'Wear- in' of the Green:

24—THE JEWISH NEWS
Friday, March 16, 1951

Ireland's Jews Grow, Prosper
Under Erin's Laws of Freedom,
Equality For All Religions

The rich Irish brogue of Rabbi
Gudansky reached deep into the
far aisles of the little synagogue
On Adelaide Road, Dublin, and
each of his words were sharp
and distinct. The date was De-
cember 24, 1937, and the Repub-
lic of Ireland, whose faithful
lads and lassies mark the tra-
ditional "wearing of the green"
Saturday, was by constitutional
provision on record as assuring
freedom and equality for all re-
ligions.
"We must be thankful," said
the rabbi to his congregants,
that Providence in its great-
ness has thrown in our lot with
a people whose creed of faith
and liberty shine forth brilliant-
ly from the annals of its sad
but glorious history; a people
that may take price in the fact
that not a drop of innocent
Jewish blood was ever shed on
its soil."

Fourteen years later, in 1951,
the rabbi's words remain un-
changed. Dwelling harmonious-
ly with their fellow citizens,
Ireland's more than 4,000 Jews
continue to distinguish them-
selves in all fields of endeavor
within the borders of Erin. One
such Irish •Jew, the famed Rob-
ert Briscoe, staunchly supported
the DeValera Party as a member
of Parliament for more than a
decade. Briscoe represents an
overwhelmingly Catholic con-
stituency.
Most of the little country's
4,000 Jews reside in Ireland's
capitol, Dublin. A few scattered
families reside elsewhere in
Leinster Province, one of Erin's
four provinces.
A lone grave deep in Ireland's
hills, its inscription carved in
Hebrew letters and dating back
to the 15th century attests to
the Jews' early contribution to
the advancement of Irish life.

CJFWF New England Conference Approves
Local Coordination for Four-Point Aid to Israel

SPRINGFIELD, Mass., (JTA)
—Leaders of 21 Jewish commu-
nities in the New England area
called for the creation of strong
local coordinating committees
to assure the success of the
Four-Point Program for Israel
and emphasized that it can only
be achieved if no one phase is
"developed at the expense of,
and in substitution for, an-
other."
The action was taken in a
resolution adopted unanimously
at the final session of the 17th
annual conference of the New
England Region of the Council
of Jewish Federations and Wel-
fare Funds.
The resolution on the Four-
Point program also called for
the avoidance of "undesirable
o m p e titive campaigns," and
urged clearance in timing, or-
ganizing, publicity and other ar-
rangements. Attended by more
than 100 delegates, the confer-
ence mapped plans to meet the
total responsibilities of Jewish
communities in 1951—in Israel,
overseas, and at home.
Conference sessions cove red
campaigning, planning for so-
cial welfare programs in large
and small communities, com-
munity relations, Jewish educa-
tion, problems of the aged, and
family service.
Discussions on the importance

Frederic March to Star
In UJA Broadcast

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Frederic March, star of stage
and screen, will appear in a
United Jewish Appeal original
half - hour dramatic program
over the coast-to-coast network
of the National Broadcasting
Company, next Wednesday, 10:30
to 11 p.m.
Entitled "One Foot in Tomor-
row," the program will, be the
second in a series of four half-
hour dramatic shows featuring
outstanding personalities of
stage, screen, radio and televi-
sion. Himan Brown., producer of
"-Inner Sanctum" and other well-
known radio features, will pro-
duce and direct the program.
With Mr. March as narrator,
'One Foot in Tomorrow" is a
moving story of immigrants who
arrive in Israel penniless, pos-
sessing only hope and will to
work. The program dramatizes
their problems of settlement
and adjustment in the new state
and how, with the aid of UJA,
they are able to set both feet
on the road to tomorrow.
A third UJA shdw will be pre-
sented the first week in April,
over the ABC network. A fourth
will be heard on the MBS net-
work as a splendid Passover
broadcast.
All four radio shows have
been prepared under the super-
vision of Himan Brown, national
radio chairman of the UJA for
the fifth consecutive year,

Enlist 54 Leaders
To Aid Transfer
Of 100,000 Jews

of developing cooperative rela-
tionships between philanthropic
gifts through welfare fund cam-
paigns M behalf of the United
Jewish Appeal, and the newly
organized bond drive highlight-
ed the conference.

