Commend AJP's Pioneering Spirit

Photo Link Between Israel and U.S.
Highly Praised by Jewish Leaders

NEW YORK, (AJP)—Congrat- tive vice-chairman of the United
ulations poured in this week Jewish Appeal, said that "on
from Jewish leaders to the the occasion of the receipt in
American Jewish Press, the the United States of the first
news - gathering association of radio sound photo transmitted
the American Association of from Israel, I wish to take this
o
English-Jewish newspapers, of opportunity
to convey my best
which The De- wishes to the Ametican Jewish
troit Jewish Press for its part in developing
News is a mem- this new vital link between
ber, for its pion- American Jewry and the people
eering effort in of Israel."
The Jewish Agency for Pales-
t r ansm itting
radio sound tine, in a statement from Victor
photographs H. Bernstein, director of public
from Israel to relationS, declared:
"We have just seen the first
the English-
American Jewish Press radio
Jewish press.
Spokesmen photo from Israel and want to
Admiral Stone from the Israel congratulate the American Jew-
Bond headquarters, the United ! ish Press and the American As-
Jewish Appeal, and Zionist and i sociation of English - Jewish
which
serve for
Israeli organization's hailed the Newspapers
the initiative
and you
pioneering
establishment of the new sere-
ice, which began with the send- spirit- which extend to the Amer-
ing of a photograph last week ican Jewish community for the
of the Israel second national first time, the benefits of one of
the major innovations of mod-
elections.
ern journalism."
"The American Jewish Press is
The Israeli press also featured
to be congratulated on its initi- the AJP's first wire photo prom-
ative in. establishing anew radio inently last week. The photo
photo service to bring to Jewish earned the distinction of being
communities in the United the first election picture out of
States more comprehensive re- Israel, and beat all major pic-
ports of major developments in ture services throughout the
Israel," Henry Montor, execu- world.
tive vice president of the Israel
Plans are being made to cover
bond sale campaign, said in a events in Israel r egularly
formal statement.
through the new overseas pic-
Dr. Joseph Schwartz, execu- ture program.

Purely Commentary

By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ

A Zionist Congress in Jerusalem

The 23rd World Zionist congress, which is scheduled to open
next Wednesday in Jerusalem, will be the first to convene in the
land the movement sought to redeem for the Jewish people. This
Congress will mark the dedication of the Binyaney Haooma—the
Jerusalem Convention Center—where all sessions will be held. It
will be the largest building Of its kind in the entire Middle East
and will be used for exhibitions, fairs, congresses and outstanding
events of national importance.
This Congress marks the end of one era and the beginning of
another in Zionism. It is a transition Congress, aetween the real-
ization of the ideal and the commencement of new efforts in sup-
.port of the Jewish State; calling forth superhuman activities to
assure defense for Israel and security for the hundreds of th6u-
sands seeking haven there.
It will be an interesting Congress—if only its guides can suc-
ceed in eliminating the unelimitable in human nature: personal-
ity issues. It will be an important event if all parties can get
together on the hitherto impossible: on united efforts in behalf
.of Israel without regard to partisanship.
Time will tell whether this Congress was destined to cement
unity in Jewish ranks or whether, on the contrary, it was to have
the misfortune of marking .a serious decline in Zionism. The
Zionist - =movement has much to do in the years to come. The
present Congress must pave the way for practical work for Jewry
through Zionism.
Humor at Zionist Congresses
We await anxiously the transmission from the Congress of
humorous stories by and about delegates from all parts of the
world—except Russia and her satellites which undoubtedly will
not be represented at the sessions in Jerusalem. From past Con-
gresses there exist some rather good yarns.
Leonard Stein, the noted British Jewish leader, has related
that he has been asked not to speak English with a Sefardi accent.
Mr. Stein relates about the man who knew that the greeting upon
raising a glass of wine or liquor is "LeChaim." But this man also
learned that "im" is the ending for masculine terms and that the
corresponding feminine ending is "ot." When a bit later he had
occasion to salute a group of ladies, he addressed them with
"LeChayot"—meaning "to the Beasts."
Janus Cohen, who served as secretary of a British Zionist
Conference, tells about an endless Congress speech. A man who
walked out of the hall came back and asked a fellow-delegate if
the speaker had finished, and was told: "He finished an hour ago,
ober er redt noch." Mr. Cohen tells this Conference tale:
At one Conference, several Delegates had been stressing a
point which was entirely irrelevant and obviously unimportant
to the main issue. As time was getting on it was necessary
as soon as possible to bring the Conference back to the real
issue. Someone then arose and reminded the Conference of
the following limerick:

There was a young lady of Title,
Who insisted on wearing a Sheitel
For Kashruth and such she didn't care much
But she thought that the Sheitel was Vital.

