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Anti-Semitic Leader Is Forming
New Fascist Group in England

LONDON (WJA1—A new anti-.
Semitic body, calling itself "The
National Worker's Party," is in
the process of formation in Great
Britain. Its leader is Arnold
Leese, head of the now defunct
Imperial Fascist League. He was
interned during the war under
Regulation 18l3.
Leese is the publisher of a va-
riety of-' scurrilous and insulting
pieces of anti-Semitic literattire,
including a book of anti-Jewish
cartoons ill the best Streicher
manner.
The constitution of the new

THE JEWISH NEWS

`We, the

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Friday, December 31, 1948

Jan. 16 Set as
Jr. Divisions
Collection Day

party lays down that its princi-
ples include the expulsion of
Jews and aliens from Britain and
from public life in England. Fol-
lowing the true Nazi pattern, the
form of application for member--
ship calls for a statement as to
the nationality of the four grand-
parents: The active director of
the movement is Anthony Baron
of Woodbridge, Sussex, and the
Membership so far seems to con-
sist largely of ex-members of
the Imperial Fascist League.

People' . .. in U.S. and Israel

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change his vote, it the lawyer could. ;howIlirn any book of the
Bible which did not mention God. The lawyer produced a- copy
of the Book of Esther. So- the supporters of the Constitution
gained one very necessary vote in Massachusetts. - ,
The problems which faced the Constitution makers in Phila-
delphia were of course very different from those arising' in
_Ter Aviv. The main problem at Philadelphia was that of union.
now to get divergent states, jealous of their individual sovereign. :
ities, to work together. Even in the midst of the RevolutionarY
War, with the states facing the cdmmon British ,enemy, this
hostility and envy did not entirely subside. When, during the
Revolution, a delegate to the Congress from Pennsylvdnia spoke
of his state as being the heart of the Union, a delegate from

The Junior Division Collection
Day Committee of the Allied
Jewish Campaign announces com-
pletion of plans to set aside Sun-
day, Jan. 46, as the date when it
will make a concentrated effort
to secure available .cash for the
United Jewish Appeal, primarily
for transportation of Displaced
Persons to Israel and their settle-
ment„ by collecting 1948 campaign
pledges.' This is a postponement of
one week from the date origin-
ally announced.
Albert Coleman, committee
chairman, announced that there
is at present more than $2,000,000
outstanding on 1948 pledges. Mr.
Coleman stated that despite the
fact that this year's payment is
far_ahead of 1947, the urgent need
for cash makes extraordinary
collection, efforts necessary.
Letters are being sent to con-
tributors informing theni of col-
lection day plans and enlisting
their cooperation in making cash
available for the home pick-up
on,,,Tan. 16.
All workers in the Junior Div-
ision who gave so generously of
their time last spring during the
campaign have been requested to
assist in the collection day drive.
The committee explained that
there was a chance that many
persons desirous of helping would
not receive letters requesting
them to do so. Volunteers are
urged to call the Junior Division
at WO. 5-3939.
The Junior Division committee
includes: Virginia Barnett, Ger-
ald Danin, Tillie Feinbloom, Sam
Frankenstein, Natalie Gaines,
John Gilmore, Richard Kanner,
Beno Levi, Elaine Rubach, Lil-
lian Sobel and Jerry Stenbuck.

