—The current is-
sue of the Columbia Law Review,
published by the Law School of
Columbia University, approved
the legal basis for the complaint
against Columbia University's
Appointments Office, filed by the
American Jewish Congress, and
agreed that the State Commis-
sion Ag a i n st Discrimination
(SCAD) had acted within its
jurisdiction in denying the Uni-
versity's claim to exemption.
Indicating the correctness of
SCAD's interpretation of the
Ives-Quinn law, the article went
on to state: "The ruling elimin-
ates the possible means' of dis-
crimination which would other-
wise remain available to employ-
ers desiring to evade the act."

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