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Sumner Heads- . Gemelay Warns That Reich
22 More Nazis Pay Piper;
Trial Reveals New Tortures Windsor cottheit Is No Longer Safe FOr Juts

and 134 death sentences. To
date the Dachau war crimes
court has tried 1,323 Nazi war
criminals with *a record of 1,112
convictions. •
A former inmate of the Mau-
thausen death camp told an Am-
erican military tribunal trying
eight former guards and officials
at the camp that Jeivs were
were forced to jump into elec-
trically-charged fences to be
burned to death.
The witness, who preferred to
remain unidentified because of
fear of reprisals, testified that
he saw Franz Koffler, one of the
accused, beat five Jews and
order them to jump into the
wired fences.
Meanwhile, two Gestapo of-
ficers were • sentenced to be
hanged for murdering Jews in
Camp Gusen I, a satellite camp
of Mauthausen. One, a physician
and Gestapo captain, Helmuth
Vetter, was convicted of killing
people with poisonous injections,
while the second, Kurt Kirchner,
was found guilty of beating,
torturing and killing prisoners
while he was a labor gang fore-
man. Three other defendants re-
ceived sentences ranging from
five years to life imprisonment.

DACHAU, Germany, (JTA)-
An eight-man American military
tribunal sentenced to death 22 of
31 Nazi guards, officials and
doctors at the Buchenwald ex-
termination camp. The remain-
ing nine defendants received
terms ranging from 10 years to
life imprisonment. All were con-
victed of charges of torture and
murder of thousands, including
'many Jews.
Five of the nine whose lives
were spared received life terms,
including use Koch, widow of a
former commandant of the camp;
Prince Josias zu Waldeck, form-
er Gestapo general and chief
judge at the camp; and Dr.
Edwin Katzenellenbogen, former
American citizen, who is report-
ed to be a Jew. The remaining
four convicted criminals receiv-
ed 10-20 year sentences.
Katzenellenbogen r e q u e sted
the death sentence when the 31
were found guilty. Among the
doomed men was Hans Eisele, a
Gestapo lieutenant, who was
sentenced to die at a previous
trial for crimes at the Dachau
concentration camp but was
later saved when his sentence
was commuted to life imprison-
ment.
The sentencing marked the
end of the fourth fo the five
mass trials of concentration
camp personnel by American
military courts. Only the trial
of guards and officers at the
Nordhausen camp remains to be
completed. The trials of per-
sonnel at the Buchenwald, Dach-
au, Mauthausen and Flossenberg
camps resulted in 173 convictions

Frank Goldman Nominated
Ao Aid Organization Board
NEW YORK—The nomination
of Frank Goldman, Lowell, Mass.,
president of Bnai Brith, as a di-
rector on the interin board of
United Service for New Amer-
icans was announced by Edwin
Rosenberg, president of JSNA.

Purely Commentary

By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ

A Happy Birthday, Fred!

There is something uniquely different about Fred M. Butzel, who
will observe his 70th birthday next Monday.
A lawyer by profession, he has practiced very little since his
admission to the bar nearly half a century ago, his major interest
always having been community social service.
Holding honorary degrees, he is plain "Mister", and most usually
"Fred," the Doctorate resting peacefully on the sheepskin.
Scion of a pioneer Detroit family many of whom are little
concerned with Palestine, Fred always has been a Zionist, once held
the post of honorary president of the Zionist Organization of Detroit
and is a life member of the Zionist Organization of America.
He lures music, plays the piano well, is-a lover of art, a profuse
reader and seems to know• something about everything. The result
is that he is called upon for advice by nearly everybody in the
community.
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A happy birthday, Fred. Here's hoping that we may be privileged
to offer our encomia to a strong and healthy Fred M. Butzel on your
80th, 90th, and 100th birthdays. It will be good for you—and for

all of us.

