I8—THE JEWISH NEWS

Obituaries

MORSE N. COLTEN, 77, of
2975 Chicago, prominent life-long
Detroiter, retired pharmacist,
died Feb. 4. Funeral services were
held Sunday at Kaufman Funeral
Chapel. Burial was in Clover
Hill Park Cemetery. Rabbi Mor-
ris Adler and Cantor J. H. Son-
enklar officiated. Surviving are
his wife, Ida B.; three sons, Jo-
seph B. and Robert B. of Detroit
and Oscar A. of San Francisco;
two sisters, Mrs. Jacob Wendell
and Mrs. Rae Brawson, and two
brothers, Meyer of Miami, and
Nate of Los Angeles.
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JOSEPH D. JACOBSON of
3238 Pasadena died Jan. 31. Serv-
ices were held at Kaufman
Chapel, with Rabbi Morris Adler
officiating. He is survived by his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Ja-
cobson, and a sister, Judith. In-
terment, Machpelah Cemetery.
* * *
RACHEL AXELROD of 3780
Glynn died Feb. 5. Services were
held at -Kaufman Chapel, with
Rabbi Isaac Stollman. officiating.
She leaves her husband, Simon;
two daughters, Lois and Edith;
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Abra-
ham Axelrod; three brothers,
Herman, Louis and Rubin Axel-
rod; a sister, Mrs. Morris Gettle-
man. Interment, Nusach Harie
Cemetery.
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ISRAEL BERNARD PORT-
NOY, 8, of 4253 Leslie, died Jan.
31. Funeral, services were held
at Hebrew Benevolent Society;
interment, Machpelah Cemetery.
Rabbi Lazer Levine officiated. He
is survived by his parents, Dr.
Harry and Mrs. Shirley Portnoy;
brothers, Irving and Albert Ly-
on; a sister, Pearl Beth, '' and his
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Bo-
ruch Weiss.
* *
ADOLPH ROSENFELD, 59, of
4235 Tuxedo, died Jan. 31. Fu-
neral services were held at He-
brew Benevolent Society. Rabbi
Moses Fischer officiated. He is
survived by his wife, Mollie; sons,
Martin, Louis and Joseph; daugh-
ters, Mrs. Rose Goldstein and
Ilene; seven grandchildren, and
two sisters.

Million Raised for
Histadrut at Parley

AL BLUMENTHAL, 47, of
18234 Birchcrest Dr., died Feb. 2.
Funeral services were at Lewis
Bros., with Rabbi Jacob Segal
officiating. Burial, Mt. Sinai Me-
morial Park. He is survived by
his wife, Mildred; a son, Jerome;
a daughter, Mrs. Lee Wenokur;
his mother, Mrs. Mary 'Blumen-
thal, and brothers, Nathan, Harry
Ben, Henry of Baltimore and
Sam of Boston. -
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,
IDA BROWNSTEIN, 58, of
12245 Linwood, died Feb. 3. Fu-
neral services were held at Lewis
Bros. Burial, Workmen's Circle
Cemetery. She leaves her hus-
band, Louis; sons, Sam, Abe and
Eugene, and a daughter, Mrs.
Bernard Rothman.
* * *
MAX GOODMAN, 54, of 4424
Charles, Dearborn, died Feb. 3.
Rabbi Eisenman officiated at
funeral services at Lewis Bros.
Interment, Machpelah Cemetery.
He leaves his father, Joseph;
brothers, Louis and Sidney, and
sisters, Selma, Mrs. Joseph Lev-
Me and Mrs. Samuel Mandel of
Toronto.
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ROSE WEISS of 3342 Chicago,
died Feb. 6. Funeral services were
at Kaufman Chapel, with Rabbi
Moses Lehrman and Cantor David
Katzman officiating. She leaves
her husband, Joseph; two brot-
hers, Adolph and Eugene Hauser.
Oakview Cemetery.
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*
DR. PHILIP R. APPEL, 39,
19365 Warrington, died Tuesday.
Services were held Thursday at
Lewis Bros. Surviving are his
wife, Beulah; a son, Robert; two
daughters, Nancy and Susan; his
mother, Mrs. Lillie Rothberg; a
sister, Mrs. Rose Seibler.

ZOA Summons
National Leaders
To Special Parley

NEW YORK, (JTA)—The con-
vening of an "Extraordinary Na-
tional Conference" of leaders of
the \ Zionist Organization of
America, to be held in New York
on Feb. 13, was announced by
Dr. Emanuel Neumann, presi-
dent of ZOA.
Top officials of all ZOA dis-
tricts in the U. S., as well as all
members of the administrative
council and executive committee,
have been invited to participate
in the parley to consider the
"present situation in the Amer-
ican Zionist movement," the
furtherance of various economic
projects for Israel as well as the
over-all program currently being
conducted by the ZOA.
Five presidents of Zionist re-
gions in New York termed as
"dissident" and "oligarchs" the
ex-presidents of the Zionist Or-
Jganization of America and others
who at a meeting of the Com-
mittee for Progressive Zionism,
held at the Biltmore Hotel on
Sunday attacked the present
leadership of the •Zionist Organi-
zation of America, headed by Dr.
Neumann.