Georgia wisecracked: "Yes, it is 2:
the heart and does not SCripture against usury works even more
say that 'the heart is deceitful for the benefit of the house bUild-
above all things'." er. ,
The securing of union and lib- The passion for sociM- justice is
erty were The basic goals of the perhaps the most characteristic
By PHILIP SLOMOYITZ
U.S. constitution. Today, society trait of Jewry and we expect
is more complex. There were no , much more from Israel in that
Meeting the Right Kind of Jews
monopolies, no trusts, in the ke-- respect.
This Commentator • will have much to say about a great book
ginning days of America. With
whose •importance defies a single review. "Trial and Error: The
an abundance of land, there Was
Autobiography of Chaim Weizmarin, First President . of Israel," to
no problem of unemployment.
be pUblished on Jan. 19 by Harper & Brothers, is much more than
The present israeli constitution'
the life story of the ablest Jewish leader
of our time. It is the history of an era
bears a strong resemblance to the
which was marked by tragedies and dis-
so-called "Pittsburgh platform"
appointments that finally were wiped out
In a determined effort to acti-
of 1918 When Louis D. Brandeis
by the heroism and courage of men—like
Was the head of the American vate a larger percentage of :the
the author of this autobiography—who
movement. That "plafforni" had almost 5,000 memberS • of the
knew what it meant to fight for freedorn.-
two essential points: • first, the' ZiOnist otganization of Detibit,
It is the history of one of the most signifi-
barring of land monopoly, second, the program and education com-
cant eras in the annals of humankind. And
the - application Of the )cooPera- mittee has embarked upon• a se-
it is told by a man who not only helped
tive principle in industry wher- ries of Parlor meetings with a
create the conditions which have culmin-
ated in the liberation of Israel but who has
ever that was feasible. • view 'toward establishing more
made great contributions to science and to
The Israeli constitution provides permanent chapters.
i statesmanship. •
Under - the Chairmanship • 'of
for state ownership of the na-
Dr. Weizmann's autobiography will
tural resources. It also supports 'Leon Kay, a series of parlorsineet-
have a preview beginning with Jan.- 5 • in
application of the cooperative ings in homes of various Mehl-
the New. York Herald Tribune, the great
idea. It says nothing about land, kers . has been scheduled. Each
American newspaper which has had the
but land, of course, is also a na- group will meet once a month 'for
vision to purchase 'the publishing rights for
tural resource. The Israeli consti- the rest of the year.
this great life story for serialization in its
tution goes on to proclaim the
The first of the parlor meetings
own , columns and for syndicatiOn in num-
erous other newspapers throughout the
doctrine that each citizen must was held Dec. 14 at Mr. Kay's
Dr. Weizniarm land. As an agricultural chemist, as the
be guaranteed a means of sub- home. Albert Elazar, associate
expert in mass-produced acetone which solved the crucial World
sistence.
superintendent of the United He-
War I cordite shortage for Great Britain, as authority in high-octane
Thus, the Israeli constitution is brew Schools, spoke on "Israel
gas production and as a developer of synthetic rubber, Israel's
highly "social-minded." A consti- and Power Politi6s."
President has made an indelible record in scientific history. As a
The committee alSo is planning
-tution of Israel could hardly be
statesman acting in behalf- of the Jewish people during 50 years of
his life, some of his acts will be questioned and his criticisms of men
anything but that, and be true a series of general membership
like Theodor Herzl, Max Nordau, David Wolffsohn and Nahum
to itself. If we open our Bible, meetings for the entire organiza-
Sokolow may be condemned. But no amount of criticism either of
we find it so full" of this social tion, including the Simon Shet-
his dealings with other Zionist leaders or of his personal acts can
thinking, that sometimes we zer Memorial Institute on Feb.
hical
work,
p
possibly detract from the magnitude of his autobiogra
wonder -whether' it is so Much 1 28, to be addressed by Eliahu. Ep-
its splendor as history, its vast importance as a record of his own
book
of theology as of economics. stein, special Israeli representa-
' and his people's accomplishments.
The injunction,
for ,instance, tive to the United States. ' '•'''
Dr. Weizmann took 17 years. to write his autobiography, and he
During January the following
against the "erasing of the land
- has prOVen as meticulous as a reporter of'his own career, as he has
been as a scientist and history-maker. He had the good fortune of