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A Formula for a Wholesome Jewish Life

Rabbi David Polish. one of the ablest of the younger Reform
rabbis, writing in the Hebrew Union College Monthly, tells this story:

A wealthy Jew hired the shammos of his synagogue to fast
for him in memory of his dead. During the afternoon he entered
a restaurant, and found the shammos eating a very hearty meal.
"What do you call this?" the wealthy Jew shouted. "You
are nothing but a common swindler."
"I'll be frank with you," the shammos replied. "The gabbai
of the synagogue also hired me to fast for him. Now I ask you,
have I the strength to fast for two people? Look at me, all skin
and bones. So I made a decision. I'll fast for you, but for the
gabbai I'll eat."

At a Ixteeting of its Board of
Governors on August 13- , Michael
M. Sumner was
elected president
of the Windsor
Jewish Commu-
nity Council: He
succeeds Harry
M. Cherniak,
who has served
as president for
the past two
years.
Other officeis
M. Sumner electer were:
M. Meretsky, first vice-president;

Jewish, although the Joint. Dis-
tribution Committee had regis-
tered 300 Jews in this category.
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Australia To Admit
5000 From Europe
ing the revival of anti-Semitism.
CANBERRA, Australia, (JTA)
He asserted that although it —Despite a flood of criticism
was not in his province to say aimed • at an agreement between
what should happen to the Jew- the International Refugee Organ-

FRANKFURT, Germany,
(JTA)—Am e r i can commander
in Germany, said at a press con-
ference that no more displaced
Jews can be absorbed into the
German economy without risk-

ish DPs in Germany, he none-
theless felt that the problem was
one which "every major civilized
nation should have to face and
find a solution for, since the pres-
ent situation is not tolerable and
H. Novak, second vice-president; can be expected to get worse in-
third
vice-president;
Mrs. J. Rash,
stead of better."
J. Nash, secretary, and 11. M.
In Munich, scores of Jewish
Cherniak, treasurer.
men and women were forced to
Elected to the executive were: leave a train which was about
W. Auerbach, A. D. Cherniak, S. to start them on their journey to
Freed, Miss Frances Geller, A. the United States. At the last
F. Goldberg, W. Hurwitz, B. minute, after 315 displaced. Jews
Nosanchuk, H. Rosenthal, It had boarded the train bound for
Slutzky, Mrs. W. L. Taylor, -N. Bremerhaven, they were inform-
Tepperman, H. Vexler.
ed that there was no ship avail-

Training Center
For DPs Planned
In Maine City

ization and Australian Immigra-
tion Minister Arthur A. Calwell,
providing for the admission of
5,000 European refugees to 'Aus-
tralia this year and more next
year, the government is making
preparations for the implemen-
tation of the agreement, it was
reported here.
Prime Minister John B. Chif-

fley told a press conference that
the government will not be mov-
ed by the "uninformed criticism,"
much of which is anti-Jewish in
nature, and that it will combat
anti-Semitism - wherever possible.

able to take them from the Ger-
man port to New York.
It. is expected that a vessel
will not be available until some

time next month. Many of the-
refugees expressed the fear that
now they would never get to
the United States.
EASTPORT, Me., (JTA) — A
At the same time a second
plan to convert the former Quod- group of 201 displaced Jews set
dy Village naval training school out on a journey to new homes
here into a center for the train- in Palestine. They included 72
ing of European DPs in various men, 91 women and 38 children
trades and professions to permit up to the age of,17, all with rel-
them to proceed later to Latin atives in Palestine.
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American countries where they
will take up jobs and permanent Percentage of Jews In New
homes, is now under considera- Canadian Quota Doubtful
tion by city officials here.
OTTAWA, (JTA)—Close
to
The plan, which has the ap- 10,000 displaced persons from
proval of President Truman and Europe will be admitted to Can-
is sponsored by Sen. Owen ada wtihin the next few months,
Brewster of Maine and a num- it was announced by Reconstruc-
ber of Washington officials, was tion Minister C. D. Howe, who

proposed by Frank Cohen, a asserted, upon his return from
New York industrialist Mr. a visit to Europe, that he was
Cohen has secured promises from "very favorably impressed" with
several Latin American govern- the type of persons he saw.

ments that the refugees will be
admitted into their countries on
regular immigration visas after
they complete training courses
in the factory-schools which he
will establish in Quoddy Village.
The project provides for the
selection of several thousand
Jewish families who are now in
camps, their transportation to
this country for a temporary
stay while the breadwinner is
taught a trade, and finally their
transportation to a Latin Ameri-
can country which needs the
skill which the refugees have
acquired.

