Detroit to Welcome Shin Shalom, Noted Israel Poet, Monday, April 10 At a meeting of representa- tives of numerous Detroit or- ganizations, arrangements were made for the reception planned in honor of the outstanding Is- rael poet, Shin Shalom, who will 6—THE JEWISH NEWS Friday, March 24. 1950 American lecture tour, Shin Shalom described Israel as a "Poets' Paradise." "Our nation has been founded and is developing under work- ers who are largely intellectu- als," explained Shalom, whose tour is being sponsored by the Histadruth Ivrith of America. "That's why poets are highly respected and have a great influence on national thought. Our Minister of Communica- tions, David Remez, has pub- lished much of his own verse, and our Minister of Foerign Affairs, Moshe Sharrett, is au- thor of numerous articles on literature." Upon his arrival in New York, to commence his six-weeks' Prime Minister Ben Gurion is considering a poetry council for the benefit of bards under Zal- man Shazar, Minister of Cul- ture and Education, Shalom said. And Israeli newspapers, he pointed out, often pay poets a regular salary for permission to print part of their output. He himself receives a salary from the newspaper, Davar, on that basis. As for the encouragement of younger poets, they are given time off from their empire- building labor in the fields and factories, sometimes several months, in order to finish a book. Poetry readings held at agricultural festivals also stim- ulate creative literary activity. There are no political strings attached," Shalom added. They can write what they please." Shalom himself, 45, is a lyri- cist who received the Tel Aviv Municipality Prize for his book of poems, "Face to Face." He also won the Brenner Prize last year for his "Collected Poems." And he has translated ShakeS- peare and Walt Whitman into Hebrew. Born in Poland and reared in Vienna, he first came to Pales- tine in 1922 with a group of Zionists and served as a teacher. "I hope to convince Ameri- cans," he said finally, "that our two literatures have much in common, and should be ex- changed." BB President Assails Failure Of Denazification BB Delegates Stress Civil Rights In Resolutions SHIN SHALOM speak here, at the Rose Sittig Cohen Building, on Monday, April 10: The meeting was attended by members of the staff of the United Hebrew Schools, Kvutzah Ivrith, Ladies Auxiliary of the Kvutzah Ivrith, Chug Ivri, Jew- ish Community Council, a number of synagogues, local Mizrachi, the Yiddish Shules, Pioneer Women and others. The reception April 10 will feature a soloist who will render some of Mr. Shalom's' songs: the reading of some of his poems; greetings; the introduction of the poet and his work in Eng- lish; an address by the poet himself in Hebrew; and .a resu- me of his address in English. In order to acquaint the children with this great Israel poet, dramatist and essayist, the Hebrew Schools prepared a bulletin i in He- brew, containing Mr. Shalom's biography and a number of his more popular poems. This bulletin was distributed to all children of the higher classes. WASHINGTON, D. C.: Frank (Special to The Jewish News) Goldman, president of Bnai WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 22 Brith, charged at the Order's triennial convention here that —Emphasis on legislation and there is no true denazification other practical steps to insure of Germany today. He urged civil rights for all was the theme the United States to use its of the majority of the resolutions "power to dislodge the Nazis in adopted by delegates from all high office in Germany" in or- sections of the country at the der to achieve a genuine denazi- Bnai Brith convention here. fication. The delegates reaffirmed the Goldman's charges were feat- organization's support of Pres- ured in his "State of the Order" ident Truman's full civil right report at the convention's open- program and urged that the ing session, before 1,000 dele- Senate attempt to replace the gates and guests at the Statler enforcement provisions in the Hotel. Goldman also called on FEPC bill which were deleted Congress to enact "President in the House of Representatives' Truman's great civil rights pro- measure. gram" into law. A decision which will affect Concerning Bnai Brith units the recreation program of overseas, Goldman reported that hundreds of Bnai Brith mem- efforts are continuing to rebuild bers was the resolution to its lodges in many of the 30-odd withdraw the national Bnai countries where such units ex- Brith Bowling Association isted before World War II. from the American Bowling Lodges are functioning in Eng- land, France, the Netherlands, Congress, unless the latter takes steps to insure the dis- Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland, South Africa, Australia, eight continuance of its discrimina- tory racist admission policy. Latin American countries and in They recommend the enact- Israel. Goldman recommended con- ment of state legislation bar- vention action on such prob- ring restrictive covenants based lems as displaced persons, gen- on race, color, creed, national ocide, and the rearmament of origin, and also urged a public housing program to provide all the Arab States. The Bnai Brith president also Americans with decent housing, urged the convention to call up- .•free of any. discrimination. on the State Department to In other resolutions, the Bnai make "unmistakably clear our Brith members expressed deter- Government's disapproval of the mination to make every effort to course now being followed by secure equality of educational the United Kingdom in sending opportunity and enactment of arms to Egypt." fair educational practices legis- Goldman reviewed Bnai Brith lstion, including the abolition of Aid to the People of Israel Pro- college quota systems. They gram which resulted in contri- lauded the work of city and butions of more than $4,000,000 state commissions on human re- worth of food, clothing, medi- lations and urged the creation cine, machinery, automotive of similar commissions in other equipment, ambulances and cities, especially in-s e r vice tools. This effort was followed training programs in human by a recreation room program and race relations in police de- for Israel military hospitals. partments. Chicago College Gives 3 Honorary Degrees, Posthumous Citation CHICAGO, (JTA)—Israel Am- bassador - Eliahu Elath was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Hebrew Letters by the College of Jewish Studies here at a special convocation to cele- brate the 25th anniversary of the College. The same degree was confer- red on: Prof. Harry Wolfson of Harvard University; Prof. Julian Morgenstern, president emeritus of Hebrew Union College, and posthumously on the late Prof. Chaim Tchernowitz, renowned Talmudist and Hebrew author. Ambassador Elath, the fea- tured speaker at the convoca- tion, declared that "the relations between Israel and American Jewry may well Constitute the pattern for the relations be- tween Israel and all the other settled branches of world Jew- ry." He added that "translated into immediate realties" this meant preparation by gaining knowledge of the Hebrew lan- guage and culture and "a con- stant and increasing movement of pioneers from this country to Israel." UN Palley Seeks to Declare Dead Thousands of War's Missing Persons LAKE SUCCESS — (JTA) — Twenty-six member states of the United Nations gathered here to seek a legal method for issuing declarations of death for hundreds of thousands of persons who disappeared during World War II as a result of Nazi mass deportations and per- secutions and hostilities. The World Jewish Congress submitted a .memorandum to t h e conference urging it to adopt an international conven- tion for the codification of eio- isting national legislation with regard to missing persons, in order to enable thousands of Jewish widows, orphans and heirs, most of whom are sur- vivors of Nazi persecution, to remarry, claim property and settle other legal problems in the absence of legal proof of the death of missing persons. Announcing The Opening of roiJ Juril nc. Distinctive Fur Fashions Complete Fur Service Restyling Cleaning and Glazing an Coats Jackets Capes Scarves In the early days of this country, witchcraft and sorcery were used against rats. Some New England. farmers wrote the rats a notice of eviction. They not only told them to move, but stated exactly where they were to go—usually to the farm of some unpopular neighbor. 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