mark of your neighbor" is simply parlor meetings will be held:•an.
securing the expert help of Maurice Samuel, the brilliant writer,
A law .against land monopoly. 6,-tat,the home ,of Mr: and Mrs.
in the final revision of his book. It not only will disappoint us, it will
.The Law' of the Jubilee when'the Ira G. Kaufman; 'Jan. 13, parlor
amaze this Commentator if "Trial and Error" is not made the Book
Nathan Ausubel, noted Jewish land was e q u ally redivided meeting for dentists, at the home
- of the Month selection and if it does not emerge one of the leading
author and linguist whose latest among the people was another of Dr. Martin Cowan; Jan. 17; at
best sellers of our time.
The Weizmann autobiography will appear simultaneously in book, "Jewish Folklore," has at- meal ire for this 'purpose. It the- home of Mr. and Mrs: L& Is
would prevent the concentration Glasier.
editions to be published throughout the British Empire, in Spanish tracted attention
Members' of the.committee
of estates and give every person
- editions in Latin American countries, in Hebrew in the State of throughout t h e
elude Mr. Elazar, Rabbi Jacob
Israel and in Yiddish translations in the Jewish Daily Forward and English - spe4 -
a new equal opportunity.
in other Yiddish periodicals throughout the world.
The law against usury is an- ) Segal, Ira G. Kaufman, LaWrente
As a mere introduction to later reviews, this Commentator ing world, will
other such measure. Today, the W. Crohn, Dr. Bernard Weston,
speak
here
on
wishes to refer to two stories in Weizmann's Autobiography. The
Federal Government helps a vet- Nordau Chapter, Mrs. Albert
eminent Zionist leader—then only 32—was in England only two years Jan. 17 on the
eran build a house by giving him Schwartz, Haifa Chapter,, and
and had barely begun to master the English language when he first subject "What Is
lower interest rates. The law `MiSs Micki Lancet, Chapter L.,
met Arthur James Balfour. The man who later became the author the Significance
of the famous Balfour Declaration was to have spent 15 minutes with of Jewish Folk-
the young Manchester University chemical research man and lec- lore Throughout
turer, but he detained him for an hour, listening to his reasons • for the Ages?" un-
opposing the Uganda proposal. He had hoped to convert _Weiz-
mann; "it did not occur to him that the upshot of the interview der the auspices
By BORIS SMOLAR
would be in the contrary sense." The following now famous con- of the Jewish
(Copyright.
1048.
Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.)
versation took place after Weizmann had—"sweating blood"—ex- Community Cen-
N. Ausubel
ter.
plained his Zionist ideology:
Then suddenly I said: "Mr. Balfour, supposing I were to
Born in Austria, Ausubel was Happy .New Year
•
offer you Paris instead of London, would you take it?"
The year of 1949 hdlds out good promises for Israel .. . Israeli
brought to this country in his
He sat up, looked at me, and answered: "But, Dr. Weizmann,
leaders
expect
to
reach
a
peace
settlement
with
Transjordan
within
early youth. As editor and lec-
we have London."
turer, he already has acquired an three months, despite difficUlties with' Egypt . . . And,-President
"That is true," I said. "But we had Jerusalem when London
enviable record for service in the Truman has quietly promised Jewish leaders that no matter what
was a marsh."
world situation may be, he will see to it that Israel is given
literary
world. He has traveled the
He le,aned back, continued to stare at me, and said two
de jure recognition by the United States immediately after the
widely and has befriended the Isareli national elections which are scheduled for the end of January
things which I remember vividly. The first, was: "Are there
many Jews who think like you?"
leading journalists and writers, in . . . He also assured them of other forms of American Political aid
I answered: "I believe I speak the mind of millions of Jews
the world.
to Israel . . . Israeli emissaries in the United States are at present
whom you will never see and who cannot speak for themselves,
As a translator as well as writer hard at work behind the scene to secure, as quickly as possible, the
but with whom I could pave the streets of ,the country I come
of original works, he has risen to $100,000,000 loan from the Export-Import Bank . . . The question
from."
high ranks. In his latest work he ' of the' loan now overshadows all other interests which the govern-
To this he said: "If that is so, you will one day be a force."
emerges as a leading authority •ment of Israel has in the United States .. . This is because the •fi-
Shortly before I withdrew, Balfour said: "It is curious. The
situation of the Jeikish state is such that it requires urgent
on the traditions and history of nancial
