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VOLUME 17—No. 20

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Jewry's Battle on Communism
Advoc • ted by British Chief Rabbi

Direct JTA Teletype Wires to The Jewish News

Miracle of Renaissance of
Hebrew Hailed at Congress

JERUSALEM—The first World Hebrew Congress, attended

by delegates from all parts of the world, was opened here Mon-

day night at the YMCA by the Hebrew poet, Jacob Cahan. Is-
rael's Minister of Education, Zalman Shazar, attributed the
"Miracle of the Hebrew Renaissance" to the "Endless devotion
and tireless efforts of the first pioneers of the Hebrew lan-
guage."
Evidence of a divergency between the Jewish Agency and
the World Hebrew Union—which is sponsoring the Congress—
was brought to the surface when Berl Locker, chairman of the
Jewish Agency Executive here, denied that the agency was op-
posed to the congress. Mr. Locker said that the Agency wants
the World Hebrew Union to join the "efforts of the Jewish
Agency to revive the Hebrew language throughout the world."
Mr. Locker continued: "Let the World Hebrew Union's
efforts flow into the Zionist movement's big river, for the
achievement of the common task," Samuel J. Borowsky, presi-
dent of the Histadruth Ivrith of America, who heads the U. S.
delegation to the congress, in a reply to Mr. Locker, demanded
that the Jewish Agency extend - assistance to the union to "en-
able it to conduct its work."
Greetings to the congress delegates were extended by Mayor
Daniel Auster, Prof. Simcha Assaf, outgoing rector of the He-
brew University, and other leading Israelis. Attending the open-
ing session were Joseph Sprinzak, Speaker of the Knesset, mem-
bers of the Israel Cabinet, leading authors, scientists and poets,
and the 86-year-old widow of the pioneer of Hebrew language s
,Eliezer Ben Yehudah.

LONDON—Jews throughout the world were urged to organize their
spiritual forces against Communists and Communist-dominated organizations in
their attempt to infiltrate Jewish life, in a call issued Tuesday by Chief Rabbi
Israel Brodie of Britain at a reception tendered to him and to delegates attendin g
the conference of Jewish organizations in the British Commonwealth, now tak b-
ing place here, by the Anglo-Jewish Association.
The Chief Rabbi denounced the attempts by Communist-dominated groups
to get people to sign documents and proclamations "which in one form or another
causes repugnance to people who sign them."

Dr. Abraham Cohen, president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, called
for close cooperation between Jewish organizations, especially those enjoying consult-
ative status at the United Nations.

Korean Conflict Aggravated Israel Military Situation

JERUSAT J M, (JTA)—Israel's military situation was aggravated recently follow-
ing the outbreak of hostilities in Korea and Israel was subsequently compelled to take
all precautionary measures to prepare for any eventuality, Brig. Yigal Yadin, Chief of
Staff, told the concluding session of the conference of Israel's top diplomats from more
than a dozen countries.
Brig. Yadin's report to the diplomats was given
during a discussion of Israel's peace efforts and their
Plan Federation Home
neighbors' attitude toward Arab preparations for a
second round of warfare against the new state. Brig.
As Memorial to Butzel
Yadin stressed the need for extreme watchfulness in
view of the Arabs' attempts to infiltrate the border
In tribute to the memory
of Fred M. Butzel, late "Dean
not only for smuggling purposes, but also for the de-
of Michigan Jewry," an as
livery of arms and the entry of fifth columnists.
yet undesignated downtown
One of the important problems considered was
office building, to be pur-
the question of reconsidering the Israel position on the
chased as the home of the
Italian colonies and the likelihood of Israel's reversing
Jewish Welfare Federation
itself. At the last UN General Assembly session Israel
and its member agencies, will
voted to turn over territory it holds to a UN trustee-
be known as the Fred M.
ship. In view of Israel's experiences with the Jerusa-
Butzel Memorial Building.
lem issue, the Jewish diplomats doubt that any state
This decision • w a s an-
nounced by Abe Srere, chair-
can be compelled to turn over territory it holds to a
man of the Federation's
UN trust body. •
Board of Governors. A com-
The diplomats recommended that the government
mittee has been appointed to
propose to the United Nations Conciliation Commis-
investigate possibilities of
sion on Palestine that it discontinue its attempts at
securing an existing building.
conciliation in view of its record of failure.
(See detailed story on Page 5)

Jewish Firsts from Korea: Chaplain Heads
For Front; New Yorker is in Casualty List

UN Flag in Korea:

In a ceremony "some-
where in South Korea," Col. ALFRED S. KATZIN, United
Nations Commissioner in Korea, presents the UN flag to Gen.
WALTON H. WALKER (left) , U. S. Commander. Looking on
1center) is JOHN MUCCI°, American Ambassador. In Ac-
cepting the emblem, Gen. Walker declared: "It will fly high
until the invaders are driven out of this country."

