Mail Appeal Is Sent to Those
Who Have Not Given to Campaign

"If they came knocking on
your door, you would give to
every one" is the theme of the
mail appeal sent to all members
of the Jewish community who
have not yet contributed to the
1949 Allied Jewish Campaign.
The full text of the mail ap-
peal is as follows:

If they came knocking on
your door, you would give to
every one.
I am a new arrival in the
United States. Will you help
me and my family to find
housing, a job and schooling?
I am a resident of the Jew-
ish Home of Aged. Will you
give something for my shelter,
medical care and recreation?
I am a former DP, now wait-
ing at Marseille for passage to
Israel. Your help can make it
possible for me to end the
many years of waiting for a
Homecoining.

I am a young Jewish high-
school graduate and I need ex-
pert counseling to help me
find the best kind of future
job. Will yoyt contribute to-
ward the maintenance of the
Jewish Vocational Service so
that I can get the kind of
guidance I need?
I have just arrived in Israel
and am living in a tent with
my family. Will you help pro-
vide us with housing, vocation-
al training and adjustment
services?
If they came knocking on
your door, you would give to
every one . . . and to the myr-
iad other causes supported by
the Allied Jewish Campaign.
The Jews of the world can-
not come to your door in per-
son and so I am calling on you
for them. One gift from you
will help them all — please
make it your best gift.

Purely Commentary

By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ

Soviet Anti-Semitism—Not Murderous—But It Exists

What actually is happening to Jews in Russian satellite coun-
tries? Is Soviet anti-Semitism myth or reality?
There is so much talk about it that it is necessary to search
the facts and to have them known.
The conviction of six Zionists in Hungary aggravates a situa-
tion which was believed to have been adjusted as a result of
Russian support of Jewish aspirations to statehood in Israel. But
while Russia has consistently supported the Israeli position, the
Soviet Republics and their satellites have been unfriendly—in
fact antagonistic—to the movement which has been working for
statehood in Israel: Zionism.
Dr. Max Lerner, in one of his articles in the New York Post
on the spread of anti-Semitism, discussed Russian anti-Semitism
and came to this conclusion:

The trend is against the Jews both in Russia and its satel-
lite countries. It is an obvious exaggeration to compare these
trends, as Frederick Woltman does, to Nazi anti-Semitism. The
Nazis killed the Jews. The Communists grant them physical
survival, but they are crowding them hard to make them stop
being not only Zionists but Jews. That is not murderous anti-
Semitism but it is anti-Semitism nonetheless.
It is not mysticism, as some put it, for a Jew to want to
remain a Jew, whether under a democratic or a Communist
system. Nor is it racism. It is part of cultural inheritance,
common memories, common sufferings, and hopes. That applies
to others also, but the Jews have purchased their right to be
whatever they wish to be too dearly to give it up willingly.
The experience of our time shows that Jews, like other
minority groups, thrive best as whole persons under the old
democracies of America and western Europe, and the new de-
mocracy of Israel. For there is something about a Jew that
recoils from a storm trooper and there is something about a
storm trooper that hates a Jew.

2—THE JEWISH NEWS
Friday, July 1, 1949

Small Communities
See Greater Role
On Jewish Scene

ST. JOSEPH, Mich—(JTA)-
Problems concerning Jewish
communal activities in small
towns in the United States were
discussed at a three-day con-
ference of representatives of
Jewish communities in Michi-
gan, Ohio and Indiana arranged
by the Council of Jewish Federa-
tions and Welfare Funds. The
conference adopted the follow-
ing recommendations:

1. That the Committee on Stable and
Unified Fund-Raising of the CJFWF con-
tinue its study of problems related to
national Jewish fund-raising, multiplicity
of campaigns and excessive promotional
programs.
2. That the small communities give fur-
ther thought to the role of the central
Jewish community organization with re-
gard to problems of fund-raising, alloca-
tions, Jewish education, cultural activi-
ties, : community relations and social wel-

3. That the small communities consider
seriously new methods of inter-community
cooperation for joint communal problems
and that the Council of Jewish Federa-
tions and Welfare Funds continue to
furnish communities with factual infor-
mation on the programs and budgets of
all organizations which depend upon them
for support.