Jews in Europe More
Desperate Than Since
End of World War II

Tens of thousands of Jews
overseas are in more desperate
need than at any time since the
end of World War II, it was re-
ported by a Joint Distribution
Committee official who last year
aided more than 180,000 men,
women and children to emigrate
to Israel.
Morris Laub, interviewed upon
h i s return to
the United
States to as-
sume his n e w
o s t as assist-
milt secretary of
the JDC, de-
clared that "the
e migr ation of
Morris Laub over 592,000 Jews
from Europe and the Moslem
world during the past five and
a half years has seen the needi-
est group remain behind.
"Today, thousands of aged,
ill and handicapped men and
women — the so-called 'hard
core' — who are still dependent
on JDC for survival, are beset
by new fears — fear that they
may be the victims of increasing
world tensions, fear that aid to
them may be halted before a
permanent solution can be
found.
"During these past years, we
have seen tens of thousands of
the young and strong depart for
new homes," Laub declared.
"However, if t h e intensive
JDC rehabilitation and voca-
tional training programs now
under way can be maintained,
we estimate that up to 50 per-
cent of the 'hard cores' will ev-
entually be able to earn their
own livelihoods and achieve eco-
nomic independence."

The Phone's 75th Anniversary:

Young Jew, Emil Berliner, Helped
Bell Perfect Telephone Apparatus

(By the American Jewish Press)
On the top floor of a shabby
boarding house in midtown Bos-
ton 75 years ago a professor
wearily toiled into the early
morning hours. The man was
Alexander Graham Bell and in
the early rays of March 7, 1876,
minutes alone separated the
Scotsman from a well-earned
notch in inventive history.
Before another hour was to
pass, Bell was to spill acid over
his hand and in another room
40 feet away at the receiver his
assistant, Thomas A.* Watson,
was to hear the historic words,
"Mr. Watson, come here ! I want
you."
Three -quarters of a century
later 170,000,000 telephone con-
versations are completed each
day by America's 43,000,000
phone owners. Few realize that
although Bell invented the
phone, the task of perfecting the
speaking aparatus of the instru-
ment fell to a modest Jew, Emil
Berliner.
Berliner was a German lad
who immigrated to America and
found work as a bookkeeper-
clerk. His mind was not on the
ledger of credits and debitt as
he dreamed of devising such a

wonderful instrument. He an-
xiously studied and experiment-
ed late into the night with wires
and coils.
On March 7, 1876, Alexander
Graham Bell applied at the U.
S. Patent Office for a patent for
his contraption. He was issued
patent number 174,465 which has
since been called "the most val-
uable single patent ever is-
sued."
When news of Bell's invention
reached Berliner, the German
Jew, was enthusiastic and tre-
mendously interested. Bell had
invented a telephone, but it still
was very crude. Sound could be
transmitted only imperfectly
through it. Berliner waded
through correspondence- to read
all he could of the strange new
instrument, and in the end he
felt that the trouble lay in the
transmitter. He began building
his own microphone for the
telephone.
His first receiver, the princi-
ple of which materially improv-
ed Bell's invention, still sits to-
day in the United States mus-
eum with the words "Old Brown
Windsor Soap" impressed on its
side as a memorandum of its
original purpose.

