nai Brith District Elects Chica oan

Delegates Urged to Work
To Preserve Israel, Jewry

Five hundred delegates, their wives and guests, met in
an atmosphere charged with the tension of the present
world crisis at sessions of the 82nd annual convention of
Bnai Brith District Grand Lodge No. 6 at the Hotel Book-
Cadillac July 1 to 4. Represented were 50,000 members of
the district, covering eight mid-western states and four

provinces of Canada.
Elected to head the district
for the coming year was Ber-
nard Roman, of Chicago, former
first vice-president and mem-
ber of Chicago's South Side
Lodge. Serving with him are:
Morris F. Jacobs, of Milwau-
kee, first vice-president; Philip
H. Mitchel, of Chicago, second
vice-president; Jack Wiseman,
of Alton, Ill., third vice-presi-
dent; Gottfried D. Bernstein,
of Chicago, treasurer; and Ben
Z. Glass, of Chicago, executive
secretary. Bernstein and Glass
will be serving their twelfth
consecutive terms in their re-
spective offices.
The officers were installed at
the closing banquet session,
Tuesday evening, by Isaac Wag-
ner, past grand president. Pre-
ceding the installation, Dr. Law-
rence I. Yaffa and Sidney J.
Karbel, both Detroiters, were
appointed district representa-
tives. Yaffa served as general
chairman of the convention.
The final session was also
marked by the presentation of
the district's first Servite to
Humanity Award to Richard E.
Gutstadt by Philip KlUtznick,
for the former's fine work in
building Bnai Brith membership
and serving the organization de-
votedly for many years. Gut-
stadt is former National Anti-
Defamation League director and
now heads its executive board.
Samuel W. Leib, of Detroit,
retiring district president, open-
ed the first formal session, the
District President's Luncheon,
Sunday, July 2, with a stirring
picture of Bnai Brith at the
mid-century mark.
Leib told the assembly that
there are only "two bright cen-
ters of Jewish life today," Israel
and the United States. In the
world crisis, Leib proclaimed,
Bnai Brith must: take greater
measures in the tasks of aiding
and encouraging world Jewry;
fighting the menace of anti-
semitism; preserving and work-
ing for the advancement of
Judaism and Israel. "Israel is
here to stay," Leib asserted, "It
must survive to preserve Juda-
ism."

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Governor, Mayor Speak

Michigan's Governor G. Mennen
Williams and Detroit's Mayor
Albert Cobo, echoed Leib in
lauding Israel, and the import-
ance of the preservation of
Judaism. "Bnai Brith and
Jewry," Williams stated, "repre-
sent the philosophy of the
worth of the individual, an im-
portant bastion in these times."
Bernard Roman, of Chicago,
who succeeds Leib as district
president, presided at the
luncheon and told delegates that
Bnai Brith faces definite budg-
etary problems for the big year
ahead.
Bnai Brith horizons were
scanned by Philip M. Klutznick,
lawyer, builder and former dis-
trict president, speaking to dele-
gates Sunday evening. Klutznick
reviewed the organization's pos-
ition as he saw it in the difficult
years ahead and warned that it
must not consider itself in the
"strained, limited sense of be-
ing just a 'service' organization."
Bnai Brith today, Klutznick
stated, "is a living, active phil-
osophy of life," representing the
will of 350,000 members.

Munich or Korea

Defining two old-new words of
the 20th Century lexicon, Mu-
nich - appeasement - and Ko-
rea - militant action - Klutznick
cited the need for Bnai Brith to
combat the prevalent ideal of
"self hate," as expressed by
those Jews who would deny their
Jewishness. He attacked the
American Council for Judaism,

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describing its Munich actions as
those of "scared men, afraid of
their Jewishness," who resist the
reality of Israel and cast the
bogey of dual allegiance on
those who support Israel. "Nei-
ther over-simplification nor de-
nial of the accomplishments of
Israel and Judaism can solve the
Jewish problem," he said.
He attacked the Munich-type

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philosophy that would solve
minority problems by erasing
minorities through "outbreed-
ing" or denial. "I can think of
no greater tragedy," Klutznick
stated, "than that the Jews, or
the Catholics, or that any of our
minorities should disappear.
The greatness of the future lies
in the right of all 'men to have
differences. There can be no
world in which there is only one
people, one mind, one thought."

Four Point Plan

Closing his address, Klutznick
outlined a four-point program
for Bnai Brith:
1. To realize that it is not a
mere service agency, but is a
way of action and a philosophy
of life for many people.
2. We cannot accept the Mu-
nich philosophy of appeasement.
3. We must erase the seeds of
self hate, and Bnai Brith must
develop its heritage.
4. Bnai Brith must recognize
itself as a philosophy in action,
fighting for all human rights.
Delegates to the convention
registered Saturday, July 1,
and were tendered a dance that
evening in the Grand Ballroom
to the music of Bill Regula and
his orchestra. The Detroit Mu-
nicipal Opera _Co., under Stuart
Piggins participated in the pres-
entation of "Finian in Bnai
Brith" Sunday evening.

