Friday, March 12, 1948

THE JEWISH NEWS

Detroiters Study Dachau Marker

Did Truman Use
Bevin Language?

Page Fifteen ,

Off the Record

By NATHAN ZIPRIN

Drew Pearson Makes Serious The Proud
Isaiah Klinov, chief of the department of information of the
Charge, Quoting Attack
Jewish Agency in Jerusalem, recently visited Paris on official busi-
ness . . During his absence his daughter, Ruth, and her friend,
on Jews' of New York

NEW YORK (Palcor)—Wash-
ington columnist Drew Pearson
reported the following incident
in the White House:
"President Truman was talk-
ing to a New York publisher
about Palestine. Pounding the
desk he made the following re-
marks about 'the ... New York
Jews'. '
" 'They're disloyal to their
country. Disloyal!! he. cried.
`Would you explain that further,
Mr. President?' interrupted the
publisher, whose wife happens
to be Jewish.
" 'When you speak of New
York
Jews are you referring to
Dachau, which was the site of a concentration camp where
such people as Bernard Baruch?_
hundreds of thousands of the victims of the Nazis were tortured and Or are you referring to such
died, was visited by the United Jewish Appeal delegation which New York Jews as my wife?'
studied the conditions of Jewish 'life in Europe and Palestine in con- Truman glared, assured his vis-
junction with the $250,000,000 "Destiny Campaign" of the UJA. itor he did not mean to include
Joseph Holtzman (left) and Louis Berry of Detroit are shown at a Baruch or the publisher's wife—
marker to those who died at Dachau. A vandal attempted to erase then abruptly changed the sub-
ject."

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part of the word ."don't" in the last line. The UJA, which provides
the resources for the overseas relief and rehabilitation work of the
Joint Distribution Committee, the United Palestine Appeal program
for immigration, settlement and security of the Jewish state, and the
Americanization work of the United Service for New Americans, is
supported in Detroit through the Allied Jewish Campaign.

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Our Letter Box I

Rep. Isacson Described
As a Devoted Zionist
Editor, The Jewish News:
That was an excellent piece
you did in your Purely Com-
inentary column on the Isacson
election—courageous and exhib-
iting a deep insight into the back-
ground of the entire political
picture vis-a-vis the Palestine
situation.
I would like to take this op-
litwrtunity to bring to your atten-
tion a few facts concerning
Isacson, with whom I had the
pleasure of working while I was
associate director of the Bronx
Zionist Region. Although Al-
fange, the Liberal Party candi-
date, was a leader of- the Amer-
ican Christian Palestine Commit-
tee, Isacson was president of the
Moshulu Zionist- District during
the past year and co-chairman
of the Young Zionist Committee
of the Bronx Zionist Region. In
both capacities he was tremen-
dously helpful to the moveme_nt
in the Bronx. He devoted a great
deal of time and energy io the
formation of Young Zionist Dis-
tricts, of which there are now
12 in the Bronx, more than in
any. other single community in
the United States. Isacson was
always available for speaking
engagements, and in several
cases was instrumental through
his talks in salvaging groups
which were about to disinte-
grate.
As a result of a great deal of
personal association with him, I
can state categorically that he is
not a Communist; on the con-
trary, he is the very epitome of
what an independent candidate
should be, cutting across all
party lines to take the position
he feels that he and his con-
stituents most favor.
I personally feel that it was
his Zionist background, plus his
independence, an established fac-
tor in the Bronx, which won him
the election. As you stated, the
voters felt that Isacson would
most effectively represent their
protest on the Palestine issue.
With Zion's Greetings,
SAUL GOTTLIEB,
Regional Director,
Michigan Zionist Region.

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Vocational Training
Supplies Still Needed
For ORT Classwork

Mrs. Joseph Geschelin, chair-
man of the xnaterials for overseas
training project of ORT (Organ-
ization for Rehabilitation
through Training) reports that
although Detroit has already
shipped about 800 pounds of
materials to Europe for ORT
trade schools, the need is still
great for supplies for a variety
of trades. -
Some of the courses taught are
dressmaking, millinery, hair-
dressing, shirt making, chemis-
try, weaving and knitting, pho-
tography, pastry cooking, lock-
smith, electro-mechanics, radio,
machine shop, men's underwear
making, corsetry, welding, lea-
ther goods, farming, and carpen-
try.
Mrs. Joseph Burak, 2215 Long :
fellow, is MOT chairman of
North ORT; Mrs. H. Touross,
2753 Burlingame, South ORT;
Mrs. Maxwell Jospey, 731 Coving-
ton, Huntington WOods ORT;
and Mrs. Abe Levin, 1605 Wilson
St., Mt. Cleinens -ORT.
Mrs. Harry Becker', president,
announces that a joint regional
meeting, honoring new officers
and board members will be held
Monday, March 22, at the Jewish
Center. A buffet luncheon will
be_ served. Mrs. Ludwig Kaphans,
newly elected national president
of Women's American ORT will
be &est of honor at this meet-
ing, to which all members are
invited.

Polish Consul Denies Jews
Cannot Leave Poland

Windsor Sights
Campaign Goal

Windsor's Jewish Welfare Fund
campaign has exceeded the $100,-
000 mark for the first time in its
history, the Windsor Community
Council announced last week.
With 1,120 pledges reported,
the total contribution reaches
$101,093:99. Campaign leaders
expect the total to be increased
by several thousand dollars. be-
fore pledges cease to be record-
ed. Prospects of attaining the
community's $125,000 goal seem
excellent, they declared.