The United Jewish Appeal's
nationwide drive gathered mo-
mentum as it entered on the
road toward peak campaign ac-
tivity with the announcement
by Dr. Joseph J. Schwartz, UJA
executive vice-chairman, that a
total of 54 outstanding com-
munity leaders have accepted
key posts in the Appeal's emer-
gency effort to mobilize Ameri-
can Jewry for action before May
31 to speed the transfer to Is-
rael of close to 100,000 Jews fac-
ing emigration deadlines in
Eastern European and Moslem
countries.
Dr. Schwartz announced that
35 Jewish leaders have accepted
posts as regional UJA chairmen
and that 19 others have agreed
to serve as group chairmen in
the UJA's trade and industry
division.
The UJA executive vice-
chairman said that both these
groups will join with the UJA
36-man national campaign cab-
inet in rallying American Jews
behind the crucial tasks con-
fronting UJA in Israel and other
parts of the world.
Dr. Schwartz gave this break-
down of Jews facing May 31 Jewish Mayors in Michigan
emigration deadlines:
Iraq, 54,000; Romania, 16,000;
Iran, 4,000; Poland, 2,000; North
Africa and Far East, 8,600; Hun-
gary, 1,200; Bulgaria, 1,200;
Youth Aliya, 4,000; Total, 92,000.
By IRVING I. KATZ
Group chairmen for the UJA's
William Saulson, one of the and Dr. Abraham M. Hersh-
trade and industry division in- outstanding pioneer Jews of man was called to become the
clude:
Michigan, was born in Poland congregation's Rabbi.
Joseph Schapiro and A.\ J. Levine,
waste material; Joseph Kolodny, tobacco; in 1856, and came to Alpena, Mr. Saulson was especially in-
Robert W. Schiff and Phil W. Lown, Mich., at the age of 16. He terested in bringing back Jewish
shoes; Allen B. Gellman, Harry D. Hen-
young people to the synagogue
shel and Howard D. Schaeffer, jewelry;
Samuel H. Daroff, men's clothing; Sol
and instilling in them a Jewish
Luckman, women's wear; Harry Sylk,
consciousness. He was one of
drugs; Fred Monosson, rainwear; Stan-
ford C. Goldman, electrical; Jack D.
the organizers of the Talmud
Weiler and Ben Swig, real estate; Al-
Torah and served as president
bert Si. Kahn, rubber.
over a long period. He gave
freely of his time and energy to
ZOA Leaders Pledge
the United Jewish Charities and
was an enthusiastic supporter of
Aid to Bond Drive
every Jewish movement. Ill
health necessitated his retire-
NEW YORK — Close to 1,000
ment as president of the Peerless
Zionist representatives from the
Manufacturing Company and a
Metropolitan area and other
change of residence to Californ-
parts of the country attending
ia, where he died in 1917. He
the first national conference of
was brought to Detroit for in-
the Zionist Organization of
terment.
America Sunday in Hotel Wal-
Mr. Saulson was married in
dorf-Astoria, in preparation for
1881 to Anna Reinhartz of St.
the projected Israel government
Ignace and they were the par-
bond issue for $500,000,000, ac-
ents of one daughter, Ida (Mrs.
claimed the statement by Ben-
Harry Lieberman).
jamin G. Browdy, ZOA .presi-
dent, that his organization "is
Egyptian Team Admonished
WILLIAM SAULSON
determined to raise its $100,000,-
Over
Failure to Play Israel
000 commitment within the spe- moved to St. Ignace, Mich., in
cified three year period."
VIENNA, March 11. (JTA)-
1880, and he attained a prom-
This commitment was person- inent position in the community, The International Table Tennis
ally made by Mr. Browdy to Is- serving as Mayor for several Federation publicly rebuked the
raeli Premier David Ben-Gurion terms and as president of the Egyptian team in the 18th an-
during the former's visit to Is- First National Bank. He was nual world championship tour-
also one of the organizers of -St. ney here for its refusal to play
rael last September.
scheduled matches against Is-
In addition to Mr. Browdy, Ignace Lodge No. 391, F.&A.M.
speakers at the conference
Mr. Saulson moved to Detroit rael and warned that Egypt
which approved the ZOA bond in 1894 and immediately took would not be admitted to future
quota included James G. Mc- an active interest in Jewish world championships unless it
Donald, former U.S. Ambassador communal affairs. His sincer- gave assurances that it would
to Israel; Louis A. Falk, ZOA ity and zeal soon won him many meet all competitors. The Egyp-
vice-president, who pr es ided; friends. He was a member of tian team had refused to play
Henry Montor, vice-president of Congregation Shaarey Zedek for the Israel squad on the grounds
the American Financial and De- many years while living in St., that Egypt did not recognize the
velopment Corporation for Is- Ignace and came to Detroit reg- existence of Israel as a state.
rael; Jacques Torczyner, chief ularly for the Holy Day services.
Britain Interested in Sulphur
On moving to Detroit he be-
liaison officer between ZOA and
LONDON, (JTA)—The British
AFDCI; Mendel N. Fisher, ex- came actively engaged in the
ecutive director of the Jewish affairs of the congregation Board of Trade, concerned over
National Fund; Meyer Weisgal, and served as president from a shortage of sulphur for British
vice - chairman of the overall 1903 to 1908. It was during his industrial requirements, is
showing keen interest in pos-
bond drive; Dr. Sidney Marks,
executive director of ZOA, and administration that Shaarey sible exploitation of sulphur de-
Manuel Posy, director of the Zedek began to lean toward posits in the Negev, in southern
the Conservative movement Israel.
ZOA bond campaign.

William Saulson of St. Ignace,
Later Shaarey Zedek President

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