`Jews—Not White Americans' St. Louis Police Inaugurate Biased Identification System By MILTON FRIEDMAN WASHINGTON—Jews are not considered "White Ameri- cans" in a newly-adopted police identification system in St. Louis. Washington Jewish sources are seething with indigna- tion over an official affront to American Jewry on the part of the Police Department of St. Louis, Mo. With the approval and cooperation of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the old St. Louis rogues' gallery has been replaced by a highly- efficient modern IBM key punch card system. Under this system a perforation is made on line 2 of the card if the arrested per- son happens to be Jewish; how- ever, a "White American" has his card punched on line 5 of the same column. Americans of the Jewish faith are thus listed separate- ly from other. Americans by the Record section of the St. Louis Police Department. A spokesman for the FBI de- scribed St. Louis' new system as the "most progressive" in the country. Law enforcement officials have predicted that the St. Louis system will ulti- mately be adopted by police departments on a national basis. s. The religion of Jews is listed on these cards although there is no record kept of the religious preference of Catholics or Prot- estants. With the recent mur- der . of 6,000,000 Jews in Europe, this listing is viewed with a note of alarm and resentment. Should the cards fall in the wrong hands, it would only be necessary to set the IBM card selector unit for line 2 of the appropriate category and the cards of all Jews would be in- stantly available. These cards bear finger- prints, photos, and all possible clues to identification. They are similar to cards made up by the Gestapo in 1933. -Police officers booking a crim- inal would make a conscious dis- tinction as to whether the man was a "White American" or "Jewish." No doubt the St. Louis police system will give great pleasure to Gerald L. K. Smith, who makes his headquarters in that city, and to Smith's Christian Nationalist Crusade which only recently held an anti-Semitic convention there. Credit for the system has been bestowed upon Lt. A n d r e w "Young Andy" Aylward, presum- ably a "White American," of the St. Louis police. "Young Andy" is the son of a late assistant police chief and holds the mod- est title of "Commander of Bu- reau of Records." A Jew might be a native American, who served in the American Army and perhaps won a couple of Purple Hearts, but to the St. Louis police he is still not a "White Ameri- can. He is "Jewish." The designation "Jewish" ap- pears on the card under the heading, "Nationality," although the "Nationality" in question is obviously American. Perhaps the explanation is that the term "Jewish" is used for purposes of physical- iden- tification of a "type." If so, there is no listing for the Anglo- Saxon, Scandinavian, Irish, Mos- lem, Japanese, or even Teutonic "type." Until a couple of years ago FBI "Wanted" posters, advertis- ing rewards for criminals at large, sometimes added "Jewish" to the description. This praq- tice was discontinued when it was pointed out that the pos- ters never specified "Catholic" or 'Protestant." Now, in appro- priate cases, Jews are described as '"Near Eastern" or "Levan- tine" in appearance. Louis police force was "one of the most up-and-coming depart- ments in the country" and that St. Louis officers were "high- type men and it is a pleasure to do business with them." Before national standardiza- tion of indentification cards takes place, modification is cer- tainly in order. Detroit Lawyer Tells Experiences as Survivor Of Noronic Holocaust 20—THE JEWISH NEWS Friday, September 30, 1949 ZOA Now Planning Revision of American Chaiutziut Program NEW YORK — (JTA) — The Zionist Organization of America is completing plans for "a great- ly enlarged and more practical system" of sending Chalutzim from the United States to Israel, it was announced by Daniel Frisch, ZOA president who stated: "It is our intention to begin to register young General Zion- ists, young men'and women will- ing and ready to spend time in Israel, so that they may be among the first to be settled in the ZOA colonies to be estab- lished, as well as in such Israel technical institutions as need their services." Frisch termed "outmoded" the Hechalutz activities hitherto conducted by the General Zion- ists in America. "They are com- pletely unsuited to the new sit- uation which has arisen with the establishment of the Jewish state," he said, adding that he expects "some resistance from those who have vested interests in the old activities which have proved a failure." Plugat Aliyah, General Zionist Chalutz movement in America, revealed that the ZOA has com- pletely withdrawn its support from this movement and that official notification to this ef- fect has been given by the ZOA administration. In a statement issued here the Plugat Aliyah emphasized that "despite the ac- tion of the ZOA administration" the movement will continue to exist. The terrifying experiences of the Noronic holocaust are