2—THE JEWISH NEW S
Friday, August 10, 1951

Five Councilman
Back FEP Move

The Equal Employment Op-
portunities Ordinance endorsed
by the Detroit Citizens Commit-
tee for Equal Employment Op-
portunities was introduced in
the Detroit Common Council
Aug. 3, by Councilmen William
G. Rogell, Edward D. Connor,
Mary V. Beck, John A: Kronk,
James H. Garlick.
These five Council members
agreed that the original motion
would be made by Rogell on
behalf of the five. Rogell's mo-
tion was supported by Connor
and Miss Beck.
The ordinance now before
the Council is the exact draft
prepared by the legal counsel of
the Detroit Citizens Committee
for Equal Employment Oppor-
tunities.
It provides for the conversion
of the present Mayor's Inter-
racial Committee to a Commis-
sion on Equal Employment Op-
portunities and Human Rela-
tions.
The Commission will consist
of seven members appointed by
the Mayor with the approval of
Common Council. Two members
shall be representatives of com-
merce and industry; two from
organized labor and three shall
be representatives of the public
at large.
The Commission would be em-
powered to receive and investi-
gate and pass upon complaints
of unfair employment practices
as defined under the . act, hold
hearings and subpoena wit-
nesses.
Employers, public or private of
one or more persons; labor or-
ganizations a n d employment
agencies would be subject to the
provisions of the Act. Domestic
servants, family members em-
ployed by family and sectarian
and religious organizations are
excluded from its provisions.
The ordinance would prohibit
discrimination or segregation in
employment; exclusion or expul-
sion from membership in labor
organizations prior to employ-
ment by einployment agencies
on the basis of race, religious
creed, color, national origin or
ancestry.

Jewry Lauds Truman
on Stand with Hungary

The heads of six major na-
tional Jewish organizations, in a
joint letter to President Truman,
commended him for his forth-
right public denunciation of
Hungary and that country's "in- 1
famous program of mass depor-
tation."
"As Jewish organizations shar-
ing this sense of revulsion," the
letter declared, "we take partic-
ular cognizance of the fact that I
these crimes against the person
are affecting many Jews, along
with members of all other
faiths."
The Jewish leaders also urged
that the "United States of
America must spare no efforts to
bring the overwhelming pres-
sure of world public opinion, to
bear against the perpetrators of
this current terror in Hungary,
and alleviate the plight of its
victims."
The letter to the President
was signed by Jacob Blaustein
of Baltimore, president, Ameri-
can Jewish Committee; Frank
Goldman of Lowell, Mass., presi-
dent, of Bnai Brith; Henry Al-
bert of Jamaica, L.I., national
commander, Jewish War Veter-
ans; Rabbi' Irving Miller of New
York, president, Arrierican Jew-
ish Congress; Adolph Held of
New York, president, Jewish
Labor Committee; Rabbi Maur-
ice N. Eisendrath of New York,
president, of Union of American
Hebrew Congregations.

A sense of proportion was at once restored. And it came to
pass on the following year, that a similar situation arose. The
The very same delegate again pointed out the irrelevance of
the discussion and continued "I will remind you of the limer-
ick about a young lady of Title." "We heard it last year" was
the tumultuous rejoinder. Unruffled, he retorted, "As we
have since amended our constitution, I will give you the Jerusalem Architect Wins
Herz' Monument Award
amended version"—
JERUSALEM, (JTA)—Joseph
Some Shiddach this lady of Title!
Kellerwine, a local architect, has
Said the Shadchan—she'll be wearing a Sheitel
been awarded first prize for his
"Hotz Mich A Guten" replied the Mechutan
proposed monument of Theodor
It's the Beitel not Sheitel, that's Vital.
Herzl, founder of modern Zion-
This was received with sympathetic acclamation, especially by ism. - The monument will be
erected on Mt. Herzl. A jury of
delegates who were engaged in fund-raising.
architects from 10 countries, in-
There will be plenty of stories from Jerusalem in the coming cluding the United States and
weeks. But the important aspiration is that there should be Great Britain, made the decision.
plenty of accomplishment. Good results are our wishes to the Second place went to Joseph
delegates from world Jewry in Israel.
Danziger of London.