Australian Jews
Attack Witch Hunt

MELBOURNE, Australia,
(JTA)—The Jewish Council of
Melbourne issued a statement
denouncing the interrogation by
police of the state of Victoria of
Jewish youth on their activities
in Jewish organizations. The
statement reads:
"The Jewish Council is ex-
tremely concerned over attempt-
ed intimidation of the Jewish
Community, and this confirms
its belief that the present witch
hunt engendered by the legisla-
tion before Parliament will
spread to increasingly wider sec-
tions if unchecked by the people
of Australia. It is a sinister fact
that the police . have confined
their investigations to the Jew-
ish community. The Jewish
Council has requested the Board
of Deputies to make the strong-
est representation against this
development."

Resolution, Talks by
Reuther, Mayer Hit
Occupation Policies

Victor G. Reuther, educa-
tional director of UAW-CIO,
and Arthur L. Mayer, former
chief of the motion picture
branch of the American Mili-
tary Government in Germany,
were the principal speakers at
a meeting of community and
organizational leaders s p o n-
sored by the American Associa-
tion for a Democratic Germany
on June 29. Circuit Court Judge
Carl N. Weideman presided.
Both speakers were critical of
American occupation policy for
its failure to work with the ex-
isting democratic elements in
Germany. "Current events in
K or e a brought further em-
phasis on the need for the
United States to have depend-
able democratic allies. The re-
sistance to Communist aggres-
sion is strengthened when the
governments represent a broad
mass base, and when they are
free of Nazi or other super-na-
tionalistic taint," Reuther de-
clared. The alternative, it was
pointed out, has already meant
a resurgence of German na-
tionalism and a return to posi-
tions of power and influence of
many former Nazis.
The meeting adopted a reso-
lution urging immediate enact-
ment of Senate Resolution 260
and House Resolutions 578-586,
which call for the appointment
by the President of a commis-
sion to inquire into the opera-
tion of American occupation
policy in Germany. The meet-
ing also resulted in the forma-
tion of the Detroit Citizens'
Council for a Democratic Ger-
many. Temporary chairman is
Bill Kernsley and members of
the executive committee of the
new organization are: Olive R.
Beasley, Mrs. Samuel Green,
James G. Gibson, B. M. Joffe,
Fritz Mertens, Hans Scherber,
Brendan Sexton and Elizabeth
Weideman.

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THE JEWISH NEWS

Friday, July '7, 1950

Elazar Is Delegate
To Hebrew Congress

End Talks to Open

Albert Elazar, associate super-
intendent of the United Hebrew
Haifa Oil Refineries SchoOls of Detroit, who is now
in Israel, has been elected one
LONDON, (JTA)—Negotiations of the American delegates to the
between an Israel delegation, World Hebrew Congress, which
headed by David Horowitz, di-
rector general of the Israel
Treasury, and British oil corn-
pany representatives for the re-
opening of the Haifa refineries
were concluded here, but it is
expected that the refineries will
not be opened for about three
months.
Consolidated Refineries has
concluded arrangements for ob-
taining oil to be processed at
Haifa. Shipments will begin as
soon as practicable and refining
processes will be started when a
sufficient stock of crude oil is
or hand. It is also expected that
the refineries will be able to sup-
ply all the oil normally used by
Israel.

Name U.S. Athletes
To Third Maccabiah

NEW YORK, (JTA) —
Twelve outstanding athletes,
headed by Henry Wittenberg
of New York, Olympic 191-
pound wrestling champion,
and Frank Spellman of York,
Pa., Olympic middleweight
weight -.1 if t i n g titleholder,
were named to compete in
the Third World Maccabiah
in Israel, Sept. 2'7 to Oct. 9.
The announce m e n t was
made by Charles L. Ornstein
and Col. Harry D. Henshel,
co-chairmen of the United
States Committee for Partic-
ipation in the Third World
Macca b i a h. The National
Jewish Welfare Board will
officially certify the athletes
selected.
The entire American squad
of 60 athletes, will leave for
Israel in September.

