6—THE.JEWISH NEWS
Friday, September 3, 1948
`Welcome to Tel Aviv'
A. M. Klein Honored
By French-Canadians
For His Poetic Work
A. M. Klein, eminent Canadian
Jewish poet, member of McGill
University faculty, is receiving
high commendations for a set of
his poems which have been issued
for French-Canadian readers. in
a special pamphlet with a tribute
to his genius in an essay in
French by Jean-Marie Poirier.
Mr. Klein's splendid poems in-
cluded in this pamphlet are:
"Grain Elevator," "The Cripples
(Oratoire de St. Joseph)," "The
Breakup," "Air-Map," "For the
Sisters of the Hotel Dieu," "M.
Bertrand," "Frigidaire," and "Pa-
rade of St. Jean Baptiste."
Of special interest in connec-
tion with Mr. Klein's excellent
poetical works is the following
editorial in the Saturday Night of
Toronto under the heading "A
Cosmopolitan City":
"It is not without significance that
—International News Photo
Arriving in a convoy from Jerusalem, a tiny refugee is wel-
comed to Tel Aviv by fighting men of the Haganah forces. The
infant arrived in one of the first convoys since the truce to pass
from the Holy City, through Arab lines, under UN supervision.
Apology for the South
Cohn's "Where I Was Born and
Raised" Condones Segregation
David L. Cohn writes well and
knows the South. He was born
and raised there and loves the
place. He proves it in his "Where
I Was Born and Raised" .(pub-
lished by Hotighton Mifflin Co.,
Boston). In a sense, he is an ap'ol-
ogist for his birthplace, as Prov-
en by the following:
"Since the deep-seated mores
of a people cannot be changed
by law„ and since segregation is
the most deep-seated and pervas-
ive of the Southern white mores,
it is evident that he who at-
tempts to abolish it by law runs
risks of incalculable gravity.
There are nonetheless whites
and Negroes who would break
down segregation by Federal
fiat. Let them beware. I have
little doubt that in such a case
the country would find itself
nearing civil war." He admits:
"This is obviously less than de-'
mocracy . . . . It squares neither
with the nation's Christianity
nor its constitutionalism. It is
expediency . . . And let us bear
in mind that there has never
been a government—indeed, no
organized religion — which has
not at some time compromised
with the logic of its own institu-
tions."
So—it is expediency!.
But the story he tells is most
interesting. Actually, his book is
in two parts. The first is a re-
print of a volume he wrote in
1935 and the second tells of his
return visit to the Delta, to his
Mine town of Greenville, Miss.
He refers to the Jews in the
Delta: "The Jews, by legend
both intellectual and shrewd,
seem` in this soft climate to have
lost both these qualities. They
a r e distinguished neither by
learning nor by riches. The na-
tional frenzy for uniformity is
at work here as elsewhere in the
United States."
We learn that "this is the land
of the Democratic party, come
hell and high water." It remains
to be seen what Mississippi will
do in the coming election.
Here is another explanation for
the anti-Negro attitude of t h e
South: "It is obvious that there
can be no Negro problem where
there are no Negroes. Nor where
there are few Negroes, as in Ver-
Mont."
To Cohn, the Negro is a well-.
treated person whom the South
loves but must keep segregated.
He relate numerous stories about
Negro intelligence and thrift,
Negro looseness and habit for ly-
ing, the sex problem and other
issues affecting the race prob-
lem.
There is a very good story
about Simon Levy, the Jewish
peddler, and there are tales, sub-
stantiated by names and places,
which make excellent reading.
It is a beautifully written
book which will enchant t h e
reader and will make many a
person mad because of the pro-
segregation attitude of the au-
thor. In any event, it is a book
eminently worthwhile reading.
JDC Aided Cyprus Jews
With Sum of $1,555,000
On the approach of the second
anniversary .of its assistance pro-
grams for Jewish refugees in-
terned in Cyprus, Moses A. Lea-
vitt, executive vice chairman of
the Joint Distribution Committee,
reported yesterday that the JDC
had appropriated more than $1,-
555,000 in behalf of the 50,000
Palestine-bound Jewish Trier*
women and children who have
passed through the island in the
past two years. .
In a review of the Cyprus op-
eration, Mr. Leavitt pointed out
that 'every' Cyprus refugee has
been assisted in one form or
another through JDC relief and
rehabilitation aid - in the camps."
At the present time, he said,
11,000 Jews remain in the Cyprus
camps.