NEW YORK (JTA)—One, mil-
lion dollars was raised here for
the Histadrut at an emergency
conference sponsored by the Na-
tional Committee for Labor Pal-
estine. The 3,000 delegates from
325 cities in the U. S. and Canada
also pledged themselves to raise
an additional $1,500,000 within
the next two weeks.
Aubrey S. Eban, Israeli repre-
sentative to the United Nations,
chief speaker at the parley, re-
vealed that the Jewish state
would renew its application for
admission to the UN in time to
have it considered by the General
Assembly which meets at Lake
Success late in April.
Berl Locker, chairman of the
Jerusalem section of the Jewish
Agency, another speaker at the
conference, said that Israel is to-
day the greatest force in the Mid-
dle East.
Gershon Agronsky, special His-
tadrut envoy to the U. S. and Luckman May Be Coach
Canada, asserted that despite
By HASKELL COHEN
Britain's • recognition of Israel,
Foreign Minister Ernest Be vin (Copyright, 1949, Jewish Telegraphic
and his "group" will do their Agency, Inc.)
It looks as though Sid Luckman
utmost to try to restrict Israel
by proposing a reduction in Jew- may hang up his cleats to take
ish territory to please Bevin's over the coaching mantle of the
football Boston Yanks who are
"loyal Arabs and satellites."
going to play their games in New
York this fall. Although there
Pope Pius XII Receives
have been denials from all con-
Noted Israeli Archaeologist
cerned, it seems evident that Ten
ROME (JTA)—Prof. E. Suke-
Collins, owner of the homeless
nik, noted Hebrew University
Boston eleven, has asked Coach
archaeologist, was received by George Halas of the Chicago
-Pope Pius XII in a special audi- Bears for permission to talk to
ence. The Pope congratulated El Sid. Halas would like to have
Prof. Sukenik on his recent Sid around another year and
archaeological discoveries.
Luckman claims he will play an-
Earlier, Prof. Sukenik was re- other semester for the Papa Bear.
ceived by various Vatican offi- However, Collins is a persistent
cials. Under the auspices of the guy and since no name coaches
Israeli consulate, the American are around, feels that he could
Embassy and the American Acad- do much worse than the former
emy, Prof. Sukenik also present- Columbia flash. Halas maintains
ed a lecture on ancient Hebrew that when Sidney does turn to
texts, dating to the pre-Christian the coaching profession he will do
era, which he unearthed recently. a great job.

WC Students Celebrate Arbor Day

Friday, February 11, 1949

Proposed Libel Law
Would Ban Mailings
Of Hatred. Materials

WASHINGTON, (JTA) — A
group libel law that would make
it illegal to ship between states,
import into the United States
or mail any printed or mimeo-
graphed material designed to
stir up racial or religious hatred
was introduced in the House by
a bi-partisan group of five Rep-
reSentatives.
Co - sponscred by Representa-
tives Jacob K. Javits, Arthur G.
Klein, Kenneth B. Keating, Wil-
liam L. Dawson and Eugene J.
Keogh, the measure is based on
a study conducted by the Amer-
ican Jewish Congress.
The bill makes it unlawful- for
any person "with intent to create
ill will against a racial or religi-
ous group within the United
States or any of its territories
knowingly" to bring into the
country or disseminate by mail
or "by common carrier" any
printed or mimeographed ma-
terial identifying any person or
group with his race or religion
Which exposes him or them "to
hatred, contempt or obloquy or
causes . . . him or them to be
shunned or avoided or to be in-
jured in his or their business or
occupation."
The measure carries the pro-
vision that "no person shall be
convicted under this section if
such statement is true or was
honestly believed by him upon
reasonable grounds, to be true.
The burden of coming forward
with evidence upon the issues of
truth, honest belief, reasonable-
ness of belief and intent to
create ill will shall be upon the
defendant, but the burden of
proof beyond a reasonable doubt
upon the entire case shall be
upon the prosecution."
The bill makes it a misdemean-
or to disseminate such literature.,
Any person persons convicted
under the act would be liable to
not more_ than $1,000 fine or one
year imprisonment or both. As
a further safeguard, the mea-
sure requires that no proceed-
ing for violations of the act can
be instituted by any district at-
torney without the prior ap-
proval of the Attorney-General.
The prosecution of any case by
a district attorney shall be con-
ducted under the supervision of
the Attorney-General..
Congressmen Klein, Javits and
Keating told a press conference
that their measure was not de-
Signed to attack anti-Semitic
literature alone but to safeguard
Negroes, Catholics, Protestants
and other racial 6r religious mi-
nority groups from scurrilous at-
tack.

