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54—THE JEWISH NEWS
The Career of Joel Wolisohn,
Aide to Secretary of Interior
Fridaj-, April 11, 1952
and daughter, 15, in Chevy
Chase, Md. He helped organize
t h e Bethesda — Chevy Chase
Jewish Community Group, Inc.,
in Montgomery County, Md.
By MILTON FRIEDMAN
A familiar and popular figure
(Copyright. 1952. Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Inc.)
at the National Press Club,
WASHINGTON — A former' ties in Europe as the first Euro- Wolfsohn has not forgotten the
Jewish Telegraphic Agency cor- I pean director of American Jew- days when he was a struggling
young reporter in Chicago.,
respondent is known in Wash- ish Committee activities.
ington as the man who did a His mission fulfilled in Eu-
"land office business" for the rope. Wolfsohn returned to
government. He is Joel D. Wolf- Washington. Secretary Chap-
sohn who is charged with the man urged him to return to
responsibility of managing the the government service and he
vast public lands of the United became assistant to the secre-
States. As Assistant Commis- tary in May, 1950.
sioner of the General Land Of-
Remembers Zionist Dream
fice. Wolfsohn supervised the
leasing, sale, homesteading. es-
All through his government
tablishing of 'recreation facili- service, Wolfsohn - retained the
ties, and the exploitation of Zionist dream of his youth. He
mineral resources on approxi- participates in doniestic Jewish
mately 500,000,000 acres of gov- affairt He lives with his wife
ernment land.
Wolfsohn is now assistant to
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the Secretary of the Interior,
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Oscar L. Chapman. The depart-
ment handbook
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as - personal - .
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dential adviser
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tary." He "may
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act with the
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Concerned with
s t r e n gthening Wolfsohn
world democracy through the
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development of backward areas,
Wolfsohn supervises the Point
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of International Activities of
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Made Mark in Journalism
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Old-timers in Chicago recall
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the late Jacob M. Wolfsohn as a
pioneer in Yiddish journalism,
as editor of the Jewish Courier.
Little wonder that his son be-
came inte•r-ested in Jewish af-
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fairs. The younger Wolfsohn
filed stories from Chicago for
JTA when still in college. He be-
came acquainted with Boris
Smolar and other important edi-
tors and personalities in the
field of Jewish news.
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In January, 1934. Henry Horn-
er, the only Jew to serve as
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governor of Illinois. called Wolf-:1
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sohu to the state capital at
Springfield and asked him tol
handle publicity which would
help advance the cause of good
government in Illinois. Mean-
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while. the national capital at
Washington was beginning to i
hear of Wolfsohn. The next ;
step was his appointment as
executive secretary of the Na-
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tional Power Policy Committee. ,
an inter - departmental group
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established to develop federal
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policy on power for industry.!
farms. homes, and development.
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Helped Implement FDR Policy
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Under Harold Ickes. then sec-
retary of the Interior, Wolfsohn
aided in the implementation
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the Roosevelt administration's
liberal program in the field of
natural resources conservation.
He became chairman of the de-
partmental committee on Alas-
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Green Briar Products
Wolfsohn was appointed in
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1937 by -Ickes to be assistant to
the commissioner of the Gen-
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eral Land Office. In March,
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1941. President Roosevelt ap-
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pointed Wolfsohn assistant com-
missioner of the General Land
Office and the appointment was
confirmed by the U. .S. Senate.
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During World War II, Wolf-
sohn was concerned with the
availability of natural resources
for defense needs. When the
U.S. grazing service was merged
in 1946 with the land office, to
become the Bureau of -Land
Management, Wolfsohn w a s
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named its first assistant direc-
tor.
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After the war, Wolfsohn left
the government to assume du-
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