Jewish circles in Canada, how-
ever, are wondering how many

of the 10,000 will be Jews in

view of the fact that of 730 DP
forestry workers recently brought
to this country, only seven were

Bidault Urges
Bevin Remove
3 Prison Ships

Christians to Join
Jews in Tribute
To Hitler's Victims

Heads of Christian Churches
in the United States will join
with Jews in honoring the mem-
ory of the six million European
Jews who died during the war
and the heroes of the Warsaw

Ghetto uprising, at the dedica-
tion of the site for the memorial
to Hitler's victims, which will be
erected on Riverside Drive, A. R.
Lerner, administrative chairman
of the memorial committee, an-
nounced today.
The Rt. Rev. Henry 'K. Sherrill,.

presiding bishop of the Protes-
tant Episcopal Church, and Bish-
op Charles K. Gilbert, head of
the Protestant Episcopal Diocese
of New York, have joined the
sponsors for the memorial. The
dedication ceremonies will take
place in October. The Memorial
is being designed by Jo David-
son. Mayor William O'Dwyer is
honorary chairman of the spon-
sors committee.

Strictly Confidential

By PHINEAS J. BIRON

(Copyright, 1947, Seven Arts Feature Syndicate)

Unforgettable Shame

The Embassy of the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia at
Washington has just issued a slender, paper-covered white book
under the title "The Case of Archbishop Stepinac" . . . It tells the
story of the 80,000 Jews in Yugoslavia, of whom 60,000 were killed,
the great majority in Croatia . . . The Yugoslavian Government
atrocities were "committed
officially charges that these incredible
support of one part of the Roman

with the full knowledge and active

hierarchy in Croatia. Archbishop Stepinac was the responsible head .
documented book quotes ex-
of that hierarchy" . . . The elaborately
Hitler's atroci-
cerpts from Stepinac's official newspaper approving
ties against the Jews and inciting the Croatians to exterminate the
should make certain
Jews in - their land . . • These are facts, and
MARSEILLE, (JPS-Palcor)— American gentlemen of the Jewish faith shudder . . . We refer to
Your correspondent learned from the gentlemen who appealed to the United Nations in behalf of
a high French source that French Stepinac.
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has
Foreign Minister Bidault
As a commentary upon this bit of humor,. Rabbi Polish offers sent a stiff note to British Foreign Watch Stockholm
a formula for a wholesome kind of Jewish life. Here is his proposal Secretary Bevin to remove from
The intensified anti-Semitic campaigns in Argentina, Mexico,
experts to believe that
for a typical personality "who is not uncharacteristic on the Jewish
South Africa. not to spenk of England, lead
French waters as soon as possible a
group of Nazis has escaped to Sweden and established an inter-
scene":
the
three
British
prison
ships
national anti-Semitic bureau in Stockholm . . . This Swedish head.
Our typical person would be Jewishly educated. He would
which have been anchored irr•the quarters of anti-Semitism seems to be in possession of a substantial
know Hebrew, Jewish history, Jewish religion. He would be an
harbor of Port de Bouc for the portion of Julius Streicher's archives of anti-Semitic literature . . .
active member of a congregation and attend its services fre-
quently. He would belong to and be active in a Zionist organiza-
past 15 days with nearly 4500 of The anti-Jewish material mailed from Stockholm includes reproduc-
. . . The
tion. He would contribute according to his means to Jewish
the "Exodus" refugees who were tions printed from the late Streicher's original book plates
debated this subject and requested. the -
causes. If possible, he would make a trip to Palestine sometime
deported here from Palestine by Swedish Parliament recently
investigate
.
.
.
But
in
the
meanwhile
Canada,
of Justice to
during his life. If possible, he would send his children to Pales-
the British and have refused to Minister
England and the United States are being flooded with Streicher
tine for a year to study. All occasions in the Jewish religious and
disembark. Bidault's note was material being shipped from Sweden in huge quantities.
secular calendar would be observed in his home. He would pray
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sent on specific instructions from
privately as well as publicly. He would have a library of Jewish
Premiere Ramadier.
books and subscribe to leading Jewish periodicals. Jewish art
Disgraceful
and ceremonial objects would grace his home. He would conduct
Drew Pearson, the Washington columnist who knows all, tells us
his business transactions ethically, and he would live unpreten-
that the KKK is out for expansion . . . Dr. Samuel Green is now
supreme head of the entire Klan . . . A new membership drive was
tiously. He would actively participate in liberal American
just concluded .. . Awards for bringing in the largest number of
causes and would share in efforts for civic improvement in his
new members went to several Atlanta policemen, police officers and
community.
uphold-
Some undoubtedly will claim that this is an unusually big order.
detectives ... In other words, those who are entrusted with
ranks of the

