1 ' Page Four THE JEWISH .NEWS As the Editor Views the News ... Mr. President, Your Help Is Needed The Appeal to Truman Our appeal to President Truman, on the first page of this issue, is part of a nationwide plea to our Chief Executive, with all the Jewish newspapers—Yiddish and English— participating simultaneously in sponsoring this Jewish Press Palestine Defense Day. We sincerely hope that these urgent appeals will bring desired results in securing speedy ac- tion by our Government for the implementa- tion of the UN Palestine decision. The situation is too grave for any respon- sible person to overlook the moral aspects of an issue which involves the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. Action NOW should be the motto of all Americans who are anxious to avoid another war. THE JEWISH NEWS Member Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Independent Jewish Press Service, Seven Arts Feature Syndicate, Palcor Agency, King Features, Central Press Association. Member American Association of English-Jewish News- papers and Michigan Press Association. Published every Friday by The Jewish News Publish- ing Co., 2114 Penobscot Bldg., Detroit 26, Mich., WO. 5-1155. Subscription, $3 a year; foreign, $4. Club subscription, every fourth Friday of the month, to all subscribers to Allied Jewish Campaign of Jewish Welfare Federation of Detroit, 40 cents per year. Entered as second-class matter Aug. 6, 1942, at Post Of- flee, Detroit, Mich., under Act of March 3, 1879. . BOARD OF DIRECTORS Maurice Aronsson Philip SIOmovitz Fred M. Butzel Isidore Sobeloff Judge Theodore Levin Abraham Srere Maurice H. Schwartz Henry Wineman SLOMOVITZ, Editor VOL. XII—No. 25 MARCH 5, 1948 Sabbath Scriptural Selections This Sabbath, the twenty-fifth day of Adar I, 5708, the following Scrptural selections will be read in our synagogues: Pentateuchal portion—Ex. 35:1-38:20;30:11-16. 'Prophetical portion—II Kings 12:1-17. On Thursday and Friday, Rosh Hodesh Adar II, , Latest Schocken Books Agnon's Novel, Lazare's Essays: Literary Gems On the Defensive Palestine was built with Jewish labor and through the initiative of our pioneers. No one has given us anything on the construction front—although we recognize with genuine gratitude the encouragement we have re- ceived from our Christian friends on the political front. The UN decision of Nov. 29, 1948, was not a "gift" of a Jewish state. It was recognition of the existence of the strong Jewish corn- m.unity which already is the nearest approach to a Jewish state. Now, with betrayals threatening to undo what we had hoped would be the final politi- cal act, we are again placed on our own. Again, we are on the defensive. As in the past, we alone can defend and protect what has been built during the past 30 years. The latest happenings in the UN Security Council may prove disillusioning to thou.- sands of Jews everywhere. To those who are fully aware of the implications—in the light of our experiences since perfidious Albion assumed control as mandatory power—it can mean only one thing: a growina responsibility for all of us to join forces in b defense of the Yishuv. Attempts have been made in the past to destroy our settlements. They have failed in the past and they will fail in the future— providing we retain , the determined will of the Jewish people to continue to build and to uphold the hands of the pioneers in Eretz Israel. We are, admittedly, on the defensive. It is imperative, therefore, that the battle should go on politically to secure the help of the nations of the world in our behalf. At the same time we must recognize that if we do not provide the means for Palestine defense and reconstruction, no one else will. There is only one instrument for Palestine's reconstruction: the United Jewish Appeal (the all-inclusive agency which secures funds for the Joint Distribution Committee, United Palestine Appeal and United Service for New Americans). In Detroit, the Allied Jewish Campaign, now girding for action, is the medium for giving to the UJA. Haganah will receive its support from UJA. The coloniza- tion and land-redemption efforts are provid- ed for by UPA. Jewish courage will be com- mensurate with the strength our pioneers will receive from the UPA. JDC meanwhile continues to care for prospective settlers in Zion in' DP camps. To guarantee strong defenses, the UJA must receive its minimum needs this year. Detroit's Allied Jewish Campaign MUST succeed if Palestine is to be secure. Let us remember these facts as we mobilize our forces for the defense of the Yishuv. Friday, March 5, 1948 11041.