4,000 Jewish Houses Unclaimed
WARSAW, (JTA...)—The sim-
rlifiediJ 1 oceaure for filing claims
for the restitution of property in
Poland owned by the victims of
Nazi persecution, or their heirs,
will be discontinued after Dec.
31. A government announcement
revealed that in the Warsaw dis-
trict alone there are still 4,000
buildings which belonged to Jews
before the start of World War II
that are listed as unclaimed.
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Tri-Lingual Jewish Book Annual
NEW YORK.—The seventh
volume of the tri-lingual Jewish
Book Anpual, which contains
articles on . English-Jewish, Yid-
dish and Hebrew literary produc-
tivity, literary anniversaries,
bibliographies and trends in the
United States, Palestine and
Europe, is in the press and due
for publication in September.
This has. been announced by the
Jewish Book Council, which pub-
lishes the work.
one of the best pieces of criticism of
Canadian English-language poetry to
appear in Canada this year should be
in French, in a French-language re-
view ("Relations" of Montreal), and
from the pen of • a French-speaking
member of the Society of Jesus. It is
combined with an appreciation of an
artist of the, brush who is also not of
the 'French group; and it is not with-
out even greater significance that both
the artist in verse and the artist in
paint are Jews, and that both have
exhibited the extraordinary capacity
to penetrate sympathetically the mind
and soul of French Canada. The poet
is A. M. Klein. now of the English
Department of McGill University. The
painter is Louis Muhlstock, whose
studies of the poorer quarters of Mon-
treal have been seen in many Canadian
exhibitions. Both Are members of
Eastern European families which set-
tled- in Montreal about the turn of
the century.
"Father Albert Regimbal, S.J.. pays
glowing tribute to the sensitivity of
these artists, members of • a race so
different from the two which for cen-
turies have -dwelt on opposite sides of
the English Channel, and have come
together in the modern Montreal of
which both are citizens. The book of
Klein on which he comments is the
"Poems on French Canada," and he
finds in it "a soul which vibrates in
unison with ours.' that is with the
soul of French Canada. And Muhl-
stock, he finds, likewise "consecrates
his inmost self to the task of recording
in beauty the things that we have most
intimately cherished."
"Few 'native' writers in English
have earned, and we fear not many
have deserved, this generous praise
from a French Canadian source for
rich understanding of French Canadi-
an matters. We are the more delighted
to draw attention to this article, be-
cause there is an impression among
Canadians of English tongue that the
French Canadians are even less dis-
posed than ourselves to render justice
to the immense contribution which our
citizens of Jewish origin are making-
to a broad Canadian culture. It . may
be interesting to add that Mr. Klein
has recently received an award, the
Edward Bland Fellowship. from a
Foundation created and financed by
American Negroes."
JSSB Stresses Continuing Need
Of Foster Home Care for Children
.
One of the constant community demands for which the supply
is never adequate is the need for foster parents who will provide
the love and security some Jewish children have been unable to re-
ceive in their own homes. The Jewish Social Service Bureau Chil-
dren's Department had under its care 130 boys and girls during the
past year, but the statistics mean little until they are translated into
130 individual children, all dif-
ferent, all lonely, all needing af- give her a home and she needs a
fection and a family life to help permanent place to live.
them grow into normal and well
With a place to come home to
adjusted adults. Take Elsa for every day and the security of a
example . . .
foster family where she can feel
Now 12 years old, Elsa has she "belongs," Elsa will be able
known more adventures already to continue with the excellent ad-
than the average American ex- justment she has made so far.
periences in three times that long. She is a little shy with people at
Her story is not really unusual first because the shifting around
nowadays. She is a refugee.
that she has done has made Iler
Just an average looking little wonder if there is a family any-
girl with good , intelligence, Elsa where who would want to give
her a home until she is old enough
is not a problem child. She gets
to take care of herself.
along well in school and the
If you have room in your home
people who are giving her tern- for a normal, healthy, 12-year-
porary care find that she is co- old girl who really needs your
operative and helpful. But Elsa's help and affection, please call
relatives here in Detroit cannot Grace Polansky at the Jewish
Social Service Bureau, TR. 2-4080,
and sate will be most happy to
talk to you about Elsa or about
Young Judaea Camp
some of the other children for
whom the Children's Department
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TEL AVIV (JPS)—A total of
6,535,000 new Israeli pounds
($26,140;000) were in circulation
at the close of the second day of
their issuance, according to the
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suance department of the Anglo-
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Palestine Bank here. The figure
Congressman Dingell is a
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consistent and pioneer sup-
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($100,000,000) estimated to be in I porter of the cause of Israel.
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