But since this is "not uncharacteristic" of Jewish tradition, why not
aspire to its re-attainment?
The encouraging factor in the aspiration to remould the Jewish
personality is that so many of the younger American rabbis are so
anxious to attain it. And through persistent effort they should suc-
ceed. Surely, there are enough sincere laymen to help them m this
great objective.
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Extremism Bad to the Extreme
Pro-Irgunists who assert that there is no justification for getting
excited over the death of two British sergeants at the hands of Jews
at a time when scores of Jews have been murdered by the British
are doing the Jewish cause an injustice. They justify immorality and
approve of laymen taking the law into their own hands. Even the
inhumanity of British rule does not justify such a stand.
Lady Astor, however, is no better. By asserting that she is not
concerned with dead Jews and is disturbed only when British are
put to death, she is equally guilty in approving the immorality of
anarchy.
Congressman Emanuel Celler is right in asking that Lady
encourage anti-Semitism in this
Astor and other of her ilk who
country should be barred from our shores.

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Anti-JewishMob
Roams Montreal

MONTREAL, Canada, (TrA)
A gang of Canadians carried
out a second anti-Semitic dem-
onstration here, racing through
the Jewish section of the city and
shouting apti-Jewish slogans.
The Montreal newspaper "Fam-
ily Herald and Weekly Star"
came out with an editorial warn-
ing the Jews against "directly
or indirectly supporting, encour-
aging, and financing Palestine
terrorism."
The Montreal Star editorially
defended troops of the Sixth
Airborne Division in Palestine
against charges of anti-Semitism.

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ing the laws of our demomracy are foremost in the
destroyers of these laws.
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Miscellany
Scripta Mathematica, the mathematical quarterly published by
Yeshiva College, is sponsoring the publication of "The Collected
Works of Cassius Jackson Keyser . . . The first volume, entitled.
"Mathematics as a Culture Clue, and Other Essays," has just ap-
peared . . . Prof. Jekuthiel Ginsburg, a disciple and admirer of the
late Prof. Keyser, is editor of the project
Ludwig Lewisohn's son, James, was Bar Mitzvah recently .
.
James is a brilliant Hebrew student, and may some day translate
his father's books into Hebrew.
The Irgun is flooding the country with direct-by-mail propa-
ganda from Palestine.. The Palestine censor does not seem to mind.
David Bernstein, 'AJC emissary to Europe, is the son of Herman
Bernstein, the late ace foreign correspondent and U. S. Minister to
Albania . • . Some day we'll tell the tragic story of Herman, who
was a wonderful character but didn't like to say "yes" to wealth.
Norman Springer, nephew of the late Reuben Brainin, is pre-
paring a novel for publication ... Advance readers think it's terrific.