“ 7ascarosos Awake* Action: Even If It Takes Force President Truman, in a statement supporting the recom- mendation of United States delegate to the United Nations Warren Austin that the Palestine security problem be re- ferred to the Big FiVe, stated: "The Palestine problem has been and is the deep concern of this government. It has been given the most careful consideration by me, the Cabinet and other responsible government .officials. The United States position has been developed through a long and exhaustive study and many consultations. This position has been accurately presented by Ambassador Austin in his speech before the Security Council of the United Nations today." On the other hand, Congressman Emanuel Celler of New York went so far as to brand Mr. Austin's statement as "out- rageously hypocritical," asserting that so many studies have been made of the Palestine situation that "no further com- mittee studies are needed." « « • Meanwhile some very emphatic opinions have been ex- pressed on the question. In his testimony before theJlouse Foreign Affairs Com- mittee, Henry A. Wallace maintained that the U. S. can effec- tively help the situation in Palestine by withholding our money from Great Britain until the British stop sending arms to the Arabs. He declared that "it is American money that enables the British to deliver arms to the Arab states 'in ful- fillment of their contractual obligations.' " American money, he charged, finances the training and equipment of Arab forces in Arab states and enables the British to subsidize Transjordania's. army. He added: "Today in Palestine innocent Jewish pioneers are being slaughtered as a direct result of the Truman doctrine—protection of private American oil interest is more important to the administration than human lives and support of the_ UN's decision." Williani Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, expressed the hope that the U. S. would "stand un- compromising" behind the UN policy on Palestine "even if it takes force." He asked for the lifting of the embargo on arms so that Jews in Palestine should be able to defend themselves and call on the UN to meet the Arab challenge because "the UN cannot surrender to a dissenting Arab group or to the Arab nations." James F. O'Neil, commander of the American Legion, stated to the press in Des Moines, Ia., that "if the United Nations is going to continue to be an effective organization it must support its Palestine decision with a police force;" that "the United States must be willing to furnish a part of that force; either that or withdraw." There have, of course, been some very unfavorable state- ments. It stands to reason that the Jewish position has enemies as well as friends. The fact is, however, that it is the estab- lished, traditional policy of our Government to support the Jewish aspirations and any efforts to the contrary must be considered obstructionist. It remains to be seen whether Presi- dent Truman will yield to intimidation from the oil interests or whether he will insist that justice be done to the Jewish people. * * By straddling the fence, responsible leaders in our Gov- erment are permitting the continuation of bloodshed. A con- sistent policy should be enforced at once, for the sake of the peace in the Middle East. Only an ultra-isolationist policy—which is unthinkable under present conditions—could possibly be invoked to leave the Jews of Palestine and in the DP camps at their mercy. As lang as the Marshall Plan and aid to Greece are realities, Pal- estine must be considered as one of the major obligations in our Government's peace-seeking program. Any other course will be considered, as Congressman Celler put it, as "out- rageously hypocritical." Responsible leaders—Christians and Jews—have made serious demands that our Government should stop dilly- dallying. Men like Sumner Welles, Adolf Berle and Mrs. F. D. Roosevelt; 62 of the leading American. Christian organizations acting through the American Association for the United Nations; labor, civic and Christian forces are demanding action. Let there be no delay in guaranteeing peace in the Num. 28:1-15 will be read during morning services. Middle East and in the world at large. Schocken Library has made another signifi- cant contribution to the Jewish book shelf with its latest two books — S. Y. Agnon's "In the Heart of the Seas" and Bernard Lazare's "Job's Dungheap." Lazare, brilliant French-Jewish essayist, who died as a very young man at the turn of the cen- tury, will be remembered as one of the great in. spirers of the Dreyfusard movement. He was for an all-out fight to liberate the innocent man. He rejected concessions. His passion for justice was stronger than that of any other man in that group. His essays reveal a fearlessness that we could well emulate in our own time. For Zionists es- pecially there is a strong lesson in "Job's Dung- heap." , The pen portrait of him by the essayist Charles Peguy adds to the value of the book. The general introduction by Hannah Arendt rounds out the perfect Schocken job. More about the Lazare volume in these columns at a later date. I. M. Lask translated the Agnon volume from the