relat- ed by Detroit lawyer Leo Papp, who was one of the lucky sur- vivors of the pleasure ship trage- dy. On the night of the fire, Papp said, following a dance on board ship, he, with another gentle- man and two young ladies, were. having refreshmenth on 'C' deck. Suddenly, Papp smelled smoke and, upon investigation, discov- ered the fire, already well un- derway. After helping the girls to leave the ship unharmed, the young men went below to awak- en their roommates. Together, they escaped the flaming ship, and escorted the shaken young ladies to safety in a hotel. "The people of. Toronto, and above all the Red Cross. can never be praised enough for the unstinting aid they granted to the shaken, homeless, clothes- Jewish Women Speak less and money-less survivors," For Cancer Society Papp declared. "And the Jewish people of Toronto were right in Mrs. Samuel B. Danto, Mrs. there pitching, under the lead- ership of a Jewish' chairman of David Kliger and Mrs. Frank the Red Cross activities in the J. Winton of the League of Jew- ish Women, will be members of Royal York Hotel," he added. the Speakers' Bureau of the Lay Jewish News Maintains Education Committee for the American Cancer Society. n o ay dump rcecor ci The Southeastern Michigan Division of the American Can- Last week's Rosh Hashanah edition of the Jewish News had cer Society- inaugurated its lat- est service for women at a no stories continued from one Speakers' Institute held page to another. This is the Sept. 21. Training The first of its kind, eighth year in succession that the Institute was directed by Mrs. the Jewish News holiday edi- tions, ranging upwards from 64 C. C. Barnes. Volunteer speakers—some re- pages, have maintained this cruited from the Wayne Uni- record. versity Faculty Wives, the UAW- CIO, the League of Jewish Wom- College of Jewish Studies en, and the University of Mich- To Open in San Francisco SAN FRANCISCO, (JTA) — A igan Alumni Association—were College of,Jewish Studies, spon- told about all phases of the sored by the Board of Rabbis of work of the American Cancer Northern California and the Society, Detroit Institute of Jewish Educational Society, will Cancer Research and Michigan Cancer Foundation. be dedicated here Oct. 17. American Artist Finds Lessons for Jews, Anti-Semites in Israel Visit A highly positive picture of the new Israel is drawn by American artist George Biddle in his lead article in the October issue of The Atlantic Monthly. Titled Israel: "Young Blood and Old," it is a series of entries from his diary during his visit to Israel this spring to draw the new state in action. "My visit to Israel has been uneventful," Biddle concludes. Certainly much less exciting that the stay in Germany dur- ing the Nuremberg trials or the year in North Africa, Sicily and Italy during the war. Yet it has cleared for me many Jewish problems. "It makes me feel that every anti-Semite ought to be sent A description sent out by a down here for a month. He sheriff .in the South not so would probably return an anti- long ago described a fugitive Semite, but his prejudices would as a "New York Jewish type." get some pretty rough jolts. A The culprit in question turned visit here destroys once and for out to be neither Jewish nor all the myth that Jews are a a New Yorker. FBI receemi- type apart—physically or mor- tion of the new system which ally . . . creates an artificial distinc- "I think it would be just as tion between Jews and "white" important for Jews to visit Is- Americans is a shocking and rael. It might rid them of some disgusting matter. of their inferiority complexes, As a matter of fact an FBI their overcompensation and spokesman noted that the St. other neuroses. For the qualities that in o s t characterize the younger generation, which was I born here, are self-confidence, faith; manliness and pride—the pride that never has to shout or boast or bully. "But for me the real excite- ment has . been to watch in its early germination a social and moral experiment in govern- ment. Other nations have pro- fessed, but Israel is putting into practice, asylum, without • pre- judice as to origin, ; to all Jew- ish victims of religibus persecu- tion. They boldly proclaim : "We must, we can, and we will inte- grate them all into our national ideal: the Algerian, the Yemen- ites, the Oriental, the Russian Polish, English, German, African or Chinese. "And they have done this dur- ing their first bitter war year, during the throes of the creation of a new state, at the rate of one quarter of the total popula- tion the first year, without any wealth or housing facilities or capital resources; relying, of course, heavily on the hope of American help; but even more on the spiritual faith that burst into flame in the concentration camps of Europe." Bnai Brith Women Workers Rally At Program Oct. 5 at Central High Rdhearsing for the "Bnai Brith Bandwagon" are, left to right, on piano, ANN MADORSKY, SHIRLEY SKLAR, SANDY SCHORE; Standing, EVE MEISTER, VIOLA COHEN, VIR- GINIA SHARKEY, BEATRICE GUTMAN; Seated at piano, BETTY