Children of the Workmen's Circle School and Kindergarten
celebrate Hamisha Asar b'Shevat as a part of their program of study
of the Jewish holidays. The children also are taught Yiddish, Jewish
history, folk songs, custbms and traditions, Jewish literature, folklore
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Off the Record

By NATHAN ZIPRIN

If James G. MacDonald, new
U. S. special representative to
Israel, formally becomes U. S.
Ambassador to the Jewish State
following President Truman's de
jure recognition, he won't have
to change the license plates on
his car . . . The Hebrew word for
"Ambaseador" is identical with
the word "Representative" and so
the plates now on Mr. McDon-
ald's car won't have to be altered
Former J T A correspondent
Kleinlehrer is now employed in
the Vatican . . . The former Pol-
ish Jew who married an Italian
girl is giving a course in the
technique of journalism.
The current crisis in the Ameri-
can Zionist movement has reach-
ed its peak . . . Though the situa-
tion is still alarming this writer
hears the moderates will prevail
when the Agency executive mem-
bers meet .. . Zionist leadership
is determined against having
Montor restored to his former

position . .. They will not com-
promise on that issue.
Bevin once blamed New York
"Jews" as the chief impediment
to the imposition of his own Pal-
estine solution • . . Well, if he
cares he might also blame them
for Britain's recognition of Is-
rael.
An Irish friend of mine who
went to Palestine "to fight
against the British" now writes
he was all wrong about the
"against" motive .. . "I went to
fight for the lovely Jewish girls,
for the Jewish refugees who cling
to the land's soil with a fervor
and love that is beyond descrip-
tion, for the vindication of an
ideal that at one time seemed so
remote to me and which now is
,part and parcel of my very soul."
Beigel, as we called the Irishman,
may have assumed a good He-
brew name but he still signed
himself "beigel" out of recogni-
tion for his first Jewish love . .

Jewish Agency Opens
Plenary N. Y. Session

interest in this country for the
investment of private capital in
Israel.

NEW YORK (JTA)—The first
meeting of the Jewish Agency
executive's plenary. session was
held with 16 members of the ex-
ecutive in attendance. Eight of
those who participated in the
session arrived from Jerusalem.
They are: Berl Locker, Eliezer
Kaplan, Prof. Selig Brodetsky,
Dr. Israel Goldstein, Rabbi Wolf
Gold, A. Z. Shragai, Y. Werfel
and. Zvi Herman.
The other eight—all of them
members of the • American sec-
tion of the executive—who par-
ticipated in the Sunday meeting
were: Leon Gellman, Dr. Nahum
Goldmann, Hayim Greenberg,
Mrs. Rose Halprin, Zvi Lurie,
Dr. Emanuel Neumann, Dr. Jo-
seph Schechtman and Baruch
Zuckerman. A report on the
Agency's activities in Jerusalem
was presented, by Locker, who
presided. Kaplan reviewed the
political, military and economic
situation in Israel and Werfel
reported on the Agency's immi-
gration program. The plenary
session's agenda will deal with
immigration, land settlement and
finance, it was announced. Dr.
Abba Hillel Silver participated
in Tuesday's meeting.
Kaplan, in his capacity as Is-
raeli Minister of Finance, will
also confer with U. S. officials on
arrangements for the $100,000,000
loan approved by the Export-
Import Bank for Israel. He told
press representatives at the air-
port that he also hopes to arouse

Dr. Wise Gets Award _
CHICAGO (JTA)—Dr. Stephen
S. Wise was named recipient of
the 1948 award of merit by the
DeCalogue Society of Lawyers.
The award was made to Dr. Wise
for "his distinguished service to
the nation during the past year."

Neumann Repudiates
Opposition's Charges

NEW YORK, (JTA) — Dr.
Emanuel Neumann, president of
the Zionist Organization of Am-
erica, issued a statement reject-
ing the charges made against him
by the opposition group, known
as the Committee for Progressive
Zionism, contained in a statement
released by that body at a con-
ference held in New York last
Sunday. He termed the Commit-
tee "part of a chain of front or-
ganizations which have been dis-
turbing the peace and unity of
the movement."
Emphasizing that the ZOA
constitution precludes his re-elec-
tion at the next convention, Dr.
Neumann repudiated the accusa-
tion of "self-perpetuation" leveled
against him by the opposition
group. "The high-sounding slo-
gans and cliches under which the
members of the Committee are
now operating is but a cover to
cloak their ambitions and their
cravings to be restored to power
and leadership," Dr. Neuman
said. He charged the former ZOA
presidents and other members of
the Progressive group with "side-
stepping the democratic processes
or the organization" and with
boycotting the meetings of the
national executive committee and
the national administrative coun-
cil "where every opportunity has
been given them to express their

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