Hebrew. It is a masterful job of translating the thrilling story about Hassidim in Galicia who set out on a journey for Palestine. The love for Zion was never before as well depicted as in Ag- non's book and in Lask's translation. Schocken has made great gifts to Jewry in the publishing field. The two latest works make this publisher's contributions stand out more luminously than ever before. Hebrew, the language of the Bible, is also the language of modern Jewish Palestine. Although an extensive modern Hebrew literature has already been created, it is virtually unknown in America. In publishing Agnon's "In the Heart of the Seas," Schocken Books brings to the attention of the American public one of the leading figures of the modern Hebrew literary renaissance. A.gnon is not entirely unknown in America—one of his novels, "The Bridal Canopy," appeared in English transla- tion in 1937 and was a selection of the Literary Guild. Hailed by critics such as Alfred Kazin, John Cournos, Isaac Frank, and others, it was called "one of the great novels in any language," by Bur- ton Rascoe. "In the Heart of the Seas," at one level, is simpl3r the story of a journey—a journey made by a group of Polish Jews ' to Palestine at some indeterminate time in the past. But these Jews are Hasidim—mys- tics who inhabit a world where miracles happen every day, and for whom God exists, not at some great transcendental. remove, but here, now—and so this journey is also a pilgrims' progress to the center of sanctity, the Holy Land. With quiet humor, with great affection and re- spect, and with subtle skill, Agnon captures the un- affected, direct, "primitive" quality of the Hasidim in particular, and of all such pilgrimages in gen- eral. Perhaps the closest thing to the world that is evoked in these pages is the art of Marc Chagall Like Chagall's, Agnon's Hasidim have a happy-go- lucky quality, a gentle joyfulness, that is no secon- dary attribute but the eseence of their spirituality. The excellent translation by Lask has largely succeeded in rendering the artful simplicity of the classical Hebrew in which the story was written. - Ten full-page pen drawings by the young American artist, T. Herzl Rome, superbly illustrated the book. Vocational Education Appraised in New Book "Jewish Vocational Education: History and Ap- praisal," by Bernard D. Weinryb, the first volume in the Jewish Social- Research series published by Jewish Teachers' Seminary, 154 E. 70th St., New York 21, tells for the first time the story of Jewish occupational training and retraining dur- ing the entire period since the 18th century. During this century and a half, both Jews and non-Jews have been concerned with Jewish voca- tional restratification policies. Enlightners, assim- ilationists, Zionists, Socialists, community leaders, all have tried to change the Jewish occupational structure as a means of improving the Jewish lot, combating anti-semitism, reconstructing a Jewish homeland, etc. Jewish organizations, local and world wide as—ICA, ORT, Joint Distribution Com- mittee—have built hundreds of training institu- tions, spending millions for this purpose. The study tells of all these attempts, analyzes the work and the results. But it goes beyond merely telling the story and evaluating the results. A wide back- ground of the legal, social and economic situation of the Jews in most of the European countries is depicted and the trends and ideologies behind the vocational redistribution is related. The book is divided in three parts. The first presents the background, historical origin, ideals and practices of Jewish vocational training, makes comparisons with non-Jewish training, and offers yardsticks for purposes of evaluation. The second part tells the story of Jewish vocational education in the various countries of Europe up to World War 1. The third section deals with the period be- tween the two Wars. The summary and conclu- sion contain an appraisal of the entire system - and of its significance for future practice. The book reflects the aspirations and social and economic trends among the Jews in Europe. The historian, social scientist, and the intelligent read- er generally, may find the book useful as a guide to modern Jewish economic and social history, while the social worker, the executive of a relief organization or of a vocational guidance bureau may find helpful 'practical hints. Facts You Should Know Why do Jews refrain from using the hind.' quarters of cattle for food consumption? Originally Jews used this part of the cow too. In certain parts of Palestine and in pre-Hitler Europe hindquarters were sold as kosher food - on the market, as is the case in some sections of Palestine today. The reasop we generally do not use the hindquarter lies in the intricate system of extraction of veins and arteries which must be employed before the meat is considered fit to use.