JOHNSON, IDA ASHE. Mrs. Morris Tack, general chairman of the fund-raising affair of the Greater Dsotroit Bnai Brith Women's Council, announces that a fund-raising rally for workers only, will be held at Central High School at 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 5. The show will feature talent from Bnai Brith Women's chap- ters. Songs and dances, bringing Broadway to the doorstep of the BBW, are combined in a revue called "Bnai Brith Bandwagon." Mrs. Burton Gutman and Mrs. Albert Ashe wrote the parodies and Mrs. Max Madorsky will be mistress of ceremonies. The rally is a kick-off for the major fund-raising affair to be held Nov. 21 at Masonic Temple, for which the Council is bring- ing Mickey Katz, and has "Borscht Capades," direct from Hollywood. Tickets can be purchased from Mrs. Kalman Bruss, ticket chair- man of the C o u n c i 1, or any chapter chairman, English-Jewish Press Joins Observance of Newspaper Week "Freedom Goes Where t h e Newspaper Goes" is the slogan that has been chosen for Na- tional Newspaper Week of 1949, to be observed by newspapers throughout the land Oct. 1 to 8. "Rediscover Your Home Town" is the supplementary slogan being used this year. President Truman, in a mes- sage to Howard W. Palmer, of tional N.Y., chairman of Na- a- tional Press Week to be observed Oct. 1-8, praises the selection of the slogan for 1949. The American Association of English - Jewish Newspapers is one -of the organizations spon- soring the observance of Na- tional Newspaper Week. Palmer is manager of the New York Press Association and a former president of the National Editorial Association. Members of his 'committee in- clude: Glenn McNeill, Tennessee Press Association; Larry Miller, Kansas Press Association; Don Eck, National Editorial Associa- tion; W. E. McCartney, Cana- dian Weekly Newspapers As- sociation; William E. Canfield, Inland Daily Pres's 'Association; Walter C. Johnson, Southern Newspaper Publishers Associa- tion; a n d Cranton Williams, American Newspaper Publishers Association. English - Jewish newspapers are actively participating in the week's observance. In a statement issued on the occasion of this year's National Newspaper Week, Robert Mc- Lean, president of the Associ- ated Press, points out that the 1949 slogan dates back to Jeffer- son Day. His statement reads: One day's news may help to • decide whether the children go on a picnic, whether a busi- ness man makes an invest- ment. In larger spheres, the news can result - in the over- turn of governments, change the opinion of millions. As recently as eight years ago it was the news of one day, Pearl Harbor, that steeled a whole nation for war. News, therefore, is the raw material from which you form your conclusions, on matters large and small. No act of government or of any govern- ment official may deny you, a citizen of the United States, the information and news that you need to form your con- clusions. . That guarantee is written into the Constitution. The constitutional guaran- tee of free speech and of a free press was inserted not for the benefit of the press but for the benefit of the people. It was written to protect the people, protect them against government's tendency to meddle with, invade and con- trol the streams of informa- tion to which the public is en- titled. • The Bill of Rights imposes on the government no duty to inform the people; it extends to the government no license to do so. It reserves to the people alone the right to determine for themselves what they shall read, what they shall hear, and what they shall think. The Newspaper Week theme is "Freedom goes where the newspaper goes." This is 1949's way of paraphrasing the immortal words of America's most profound political phil- osopher, Thomas Jefferson: "Were it left to me to decide whether" we should have a government without n e w s- papers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate to prefer the latter . When the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe." UN Removes Calendar Reform from Agenda LAKE SUCCESS, (JTA)—The UN General Assembly's steer- ing committee removed the Pan- amanian proposal for a world revision of the calendar in 1950 from the agenda of the Assem- bly session. Under the UN rules the only body which can now place the item back on the agenda is the Assembly itself, which is considered here quite unlikely. The proposal was. opposed by Jewish bodies, because the cal- endar would have upset the Jew- ish Sabbath, often forcing it to fall on a different day of the week. The Panamanian proposal was set up in such fashion that if this Assembly session does not change the calendar, this par- ticular type of calendar cannot be introduced easily • for another 50 years. The motion to postpone con- sideration of the Panamanian resolution was made by Ameri- can delegate Warren Austin who asserted that the question was too "complicated." The vote was four to four, with six abstentions. Under the Assembly's rules of procedure a tie yoVi , counts for the motion, whIff in this case was for postponement.