Cantor Meets Weizmann:

T h e

United Jewish Appeal's national campaign chairman, EDDIE
CANTOR, is shown with DR. CHAIM WEIZMANN, Presi-
dent of Israel, at the latter's home in Rehovoth. Mr. Cantor

visited President Weizmann during his recent visit in Israel
to study the immigration and settlement needs that must be
met through the UJA. The noted stage and radio star, who
now is devoting most of his time to the UJA, also conferred
with Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion.

NEW YORK,—Chaplain Oscar M .Lif-
shutz, who has been stationed with the
2nd U. S. Infantry Division at Fort Lewis,
Wash., will be the Division's Jewish Chap-
lain when it leaves for Korea, according
to the Division of Religious Activities of
the National Jewish Welfare Board.
Through this Division JWB recruits,
ecclesiastically endorses and serves Jew-
ish chaplains in the armed forces. Chap-
lain Lifshutz has been designated assist-
ant divisional chaplain of the 2nd Division.

When Chaplain Lifshutz
reaches the Far East he
will find already on active
duty there two other Jew-
ish chaplains: Meyer Gold-
man, who is with the Air
Force in Tokyo; and Jos-
eph B. Messing, with the
Army in Kobe. .
Before receiving h i s
Regular Army Commission
Lifshutz
in 1947, Chaplain Lifshutz
was on duty with the U. S. Occupational
Forces in Austria. A graduate of Hebrew
Theological College, Chicago, he served brief-
ly as rabbi of Temple Bnai Sholom, Chicago.
Chaplain Messing, a 1945 graduate of Jew-
ish Institute of Religion-Hebrew Union Col-
lege, served as rabbi of Congregational Beth
Tefilloh, Brunswick, Ga. Chaplain Goldman,
who graduated from the Isaac Elchanan
Yeshiva in 1929, was formerly rabbi of Temple
Emanuel, Union City, N. J.

First Jewish Casualty-

The first Jewish casualty among the
American armed forces in Korea is Private,
First Class, Bruce Braverman of New York,
according to JWB which resumed compila-
tion of Jewish war records and related func-
tions traditionally assigned to it by the Jew-
ish community. Private Braverman, son of
Dr. Abraham H. Braverman, 317 W. 89th St.,
New York, is 20 years old and was serving

with the infantry. He enlisted two years ago
after graduation from Franklin School.
Murray Becker, a 56-year old veteran of
World Wars I and II, was among those who
volunteered for service with the Army but
was turned down because of his age.

. Fears Dispelled

CHICAGO,—Ben Sternberg, midwest area
director of JWB's armed services division, was
the bearer of good tidings to Mrs. H. Bitt-
man, 1225 N. Leavitt, Chicago, when he ad-
vised her that a newspaper dispatch reporting
that her son, Capt. Hammond Batman, had
been shot down and presumably killed in
Korea, was untrue.

Confer with Defense Secretary

WASHINGTON, D. C.—Irving Edison, St.
Louis, president of the National Jewish Wel-
fare Board, headed a delegation of 10 JWB
leaders from all parts of the country—includ-
ing Henry Meyers of Detroit—who joined rep-
resentatives of the YMCA and the National
Catholic Community Service. in a Pentagon
conference on July 20 with Secretary of De-
fense Louis Johnson to consider what the
three agencies must do in meeting the relig-
ious, morale and welfare needs of armed
forces personnel as a result of the Korean
war. The JWB leaders who are co-chairmen
of local committees of the Associate Services
for the Armed Forces (ASAF), which includes
JWB, YMCA and NCCS, received from secre-
tary Johnson and high ranking officials of
the armed forces a first hand picture of the
urgent need for serving the religious and
morale needs of the armed forces.
Sec. Johnson called on the American peo-
ple to "display locally their patriotic interest"
by supporting Associated Services for the
Armed Forces.
In a letter to Robert Dechert, national
chairman of ASAF, Mr. Johnson stressed that
the Department of Defense "is now looking
more than ever to Associated Services to help
provide supplementary assistance to commu-
nities working on behalf of the spiritual and
morale needs of men and women in uniform."