It was revealed at the confer-
ence that 50 small Jewish com-
munities raised $3,800,000 last
year for .national and overseas
causes. Keynoting the confer-
ence, Rabbi Harry Essrig of
Grand Rapids stated that "the
time is indeed ripe for the small
community to assert itself on
the American Jewish scene." He
added that the recent huge
fund-raising campaigns _"have
helped to mature the small com-
munity with respect to its re-
sponsibilities toward Jewish sur-
vival."
The importance of a sound
budgeting and allocation pro-
cess as one of the major means
by which communities . can
achieve participation in policy-
making of national agenCies
was pointed up by William Av-
runin, associate director of the
Detroit Jewish Welfare Federa-
tion. Other discussants included
David J. Ross of Benton Harbor.

'French Free Vichyite
Accused as Anti-Semite

PARIS, (JTA) — Rene Pous-
quet, former Undersecretary of
State for Police in the Vichy
Government, who was charged
with responsibility for the per-
secution and death of thousands
of French Jews during the war,
was • deprived of his civil rights
Last week Israel's Foreign Minister Moshe Sharett, speaking for five years by a Paris court,
to the Knesset, condemned the actions of the Hungarian court but the sentence was immediate-
in sentencing six Zionists for aiding the immigration of Jews to ly suspended because the court
Israel. But in the same address Mr. Sharett indicated that he found that the defendant, al-
considered it unfair for a commission representing the United though serving as a Vichyite of-
Nations to be one-sided—without representation from Soviet Rus- ficial, had secretly rendered
sia. But while Israel tries to be fair, without becoming involved service to the resistance move-
in the East-West struggle, Russian satellites are displaying ani- ment.
mosity to Zionism. Here is additional proof:
The Polish Research and Information Service periodically UJA in Cleveland Ends
issues a bulletin, "Jewish Life in Poland," from its New York Near $5 Million Mark
office. Its May release carries the following item under the head-
line "The Central Committee of Jews in Poland Refuses to
CLEVELAND, (JTA)—The Jew-
Cooperate with the Institute for Jewish Affairs":
ish community here has con-
When a request by the Institute for Jewish Affairs of the
cluded its 1949 campaign in be-
Jewish World Congress was addressed to the Central Committee
half of the United Jewish Ap-
of Jews in Poland asking for material on the Polish Jews for
peal after having raised a total
their Bulletin, the latter replied as follows:
of $4,848,770 — approximately
$25,000 more than was obtained
"Your first Bulletin convinced us that the bias and ten-
in the 1948 drive.
dentiousness with which you view the situation of Jews in

Europe, and especially in Eastern and South-Eastern Europe,
does not give us guarantee that the material we furnish would
be used objectively. The nature of your Bulletin proves that
your anti-democratic attitude is in glaring contrast with the
public statements made by your representatives at the session
of the Jewish World Congress in Montreux. Your Bulletin advo-
cates the fallacious theory of the exodus of Jews from Europe
and repudiates the fact of the rebirth of Jewish life and of
the progressive Jewish culture in the countries of People's
democracies, especially in Poland. The information you dis-
seminate is biased and ignores the great achievements of the
Jews in the Soviet Union and in the countries of People's
democracies.
"On the other hand, however, your Bulletin fails to report
on the growth of anti-Semitism in the U. S., as a significant
symptom which goes hand in hand with the reactionary anti-
Soviet policy.
"Not until your Bulletin changes its anti-democratic atti-
tude, will we be able to supply the requested informative
material.

There is no mistaking the line followed in this declaration.
Without mentioning Israel, Zionism or Palestine even once, the
Polish Jewish Committee adheres to a policy that has been
inherent in Russian satellite practice: to interfere with the
migration of Jews to Israel. This, as Dr. Lerner states, is not
murderous anti-Semitism, but it is anti-Semitism nonetheless. In
the long run, it militates against Russia and her satellites as
much as it does against Israel. It is a most regrettable situation,
find it proves the validity of accusations of the existence of an
Iron Curtain between East and West.

•

Merchants Aid Negro Drive

Advises on Correct
Israel Addressing

NEW YORK, (JTA) — Israel
Consul-General Arthur Lourie
warned all persons writing to
residents of Jewish sections in
Jerusalem that they must ad-
dress their mail, "Jerusalem,
Israel." Letters marked "Jeru-
salem, Palestine" are liable to
be delivered to the Old City of
Jerusalem, which is in the hands
of Arab Legion, and will not
reach the addressees, he said in
a statement to the press.

Israel Now Member
Of UN Health Group

LAKE SUCCESS (JTA)
Is-
rael became a member of the
World Health Organization. This
is the third specialized agency
of the UN which Israel has
joined since its admission to the
international body in May.