Goldmann Scores Yemenite Drive,
Refutes Charge's of Discrimination

NEW YORK, (JTA) — Charges
that Israel's Yemenite Jews "are
systematically being reduced to
the status of second-rate citi-
zens" and are not properly
sheltered and fed by the Jewish
Agency were refuted by Dr. Na-
hum Goldmann, chairman of the
American section of the Jewish
Agency for Palestine.
The charges were made by
Zacharia Gluska, Y e m e n i t e
member of the Israel Parliament
now in this country conducting
a separate campaign on behalf
of the Yemenites against the
wishes of the Jewish Agency.
In a letter to the New York
Herald Tribune, Gluska said that
of 45,000 immigrants from Ye-
men who arrived in Israel in the
past two years 25,000 are still in
camps.
Refuting his charges, Dr. Gold-
Mann said that Gluska was re-
fused authorization to conduct a
separate campaign in the United
States because "neither the Jew-
ish Agency nor the Joint Dis-
tribution Committee nor any
other Jewish organization was
discriminating against any im-
migrant group."
Dr. Goldman pointed out that
Gluska was told that the Jewish
Agency was fully cognizant of
the fact that the Yemenite im-
migrants were not being cared
for as they should be. "But," Dr.
Goldmann added, "he was also
reminded that identical hard-
4,hips were faced by all groups
of immigrants entering Israel
from all over the world, and
that the answer to the difficul-
ties was more dollars to hasten
their absorption.
* He pointed out that the Joint
Distribution Commit t e e has
spent $3,000,000 on transporting
Yemenite Jews by plane from
Aden to Israel and that the Jew-
ish Agency spent approximately
$8.000,000 ,in caring for the im-
migrants.

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"The sums Gluska collected in
this country are hardly suffi-
cient to settle a dozen people in
Israel," Dr Goldmann empha-
sized. He said that the Jewish
Agency has given Yemenite Jews
priority over other immigrants
in several directions.

Celler Withdraws
Yemenite Support

NEW YORK — Congressman
Emanuel Celler announced his
resignation from the national
board of the American Commit-
tee for the Relief of Yemenite
Jews, charging its spokesman,
Zacharia Gluska, with having
made misleading and unfounded
statements in the course of his
U. S. campaign for funds.
Congressman Celler's resigna-
tion followed by a few days that
of Louis Lipsky, chairman of the
American Zionist Council, who
withdrew from the Yemenite
group for similar reasons.

Brith Sholom Backs
Support to Yemenites

ATLANTIC CITY, (JTA) — A
pledge that the Order will sup-
port "to the fullest extent" the
Brith Sholom settlement in Is-
rael, where a large number of
Yemenite families settled re-
cently, was one of the resolu-
tions adopted at the 48th annual
convention of the Independent
Arder Brith Sholom of Balti-
more held at the Breakers Hotel
here.
The project, known as the
"Brith Sholom Nachla," was of-
ficially dedicated on April 4, in
Israel, with Past Grand Master
Bernard and Mrs. Danzansky, of
Washington, D. C., in attend-
ance at the dedication.
Sol A. Bogat was elected grand
master.

ALBERT ELAZAR

opens in Jerusalem on July 24.
His election was announced in
New York this week by the His-
tadrut Ivrith of America, one of
the co-sponsors of the Congress.
Aubrey S.' Eban, newly ap-
pointed Israeli ambassador to
the United States and Israel's
plenipotentiary to the United
Nations, Will address the First
World Congress for Hebrew Lan-
guage and. Culture. There will
be delegates from 39 countries
in attendance, according to an
announcement by Samuel J. Bo-.
rowsky, president of Histadruth
Ivrith.
The Isr‘aeli ambassador to the
United States, who has been the
spokesman for the Jewish State
before the United Nations for
the past two years, will discuss
the relationship between Israeli
and Jewries throughout the
world.
Close to 90 delegates from the
United States representing 30
national organizations, Jewish
communities and higher institu-
; tons of learning, will attend the
sessions in Jerusalem in the new
Hebrew University building.
Prof. Joseph Klausner of Jeru-
salem world renowned scholar
will deliver the keynote address
at the opening session of the
Congress.

French Rabbinate
V otes Atom Ban

Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News

PARIS—The general assembly
of the French Rabbinate meet-
ing here under the chairman-
ship of Chief R a b b i Isalie
Schwartz, voted in principle for
the prohibition of the use of
atomic weapons.
It instructed the Rabbinical
Council to draft a resolution to
this effect for publication.
The assembly also considered
the problem of artificial insemi-
nation. It decided to issue a
statement after consulting rab-
binical authorities of Israel,
Great Britain, the United States
and Morocco, as well as obtain-
ing technical details from gyne-
cologists and psychologists.

Pacifism in France
Studied by Padover

France, the ally of the United
States in the North Atlantic
Pact, is "anti-militarist and
pacifist" in its "over-all spirit,"
Prof. Saul K. Padover, of the
New School for Social Research
in New York City, a former De-
troiter, stated in a pamphlet on
France, published by the
Foreign Policy Association.
Prof. Padover reported that
France is disarmed and divided,
united only in its fear of war,
"partly as a consequence of the
defeat of 1940 and partly as a
result of the realization of na-
tional weakness." The study
was based on a long stay in
France in 1949.

