Friday, September 12, 1947
THE JEWISH _NEWS
Pogo Twenty - two
Shoshanna H. Sankowsky's
'Short Zionist History'
Tribulations of Exodus Refugees
"A Short History of Zionism"
by Shoshanna Harris Sankowsky,
published by Bloch, is an inter-
esting addition to the histories of
the Zionist movement..
The brevity of this volume,
which nevertheless is all-inclusive
in its coverage, makes it valuable
for the average Jewish reader.
This volume deals with "The
Dveelopment Toward Zionism"—
a section that deals with the back-
ground, forerunners and historl
of early Zionist; "The Early
Stages of Zion," "Zionism as a
Recognized Movement," "Pales-
tine Under British Rule."
There is a splendid bibliography
an ," the volume, in its totality, is
well told, makes easy reading and
is excellent for home use and also
as a textbook.
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—International Photo
MISERABLE LIVING CONDITIONS existed aboard the British
ships carrying the Exodus passengers to Hamburg. The sacks pic-
tured here cover washrooms which were used by men, women and
children. Barbed wire (bottom) makes life for the refugees even more
intolerable.
Lincoln Documents Reveal
Bnai Brith Fight For Justice
By EDWARD E. GRUSD
Editor, National Jewish Monthly s titution — to annul that Order
The opening of the Abraham and to protect the liberties even
Lincoln papers to the public last of your humblest constituents."
month brought to light some in- Attorney General Not Interested
teresting documents which reveal I Apparently the news of Lin-
Bnai Brith participation in one coin's revocation of the order
of the issues of the Civil War reached St. Louis immediately
period.
thereafter, because the letter was
The material refers to Gen. snt to Edward Bates, the attorney
Grant's infamous Order No. 11, general, with a covering letter
which was issued on Dec. 17, dated Jan. 6, by Isidor Bush, of
1862. At that time the federal St. Louis.
Bates sent the letter to Lincoln
navy was blockading the South
to prevent cotton exports from with the following notation: "The
bolstering the rebel economy. A writer of the within letter, though
number of cotton traders man- a Jew, is a man of personal re-
aged to evade this blockade, and spectability in St. Louis. I do but
among them were several Jews. comply with his expressed wish,
Angered upon receiving this in handing you the papers, my-
news, Gen. Grant allowed anti- self feeling no particular interest
Semitic emotion to overcome his in the subject."
better j udgmenc,''ffirel singled out
Gen. Grant later admitted that
the Jews for special punishment. he had been too "hasty" in is-
His order stated that "the suing Order No. 11.
Jews, as a class, violating every
regulation of trade established by
Rabbi Witkin Receives Medal
the Treasury Department and
PANAMA—Rabbi Nathan Wit-
also department orders, are here- kin, Army-Navy representative
by expelled from the depart- of the National Jewish Welfare
ment within 24 hours from re- Board in Panama since 1947,
ceipt of this order." This note was awarded the Medal of Free-
referred to Gen. Grant's Depart- dom here for "exceptionally mer-
ment of the Missouri.
itorious services" by Lt. Gen.
Expelled On Day's Notice
Willis D. Crittenberger, com-
Great hardship to many inno- manding general of the Caribbean
cent people was the immediate Defense Command and Panama
result of Grant's order, for hun- Canal Department, in a ceremony
dreds were actually sent into held at his office at Quarry
exile from their homes and busi- Heights.
nesses, on a day's notice. Many
prominent Jews like Rabbis Isaac
M. Wise and Max Lilienthal pro-
tested vigorously, and some of •
them even came to Washington ,
to see President Lincoln about
the issue.
The Jewish community of Pa-
for
ducah, Ky., sent Cesar Kaskel,
who had an interview with Lin-
coln on Jan. 3, 1863. Lincoln was
the coming
sympathetic, and in his jocular
way remarked to Kaskel: "And
so the children of Israel were
driven from the happy land of
Canaan?" Quick as a flash, Kas-
kel answered in the same vein:
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"Yes, and that It why they have
come unto Father Abraham's
bosom, seeking protection." Lin-
coln said, more seriously: "And
this protection they shall have, -
seated himself at his desk and
wrote to Gen. Halleck, general-
in-chief of the Northern armies,
revoking Order No. 11.
The order was not revoked
until four days later. In the
meantime, Bnai Brith's Missouri
Lodge, in St. Louis, had taken
action on the matter. It drew up
a letter to President Lincoln
signed by Henry Kuttner, presi-
dent, and Morris Hoffman, secre-
tary. The letter dated Jan. 5,
reads in part:
"In the name of religious liber-
ty, of justice and humanity—we
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enter our Solemn Protest against
this Order, and ask you—the De-
fender and Protector of the Con-
Best Wishes
NEW YEAR
JWB Guidebook To History
NEW YORK.—An attractively
Army Opens
`Model Camp' in
Austria for DPs
VIENNA (JTA)—The arrival
of the first contingent of 150 Jew-
ish displaced persons at Camp
Ebelsberg, near Linz, marked• the
opening of this new U. S. Army-
sponsored camp for DPs in Aus-
tria. Army authorities asserted
that the camp will provide a
"model community."
Following the departure of
American troopsfrom Ebelsberg
officials carried out a large reno-
vation program. Today there are
facilities for two synagogues,
handicraft and vocational train-
ing_ shops and a children's nur-
sery.
illustrated guide book, telling
the dramatic story of the Jewish
Community Center movement
and the relation of the National
Jewish Welfare Board to that
movement, was published by
JWB for use by and information.
of its 301 affiliated Jewish Com-
munity Centers and YM-YWHAs,
other Jewish organizations, the
Jewish community and the gen-
eral community at large.
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NEW YORK—Another victory
against the forces of bigotry was i ;
achieved last week with the ar- ■
rest and confession of Maynard
0. Nelsen, 23, a leader of the ■
so-called Democratic Nationalist
par t y, Nazi-like underground ■
group operating in Minnesota.
.
Nelsen's apprehension resulted
from discovery by Non-Sectarian
Anti-Nazi League investigators of •
secret correspondence between ■
the Democratic Nationalist party ■
and the Columbians, Atlanta, Ga.,
hate group whose leaders were •
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recently convicted.
ON THE
NEW YEAR
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Minnesota Bigotry Leader
Confesses Nazi-Like Work
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