Four Awarded Plaques in Elimination
Of Dis6imination From Bowling

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16 — THE JEWISH NEWS

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Friday, October 27, 1950

Provided by U. S. Histadrut Funds

Sugrue's 'Watch for
The Morning' : Record
Of Israel's Rebirth

Left to Right: CAREY, REUTHER, JONES and EPSTEIN
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WASHINGTON, D. C. — The NAACP executive, represented
National Committee for • Fair Mr. White.
The Fair Play !Committee 'was
Play. -in Bowling, sponsored. by organized in 1947 Specifically to
25 major civic, labor, veterans, campaign againSt the • "Cauca-
fraternal .and religious organiza- sian only" by-law in the consti-
tions, awarded- gold Plaques • to tution of the American. Bowling
four prominent Americans for COngress, a policy which denied
their efforts in eliminating racial Negroes and other non-white
discrimination from organized Americans from participating in
official bowling tournaments. its
bowling.
Those lionored' at an awards chairman is Senator Hubert H.
dinner were CIO president Phil- Huniphrey. Betty Hicks, former
ip Murray, Walter Reuther of women's national amateur golf
the United Automobile Workers- champion, is vice-chairman and
CIO, Walter White, executive William H. Oliver, co-director of
secretary of the National Asso- UAW's fair practices and anti-
ciation for the Advancement of discrimination 'department, is
Colored People, and Benjamin secretary.
The Fair Play -,Committee,
R. Epstein of New York, na-
tional director of the A-nti- through its constituent agen-
Defamation League of Bnai cies, mobilized . strong public
Brith. The awards were made protests against the color ban
by Dr. Edward J. Sparling, pres- and last year the attorney-gen-
ident of Roosevelt College, Chi- erals of both New York and Illi-
nois instituted legal proteedings
cago.
to revoke the charters of ABC hi
Mr. Murray's plaque was ac- those states. Unwilling to argue
cepted for him by James B. the case in the courts -and faced
Carey, CIO secretary-treasurer. with, mounting public opposi-
Wage negotiations in the steel tion, the ABC voted last May at
industry prevented the CIO its Columbus,:. Ohio, convention
president, who is also the pres- to discard the "Caticasions only"
ident of the United Steelworkers clause and open its tournaments
of America, from attending the to all qualified bowlers, with-
dinner. Madison Jones, Jr., an out racial distinction.

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Story of Esther Ably Narrated
In 2 Books by Christian Authors

Two able authors have chosen
a single theme for novelized bi-
ography: Queen Esther.
Macmillan has published
Norah Lofts' "Esther." In this
book Mrs. Lofts • continues her
distinguished career as author
of a series of works dealing With
women in the Old Testament.
Scribners, at the same time,
has published "So Great a
Queen" by Paul Frischauer.
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As in the Biblical story, Mrs.
Lofts opens with the tension
that arose between the King
and Queen Vashti, her refusal
to attend the royal banquet, the
consequent b a a against her,
't"the competition of the virgins"
for the selection of a successor
and the eventual, selection- of
Esther as Queen.
Then follow the stories of vil-
lainous Hama n, of Esther's
guardian Mordecai, of the de-
crees against the Jews whom
Haman has ordered extermi-
nated.
Among the most interesting
portions in the book is the
chapter dealing with Mordecai's
appeal to Esther to intercede
with the King . in behalf of her_
people. Mordecai's letter, as re-
corded in Mrs. Lofts' fictional-
ized story of Esther, warned the
new Queen:
"You were , made Queen of
Persia in order that you might
in this crisis be Jehovah's tool
for our salvation." -
The story as it is developed in
Mrs. Lofts' book is well known.
Hathan is invited to one ban-
quet, then to another, and fi=
nally is exposed by Esther. The
Jews are rescued and Mordecai;
who once had saved -the King's
life, is elevated to a high post.
And as King and Queen re-
affirm their love for each other-,
the King comments that "this
would make a story, too. Esther
replies: "One day somebody will