Urge Letters to Lansing
For Pressure on FEPC
,Bill 'Before Legislature

The Michigan Committee on
Civil Rights, with which the Jew-
ish Community Council' of De-
troit is associated, is swinging
into high gear in its drive for a
.state law on fair employment
practices.
Governor Sigler has announced
that in response to continued re-
quests he is placing the proposal
on the agenda of the special ses.:
sion of the state legislature this
month. -
Whether FEPC is successful in
this. sessidn depends largely upon
whether the legislators feel that
their constituents want it. The
committee urges everyone to writ
his state representative, asking
him to work for passage of the
measure. A list of legislators is
available in the office of the Mich-
igan committee, 803 Washington
Blvd. Bldg., CH. 1657. Letters may
also be addressed to The Honor-
able Kim Sigler, Governor of
Michigan, Lansing, Michigan.

JWF Program Features
The Fresh Air Society

On Saturday evening, at 8:30,
over Station WJLB, on Altman's
Hour, and at 9:30 over the same
station On Weinberg's Hour, on
the program of "The Voice of the
Jewish Welfare Federation," rep-
resentatives of the Fresh Air
Society will discuss problems of
this agency.
The program is sponsored by
the United Dairies with the co-
operation of Mrs. Hyman Altman
and Harry Weinberg, and it is
heard every Saturday night.

NEW YORK (JTA) — Polish
Consul General Jan Galewicz, in
a statement issued through the
Jewish Telegraphic Agency, de-
nied American press reports that
Jews in Poland are no longer
permitted to emigrate from the
country. He emphasized that cer-
tain modifications have been
made in the procedure for issuing
exit passports, but said that they
apply to Jews as well as to all
Britain Permits Transfer
other citizens of Poland.
During the last three months Of Charity Funds to Zion
of 1947 more than 1,200 passports
LONDON (JTA)—The British
have been issued to Jews in Po-
CARD OF SYMPATHY
government will permit the trans-
, The membership of the Beth land• for travel abroad; he re-
fer of funds from Britain to
Aaron Men's Club and syna- vealed.
Palestine if it is satisfied that the
their
gogue, wish to express .
funds will be administered by
Fear
English
Anti-Jewish
Riots
deepest sympathy to the family
charitable organizations for char-
of the late Phil Bladen. Mr. Following Synagogue Fire
itable purposes, Glenville Hall,
Bladen was an ardent warker
LONDON,. (JTA)—Fear of a financial secretary to the treas-
and board member of the Men's new outbreak of anti-Jewish ury, declared in Parliament. He
Club and synagogue. The loss of tiots was expressed here follow- said that funds raised for the
his constant tireless work for ing a mysterious fire which swept purpose of providing arms for
these Organizations will not only a Liverpool synagogue. The fire Palestine did not fall into that
be missed, but will be very dif- destroyed an altar as well as category, and would therefore not
ficult to duplicate.
many precious scrolls.
be approved for transfer.

Carmela Yaari, were imprisoned by the British for participating in
arm deliveries for Haganah • . When Mr. Klinov returned to Pales-
tine, a letter postmarked from the Jerusalem prison awaited him
. . . The letter said: "Father, please don't try to use your influence
with the authorities to have me released. I am fully reconciled with
the idea of remaining in jail for a while. I don't want my holy mis-
sion to be degraded by undignified requests to police authorities."

Here and There

Herbert H. Lehman, former governor of New York who is now
devoting himself exclusively to Jewish affairs, is now quietly cele-
brating his 70th birthday.
Joe Richards, son of Bernard G. Richards, is exhibiting his paint-
ings at the Laurel Gallery in New York . . . The critics are raving
about him. •
HIAS plans showing its documentary film "Placing The Dis-
placed" throughout the country • . . It was produced in Germany
last summer by Martin. A. Burstein, the organization's public re-
lations. director . . . Shimon Hacohen, one of three Jewish officers
in the British Army who were captured in Greece, has published a
collection of. 96 sketches he made up while in captivity . . . He calls
the volume, published in Palestine. "A Symphony of Captivity . . ."
Hacohen never sketched before, but the loneliness of prison life and
the fact that he had been forbidden to express his feelings in writing
led him to a new form of expression.
Pincus Schuldenrein, a Jewish artist who survived the Nazi
holocaust in Poland is now in the U. S. . . . While in a DP camp
in Germany he created a number of works dealing " with Jewish
Martyrology under nazism.
An Italian, an Irishman and an Englishman are among the stu-
dents enrolled in the Yiddish course at Brooklyn. College . . The
Irishman and the Italian need Yiddish ,for business . . . The English-
man is married to a Jewish girl ... He adopted the Jewish faith.
Irving Grant, in his book "James Madison," a Bobbs publica-
tion, relates that Haym Solomon, the Jewish financier who financed
Madison in the inflation of 1781 obstinately rejected all recompense
... Madison once said of Solomon: "The price of money is so usurious
that he thinks it ought not be extorted from none but those who aim
a‘profitable speculation. To a necessitous delegate he gratuitiously
spares a supply out of his private stock." ... Quite a slap at those
who would question the patriotism of the Jewish financiers in the
days of the Revolution.
- James N. Rosenberg, former law partner of Sam Rosenman, is
one of America's greatest artists . . . Three of his paintings have
been sent by the State Department to American embassies . . .
Rosenberg, now 73, gave up his law practice for painting some eight
years ago. •

WILNA Gaon to be Topic
Of Rabbi Adler's Talk
Before Kvutzah Ivrith

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the theme, "Elijah, the Gaon of
Wilna." The Gaon died in 1797,
and this marks the 150th year
since his death.
An interesting chapter in the
life of the Gaon is his. attitude
toward Hassidim, which was -en-
tirely negative.
Rabbi Adler's talk will be de-
livered in Hebrew. Everybody is
welcome, admission being free.
Solomon Kasdan is chairman
of the program. Joseph Katz is
president of the Kvutzah.

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