The East Side Merchants Association presents a check
for $240 to the United Negro College Fund. This business-
men's association has been organized for the past few years
to promote better understanding between Negroes and Jews
in the East Side area. The president, of the East Side Mer-
chants Association is Meyer Silverman. Left to right: SAMUEL
LIEBERMAN, LOUIS ABRAMOWITZ, ALBERT BOESKY,
LaMARR WEBB, DR. A. W. CURTIS, JOHN DANCY, MEYER
SILVERMAN, SAM LIPSON and HENRY S. DUNBAR.

Yeshiva U. Receives Gift
For Future Public Award

NEW YORK (JTA) — A gift
of $50,000 to Yeshiva Univer-
sity's endowment f u n d from
Morris Morgenstern, to be used
for a public award for an out-
standing personality, was an-
nounced by Dr. Samuel Belkin,
president of Yeshiva, at the
closing event of its Dedication
Week.
Vice President Alben W. Bark-
ley was the principal speaker
at a banquet in behalf of Yes-
hiva at the Waldorf-Astoria. Dr.
Belkin revealed that Yeshiva's
$7,500,000 expansion program
envisaged-an enrollment of 5,000
students as compared with the
1,500 now attending.

UN Body in Jerusalem
To Survey. Refugees

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Herbert
Cundy of the United States,
Jean Lucas of France, and Rich-
ti Zorlu of Turkey, members of
the technical committee on Arab
refugees for the United Nations
aPlestine Conciliation Commis-
sion, arrived at UN headquarters
in Government House here from
Lausanne.
The technical committee has
been ordered to make an on-
the-spot survey of Arab refugees
in the Middle East. Their re-
port, will form the basis for the
Conciliation Commission's find-
ings on this subject.

Between You and Me

By BORIS SMOLAR

(Copyright 1949, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Washington Trends

Important changes will soon be made in the Middle Eastern
section of the State Department . . . There will be the kind of
switch in top officials from which Israeli interests may suffer .
The anti-Israeli forces in the State Departtnent will gain tre-
mendously in power as a result of the proposed changes in per-
sonnel . . . Even at present these forces have the upper hand
inasmuch as the State Department is pressuring Israel on the
questions of admitting Arab refugees and territorial changes ..
It is believed that Chaim Weizmann will soon make the position
of Israel on these matters clear to President Truman . . . It is
known that the Israeli President is now considering sending a
letter to Truman with a view to bring to his attention the situ-
ation as it actually is . . . Meanwhile, anti-Israeli forces in Wash-
ington are trying their utmost to block further remittances to
Israel from the $100,000,000 credit granted the Jewish State
by the Export-Import Bank . . . They want to use this as a "stick"
against Israel in order to have the Israeli Government submit to
State Department pressure.

Diplomatic Moods

Those who originally believed that Truman is not fully aware
of the pressure which the State Department is now using on Is-
rael are beginning to change their minds . . . Evidence is piling
up to prove that the State Department is not acting without
Truman's knowledge . . .It is pointed out that Truman more
than a rear ago ordered the State Department to take no im-
portant action toward Israel without his specific approval . .
The fact that he has not cracked down on State Department of-
ficials who have been making strong statements recently with
regard to Israel is indicative of his mood . . . However, it is known
that the State Department recognizes that its request for the mass
admission of Arab refugees to Israel is not a simple matter . .
Higher officials admit that with Jewish immigrants pouring into
Israel, and with considerable opposition within the country to
the U. S. demands, it is not easy for Israeli Premier Ben Gurion
to submit to these demands . . . Nevertheless, it is now known
that the secret note which the State Department sent to Is-
rael through the U. S. Ambassador in Tel Aviv was so sharply
worded that the Ambassador was hesitant as to whether he should
deliver it.

Domestic Problems

How do mixed marriages fare in the United States? . . . A
study recently made in an unnamed city among several hundred
intermarried families provided interesting results . . . It showed
that few homes were completely broken by religious differences,
but "in numerous families the tension continues to be acute, even
after 20 years of marriage" . . . In 80 percent of the cases in-
volving a Jewish partner, the husband was the . Jew and did
not attend synagogue . . . In interfaith marriages between Protes-
tants and Catholics both parties continued going to separate
churches or one spouse joined the other's church . . . Dr. Mur-
ray H. ,Leiffer, professor of sociology, who conducted the survey, •
came to the conclusion that interfaith marriages "have -unfor-
tunate results" for organized religion . . He established that
often both husbands and .wives drop their earlier allegiance, and
when they do persist in it, there is confusion for the children'
and perhaps conflict in the home.