Jews I meet are quite different."
action to cover immediate obligations and to maintain economic
I answered: "Mr. Balfour, you meet the wrong kind of
the Jewish people and on folk- stability.
Jews."
lore.
American Jews planning to make investments in Israel. ,will
It is the type of reply like the latter that caused Dr. Weizmann
His "Jewish Folklore," which soon find it very profitable to do so ... The economic department
• to become a stormy petrel in Jewish life, hated by anti-Zionists, was reviewed in The Jewish of the Jewish Agency is seeking to remove the dual exchange rate
abused by opponents. But Weizmann, scientist not only in his
obstacles which now prevail in Israel . . . At present the Israeli
.laboratory but also in his political activities, utilized a great event News upon its appearance sev- pound is exchanged for $3 abroad and for $4 inside the country .
eral months ago, is a compilation
in Jewish history to refer back to these remarks.
rates are official • . . Some foreign investors would like to see
Referring to the "great public meeting held at ikthe Albert Hall of the best stories from all areas Both
a single, stabilized rate of exchange, and the Jewish Agency, which
under the chair manship of Lord Rothschild," 14 'ears later, Dr. in Jewish history. Brilliantly promotes
investments in Israel, is waking in this direction.
Weizmann states in his book:
told they indicate the sparkling
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"This was, I think, the only occasion on which Lord Balfour
wit of the author and his ability The Same Here
dined
with
I
addressed a great Jewish gathering in England.
as a narrator and interpreter of
The new year also holds out good promises for Jewish activities
him before the meeting at 4 Carlton Gardens, and as we drove
our folklore.
in the United States • . . All organizations which are engaged 'in
from there to Albert Hall, Lord Balfour was struck by the great
combatting anti-Semitism agree that bigotry will decline in 1949
crowds of Jews making their way to the West End. In his usual
Jewish DPs to Settle
as it did in the year just concluded ... And there is great and jus-
vague manner he asked me: 'But who ARE all these people?'
tified optimism among Jewish leaders that\the new Congress starting
I reminded him of what I had told him in 1906, that there were
On Farms in Canada
its session in January, will amend the DP law M. a way which will
Zionist Jews enough to pave the streets of Russia and Poland:
`These are a few—a very few—of them'."
NEW YORK, (JTA)—A group enable more displaced Jews to enter the United States . . . This de-
With reference to Balfour meeting "the wrong kind of Jews," of displaced Jewish families will spite the threat of certain non-Jewish groups who blame Jewish
Weizmann later learned that Balfour had written about it to Mrs. be brought from Germany to organizations for the unfavorable publicity 'in the American press
on the method of selecting DPs in Germany for emigration . . .
Leopold Rothschild, the mother of Anthony and Lionel Rothschild.
In 1917, Weizmann had proof that the rebuke to "the wrong Canada to be settled by the Jew- Leaders of some of these non-Jewish groups went very far with un-
kind of Jews" was justified, Opposition to the proposed draft of a ish Colonization Association on friendly intimations to leaders of various JeWish organizations in
Declaration for a Jewish Palestine came entirely . from Jews! and the farms acquired by the JCA dur- this country . Nevertheless, there is good ground to belieVe that
Balfour Declaration, approval for which was expected in August, ing the recent visit of its general neither President Truman nor the new Congress will be influenced
1917, did not materialize until Nov. 2, 1917.
manager, Louis Oungre. All nec- by any campaign against liberalization of the present DP law which
."Trial and Error" is not a mere combination of dry fasts and cessary preparations for the set- Truman has termed as "anti-Jewish."
. We learn that the question of coordinating Jewish refugee achy-
pathos. It is replete with humor—Dr. Weizmann's humor winch has tlement of the DP families have
ice in America is now being seriously. studied by the Council0A
become one of his distinguishing characteristics.
To read his autobiography is, to experience a great thrill and been completed following Oun- Jewlsh FederationS and Welfare Funds• . . Progress in eliminating
to re-live anew the,' great events of the last half century, Many of gre's negotiations with the Cana- duplication in European Migration Work has been achieved foROW•
-ing the recent JDC-BIAS-USNA agreement on DP immigration:
us have had a share in many of these events. For us it is reality dian authorities.

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