Knollwood Drive'sHonoraty
Leader Displays. Israel Bond

ISRAEL DAVIDSON, honorary chairman of the Knollwood
Country Club Israel bond drive, to be conducted at the dinner
on Tuesday evening, Aug. 23, at the club displays the Israel
bond. It is expected that Knollvvood members will sell $1,-
000,000 worth of bonds on that date.

Between You and Me

By BORIS SMOLAR

(Copyright, 1951, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.

American Moods
Jews in America differ in attitudes toward Israel, but most of
them have warm feelings toward the Jewish state ... This is the
conclusion of a public opinion study which will soon be made
known in the United States . The study establishes that whether
Zionist, non-Zionist or anti-Zionist—American - Jews are firm in
American sentiments and loyalties . . It also establishes that
anti-Semitism is not caused by doubt about the attitudes of the
American Jews toward Israel . .. The findings show that unprej-
udiced people do not view regard for Israel as a sign of disloyalty;
prejudiced people interpret such sympathy according to their own
prejudice ... Another study analyzes the role of American philan-
thropy in Israel and comes to interesting conclusions . . . One of
the conclusions stresses that if American philanthropy is to be of
maximum usefulness in helping to solve Israel's economic prob;-
lems, it should be channelled into programs which make the most
effective contribution toward the increase of production ... A sec-
ond conclusion says that all existing philanthropic programs
should undergo re-examination in the light of the changing situa-
tion in Israel . . . Some modifications have been taking place this
year in major Israeli programs which are financed through the
United Jewish Appeal.

Domestic Issues

We come again to the by-now famous Maclver report on the
organizations engaged in fighting anti-Semitism in the United
States . . . The Anti-Defamation League of the Bnai Brith—which
is hit hardest by the report—claims that Prof. Maclver's study
"is not a true survey" . . . The major argument advanced by the
Anti-Defamation League is that the Maclver report lacks under-
standing of Jewish life . . . The analysis admits that there haVe
been "errors of omission and POIIIMiSSi0/1" by Jewish community
relations agencies and . that the ADL has been as guilty of these'
errors as others ... However, it claims that the approach recom-
mended by Prof. Maclver does not help either in defining the
errors or in solving them . . -. The Anti-Defamation League takes
exception, especially, to Prof_ MacIver's recommendation for the
establishment of a special committee consisting equally of mem-.
bers representing the Jewish community councils, the Council of
Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds and the national Jewish
agencies engaged in anti-defamation activities . . . To this corn-.
mittee Maclver would turn over all funds for fighting anti-Semit,
ism and racial prejudice . . . In turn, this committee would appor-
tion sums to the various organizations engaged in combatting
anti-Jewish sentiments in the United States . . . In objecting to
such an arrangement, the Anti-Defamation League says that
Prof. Maclver minimizes the ideological differences among Jewish
community relations agencies and over emphasizes the alleged
overlapping of function ... The ADL also does not like Prof. Mac-
Iver's recommendations to set up the National Community Rela-
tions Advisory Council as the controlling body over all Jewish
organizations engaged in defending civil rights . . . The American
Jewish Committee takes a milder stand towards the Maclver re-
port . It believes the report can serve as a basis for further
discussion and a starting point for solution of certain problems in
the field of Jewish community relations.

Sober Warning
American Arabs have issued a sober warning to the Arab
countries to halt their talk of a "second round" against Israel .
In a "second round" the results would be much worse for the
Arabs than in the first round, they point out . . . They predict
that in a "second round" Israel would double her territory .
And they take issue with the Arab League for poisoning the minds
of the Arabs . by making them believe that a "second round"
against Israel is possible . . The American Arabs also criticize
the Arab rulers and politicians for maintaining that the truce
was imposed on the Arab states by force ... The truth, they say,
is exactly the opposite—before the truce the Arab armies were in
a state of disruption and disintegration . . . They reveal that "the
capital of one of the Arab states was in instant danger of occupa-
tion by the Zionist armies" . . Such occupation, they disclose,
was prevented by the second truce which the generals of the
Egyptian army actually begged for . . . "One particular foreign
power interfered at the proper occasion and thus prevented
shame, scandal and total defeat for the Arabs," they establish ..
In a blistering attack on the Arab League, the American Arabs
blame the League for "adVising" the Palestine Arabs to leave their
homes and become refugees in neighboring countries . . They
call the leaders of the Arab League liars and political charlatans.
And all this is done publicly in an article in Al-Hoda, largest
Arab daily newspaper in New York. . The author of the article
is none other than Prof. Habib Eissa, one of the most respected
figures in the Arab world.