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tell it." And the Christian

author concludes: "And in the
Year of Our Lord, 1950, an ob-
scure scribe from an island on
the remote edge of the world, as
Esther and Arteaxerxes under-
stood it, one, Norah Lofts, did,
at least try." And this is the
only Christological reference in
the Jewish story written by an
able Christian writer.-
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Frischauer's "So Great a Queen"
also follows the Biblical theme.
But it is three times longer than
Mrs.- Lofts' , boolc and is there-
fore more detailed; the author
takes more liberties by utilizing
his right to poetic license; his
work is much more dramatic.
Here, the details of Vashti's
deposition are more romantic.
The 17-year-old foreigner, Es-
ther, take& her place. She be-
comes her people's savior. And
the interesting angle is that
Esther falls in love with King
Ahasuerus and therefore lends
genuineness to her position.
In fact, when - the King was
in danger and his life was
threatened by plotters, Esther
(Hadassah) proved her love for
him. Mordecai, too, played an
important role in staving off
threats from antagonists.
The rest of the story is bell
known.- Only the details are dif-
ferent in Frischauer's story. In
"So Great a Queen" he paitits a
portrait of debauchery, describes
life in Persia, outlines in great
detail the plots and the plotters
of a kingdom.
Perhaps in Frischauer's story,
too, . there is a Christological
note, - although it could be in-
terpreted in a Jewish sense. At
the end of 'the story -Mordecai
tells a beggar: ,"The Savior ..
will come to teach-men that only
those can be happy who live
among other happy people On
earth as it is in heaven."

Thomas Sugrue's Catholic up-
bringing, his affiliation with the
American Christian Palestine
Committee, his keen sense of
observations and his ability to
judge events properly appear to
have combined to influence his
approach to "the story of Pales-
tine's Jewish pioneers and their
battle for the birth of Israel" in
the Harper - published book,
"Watch for the Morning."
Ably written, in a style ,that
makes his essay on the import-
ant chapter in Jewish history
read like a novel, Mr. Sugrue
has incorporated into his work
every aspect of Israel's rebirth
as a nation, all the details of
the trials a n d tribulations
which were heaped upon the
Jewish pioneers by the British
mandatory government, all the
experiences of the heroes who
brought nationhood to • Pales-
tinian Jewry.
"Watch for the Morning" is
the story of Israel's battles for
freedom. It is an important
record of the war for liberty
and also the war for; liberation
— since it presents the details
of the fight against the Arabs
as well as the underground war
on the _British up to 1948.
As a matter of fact, Mr. Su-
grue's evaluation of the under-
ground, his story of the rise of
the Haganah, his narrative of
the development of a Jewish
fighting force, with the aid of
the military hero, Orde Wingate,
is one of the best available on
the subject.
The men and women of Israel
who are described by Mr. Stigrue
emerge as an inspired folk who
find themselves pressed to the
wall by tragic condition.s and
therefore fought against oppres-
sion with great determination.
Sugrue'.s "Watch 'for the
Morning" will be listed for:many
years to come' among the most
inspiring and most factual
works dealing with the birth of
Israel.

Bnai Brith Presents UN Flags
At Ceremonies Around World

WASHINGTON. — An inter-
national United Nations -flag
project was inaugurated by Bnai
Brith in several foreign coun-
tries for the annual observance
of UN Day Tuesday.
Attractive UN flags w e,r e
shipped by the national office of
Bnai Brith to presidents of lod-
ges in London, Paris, Marseilles
and Strasbourg in France, San-
tiago and Montevideo in Chile
and in Mexico City. Represent-
atives of several U.S. consulates
joined with Bnai Brith lodges
and local groups in the flag pre-
sentation ceremonies.

A doctor at Histadrut's Beilinson Hospital at Petach Tikvah
preparing to administer anesthetic during an operation. The

hospital is operated by Kupat Holim, and, like all Kupat Holim
medical and health institutions, is supported by the Israel Hista-
drut Campaign in America, which seeks $10,000,000 for 1950-51.

Blaustein Confers with State Department Aides

Jacob Blaustein, president of
the American Jewish Commit-
tee, who 'has conferred twice
with President Truman since
return from Israel where he
went on the invitation of Prime
Minister Ben-Gurion, met Oct.
17 with Assistant Secretary of
State George C. McGhee and
Deputy Burton Berry. McGhee
is in charge of Near East af-
fairs In the State Department.
The purpose of these "off the
record' conferences was to sup-
ply President Truman and the
State Department with back-
ground material on economic,
social and political matters as
Blaustein observed them during
his stay in Israel, as well as on
various aspects of the relation-

Benjamin Franklin became
the publisher of the Pennsyl-
vania Gazette in 1728, second
newspaper established in Penn-
sylvania.

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ADL Adopts Motion
To Combat Communists

NEW YORK—(JTA)—A reso-
lution calling for the combat-
ting _of "the menace of Com-
munism 'to the constant develop-
ment of American- democracy
and the security of the Jewish
community" was adopted at the
two-day session of the national
committee of the Anti-Defama-
tion League of Bnai Brith.
The resolution was adopted
following the submission of two
reports which called for a fight
on Communism on the basis
that "the fate of the Jewish
community is inextricably bound
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A subcommittee was formed to
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the warm personal regards of
Israel's President Chaim Weiz-
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